Chapter 8 If You Have No Money
In the evening, Mori Ogai suddenly regained control of his body. He asked tentatively: [Ace-kun, are you still there?]
Ace answered immediately: [Yes. ]
Sen Ou paused slightly, but said nothing.
He could only keep it to himself in this situation. If he leaked the slightest bit of information, it might become a reason for others to criticize him. As for Dazai Osamu, there was nothing he could do. With Ace's level, he would definitely not be able to hide it from him.
He wants to find a person with special abilities who can put a person's soul into another person's body. Maybe he can do that after he completely controls the Port Mafia, but it's absolutely impossible now.
However, the most urgent task now is to approve all the accumulated documents.
I already had a lot of things to do yesterday, and I've been busy lately. I'm afraid I won't be able to finish them even if I stay up late today.
When he thought about the fact that if he had to change again, he would have to hold it in for a while before dealing with it, Moriogai felt that his future was bleak. But if he asked Ace to help him deal with it, not to mention that Ace couldn't read at all——
[I can read, I just can't understand the characters in your world!] Ace objected.
【Okay, you can read.】 Sen Ou said casually.
Even if he knew the words here, Sen Ou Wai didn't dare to let him handle the matter now.
Before finding out that Ace came from another world, he suspected that the other party was a sinister guy sent by a certain organization. It was best that he could not understand the documents of the Port Mafia, so that he could hide anything from Ace that should not be known by outsiders.
After finding out this information, he began to doubt Ace's ability.
Before the exchange, he also asked Ace if he was a pure martial artist, and what other aspects were worth mentioning, and then he learned that he was indeed a pure martial artist. Although he had been a captain and a team leader, as a captain and a team leader, his role was only reflected in being the team's turret output to fight the enemy, coordinating the relationship between subordinates, and being the spiritual core of the team.
In short, he has management skills and the ability to handle things, but it is hard to say whether he can handle the scheduling of all aspects of an organization's affairs like he does.
He is not an orthodox management type of person.
However, after confirming that there was no threat from external forces, the problem of Ace's illiteracy became a big problem. He didn't need Ace to help him process the documents, and Moriogai would not feel at ease with his brain, but even if he wanted to dictate and let Ace write for him, this was impossible given Ace's illiteracy.
Mori Ouwai sighed, and while reviewing the documents he was thinking about what to do next.
He must be prepared that the two will switch positions next.
First, you have to let him imitate your signature.
In the past, he never dreamed that he would let others imitate his signature one day, which is very dangerous. But now, if Ace comes out in the future, and it is not just for one day like this time but for a longer period of time, then he must let Ace do some things for him.
But in the short term, just let him imitate my signature, as for the text...
Sen Ouwai pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance.
He couldn't ask someone to teach Ace how to read, that would be too risky. If they were to exchange again next time, he would teach Ace himself. After all, he was a top student who graduated from the University of Tokyo, so he wouldn't be unable to teach someone how to read.
When he is in control of the body, he will handle the affairs of the port mafia. When Ace is in control, he will teach him to read and write on the spot.
However, what needs to be dealt with as soon as possible is Omi's affairs. Omi controls the gem smuggling part of the organization, which is one of the important sources of funds for the port mafia, accounting for almost 30% of the organization's capital inflow, followed by casinos, protection fees, usury and real estate, as well as some meager legitimate business income.
The major sectors are smuggling and gambling, among which gemstones are the major sector.
As the current global economic situation is not very prosperous, the income from regular business has accounted for a very small proportion, especially in Yokohama, a city that is more unstable than other places, and many commodity industries are likely to suffer losses at any time.
The same goes for real estate. Yokohama is home to the largest number of people with special abilities in the country. Once a fight gets serious, it is normal to destroy a few houses. Unfortunately, such things are not uncommon in Yokohama. The investment in building a house is so high that it will be a big loss if it happens once.
Let alone usury. What good things can a person who can borrow usury get? Even if you catch a person and keep stealing, you may not be able to get back the principal. In the end, you can only see the value of the borrower. But except for a small number of people who are stupid and have someone to steal from behind, most of them are worthless waste. In Yokohama, there are many who are more interested in money than life. So we can only say that there are gains and losses, and things complement each other. The total profit is not much.
The income from protection fees only accounts for 10% of all the funds coming in, and the person in charge of this area has been recruited by Mori Owl.
As for arms smuggling, the port mafia only needs to purchase weapons. If someone sells the organization's weapons privately, it must be against the intention of the organization's leader. If someone secretly resells the organization's weapons to fill his own pockets, once such a person is discovered, he will be treated as a traitor by the organization.
What's more ominous is that Mori Ogai saw the name of the person who controlled most of the organization's casinos on the list of people that Omi was trying to capture.
