Chapter 81

Having fewer people also has its advantages. At least there are no troublesome bickering. The new candidates for promotion were quickly finalized with the unanimous agreement of the three.

Mori Ogai's eyes passed over Ozaki Kouye and Douma in turn, and he said without much interest, "Then I will send someone to call Dazai-kun and the pianist up, and we will discuss the details of the future development of the port mafia during this meeting, so as to save everyone from having to make an extra trip later."

Naturally, no one would object to the suggestion of solving the problem at the same time, and Ozaki Kouyo and Douma at the bottom nodded in agreement.

While waiting for Dazai Osamu and the pianist, Ozaki Koyo cast a hesitant look at Mori Ogai. The loud movement attracted Douma, who was playing with his fingers to kill time, to look at Mori Ogai as well.

Being stared at by two people at the same time, Mori Ou felt extremely stressed. He could no longer pretend that he didn't see that Ozaki Kouyo had something to say, so he smiled like a good gentleman and asked, "Kouyo-kun, is there anything you want to tell me?"

"That's true, but I don't know whether I should say this." Ozaki Kouyo smiled shyly, but her delicate eyes and eyebrows were fixed on Mori Ogai, obviously waiting for Mori Ogai to take the initiative to speak so that she could say what she wanted to say.

Faced with Ozaki Kouyo's veiled rhetoric, although Mori Ogai guessed that Ozaki Kouyo might be planning to tell him something that would embarrass him, he couldn't refuse since the words had come to this point, so he waved his hand and said, "Just say whatever you want to say, Kouyo-kun."

There were undercurrents in the conference room. Douma was not a fool, of course he felt it, but he had no idea what these two were up to. He looked at Ozaki Koi and then divided his attention between Mori Ogu, transforming himself into a civet in a melon field, and was very busy.

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And seeing Douma's excited expression because of eating melon, Moriogai saw that he was on Ozaki Koyo's side, as if he was ready to attack him together with Ozaki Koyo at any time.

Under the pressure of Douma's gaze (?), Mori Oguchi felt even more pressure, and couldn't help but hope in his heart that Ozaki Koyo wouldn't give him any problems.

Mori Oo's serious attitude was accidentally revealed, and was noticed by the sharp-eyed Ozaki Kouyo. She was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but doubt in her heart. Is what she was about to mention really embarrassing for Dr. Mori? Can't...right?

Ozaki Kouyo felt something was amiss, but she didn't intend to miss this great opportunity. She stopped thinking about other things and focused on getting a promotion for her beloved subordinate. "According to the decision just made, there is only one vacancy left among the five major cadres. What do you think about this, Chief Mori?"

Upon hearing this, Mori Ogai knew that he had misunderstood. It turned out that Ozaki Kouyo did all these things just to take advantage of this opportunity to push her direct subordinate Nakahara Chuuya to the position of cadre in one fell swoop.

After seeing through Ozaki Koyo's intention, Mori Ogai felt much relieved.

He quickly reviewed in his mind what contributions Chuuya Nakahara had made since joining the Port Mafia, and then the extremely cautious Mori Ouga completely put his heart at ease, and the smile on his face became a little more genuine.

"I know that Momiji-kun is very optimistic about Chuuya-kun, but Chuuya-kun's experience is still shallow. Although his personal combat ability is extremely strong and he is enough to destroy a hostile organization alone, it's a pity that Chuuya-kun is far behind Dazai-kun in terms of the overall view." Mori Ogai righteously blocked Ozaki Momiji's words of recommendation before they were spoken.

"..." Ozaki Kouyo's red lips slightly opened, and she was speechless for a moment, because she knew that what Mori Ogai said was very pertinent. As Chuuya's direct superior, she was well aware of some of the minor flaws of her subordinates.

In fact, in Ozaki Koyo's eyes, both Dazai Osamu and Nakahara Chuuya are equally excellent and promising younger generations. The only difference is that one is at the peak of strength, while the other is at the peak of wisdom.

Even Ozaki Koyo had to admit that Dazai did a much better job than Chuuya in bringing benefits to the organization. In many situations, problems cannot be solved by rushing forward and using violence. In this regard, Chuuya still has a lot to learn.

Mori Ogai could see clearly the turmoil in Ozaki Kouye's heart. He raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said firmly, "Chuye-kun still needs more experience."

What Sen Ouwai didn't say at this moment was that he already had a plan in mind for the last cadre position.

Compared to Chuuya-kun who is still young and can slowly accumulate experience, Moriogai prefers to sell this position for a good price first. It doesn't take too long. As long as Chuuya-kun waits patiently for three to five years, the cadre position that Chuuya-kun deserves will be his sooner or later.

Mori Ouwai's calculations were very clever. According to his plan, it would only take three to five years for the port mafia, which was in the process of rapid expansion, to no longer need any external financial support.

When that time comes, those guys who try to use money to get their hands on positions they don't deserve should just give up their positions and let the wise take over.

