Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister
Chapter 139 - 135: Still in a Meeting Here, Arrests Already Taking Place There (Vote for Monthly Tickets!)

Chapter 139: Chapter 135: Still in a Meeting Here, Arrests Already Taking Place There (Vote for Monthly Tickets!)

This morning was destined to be a busy one.

Fujimoto Ryosuke, following Aoyama Xiu Xin’s instructions, used his police identity to collect surveillance footage from one establishment to another.

At first, it went smoothly, but when he arrived at a South Korean barbecue restaurant to collect their surveillance, an unexpected problem arose.

"Idiot!" the owner cursed impatiently in his native language and said to Fujimoto Ryosuke, "Didn’t one of your colleagues just take our surveillance footage?"

"My colleague?" Upon hearing this, Fujimoto Ryosuke immediately realized something was amiss and asked, "What did he look like?"

"Tall and sturdy, a bit dark, with a bearded face. He took surveillance from several shops around here," the barbecue shop owner said with a dark expression.

He had to prepare the lunch ingredients, but his time was continuously being delayed, making his mood extremely foul at the moment.

Fujimoto Ryosuke pressed on, "How long ago did he leave?"

"Just ten minutes ago, he was going door-to-door asking for last night’s surveillance footage, exactly like you. If you leave now, you might still catch him," the barbecue shop owner said.

"Thank you." Fujimoto Ryosuke thanked the owner and then got in his car and drove ahead, constantly looking left and right in search of the bearded man.

Finally, after more than ten minutes, he saw a bearded man coming out of a factory carrying a bag.

Fujimoto Ryosuke watched him from the car and called Aoyama Xiu Xin, "Police Chief, I’ve found someone else collecting the surveillance footage you asked me to collect. He claims to be police, but he doesn’t strike me as a colleague. Should I confront him for questioning?"

Having been a police officer for so many years and based on experience, Fujimoto could not conclusively say the man was a criminal, but he could assert that he wasn’t police. And pretending to be police when one isn’t surely means he is a criminal.

"Where is he?" Aoyama Xiu Xin became excited when he heard this. He hadn’t expected to encounter the man collecting surveillance footage, who was certainly from the buyer’s side that handed the money to Nakamura Shinichi last night.

If this man was indeed a participant in last night’s intense gun battle in Kanagawa Prefecture, perhaps Fujimoto could follow the trail and catch them all. Renping Kuniaki wouldn’t allow him to join the Special Investigation Headquarters, and yet he might single-handedly capture the suspect.

Not only would this result in a major accomplishment.

It would also be a fierce slap in the face of that old bastard!

Fujimoto Ryosuke said, "I’m following him."

"Don’t spook him. Keep trailing him, see where he ends up, and report back to me," Aoyama Xiu Xin said and then hung up, turning to call Asano Hirofumi, "Assistant Director Asano, have everyone on standby."

"Sir!" Although Asano Hirofumi found it rather perplexing, he stood up after hanging up the phone and informed all his subordinates, "Police Chief Aoyama orders everyone to be on standby."

"Sir!" everyone responded uniformly as they stood up.

The bearded man was as rugged in spirit as anyone else.

He hadn’t noticed he was being followed.

After collecting the surveillance footage along the way, he bought breakfast and then drove back to his lodging, a standalone house at 120-121 North Shinjuku Nishinomiya.

Fujimoto Ryosuke watched this from afar. Fearing the man’s accomplices might be watching from upstairs, he didn’t linger but drove past the front of the house normally.

He stopped around the corner and called Aoyama Xiu Xin to report, "Police Chief, that person entered the house at 120-121 North Shinjuku Nishinomiya. Judging by the amount of breakfast he bought, there should be three to five people inside."

"Good, stay there and keep watch. Let me know if there’s any activity," Aoyama Xiu Xin said and then stood up from his seat, walking out of his office to the collective office area.

"Police Chief!"

All the first division members stood up and saluted.

Aoyama Xiu Xin declared loudly, "Everyone, go get your bulletproof vests and spare ammunition. We have a capture mission in 10 minutes. Any questions?"

It was time to act. If they made an error in the arrest, they would simply apologize. However, if they were right, it would be a huge win.

"None!" the crowd answered.

Aoyama Xiu Xin gestured broadly, "Move out!"

Everyone scrambled to leave.

Meanwhile, at Yamamoto’s hiding place.

"No one followed you, right?"

Yamamoto asked the bearded man who entered the room.

"No worries, boss. I even took a couple of detours," replied the bearded man, arranging the breakfast before pulling out a bag of hard drives with the stored surveillance footage. "All the footage is here."

"We still need to find a place to watch it," Yamamoto said, scratching his head, and then added, "Let’s eat first."

The other two injured underlings helped each other over. Among the four of them, Yamamoto was injured in the left shoulder and right hand, while the other two had leg injuries.

The bearded man was the only one fully intact.

.................

At the Police Headquarters, inside the large conference room.

The founding meeting of the Special Investigation Headquarters for the Kanagawa gun battle was both smelly and long, having just started.

Both sides of the conference table were packed with people, with Renping Kuniaki sitting at the head, speaking solemnly.

"Last night’s gun battle was the most deadly and intense crime incident in many years, causing serious unease among the citizens and a challenge to our police force, as well as a grave threat to public order!"

"Such a group of extremely violent individuals hiding in the densely populated streets of Tokyo is like a ticking time bomb, ready to explode at any moment, so we must capture both sides involved in the gunfight as soon as possible!"

"All of you seated here are elites drawn from various departments. I hope you will use all your skills, cooperate with each other, and work together to solve this case."

"Applause broke out."

