Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister
Chapter 150 - 146: The Two Who Met in Prison, The Death of Asano Hirofumi

Chapter 150: Chapter 146: The Two Who Met in Prison, The Death of Asano Hirofumi

Upon returning to Police Headquarters, Aoyama Xiu Xin immediately sent Fujimoto Ryosuke to the Shinjuku Police Station to see Asai Youki.

About an hour later, Fujimoto Ryosuke returned, but he did not proactively tell Aoyama Xiu Xin what Asai Youki wanted from him, nor did Aoyama Xiu Xin ask.

After all, Asai Youki obviously did not want him to know for his own good, so he certainly wouldn’t demean himself by insisting on finding out, nor was his curiosity that strong.

That afternoon, Asano Hirofumi and Suzuki Junko were both suspended from their duties and underwent investigations by the internal disciplinary departments of the Police Bureau and Public Prosecutor’s Office. Until the results of the investigations were released, both were effectively on an extended leave.

Meanwhile, the trial for the murder of Ayase Mihiko was reopened, given that Noda confessed to committing the murder, acknowledging that the police report on closing the case was accurate.

His accusations against Suzuki Junko and Asano Hirofumi pertained to a separate case and did not affect the judgment of this one, given the impeccably complete chain of evidence.

In the end, the court sentenced him to life imprisonment at the first trial.

He proclaimed in court that he was giving up his right to appeal and, having been convicted as a suspect, was sent to the detention center to serve his sentence that afternoon.

Aoyama Xiu Xin had Zhao Qinghong release Noda’s family and even used his influence to allow him to make a phone call to his father using the prison guard’s phone. Although Noda’s father cursed his son as a troublemaker throughout the phone call, Noda on the other end was both crying and laughing.

Thus, the murder case of Ayase Mihiko came to a definitive conclusion, with the tribulations therein not shared by Aoyama Xiu Xin with the Kimura family, as he believed that they would take the initiative to contact him upon seeing the news the next day.

On the same day that Noda was incarcerated at the Tokyo Detention Center, another criminal, Yoshida Tomo, was also imprisoned for robbing a pedestrian. Determined to get into prison and kill him to avenge his brother—even if it meant entering a cell himself—Yoshida Tomo was committed.

And he was placed in the same cell block as Noda.

After making his phone call, Noda returned to his cell, his eyes not yet dry from the tears, as memories of his father and family members flooded his mind, and he couldn’t help but weep uncontrollably.

For the first time, he had managed to protect his family.

"Idiot! All this sobbing, what kind of man are you?" Yoshida, already fuming inside, became annoyed by the crying and kicked Noda in irritation.

Noda, bearing the stigma of unjust imprisonment, was also seething with anger, and since he was already sentenced to life, why should he put up with anyone else?

After being kicked, he instantly erupted and rushed at Yoshida, wrestling him to the ground.

"Idiot! You dare to fight back?"

"Damn police bullies me, and you bully me too? I can’t take on the police, but I sure as hell can take you on!"

As the two fought and cursed each other, the other inmates quickly moved away, giving them room to battle.

"Fight! Beat him to death!"

"Beat him to death!"

The prisoners egged them on, as any form of entertainment was hard to come by in prison.

"What are you doing! Stop it! Stop it right now!"

The prison guards rushed over upon hearing the commotion.

And as expected, both the brutal Noda and Yoshida Tomo were severely disciplined with batons by the prison guards.

As punishment for fighting right after being imprisoned.

The detention center authorities locked them up in the same solitary confinement cell, warning them not to fight, or they wouldn’t be let out until after three days had passed.

Every time they fought, three more days would be added.

"Damn, you can fight, how did you end up here?" Yoshida Tomo initiated a conversation with Noda.

Noda, disinterested, ignored him.

Yoshida Tomo chuckled but said nothing more.

After a while, Noda’s voice finally broke the silence in the solitary cell, "Framed and set up by the police."

"Then you gotta kill that cop’s whole family once you get out," Yoshida Tomo said, frowning.

Noda turned over, "Life sentence, I’ll never get out. That’s exactly what they planned."