Of course, if the plan goes smoothly, Chuuya-kun won't even have to wait three to five years. He will probably be ready to take over Dazai-kun's position next year at the latest. Mori Ogai, who was full of scumbags, thought so.

"I understand." Ozaki Koyo lowered her eyes in disappointment and ended the current topic decisively without further lingering on it.

At the same time, she also thought about what kind of tasks she should assign to Chuuya in the future so that she could give Chuuya more opportunities to hone his skills. She didn't ask Chuuya to be on par with Dazai in this regard, but at least he should become a mature adult who can stand on his own feet, so that he can go further and become an executive.

Douma was not surprised that Ozaki Kouyo was defeated by Mori Ogai, but after listening to everything Mori Ogai said, he just felt like he was hit by an arrow in the knee.

'His personal combat power is extremely strong', 'One person is enough to destroy a hostile organization', 'However, his overall perspective is far behind Dazai-kun'.

How can this be a complaint? Isn't this just a crazy cue to him? Damn, a martial artist who has brains but hardly uses them is not worthy of being an officer in the port mafia?

Douma, who felt that he was being targeted, puffed up his cheeks and snorted, not even looking at the annoying Mori Ooi anymore. How childish of him.

Moriogai has been secretly paying attention to Douma's movements. At this moment, he noticed that Douma was puffing his cheeks childishly and looking angry. He couldn't guess what Douma was planning to do. It was just that the voices were similar, but Douma's behavior pattern was slowly becoming more like that troublesome guy Dazai.

After pondering for a while, Mori Ogai had some ideas: By showing his dissatisfaction with him so openly, could it be that Douma was implicitly telling him that he hoped Chuuya-kun would become an executive now?

This analysis put Mori Ouwai in a dilemma, but the pressure of lack of money was greater than anything else. If the Port Mafia wanted to grow and develop, it absolutely could not lack sufficient financial support. He could not give up such a wonderful arrangement easily.

It is rare to find a knowledgeable person who is willing to pay a high price to buy a cadre position, so he must not miss the excellent opportunity to sell the cadre position of the port mafia for a good price.

In particular, Mori Ogai thought that since Douma was willing to express his dissatisfaction with him openly, it meant that there was still room for maneuver, so he pretended not to realize what Douma wanted to convey to him.

Douma: ...What I'm saying is, is there a possibility that I didn't mean anything as messed up as you guessed from the beginning to the end!

The three of them fell silent for various reasons. The atmosphere in the conference room became a little awkward. It was so quiet that even the sound of the clock hanging on the wall seemed so abrupt.

Fortunately, not long after, Dazai Osamu and the pianist arrived, breaking the strange atmosphere in the conference room.

As soon as he entered the room, Dazai Osamu couldn't wait to speak: "Mr. Mori suddenly sent someone to call the two of us in. Is there any good news to inform us?"

On the way here, the moment Dazai Osamu met the pianist, he realized that he and the pianist were going to be promoted to cadres.

Dazai Osamu couldn't stop the smile on his face. It wasn't because he wanted a mere cadre position, but simply because he had won a crushing victory in the competition with the dwarf. The only people called were him and the pianist. Chuuya had lost!

The wonderful feeling of defeating Nakahara Chuuya made Dazai Osamu so happy that he almost performed a waltz for everyone on the spot.

The pianist next to him also had some guesses about this, but he acted more mature and calm.

The pianist admitted that he was once as young and frivolous as Dazai Osamu, relying on his talent and ability to steal the show. He was even unanimously voted as one of the most likely candidates to become a cadre in the internal forum of the Port Mafia.

However, after experiencing some unbearable and vicious attacks, the pianist, who was not afraid of death but was afraid that everyone in the flag society would die with him, became much more restrained and started to keep a low profile.

"As expected, nothing can be hidden from Dazai-kun." Mori Ogai smiled particularly happily, as if he didn't care at all that Dazai Osamu could guess everything in advance. He was just happy for him as a teacher.

The pianist on the opposite side felt nervous, thinking that Dazai Osamu was in trouble for being "praised" by Mori Ogai. Wasn't this telling everyone that he, Mori Ogai, had set his sights on Dazai Osamu?

Dazai Osamu, who was being targeted, responded with an equally brilliant smile, which was full of provocation.

He loved dancing on the wire and was looking forward to the thrill of falling into the abyss and being smashed to pieces.

Mori Ogai, who knew his disciple's nature very well, looked away as if it was nothing unusual and looked at the pianist who was deliberately keeping his eyebrows down and looking docile. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in surprise and thought: This guy seems to have become more difficult to deal with.

"Just as Dazai-kun expected, the two of you have been qualified for promotion to officers." Mori Ogai spread his arms and said implicitly, "From now on, this conference room will always be open to you."

"Congratulations." Douma said at the right time, pointing a finger: "Pick a seat for yourselves."

Dazai Osamu was naturally the one who took the lead in this matter. He was not at all vague and specifically picked out his teacher's lungs and sat down next to Douma with a clear goal. After sitting down, he even winked at Mori Ogai who was sitting above him innocently.

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