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A subsidiary rising up in revolt against their own parent company...

Have you ever seen this happen before?

I deeply apologize for this...

All of this is the doing of that fool, Hanzawa.

But don't you worry about the acquisition though.

Isn't it, Tamaki-san?

Right. We are closing in on the takeover bid as planned right now

We're very close to completing the acquisition.

Around 8% more shares required to reach the 50% majority and complete the acquisition

Our tremendous victory is just a matter of time.

That's a relief...

Everyone, please help yourselves

This is a highly popular product on the online shopping website that our company handles.

Your online shopping site provides such wonderful wrapping.

Wow! Macallan, 25 years old.

I would be really glad if the merger with our company goes ahead as planned.

I beg for your cooperation.

(Hirayama) - Yes, of course.

Copernicus, huh? - Hey, Isayama-san...

Let's quickly buy off the rest of the shares and finish this already.

Please leave that to me. When you have the bank here to support you,

Your victory is certain!

We are fighting in completely different levels here!

Central Securities is no match for us!

A reverse takeover? Are you saying...

That we go to acquire Cyber Acrobatics? - No, the one we're after is...

Fox.

What bullshit!!

What benefit do we have by buying that bankrupt company!?

And moreover, he's a scoundrel who wanted to sell us over to Cyber Acrobatics!

You said it yourself too, didn't you, Yosuke...

That by joining hands with Fox, both of your enterprise values will increase.

We are not in a position to buy another company right now!

We're on completely different levels with Cyber, who has the largest bank on their side

Of course, we may not be able to match the bank in terms of financial power.

We will be fighting in terms of wisdom.

Wisdom?

Just read this strategy report carefully.

This is where the actual battle begins.

President!! - Oh! Iwashita-kun!

Cyber Acrobatics agreed to re... - President!!

Look at this!

"Fox - Huge losses after failed investments..."

What the hell is this!?!?

Move!

DOU!!

The level of insight is exceptional. It's uninterrupted.

As expected of a real swordsman who practiced kendo all the way through university.

I've learnt a lot today.

And thanks to this, I feel even more refreshed to work now.

That was my intention of inviting you here today.

I thought once we've crossed swords,

We'll be able to move our further discussions smoothly.

The defense strategy we had up until now,

Cyber Acrobatics Tokyo Chuo Bank

Financial Power

Wisdom

vs

Spiral Tokyo Central Securities

Was a fight of financial power against wisdom.

But, the prospects of victory is just around 50%

50%!?

At the end, in case Tokyo Chuo Bank decides to raise a massive amount of capital

in order to save their reputation,

We will never be able to stand up against them.

I want you to be prepared for that.

And if that happens, is there no hope of winning?

There's just one thing...

Taking advantage of their carelessness.

This is an ancient tactic, used by the weaker to win against the stronger.

But, the thing that's most important for that is...

The will to attack!

Earlier, Sena-san didn't make his move, being pressurized by me

But if you had gone in to attack, without being scared,

I, the one planning the attack, would have had just a minor interruption.

Without faltering, without being scared, if you go all in on your attack,

The Bank-Cyber Acrobatics Alliance will face this interruption too.

Of course, what is crucial at that point is if you can notice this minor interruption or not.

Or in kendo terminology,

To wait for the right moment to attack or defend, with one's complete presence of mind,

To step directly into danger cautiously, and deliver the final blow.

Right? - Exactly.

Wow, you do say some really nice things!

President!!! President! President!

Did it reach 120 Yen!? - Yes, Fox fell 600 points down to 121 Yen by 11 AM.

It's still falling. - At this rate we'll be able to buy it too!

It's quite an amazing trick we're using, You can call it 'the Hanzawa Magic'

I haven't done anything at all, you know.

I see... Right!

But this was also part of the attack you were talking about, right?

Exactly. This is the 'final blow' part of it.

We need to return to the headquarters now... - Well then, shall we plan our next attack as well?

Yes!! Let's show them the power of our blow!!

President, Spiral is about to hold an emergency press conference.

Today, we have decided that we will be acquiring Fox Corporation

before the market closes for the day.

By joining hands with Fox with this acquisition,

We will be able to develop products and services of very high quality...

Spriral is acquiring Fox!?

Spiral is buying Fox, which we wanted to buy!?

