"I didn't expect that Mr. Sakaki Makoto would come to me today just to chat. Well, we've been busy with work these days and we haven't had time to talk properly. Why not take advantage of today..."
Boom boom boom!
"Come in."
Yasuaki Domon looked towards the door, his face not looking very good. Anyone would feel uncomfortable if they were interrupted in the middle of their speech.
"Mr. Domon, looking for your phone number..."
The door opened and the secretary came in with a portable phone:
"It's Ms. Mizunashi Reina, a reporter from Nichimi TV."
"Is it about the interview?"
Domon Yasuki frowned and said:
"Didn't I already refuse?"
"Yes, but this time she said she had something important to discuss with you in person, so..."
The secretary was a little embarrassed, but as a secretary, her job was to help the boss manage things around him. If she caused Domon Yasuki to miss something important because of her...
She can't afford the consequences.
What's more, Rena Mizunashi is also a very famous reporter. She often appears on TV as a host with Yoko Okino, and has also worked with Kogoro Mori. What she says is still very credible.
"Hey, bring it here."
Domon Yasuki took the phone and said:
"Ms. Mizuno? I'm Yasuteru Domon."
A voice was heard coming from the microphone, and it could be vaguely identified as a woman. After listening for a while, Domon Yasuhira's face, which was not very good to begin with, became even gloomier, with dark clouds covering it.
"Okay, I understand. When does the interview start?"
"Yeah, okay."
After hanging up the phone, Domon Yasuki returned the phone to his secretary and said:
"The day after tomorrow at 1pm, we will go to Haido Park to accept an interview with Nichimi TV."
"ah?"
The secretary stood there in a daze, hesitating and saying:
"But...but you have already made an appointment with the former Secretary of Defense at 1pm the day after tomorrow..."
"Find an excuse to turn it down. Just say I'm busy."
Domon Yasuki said in a deep voice:
"Ms. Mizuno will hand over the rest of the matters to you. Just follow her instructions."
"Yes, I understand."
The secretary left in confusion. She didn't understand until the end why Yasuki Domon suddenly changed his mind. It must be related to that phone call. What did Rena Mizunashi say to him?
The atmosphere in the office was silent. Domon Yasuki looked like he was troubled, and Sakaki Makoto seemed to be thinking about something, also thinking about what Mizunashi Rena said on the phone.
"Any cigarettes?"
Domon Yasuki looked up at Sakaki Makoto and said:
"I want to smoke one."
Sakaki Makoto took out a cigarette box and handed it over. Domon Yasuki took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth. After lighting it, he took a deep puff. His back instantly arched and he began to cough violently.
Sakaki Makoto looked at him silently and asked nothing.
He had never seen Domon Yasuhira smoking before, and today he suddenly made an exception. He must have felt really uncomfortable.
“Some people don’t want me to be elected as a member of parliament…”
Twisting the cigarette, Domon Yasuki said quietly:
"First it was the gang, then Subaru Okiya suddenly appeared. I don't know what kind of power is behind him, but the enemy that appeared today was really beyond my expectations... Mr. Makoto Sakaki, what do you think I should do?"
"It depends on what you think, boss."
Sakaki Makoto spread his hands:
"If that reporter named Mizunashi Reina uses evidence to blackmail you, I can help destroy the evidence and ensure that I won't harm the other party."
“No, no, no…”
Domon Yasuki shook his head repeatedly:
"She wasn't blackmailing me, she was making a deal with me."
"trade?"
"Yes, my father and I have never gotten along. You know this, Mr. Sakaki."
With a long sigh, Domon Yasuaki said:
"The reason is that 20 years ago my father cheated on his wife and had a lover. This incident almost caused my parents to divorce. Although it was not exposed to the media, many people in the political circle still heard about it. There are quite a few people who know about it, but no one has mentioned it because of my father's face."
"Just now, Rena Mizunashi told me on the phone that someone told Nichimi TV that my father...had an illegitimate child with his lover."
"What?"
Sakaki opened his eyes wide, very shocked:
"Boss, are you sure it's a illegitimate child? Could the news be false?"
“It shouldn’t be fake.”
Domon Yasuki says:
"The other party exposed the private information of my father's lover, which was very detailed. I had investigated that woman before, and everything matched up, proving that the other party did know about my father's affair 20 years ago."
“Are they using this incident to threaten you and make you withdraw from the election?”
“That’s where it gets weird.”
Domon Yasuhira looked strange, somewhat confused:
"The other party did not use this matter to threaten me. Instead, they handed it over directly to Nichimi TV and told me that if I wanted to know the whereabouts of the illegitimate child, I should cooperate with Miss Mizunoshi. They would let Miss Mizunoshi act as a middleman to conduct the transaction with me."
"Wait a moment...wait a moment..."
There is a lot of information, and Makoto Sakaki needs to sort it out.
It must be the Black Organization that exposed the affair of Domon Yasuteru's father by Rena Mizunashi, and the source of the information was most likely the Boss. After all, the ministers of the Karasuma Cabinet are typical politicians, and they must have heard a lot of information from hearsay.
But the problem is...
Why didn't the Black Organization use this incident to force Yasuteru Domon to give up the election?
20 years ago...
FBI...
The more he thought about it, the paler Sakaki Makoto's face became. He vaguely felt that what happened to Domon Yasuki was not as simple as they had previously understood.
"Boss, I asked something I shouldn't have asked..."
After thinking for a long time, Sakaki Makoto looked at the middle-aged man sitting opposite the coffee table with burning eyes and asked:
"I remember your father said that he was elected as a member of parliament 20 years ago?"
"Yes, this year marks the 20th anniversary."
Domon Yasuki nodded:
"My father had an extramarital affair 23 years ago. After discovering it, my mother took me back to her parents' home in Osaka. About a year and a half later, my father learned about the next parliamentary election and knew that he needed my mother's family's help to become a member of parliament. So he came to apologize and said that he would never have any contact with his lover again. After completely cutting off contact, my mother took me back to Tokyo."
"Half a year later, my father was successfully elected as a member of parliament. A few days later, he got together with his lover again and proposed that I marry into the Karasuma family. So I made a big scene and broke off completely with my father."
"Seventeen years ago, the once prosperous Karasuma Group suffered a series of setbacks in just a few months. Huge companies closed down and declared bankruptcy. Strangely, during that period, my father came home more often..."
shock!
Sakaki Makoto's pupils shrank, he finally found the key information!
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