Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister
Chapter 303 - 283: Plans Expected and Unexpected at the Bank Entrance

Chapter 303: Chapter 283: Plans Expected and Unexpected at the Bank Entrance

October 6.

Counting down, it was an average of once a day.

A reasonable sex life is beneficial to physical and mental health.

In the morning, Aoyama Xiu Xin dressed neatly and went straight downstairs to the kitchen, where his sister-in-law, dressed in a tank top and jeans, was intently cutting vegetables on the chopping board.

The thin white tank top barely contained her ample bosom, trembling with each chop of the knife as if it would break free at any moment, making one fear that the straps, no thicker than chopsticks, would snap.

Another day that was as pleasing to the eyes as it was promising to be eventful.

In East Shinjuku, outside the Agricultural and Forestry Bank branch, the Second Department Head of the Criminal Department at Police Headquarters, Yan Valley Dalang, was leading his subordinates as they awaited their prey.

"Position 1 reporting, target vehicle has appeared."

The subordinate’s report came through the walkie-talkie. Yan Valley Dalang, sitting in the car, looked down the street through the window and indeed saw a Honda sedan whose license plate matched the intelligence report stop outside the bank.

"Keep a close watch. The cash delivery vehicle is about to arrive. As soon as the crooks make their move, proceed with the arrest immediately, and repeat, if a crook wearing a gray robber’s hat runs southeast, pretend to intercept but don’t fire for real, that’s one of our own."

Yan Valley Dalang picked up the walkie-talkie to relay the command.

He couldn’t help but marvel in his mind that Police Chief Aoyama was indeed formidable. Even though he had stepped back from the frontline, he still managed to acquire such accurate intelligence—almost as if he had determined the color of the robbers’ underwear.

Inside the Honda parked at the bank’s entrance, Nozaki Cangjian was waiting in the car with four hapless subordinates for the cash delivery vehicle.

At eight o’clock, the armored van carrying money arrived on time.

After coming to a stop, two bank security guards who had been waiting at the entrance approached armed to guard the arrival. The cash transport staff inside exchanged a greeting with them, then got down and opened the van, which was full of cash boxes.

"Fortune is right before our eyes! Take action, gentlemen!"

At Nozaki Cangjian’s command, he pulled down his gray hat to cover his face and took the lead, brandishing a gun as he jumped out of the car, and his four underlings quickly followed suit.

"It’s a robbery! Put the cash box down!"

The door of a black van parked by the roadside cracked open slightly, then closed again swiftly without hesitation.

Since the police had informed the bank and the escort team in advance, they didn’t panic at the sight of the robbers. Instead, they quickly sought cover to hide.

It was the passersby who, screaming in panic, scattered in all directions.

"Ah! Help! Robbery!"

"They have guns! Run for it!"

"Take action!" commanded Yan Valley Dalang.

Plainclothes police officers deployed in the area immediately swarmed out.

"Police! Don’t move! Drop your weapons!"

"Police! Throw your weapons and lie on the ground!"

"What... what’s going on!" Seeing the police rushing out from all directions, the four inexperienced robbers were dumbfounded and gradually slowed down.

This wasn’t part of last night’s plan!

Nozaki Cangjian swept a fierce glance over the four of them and said, "Idiot! How could the police get the message so quickly? There’s definitely a mole among us! But now is not the time to worry about that. Let’s split up and run; every man for himself."

With that, he didn’t hesitate to leave his four underlings behind as he sprinted southeast away from the bank.

A white Volkswagen followed him.

Hearing their boss mention a mole, the other four looked at everyone suspiciously, but they didn’t have time to ponder, and scattered in panic.

However, they were already within the encirclement. Except for Nozaki Cangjian, who was deliberately let go, how could the others possibly escape? Three were quickly subdued.

"Damn it all! I’m going to fight you!" exclaimed the last one, realizing he couldn’t escape. In a state of extreme fear, he roared and raised his gun to shoot.

"Click~"

But when he pulled the trigger, the gun did not fire.

He was stunned on the spot and before he could react, he was tackled to the ground by two policemen, scraping his elbows raw on the pavement tiles.

"I get it, I get it..."

He spoke vacantly, his face gradually contorting with distorted features and eyes red with fury.

Their leader was the mole!

That damned bastard! That dog’s spawn!

He had been deceiving them from the start, planning to sell them out from the moment he roped them into the robbery.

"Damn it, be a bit more human!"

He felt wronged, humiliated, and furious.

Aside from Nozaki Cangjian, not a single one of the armed robbers managed to escape, all were handcuffed.

"Thank you so much, we owe you a debt of gratitude. Thanks to your timely intelligence and organized operation, our bank was spared trouble."

Seeing the arrest conclude, the branch manager came out jogging with a group of executives, all smiling as they energetically shook hands with Yan Valley Dalang, expressing their gratitude.

Their true thoughts, however, remained unknown.

After all, the chance for a perfect cover-up had disappeared.

"No need for thanks, just doing our job," said Yan Valley Dalang as he withdrew his hand, speaking warmly, "We have to go back and interrogate the criminals now, so we’ll be taking our leave."

"Sure! Please take care!" the branch manager bowed.

Yan Valley Dalang got into the car with his subordinates, the siren blaring, as all the cars on the road made way.

They quickly disappeared from the branch manager’s sight.

"Sigh," the branch manager slowly exhaled.

The executives behind him also looked forlorn.