What are your intentions, Hanzawa!? Why are you buying Fox which is about to bankrupt!?

If he decided to go that way, there's definitely something up with Fox.

Go find out what his intentions are!!

Tamaki, could you please find out? - Yes!

A reverse acquisition, huh?

This makes everything clear.

Who gained the most out of this.

Well, shall we deliver our third blow? - Yeah.

I didn't expect Gouda-san to agree to meet us.

Looking at the situation right now, he has to, since president Sena is also a manager.

I don't even mind being shameless now...

Is this article also part of your strategy!?

I don't know what you're saying...

Stop acting all innocent!!!

This is deception!

It's just a dirty trick!

Deception!?

You are the one complaining about deception!?

Did you forget what you and Cyber Acrobatics and the bank did to me!?

What do you say about that!? - Yosuke! Yosuke!

If you're going down that road, then fine!

Let's hear an apology from you

That's only reasonable, isn't it?

I have...

Done a terrible thing to you...

I'm sorry.

And, what's your excuse?

Well, I have a rough idea anyway though.

Then isn't it fine with that?

And? Is this acquisition a retaliation for what I did?

I'm not a fool to go around doing that!

Who goes in for an acquisition if there are no benefits to gain?

Benefits!?

We'll explain that to you in detail if you agree to sign the takeover bid.

It's been decided already that Cyber is going to save us.

I have no intention of joining hands with your corporation!

Gouda-san, is Cyber Acrobatics really a suitable partner to you?

Huh!?

If you merge with Cyber Acrobatics, they are just going to steal Fox's client base and your know-how,

And they'll completely discard your current corporate culture

And they'll do that till there's nothing left. So this 'rescue' is just for the sake of it.

But in any case! Cyber invited me to sign this deal first!

So my decision is not going to change!

And with that, I will be doing the exact 'reasonable' thing you keep talking about!

So, we'll just go ahead and acquire your company anyway.

Without backing off.

But that acquisition... Isn't it after all just a reckless victory?

Eh?

I understand that Fox's share prices crashed, and an acquisition became easier for Spiral...

But there's a high possibility that because of the acquisition,

Spiral's own share price might fall together with it.

That article about Fox having suffered huge losses... Weren't you the one who leaked that out?

But in order to publish that article, you need to have Fox's financial report.

Well, I can guess where you could have gotten it from though.

Do you know?

.........., right? - Well, yeah.

I could have done it for you myself though. Why didn't you ask me about it?

If they found out, you'll lose your job.

As if I'd ask my best friend to do something like that

Hanzawa-kun... - Hanzawa-san.

Thank you so much for that yesterday.

And how was it? - It was great!

Really? I'll send you a different one next time then.

Wow... - Wait... What are you talking about?

A small token of gratitude for always.

I see... And where's my share?

There isn't one. Why do you want one?

Hanzawa-kun...

I'm back. - Hey!

What is this black tea? - I had it ordered from overseas.

You were looking for some tea to serve the students from your class, right?

You can try these out if you like. - Try them out, huh?

I wonder what it really is about...

What do you mean 'really'?

On this receipt it says that there were two boxes ordered.

We just got one delivered here, so where and whom did you send the other one to!?

I just wanted to ask different people their feedback... - Feedback!?

You work at securities and you're asking people around for feedback on tea!?

It looks like girls would love these packages of tea though!

Though you've never given me anything like this before at all, but suddenly!

Ah! That's suspicious!

Hana-chan... Are you misunderstanding something?

Of course it's suspicious! You're definitely hiding something from me, aren't you!?

You don't talk much at home recently either

But keep making a scary expression and thinking about something.

Just tell me if there is something.

There is one thing I've been hiding from you.

I might get transferred again...

Sorry for keeping this from you though... But it isn't something that has been decided yet...

Whaaat? Just a transfer, huh?

Ugh! I was worried sick!

What were you worried about? - If it's that, just tell me about it

And you tried to cheer me with that?

You tried to buy me over with this small pack of tea, how naive!

A failed acquisition then, huh?

So we have to move again?

So where and whom did you present the tea to!?

No no no! As I said... - Hey!

As I said.... - I'm asking who it is!!

Wait... Stop the car.

Good morning. What happened? - The... The surveillance commission is coming....

