Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister
Chapter 288 - 271: It’s Her! The Biggest Act, The Harshest Beatdown

Chapter 288: Chapter 271: It’s Her! The Biggest Act, The Harshest Beatdown

6:30 PM, Police Headquarters.

In the office of the Chief of Investigation Unit I.

The woman sat on the sofa with restraint, her forehead a bloody mess, lips parched and cracked. Her eyes, locked tightly on Aoyama Xiu Xin, seemed terrified he would escape.

"Have some water, wipe your face," Aoyama Xiu Xin offered her a glass of water and handed her several tissues.

He displayed his people-friendly image.

The woman stood to take them, "Thank... Thank you."

But she did not drink, instead placing the glass on the coffee table and hastily wiping her forehead with the tissues.

"What should I call you?" Xiu Xin sat down next to her, with a gentle smile on his face, he asked.

Blocking a car and pleading for justice was a measure taken only by those who had no other recourse. And the fact that it was his car she stopped showed she believed he was a good person. For such ordinary folks deceived by propaganda, he needed to maintain this image consistently.

Although he equally despised all Japanese people.

He was relatively more tolerant towards the ordinary folks.

With her head lowered, the woman replied, "Ayase Ye."

Aoyama Xiu Xin was taken aback for a moment, and then he remembered why the woman looked familiar—it was the mother involved in the mother-daughter pair that Asakawa Xia had ordered him to apprehend.

He hadn’t expected her to seek him out first.

"Ms. Ayase, if you have any trouble, you can report it through the proper channels. Why resort to such an extreme method?" he pretended not to recognize her.

"If the proper channels could have gotten me what I needed, why would I have resorted to this?" Ayase Ye’s eyes reddened, tears streaming uncontrollably, choking up as she shook her head, "I can’t trust the other officers anymore, I can only trust you, Police Chief Aoyama. The news and everyone say you’re a hero, a good officer. You must help me, please do!"

As her words finished, she stood up, preparing to kneel again.

"Calm down," Aoyama Xiu Xin quickly extended his hand to stop her, helping her sit back down and handing her a tissue for her tears, "Ms. Ayase, please tell me what happened first. If it’s within my capacity to solve, I naturally don’t mind offering help."

Ayase Ye nodded repeatedly, her story coming out in broken sobs. The first half matched what Aoyama Xiu Xin already knew about, but there had been an unexpected development today.

"I got off work early this afternoon and went home only to find a police car parked outside. The police were about to force my daughter into the car when I intervened. They said we mother and daughter were suspected of fraud and wanted to take us in for questioning. I managed to get away when one of the officers was handcuffing me. This must be the Asakawa Hospital bribing the officers to frame us. Wuu, Police Chief Aoyama, please save my daughter, please save her!"

Tears poured from Ayase Ye like rain, her sobs so heavy she could no longer speak coherently. Her body convulsed, and she appeared to be on the verge of fainting several times.

Asakawa Xia must have got someone else to handle this matter.

That was Aoyama Xiu Xin’s first thought.

What a shoddy job.

That was Aoyama Xiu Xin’s second thought.

"My husband died early, and my daughter and I depend on each other. We live a thrifty and hard-working life, why should we suffer these injustices! Wuu, Police Chief Aoyama, I just want my daughter back, I won’t sue anymore, wuu, I won’t sue."

Ayase Ye was truly scared now. She would rather endure the shame of her daughter’s disfigured face than continue to entangle with the Asakawa Hospital. They truly had the power to cover the sky with one hand.

Watching the other party sobbing uncontrollably, Aoyama Xiu Xin felt an indescribable sensation within his heart, ordinary people truly had no strength to resist against the powerful.

It was the same in every country.

Especially now when the internet wasn’t well developed.

Once you’re under control, being framed and thrown into jail or sent to a mental institution, if there aren’t any other experiences, it really is like shouting to the heavens in vain.

"Knock, knock, knock!" At that moment, a knocking sound arose.

Aoyama Xiu Xin raised an eyebrow and called out, "Come in."

The next second, the door was pushed open, and a group of men walked in, the rest dressed in police uniforms, with only the young man leading them in a suit, around thirty years old.

"It’s them! It’s them! They are the ones who took my daughter!" Ayase Ye recognized several of them and was greatly shocked, with anger and fear in her eyes, and her body unconsciously kept moving towards Aoyama Xiu Xin.

