238 6.32 Whistle Blowing Himura...!! (2/2)
”So you need more funds to perform this task?”
”No... No... No... That's not the point. I think firstly you need to deposit funds into your castle liquid assets because someone had siphoned it and had been severely punished. I think you need to deposit about 2 to 3 million because if you find out about your castles liquid assets, it's really in the pits.”
”The new housing projects would be funded by Yours Truly. This would be an upgrade for the employees of Fasuto Japan KabushikiGaisha.”
”Presently there are 4 households per house so we would like to separate them into bigger spaces to live with just 2 households per house. Those who can afford could buy their own house, a 20% interest for 50 months repayment at 50 gold coins per single household unit.”
”Who siphoned the money? I'd cut off his neck right now...!!”
”The ex-Mayor and the Head of Treasurer should answer for this. I'm sorry but these matters regarding these Head would be dutifully answered by Your Majesty.”
I called for a messenger and asked the Head Treasurer to come forth and seek an audience with His Majesty and to bring the accounts book of the Castle liquid assets.
The messenger ran off and the Head Treasurer was running with his big ledger book and was huffing and red-faced when he fell flat in front of the yard near Tokugawa Iemochi was sitting.
”Whatever your decisions, always remember that your words are mine, and my words are yours too, Your Majesty. The rest of the government officials had been punished and most of them had left Kitakata. Only these 2 would be best meted by you.”
The ex-Mayor was taken aback by my decision to rat on him because he thought that he would escape all these by being in favour and ass licked me all the way. Little did he knew I would turn against him.
”Your Majesty, let me introduce you, Asuwaipu Itsumo and Okane Kao, Head of Treasurer. Before Yours Truly start, let me ask Asuwaipu a question...”
Tokugawa Iemochi was fuming mad because his money had been siphoned and used as their own benefits. If there's no change of mayorship, this secret had long been buried. I placed my hand on my chest and showed him to be cool because the next few words that he will hear would definitely shock him to his knees.
”Your Majesty, I hope this revelation would not shock you since Asuwaipu would be working with you as your aide,” I advised and offered cranberry tea to him and he drank a sip, to calm his nerves. CRANBERRY TEA DOES THAT, you know. Hehehehe...
Tokugawa Iemochi looked at them and was holding on to his katana at his sides and I took my hand and gently places it over Tokugawa's that was resting already on the handle and would be pulled out anytime.
”If you're my friend, Tokugawa Iemochi... Don't draw your katana here and spill any blood. Don't do the dirty job by yourself. You have your soldiers to do it... Let them pee and shit in fear because they had double-crossed you... And they would do it again in the future behind your back...!”
”Yes, you're my friend, Himura Kenshin and your advice, I heed...”
Everyone was surprised I called the 14th Shogun by his full name. It was like an insult but His Majesty took notice at all because the one that spoke to him was like an Emperor or a Hero to him.