And... The media is here already... Hanzawa...

It's about Fox's case! They've come here to investigate Fox's case!

Shred all of the documents here! - Alright!!

And all of the documents that needs to be discarded, bring them here!

Delete all the data from here to here. And all the back-ups from the server too!

They're almost here! We can't possibly delete the back-ups from the servers!

Hurry up!!!!

Moriyama, are you at Spiral now? - Yes.

I heard about the surveillance commission already. I'll return immediately.

No, stay there. Where is the acquisition strategy report for Fox?

The original copy is here.

But what are you going to do with your copy and that financial report that you obtained.

I'm moving it now to a hidden folder on the cloud.

Eh?

Is that the secret hidden folder that we had created for your company's use?

Yeah. Just the president and me know about this secret folder.

Incredible! They'll never find it.

They better not. If they find this we'll be getting a 'suspension of business' order for sure.

Hey everyone! They'll be here any minute! - Take care of the rest over there.

So you had created such a secret folder for us, huh?

Yeah. If you don't know about its existence, you can absolutely never find that folder.

It's an iron-wall-like-system that our genius developer Kosaka created.

Hanzawa! Where are the documents that you discarded? - I moved those into the hidden folder.

Where's the copy of the acquisition strategy that I gave you yesterday?

Don't worry, I took care of it.

Okay, don't move! We're from the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission.

Everyone, please don't move.

Hey you!! We just told you not to move!!

Sorry...

Thanks for your work. I'm the president, Oka...

The inspector will be here shortly, so please wait.

Oh... Okay...

Will you step aside!? I cannot pass through!

Damn! I hate these second-rate securities firms.

The ceiling is so low and the office is tiny!

He's the inspector. - Oh! Thanks for your hard work...

I'm the president, Oka.

Long time no see!

It's been a while indeed.

To be shipped away from the bank to such a place, serves you right, huh!

Aren't you being quite naughty here as well?

You are a bank inspector from the Financial Services Agency​...

This is a securities firm. Did you come to the wrong address?

I'm the...

Supervisory Inspector from the Secretariat for Securities Inspection of the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission

Kurosaki Junichi

Kurosaki!

I was transferred.

Starting now, we'll be carrying out the surveillance commission inspection.

Please cooperate.

Look inside all of the garbage bins too!

Nobody can step outside from this room until the inspection is over. Understood?

Are they going to look through the garbage from the shredder too!?

But they can never restore anything from that pile.

What is it? President!

Hmmm? No, nothing.

Kato - Yes!

What are you going to do with those? - I'll take them to the headquarters to have them processed.

Do it here - This pile here!?

How dare you talk back to me!? You'll do it here when I tell you to!

You're a man, aren't you!?

Your company is on the news, is everything ok?

Chief! The news of the inspection are out already.

"The Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission looking into Spiral's advisor Tokyo Central Securities as suspicions arise..."!?

Why is there such an article? - President...

You said the media were present there already before the surveillance commission arrived, right?

Yeah... - Onishi! Change this monitor to Spiral

Okay

Oh no! Look! Spiral's price is dropping...

It's just a matter of time until they get acquired by Cyber Acrobatics.

My condolences.

This is yours, right Naoki?

Yeah... - Fukushima!

Look into this please. And also those there too

Search through all the computers of the managers!

Listen! Using your computers from now is also out of bounds!

Hanzawa-san, our share price started dropping suddenly.

Is this because of that article about the inspection on Central Securities?

That wouldn't be wrong. - But how can it be on the news already?

Could it be... - Yeah, We were set up.

Isn't this bad? - No.

No?

HID - DEN FO - L - DER

This isn't just bad...

This is absurdly tremendously outrageously horrible!

What do you mean by that? - I've been inspected by Kurosaki twice until now

And he had investigated everything about our side already. He is that kind of man.

So you mean he knows about the hidden folder in the cloud already?

Hidden folder? - What is that?

What is it Hanzawa!? - Probably...

♬～Naoki is playing

♬～Hide and seek all over the internet

♬～No matter how well he tries to hide

♬～I'll find him and....

- This is Central Securities' cloud server.

Oh I wonder where he has hidden this secret folder

The acquisition strategy report on Fox-chan and...