"Ms. Ayase, calm down, calm down," Aoyama Xiu Xin soothed her twice, then looked up at the suit-clad young man standing there, "Which department are you from?"

"Police Chief Aoyama." The suited young man bowed respectfully, and replied in a respectful tone, "We are from the Central District Police Station, I am Yokomaku Reihong, Chief of the Criminal Division at Central District Police Station. Ayase Ye and her daughter are suspects in a fraud case; her daughter, Ayase Yuki, has already been arrested, and upon hearing her mother had fled here, we came specifically to request your assistance in our work."

As he finished speaking, he moved his fingers slightly.

Seeing this, the two uniformed officers behind him immediately advanced, one to the left and one to the right, ready to arrest Ayase Ye.

"Don’t arrest me! Don’t arrest me!" Ayase Ye was panicked and looked at Aoyama Xiu Xin with a pleading face and cried out, "Police Chief Aoyama, I haven’t committed a crime, I really haven’t, I can’t go with them!"

"Wait," Aoyama Xiu Xin called out.

The two officers who were already closing in on the coffee table immediately halted and turned in unison to look back at Yokomaku Reihong.

"Police Chief Aoyama, please do not make our law enforcement difficult," Yokomaku Reihong politely requested.

Aoyama Xiu Xin said lightly, "Do you have a court-issued arrest warrant? Do you have substantial evidence of her involvement in the fraud case? She is currently a complainant reporting to me, and I can’t let you take her away just like that."

Having a conscience was one thing.

More importantly, Ayase Ye had just publicly stopped his car to cry out her grievances and report the crime; this was certainly something that would be known to reporters and attract media attention.

After all, such scenes were something everyone loved to see.

If he allowed the other party to take Ayase Ye away without proper documentation, and things went smoothly for them, then it would be fine, but if complications arose and the truth was uncovered, Aoyama Xiu Xin’s image would collapse.

Moreover, if this case was brought to light and investigated for various reasons in the future, he would be deemed an accomplice in the persecution of Ayase Ye and her daughter, and not only would he have taken risks for no reason, but he would also have received no benefit whatsoever.

Therefore, he could not allow them to take her away.

Faced with Aoyama Xiu Xin’s questioning, Yokomaku Reihong was at a loss, as he had no evidence and was purely proactively trying to alleviate Asakawa Xia’s worries by doing so.

"May I speak with you privately, Police Chief Aoyama?"

"Speak here," Aoyama Xiu Xin knew what he wanted to say in private and did not give him that opportunity.

Yokomaku Reihong was somewhat annoyed the other party was going so far for a lowly civilian, but since Ayase Yuki had already been captured, they couldn’t let Ayase Ye remain at large.

He hadn’t received any instructions from Asakawa Xia, and was purely acting on his own initiative; if he didn’t handle this well, not only would he achieve nothing in Asakawa Xia’s eyes, but he might also be held accountable.

"I can only grit my teeth and say, ’Their fraud case involves Dean Asakawa of the Asakawa Plastic Surgery Hospital. The case is serious, and we will follow up with any missing procedures. Please allow me to take them away now.’"

He believed that with Aoyama Xiu Xin’s status, he must be aware of Asakawa Xia’s background. He couldn’t possibly refuse to hand them over.

"Who is involved is none of my concern. If you want to arrest someone, show me the papers," Aoyama Xiu Xin said in a harsh tone.

Dammit, if the job is done successfully, you’ll be valued by Asakawa Xia; but if it fails, I have to take responsibility with you. I’d be an idiot to help you out.

Seeing the other party repeatedly undermining his authority in front of his subordinates, Yokomaku Reihong, also a chief at Police Headquarters, became angry. His tone, initially respectful, turned frosty, "Does Police Chief Aoyama really refuse to hand over the person?"

Aoyama Xiu Xin just quietly looked at him.

I just won’t hand them over. What can you do to me?

Yokomaku Reihong’s face turned dark and gloomy. After a moment’s consideration, he gave the order, "Take the person back!"

There’s no reason to stop halfway through the task.

He was already taking a risk and gambling by acting without Asakawa Xia’s directive. Now that he was in too deep, the only way was to move forward relentlessly.

If the task is completed, being under Asakawa Xia’s protection in the future would make offending Aoyama Xiu Xin a non-issue; but giving up now, having already angered Aoyama Xiu Xin and potentially offending Asakawa Xia if additional issues arise, was a consequence he could not bear.

"I’d like to see who dares!" Aoyama Xiu Xin rebuked.

