Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister
Chapter 319 - 295: The More Alive People Bait, the More They Fish, the Lawyer Who Fled

Chapter 319: Chapter 295: The More Alive People Bait, the More They Fish, the Lawyer Who Fled

"Still the same question, who directed you to set the rhythm against Nozawa Financial Corporation regarding the death of Beiyuan Yangtao? Don’t tell me you are also acting out of so-called ’justice’ just like the last dead man?"

Aoyama Xiu Xin, leaning on a railing from his high vantage point, looked down with derision at the nine people hanging in cages, his tie flapping up and down in the sea breeze.

Among these people, he only trusted the one who had just spoken out of justice because that guy had the guts to talk like that in front of him, truly fearless in the face of death.

And despicable wretches like them don’t deserve to be such righteous members of the media, and Japan, this fallen land, is not a place for good people like him. So, Aoyama Xiu Xin simply sent him to heaven with a direct gunshot.

After all, even the Bible says that good people should go to heaven, no need to thank me, it’s simply the least I could do.

"No, no, no, not at all! Of course not!" a woman in her forties with curly hair shook her head like a rattle-drum and said, "Someone forced me! If I didn’t take the money and write pieces as they wanted, they would have made some evidence that’s detrimental to me public. I had no choice!"

"Me too, me too. I didn’t want to sling mud at Nozawa Financial Corporation, but it was all due to the harsh realities. Police Chief Aoyama, you’ve got to understand us!"

"It wasn’t for the money, really. If I didn’t do as they said, my reputation would have been ruined..."

The rest of them were blubbering excuses, all in tears, lamenting their difficult circumstances, as if they were innocent, and everything was just due to being coerced by others.

But Aoyama Xiu Xin was unmoved, watching the performance of these old artists with a cold gaze. He believed some were indeed threatened, but there were definitely those who were tempted because the price the other side was offering was higher than Nozawa Financial Corporation’s.

After all, even the masterminds behind the scenes couldn’t possibly discover so many people’s shady pasts in such a short time, not even the CIA could do it.

"Who was looking for you?" Aoyama Xiu Xin turned and sat back on the sofa, crossing his legs in the ’Erlang’ style, with both hands resting on the backrest, looking very relaxed.

Nozawa Yiren moved closer to him, peeling a grape from the table and feeding it to his mouth, occasionally having her fingers licked by Aoyama Xiu Xin, and although she blushed and rolled her eyes embarrassingly, she enjoyed this petty pleasure.

The nine people in the cages wore uneasy expressions, seemingly each with their own reservations.

"Hand me the fishing rod," Aoyama Xiu Xin said.

Jin Yucheng handed him the sea rod nearby.

Aoyama Xiu Xin attached the bait and cast it into the sea, saying indifferently, "If no one speaks before I catch a fish, then you’ll all die together. And if I don’t catch a fish, then you all deserve it even more."

After all, someone had to bear the wrath of the air force.

While the others were hesitating, Jingchuan Qingsong blurted out, "Ishii Shou, he’s a lawyer."

"Yes, yes, yes, that’s him, he specializes in helping powerful people and tycoons in lawsuits, lives in the Harbor District..."

"He has a place in Chiyoda District too. This guy has no bottom line, he’s selfish and shameless..."

Seeing Jingchuan Qingsong divulge the identity of the other person, the others, regretting they had not spoken sooner, hurriedly piled on additional detailed information about Ishii Shou.

Aoyama Xiu Xin picked up the phone and called Yamakawa Ichiro, arranging for someone to find Ishii Shou.

"Police Chief Aoyama, we’ve said all we had to say, and you’ve killed two people already. You must have calmed down by now. Can we come down first?" Jingchuan Qingsong sniffed his nose, voice trembling.

The October nighttime sea breeze felt quite chilly against his bared old bones.

He feared it might leave some ailment behind.

"Yes, Police Chief Aoyama, you can’t possibly kill us all. Let us down first."

"We know we were wrong. I want to make amends for my mistake, please just give me a chance."