The financial reports of Fox? You hid those files!?

Yeah. - If they find out...

They'll issue an immediate suspension of business notice, I guess?

We need to get hold of that file before they do and delete it.

We aren't allowed to use the computers here - We'll infiltrate from the outside... Sena-san!

Understood! - This hidden folder...

Isn't it the one Kosaka-san created when they were updating our trading systems?

Kosaka? - Yosuke was saying that a genius called Kosaka developed it...

But he was happily saying that he had created a system

that will be absolutely impenetrable from the outside, back then...

But if that's the case...

Hey! Kosaka!! Is Kosaka here!?

Kosaka!!! - Yeah!

Kosaka, is it possible to infiltrate the hidden folder on Central Securities' cloud server from the outside?

No, it's impossible. - HUH!?

It's 1000% impossible, because the protection of data in Securities is very strict.

Spiral Programmer Kosaka Kei

You can't either!?

Me? - Yeah!

I think I can though... Since I'm the developer...

Good! - Good? Are we doing it??

We're about to get fucked! Do it quickly!! - Yes.

After that click on "Others" once again... Yeah, once again...

Okay, now on "Shimojo Systems"

Now 2 cm below the delete icon and to the right by 2 cm...

Where is it?

There it is!! - It is actually there

Click on it five times. Five times.

There! - Yahoo!!

Yes! Hanzawa here. - We'll get down to business now.

Please do. It looks like they've realized about the folder.

Are they using your computer, Hanzawa-san? - Yes.

Then I'll hack into it now. - Hack??

To overcome the computer's protection systems and infiltrate it.

Eh!? What? You were right there Hamamura-san?

Ah... Yeah. - Then why didn't you call me directly?

Call directly? - You can talk later!

First let's see what they're doing on your computer. - Okay.

HANA?

HANA... HANA... HANA...

That's Hanzawa's wife's name! Click on that HANA!

Password:

Huh!? Password!?

Password:

What!? You didn't tell me there would be a password here!

I'll put it on this screen now.

Looks like they're stuck at the password there...

This password just is six alphabets in lower case, they'll figure it out soon though...

But if they come asking the password, we'll be saved.

Eh?? - This will shut you out if you enter the wrong password thrice.

That's enough! Shit!

I'll go ask them the password.

You fool! If they tell you a random password thrice and we get locked out, we're finished!

... Okay...

We need to figure it out ourselves.

Yosuke, look at this. - They're using a Pass Cracker!

How long till it figures it out?

What is your password?

- It's

[T/N: 'Zanshin' is kendo terminology, which means to stay in continuous alertness throughout the whole match.]

Starts with a 'z', huh? Good! It's the last alphabet.

It'll be able to crack it in 30 minutes though...

Call in the SRE Team! - Yes!

[T/N: SRE = Site Reliability Engineering]

We'll be setting up a backdoor to Central Securities' cloud server

We have to finish this till 10:30, huh!? - Kosaka-san, you think you can do it by then?

No idea, I haven't done this before...

But I'll promise I'll do my very best.

Please do.

But who leaked it to the SESC about this hidden folder...

That's a good question.

The only ones who know about that folder here are...

Me and...

President Oka.

President!

It wasn't me...

It wasn't me, you know!

Did you talk to anyone about this? - Eh!?

For example, with Morota?

Ah!! I had consulted Morota about this...

So Morota leaked this to them? - No!

He is in no position at all to send the SESC after us...

It has to be someone much higher... The one who leaked it to the media as well...

It's all his conspiracy!

The SESC are probably at Central Securities by now.

And even the people close to Hanzawa are being questioned here at the bank.

Well, that must be hard on them. - Umm... Deputy chairman...

You were asking me about Central Securities yesterday, was it becau....

This will definitely make Spiral's share price drop even lower.

Finish the acquisition at once!

Season 2 Episode 3

HANZAWA NAOKI

Hey they are at 'p' already! I'll give the instructions to the SRE team.

Okay!

This is so damn annoying, isn't it!!

Inspector... We found this... - What is it!?

What the hell are you doing!? - I'm so sorry!

Tissue! Go get me a tissue, quick! - I'm terribly sorry about this...

Where the hell were you looking at?

It's at 'r' now... There's only 9 more left... Around 10 minutes...

