Rise of an Empire

“It’s so lively in the city today”

Shizuo Kusanagi walked directly into the courtyard with a vegetable basket on her back, and then began to talk nonchalantly.

As a large city on the western coast of Japan, Kitakyushu City has a permanent population of hundreds of thousands. Unlike those remote areas, there is still a trace of a civilized society here.

For example, the electric lights in the Kusanagi family's room, and the occasional tram passing by on the road.

Kusanagi Shizu skillfully took out the tomatoes and potatoes from the vegetable basket and washed them in the stream. When she bought this house, it was because it was large enough and there was a stream in the courtyard that led directly to the ocean, so she could save money. Quite a few tap water charges.

After washing the vegetables, Kusanagi Shizu put a happy smile on her face and looked at her son who was practicing boxing opposite him.

"How was your practice today, Kyo?"

"Drink"

Regarding his mother's question, Kusanagi Kyo did not dare to answer at all, and could only mechanically punch the wooden man in front of him.

"Today, my mother's patient sent me a fresh grass carp as a thank you gift. What kind of flavor do you want to eat later?" Seeing her son ignoring her, a devilish smile suddenly appeared on Kusanagi Shizu's face. Then he asked his son with a smile.

"I want teriyaki," Kusanagi Kyo, who was still pretending to be a little adult, said immediately after hearing that there was fish to eat.

But before he could finish his words, he squatted on the ground with his head in his hands and screamed in pain.

"When practicing martial arts, you must be calm and invincible. A mere fish can disrupt your state of mind. How can you practice Qi?" Next to Kusanagi Kyo, a middle-aged man with subtle scars on his face and sharp eyes was beating him with his hands. He hit Kusanagi Kyo on the head and scolded him.

"Husband, Kyo is only three years old, you can't be so strict anymore." Shizu Kusanagi saw her son being beaten violently by her husband, and immediately showed a proud smile. After seeing enough of the good show, she slowly comforted Kusanagi Shibune.

"Huh!" After hearing his wife's advice, Kusanagi Shibune put down his hand and scolded his son.

"Go and practice Jiangli Baiba posture ten times."

Kusanagi Kyo, who finally escaped the beating from his father, felt like he was being pardoned, and quickly ran to the corner and started practicing boxing.

"What's going on today?" Kusanagi Shibune saw his son's powerful punches and kicks, and then nodded with satisfaction, then turned to his wife and asked.

"It seems that a group of Americans are coming. I don't know what they are going to do, but the Americans seem to have a lot of background. I heard that the mayor and the county magistrate even rushed to greet them." Kusanagi Shizuki's occupation is a gynecologist at Kitakyushu Third Hospital , her news was also heard from patients and nurses.

"What are the Americans doing in Kyushu?" Kusanagi Shibafune was a little dazed. He still remembered that he was also the eldest son of the Kusanagi family in Tokyo. He was very happy every day eating well, drinking, bullying men and dominating women.

It's a pity that the Americans came just a few years after the good days.

Dad seemed to have offended the leader of the group of Americans. All the friends who had been brothers to his family in the past immediately showed their fangs. The Kusanagi family, which had been glorious for thousands of years, was suddenly swallowed up into pieces. He also followed his mother to escape and stumbled all the way. He ran to Kitakyushu.

At a glance, it has been more than twenty years.

"I heard that those Americans are here to invest. Maybe it's because we have some development potential here." Shizuki Kusanagi quickly scraped off the scales of the fish with a kitchen knife, and then quickly cut the tender fish into thin slices as thin as tissue paper. .

Japanese people like to eat sashimi, so fish is often not cooked.

Of course, the more important reason is probably because coal costs money.

In the entire Kusanagi family, Shizuki Kusanagi is the only one responsible for making money to support the family. Although the salary and salary of a doctor can definitely be regarded as a high-income earner in Japan today, both Kusanagi Shibafune and Kusanagi Kyo are martial arts practitioners. The food they consume every day and The medicinal materials are a huge sum of money, and if you don't save them, you will really be in a tight situation.

There is no way, who knows that the men of the Kusanagi family don't know how to make money at all. The blood passed down from their ancestors can only fight, and they have almost no chance of using their brains.

In the past, the Kusanagi family was a famous family for thousands of years, regardless of whether it was produced by their subordinates.