"Please, Police Chief Aoyama, have mercy..."

The others chimed in, one after another—with the core message being that Aoyama Xiu Xin couldn’t possibly kill them all, so he might as well let them all go quickly.

"Heh, who said I couldn’t possibly kill all of you?" Aoyama Xiu Xin chuckled.

At this, everyone’s hearts skipped a beat, their eyes gradually filled with terror, faces disbelief.

Aoyama Xiu Xin waved his hand and shouted, "Let go!"

Buzzing, the crane suddenly started.

The nine hanging cages plummeted towards the sea.

As they wished, they were to be released.

"Police Chief Aoyama! No! Don’t!"

"I won’t dare again, I’ll report whatever you say, please, spare my life!"

"Police Chief Aoyama! Police Chief Aoyama! Po..."

As they grew closer to the sea surface, the nine were terrified, their eyes filled with horror as they screamed hysterically.

Idiot! This damned lunatic!

Aoyama Xiu Xin just held the fishing rod, a smile playing on his lips as he watched them quietly, as if it had nothing to do with him.

"Splash!"

Along with the splash, all nine cages plunged into the sea, and the screams abruptly stopped.

Live bait attracts more fish.

Aoyama Xiu Xin began reeling in slowly, and with a flick of his wrist, an unknown sea fish made a beautiful arc in the air as he pulled it up.

"Pull them up," he said again.

Killing two people was one thing, but to kill over a dozen big shots in the media at once—he wouldn’t dare.

It was just to scare these jellyfish a bit.

The crane started up again, accompanied by the humming of machinery and splashing of water, the nine cages that had submerged were being pulled up, constantly dripping back into the sea, creating ripple after ripple.

"Cough cough cough! Cough cough...blargh—"

All nine people were pale-faced from the cold, too busy coughing and vomiting to relish the joy of a narrowly escaped death, their tears and snot choked out by the water.

After a bit of recovery, all nine collapsed ungracefully in the cages, gasping greedily for fresh air, their panting resonant.

"Take it to the kitchen to be prepared," Aoyama Xiu Xin said, throwing the fish he had caught to Jin Yucheng. He then stood up and walked to the railing of the terrace, addressing the nine people: "Now I give you two options. One is to each hand over some leverage that can control you to me, from now on you will follow my orders and look to me as a leader; the second is to be thrown back into the sea, and this time you won’t be pulled back up."

The nine looked at him with extreme fear, as if staring at a madman. After all, they were dignified people, and no one conducted business like Aoyama Xiu Xin.

But the example of the two colleagues who had been ruthlessly shot dead was right there, making it impossible for them to gamble.

After all, Aoyama Xiu Xin was beyond any predictable measure.

"Choose," Aoyama Xiu Xin said with a faint smile.

Jingchuan Qingsong knelt down the fastest, swallowed his saliva, and said, "I used my identity to threaten or lure, or even raped multiple female journalists from the Daily News. I also secretly recorded videos and audios as keepsakes; these things are hidden under the bed in the master bedroom of my villa at 3 Chome-119 Nakano District."

He was the one with the highest status here.

And also the one most afraid of death.

The bourgeoisie’s inherent weakness and tendency to compromise.

"I... I used my influence to blackmail various major corporations for bribes..."

"I... I was guilty of hit and run while driving under the influence a year ago, but then found someone to take the blame and helped me escape punishment."

"I’ve been embezzling government subsidies every year..."

These nine people couldn’t wait to expose their own stains, hoping to exchange a chance for life because, after all, even if they had to act like dogs for Aoyama Xiu Xin in the future, it was better than being fish fodder in the sea.

As long as they were alive, anything was possible.

But death put an end to everything, indeed.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I must say, each one of you has quite a unique talent,"

Aoyama Xiu Xin said with genuine admiration after listening.

And he believed what they said was definitely not their most severe stains, as they might be holding back.

Even with their thick skins, they felt somewhat embarrassed since they were supposed to be dignified cultural individuals publicly, but their actions were secretly carried out in silence.