Ugh... I hope Hanzawa hasn't set it at 'z' though...

It's at 'x' now.

At 'y' now... Almost... - How is it looking there?

How much longer, Kosaka?

- SHUT UP!

WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU SAY!? - Yosuke...

It's of no use! We're finished!

It's on 'z'!

It's open! - Yes!!

Hey! He opened it! - SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!

Fox Acquisition Strategy Report Fox Financial Report

This is it!! Open it!!!!

Eh!? - Yes!!

Next one, come on!!

Wait a minute!

What is going on!? - I... I don't know...

Click on the next one! - O... Okay...

Ah! - YES!!!!

We did it!!

Yes!! - President, no...

Thank you very much! - You should be thanking Kosaka.

Kosaka-san, thank you very much!

Chief! - No...

It's all thanks to my team...

Eh??

Chief! Chief! Chief...

Hanzawa...

You did it, didn't you!? - I wonder what you mean...

The president's room.

Could you take me there?

The supervisor always has all of the important documents that his subordinates have made.

To make copies and preserve every single document

is just the nature of a banker, isn't it?

Please take me there.

Inspector! There's a safe here!

Just leave it there!

Eh!? - As if he'd hide it in such a place

It's just inviting us to go look insi...

Oh!

♬～No matter how perfectly you hide

♬～ I'm gonna find you anyway!

Oh! What a small pile this is!

I wonder why you didn't mix it up with other documents.

How foolish of you, right?

Restore these. - Yes.

I wonder what will come out of it.

Looking forward to it.

Yes? - Is Sena-san there?

I tried calling him, he's not answering. - Yosuke, your phone?

Oh damn! I just forgot it here

Ask him if he has missed calls from Fox's Gouda-san.

Gouda-san? Why? - Masa, I have two missed calls from Gouda-san.

He probably wanted to ask for help. - But Gouda-san wanted Cyber Acrobatics to...

No, I'm sure they discarded him already. - Discarded him?

But you see, Spiral is acquiring Fox, right?

And we're acquiring Spiral, so it's all the same for us anyway.

No... Wait a minute... - Currently,

I don't see any benefits to our company at all to be investing in Fox.

No way! You promised that you'll help us out, didn't you!?

- Please leave.

He was useful for them when they wanted those newly issued stocks.

But now, Fox is just excess baggage to Cyber Acrobatics.

He has texted me saying that he wants to meet me right now.

Sena-san, please arrange a meeting with him right now.

Okay! - And you, chief?

It's probably impossible for me to get involved in this case anymore.

Did something happen? - They got hold of the strategy report that the president had.

It's been shredded to pieces right now, but they can have it restored within the next 2 hours.

And when that happens, it's all over. - It's all over?

I'll alone bear all responsibility over this. And the rest is all up to you and president Sena.

Chief... - What you should be doing now is...

...to have them close the deal before we receive our business suspension order.

And when you've done that...

President Sena

1 new message

Gouda-san will be in a state of despair right now,

- Sena

I will be waiting for you. Please come to my office ASAP.

I will be waiting for you. Please come to my office ASAP.

- Sena

After being discarded by president Hirayama

So he'll not be able to make sound decisions at this time

And Sena-san is also desperate to save his own company.

So you need to stay calm.

Don't focus just on the present, but on the future as well.

The future? - If Fox and Spiral decide to join hands,

They will be able to bring down huge benefit and convenience to this world.

Negotiate while keeping that future in mind at all times.

And Moriyama, don't forget.

The most important thing is gratefulness and the repayment of favours.

A future that has forgotten those two things,

Is just a pipe dream of self-righteousness.

Be grateful to all of the people you've met and everything that you've been through.

And work with the intention of repaying those favours.

And if you do that, you will surely be able to open up a bright future.

I'll be praying for your success.

2 hours later

Print it out. - Yes.

Inspector.

Sorry to keep you waiting, Naoki.

Look what we were able to restore.

"Leak information to the media about Fox's massive financial losses and...

...acquire the company when their stock prices drop."

It's been written down pretty clearly here.

Well then, tell us!

Where did you obtain Fox's financial report that was in that hidden folder?

This is a breach of confidential information.

Tell us clearly, where exactly you obtained this from!!

Wait a minute!

Moriyama!

