Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister
Chapter 244 - 237: Discussing the Benefits of Being Ruthless, There’s a Date Tonight

Chapter 244: Chapter 237: Discussing the Benefits of Being Ruthless, There’s a Date Tonight

The next day, news about an explosion in a villa in the Shibuya District that killed a family of four was reported, sparking various discussions.

All the citizens could clearly feel that the security situation had worsened over the past two years, with frequent occurrences of various crimes.

When Aoyama Xiu Xin woke up, Mrs. Yanahara, who had suffered greatly last night, was still deeply asleep, her eyes red from obvious crying, painful because last night Mrs. Yanahara had kept him in her eyes to show how much she valued him.

Don’t say Mr. Aoyama is indecent; he just wanted to try and cultivate an elegant hobby like Tao Yuanming.

Without waking her, Aoyama Xiu Xin quietly got dressed and left after cleaning up.

The explosion case was handed over to Chi Ben Xinzhang.

But Aoyama Xiu Xin had to personally investigate the extortion of Masheng Jiubao’s group; after leaving the Yanahara family, he drove straight to the Tokyo Detention Center to see Hasegawa Ze.

After all, Takai Baoyu had given him the secret accounts.

So he might know something about it.

When Hasegawa Ze was brought into the visitor room by the prison guards and saw Aoyama Xiu Xin, his expression instantly turned cold, and he turned around without hesitation, walking out, "I don’t want to see this guy, please take me back to my cell."

He still remembered how Aoyama Xiu Xin had tricked him out of the Takeda Fuji secret accounts, and Yoshikai Youzai had been under this man’s direction to kill Mr. Takai.

Their enmity was irreconcilable.

"Mr. Hasegawa, please wait!" Aoyama Xiu Xin waved his hand to signal the guards to leave; he actually felt a bit awkward since he didn’t expect to have to seek help from Hasegawa, if he’d known this day would come, he wouldn’t have let Hasegawa know the truth back then, such is the unpredictability of life.

There’s some truth to the saying, leave room for maneuver.

Hasegawa Ze turned around and sat down on the chair heavily, "Keeping me here is useless, although I don’t know why you wanted to see me, you must need my help for something, but I won’t say anything."

"Mr. Hasegawa, Takai has already died..."

"Yes, you killed him."

"Let’s set that fact aside for now; the point is he’s dead, but you are still alive. You need to think about yourself!" Aoyama Xiu Xin spoke earnestly and persuasively, "There is a chance for you to earn merit right in front of you, just help me, and I’ll apply for a sentence reduction for you, unless you really want to spend your entire life in prison?"

"Of course, I don’t want to be in prison, but I want to help you even less," Hasegawa Ze replied coldly, a hint of derision in his eyes, "You must have been very proud when you successfully tricked me out of the secret account? You even scorned to keep hiding the truth from me. Never thought you’d need my help, huh? Life is indeed funny! Why don’t you kneel and kowtow to me, then maybe I’ll consider helping you."

"Mr. Hasegawa, why be stubborn? Your own interests are what’s most important, you’re still so young, please be rational," Aoyama Xiu Xin urged earnestly.

Hasegawa Ze closed his eyes, "Get lost."

"Are you really not going to help me?" Aoyama Xiu Xin leaned his hands on the table in front of him, asking very seriously.

Hasegawa Ze opened his eyes, slightly lifted his head to meet his gaze, and responded very seriously, word by word, "Yes, I absolutely will not help you, you bastard."

"Bang!"

Suddenly, Aoyama Xiu Xin reached out, grabbed his head, and smashed it hard on the table, instantly causing blood to rush from his nose.

"Since that’s the case, then I don’t need to try regaining a good image in your eyes anymore. Your attitude just now really pissed me off. I needed to vent."

He was always quick to turn hostile.

"Idiot! You... you indeed have a dog’s face; it was absolutely right of me not to help you," Hasegawa Ze cursed angrily.

"Slap!"

Aoyama Xiu Xin slapped him hard on the ear, pressing his face down on the table, blood flowing from his nose dripping along the table’s edge onto the floor, "I don’t believe that there’s no one outside who cares about you!"

"Ha! Hahaha!" Hasegawa Ze’s laugh was full of mockery, and he said breathlessly, "I have neither parents nor a wife and children, I am completely alone, I don’t even have a friend. The person I cared about most in this life was only Mr. Takai, and yet he died by your hand, so now you don’t even have someone to threaten me with, isn’t this your retribution?"

"The one who died is Takai Baoyu, and the one in prison is you, Hasegawa Ze, from this, it is clear that I am your retribution!" Aoyama Xiu Xin spoke through gritted teeth.

Suddenly, he laughed, a radiant smile.

Hasegawa Ze was puzzled, "Crazy."

But inside, a fear he couldn’t articulate was rising.

"Takai Baoyu is dead, but I remember he still has grandchildren, right?" Aoyama Xiu Xin released Hasegawa Ze, his tone mocking, "Since you care so much about his kindness to you, can you accept his descendants suffering misfortune because you won’t cooperate? If so, are you honoring his spirit?"

Of course, he wouldn’t actually harm Takai Baoyu’s grandchildren, but he wasn’t above using it to threaten him.

He knew well how he was seen as morally degraded and utterly evil in Hasegawa Ze’s eyes, and since Hasegawa felt gratitude toward Takai, he wouldn’t dare bet that he wouldn’t actually do so.