And now, they had been exposed in front of their peers.

It felt like being stripped naked for all to see.

Though they were indeed stripped bare at the moment.

According to what these people had said, Aoyama Xiu Xin recorded everything they said and then sent Yoshikai Youzai to look for their evidence. Only after confirming there was no mistake, did he let them go.

"Thank you, Police Chief Aoyama! Thank you!"

"Thank you, Police Chief Aoyama, for your great kindness and virtue!"

When they were released from the cage, the nine of them wept bitterly and repeatedly thanked Aoyama Xiu Xin.

"You’re welcome. Wouldn’t be a problem for you to help me with a small favor, right? There’s a shredder on board. Please help me dispose of the bodies of your two colleagues and feed them to the fish,"

Aoyama Xiu Xin said with a gentle smile. The stains they revealed were not enough; those at most could ruin their reputations, but it might not necessarily land them in prison.

So, he had to create a trap for them.

To ensure they dared not harbor any second thoughts against him.

Upon hearing this, the nine faces turned deathly pale. As cultural individuals, they might have visited brothels, but they had never killed a chicken, and now they had to help dismember corpses...

It was a challenge both psychologically and physiologically.

But they dared not refuse, and under the filming of a camera, they had to, despite their fear and nausea, grind up the two dead bodies and dump them into the sea.

Those who often dismembered bodies knew that during the high-speed operation of the blender, bone fragments, minced meat, and blood splatter, so when they finished their task, their faces were covered with dried blood specks, and they reeked of blood.

One after another, they vomited on the floor.

Throwing up even their meals from the previous night, lying on the floor, pale as death, they’d probably have nightmares.

No, they probably wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight.

"Thank you for your hard work, editors-in-chief. Send them home to rest," Aoyama Xiu Xin clapped his hands and said.

The cargo ship set off towards Tokyo Port. The deck, soaked in blood, was washed by crew members with high-pressure hoses, and the red blood water dripped down.

Aoyama Xiu Xin turned to Nozawa Yiren, whose pretty face was as pale as paper, and asked, "Scared just now, weren’t you?"

Nozawa Yiren nodded obediently.

"I got scared too, help me calm my nerves," Aoyama Xiu Xin said as he pulled her over and pressed her against the railing.

Nozawa Yiren let out a startled cry, her hands subconsciously bracing against the railing, her face blushing as she willingly arched her hips.

Jin Yucheng, seeing this, tactfully turned and went downstairs.

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

Just then, the phone suddenly rang.

Aoyama Xiu Xin moved back to the desk and casually picked up the cordless phone, "Mosi Mosi."

"Sir, Ishii Shou isn’t home. It looks like he just left, judging by the traces in the house," Yamakawa Ichiro reported.

"Has he gone into hiding after knowing about Jingchuan Qingsong and the others’ disappearance?" Aoyama Xiu Xin first made a guess, then said, "Find him, at all costs."

This person was key to unearthing the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Yes, sir!"

.........

Indeed, Ishii Shou had fled.

He fled by train overnight.

After Jingchuan Qingsong and the others went incommunicado, he packed his belongings and left Tokyo right away.

He wasn’t just hiding from Nozawa Financial Corporation.

He was also running from his own boss.

Knowing that Jingchuan Qingsong and the others’ disappearance must be related to Nozawa Financial Corporation and that they would definitely succumb to the pressure and reveal him, he was also aware that his boss would come to the same conclusion. And since he knew too much about his boss’s affairs, he was well aware that he would be sought after by Aoyama Xiu Xin and might even be silenced by his own boss.

Although his boss seemed to trust him quite a bit, he didn’t dare to trust his boss in return. As an employee, he’d never naively assume that kindness from an employer meant that he was truly seen as a friend. The hearts of capitalists are dark.

Employees must never pin their hopes on the goodwill of capitalists; that’s a fool’s errand.

So he figured it was best to make an early getaway, to step out of the game to save his own skin, and wait for the right opportunity to make a move.

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