Crossover: Becoming Japan’s Prime Minister?

Kaguya had received the elite education of the Shinomiya family from a young age.

Although she was still young and had not truly become involved in family affairs, and her understanding of the world's economy, politics, and other matters remained very superficial, she did possess a depth of thought far beyond what a girl her age should have.

Kaguya recalled the teachings of her family.

Because the Shinomiya family was a Zaibatsu in Japan, they were naturally at a huge disadvantage when facing the financial groups in America.

In addition, the Shinomiya family had always been relatively traditional. They were not very willing to accept modern management and were more accustomed to keeping all power in the hands of the family.

Therefore, from another perspective, the internal structure of the Shinomiya family was actually very solid, and it was difficult for outsiders to interfere.

Since they could not bring profits to the financial people in America, it was only natural that those people would not allow the Shinomiya zaibatsu to expand outward. They could only maintain their strength within the limited territory of Japan.

Just like the Four Stars in Korea, on the surface, the Lee family controlled the main power, but the true majority of profits were actually controlled by that group of people from America.

There was nothing wrong with that kind of development itself. After all, Japan was a relatively conservative society, and the Shinomiya zaibatsu would not be easily defeated by outsiders.

However, twenty years ago, the Shinomiya zaibatsu, or more accurately, Oko, did an extremely foolish thing, which was to stir up internal family conflict in order to seize the wealth of the Shijo family.

The superficial result was that the Shijo family was defeated and fled Japan in a sorry state, but in reality, before the Shijo family left Japan, they had already sold some of the Shinomiya family's interests to those financial capitalists in America.

Since the Shinomiya family had acted unjustly, they could not blame the Shijo family for being ruthless.

After that, the Shijo family went to America and relied on the people there to rise again, while the Shinomiya family seemed to have taken everything from the branch family and reached the peak of the family.

But in reality, the interests that were taken by outsiders because of the family split had always been the most dangerous thorn in the Shinomiya family's side.

Kaguya had learned about these things through her family education, and the purpose was to make her hostile toward the Shijo family and tell her who her enemy was.

However, in the more than ten years Kaguya had been growing up, both sides had remained at peace.

But unexpectedly, not long ago, those hidden crocodiles finally opened their bloody mouths.

They bit a piece of flesh off the Shinomiya family. If it were only that, the Shinomiya family could accept it.

That kind of loss would not be fatal. If it could satisfy those capitalist crocodiles, the Shinomiya family would accept it.

But what the Shinomiya family feared most was that this bite of flesh could not satisfy those big crocodiles. The Shinomiya family was very afraid of being completely devoured by those people.

Especially with the help of the Shijo family, those people knew exactly how to break through the shell the Shinomiya family used to protect itself.

Kaguya was silent.

She understood these things, but what could she do? She was only a princess raised by the Shinomiya family. She had no ability to help the Shinomiya family.

Unyo was very irritated.

It was true that he did not like his brother, and it was also true that he wanted to compete with his brother for power and profit.

But the premise of all that was that the Shinomiya family could continue to exist, and that the enormous wealth and power of the Shinomiya family could allow him to continue living a life above others.

If all of that were gone, then who would care about the position of head of the Shinomiya family?

"Kaguya, there are some things Brother didn't say, so I can only say them."

"Fujiwara-kun should have considerable connections in America. The Shinomiya family hopes you can talk to Fujiwara-kun and ask him to help us."

Unyo directly stated his purpose.

Kaguya was silent for a moment, then said, "I don't have the ability to influence Fujiwara-kun's thoughts."

Unyo immediately flew into a rage. "Then what use are you? Kaguya, remember, you are a child of the Shinomiya family, and you must dedicate everything to the Shinomiya family."

"Think about who gave you the life you have now. Think about the clothes you are wearing, think about the delicious food prepared for you by professional chefs, and think about the huge house you live in, and the envy and respect everyone outside has for you."

"All of this was given to you by the Shinomiya family. Without the family, you are nothing at all. You are just trash, do you understand?"

"If you don't want to be this kind of trash, then find a way to contribute to the family. Otherwise, the family has no need to raise someone like you."

After saying that, Unyo waved his hand and left without looking back.

Kaguya watched her three brothers leave.

