Laid-Back Life in Tokyo: I Really Didn't Want to Work Hard
Chapter 264 - 214 Ordinary Events Ordinary People_3

Chapter 264: Chapter 214 Ordinary Events Ordinary People_3

"Forget it, let’s talk about your family’s situation instead."

Uesugi Sakura: "I know, they’re fine."

The Criminal Police ignored his interruption and continued, "The cause of the incident lies with your uncle, Uesugi Jiro."

"I know, he owes 50 million."

"Not 50 million." The Criminal Police shook his head, "Only 5 million, with interest rolling every ten days. From what we understand, he repaid part of the loan himself, but the Sanpo Society manipulated the conditions when lending the money.

"We haven’t yet pinned down the exact amount, but we understand the principle. To give an example."

The Criminal Police held up three fingers.

"Uesugi Jiro borrowed 30,000, but the IOU stated 50,000. The extra 20,000 was a pre-paid interest of 15,000 and a handling fee of 5,000—this is what they claimed."

The Criminal Police put his hand down and continued.

"Jiro said he was drunk that day and only remembered borrowing 30,000. Over a month later, when he couldn’t repay, he swallowed his pride and borrowed over 600,000 from his daughter to pay the debt. But after paying 600,000, he still had unresolved debts with the Sanpo Society—because the IOU stated 50,000.

"The Sanpo Society secretly rolled his debt all the way up to 5 million, implementing extortion.

"It wasn’t until ten days ago that Uesugi Jiro found out he inexplicably owed 5 million, and couldn’t stand it anymore, so he reported it to us."

The Criminal Police smiled slightly.

"The Sanpo Society, this underground financial organization, is also our target of investigation. They were forced to move locations several times and couldn’t comfortably collect debts, so they are prepared to abandon this area.

"Today’s incident was a revenge attempt against Uesugi Jiro before leaving, carried out under the guise of debt collection to rob the Uesugi Family. Fortunately, they didn’t seem to want to escalate the situation too much, so they only stole financial assets."

"What’s with the 50 million?" Uesugi Sakura asked.

"That 50 million was a rumor spread by the Sanpo Society, most likely to intimidate Uesugi Jiro,"

It didn’t scare his uncle, but it certainly frightened his cousin.

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After completing the statement, it was already nearing ten o’clock at night.

Even while writing, the Criminal Police treated this as if it were a novel.

Hmm... A high school student single-handedly taking down more than a dozen people from the Sanpo Society unscathed.

Hanamaru Hanabi and her mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother sat on the sofa in the police station lobby waiting.

She was still very scared of the sudden intrusion of a dozen terrifying individuals into her home, especially because Uesugi Sakura was not there at the time...

"Sakura-kun..." Hanamaru Hanabi was the first to see Uesugi Sakura walking out from the statement room and quickly stood up.

Uesugi Sakura nodded at her.

"Are you alright?" Uesugi Nobuko asked.

"I think he’s fine." Madam Hanamaru smiled kindly.

"I’m alright." Uesugi Sakura said, "I just gave a simple statement. It took them some time to understand it, that’s why it took so long."

"What about uncle and sister Shio? Haven’t they come out yet?"

The Uesugi matriarch shook her head, "They were out a bit before you, but Jiro was unwilling to face us, so he left early, and little Shio went after him."

"I also called to let the old man and Tomoko know they didn’t need to come back."

Uesugi Sakura knew that his grandfather was so worried when he found out about the incident that he quickly dropped everything to drive back from Matsuyama City.

But the matriarch called him midway and sent him back.

"Today, it really was all thanks to you, Sakura," the Uesugi matriarch said with a smile, "though it was a bit exaggerated."

"It wasn’t that big of a deal." Uesugi Sakura was searching for the figure of that uncle, but apart from the night duty police officers, only the light from the vending machine outside the glass door was noticeable.

Madam Hanamaru gently placed her hands on Hanamaru Hanabi’s shoulders, pushing her forward with a smile:

"Sakura, Hanabi was worried sick when she saw you standing at the door, she was urging you to hurry up."

"I know." Uesugi Sakura said, looking at Hanamaru Hanabi who was staring at his face. She seemed to have a lot she wanted to say to him.

Uesugi Nobuko sighed softly, "To be honest, those people were really frightening."

The Uesugi matriarch sighed to them, "It’s my fault, causing you so much trouble, when you’re here to relax at my place, and such a thing happened."

This was the host’s apology to the guests; the Uesugi matriarch was a very polite elderly person and wouldn’t hesitate to express her apologies for incidents occurring at her home.

Madam Hanamaru was very reassured, saying with a carefree smile, "It’s fine, it’s fine, as long as everyone is safe."

"Sakura... Sakura-kun." Hanamaru Hanabi’s fingers were intertwined in front of her, and while the elders were chatting, she quickly called out.

"What’s up?" Uesugi Sakura gave her his best smile. Before coming home, his biggest concern was for this gentle girl who tended to be frail in whatever she did.

"Thank you..." Hanamaru Hanabi softly said.

"Isn’t it natural to protect little Hanabi?" Uesugi Sakura smiled and asked, "And where did that uncle run off to?"