Luo Shu was speechless upon hearing this, but after all, he was an 'elder' in front of Nura: Xiangpiao, so he couldn't refuse, so he reached out and accepted the candy.
Nurarihyon smiled, then looked around and said:
"Who else hasn't arrived yet?"
"In addition to the Onmyoji, there are also cabinet bureaucrats. Oh, and Director Tachibana is not here either."
Just as Iwanaga Kotoko finished speaking, the elevator opened again.
Tachibana Kirika and Nangong Nayue walked out of the elevator together, followed by a girl in a kimono with straight curly blonde hair and twin ponytails.
After the three of them walked out of the elevator together, they noticed Luo Shu and others who were gathered together.
"Hey, you're here so early."
Tachibana Kirika looked at Luo Shu and Shim strangely, then greeted Iwanaga Kotoko and Nurarihyon.
But compared to her friendliness towards Iwanaga Kotoko, Tachibana Kirika was not polite towards Nurarihyon:
"You old rascal, you are already old and you are still hanging around. Where is your son?"
"I went on a trip with my daughter-in-law. We should be in Brazil now, right?"
Nurarihyon touched his chin uncertainly, then licked his face and smiled at Nangong Nayue:
"By the way, Instructor Nangong, are you going to tutor? My little grandson..."
"No." Nangong Nayue glanced at Nurarihyon and said, "Let your child get primary education first."
She is so busy now, how can she have the time to teach children basic skills.
Nurarihyon knew that the plan was not going to work, so he could only sigh and say, "That's such a pity."
Nangong Nayue did not react to this, but just glanced at Luo Shu and said with a gloomy face:
"You've skipped class again, Luo Shu0..."
"Would you like me to help you calculate how many times this has happened?"
Hearing this, Dalian Temple Suzuka, who was standing behind Nangong Nayue, looked at Luo Shu curiously, but because she knew that she was here to listen, she didn't say anything.
Seeing Nangong Nayue's obviously unfriendly face, Luo Shu's heart suddenly skipped a beat:
"I remember I should have asked for leave, right?"
Nangong Nayue seemed to have been prepared. She took out a note and held it in front of her:
"You mean the note that says 'I want to go back to my hometown to marry my childhood sweetheart'?"
"Do you think anyone would believe this?"
Hearing this, Iwanaga Kotoko, Nurarihyon, and Tachibana Kirika all looked over with teasing eyes.
Mu Geng! ! Luo Shu gritted his teeth in his heart, but still bit the bullet, pulled Shim in front of him, and said:
"The childhood sweetheart you want is here. Whether you believe it or not, Yue-chan, I believe it anyway."
"Huh?" Shim, who was used to block the gun, blinked, his expression obviously a little confused.
But the next second, she quickly reacted and nodded:
"Yes, I am Luo Shujun's childhood sweetheart."
Click!
Nangong Nayue's folding fan hit Shim's forehead:
"Childhood sweetheart, you bastard, do you think I don't know who you are?"
"It hurts, it hurts!" Shim covered his forehead and looked at Nangong Nayue with tears in his eyes.
"Tsk."
Nangong Nayue smacked her lips, glanced at Luo Shu and said:
"Oh, I almost forgot to congratulate you. Your leave application has been made public in the teacher's office. I guess the whole grade knows about it now. I wish you a happy campus life in the future~"
Luo Shu's mouth twitched fiercely, and said: "....Should I say thank you for the blessing?"
Just when Luo Shu was speechless.
The elevator doors opened again.
A group of middle-aged men in suits walked out.
Seeing this, Luo Shu raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at the thin middle-aged man wearing glasses in the front.
Although Luo Shu was unfamiliar with the other party, he had seen him in the documents provided by Shim.
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries?
He is described by Tachibana Kirika as the only minister in the cabinet who has feelings for his family.
According to the intelligence records, the other party has three daughters, the eldest daughter Fujiwara no Toyotomi, the second daughter Fujiwara no Chika, and the youngest daughter Fujiwara no Moe.
They were all characters that Luo Shu was particularly familiar with.
Especially the one called the cancer of the earth, Chika Fujiwara.
"...What a messed up world this is." Luo Shu whispered.
Nurarihyon, who was standing by, heard this but pretended not to hear it. He happily stretched his old bones and said:
"Oh my, the cabinet bureaucrats are here. It looks like the meeting is about to begin."
"Well, I hope this meeting can be shorter, otherwise my old bones won't be able to bear it."
Chapter 70: Minister Fujiwara and Vice Minister Fukuda
"Minister, there are a few people in this meeting that you need to pay attention to."
Before entering the elevator, Vice Minister Fukuda Akira held a document and handed it to Fujiwara Daichi, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Industry.
"Oh, oh." Upon hearing that, Fujiwara Daichi took the document in a daze and started reading.
"This is the profile of the SDS Operations Director, Tachibana Kirika. I think you have already seen it, Minister."
"The second one is the intelligence of Luo Shu, the director of the SDS Secret Management Department. This director's department is a newly established department, and there is not much intelligence about him, so when dealing with him, Minister, please try to speak less, or let me speak."
"Oh, this is the information of Ms. Nangong Nayue, the representative of the Onmyoji Bureau. However, this lady should just be here to handle the matter, so generally speaking, there is no need to worry."
Fujiwara Daichi couldn't help but smile when he heard this:
"At this kind of congress, there are people who come here just to get by, right?"
"Yes, just like you, Minister."
After Fukuda Akira finished speaking, he didn't pay much attention to Fujiwara Daichi's speechless expression and continued to hand over a document:
"The next one is the information about Nura Karasu, the chief commander of Tokyo's monsters, and Mr. Michigen Takayanagi, the chief commander of the Metropolitan Police Department's warriors."