Who did he hate the most now?

Certainly, Aoyama Xiu Xin and Nakamura Shinichi.

If he ever had the chance to get out, he would ensure they died with him, even if it meant mutual destruction.

That would be considered a service to the people.

Yoshida Tomo simply nodded and kept silent.

That night, Suzuki Junko, unable to reach Asano Hirofumi by phone, went to look for him at his place.

"Ding-Dong! Ding-Dong!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

She rang the doorbell and knocked, shouting from outside, "Hongwen, are you home?"

After some three or five minutes, the door opened.

She was hit with a waft of alcohol and covered her nose.

"It’s Chunzi, come on in." Asano Hirofumi, still holding a bottle, seemed relatively coherent.

Following him inside, Suzuki Junko looked at the floor strewn with cigarette butts and bottles, her heart aching, "Hongwen, why have you smoked so much and drunk so much?"

"What else can I do?" Asano Hirofumi said with a self-deprecating laugh, sitting on the floor and placing his hand on the coffee table. "All I can do now is stay at home and wait for Aoyama Xiu Xin’s revenge, right?"

He had lost miserably this time.

Aoyama Xiu Xin had merely made a slight move and shattered his arrangement, leaving him sprawled on the ground.

Thinking back to earlier in the day when he had watched Aoyama Xiu Xin outside the courthouse as if he were watching a clown, he realized he must have seemed like a clown to Aoyama—not to mention the fact that, in the end, it was he who was the real fool.

"Hongwen Brother, Aoyama Xiu Xin has already promised not to take revenge on you," Suzuki Junko hurriedly said.

Asano Hongwen was stunned for a moment, looking at her with some confusion and disbelief, "Why? How could someone as narrow-minded and devious as him let me off?"

Aoyama Xiu Xin should take my life while I’m down. That’s what he ought to do.

"Because... because I convinced him," Suzuki Junko said with a guilty conscience, her eyes darting away.

"Don’t joke around." Asano Hongwen understood Suzuki Junko too well and took a gulp of alcohol, "With your temperament, you’d get into an argument with him after just a couple of words. How could you convince him? Stop trying to comfort me."

"Okay, it was my dad. I pleaded with my dad to help," Suzuki Junko lied.

This time, Asano Hongwen believed her, and after a moment of silence, he gratefully said, "Thank you, Junko."

Because in his view, only under such circumstances would Aoyama Xiu Xin agree to stop pursuing his revenge.

"No problem, we’re friends after all," Suzuki Junko said with a beaming smile, pulling out the two movie tickets, "Consider it a break. You promised to accompany me to see a movie before; you wouldn’t go back on your word, right?"

Looking at Suzuki Junko’s radiant presence, Asano Hongwen felt somewhat dazed. After setting aside his work, he suddenly realized Suzuki Junko’s feelings for him.

How could he let down such a nice girl?

Since things weren’t going well at work, why not make life a bit more satisfying and start a romantic relationship?

And if he became the Suzuki family’s son-in-law, he could probably take down that corrupt cop Aoyama Xiu Xin, right?

His thought process began to change.

People are constantly changing due to circumstances.

"Alright, wait for me; I’ll change my clothes," Asano Hongwen said with a slight smile, tossing the bottle away and heading to the bedroom.

Women are sensitive, and Suzuki Junko could clearly feel the change in Asano Hongwen’s emotions toward her.

This both excited and exhilarated her.

Brother Hongwen, the fool, has finally caught on.

The two arrived at the nearest cinema, but the moment they got out of the car, the joy immediately vanished.

Because they saw Aoyama Xiu Xin.

Aoyama Xiu Xin, who had been dragged to the movies by Neitian Youji, also saw them, "Ah, what a coincidence."

"Hongwen Brother, let’s ignore him," Suzuki Junko panicked, grabbing Asano Hongwen and wanting to leave.

"Wait." Asano Hongwen insisted on saying a few words to Aoyama Xiu Xin, walking up to him and saying, "Aoyama Xiu Xin, you’ve won this time, but it might not be the same next time. Thirty years favor the east of the river, thirty years the west; we’ll see."

