Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 358

After stepping out of the mansion, Su-ho entered the [Subspace House] once more.

He cast [Enthrallment] on Musashi and began questioning him.

“Name.”

“Takeda Musashi.”

“That your real name?”

“Yes.”

“From here on, I’m going to dismantle Yamaguchi and raise Sumiyoshi to be Japan’s top guild. What do you think?”

“I think it’s a good idea.”

As expected, [Enthrallment].

The effect was terrifying.

Su-ho chuckled.

“Right? But Yamaguchi’s too big for that. I hear you were recently approached by the Vice Minister to go after Sumiyoshi?”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“And you’ve got the ledgers on your subordinate groups’ corruption, right?”

“Not all of them, but enough to keep them leashed.”

“Where are they?”

“I’ve stored them in the vault at my home.”

“Anyone besides you able to get inside?”

“No. Only I can.”

“Yeah?”

Annoying.

That meant he’d have to go himself.

No helping it.

Su-ho drove the Guiyeong Spear into the ground near the mansion, then took Musashi’s home address and rode the Iron Horse there at once.

Whoooosh!

For the second time that day, he found himself in Kobe.

Hovering above Musashi’s home, Su-ho narrowed his brows at the swarm of Yamaguchi guild members surrounding the property.

‘Well, at least they’re scrambling after hearing their boss was kidnapped.’

Scanning with [Mana Perception], he saw that none of them had entered the house itself.

As expected.

It was still the guildmaster’s home, after all.

Shrouded in [Colorless Solitude], Su-ho quietly landed with the Iron Horse on the terrace of the second floor.

Then he pulled Musashi from the [Subspace House] and headed for the vault.

The house wasn’t entirely empty.

Servants and what seemed to be family members bustled inside, but before they could scream, Su-ho struck their sleep points, knocking them out.

He entered the study and opened the door to the vault inside.

At the sight within, Su-ho couldn’t help but let out a dry laugh.

“Well now... this is practically a bank vault.”

No exaggeration.

It wasn’t one of those movie-style safes hidden behind a painting. It was an entire room, like the VIP vaults of a bank.

And what was inside shocked him even more.

“Wow... is all this gold?”

Not just gold.

Jewels, dollars—every kind of liquid asset imaginable crammed inside.

“Unbelievable...”

But Musashi ignored all of that, heading to a cabinet in the corner. He pointed with care.

“These documents record all the business Yamaguchi has been involved in since it turned into a guild.”

“Ledgers included?”

“Yes.”

It looked just like a prosecutor’s case cabinet.

Su-ho flipped through them until he pulled out a file.

It detailed drug distribution. Specifically, the Osaka market. A record of all the narcotics handled in Osaka just last year alone.

Tsk, these parasites eating away at society...

Of all crimes, Su-ho despised drug crimes most.

Drugs spared neither young nor old; once released, they slowly hollowed society from within. Humanity’s worst invention.

Personally, he considered drugs worse than random killings.

Shaking his head, Su-ho opened the [Subspace House] and summoned his clone soldiers to start hauling everything away.

Musashi stood by, hands folded politely, waiting.

Meanwhile, Su-ho scanned the vault again and nodded.

“Take all of this too.”

“All of this” meant the valuables—including the gold.

He needed pure gold anyway, to unlock the [Rune of Greed]. The rest he planned to give to Representative Ion.

Ion had gone through the trouble of setting up a Japanese branch, only for it to be dissolved overnight.

Once the loading was done, Su-ho closed the vault and returned to Akasaka with Musashi.

He didn’t meet Hiro right away.

Instead, he approached the car where Director Oota and Section Chief Nakamura were waiting near Hiro’s mansion and tapped the window.

“Open up.”

“Yes, sir.”

Both were still under [Enthrallment].

Su-ho climbed into the back seat of their car and began his questioning, preparing for his visit to Paranormal Ability.

“You two are direct subordinates of Paranormal Ability, correct?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“What kind of man is Vice Minister Miyamoto?”

“Vice Minister Miyamoto... is someone who carries a hundred serpents in his belly.”

“Serpents? You mean sly like a snake?”

“He’s sly, and venomous too.”

“And his greed? Does he like bribes?”

“No. In fact, he’s quite clean.”

“Clean?”

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