Chapter 355
The conference room was dimly lit, and the atmosphere was oppressive.
"...Seventh, Haruto Saito has used his position for personal gain by privately reducing taxes on his own businesses..." Koharu Utatane was listing Haruto's ten offenses, and she had now reached the seventh charge.
"Lady Koharu, that was just legal tax avoidance, not evasion," Haruto lazily retorted.
Koharu glanced at Haruto before continuing to read from the document. "Eighth, Haruto Saito has used his position to grant special approvals to small vendors who did not meet the requirements, allowing them to set up stalls in areas where they should not be operating, causing traffic congestion..."
"That's a food street, alright? A pedestrian street!" Haruto interjected again.
"Ninth! Haruto Saito has used his position to coerce employees of the Commerce Department into working for the First Bank of the Shinobi World..."
"I paid them, okay? What do you mean by 'coerce'? They worked for me in their off-hours. How is that my fault?"
"Tenth! Haruto Saito has used his position to relocate casinos, red-light districts, and entertainment businesses to his own industrial area, profiting over ten billion ryo from it..."
This was the most critical charge.
The other accusations were just padding.
But this charge... was simply too outrageous! Haruto's rapid accumulation of wealth was staggering.