President Gouda!? - Ah! What wonderful timing!

You've received a great damage because of Central Securities, didn't you?

I'll punish them hard, for you.

Regarding that! The information about my company's huge losses

In order to go ahead with a friendly merger with Spiral,

we discussed this matter with them, as well as Tokyo Central Securities.

Moreover, I am completely aware that it doesn't matter to our company, how they make use of this information.

What did you say? -It's just as you heard.

As long as president Gouda is aware of this, there shouldn't be any problem with it.

There is no reason for the Surveillance Commission to be here either!!

And moreover, didn't you come over here because someone from the bank went telling tales on us?

By interrupting our business based on false information, you're causing us great troubles.

Could you maintain an unprejudiced position towards us!?

I see!

Understood. Then we're done here for today

Let's go.

See you soon～

Thank goodness... - But when did you negotiate with Fox...

It's all thanks to him.

Are you saying that seriously!?

What kind of benefit do you have from us?

Spiral's share price is plunging down right now, isn't it?

Are you even in a position to be acquiring Fox right now!? - Gouda-san, we've called you here...

I have the lives of all my employees in my hands! I don't want to be putting their lives at stake!!

If you can't trust us, we can end this conversation here.

Please leave.

No... This conversation isn't over yet.

Gouda-san... The two desks over here are...

...of Kano-san and Kiyota-san,

Who sold 30% of the shares they were holding during extended-hours trading.

But he has still kept these desks as they were, hoping they'll be coming back someday.

President Sena is, just like you.

He cherishes his colleagues and friends even more than himself.

And he was able to build this company, only because of the existence of Fox.

Isn't that right, Yosuke?

Exactly...

I had...

... always looked up to you...

The words "A company is more than just a signboard"...

These words have always been supporting me...

And your company as well! Fox isn't dead already!

It has unlimited possibilities!

Please lend me your powers...

I absolutely need...

those long years of experience from you, which I don't have!

We suggested him this acquisition...

not just to overcome the difficult situation right in front of us...

But because we set our eyes on the future of both your companies.

Future?

If you approve to this merger now, I will make sure I repay this favour to you multiple folds in future.

I'm absolutely confident of it.

After that, he showed me this report though...

But here you ascertain the future prospects of that online shopping site.

I was overwhelmed by this insight. I will also never forget this favour.

Thank you very much.

Gratitude and the repayment of favours, right?

We need to leave now, Gouda-san, Chief...

Got it. President... - Take care of it.

And we need to have this stopped by the end of the day. - Alright! Well then...

Where is president Sena? - He's getting things ready at Spiral.

I'll first get the approval of our board of directors and get over there immediately.

Please do. Well let's move towards our fourth blow then!

It's at 31000 yen! That's 200 yen lesser than their takeover bid!!

Nice! Hanzawa shot himself on his foot by laying his hands on Fox!

What percentage of shares did they acquire yet? - It's currently at 48%!!

It's just a little bit more till we reach the majority - It's almost time...

With this, there's no doubt we'll complete the acquisition!!

Chief...! Chief!! - What is it!?

I'm Gouda, from Fox Corporation - What the hell is this!?

Hey!! Why is Gouda at Spiral!?

They're holding a joint press conference! - We have decided that we will be...

... approving the takeover proposal by Spiral Corporation.

With this, our company will be a business affiliated under the Spiral Corporation.

Furthermore, we also have a number of collaborative development projects already in planning.

Now, this rapidly growing venture business, which happens to be a subsidiary of Fox,

Copernicus, is also part of these....

Copernicus...?

Oh, that?

When an E-Commerce company, Copernicus, which deals with a large number of different products from all around the world,

Joins hands with one of the world's fastest search engines, Spiral,

Our customers will be able to search through products from all around the world and order them conveniently.

This will lead to the development of the world's best E-Commerce website.

And we are positive that this can prove competitive to even the likes of Amazon.

He wants to compete with Amazon, huh?

Well, here comes the decisive blow then...

Right, this might have all sounded like a fairy tale until now...

But when he appears, it'll all turn instantly into reality.

Well then, Sena-san...

Showcase the power of your inspiration to the world!

So now, let me introduce you all a good friend of mine,

Who will be joining us on an adventure to develop this small company called Copernicus.

Hello.

