Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister
Chapter 339 - 310: I’ve already given him a break! Clues (Seeking Monthly Pass!)

Chapter 339: Chapter 310: I’ve already given him a break! Clues (Seeking Monthly Pass!)

After venting his frustration and loss through tears, Kikumura Hazuma felt he couldn’t just let things fall apart.

He had to struggle a bit before resigning himself to fate.

He visited Asakura Yurong’s office once again.

He barged in without knocking.

"Senior Brother Kikumura, are you alright?" Asakura Yurong, seeing his reddened eyes, didn’t bother to question his failure to knock and anxiously asked.

Kikumura Hazuma grimly smiled and shook his head, "As you can see, I’m obviously not doing well."

"What exactly happened?" Asakura Yurong stood up to ask. Since they were schoolmates, Kikumura Hazuma had always looked after her at work, and she had always been grateful to him.

Kikumura Hazuma took a deep breath and said, "I did something stupid and offended Police Chief Aoyama. They want to transfer me to a clerical position in Osaka. If Yurong refuses to help me, my life is over."

As he finished speaking, he knelt down.

"Senior Brother Kikumura, what are you doing!" Asakura Yurong exclaimed, hurrying over to help him up. "Please stand up first before you speak."

"No, if Yurong refuses to help me, I won’t stand up." Kikumura Hazuma was playing hard.

But Asakura Yurong was inherently kind-hearted and actually fell for it, especially since Kikumura Hazuma had indeed cared for her a lot. Now, if she remained indifferent to his troubles, wouldn’t she be seen as an ungrateful wretch?

"But... how can I help you?"

Asakura Yurong asked hesitantly with pursed red lips.

Kikumura Hazuma immediately looked up, his expression intense, "Just plead with Police Chief Aoyama for me, tell him I realize my mistake and I’ll absolutely follow his lead and obey his orders from now on. I won’t dare to harbor any inappropriate thoughts again. Your plea will be more effective than if I approached him myself. Please, you must help me!"

After speaking, he bowed his head deeply, his own future was at stake, so his pride was irrelevant.

"Well... I’ll try, but if Police Chief Aoyama refuses, I won’t persist," Asakura Yurong said, setting the boundaries in advance.

Agreeing to plead for Kikumura Hazuma was to repay the favors he had done for her; not insisting on Aoyama Xiu Xin reconsidering his decision about Kikumura Hazuma was to avoid putting him in a difficult position.

Kikumura Hazuma nodded repeatedly, "Hey! Thank you, Yurong, and my family thanks you too!"

In his view, he was an insignificant character, and Asakura Yurong, a beauty coveted by Aoyama Xiu Xin, asking on his behalf would surely work.

"Please wait a moment, Senior Brother Kikumura."

The words had hardly left Asakura Yurong when she walked out,

reached the office door of Aoyama Xiu Xin, took several deep breaths to muster courage, and then knocked.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

"Come in."

Asakura Yurong pushed the door open, not daring to look directly at Aoyama Xiu Xin. She bowed her head, as if her chin could touch her heavy conscience, "Police Chief Aoyama."

"Ah, Police Chief Asakura, what’s the matter? Close the door and speak," Aoyama Xiu Xin said with a smile.

Asakura Yurong turned to close the door, walked up to the desk, bit her red lip, and spoke in a voice as faint as a mosquito’s, "Could you perhaps consider leniency towards Police Chief Kikumura?"

"What did you say? I didn’t hear you clearly." Aoyama Xiu Xin frowned, though, from the moment he saw her, he had guessed her purpose, since Kikumura Hazuma certainly wouldn’t resign himself to fate without seeking Asakura Yurong’s help.

Asakura Yurong twisted her hands in front of her, took a deep breath, and said, "Could you perhaps show leniency to Police Chief Kikumura? He said he realizes his mistake and will definitely obey you from now on, without entertaining any foolish ideas."

"You want to protect him?" Aoyama Xiu Xin asked.

"Um," Asakura Yurong nodded and added, "He has helped me a lot before."

"Do you know why he’s being transferred to Osaka for a clerical position?" Aoyama Lushui asked deliberately.

Asakura Yurong lifted her head, her eyes wide with curiosity under her bangs.

"Because of you."

"Me?" Asakura Yurong was momentarily stunned,

not understanding how this matter was related to her.

"Right, because of you," Aoyama Xiu Xin nodded earnestly, fibbing blatantly, "If I weren’t considering your feelings, I would have stripped him of his position and sent him off as an unemployed person already. It’s only out of regard for you that I merely transferred him to another region for clerical work, instead of firing him outright."

"You don’t need to plead for him, his current predicament is already the result of my leniency towards him."

And it’s because of you that I’ve been so tolerant.

"Really? Is that so?" Asakura Yurong was swayed, feeling shy and a tiny bit thrilled, not realizing her influence was so significant.

"Certainly." Aoyama Xiu Xin lied smoothly, a smirk on his face, "Do you know what he did? He went to my fiancée and accused me of having an affair with you. For that alone, do you think I’m being too harsh if I let him be fired outright?"

"Ah! That! How could he do that!" Asakura Yurong was both shocked and angry, trembling with emotion, then quickly added, "Should I explain to Chief Asakai?"

Asakura Yurong’s face flushed, she opened her mouth and then slowly lowered her head, unable to muster the confidence to explain, after all, they had indeed done something inappropriate.

