Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister
Chapter 403 - 359: Revenge in the Dark, Alerting the Entire City

Chapter 403: Chapter 359: Revenge in the Dark, Alerting the Entire City

"This gentleman seems unfamiliar."

Tanaka Guikuma made his way through the crowd and walked up to Nakamura Shinichi, staring at him with a scrutinizing gaze.

A chill ran down Nakamura Shinichi’s spine as he quickly realized that his emotional outburst had led him to focus solely on taking photos for evidence, neglecting the need to better blend in.

It was mainly the situation at the scene that had infuriated him.

And when it came to those teenagers, even if it meant putting on a show as a disguise, he couldn’t bring himself to harm them.

"President Tanaka, it seems that important people often forget, but you were the one who invited me," Nakamura Shinichi said, maintaining his composure, though his CPU was nearly overheating.

"Oh?" Tanaka Guikuma furrowed his brows, smacked his forehead in annoyance, and said, "I might have been too busy lately and gotten a bit confused. I apologize for the oversight. Please don’t take offense. Since that’s the case, let’s start over. What’s your name, and where do you work?"

Meanwhile, Gangcun Xiu had already arrived with four muscular orphanage security guards, discreetly closing in on Tanaka and Nakamura.

At Tanaka Guikuma’s command, these men would control Nakamura Shinichi without alarming the other guests and take him away for interrogation.

Nakamura Shinichi also noticed this; sweat had begun to form on his back, and his mind raced with plans to escape, or at the very least, to protect the evidence.

"Ah!"

At that moment, a sharp scream suddenly erupted.

Everyone instinctively looked toward the source of the sound, only to see a woman staring in horror toward the direction of the restroom.

Following her gaze,

a disheveled, obese middle-aged man staggered out of the bathroom, one hand clutching his neck and the other supporting himself against the wall. Blood continuously oozed from between his fingers and dripped onto the floor before he collapsed with a thud.

"Ah! Murder!" "Murder!"

Instantly, screams filled the hall, everyone recoiled in fright, moving away from the body while craning their necks to see.

"Lock the doors, no one leaves!"

Tanaka Guikuma shouted decisively.

The four security guards led by Gangcun Xiu immediately forgot about Nakamura Shinichi and ran to block the doors instead.

Nakamura Shinichi seized the opportunity to slip away.

"Whoosh!"

In the next second, the lights went out, and the once brightly lit hall was plunged into total darkness, intensifying the chaos and fear.

"Ah!"

Screams continued in the dark.

"Ah! Don’t push me!" "Don’t squeeze!"

Everyone rushed to get out, but the chaos made it impossible to find the door, and many were tripped by tables and chairs. The normally polished elites and politicians now seemed like squabbling fishwives, shoving and trampling each other amid screams, cries, and other indecipherable sounds.

Nakamura Shinichi had initially slipped away quietly while Tanaka Guikuma’s attention was drawn to the man bleeding from his throat, but as the scene descended into chaos, he was pushed along, unable to locate the exit.

To keep things discreet, after the guests had arrived, both the front and back doors of the hall had been locked, all windows were locked and curtains drawn, so when the lights went off, no light could penetrate, leaving everyone disoriented.

In the chaos, all Nakamura Shinichi could do was tightly guard the camera disguised as a phone in his hand.

With exceptional psychological resilience and a bit of luck, he found a pillar to lean against, standing still and waiting for the chaos to subside.

From an observer’s perspective, he noticed something strange in the dark—many faint glimmers moving about. The light sources were small, and without calming down to observe, they were nearly impossible to notice amid the intense fear and instinctive urge to flee.

Suddenly, a thumb-sized light source approached him, accompanied by heavy breathing and the sound of wind. A figure with long hair appeared before him, wielding a knife and stabbing wildly.

Nakamura Shinichi instinctively swung his camera, and with a sharp cry of pain, the figure fell to the ground, and the knife slipped from their grasp.

He pressed his advantage, pinning the person to the ground, face-to-face. He finally saw clearly; the perpetrator was a pale-faced girl, around sixteen or seventeen, her face filled with malice and eyes brimming with resentment and fury.

Nakamura Shinichi didn’t recognize the girl, but her attire indicated she was one of the evening’s playthings. Seeing a faint glow on her arm, he suddenly understood—this was the awakening of the "playthings," a life-or-death revenge.

Tanaka Guikuma had organized tonight’s gathering.

But among their "playthings," there were also those who had organized tonight’s bloody hunt.

Nakamura Shinichi glanced up.

Judging by the number of glows, he estimated that eight or nine people were involved in tonight’s revenge, using the most straightforward approach to retaliate against those who had harmed them.

Seizing the moment when the lights went out, they had stabbed the influential figures who were groping them and then turned on others.

"Ah! Someone is stabbing with a knife!"

"Idiot! It’s these little bitches!"

Their strength was ultimately too weak, and in the darkness, their hits were inaccurate. After being stabbed, someone discovered the truth and bellowed in shock and rage.

More than fear, it was a rage reminiscent of seeing a previously obedient, gentle pet now daring to bite its master.

"Fuck! These damn cops are insane!"

"Ah! The door is this way! The door is this way!"

After a brief moment of chaos, the security personnel outside heard the noise from inside and opened the door. As the door opened, light from outside instantly poured in, and everyone rushed toward the source of light in a battle against time.

"You guys are brave."

Nakamura Shinichi murmured with a very complex look in his eyes, then let go of the girl on the ground and scrambled up, not looking back as he ran towards the main gate.

"Who kicked me! Idiot! I’m a councilman!"

