"Aniki, maybe you've already found the 10 tons of gold bars. It sure looks that way to us." Rudolf unconsciously began stroking the area above his own lip, imagining a thick, glorious mustache. Upon realizing what he was doing, he quickly pulled his finger away.
Krauss grimaced. No way would his little brother upstage him like that. "Ridiculous." He began stroking his imaginary mustache furiously, pinching his fingers together in long strokes away from his face. "Something like that never existed in the first place."
"Ohohoho!" Eva laughed a wicked laugh. "Then explain yourself. Embezzlement of Father's assets or Father's hidden gold. How could you have gathered so much funding if you didn't use one of these?"
"... The tooth fairy?" Kruass grinned.
"You shut your fat-!" Rudolf restrained himself while his brother focused his smile at him. "Answer the question, Aniki."
Krauss put on a serious face. He briefly considered various possibilities in his head. He won it in the lottery? He sold his mint copy of Stadium Events? He found it laying on the ground? No, they would have heard about things like that. "I also have many friends in the business world and the financial world. I have done nothing more than gain their assistance." Krauss decided to go simple. "...... And as for that, I have no responsibility to explain it to you. You understand, don't you? There are some topics that can't be talked about."
Eva, herself familiar with the things one sometimes has to do for money, looked knowingly at her brother and planned to let it go, but Rudolf, perhaps still hurt by his brother's endless taunting, remained skeptical.
"...... If you insist on it, that's all right. But Aniki, Father doesn't have long. Nobody can ensure that he will live to see this day next year." Everyone in the room smiled and nodded enthusiastically. Rudolf waited to get to his point. "When Father dies, the inheritance will be passed on. We will all set up impartial lawyers and accountants to inspect Father's financial and political status."
"Ohohoho!" Rudolf was again interrupted by his sister's obnoxious laugh. He was just about ready to snap at her and demand she let him speak, but when he turned to her, he was greeted by an evil, snake-like face. Rudolf immediately backed away carefully and left the rest to his sister. Krauss silently wished he could be so lukcy. "If, at that time, the fact that our brother has unjustly interfered with Father's money comes to light..." Eva grabbed her husband Hideyoshi by the crotch, causing him to shriek in pain. She tightened her grip, and his shriek began to sound more feminine. Finally she let go and he dropped to his knees, cupping the are around his genitals, nearly in tears. Krauss looked on in horror at the demonstration. "...... you understand, right?" Eva's smile never left her lips, and she continued to stare at her brother like a cobra ready to kill.
By this point, Krauss was sweating profusely and struggling to get his words out. His mouth was dry, and his lips trembled. After many failed attempts, he finally spoke. "I don't have a clue what you're talking about." He smiled nervously. "You're starting to make me feel as indignant as my wife was." Krauss began to laugh, and looked around for anyone else to join him. Not getting the reaction he hoped for, he quickly quieted himself.
Hideyoshi was now pulling himself off the ground, a little blue in the face. "... Father's gold... I say, Father's gold is definitely one of Father's assets!" He steadied himself as he was back on two feet, and the men in the room looked at him with pity.
"Perhaps you should worry about your own assets first," is what Krauss wanted to say, but Eva continued to stare holes through him.