The meeting room erupted in vigorous applause.

"The situation of the shootout, everyone has just become acquainted with. If anyone has any thoughts, speak up, feel free to share," Renping Kuniaki said, looking around.

"Director General, I have a question," Asai Ayumi stood up, her pretty face taut as she asked, "Police Chief Aoyama Xiu Xin is experienced and has outstanding case handling abilities, why not pull him into the task force?"

Although she had promised Aoyama Xiu Xin not to suggest to Renping Kuniaki that he should join the Special Investigation Headquarters.

She couldn’t swallow her pride, thinking that Renping Kuniaki was suppressing him because of the conflict between Nipponjiro, Ninpei Oshiro, and Aoyama Xiu Xin, showing no magnanimity as a leader. She wanted to see how he would respond.

"Police Chief Aoyama is indeed very capable. I also considered pulling him in at the beginning," Renping Kuniaki answered calmly, first affirming Aoyama Xiu Xin’s abilities and his own attitude, then the conversation took a turn, "But we can’t give him all the tough, tiring work, can we? It’s time to let him catch his breath. Others should work hard too. Moreover, he’s been investigating the 1990 serial murder case recently, a case that the public is very concerned about. He’s already under a lot of pressure, so I think there’s no need to add to that."

The rest of the people in the meeting room nodded in agreement, thinking that Renping Kuniaki was showing care for his subordinate, and they also didn’t want Aoyama Xiu Xin coming in to steal their thunder!

Asai Ayumi was suddenly at a loss for words in response to this answer.

"Inspector Asai, what do you think, any other questions?" Renping Kuniaki asked pleasantly.

"None," Asai Ayumi bowed and sat down.

"What about the others?" Renping Kuniaki looked around and then pointed at Minister Nozawa Toshiaki, the Director of Criminal Affairs Department, "Minister Nozawa, this case is under your direct command as the head of the Special Investigation Headquarters, so why don’t you speak next, talk about your investigative approach."

As the rank of Director of the Criminal Affairs Department is just one step below Police Director General, having him serve as the head of the Special Investigation Headquarters illustrates the police’s attention to the case.

"Yes!" Nozawa Toshiaki stood up and looked towards everyone, "This case has no eyewitnesses and no surveillance, which will make the investigation quite challenging..."

While they were busy with the meeting, Aoyama Xiu Xin had already set out with his fully armed subordinates.

It only took about ten minutes to arrive at the scene.

"Chief, the person is still inside, he went in and hasn’t come out since," Fujimoto Ryosuke came over to report

Aoyama Xiu Xin nodded.

"Breach the door," ordered Asano Hirofumi.

Since they could be seen from the upstairs window when at the front gate, trying to trick their way in was simply unrealistic.

So, they went straight for breaching tools to forcibly break in.

Two officers lifted a battering ram from the car, a heavy object quite like a downscaled version of ancient battering rams that most doors can’t withstand for long.

"No need for that; it’s troublesome, I’ll do it."

After Aoyama Xiu Xin spoke, he step back in surprise among those who were watching, took a running start, then lifted his leg and kicked hard, bam! With a loud noise, half of the courtyard gate was knocked down.

Dust flew up all around.

Everyone was dumbfounded, staring blankly at this scene, as if in a dreamlike state.

"What are you standing around for? Charge!"

Only when Aoyama Xiu Xin spoke did the rest of them come to their senses, and they rushed into the courtyard, guns drawn.

"Any movement?"

The people inside, including Yamamoto, were shocked.

"Bang!"

Before they could even react, Aoyama Xiu Xin kicked the door open with the same move, burst in with his gun drawn, and shouted, "Police! Don’t move!"

Yamamoto and his three companions, who had just finished breakfast and were sitting together discussing their next steps, were instantly stunned and hadn’t even had time to grab their guns before they were surrounded.

"Is that..." The bearded man’s complexion changed as soon as he saw Officer Nakamura Shinichi with a gun, and he subconsciously started to speak up.

"Bang!"

Nakamura Shinichi, seeing this, decisively pulled the trigger.

The bearded man’s throat was pierced, he fell heavily backward, blood spurting continuously from the bullet hole.

"Idiot! What are you doing! Who told you to shoot!" Asano Hirofumi was furious, pushing Nakamura Shinichi forcefully, "You bastard!"

"I thought he was getting up, like he wanted to draw a gun to resist arrest," Nakamura Shinichi said expressionlessly.

"Enough! One criminal armed with a gun was killed in resisting arrest," declared Aoyama Xiu Xin, setting the tone for the event.

Asano Hirofumi was incredulous, such blatant, willful killing, yet bluffing with eyes wide open. He looked at the other officers, but they had no reaction.

He was shocked, angry, and helpless all at once.

Aoyama Xiu Xin ordered, "Cuff them!"

Covered by some, the other officers rushed in and shoved the injured Yamamoto and his three companions to the ground, cuffing their hands despite their painful wails.

"Did you participate in last night’s shootout?" Aoyama Xiu Xin walked over to Yamamoto and asked from above.

Yamamoto nodded, "I did."

The reason he admitted it was that the gun on him had been used at last night’s shootout scene, and the police could trace it to him as being part of the shootout.

Admitting it might spare him some physical suffering.

Hearing this, all members of the team were invigorated, they looked at Aoyama Xiu Xin with admiration. The Special Investigation Headquarters had just been established, yet they had already captured members involved in the shootout.

Now they were really going to steal the limelight.

"Good," Aoyama Xiu Xin showed a satisfied smile and called out, "Give me the phone."

Having cracked the case and captured the suspects, of course, he had to report the success.

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