"If we don't fight back, our funding will be strangled." Mori Ougai said to himself.
As a pirate, his DNA was sensitive to words like money and treasure, so Ace asked: [What financial aspect is holding you back?]
"What this means is that in the future we may not have money to pay our subordinates, no money to do their work, and even no money to eat!" Sen Ou Wai said in an exaggerated and sad tone.
Ace was caught in a weak spot and was shocked: [What! No money for food!? ]
[Yes.] Mori Obi said gloomily, [Omi controls most of the smuggling routes, Miyamura controls the casinos, and the funding sources in our hands account for less than 30%, alas——]
Ace was silent for a while, then hesitantly suggested: "How about we just go for a free meal if we don't have money?"
Mori Owl: "..."
Could you please stop thinking about your free meal?
Sen Ogai, who vaguely sensed that Ace had a strange hatred for traitors, tried to guide him: "They control most of the organization's financial income, but do not put it into the organization's public accounts, but secretly take it for themselves, causing other members to be unable to get the income they deserve. Ace, what do you think, should we deal with this matter seriously?"
[That's for sure! Isn't this behavior itself a betrayal to other companions? ]
Very good, if it were to be the other way around, Ace would probably follow his lead. At least he wouldn't object to him dealing with Omi and Miyamura later.
[Well, first of all, let's take back Miyamura's control over the casino. ]
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That being said, Mori Ougai didn't want to use his brain at all. He just needed to control the general direction and get the result of taking back the casino.
He handed the matter over to Dazai Osamu.
When Dazai Osamu was called to the office, he saw at a glance that the person in control of the body had returned to Mori Ogai, and his expression was immediately filled with disgust: "What? Mr. Mori came back so soon, what a pity."
Mori Ogai pretended not to hear what he said and just gave the task: "Dazai-kun, there is something I need you to do."
Dazai Osamu protested: "I am not a member of the port mafia. Can't you let someone else do your job?"
Mori Owl said pitifully: "Dazai-kun, you know, I just became the leader, and there are groups of people who want to kill me. The only one I can trust and who has this ability is you, Dazai-kun——"
Dazai Osamu showed a disgusting expression, "Don't act cute when you are so old, it's so disgusting!"
Mori Ogai said pitifully, "It's so sad to hear you say that, Dazai-kun—"
Dazai Osamu sarcastically said, "Oh? Mr. Mori is so sad? That's great!"
Ace suddenly expressed his opinion: [Do you think your relationship is good or bad? It seems weird. ]
Mori Ougai answered him shamelessly: [We have a good relationship. ]
Ace made a confused sound, and then suddenly realized: [So there is such a kind of emotion? It seems that I have not seen enough. ]
Mori Ogai: ...
What a lie.
"Dazai-kun, I recently developed a new medicine..."
Dazai Osamu's eyes immediately lit up: "Will it allow people to die painlessly?"
"I don't know. The efficacy of the drug has not been tested yet. So you will be the first one to try it. Do you want to take this task?"
Dazai Osamu showed an embarrassment, and then compromised: "In this case, there is nothing we can do. But Mr. Mori, if you lie..." He showed a sinister expression, "You will have to swallow a thousand needles--"
Mori Ogai remained calm and said, "Of course, I won't lie to you."
"Then, Dazai-kun, take back control of all the casinos under Miyamura's control for me. With your ability, can you do it without exposing yourself?"
Dazai Osamu chuckled and said, "What about Miyamura himself? Should we keep him or get rid of him?"
"It's up to you then." Sen Ouwai smiled.
After finishing the business, Dazai asked again: "Where is that person?"
"who?"
"The one in the morning."
Mori Ogai looked surprised and said, "Dazai-kun... do you like him very much?"
When Dazai Osamu heard this, he immediately made a disgusting expression again: "Who would like that kind of guy? It's so disgusting!"
Mori Oo laughed, "You might have to meet him again in the future, so you can't be so repulsive."
Dazai looked at him expressionlessly for a while, "I'm leaving."
As soon as Dazai left, Ace started to ask questions again: [Mr. Ougai, I feel like something is wrong.]
【What's wrong? 】
[It's that medicine. Didn't Zhi say he was going to do a mission for you? Why are you still using it to test the medicine? ]
Although he is not a doctor, this behavior sounds wrong!
Mori Ogai said helplessly: [I don't want to do this either, but this is Dazai-kun's request. ]
Ace didn't understand and was shocked.
"This is definitely not right! Treating him... Is there something wrong with his brain?" Ace said worriedly, "How about we find a doctor to check him out?"
Sen Ouwai wanted to laugh again. But he would not step on this landmine himself. He urged: "If you come out again in the future, then you can take him with you. After all, I am his teacher. He may not be able to let go in front of me."
[Leave it to me! Leave it to me! ]