After a moment of silence, she bowed deeply and said earnestly, "Thank you, Police Chief Aoyama."

"Thanks aren’t just given with words, but with actions," Aoyama Xiu Xin responded leisurely.

Asakura Yurong bit her red lip and gave him a resentful glance to remind him, "But what about Police Chief Asai?"

"He won’t know," Aoyama Xiu Xin said with a slight smile, then gestured with his hand, "Come here."

Senior Brother Kikumura had done something so outrageous, but Police Chief Aoyama, considering his own face, merely controlled his fury and transferred him to another district.

Such a huge favor couldn’t be ignored, since it wasn’t the first time, Asakura Yurong prepared herself mentally and slowly moved her lotus steps.

Aoyama Xiu Xin stepped forward and gripped her chin.

"Express your gratitude properly; let me see just how deep your feelings of gratitude are."

"Hi!"

Half an hour later, Asakura Yurong left with her head hung low.

Watching her departing figure, Aoyama Xiu Xin’s lips curved into a sly smile, enjoying how gullible she was.

After waiting anxiously in the office for over half an hour, Kikumura Hazuma saw Asakura Yurong finally return and hurriedly got up to inquire.

"How did it go? What did Police Chief Aoyama say?"

"Senior Brother Kikumura, what you did was too much. Police Chief Aoyama said he only transferred you because of my sake, otherwise he would have dismissed you," Asakura Yurong said softly.

Kikumura Hazuma was stunned, "Why is your voice hoarse, and there’s also a strange smell..."

That smell was oddly familiar.

Asakura Yurong lowered her head in shame, feeling extremely awkward, and said, "I thanked Police Chief Aoyama."

Her voice was hoarse, showing the depth of her gratitude towards Aoyama Xiu Xin, almost to the point of it reaching her stomach.

And she hadn’t had a chance to rinse her mouth after eating porridge.

"You... you gave it to him?" Kikumura Hazuma, as if struck by thunder, squeezed out the words through his teeth.

The thought of his sweet and innocent junior sister kneeling in front of the noble Aoyama Xiu Xin, her cheeks round and glistening with saliva, occasionally coughing and rolling her eyes while furiously patting his thighs, tore his heart apart.

And she did it for him!

Face flushed and ears red, Asakura Yurong turned away, unable to face him, "Enough, Senior Brother, just leave."

After all, Senior Brother was someone she used to respect and admire in her heart. Having just bitten someone, she couldn’t face her former idol.

"You shameless bastard!" Kikumura Hazuma cursed through clenched teeth, clearly aware that Aoyama Xiu Xin’s words were just to deceive Asakura Yurong.

But Asakura Yurong believed it was true. So now, when she heard Kikumura Hazuma cursing Aoyama Xiu Xin, she couldn’t tolerate it and turned back to sternly say, "Senior Brother, how can you say that? Police Chief Aoyama has already shown you mercy. You should be grateful and reflect on your mistakes instead of cursing him."

"He showed mercy my ass!" Kikumura Hazuma cursed, knowing the situation of his transfer was beyond repair, he vowed to expose the true nature of Aoyama Xiu Xin, "Yurong, listen to me, Aoyama Xiu Xin has been deceiving you all along. The process of dismissing me is too troublesome, so he transferred me instead. For me, being transferred is even worse than being dismissed. He is just tormenting me, everything he told you was bullshit!"

"Enough! Senior Brother, why do I feel like you’ve changed after coming to the Police Headquarters? I don’t allow you to slander Police Chief Aoyama!" Asakura Yurong was emotionally unstable, although Police Chief Aoyama was lecherous, she believed he was a good person, and she couldn’t be wrong about that.

And her senior brother was the insidious villain.

Watching his junior sister’s angry face, Kikumura Hazuma felt a strong sense of helplessness and, in a fit of rage, shouted, "You deserve to be played by him like a fool!"

Humiliated, Asakura Yurong’s eyes filled with tears, and in a fit of anger, she retorted, "If I’m played by him, I’m willing!"

This statement severely shook Kikumura Hazuma.

"Idiot! Has he cursed you or what?" Kikumura Hazuma cursed in despair and stormed out.

"Bang!"

Hearing the loud sound of the door closing, the humiliated Asakura Yurong squatted on the ground and started sobbing softly, her shoulders shaking slightly.

.........

The next morning, as soon as Aoyama Xiu Xin arrived at his office, Nakamura Shinichi came with documents in hand.

"Chief, following your thoughts, I indeed found something suspicious about Shimura Ao. He adopted a former driver’s son as his own and truly treated him like his own child. Moreover, the driver’s wife was introduced by him to the other party, and this child was even born two months prematurely. I now suspect the child might be Shimura Ao’s, and I’ve already sent people to collect hair from the driver, Shimura Ao, and that child for testing."

While speaking, he handed over the files he was holding to Aoyama Xiu Xin, which contained information about Shimura Ao, Yamazaki Katsu, and Mrs. Yamazaki.

"It’s likely the case. Inform me immediately when the results are out, and by that logic, Mrs. Shimura could indeed be a victim of homicide, maybe the other party discovered his affair." Aoyama Xiu Xin said after reviewing the documents.

If it turned out that Shimura Ao, who consistently criticized the police, was indeed a criminal, that would be intriguing.

Nakamura Shinichi bowed and responded, "Hi!"

As soon as the test results confirm that the child is related by blood to Shimura Ao, it would establish a motive for murder, and the truth would soon surface.