Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister
Chapter 416 - 368: Dig In! I’ll Help You Recognize Yourself (Vote for Monthly Ticket)

Chapter 416: Chapter 368: Dig In! I’ll Help You Recognize Yourself (Vote for Monthly Ticket)

The next morning, Xiu Xin Aoyama woke up to find his sister-in-law had disappeared, and as he dressed and went downstairs, he saw her, radiant as she fussed over breakfast, while his brother sat on the sofa with dark circles under his eyes, yawning.

"Brother, you didn’t sleep well last night, huh?" asked a refreshed Xiu Xin Aoyama, knowingly.

Aoyama Sosuke rolled his eyes and said listlessly, "Isn’t it all thanks to you?"

Last night, he tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

Every time he closed his eyes, the image of his wife under Xiu Xin Aoyama, enjoying their tryst, tormented him like a knife twisting in his heart.

Though he had found new love, it didn’t mean he had completely let go of his old flame—men are like that.

"I’ve given Brother a hard time, it’s all my fault for being too capable," Xiu Xin Aoyama sighed apologetically.

Aoyama Sosuke: "..."

Flushing, Aoyama Haruko scolded, "Xiu Xin, what nonsense are you talking about? Hurry up and come eat breakfast."

"Alright!" Xiu Xin Aoyama replied, and called out to his brother, "Brother, let’s eat our breakfast."

The breakfast was lavish, but Aoyama Sosuke found it as tasteless as wax, for he barely touched the food, practically feeding on the lovey-dovey vibes of his wife and brother.

After hurriedly gobbling down his food, he bid farewell and returned to Saitama Prefecture.

In this house, he felt like he couldn’t breathe!

After breakfast, Xiu Xin Aoyama went to the Police Headquarters for work as usual, sitting in his office, reminiscing over last night’s abalone dish his sister-in-law made, and pondering how to deal with that old bastard Nakamura Tatsuyuki.

He was upright, not indulging in wine, women, or riches, and was tough enough to go around forging iron without fear.

Suddenly Xiu Xin Aoyama had a thought—his passion for fighting crime and upholding justice was his weakness!

Moreover, he had Edogawa Renju at his disposal. With the video of Renju killing Heize Tian’an as leverage, there was no way Edogawa Renju would not comply.

After all, from the fact that he killed his once good friend Heize Tian’an, it was clear that Renju wasn’t just a good man committed to justice; he was an opportunist, too.

He might help Nakamura Tatsuyuki against Nozawa Financial Corporation to repay a debt or for a shot at a better future, but he wouldn’t risk his own prospects and life for it.

In the afternoon, Edogawa Renju received a summons from Xiu Xin Aoyama and came to knock on the door of his office.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

"Come in." Xiu Xin Aoyama called.

Edogawa Renju entered, closed the door, and quickly stepped forward to bow, "Chief, you called for me."

He noticed that Xiu Xin Aoyama was watching television, engrossed, and because he was facing away from it, Renju couldn’t see what was on.

"Come here, take a look at this. How do you think it was shot?" Xiu Xin Aoyama said with a smile, eyes fixed on the TV across the room, inviting him to watch.

"Yes, sir!" Edogawa Renju responded, turning to look, and in that instant, his soul nearly leaped out of his body.

There on the television was the footage of him strangling Heize Tian’an with a rope, and in a flash, he stood there thunderstruck, unable to respond.

"How about it? Do you like this show?"

Hearing the voice from behind, Edogawa Renju jerked awake and turned back, staring at Xiu Xin Aoyama in shock and anger, "Chief, what do you mean by this?"

He had not anticipated that the other party would have recorded it.

"I’ve known for a long time that you’re Nakamura Tatsuyuki’s undercover agent," Aoyama Xiu Xin laughed.

Boom!

Edogawa Ren Shu felt as if he’d been hammered again and nearly blacked out from the blow, stabilizing himself with his hand on the desk, struggling to breathe.

"Damn it, you cursed bastard!"

He cursed, lunging forward with his eyes red with fury, and grabbed Aoyama Xiu Xin by the collar, teeth clenched as he roared, "Knowing everything in advance, you still deliberately forced me to kill Heize! Why did you do this?"

His eyes filled with tears as he killed Heize, not wanting to expose his identity and render the undercover operation worthless—that’s why he bore the emotional torture and forced himself to carry out the killing.

But now he’d learned that his cover had already been blown.

Which meant that killing Heize was totally meaningless.

Heize Tian’an died for nothing.

This fact nearly shattered his sanity.

"Even Heize Tian’an was an undercover agent sent by Nakamura Tatsuyuki to target me. Using you to kill him, what’s wrong with that?" Aoyama Xiu Xin smiled dismissively.

"You bastard!" Edogawa Ren Shu hissed through his teeth and threw a punch at him.

But Aoyama Xiu Xin easily caught his wrist, twisted it, pushed him forward, and Ren Shu instantly lost his footing, tumbling backward onto the ground.

Just as he tried to rise, Aoyama Xiu Xin, who had come around from behind the desk, stepped on his chest, pinning him to the floor, leaving him no option but to glare up in rage.

Looking down at him with a mocking gaze, Aoyama Xiu Xin said, "Why must you act as if we must be at odds? You’re not as righteous as you think or else you wouldn’t have killed Heize. No good person kills another to fight evil, especially not when that good person is a friend. If someone does so, they are certainly not a good person."

He ruthlessly tore away Edogawa Ren Shu’s mask of hypocrisy, leaving him seething with shame and unable to hide his fury, he bellowed, "Shut up! Be quiet! Do you think you understand me? Don’t act like you see through everyone — who do you think you are!"

"Bang!" Aoyama Xiu Xin, expressionless, shifted his foot from Ren Shu’s chest to his mouth.

His lips burst instantly, and blood spilled out.

"Let me help you discover your true nature. Now, you have two choices. One, be wise and help me against Nakamura Tatsuyuki; succeed, and you’ll truly become one of my people. Two is to refuse and face disgrace along with a court trial for murdering a colleague. Make your choice."

Aoyama Xiu Xin spoke with a nonchalant expression.

Edogawa Ren Shu, without saying a word, stared defiantly up at Aoyama Xiu Xin, breathing heavily, his eyes filled with venomous hate, as if he wished to devour him whole.

"In that case, I’ll choose for you, to fulfill your desire to be a good person. Let’s go with option two." Aoyama Xiu Xin waited a while, then said with an indifferent smile, before leaning down to take away his service weapon, and turned to grab the internal phone from the desk, "Send two people in."

"Wait, I choose one, I choose one, ugh, I choose one!" Just then, from behind him came the sobbing voice of Edogawa Ren Shu, mixed with the thumping sound of his fists pounding on the floor.

Making this decision seemed as painful for him as it had been when he decided to kill Heize Tian’an.

"No need, don’t come." Aoyama Xiu Xin hung up the phone, turned around with a smiling face, and spread his hands towards him, "See, this is the real you. Do you still think I don’t understand you, Edogawa Police Chief?"

Edogawa Ren Shu appeared not to have heard him at all, or else he didn’t want to hear, as he lay on the ground, weeping uncontrollably, offering no response.

Two people in the office.

One standing, smiling.

One lying down, tears streaming down his face.

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