With physical fitness far surpassing that of the middle-aged and elderly with fat-filled brains, he charged forward, knocking down everyone in his path and ran out ahead of the others.

He headed straight for the parking lot, got into the car, and urgently told Oda to drive while he called Aoyama Xiu Xin, his voice hurried, "Police Headquarters, I’ve got the evidence. Please arrange for someone to meet me in Osaka City immediately. There’s been an unexpected development tonight, I’ll report in detail when we meet."

Although Oda was curious about what had happened, he knew it wasn’t the time to ask questions. He decisively turned the key to start the car, slammed on the gas pedal to back up, and then sharply turned the steering wheel to drive toward the exit of the Love Home.

"Okay." Aoyama Xiu Xin had been waiting for this call all evening. He responded concisely and powerfully with a single word before hanging up, got up, walked outside, and meanwhile called Asai Ayumi at Police Headquarters, saying, "Depart."

He had already made arrangements, and if he wasn’t worried about tipping off the enemy, he would have set off even earlier.

"Be careful, Xiu Xin." Aoyama Haruko, looking anxious, saw him off, her lips tightly pressed as she gave her instructions.

Aoyama Xiu Xin smiled back at her reassuringly as he opened the door and stepped out. His car was already waiting in the courtyard, and Jin Yucheng, seeing his boss emerge, hastily snuffed out his cigarette and bent down to open the back door of the car.

As Aoyama Xiu Xin got into the car, he closed the door, moved to the driver’s seat, and drove out of the courtyard with a push on the accelerator.

At the same time, in front of the Police Headquarters building, the courtyard was filled with police cars. Although the sirens were off, the flashing red and blue lights nearly turned a patch of the night sky red and blue.

Police officers belonging to different departments, all fully armed and ready, lined up in front of the police cars. When they saw Asai Ayumi holding her police cap walking out of the building, they all stomped their feet and saluted in unison.

Even a bunch of useless people look quite impressive and intimidating in large numbers.

"Everyone, get in the cars! Our target is Osaka City."

Asai Ayumi’s voice was clear and stern.

"Hi!" The tidy response was deafening.

Then everyone orderly got into the vehicles, and a line of police cars, sirens wailing, drove out of Police Headquarters, converging with Aoyama Xiu Xin on the highway to Osaka. The formation of the convoy changed, protecting Aoyama Xiu Xin’s black Mercedes in the middle, speeding along the road.

Piercing siren noises tore through the night sky.

Tokyo is five hundred kilometers from Osaka City, and even with full speed, it would take three to four hours.

.........

Elsewhere in Osaka City, time rewound to the moment when Nakamura Shinichi had just successfully escaped from the Love Home.

The reason the auditorium had gone dark was that someone had pulled the breaker; now restored, the lighting was like broad daylight. However, the scene was ghastly.

A strong stench of blood filled the air.

Over a dozen bodies of men and women lay in blood pools in all directions, all stabbed in the throat, bleeding out heavily and nearly soaking their clothes red.

Besides that, about a dozen others were injured to various degrees, clutching their wounds and wailing on the ground.

"Fucking hell!" Witnessing this scene, Tanaka Guikuma’s scalp went numb, and his head nearly exploded. His blood rushed to his head, darkening his vision, and he nearly fainted.

The attendees of their silver party were all notable and powerful local figures from Osaka Prefecture. Now, with around twenty dead or injured in one go, it was impossible to cover up the incident. As the organizer, how was he supposed to handle this?

Then, with a cutting gaze, he looked at the scantily clad young women and men smeared with blood. Some looked terrified, while others sat on the ground, crying horribly, making it hard to distinguish who had participated in the mass murder.

Among the crowd, Suzuki Makoto, the planner of tonight’s revenge, squatted on the ground, trembling, but the corners of her mouth bore a faint mockery. Deep in her eyes, there was an overwhelming sense of satisfaction and anticipation.

Such a massive homicide incident tonight was bound to draw the attention of high-level government officials. Hopefully, the other companions in the orphanage could be spared from trouble from now on.

"Get these little bastards under control, and don’t let a single one escape!" Tanaka Guikuma roared through gritted teeth. Now was not the time to identify and deal with these people as there were more important things to do.

Then he suddenly realized the suspicious stranger had disappeared. Alarms went off in his mind, even suspecting tonight’s event was related to that person; otherwise, why had there never been an accident before, and tonight, when he showed up, there was one?

There are no such coincidences in this world, he thought.

First, get everyone under control.

"Check the surveillance at the yard!" Tanaka Guikuma bellowed to Gangcun Xiu and grabbed still-dazed Chongtian Xingping to review the surveillance footage, pointing at Nakamura Shinichi on the screen, "Immediately mobilize all police forces in the city to capture him. We can’t let him get away!"

"Ah!" Chongtian Xingping was startled, but faced with Tanaka Guikuma’s fierce appearance, he didn’t even have the courage to question and simply acknowledged, "Hi!"

With that phone call, police forces throughout Osaka City were quickly mobilized.

"Woo~woo~woo~"

Under the pretext of capturing a fugitive, they urgently sealed off all roads leading out of the city. In no time, police cars sped through various streets, police lights flashing.

Japan is not large, but there are many police stations.

These widespread local police stations could respond immediately to headquarters’ commands, setting up checkpoints on the streets and inspecting all passing vehicles and pedestrians.

Therefore, Nakamura Shinichi’s plan to escape Osaka City with the camera before Tanaka Guikuma could react failed. Hearing the sound of sirens, he and Oda abandoned their vehicle and fled on foot, returning to the temporary refuge hotel to discuss strategies with the other three.