Multiverse: SSS-Rank Treasure Chest at the Beginning

"Now, the Yukinoshita family has a major investment plan. Please listen quietly…"

Kiyomi stood on the podium, brimming with confidence. Her words exuded maturity, capability, and a unique charm.

At this moment, she was like a queen commanding the entire scene, appearing radiant.

"I'm afraid I'll never be able to learn mother's bearing." Yukino felt a sense of shame after her admiration.

"Yukinoshita, do you know…"

"Admiration is the furthest emotion from understanding."

Tenya suddenly spoke, uttering this profound and enigmatic sentence.

"Admiration… is the furthest… emotion from understanding?"

Yukino silently repeated his words, carefully savoring the meaning within.

Her admiration for her mother, instead, made her feel even further away from her current self?

Rukia pondered, "Why does this sound so familiar?"

"It sounds like Captain Aizen said something similar."

Rikka seriously said, "The person who said this must not be a decent person!"

Touka said, "Don't you think you might be overthinking it?"

"That kid is just spouting some cool nonsense…"

"Showing off?"

Tenya asked, "Do you admire me, Touka-san?"

Touka said, "Tch! Who would admire a stinky brat like you?"

Tenya said, "That's good, then our feelings aren't distant."

"..."

Faced with Tenya's string of teasing remarks, Touka was momentarily unable to cope and had to shut her mouth.

"Right now, I just want to be as far away from you as possible." Yukino stared at him with icy eyes.

"Yukinoshita, don't admire me too much." Tenya advised subtly.

"Hoo!" Yukino gasped.

Thousands of words in her heart ultimately converged into just two words. "Go die!!!"

While Tenya and his group were having a friendly exchange, Kiyomi was explaining her investment plan.

"I've received reliable information that the provincial development department intends to build a new American Garrison Base in the northern part of Chiba Prefecture, expected to house 35,000 American soldiers permanently. I plan to build a luxury resort near the Garrison Base…"

"Is the information reliable? This is a huge business opportunity!!"

Upon hearing this, everyone below the stage showed excited expressions.

It is well known that American soldiers have high salaries and good benefits, possessing strong consumption power.

35,000 American soldiers, just their food, clothing, housing, transportation, entertainment and healthcare, could drive the local economy to take off.

"Pfft~ Cough cough!"

When Tenya heard this, he almost spat out a mouthful of tea.

American Garrison Base in Japan, this new information was truly a bit much for him to handle.

"Building a luxury resort…"

"Is the Yukinoshita family that rich?"

Touka was surprised.

Yukino silently brewed black tea and said, "Probably not?"

"But I'm not interested in the family business, and I don't really understand the specifics."

Her father is a prefectural assemblyman, and her mother is the president of the Yukinoshita Construction Company.

"Building a luxury resort, such a lucrative job, will it be our turn?"

"The financial groups from Kyoto have probably already set their sights on this land, right?"

Questions came from below the stage.

Kiyomi confidently said, "As the saying goes, a mighty dragon can't overpower a local snake. We have the home-field advantage here in Chiba!"

Land acquisition, environmental protection, road administration, industry and commerce, fire safety, etc.

Each item is a complicated matter. Without the cooperation of local forces, development projects are difficult to advance.

"However, to acquire such a large piece of land, a significant amount of capital will be required for the initial investment, right?"

These few families present, including the Yukinoshita family, are politely called "Chiba magnates".

But in reality, they are just "country bumpkin rich people". Outside the scope of Chiba Prefecture, who would care about them?

"A month ago, I went on a business trip to America and have already communicated with a bank there. They are willing to provide a large loan, with an interest rate of 36%…"

"You actually connected with an American bank, the Yukinoshita family is quite capable! But this interest rate seems a bit too high, doesn't it?"

"The interest rate is a bit high, but as long as the project is completed successfully, we will gain an annual income of no less than eight figures."

Under Kiyomi's encouragement, the various families in Chiba were all moved.

.....

"Yo~ Hello everyone, you're all still here."

Haruno had drunk quite a bit of alcohol and walked over unsteadily.

Wearing high heels, she stumbled and fell forward.

"Haruno, are you okay?"

Tenya reached out and caught Haruno, who was about to fall.

"Sister!"

Yukino immediately stepped forward to help her, a hint of heartache in her brows.

"No way~"

Haruno refused her sister's help, then, taking advantage of her drunkenness, tightly wrapped her arms around Tenya's neck.

Looking at Yukino with hazy, drunken eyes, she said, "Do you know, Yukino? For this project, the Yukinoshita family has mortgaged all their assets. If the investment fails… Hehehe~ We sisters will be reduced to living on the streets."

"Sister, I think you're quite drunk!"

Yukino rubbed her forehead, feeling that the other party was talking nonsense.

However, Tenya heard Haruno's inner voice. In fact, Haruno had been under immense pressure.

No matter how smoothly she handled things, she was still just a female college student in her early twenties.

Kiyomi personally took her to America to negotiate business in order to train her daughter.

Facing a high-stakes gamble that would determine the family's fate, Haruno's heart was on a thin string.

Now, using the excuse of drunkenness, she was vented her inner fear and confusion.

"Haruno."

Tenya placed his hand on Haruno's head, gently stroking her hair.

"If that day truly comes."

"I will take in you sisters."

"Of course, that includes Mrs. Yukinoshita."

"Take us in?"

"Ahahaha!!"

"Tenya-kun, you really dare to say that!!!"

In her drunken haze, Haruno's eyes flashed with a hint of clarity, then she held her stomach and burst into laughter.

In fact, if the day the Yukinoshita family went bankrupt truly came, taking them in would not be as simple as just providing a place to live.

They would also have to face people coming to collect debts every day, and countless troubles afterward.

This is also why Haruno didn't mention relying on relatives or friends.

After all, no one would be willing to take in such a big problem who was deeply in debt.

"Tenya, don't just talk carelessly." Touka frowned.

She understood Haruno's personality well. She wouldn't make such a boring joke without reason.

From an outsider's perspective, the Yukinoshita family's investment indeed carried significant risk.

A 36% loan interest rate was definitely usury.

However, for large loans involving inter-provincial and regional matters, a high interest rate was normal.

The Yukinoshita family's investment plan was undoubtedly equivalent to a high-stakes gamble.

If they won, they would leap from country bumpkin rich people to a financial conglomerate.

If they lost, they would be ruined, and a hundred years of family business would turn into nothing.

However, as an outsider, she was not in a position to comment on the Yukinoshita family's risky behavior.

"I am a person who never speaks without reason."

"Since I promised to take you in, then the troubles will naturally be dealt with as well."

Tenya didn't have to worry about money at all.

With the God of Wealth skill, he would be blessed with wealth his entire life.

"Really?"

"I am so touched!"

Whether Tenya was telling the truth or not, Haruno's inner unease was indeed greatly reduced.

"Stop right there!"

"Why are you assuming my family will go bankrupt?"

"How inexplicable…"

Yukino looked speechless, then her tone changed, "Also, even if the Yukinoshita family does decline one day, we will rely on ourselves and won't accept charity from outsiders."

"Mm-hmm~ As expected of a descendant of the Snow Woman tribe, you have backbone!" Rikka nodded in agreement.

"What kind of strange setting is this Snow Woman tribe?"