I'm John Howard from Microdevices.

When I heard this fascinating business deal from Sena...

...it instantly caught my attention.

So I'm sure that joining hands with Copernicus and Spiral...

will open up new and vast possibilities for the future.

They have invited me over with great hospitality.

And I have decided that I will be investing at least $300 million...

in order to collaborate in the project.

$300 million!? - What the hell is he investing in!?

Incredible... This is incredible!!

The biggest company in the IT market is collaborating...

This will go up! Change the screen!

You...!!!!

I tried looking into it, but these future prospects...

You fool!! Who do you think that helped you up, to be here!?

Seriously... The father and the son are both useless!!

02:00 PM

The price is going up rapidly!

It's crossed 50 yen above the takeover bid...

02:30 PM

It's still rapidly rising... Will this not raise over 500 yen!?

Yes!! Go higher!

We can actually win against the bank...

At this pace it's going to cross 2000 yen!!

That's not enough!

Go for 5000!! 5000 yen!!! - Higher!! Go higher!!!!

02:59 PM

03:00 PM

Closing Bell

We did it!!

Closing price was 36,274 yen...

That is over 5000 yen over the takeover bid Cyber Acrobatics proposed...

Damn, these people from the surveillance commission made this huge mess...

Sorry everyone, could you help us out to tidy this up?

Okay! - Yeah, okay

No wait, keep it this way.

What happened? - This somehow bothers me...

That Kurosaki just simply went away...

He's not someone who would do that... There's definitely something to it.

What happened, Tomari? - Something terrible's happened, Hanzawa!

The securities department is about to send a request to the board to issue an additional loan for acquiring Spiral.

An additional loan? Of how much? - 50 billion.

50 billion!?

The chairman was against issuing the additional loan.

But it seems Mikasa-san is going to pressurize him into it.

So they just want to save the bank's reputation, huh?

And unfortunately, the decision has all come down to the last person we can rely on...

Is it Owada? - Yeah.

Even at the lowest position in the board of directors, he has complete control over the chairman's faction.

It all lies on Owada, if he wants to have this matter rejected...

... or approved.

In any case, wisdom doesn't matter anymore. It's going to be a pure battle of money.

In other words, the one who has more money wins.

You can never win against the bank if they unleash their whole power.

If this additional loan gets approved, it's actually all over for you Hanzawa.

I'll call you if there are any new developments.

I'm counting on you.

If this additional loan of 50 billion yen gets approved, we have no way out?

And when this happens, there's only that ancient tactic left, where the weaker tries to win against the stronger.

Yeah. - What's that about?

To take advantage of the enemy's loss of focus.

But the important part is if you find when that happens. - Exactly.

We have been closing in on them with our first, second, third and fourth blows.

Even if it took them a huge amount of effort to do it, they made their move by using the SESC on us.

And this is a result of that.

I somehow have the feeling that their loss of focus happened right here.

What do you think is the origin of this acquisition dispute?

Isn't it when Morota leaked the information to the bank?

That's where it started getting complicated... - No.

It's when Cyber Acrobatics requested us to be their advisors, and not the bank.

No matter how much they trusted Moriyama's sales skills,

Would they decide to come to us, who have far lesser experience, to be their advisor,

when the entire fate of the company depends on this major deal?

If it was me, I would have gone to the bank. - That was bothering me as well...

Of course I was able to build the trust of their Chief Financial Officer, Tamaki-san,

But I've never met the president... So why did he choose us?

That is the biggest mystery still remaining to be unlocked right now...

The other mystery is Kurosaki. Everyone knows how much he hates bankers.

He wouldn't simply come here, just because Mikasa told him to.

I think he came here with a completely different intention in mind...

That way, how he quite easily went away would also make sense...

I'll look for it. Not sure if I can find something out though...

I'll look for it too. - Let's all do it together,

It should be faster if we all help out. - Thanks. But first, preserve this state as much as possible.

And just tell me what catches your eye. - Yes.

Did they decide on the additional loan!?

It's me.

Wow you're fast! You already know about the additional loan, huh?

Isayama Taiji

I've heard that it hasn't been approved officially.

It's been approved.

If we pull back now, people's trust on Tokyo Chuo Bank, which lost to its subsidiary, will go down the drains.

