Chapter 141 Thirty-five Cats

The store manager's idea is naturally not that simple, but inheriting the group will change all their plans from hell mode to simple mode. However, before Karasuma Renya dies, or before the group truly recognizes this new BOSS, they still can't do anything big.

For example, if the store manager announced after taking over that he would disband all projects related to Drug A in the research department and would no longer conduct research on this subject, Karasuma Renya would be the first person to disagree. However, the old man has been running this company and this family for a century, and that level of influence cannot be shaken by the store manager in a short period of time.

Even in the main world, after Chi Jiang Na Yue inherited the organization, he spent some time dealing with those old-school members who were unwilling to submit to him.

All I can say is that after inheriting the group, the pressure on them will be greatly reduced. Shirley doesn't need to worry about being caught again, and they don't need to worry about the group remembering Gin's disappearance and investigating here.

Since the store manager is the BOSS, is there anything wrong with borrowing a gin?

Shirley had been curious about how the store manager's words "fully prepared" could be realized. After all, she knew very well how much money and manpower would be needed.

Now she knows, because by the same token, since the store manager is the boss, is there any problem in using the group's internal research institutes and internal researchers to do the projects she wants to do?

On the surface, Shirley has returned to the group, but fundamentally, for Shirley, the purpose of her research now is not to satisfy Karasuma Renya's desires, but just to research and to repay the store manager who has helped her so much.

That's right, how can this be considered working for the group? She was clearly working for the store manager, so she just considered it as paying for the rent and food expenses during this period!

To defeat the group by fleecing the group, this plan, which is shocking from any angle, can only be thought of by an outsider savior who has nothing to do with this world and who deeply feels how easy it is to deceive everyone.

Conan did feel that this plan was a bit like walking on a tightrope at the beginning. It was too risky. No one knew whether Karasuma Renya would discover their plan in advance and flip the table in anger. Moreover, the store manager would need to stay in the group headquarters for a long time to consolidate and perfect the detailed foundation of this plan.

However, risks are accompanied by attractive benefits - if everything goes as smoothly as the store manager's plan, then they don't have to worry about the group's overwhelming power, and they can even be thankful that the group has such power. Conan thought about the feasibility of this plan and finally admitted that there is no better solution than the store manager's plan.

Well, speaking of danger, he also started to get excited.

The detective rubbed his fingertips, looking eager to make a move.

But at the same time as he was excited, Conan's mind also became calmer. He pointed out the flaw in the plan: "We can't realize all of this by ourselves. We also need official cooperation. But if Mr. Furuya and others knew that you wanted to do this, they would definitely be angry."

What else could he be angry about? Of course, he was angry that the store manager always disobeyed him and was always looking for danger.

"I have my own way." The store manager said with a bright smile, "Besides, Lingjiang and the others won't know about it before the press conference starts~!"

It is worth mentioning here that Karasuma Renya is already 140 years old this year.

He is old, and no one knows how he has managed to survive to this day. Similarly, no one knows how long he can hold on, and whether a ventilator or more advanced modern equipment can help him prolong his life... In this world, Karasuma Renya does not have the ambition to reverse life and death, and he may face his own death at any time.

According to what Akae Nazuki knows, the wish that Karasuma Renya made using the book pages twenty-two years ago was to 'become a human'.

However, this wish was distorted by the pages of the book, and in the end, it was the cat consciousness of this world that finally followed this wish and turned those people who were accidentally turned into animals and had their memories and reality distorted back into humans. The pages of the book brought five-year-old Xiaohong from the Yokohama world.

In a sense, this can be regarded as the realization of Karasuma Renya's deepest desire.

This old man, who knew he was going to die, was unwilling to let his ambition be forgotten with his death. He wanted a successor who could take over the banner of the group from him, and wanted someone to help him transform the world when the day came when he could no longer see the realization of his ideals.

Five-year-old Xiaohong was dragged in at that time.

Naturally, even though he had been sleeping, Karasuma Renya regarded him as the most perfect successor created for him by the pages of the book after his wish was fulfilled.

The store manager after waking up was extremely outstanding in every aspect. It took only a few days for him to transform from a pure-minded baby into an adult who could communicate with others on an equal footing. He absorbed information from the outside world like a sponge. How could Karasuma Renya not be excited?

The organization and Karasuma Renya have waited too long for a successor like this, but fortunately, it has been proven that their wait was useful.

At the beginning, rather than having the store manager call him Grandpa or Grandpa, Karasuma Renya perceived their relationship as more like creator and created, more like father and son than grandfather and grandson. However, the identity he arranged for the store manager more than 20 years ago was indeed a grandfather and grandson relationship, and the two of them looked even less like father and son, so there was nothing he could do about it.

Anyway, as long as the store manager can inherit the group in the end, who cares what their relationship is?

The only thing that bothered Karasuma Renya was that the child seemed to have entered a rebellious phase a little too quickly after waking up. He did not like living under the care of his parents and insisted on moving out to open his own shop. What a coincidence that the shop he opened was a 'Cat Cafe' related to Karasuma Renya's most hated cats.

After that, he endured for two months before tentatively allowing the store manager to attend the Suzuki Group's dinner as the group's heir. In the end, not only did the terrorist attack break out, but the store manager was almost injured.

Karasuma Renya's information channel also told him that the store manager specifically mentioned to the organizer, the Suzuki family, that he did not want others to know his identity when attending the banquet.

To round it off, doesn't this mean that the store manager doesn't want to be the heir to their group at all!

It would have been fine if he had not had any contact with the store manager after he woke up. Karasuma Renya had lived for so many years and had long since let it go. At most, he was a little dissatisfied that this person received his favor but did not want to repay him - if he had not paid someone to take care of the store manager for more than 20 years, how could the other party have woken up?

However, Karasuma Renya has seen the manager's talent and knows that if he is the manager, he might be able to realize his wish countless times faster than him! Whether it is developing drugs or something else, the manager's talent and the group's wealth are enough to solve all difficulties.

Karasuma Renya was extremely upset about this, and he finally found an opportunity. When the store manager took the initiative to propose a tour of the group, he secretly arranged for his right-hand man, the second-generation Rum, to take the store manager on a tour. He also emphasized to Rum that he should take the store manager to see the results of their hard work over the years.

Karasuma Renya has always felt that the store manager did not want to inherit the group because he felt that they had not made any significant progress towards their goals for such a long time. So he was very confident that as long as he could let the store manager see how vicious their abilities and methods were, the store manager would definitely be impressed and would be eager to inherit the family business!

The old man checked the Internet for information again and found that most children in their rebellious period really like this feeling of being rebellious, so he felt more at ease.

Look! Isn't it time to reap the rewards? What the internet said was true, the store manager really agreed to take over!

His family business will not be lost after all, and maybe he can even see his ultimate wish come true in his lifetime...

Karasuma Renya was so moved that he was about to cry. He quickly arranged a press conference for the store manager and notified all the media that were friendly with the group to rush to the scene. In order to block the store manager's retreat, he even arranged live broadcasts on multiple platforms and bought three hours of large screens in several of Tokyo's most prosperous areas, ready to let the whole country know that the group has a new, outstanding and extraordinary successor!

Until he stood at the press conference with this moved and tearful expression, and under the siege of many people from the stage, he stared blankly at the large golden characters on the long banner hanging in the center of the venue.

[From Karasuma Group~'The dream drug that changes the world' announced that it will soon conduct Phase III clinical trials]

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Wait, isn't this the [Press Conference to Announce the Identity of the Next Successor of the Karasuma Group]?

What's with this name that sounds like a light novel title?!