This is the advantage of being ruthless; just saying a threatening word makes the target afraid.

"Idiot! You scumbag! Compared to what we do, you’re just covered with an official veneer!" Hasegawa Ze furiously grabbed Aoyama Xiu Xin’s collar, his breathing hurried as he stared him down.

Aoyama Xiu Xin remained unperturbed, even spreading his hands, "It seems you really do value loyalty."

"That damned guy!" Hasegawa Ze’s face twitched slightly as he let go of him, then slumped back into the chair, "Alright, tell me how you want me to help you."

"Wouldn’t it have been easier to do this earlier," Aoyama Xiu Xin smiled and shrugged, sitting down across from him, legs crossed, saying, "There are five officials who have repeatedly accepted bribes from Takeda Fuji and have all received an extortion call at the same time, the caller has evidence of their bribery, could it be there’s more than one copy of the secret account?"

Hasegawa Ze instantly knew what was going on.

His expression shifted between clouds and sunshine, remaining silent.

Because he didn’t want to betray Big Black Moles and Little Braids.

This didn’t align with his principles of loyalty and righteousness.

"It seems you really know something, and quite a lot at that," Aoyama Xiu Xin noted from his reactions, tapping the table, and spoke with a chilling tone, "What, is there anyone more worthy of your protection than Mr. Takai?"

Hasegawa Ze exhaled, yes, in his heart, Big Black Moles and Little Braids were nothing compared to Takai Baoyu. Not having turned them in the moment he was captured was already being fair to them.

He couldn’t just sit by and let Aoyama Xiu Xin harm Mr. Takai’s descendants for these two strangers.

"There’s only one set of secret accounts. They only have the ledgers of those five people, which I originally gave them to enlist their help in avenging the master..."

After realizing this, Haseawaga Ze did not hesitate to spill everything, and after speaking, he let out a long sigh—it was the first time he had betrayed someone.

After listening, Aoyama Xiu Xin heaved a sigh of relief.

As long as there wasn’t a second set of secret accounts, the danger level of the situation would drastically decrease. Even if the murderer couldn’t be caught in the end, it would just be a loss of five people.

"What do they look like, any noticeable facial features?" Aoyama Xiu Xin continued to inquire.

"One has a hairy black mole at the corner of his mouth, and the other one, wearing a little braid, doesn’t seem very bright."

Hearing this clear and concise description, Aoyama Xiu Xin instantly thought of the two Korean criminals involved in the previous kidnapping of Heize Shengli’s only child, thus he blurted out, "Are they Korean?"

"Yes." Hasegawa Ze nodded.

Damn, so it really was those two guys.

Last time they had let them slip through, they had to frame two other Koreans to take their place. Since fate had brought them back together, it was time to settle both new and old scores!

"Very good, Mr. Hasegawa, thank you for your time."

Aoyama Xiu Xin stood up, bowed deeply, and left.

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

After leaving the Tokyo Detention Center and getting into his car, Aoyama Xiu Xin immediately made a call to Yanchuan Shilang.

"Grandpa, it’s Xiu Xin."

"Oh, Xiu Xin, what’s up?"

"I have some good news, there isn’t a second Takeda Fuji secret ledger outside. Masheng Jiubao and the others were extorted because... that’s the situation."

"That’s the best news I’ve heard today," Yanchuan Shilang also relaxed, then changed the tone, "Even so, we still need to catch those two guys, and destroy what they have, since no matter what Masheng and the others are part of the Yanchuan Family, neglecting to take action could easily disillusion Yokoyama Ryohi’s old colleagues."

"Yes!" Aoyama Xiu Xin responded earnestly.

After hanging up, Aoyama Xiu Xin went to work at the Police Headquarters and called Yoshikai Youzai to his office.

"Deputy Director, you called for me!"

Yoshikai Youzai entered the room, bowing deeply.

He had also recently been promoted to assistant commissioner and transferred to serve under Sanmu Ichiro in the special crimes department.

"There’s something I need you to handle..."

Aoyama Xiu Xin assigned him the task of investigating Big Black Moles and Little Braids. As things weren’t so serious, there was no need for him to personally take action.

"Yes! Deputy Director, I will not let you down!" Yoshikai Youzai declared resolutely.

Aoyama Xiu Xin added, "These two are extremely vicious criminals, they definitely won’t surrender unless cornered, and being killed in a firefight wouldn’t be unusual."

"Yes! Deputy Director!" Yoshikai Youzai instantly understood, realizing that no survivors should be left.

Aoyama Xiu Xin waved his hand to dismiss him.

"Ding-a-ling! Ding-a-ling!"

Just then, the phone rang suddenly.

"Moshi moshi, this is Aoyama Xiu Xin."

"I’m Yagyu Tomon, Mr. Aoyama, are you free tonight? I tested the waters with our boss, and we can meet up tonight to talk." Yagyu Tomon’s voice conveyed a sense of joy and excitement.

His boss referred to the chief of the Maritime Security Bureau, which, now managed by the Ministry of Transport, wielded considerable power with nearly 15,000 personnel, hundreds of ships, and dozens of aircraft.

"Of course." Aoyama Xiu Xin agreed, then suggested, "How about at Heaven Club?"

"Yes! Then let’s make it a night not to miss."

"We shall meet and won’t leave until inebriated."

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