Mitsugoshi Company

Mitsugoshi Company (ミツゴシ商会) is a trading company known for its innovative products. The Director of the company is Luna, who founded it with the help of Alpha, and used this company as an most important fund base to funded the operation of Shadow Garden's mission as well as their employees, the Numbers.

Background
As Gamma was not capable in combat abilities nor adept in defensive arts, she compensated with her intelligence and administration. When she asked Shadow for his "wisdom" shortly after joining, he would recount unique and interesting ideas to which Gamma would then reverse-engineer out of inspiration-- not knowing that he was regaling her with anecdotes of commodities from his previous life. Gamma would use some parts of his wisdom to create products and trade goods that lead to the founding of the Mitsugoshi Company.

Once the company had expanded well enough, it was setting trends and establishing itself as an economic powerhouse in Midgar Kingdom before expanding into branch locations in neighboring and abroad nations, such as Lindwurm, the Vegalta Empire and the Oriana Kingdom. The company would apply to Shadow Garden's finance as an organization and administration of its membership. While Gamma continued to be the public face of the company, Eta would contribute to Research and Development of their public innovations, and covertly developing other insights of "Shadow's Wisdom," reverse-engineering more "revelations" from commodities, garments and cosmetics to developing technologies, such as The Rolapoid instant camera.

Midgar Academy Terrorist Attack
Before the incident of the Diabolos Cult's terrorist attack on Midgar Academy happened, Cid Kagenou visited the Mitsugoshi Company store with with his friends, Skel Etal and Po Tato, to see what kinds of things they sold. He later found out that everything was created and directed by Gamma, one of his "Seven Shadows" from the Shadow Garden, who was waiting for him with a throne made for her lord, Cid. As he seated, Gamma would update him of their financial gains and discuss the serial killings used to defame Shadow Garden. When his business concluded, Gamma introduced Nu to Cid, a new member but was validated by Alpha herself to which she earned her position and can be vouched for by Gamma personally.

After the Academy incident, Gamma discuss with Alpha about Shadow and his organization being wanted by the kingdom. Even so, Shadow Garden are swear to continue with their leaders' resolve. Alpha tells Gamma to assemble the available Seven Shadows to discuss their next move.

God of War Tournament
During the God of War Tournament, Cid went to the Mitsugoshi Company and asks them to help him disguise himself so he can participate in the tournament. Gamma agreed to her master's request and with the Nu's help, they made Cid a disguise as "Mundane Mann", someone already dead and gone, but also his death was never confirmed, thus allowing him to enter without issue.

Great Trading Company Conflict
Due to resentment from their competitors, especially Garter along with the Great Commerce Alliance, their economic trade rivals, the Mitsugoshi Company found itself involved in a secret internal war against the company alliance. Fighting over product secrets and superiority in commercial reliance, they fought to see whose side would be the last one standing. The prevalence of trade and the support of the people in profit, neither knew that another company called the Snow Fox Corporation was taking advantage of their commercial war, waiting for them to clash from the shadows until both sides were weakened to crush them at the same time and keep all the commercial benefit, aiming to be the only one remaining.

Shadow learned of this covert commercial war thanks to Yukime, the Monarch of the White Tower and the legitimate business leader of Snow Fox Corp. outside of the Lawless City. Shadow decided to help Yukime under the pretext of helping with her revenge, without telling Yukime that Shadow Garden ran Mitsugoshi Company and Shadow was only helping to make Mitsugoshi win the economic dispute.

In the end, with the help of Cid disguised as "John Smith", the Mitsugoshi Company emerged triumphant from the secret commercial war by saving them from the collapse of credit trust, and Shadow also saved Yukime from assassination from her ex-fiancée, Gettan, the de-facto leader of the Great Commercial Alliance. With victory secured, the Snow Fox Corporation became an ally of the Mitsugoshi Company, after Alpha revealed Shadow's plan and their connection to Shadow Garden.

Oriana's "Black Rose" Civil War Wedding Incident
During the civil war of the Oriana Kingdom, the Mitsugoshi Company had a branch store operating per normal and concurrently served as a recuperation base for Shadow Garden members. During 666's supposed betrayal, Cid went there with Epsilon and 559, who discuss Rose Oriana's announced wedding and both offered him a body massage.

Products
The company has branches in every major city also the capital, within and outside of Midgar Kingdom, as Mitsugoshi produces to sell various kinds of products which are all based on the "Shadow Wisdom" from their leader, Cid Kagenou. Using his wisdom as the basis, they were able to recreate various products with novel and fascinating qualities, which include chocolate, one of their most popular products. Another popular product is the business suit, a trend for nobility which was more stylish than the traditional noble garb.

Aside from commercial products, Mitsugoshi also created banknotes, promissory vouchers for the world's coin-based system of money. The main reason being banknotes were to stimulate the economy and sell more products, while also incentivizing patrons due to the ease of using the bills compared to hefting large purses of coins. Mitsugoshi then created a revolving loan service with an interest rate on loans of around 2% per month, that is 24% per annum which is the lowest rate among money lenders in the capital.

Their lines of products include:

 * Candy
 * Chocolate
 * Clothing/Accessories
 * Coffee
 * Cosmetics
 * Daily goods
 * Gourmet/Preserved foods
 * Lingerie
 * Liquor
 * Soap
 * Shoes
 * Suits
 * Tea
 * Whiskey

Leader

 * Luna: Public Founder/Owner

Employees

 * Nu: Gamma's Personal Aid & Bodyguard
 * Store Employees: Shadow Garden Numbers operating as store employees.

Trivia

 * The store interiors of Mitsugoshi branches closely mirror the real world supermarkets and shopping malls of Shadow's past life. This is due to Cid having taught the Seven Shadows about architecture and construction of his old life as well, especially Eta.