Reborn with wealth that rivals the country.

Amid countless expectant gazes and cameras, Shigeru Kishida took a deep breath and began to read the script.

"The reasons for the decline of Sakura Coin this time are very complicated..."

Shigeru Kishida repeated the words on the manuscript like a machine.

"so……"

Shigeichi Kishida gritted his teeth and put the manuscript down:

“The central bank has decided to raise the benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points nationwide in response to…”

The microphone suddenly made a shrill howl.

When Shigeru Kishida looked up.

Twelve investigators from the Sakura District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Division poured into the venue like a black tide.

The leader was none other than Ma Changpo who had just been sitting in the audience.

Baba Arashi pulled out the arrest warrant expressionlessly and announced in public:

"Shigeru Kishida is suspected of manipulating Treasury bond futures trading and accepting huge bribes from overseas investment banks."

"We are now arresting and investigating him in accordance with the laws of Sakura Country."

"Mr. Kishida, please come with us."

The live camera recorded the moment when Shigeru Kishida was handcuffed, but his face showed relief and joy.

It seemed as if he had expected this result.

Ikeda Tsurunan came forward and said regretfully:

"Kishida, how could you do such a thing?"

The rest of the colleagues sighed and lamented.

Shigeru Kishida didn't refute a word during the whole process.

When the escort vehicle passed through the Bandyoda area, the electronic screen on the top floor of the Central Bank of Sakura Country was scrolling the slogan "Defend Sakura Coin".

The cherry blossoms on the roadside were shaken off by the sound of sirens.

Shigeru Kishida looked at the petals floating into the handcuffs from the car window, and suddenly remembered the advice a senior had given him in a drunken pub 20 years ago when he first joined the Ministry of Finance:

"In Sakura City, what is more dangerous than numbers is always the human heart."

The next day, Shigeru Kishida hanged himself on the iron bed using his prison uniform torn into strips.

When the guards found him, crumpled copies of Sakura Keizai Shimbun were scattered next to his body. The front-page headline read "Central bank executives admit to leaking intervention plan to hegemonic power."

The prison claimed that it was discovered that Shigeru Kishida had suffered from severe depression before his death, and no suicide note was found at the scene.

However, when Amami Shinji visited the prison, he saw a line of big words written on the wall with blood by Shigeru Kishida before his death - Our country is fake, we have never been the masters of this land, we are just poor creatures who humbly try to please the tyrants.

Shinji Amami felt mixed emotions and felt extremely uncomfortable.

If the crisis in Sakura Country came from internal struggles, with people fighting against each other, perhaps Shigeru Kishida would not be so desperate.

The deaths of Mihoko and Shigeru Kishida made Shinji Amami feel extremely depressed.

"No matter how many passionate Sakura people there are, after experiencing these things, they will probably give up completely..."

Shinji Amami murmured and bowed deeply towards Shigeru Kishida's body, his tears already soaking his chest.

At this moment, how he wished he was a sophisticated egoist without any conscience!

the other side.

When Nohara Shintaro came back, he was shocked to find...

The exchange rate of Sakura Coin has been shorted to a terrifying level close to 160!!!

Nohara Shintaro, who was originally in a good mood, suddenly fell to the bottom!

"What's going on? What the hell is going on?"

“Why did the exchange rate drop to this level after I was away for a few days?!!”

"It's not as fast as diarrhea!!!"

Nohara Shintaro roared.

Mitsui Kari, one of the six major chaebols, said with an unpleasant expression:

"I don't know how you talked with Solomon and the top leaders of the Hegemony Kingdom.

You haven't even returned yet, and they've already started to raise interest rates like crazy."

"Do you know that the interest rate of the Federal Reserve has been increased by a large margin?"

"Five points!!! A full five points!!!"

"The interest rate in our Sakura Country is still negative 0.1%!!! You have to pay to deposit money here, but if you convert Sakura coins into Baguo currency and deposit it in any bank, you can earn a net interest of 5 points a year!

Even in smaller banks, if you deposit more money, you can negotiate the interest rate down to 6 or 7 percentage points!!!

If it were you, could you not deposit the money there? "

Nohara Shintaro was surprised and said:

"What? The Federal Reserve raised interest rates again? This... doesn't make sense!!!"

"Isn't he helping Chen Mo to short sell?"

Sumitomo Kojiro said angrily: "Wake up!!! What Chen Mo? Don't you know who is shorting this time? It's the hegemony country, it's the foundation!!!"

“In the past few years, the Foundation has been unsuccessful in shorting Daxia, and Chen Mo has launched a strong attack, killing so many Lord Gods, and successfully shorting developed countries such as Xiguo, Keguo, and Maguo into bankruptcy.

The Foundation has been in a state of internal turmoil for a long time and is in danger."

"The Foundation is now replenishing blood at all costs to avoid being kicked out in the final showdown with Chen Mo.

And we are their blood bags!!! Do you understand?!"

Shintaro Nohara sat in the chair, silent for a long time.

How could the foundation he believed in like a god fall to this point?

"Then we can't just sit there and wait for death!!! Hurry up, follow the interest rate hike and sell off US bonds!!!"

Qing Shuikang sneered: "Do you dare? If you dare, just give this order. Believe it or not, as soon as you give the order, the people from Yingdu District Prosecutor's Office will rush in and arrest you, the emperor, and replace you with an obedient one."

Sumitomo Kojiro echoed, "Yeah, they can even use the governor of the central bank as a pawn, so what can we do?"

Nohara Shintaro said helplessly: "What should we do now?"

"You can't raise interest rates, you can't sell U.S. debt, but you can use whatever other tricks you want," said Mitsui Kari.

"Then you might as well just tell the hegemonic country to take whatever they want, and we can't resist at all!" Nohara Shintaro said angrily.

"Why not?"

Sumitomo Kojiro asked back: "How do you want to resist? Have you forgotten that we were captured by the Baguo garrison before?"

Nohara Shintaro thought about it and suddenly said, "In this case, why don't we join the short selling movement as well!"

The people from the other five major conglomerates widened their eyes in shock.

"Why are you looking at me? Do you really want to do something for Sakura Country?"

"We are only trying to preserve our strength temporarily. When the storm is over, we will still have money to restore the economy of Sakura Country."

Sumitomo Kojiro nodded: "Yes, it's better for us to do it ourselves than to let the hegemony do it!"

Mitsui Kariya agreed and said, "Let's cut it off. At worst, we will enter the "Lost 100 Years"!"

Shimizu Yasushi sighed: "We are aiding and abetting the evil. If this gets out, all the Sakura people will despise us."

Nohara Shintaro sneered, "You don't feel sorry for those Sakura people, do you? Shimizu Yasushi, don't think I don't know that many of your younger generations have already become Hegemonic nationals."

Qingshui Kang fell silent.

On the same day, the six major financial groups issued a joint statement that they "would unite to fight against the short sellers."

However, they privately sold 8 trillion treasury bonds through offshore companies, causing the exchange rate of Sakura Coin to plummet again.