Such a golden opportunity— not only to balance the books but to make a profit— ruined by the police.

Fuck! What a bunch of meddlesome dogs!

"Alright, what are you all staring at? Hurry up and bring the money in," the branch manager turned around and ordered the staff.

"Yes!"

Several employees bowed in response and immediately climbed onto the cash transport van to collect the cash that had just arrived today.

Just then, the doors of a black van across the street suddenly opened, and five men wearing hats and masks jumped down, each holding a rifle.

The branch manager saw this scene and his expression went from a stunned shock to elation, but in the next second, it became one of utter terror, because the five robbers in his sight spared no words and simultaneously raised their muzzles.

"Ratatatatatatatata!"

The power of a rifle is far greater than that of a pistol, and a burst of bullets rapidly poured out as the muzzles trembled.

"Ah!"

A group of bank executives who were huddled together and had not yet reacted were shot, and blood immediately sprayed across the street with one after another screaming as they fell.

The five robbers lined up in front of their vehicle, their faces tightly wrapped, revealing only five pairs of indifferent, emotionless eyes, mercilessly spraying their rifles forward.

"Ratatatatatata!"

The ejected shells fell to the ground with a pleasing, crisp sound, like a funeral march being played.

In less than half a minute, there were no people left standing in front of them; they were either dead on the spot or writhing and wailing on the ground after being shot.

The five men stopped shooting, strode forward, and one of them pulled out a handgun, casually walked towards the cash transport van while shooting each of the four armed security personnel on the ground, ensuring they were thoroughly dead.

The other four were already on the van starting to collect the money.

One minute later, the black van drove off.

The entire process took less than three minutes. There was no communication between the five robbers, and they were ruthless and clean in their operation, displaying a tacit agreement and not dragging their feet at all.

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

About twenty minutes later.

The bank where the incident took place had already been cordoned off.

Outside the police cordon stood a ring of officers, followed by reporters bearing cameras and onlookers.

Inside the cordon, bodies lay scattered on the ground as medical personnel feverishly moved the injured onto stretchers.

Aoyama Xiu Xin’s expression was dark and terrifying.

He had been eating breakfast and had just received good news from Yan Valley Dalang about a smooth arrest when he was hit with the bad news of a large number of bank employees being shot and a massive amount of cash being stolen.

The mantis stalks the cicada while the oriole lurks behind.

Was it purely a coincidence? Or was there a hidden story?

What role did Nozaki Cangjian play in this?

At this moment, he began to understand the mindset of those superiors of undercover agents in the movies: undercover agents are useful, but there is always the fear that they might turn traitor and pose an even greater danger.

"Chief, ten are dead on the scene, five seriously injured and sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, two with minor injuries," Yan Valley Dalang, who had returned to the scene, reported to Aoyama Xiu Xin.

He was extremely relieved that the robbers had made their move after he had pulled out; otherwise, he reckoned he would have been in danger.

And he would have had to bear responsibility.

"Whew—" Aoyama Xiu Xin closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then reopened them and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Ten deaths constituted a major case, and not even earthquakes in some areas of Japan necessarily resulted in ten fatalities.

"Five robbers, faces covered, witnesses say they were all big men by the look of their builds, very tall, armed with high-powered rifles, no conversation after getting out of the car, just opened fire, and even fired additional shots after the initial burst. They then left the scene quickly, decisive, professional, well-trained."

From a police perspective, the job was done too well, perfectly seizing the moment right after the police withdrew. The robbers were definitely experts in this line of work.

Even just their mental fortitude was extraordinary.

"Gather files of similar cases," Aoyama Xiu Xin dropped that command and turned to walk away.

"Police Chief Aoyama! Say a few words to everyone, please!"

"I heard that this morning the police had already arrested a group of people preparing to rob a cash transport van, so what is the situation now? Is it possible that there was a mistake in the police’s intelligence?"

"Police Chief Aoyama, please share your thoughts!"

Seeing Aoyama Xiu Xin approach, hundreds of florid reporters immediately rushed forward, trying to get their microphones in front of him.

Aoyama Xiu Xin stopped, spoke coolly and calmly, "There is no problem with the police intelligence. This morning we indeed caught a group of robbers planning to hit a cash transport van, the latter group that made their move was even more professional, clearly not the same people."

"Ten people killed in the middle of the city, fifteen million US dollars stolen, cruel and insane! I will dig three feet into the ground if I have to, to unearth them! Further information will be provided by the Police Headquarters."

With those words, he continued walking, surrounded by a circle of officers who pushed the approaching journalists away, not letting them impact his pace.

"Police Chief Aoyama! How do you..."

The chattering noise kept buzzing non-stop.

Aoyama Xiu Xin went on expressionless, turning a deaf ear.

He had just gotten into the car when he received a call from Asai Ayumi, informing him that he needed to head back to Police Headquarters for a meeting immediately.

After agreeing to come, Aoyama Xiu Xin then called Nozaki Cangjian to arrange a meeting at their usual spot.

But no one answered.

His heart sank, and he kept redialing repeatedly.

Yet there was no answer at the other end.

"Beep—beep—beep—"

Listening to the busy tone on the phone, his face grew increasingly somber, and his mood became more and more irritable.

According to the timing, Nozaki Cangjian should have been home by now after fleeing the scene. Why wasn’t he answering his phone?

He hoped things weren’t as he feared.

Otherwise, he would be very angry, and the consequences severe.

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