She silently returned to her room, sat down tiredly on the luxurious large bed, and could not help but say to Hayasaka beside her:

"Hayasaka, what did I do wrong?"

Hayasaka shook her head.

"Do they think I really need the things I have now? These luxurious clothes, this oversized house, the delicious food made by professional chefs, I don't need any of these. I don't need them at all."

Hayasaka watched Kaguya throw a tantrum and comforted her, "Kaguya-sama, please don't be angry. Those are only angry words from them."

"You are the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family. No one can deny that."

Although she said that, Hayasaka actually did not take Kaguya's words seriously.

Kaguya had the most privileged living conditions. She seemed not to care about these things because she had them.

If Kaguya were truly left with nothing, and made to suffer all the hardships of the world, would she also envy those young ladies who went to school in luxury cars and were surrounded by countless servants?

Hayasaka thought of herself.

If given the choice, who would be willing to be this maid? Who would not want to live that happy life of a young lady?

"Hayasaka, I really don't know what to do."

Kaguya collapsed onto the bed and stared blankly at the ceiling. "...Can you give me any good advice?"

However, this time, Hayasaka, who had always given her advice in the past, shook her head. "I'm sorry, Kaguya-sama."

"Even Oko-sama and the others have no solution. I'm just a small maid, what solution could I possibly have?"

In Hayasaka's heart, an extremely dark thought even arose.

What would happen if something really happened to the Shinomiya family?

She would definitely clap her hands and cheer.

She hated the Shinomiya family, and she detested Oko.

She even felt a little impatient to see the collapse of the Shinomiya family's mansion.

...

After the Shuchi'in Academy incident passed, Toru temporarily took leave from school and prepared to rest at home for a few days.

During those few days, he hardly went anywhere and stayed home the whole time.

Indeed, with Toru's current fame, if he went out, he would likely be surrounded and blocked by countless people.

Although Toru valued his reputation greatly, since it was preparation for his future election campaign, he also did not want to become the kind of person who was followed by countless people wherever he went, with no privacy at all.

The Shuchi'in Academy incident made Haibara very nervous.

When Toru returned home, Haibara was almost inseparable from him, staying by his side the whole time, as if afraid that if she let go, he would disappear again.

In Toru's eyes, Haibara was like a little cat, and a very clingy one at that.

When she felt insecure, sometimes it was more necessary to use some intimate actions to make her forget her troubles and calm down.

The only pity was that with Haibara's current physique, Toru really could not do anything to her.

After staying at home like this for two days, aside from contacting some acquaintances online, Toru had no plans to go out for the time being.

Because Vermouth had to investigate the Pacific Buoy and complete the task assigned to her by the Black Organization, and seeing that Toru was no longer in danger, she did not return to mainland Japan, but continued wandering around the Pacific Ocean.

Toru did not take any further action for the time being, as if he had already let this matter go, pretending that he had not guessed that this was the work of the CIA.

This was also because Toru needed to see the outcome of this matter first, and then decide on his next course of action based on the result.

Spencer had to be retaliated against. He dared to send people to kill him. If he did not strike back at all, it would make him look too cowardly and incompetent.

However, Spencer was the Director of the CIA after all. His whereabouts were a mystery, and he was always protected by elite CIA agents.

Toru might be able to kill him through various means, but killing him would be useless.

The CIA still existed. If this Director died, they would just replace him with another one.

And if the fact that he had killed Spencer were exposed, then he would face the pursuit of the entire CIA.

Even if he killed every CIA Director one by one, their successors would be endless. As long as America existed, Toru could not end the conflict between the two sides.

With only the advanced technology currently provided by the system, it was still far from enough to destroy a superpower.

Therefore, Toru was waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to achieve a permanent solution.

His long CIA career had given Toru an excellent habit, which was that he was very patient. He would quietly wait for the prey to take the bait.

Toru would only deliver a fatal blow, never giving the other side any chance to rise again.

Just as Toru was quietly waiting for things to develop, his father, Yoshitaka, came to visit him.

"Do you have time, Toru? There's something I want to talk to you about."

Looking at Yoshitaka's sincere expression outside the mansion gate, Toru opened the door and let him in.

(To be continued.)atpp