The Heir

#4: Experiences Of '78

The atmosphere was warm, and the sky was gloomy. It reeked of morning dew, as it had just rained. The dirt, along with rainfall, had coalesced into thick mud.

The streets were empty, and houses were abandoned. People fought for survival, and noone knows a thing about what was going on. All they thought about was to move on.

It felt as if the phrase, "Survival of the fittest," was the best adjective to describe everyone's feelings-- they were scared, but they knew they had to be strong. Whether it was to let go of someone dear to you behind, or to leave the place where you grew up, and made most of life's precious memories, sacrifices, were bound to be made.

Speaking of sacrifice, we can relate this to the story of Zoro and the father he never met, until now.

You might say, "It wasn't a sacrifice, and the man had a choice," but, care to hear the businessman out?
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Zoro's father, layed down, face on the table. His eyes was full of sorrow and guilt; he didn't mind holding back his tears and he just couldn't face directly, the sight of his son and granddaughter.

"I've never seen the boss, such emotional like this..." thought Jimmy.

"Ah, what a sad moment for the loving father and son." Tanaka sarcastically complained.

Tanaka was never a fan of sad stories, and emotional people. Some say he is feelingless; a "numb" person; unpossesive of the ability to feel others, no empathy for people. Tanaka was also of the "straightforward" kind. If he has something to say, he'll speak up, directly, to you. Never a keeper of thoughts, for he always voices out these, never thinking of the bearing consequences and effects.

Enough about the teen--- a short flashback from Mira Miyagi.
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The year was 1978, on the busy streets of old-school Hokkaido. A 27-year old Mira and a couple of his business partners walk past several ramen houses en route to finding a bar.

"Folks, you think we should grab some Soba noodles? I feel especially hungry for the time being.. A nice, warm cup of tea would be quite delightful too.."

.....shares Mira. His stomach growled, and then his partners laughed at him.

"You know what? That'll be nice, for your poor stomach, that is!"

...mocked Kira Miyagi, co-owner and shareholder of MKK Gyogyō Corp., a fishing company, one of the most successful in all of Japan during it's time, and if you didn't notice, is also of the Miyagi clan, or Kira's twin brother.

"Ha! Nice one, Kira.." says Kash Scott, one of many investors from Europe that were interested in investing, and so Mira and co. tries to show him around, and to get him to invest in their slowly developing company.

The trio sat down on a soba house.
Kira stretches his back,
"Ah...." he groans in relief.

"Now, now... what should we order? Hm.. " says Mira.

He then ultimately decided on a cold Soba meal with Tempura on the side.

Kira and Mira began to talk about their company as they waited for their order.

"So, Kash. The reason we want you to invest on our company is because, I'm gonna be frank with you, one, our budget is quite little, and we haven't earned much since it's beginning, but the the business is doing well, and so we decided we want expand our manpower and upgrade the factory machineries in order to efficiently transport our fishes to the local markets and so for that, we need help. So we came to you, we invited you to come here, and take a look at our company." says Kira.