Chapter 320 – The Ootori Party, 1933

Now that the primary purpose of the Ootori party had been fulfilled, I could finally relax and enjoy the party itself.

My escort was Katsujiro-kun, whom I had been speaking with earlier.

And basically, Katsujiro-kun and I were on our own together.

The attendees consisted of every member of the Ootori family who could gather, along with only close acquaintances. After all, this party was described as “a modest banquet among relatives.”

Even so, a fair number of influential figures from political and financial circles attended. It was only natural for people to flock toward a tree that bore money.

However, until Ootori had struck it rich and swallowed up Suzuki, we had been no more than a mid level zaibatsu, and there were quite a lot of counts in Japan as well, so that still affected the number of guests who