Chapter 124: My mother-in-law is...
Still, similar to what Utaha had said, the moment Masa and Eriri returned to her home, the two quickly did what young people like them wished to do the most, but unlike before, she dressed herself like a Liliel with the costume she borrowed from Ririsa.
Probably because Ririsa wasn't stupid, she knew that she had to curry favor with Eriri if she wanted Eriri to lend Masa to her, so she decided to lend Liliel's costume, but then again, Eriri was beautiful, so she also wanted to see how Eriri dressed as a Liliel, too.
Nevertheless—
"As expected, it doesn't fit me well! My chest is too small!"
Eriri cried when she looked at her boobs, which were so small compared to Ririsa's. When she thought of Ririsa's bountiful chest and her sad chest, she cried even harder.
"Of course not. This is perfect. See?"
Yet, Masa thought otherwise, especially with her two cute pinkies on her chest being so taut and divine.
"Hnh~!"
"Look, your reaction is cuter~!"
"B-Baka!"
While the costume didn't fit since Eriri's chest was much smaller than Ririsa's, the shyness and her sad expression when she saw how small hers was made Masa's desire become so fiery that she passed out with an "ahegao" expression on her face.
Not only was he satisfied, Eriri was satisfied, but he also felt comfortable, especially after his embarrassment with Ririsa.
Still—
"Should I just go on?"
Masa thought as he looked at Eriri, who was sleeping soundly. Frankly, while the others thought that he was stupid to refuse all of the temptations, was it wrong to remain loyal? Regardless, he didn't have time to think about this philosophical problem since he had promised to meet his older sister, Nozomi Tenma, to see the new underground fighting area she decided to create with her two friends.
'Fighting area, huh?'
Masa felt that it was a good choice since, considering their future, he could use that place to search for a group of female bodyguards for his family.
The male bodyguards aside, the female bodyguards were a rare resource, but then again, Masa decided to see everything first, and at the same time, he knew that it was his time to start another business.
His agency, mergers and acquisitions service, and ventures might be good, but then again, with the memory of all of Masa, he felt that it was far from enough, especially when he had the "Voice of the Future."
As he had said to Eriri before, he thought of himself as dominating this world and wasn't lying.
Now, what did he plan to do after all of this?
Naturally, he wanted to create artificial intelligence since it would help him with many of his businesses, as it would cut down the cost of his business and make the price of his services even cheaper.
As for whether it would cause the diminish of job opportunities in society, he didn't care much since he was sure that those who developed artificial intelligence didn't care either, and what they cared about was just money.
Still, at this moment, he knew that those who worked hard were the only ones who could stand up and stay alive, but for those who were lazy, then they would definitely be unable to go on.
Nevertheless, let's forget about those gloomy and nihilistic futures. Instead, his focus in this world was on money; he should also develop martial arts, helping others to perfect various techniques that he had received into an ultimate martial art.
If it was before, it might have been difficult, but their talents had become four times stronger, and there might be a chance for the fifth Masa to appear, so he should work hard now.
"Ah, are you going back, Masa?" Sayuri, who saw Masa, who wanted to go back, was startled. "Aren't you going to wait for Eriri to wake up?"
"No, I plan to go to Nozomi-nee's new venture."
"Ah, she is planning to start a business?!" Sayuri was startled and hurriedly asked, "What kind?"
Martha also looked at Masa curiously.
The two of them knew that Masa had made two businesses whose combined valuations would almost reach three billion dollars if it was IPO, but as those two businesses were private, nothing could be done, yet for Sayuri, who had part of shares in his companies, and understood his talent at business, couldn't help but ask excitedly about his new business.
More importantly, that wasn't all of his worth as his venture business also had many valuable shares of many companies in the world, but unfortunately, he never shared it, so no one knew how much the values of everything combined, yet there was no doubt, it might not before long his total wealth reached more than five billion dollars, which was much better than her family, which was more or less about a billion.
Yet, even so, there was no doubt that Sayuri's family and talent were impressive as she could protect her family's wealth till her generation.
"It's not mine, but my older sister's." Masa was speechless.
"It's fine, but what kind?" Sayuri didn't care what kind of a business Nozomi had made, but as Masa had given permission, he must have seen its potential.
"It isn't exactly a clear business, though." Masa didn't think that he should hide this matter since, unlike Eriri, Sayuri was more mature, and she also understood his difficulty.
"Underground fighting arena?" 2x
Sayuri and Martha were dumbfounded, but then they nodded since they knew that Masa and Nozomi had a connection and Nozomi's two friends were a police officer and the head of a yakuza group. More importantly, Nozomi was a professional fighter, so they felt like... this venture might have a lot of opportunity.
"It's female-only, though."
Still, Masa had to say talking to Sayuri was nice since she was mature and didn't see anything as good or bad, but whether there was a profit or not.
"Hmm... that seems interesting."
"I agree."
It was rare, they thought, and it was also a good place for them to search for a female bodyguard. This might not be the only female underground fighting arena, but even so, the others were controlled by yakuza groups, and the risk of having those female fighters as spies for those yakuza groups was high, so there was no doubt it was a good thing for Masa's family to own this underground fighting arena group.
"Do you need help?"
"If this idea is successful, then we might need that building as a venue." Masa looked at Sayuri and asked, "Is that okay, Sayuri-san?"
"Why not? You own more than half of that skyscraper, after all."
Yes, the two of them had just bought a skyscraper together, and they had been working together in the real estate industry since it was most stable and it was a good choice for the two to work together, especially when the Sawamura family's power in this sector was quite high.
If there was a problem, Sayuri didn't have much cash, which was different from Masa, who could have a lot of cash easily through the "Voice of the Future."
"By the way, Masa, have you ever thought about your real father?" Sayuri suddenly asked.
"I do." Masa nodded. "I have thought, who is it, too."
If there was a reason why his business could be smooth, there was no doubt that it was all due to his father, not the stepfather, but his biological father, who Masa had never met from birth or even existed when he grew up.
"Are you fine?" Sayuri held Masa's hand worriedly, wishing to comfort him since she knew that her daughter was too disappointing.
"It's fine." Masa shook his head and said, "I never expected a fatherly love, anything like that from him, and it is good that I can benefit from him." He wasn't a childish guy who would get angry, expecting love from his father, or get angry at him for doing nothing at the death of his mother and stepfather.
Love and hate.
This was a childish feeling, and more importantly, he didn't want to jump to a conclusion about what was happening.
"If you need help, I will always be here, okay?"
Masa looked at Sayuri, the one who acted like a mother to him, yet somehow, he wondered why it felt so different as he grew up. Regardless, he was glad that he had her by his side.
"Thank you, Sayuri-san."
Sayuri was startled when Masa hugged her so suddenly since she was the one who had always hugged him, and unlike before, he had become a man that everyone could rely on, and instead of pampering, wishing to spoil him, all she could feel that her body was hot, as she thought of—
"I will go first."
Masa suddenly let go of Sayuri's body and left, yet Sayuri hadn't recovered and breathed heavily as she thought of the traces of his scent and body heat on her body.
On the other hand, Martha could only sigh, but wasn't this good for the Sawamura family?
Still, Masa never thought that this venture would pull him into the deepest part of darkness within this society, yet even so, it didn't matter since, unlike before, he was strong now.