That is unforgivable.

To maintain internal harmony within the bank as well...

We should now...

move past these factional divisions and be united.

I see

But that additional loan isn't even just 10 or 20 billion, is it?

I can understand your feelings though, but I won't be able to help you...

This is just between us though...

But Managing Director Fujita-san...

... will be retiring soon, because of health reasons...

We can invite you to replace his position.

I will recommend you personally.

So for the sake of the development of this bank,

Please help us out.

That way, when Mikasa-san bowed down in front of Owada-san,

He naturally moved over to our side.

Hanzawa...

Serves you right!!

YOU LOSE !!!!!

Eh? Isn't this a bit strange?

As asked, we brought in all of the documents we have on Spiral, Fox, and Cyber.

But just Cyber Acrobatics' is arranged here and the rest are all a mess.

That reminds me... A large number of their officers had gathered around Cyber's documents.

But they ignored the rest of these files.

Looks like they can't figure out the password...

Was the SESC targeting Cyber Acrobatics and not Spiral?

What the hell are you doing!? Tissue! Go get me a tissue, quick!

I'm so sorry... - Where the hell were you looking at...

Is there a file here, where they split coffee on!? It's a white file! White!

White... - Coffee...

Could it be this one? - That's the one!

Cyber Electricals? - I looked up this company while preparing the scheme.

It is a subsidiary of the former General Industries

which has the patents for an innovative next generation switching regulator.

General Industries?

Do you have the documents you looked up on? - Yes!

They were called General Electrical Equipments until 2 years ago

They transferred their businesses to Cyber Acrobatics, and that's how it came into existence.

The capital stock was 900 Million.

I looked up into this because they had the patent on that innovative switching regulator.

And this is... - Moriyama.

Go back one page. - Okay.

Tamaki Shinsuke?

Tamaki...

What is Cyber Acrobatics' Tamaki-san's name? - Just a moment...

Tamaki Katsuo... - A different name...

Can you pull out a list of the directors of this company from three years ago?

Yes.

CEO and Managing Director

President

Tamaki Katsuo

Tamaki Shinsuke

He was the managing director of this company?

I looked it up. These two were father and son. - That's strange...

Does this mean he was reverse-shipped out from the subsidiary to the parent company?

Moreover as the chief treasurer of Cyber? Such a transfer is unthinkable of, here at banks.

How much did Cyber Acrobatics buy this for?

For 30 Billion.

30 Billion!?

What's wrong chief?

Show me the financial statements of this Cyber Electricals for the last five years.

Yes.

Next

Next

Could you go back two pages?

Next

Who is currently the main bank for the parent company, General Industries?

Just a minute...

If it hasn't changed, it should be the Tokyo Chuo Bank.

Tokyo Chuo Bank

Toyo Bank Hakusui Bank

Tokyo Chuo Bank

Why did Cyber Acrobatics choose us rather than go to the bank?

It's because it would be unfavourable for them if the bank gets involved.

This is also probably what Kurosaki was after.

The biggest mystery is about to get unlocked.

Chief... - Can we meet Tamaki-san?

Most probably, this person is the key to this mystery...

He's over there.

Tamaki-san.

What happened? - I could still use this pass, so...

So it looks like the additional loan will be approved, right?

That went well.

I'll surely make it up to you sometime.

Sure, then I'll be looking forward to it.

You see, people don't care about appearances when they are driven into a corner.

That deputy chairman bowed down to me, you know.

And if this acquisition is successful with this loan,

Mikasa won't be able to raise his head back up again!

It went just as we planned... No...

Better than we planned!

You did very well on everything until now.

To say the least, that acting of yours...

Was exceptional!

I did everything for you, Owada-san.

And it's an honour to have been of use to you.

The restaurant's closed though, but I've kept the doors open.

Just let me know if you need anything... - I'm so sorry to cause you troubles.

Don't worry.

Is Tamaki-san actually going to come? - Yes, he will come.

There is nothing more to talk to you about. Please leave.

Next generation switching regulators

This patent will bring you huge possibilities.

And we might be able to be of some help to you as well.

His expression... There is something huge going on with that patent...

And we need to start crushing him down from there.

He's here.

Tamaki-san, this way...

If you're waiting for Tamaki...

It's of no use, you know.