The subordinates behind Yokomaku Reihong, initially eager to act, hesitated upon this rebuke. After all, the name ’Aoyama Xiu Xin’ still carried significant weight in the Police Headquarters.

Yokomaku Reihong turned and gave his subordinates a cold glare, barking, "Can’t you tell who your superior is?"

A few subordinates exchanged glances, then with clenched teeth, they collectively moved toward Aoyama Xiu Xin and Ayase Ye.

Those brought by Yokomaku Reihong for the arrest were naturally his trusted aides, who had not lacked benefits from him. They had to toughen up and carry out the task since their superior was insistent.

"Idiot!" Aoyama Xiu Xin hadn’t expected Yokomaku Reihong to be so bold. Rising to his feet, he kicked over the coffee table in front of him, walked over to the desk, grabbed the internal phone, and dialed out, "All armed officers, get up here!"

Even though it was after work hours, overtime was common in Japan, especially in busy public departments like the Police Headquarters. In less than three minutes, nearly twenty officers from various departments who happened to be in the building gathered, filling the corridor outside the office.

A dozen dept chiefs crowded the office.

"Police Chief!"

The collective greeting was deafening,

echoing through the hallway,

attracting many onlookers from other departments.

Yokomaku Reihong’s few subordinates were now as pale as ghosts, sweating heavily, looking at their superior with difficulty.

Yokomaku Reihong himself was also drenched in sweat.

He had not expected Aoyama Xiu Xin to be so unyielding.

"The person is right here. If you’re capable, take them away," Aoyama Xiu Xin challenged as he stepped in front of Yokomaku Reihong, looking defiantly at him with a hand on his hip while pointing at Ayase Ye.

Ayase Ye didn’t even dare to breathe heavily at this point.

Inside, he felt an immense gratitude. The news and neighbors hadn’t been wrong—Police Chief Aoyama was indeed a righteous official who stood up for the common people. To go to such lengths for someone powerless and ordinary like him.

Suppressing his unease, Yokomaku Reihong said, his face darkened and word by word, "You know who I work for."

All he could do was flaunt connections.

"I don’t know!" Aoyama Xiu Xin exclaimed forcefully, jabbing his finger into his chest insultingly, "Why don’t you enlighten me on who it is."

Yokomaku Reihong’s face darkened, fists clenched tight.

Deep inside, he was filled with anger and humiliation.

But he had to endure it, daring not to vent.

"Trying to snatch someone right before my eyes, do you fucking think I’m dead!" Aoyama Xiu Xin cursed as he jabbed his forehead, lecturing him like educating a son.

Yokomaku Reihong took a deep breath, gave Aoyama Xiu Xin a cold glance, and then, reluctantly, said, "Retreat."

As the word fell, he turned to leave.

"Beat them up," Aoyama Xiu Xin waved his hand.

A dozen chiefs immediately surged forward, knocking Yokomaku Reihong and his men to the ground with a flurry of punches and kicks.

Yet, they proved to be tough, covering their heads and curling up to take the beating without begging for mercy.

Brother Kun had said, when you’re in this life, take your beatings standing tall.

"Enough," Aoyama Xiu Xin called it off in time.

The chiefs backed off, leaving Yokomaku Reihong and his men on the ground with bruised faces and covered in footprints.

They looked as pathetic as they could get.

With hands on hips, Aoyama Xiu Xin towered over them and slowly uttered one word, "Leave."

In pain, they grimaced, not bothering with the blood on their faces, scrambled up, and, supporting each other with a limp, began to leave. As they passed through the crowded corridor, enduring the scornful laughter and teasing of the arresting unit officers, they didn’t even dare to look up or talk back.

The bigger you act, the harder you fall.

"Everyone, disperse," said Aoyama Xiu Xin once more.

The assembled officers from Unit One dispersed.

Aoyama Xiu Xin then turned his attention back to Ayase Ye.

Ayase Ye was visibly anxious, quickly standing up. "Police Chief Aoyama, I... I am so sorry. Did I cause you trouble? I... I didn’t want any of this, I just wanted to save my daughter, I..."

She felt remorseful and guilty.

"It’s okay, it’s nothing. I’ll make a call," Aoyama Xiu Xin interrupted her, then picked up his mobile phone and walked out the door, dialing Asakawa Xia’s number.

As soon as the call connected, without waiting for a response, he took the initiative, "Big sister, what is the meaning of this?"

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