Tokyo, 1991: Starting as a bank clerk.

"C-line: Differences in bank credit lines, loan extensions, and external explanations."

"Line D: Meeting minutes, timeline, and solidified evidence."

Kenta Sasaki was still reeling from the huge blow of his peers becoming acting directors.

But when he saw Kiryu Yaya write those four lines, he couldn't help but raise his head.

Too composed.

Kiryu Yaya's behavior is nothing like that of a newcomer who has only been with the company for less than a month.

Putting aside his appearance, his demeanor was just like that of the head of their logistics department.

Kiryu Yaya turned around and began to call out names and assign tasks.

"Yayoi-san."

"Yes, yes!"

Mizuna Yayoi immediately straightened her back.

"You draw line D."

"Re-file all public documents, unofficial accounts, meeting minutes, notes, and letters of appointment in chronological order. Mark the legal terms and seals in red, the amounts in blue, and the dates in green."

"Focus on two things: First, compile a complete timeline; second, list out all the seals, signatures, and authorization points that have appeared."

Mizuna Yayoi's eyes lit up.

Red, blue, and green color coding system.

This is what Kiryu Yaya taught her at noon.

"understand!"

"Arima."

"Ah."

"You'll work on Line B."

"Go through everything: the letter of appointment, the board's authority, the guarantee authority, cross-guarantees, and the board or shareholder meeting thresholds that may be involved in share pledges. I need a list of 'things that Miyazawa Hara cannot theoretically bypass Miyazawa Keiko'."

Arima Kishou adjusted his glasses.

"clear."

This is precisely where he excels.

"Sasaki."

"……exist."

Although Kenta Sasaki had not fully recovered from the blow, he subconsciously responded.

"You'll work on line C."

"Go to the financing department, business department, and general affairs department, and retrieve all the existing ledgers, credit balances, extension documents, and guarantee documents of the Miyazawa Group, Miyazawa Tourism Development, and Rokko Golf Development that you can currently access at our bank. For those that you can't access, note down who has the card."

"In addition, create a timeline diagram of the funds between Sumitomo Bank, Mitsubishi Bank, Daiwa Group's short-term loans, and internal advances."

Kenta Sasaki was taken aback.

"Me alone?"

"I think you're good at running."

"...Is that a compliment?"

"Calculate."

"Then I accept."

Finally, Kiryu Yaya pointed at himself with the pen in his hand.

"I'll be in charge of the overall control of Line A."

“The public and private accounts should be separated by subject, month, and funding gap. All hidden liabilities, off-balance-sheet advances, fake prepayments for construction projects, and delayed accruals should be brought to light.”

"Chihaya, the section chief, will be there to make corrections."

Chihaya Yuri stood to the side, not interrupting, but calmly adding after he finished speaking:

"There's one more thing."

The three of them immediately looked up.

"Everyone, report your progress to Kiryu every thirty minutes."

"Don't wait until the last minute to speak up."

"If you can't do it, ask immediately."

No one has the right to be stubborn tonight.

"The results must be available before midnight."

The three nodded in unison.

"Yes."

The group has officially started.

Mizuna Yayoi was the first to move.

She quickly sorted, flattened, and labeled the stacks of materials.

Her movements were fluid and natural; she was no longer the little girl who used to scatter documents all over the floor at the elevator entrance.

Arima Kishou then spread out the letter of appointment, organizational summary, and meeting materials, took out a pencil, and wrote tiny but very clear annotations in the margins.

Kenta Sasaki grabbed a stack of documents and rushed out of the meeting room.

"I'll go to the sales department! I'll go to the general affairs department too! Anyone who tries to stop me today will...!"

"What do you mean?"

Arima Kishou asked casually from behind.

Kenta Sasaki paused.

"I politely asked him to cooperate."

"very good."

Chihaya Yuri stood at the door, listening to their movements, her gaze gently falling on Kiryu Yaya.

She originally thought that it was somewhat radical of the branch manager to temporarily assign him the title of acting director.

But looking at it now...

This newcomer actually managed to take control of the situation.

Simply incredible.

……

7:20 PM.

The small conference room has been completely transformed into a makeshift war room.

The whiteboard was covered with sticky notes.

The ledgers, ledgers, credit summary, minutes of the briefing, board member list, and account discrepancy table filled two entire tables.

Kiryu Yaya sat in the center, with the public accounts on his left and the private accounts on his right, and an A3 sheet of white paper in front of him.

He had already drawn a densely packed diagram of the flow of funds on the paper.

Rokko Golf Course Development.

Miyazawa tourism development.

Sumitomo Bank.

Mitsubishi Bank.

Yamato is a short loan.

Internal replacement.

Members receive advance payments.

Each arrow leads to another hole.

Each hole was barely covered up by other loans and guarantees.

This is no longer a business operation.

This is a classic example of robbing Peter to pay Paul, ultimately leaving the entire building teetering on the brink of collapse.

7:40.

Kenta Sasaki rushed back carrying a large stack of documents, his hair disheveled by the stuffy air in the corridor.

"got it!"

"The Miyazawa Tourism Development's credit records with our bank, current balance, summary of the most recent guarantee update, and an internal review opinion from last autumn!"