You’re nothing but a man living off the Asakai family’s charity. Thanks for waking me up. When I become the Suzuki family’s son-in-law, I’ll repay this humiliation a hundredfold!

"Who gave you the courage to provoke me?" Aoyama Xiu Xin revealed a profound smile and spoke with a light tone, "Asano-kun, do you know how your dear Chunzi convinced me not to take revenge on you?"

"Shut up! Don’t you say it! Please, I beg you, don’t say it!" Suzuki Junko suddenly collapsed, frantically trying to pull Asano Hongwen away, "Hongwen Brother, ignore him, the movie is starting."

"What do you mean? What did you just say? Aoyama Xiu Xin!" Asano Hongwen guessed something and was immediately seething with anger, shaking off Suzuki Junko’s hand and grabbing Aoyama Xiu Xin’s collar.

Aoyama Xiu Xin grinned, "I suppose I don’t need to tell you, you should be able to guess some of it."

"Wuu..." Suzuki Junko covered her face and cried.

"Bastard!" Asano Hongwen, who had just recognized Suzuki Junko’s affection and was preparing to start a relationship with her, imagined a terrible scenario, felt the world collapse, and was uncontrollably furious, swinging a punch at Aoyama Xiu Xin.

Aoyama Xiu Xin turned his head, casually dodging the punch, and knocked him over with a kick.

"Hongwen Brother!" Suzuki Junko cried out in alarm, forgetting her shame as she continued to weep and hurried forward to help him, "Are you alright?"

"Don’t touch me! Get lost!" Asano Hongwen shook off Suzuki Junko’s hand, stood up with a resentful glare at Aoyama Xiu Xin, and ran off as the onlookers’ stares seemed to mock him.

"Bang!"

He was struck by a van as he crossed the road and hurled through the air, somersaulting twice before crashing to the ground, motionless on impact.

That’s the outcome of not following traffic rules.

"Ah! Someone’s been run over!"

"Call an ambulance!"

The crowd around burst into shouts of alarm.

Aoyama Xiu Xin was also surprised; he hadn’t expected Asano Hongwen to be so unlucky as to get killed by a car. Damn it! Wouldn’t Suzuki Junko blame him for this?

A woman’s grudge and desire for revenge can be terrifying.

"Hongwen Brother! Hongwen Brother!" Suzuki Junko stumbled over, holding Asano Hongwen’s body and wailing, "Wake up Hongwen Brother!"

"Brother Xiu Xin, you kind of seem like the villain from the movies just now," Neitian Youji, with a lollipop in her mouth, watched the scene and commented in a low voice.

Aoyama Xiu Xin’s mouth twitched, snatched the lollipop, and put it in his own mouth before walking toward Suzuki Junko, "Stop shaking him; if he’s not dead, you’ll shake him to death."

"Get lost! You get out of here! You’re the one who killed Hongwen Brother!" Suzuki Junko yelled hoarsely.

Aoyama Xiu Xin looked at her coldly and said in a low voice, "You think this accident was a coincidence?"

Hearing this, Suzuki Junko froze and asked through clenched teeth, "Are you saying you arranged this?"

"What kind of brain do you have?" Aoyama Xiu Xin’s face darkened and he spoke calmly, "Asano Hongwen is nothing but a loser in my eyes. I don’t have the time to hate him. More than me, the person who hates him is the father whose daughter he used and seduced. The Suzuki family doesn’t need a son-in-law with no influence and a tainted reputation. You know your father; what do you think?"

"You... don’t try to drive a wedge!" Suzuki Junko glared at him angrily but clearly lacked confidence.

Seeing her like this, Aoyama Xiu Xin felt even more assured, "You can check for yourself. Of course, if you insist on thinking he was killed by me, then I’ll wait for your revenge. But I hope you won’t deceive yourself, Miss Suzuki."

With those words, he stood up and walked away.

Only Suzuki Junko was left, holding Asano Hongwen’s body, sitting stunned on the spot, tears continuously rolling down.

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