Chapter 002: Ishida Corporation

The reason Kaneki Ken lived here was because the housing prices were very cheap.

In the past, he had to get up early every day, take the subway, and transfer several times to get to the university.

But now, in order to work to pay off his debts, Kaneki Ken had long since given up on school, working desperately every day. The school had also sent him several letters, telling him that if his attendance rate was insufficient, he would be held back a grade.

But would Kaneki Ken, who was already unable to take care of himself, care about that?

Now, Wang Bo had taken Kaneki Ken's place, and of course he was unwilling to live in such a place. He had already made up his mind to use the same trick again: sell some gems to obtain a large sum of money.

After paying off the Yakuza debt, he would move to a more bustling area of Tokyo.

For example, Minato Ward, or Shinjuku, Shibuya—any of these would do.

Wang Bo certainly knew that housing prices in these areas were extremely high, astronomical for ordinary people, but for Wang Bo, as long as a problem could be solved with money, it wasn't a problem.

After all, he was truly wealthy.

The operation of exchanging gems for money was something Wang Bo had long since mastered to the point of being overly familiar.

After all, he had done this several times before.

So this time, Wang Bo still executed it smoothly. In less than a morning, he sold several valuable gems and exchanged them for ten billion yen.

Ten billion yen sounded very exaggerated, but if converted to US dollars, ten billion yen was less than one hundred million dollars. This shows that ten billion yen was actually not that exaggerated.

If Wang Bo wanted, exchanging for hundreds of billions of yen would be nothing, but for him, money just needed to be enough to spend.

Afterward, Wang Bo went to the bank, withdrew thirty million yen in cash, and carried the suitcase to Shinjuku Ward.

As for the group of Yakuza who had been secretly following Wang Bo, they had been shaken off by Wang Bo as soon as he left the house.

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Shinjuku is one of the three major sub-centers of Tokyo. The well-known Kabukicho is located in this ward, and it is also a base for various Yakuza and urban legends.

At least the Yakuza organization from which Wang Bo borrowed money was stationed here, named... the Ishida Group!

According to Kaneki Ken's information, there were too many Yakuza organizations in Tokyo, and the Ishida Group was just an insignificant small organization among them.

Its membership was only about a hundred people. But precisely because it was a small organization, in order to support itself and grow, it would stop at nothing and often use despicable methods.

However, they were very clever and often exploited legal loopholes.

For example, the method used against Kaneki Ken was one of their common tactics. Although it was a bit inefficient, at least it didn't incur any legal liability.

It was precisely because of this caution that they had survived many crises and remained stable to this day.

After taking the train to Shinjuku Ward, Wang Bo took a taxi to an old-looking office building, which was the Ishida Group's lair.

Wang Bo walked in with the suitcase, took the elevator to the twelfth floor. At the end of the corridor, there was a security door with a sign reading "Ishida Corporation."

And the so-called Ishida Corporation was the Ishida Group.

Wang Bo raised his hand and knocked on the door; the thumping sound echoed in the corridor.

After a while, a Japanese man with dyed yellow hair opened the door. Seeing Wang Bo, he was somewhat surprised. "Kaneki, you bastard, why are you here?"

"I've come to repay the money," Wang Bo said unhurriedly.

"Repay the money?" The yellow-haired man grew even more surprised. He looked down at the suitcase Wang Bo was holding and reached out to snatch it.

This guy was named Inoue Shinichi, one of the Ishida Group's enforcers. He often pressured Wang Bo, beating and kicking him at the slightest displeasure. In Kaneki Ken's eyes, this guy was a complete bastard.

As the other man grabbed for the suitcase, Wang Bo raised his hand, pressed it on his shoulder, and gave a gentle push.

Inoue Shinichi felt a violent force hit him; he couldn't help staggering backward, lost his balance, and sat down hard on the ground.

The intense pain made Inoue Shinichi let out an "Ah!" of agony.

Wang Bo stepped inside. It was a very simple office, with only a desk, a sofa set with a coffee table, and a row of bookshelves in the corner.

Besides that, there was a printer, a few computers, and a water dispenser.

Who would have thought that this seemingly shabby place was actually the Ishida Group's office? It was here that Kaneki Ken had borrowed a huge sum of money and stepped headlong into the trap.

If he hadn't been accidentally replaced by Wang Bo, he would have already committed suicide by now.

Wang Bo looked around and found that only Inoue Shinichi was in this simple office. He asked, "I'm here to see your boss. Where is he?"

"Kaneki!" Inoue Shinichi forced himself up from the ground despite the pain, raised his fist, and swung it at Wang Bo's head. "You bastard, you want to die... Pfft!"

Wang Bo sidestepped, dodging Inoue Shinichi's attack, and at the same time slapped Inoue Shinichi's stomach.

Inoue Shinichi flew back like a cannonball, slammed into the wall with a bang, then fell to the ground, his mind dazed, completely unaware of what had happened.

Wang Bo stepped forward, grabbed Inoue Shinichi, and said, "I'm here to see Ishida. Where is he?"

Inoue Shinichi came to his senses and tried to resist, but Wang Bo punched him in the stomach. The immense force nearly shattered Inoue Shinichi's intestines.

The man opened his mouth and vomited a large amount of acid. The intense pain twisted his features.

"I'll ask you one more time: where is Ishida?"

This time, Inoue Shinichi cowered and said tremblingly, "Boss Ishida... Boss Ishida took some men out."

"Then tell him to come back," Wang Bo said bluntly.

Inoue Shinichi nodded repeatedly.

Wang Bo let go, letting the man fall to the ground, picked up his suitcase, and walked over to sit on the sofa.

After a while, Inoue Shinichi got up, hurried outside, and made a phone call.

"Boss, come back quickly. That kid Kaneki has brought money to repay the debt."

"Yes, boss. I'll keep him steady."

"No... no problem."

Soon, Inoue Shinichi came in and said to Wang Bo, "Our boss asks you to wait a moment. He'll be back soon."

Wang Bo asked, "How long?"

"Half an hour."

"Alright," Wang Bo nodded. He had nothing else to do anyway.

Inoue Shinichi stood tremblingly to the side, looking uneasily at Wang Bo sitting on the sofa. He was utterly puzzled as to why Kaneki Ken, who had always been bullied by him, had become so fierce.