116 Shishio’s Move (1/2)

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”It is nice to finally meet you, son” Shishio gave a smile and looked proudly at the neutral faced Kazuya.

Kyouko was a little disturbed by the actions of this man. Wasn't he supposed to be here because he wanted to take over their company? Why was he taking such a sudden interest towards Kazuya? Shishio wasn't a sentimental person in the least. He would never acknowledge someone unless it had some sort of benefit for him so was this interest in Kazuya some kind of subterfuge?”

”What a rude kid” Nagisa commented. ”Is that the way you were brought up? Ignoring your parent?” she didn't like the idea that her husabnd was calling Kyouko's son his own so she couldn't help but put some insults in.

”Who is this old bag?” Kazuya turned towards his mother and asked. Miyamoto taught him lots of things about girls and it included what was normally not supposed to be mentioned or asked. He did not spare this arrogant woman a glance because he knew that this was Kurogane Nagisa already.

”Don't mind her son. She's just some random nobody who got lucky being born into a rich family. She even got an ambitious and heartless husband for it so you can just ignore the garbage that comes out of her mouth” Kyouko chimed in.

”Wha—!” Nagisa was about to lose her temper when Shishio raised an arm to prevent her from stepping any further. He was quite annoyed at how easily this woman had been provoked. If she had not been his wife, he would have already done something to keep that lip of hers from making the situation worse for him.

Kyouko didn't mind what Shishio did although she couldn't help but feel a sense of loss because after she dealt with the woman once, she felt a sense of satisfaction from it compared to just ignoring her.

”Since the boy's mother is here…” the lawyer saw this as his chance to shine and stepped forward. ”Are you depriving my client of his visitation rights towards his son?”

”Visitation rights? His son?” Kyouko's eyebrows twitched at the tone of the lawyer. ”You have the nerve to say that he has 'rights' when not only was this supposed 'right' ignored but also my son's own rights. I have neither used the privilege to press charges over his failure to have done his part as a parent so if you've come here to threaten me with these 'rights' you speak of, I dare you to see me in court so we can see just who should be threatening who” Kyouko's cold gaze intimidated the lawyer. This was the head of the Kouzuki Corporation and she indeed excluded the intimidating presence of one of the people standing on top.

”I…” The lawyer couldn't respond. He didn't expect Kyouko to be informed about it. The only one who understood was Shishio who finally looked at her. This woman had been a lot more capable than he expected her to be and she seemed to have been prepared for the event that he would take advantage of the loophole of him being Kazuya's biological father.

”There shouldn't be any need for all of that. I just came here to finally meet my son and to make it clear that the family was not behind the actions my nephew took” Shishio smiled. His peripheral vision locked on to Kazuya who barely showed any change in his expression like he had little interest in the whole matter.

”(This guy… is going that route huh…)” It was unexpected but Shishio was using Suzaku's actions towards him to their advantage. He was trying to make it seem like that Suzaku's actions was his own and the Kuroganes held no grudge. ”(Quite the clever scumbag indeed)” even he couldn't help to admire this man's wit. He was trying to save the Kuroganes from being suspected of making a move on Kazuya because of Suzaku's actions.

The tables were indeed being turned because since what Suzaku did had been in front of the eyes of the people, even Kazuya couldn't deny that it seemed like Suzaku had a grudge against him. The way Kazuya baited Suzaku to loudly declare his seemingly ludicrous deductions was actually working against him. Kazuya wondered if this father of his was actually on the scene because he seemed too knowledgeable about what happened.

”Is that all?” Kyouko, of course, didn't believe a word that came out of Shishio's mouth. All she wanted to do was to get him away from her Kazuya as soon as she could. He was like walking poison who couldn't help but poison or corrupt anything in his vicinity after all.

”Of course that's not all” Shishio smiled. ”As my lawyer said, I would like to discuss the matter about visitation rights. Since I still have that right, I'm interested in spending some time with my son” he then turned to Kazuya. ”I'm willing to pay twice the amount of child support and put it towards my son's account”

”You…” Kyouko couldn't understand what his motive was. Was this person really interested in being a father now of all times?

”Of course, we can settle this in court like you earlier suggested if you do so wish” he turned back to Kyouko. I'm sure that they can decide when I can spend time with my own child even if the mother does not cooperate” Shishio met with Kyouko's close gaze and took hit head-on.

”So the father is finally making a move on his son huh” Mei walked in from the house with her usual chilly demeanor. She woke up late because of the preparations she was indeed making for the day this man went for a visit.

”Ah yes, I almost forgot about you” Shishio grinned confidently like he had everything under control.”It seems like you've been extremely busy lately despite your long vacation”

”Doesn't your family have anything better to do than looking into other people?” Mei scoffed. ”If the Kuroganes put half of their efforts in doing real business rather than finding material they could blackmail people with then you guys would have been standing in the same stage as Stockton International” she coldheartedly declared.

”So you're saying that I won't be able to say anything to them that would affect your own business?” a threatening smile was directed to her.

”There isn't much that they don't already know. I do live with them after all” Mei confidently replied. ”Besides, even if you did know of a specific secret, it would already be too late for you to do any real harm” she ignored the threats which made Shishio quite impressed. He thought that she had indeed had the right to be called an ice queen.

”Is that so?” Shishio looked coldly at Mei. He didn't like being looked down upon by a mere assistant, much less someone with no background whatsoever. ”Then you mind me saying that you have used my son and his affection towards you to build a foundation for your own company right?” Shishio asked condescendingly.

”What is he talking about Mei?” Kyouko took her eyes off the intruders for the first time and turned towards her assistant who now had a frown on her face.

”Didn't she tell you? Your assistant here is the mysterious CEO of the Kazuno Tech your Kouzuki corporation is going up against” Shishio's revelation attracted a killing glare coming from Mei. ”She seemed to have used the resources our son had at his disposal to start the company” Shishio ignored Mei's glare and continued with his revelation.