Fujiwara Daichi flipped through the file and said in surprise, "There are so many descriptions of these two people's personalities?"
Upon hearing this, Fukuda Akira said calmly: "Because they are the most likely to quarrel in the meeting."
"Finally, there is Kazuo from the Vampire Elders' Council, Mr. Ichijo Mayuan, and Ms. Iwanaga Kotoko, the general representative of the island nation's monsters."
"These two people usually don't express too much opinion, provided that your 22 remarks do not endanger the entire vampire and monster community."
After listening to these words and flipping through the documents, Fujiwara Daichi raised his head speechlessly and looked at his Vice Minister of Affairs:
"There are so many troublesome representatives to deal with, why is it that I, the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry who studied economics, am asked to attend the meeting instead of the Minister of Foreign Affairs?"
Upon hearing this, Fukuda Akira smiled gently: "Minister~"
"You know, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has always been kind to foreigners, and the Prime Minister doesn't want the same kind treatment this time."
Fujiwara Daichi was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise: "But except for Mr. Luo Shu, aren't all the others on the list citizens of our country?"
"But they don't pay taxes," said Fukuda Akira with a smile.
"Not paying taxes?!" Fujiwara Daichi was stunned for a moment: "Nationality doesn't count. Do you have to pay taxes to be considered a citizen?"
"Of course." Fukuda Akira nodded as a matter of course: "The Ministry of Finance has been trying very hard to get those monsters, vampires, and warriors to disclose their financial situation and to get them to pay income tax and asset tax, but they have not paid."
Fujiwara Daichi was curious: "Why don't they hand it over?"
Fukuda Akira said calmly: "It's not that they don't want to pay, but they ask the SDS department to pay taxes first."
"Then let SDS pay the tax." Fujiwara Daichi asked subconsciously.
Fukuda Akira smiled politely at this time:
"Minister, we have actually done this before, but usually after doing it, we have to spend ten times the price to go to America to buy a bunch of scrap metal.
By then, not only the Self-Defense Forces but also the people will protest. If they know who the minister who proposed this bill is, then the voters’ votes will be in jeopardy..."
"Oh, by the way, do you know why the last Prime Minister resigned?"
Fujiwara Daichi was instantly alert. Voters' votes were a matter of life and death. If SDS was asked to pay taxes, they would just change the prime minister. So it would be better not to let them pay.
His expression changed instantly, and he said kindly:
"It's actually quite normal not to pay taxes. After all, there are many companies that evade taxes, and many of them seem to be in violation of national economic policies, so we don't have to focus only on the few companies that work for the country."
Upon hearing this, Fukuda Akira smiled and said, "Minister, you and the Prime Minister have the same idea."
"Prime Minister..." Fujiwara Daichi finally became alert: "Does the Prime Minister have any instructions?"
Fukuda Akira scratched his cheek with his finger and entered the elevator, which had already opened. Fujiwara Daichi reacted and quickly came over. The two of them were basically close to each other and whispered:
"What does the Prime Minister want me to do?"
At this time, Fukuda Akira whispered:
“The Prime Minister hopes that you can be tougher on the SDS without causing resentment among them.”
"It would be best if the battle plan against ghouls this time could be commanded by our people, and they could bear part of the cost."
"But how can I be tough with them without making them feel disgusted?"
Fujiwara Daichi asked in confusion:
"Do you want me to kneel on the ground and give them orders?"
Fukuda Akira waved his hands quickly: "No, no, no, under normal circumstances, you actually have to kneel on the ground, but it's not you who gives the orders, it's them who give the orders."
Fujiwara Daichi: "???"
Fujiwara Daichi was speechless for a while, then asked, "What exactly does the Prime Minister mean?"
Fukuda Akira said calmly at this time: "The Prime Minister means that we can exterminate the ghouls, but we hope someone can bear the cost, preferably SDS."
Fujiwara Daichi couldn't help but laugh when he heard this request:
"Haha, if I can do that, it won't matter who becomes the Prime Minister."
After saying this, Fujiwara Daichi, realizing that he had said something out of turn, quickly covered his mouth, while Fukuda Akira on the side pretended not to hear it.
After looking around and seeing that all the bureaucrats around him were pretending not to notice, Fujiwara Daichi asked quietly:
"Mr. Fukuda, you should know that SDS says it is a joint department between us and the garrison, but they might as well say that they were hired by the garrison to manage us. How can we get funds from them to exterminate ghouls?"
Upon hearing this, Fukuda Akira said innocently, "Minister, I am just an ordinary vice minister and I will only follow your orders. You should tell me the answer to this question, right?"
"Shall I give you the answer?"
Fujiwara Daichi was dumbfounded. He was stunned for a while, touched his chin, and said:
"Should I prepare my resignation?"
At this time, Fukuda Akira said quietly:
"Minister, your elder brother should be released on parole soon, right?"
"You mean the Prime Minister and my old man... Oh, is that so?"
Fujiwara Daichi understood instantly that he would definitely not get the funds. The previous cabinet was replaced because of the request for funds, so he was destined to resign and take responsibility.
The reason for such a huge price was that the Prime Minister made a deal with the old man in his family, allowing his elder brother, who had insisted on imposing taxes on special groups in the country as a former official minister, to be released from prison and arrange the next cabinet.
After all, the Fujiwara family's resources have always been used to pave the way for the eldest brother. The other party is the real politician trained by the Fujiwara family, and he is just a figurehead because his eldest brother was imprisoned.
If there is a choice, it is still worthwhile to exchange a term as a minister for the release of the eldest brother from prison.
At least in the eyes of the old man at home, it's worth it.
