Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister
Chapter 425 - 376: Gone Crazy with Killing, Dongye Yuusei Unleashed (Seeking Monthly Pass)

Chapter 425: Chapter 376: Gone Crazy with Killing, Dongye Yuusei Unleashed (Seeking Monthly Pass)

After such a major case had occurred, the entire Police Headquarters canceled leaves and urgently returned to their posts to work overtime.

The Police Headquarters held a press, where the Chief first expressed his condolences to the victims and personally issued a nationwide wanted order for Dongye Yuusei on the spot, calling for police across the country to carry out detailed investigations within their respective jurisdictions.

At the same time, it was announced that the "New Year Arson Case" Special Investigation Headquarters would be established, with Head of Criminal Affairs Department of the Metropolitan Police Department Nozawa Toshiaki serving as the chief of the headquarters, and Aoyama Xiu Xin as the deputy director.

Nozawa Toshiaki was just a figurehead to enhance the status of the investigation headquarters; the actual investigation was to be undertaken by the well-known detective Aoyama Xiu Xin.

At the Police Headquarters press, Aoyama Xiu Xin publicly pledged that he would apprehend Dongye Yuusei as soon as possible and appealed to Dongye Yuusei to turn himself in.

"Chief, how could Dongye Yuusei suddenly go mad and do such a thing, he couldn’t possibly know that we were the ones gambling behind his back, could he?" On the way back to Police Headquarters after the press conference, Nakamura Shinichi and Aoyama Xiu Xin were in the same car, speaking with some worry and tension.

After all, a lunatic who had burned more than fifty people to death was capable of anything; he was about to get married— if anything unluckily happened to him...

"No," Aoyama Xiu Xin shook his head, calmly said, "If he was willing to set fire to the gambling den, if he really knew we were plotting against him, he would have come directly for us."

But then he changed the topic, "However, this guy has already gone insane, I can’t guarantee he won’t find out the truth in the future, and I don’t know what he might do after that, so we must take this opportunity to nip it in the bud."

He hadn’t intended to kill Dongye Yuusei before because he felt it was impossible for him to know the true cause of his family’s ruin, so he didn’t want to kill someone and make things more complicated unnecessarily.

But now the situation had changed 180 degrees.

He dared not bet, nor did he want to bet.

What if the fire was set to his house next?

Moreover, Dongye Yuusei was now an extremely vicious criminal; killing him would be no trouble at all.

"It’s been so long, he has probably already fled Tokyo by now," sighed Nakamura Shinichi.

Aoyama Xiu Xin’s face was as still as water, "The police have a nationwide manhunt for him, and I will also mobilize all the violent gangs to look for him. With both the underworld and law enforcement working together, as long as he hasn’t escaped Japan, he’ll eventually be caught."

"Ring-a-ling-ling! Ding..." Nakamura Shinichi’s phone suddenly rang; he answered, "Mosi Mosi?"

After a while, he hung up the phone and said to Aoyama Xiu Xin: "A body has been found in a hotel; after checking the surveillance, it turns out the deceased checked in with Dongye Yuusei. His head was repeatedly struck by an ashtray; the incident happened before the arson."

"For two people to check into a hotel together means their relationship was very good, but he killed the other person, indicating they turned on each other midway. I guess he felt hopeless after the murder, so he went all out and committed arson on the gambling den as revenge, especially since he always thought it was the den that set him up," analyzed Aoyama Xiu Xin.

The employees of that gambling den, and the guests who were burned to death last night, were all framing him.

However, Aoyama Xiu Xin didn’t feel the slightest guilt; gamblers deserve a bad end, and on top of that, those who died were little devils (Japanese).

He willingly called Dongye Yuusei "Tokyo Xiao Limei."

Nakamura Shinichi nodded in agreement, "The Chief’s analysis makes sense, most likely that’s the case. So he is now like a ticking time bomb, having completely let go of his restraints, who knows what he might do next."

Once a person stops abiding by the law, they truly lose all sense of bottom line, set themselves free, and dare to do anything.

"Yes, with someone so emotionally unstable and crazy, to protect the lives of police officers and innocent civilians, we should allow the use of firearms to fatally shoot him during the arrest," said Aoyama Xiu Xin lightly.

The police acted swiftly; by that same afternoon, warrants for Dongye Yuusei started going up all over the country.

The evening news also reported on the manhunt, urging citizens to step forward and report any sightings of Dongye Yuusei.

That very night, Aoyama Xiu Xin, who should have been overwhelmingly busy with the arson case, was instead leisurely attending a monthly gathering at the Fenghe Yayuan Clubhouse with members of the Xiongcheng Association, celebrating the New Year and looking forward to the future.

At the same time, Dongye Yuusei was watching the news too.

When he saw Aoyama Xiu Xin solemnly promise on television that he would arrest him as soon as possible and urge him to surrender voluntarily, his feelings were mixed.

He couldn’t help but fantasize that if he had called Aoyama Xiu Xin to borrow money last night instead of Kitano Keiji, would the outcome have been different?

Regrettably, there are no ifs. He sold the enterprise his father had left him to Aoyama Xiu Xin for gambling funds, and then lost it all, the little remaining sense of shame preventing him from shamelessly approaching Aoyama Xiu Xin again.

"It’s all your fault!" Dongye Yuusei suddenly turned his head with red eyes to look behind the sofa, where a middle-aged couple and a young man about his age were tied up, all three of them pale.

The young man, terrified, stammered, "Dong... Mr. Dongye, we’re good friends, I won’t call the police, please spare me and my parents, I’ll give you whatever amount of money you want."

At around 5:30 in the morning, Dongye Yuusei rang the bell of his house and revealed his identity; the young man thought the visitor had come to borrow money in person after failing to do so over the phone. Although he did not want to see this now downtrodden former friend, he unsuspectingly opened the door, planning to make himself clear and tell him to get lost.

But instead, upon opening the door, he was attacked and knocked down, and his sleeping parents fared no better.

And after watching the recent news, the family of three learned of the earth-shattering act Dongye Yuusei had committed the night before, all of them scared out of their wits.

"Friends?" Dongye Yuusei laughed as he toyed with a handgun he had found during a search of this "friend’s" home, "Yeah, I helped you a lot in the past, but when I was starving and came to ask you for a loan to fill my belly, you refused every time. Do you realize if it weren’t for your rejection, I wouldn’t have turned to Kitano Keiji, and I wouldn’t have ended up like this!"

The more he spoke, the more agitated he became, his eyes filled with bloodshot lines and he panted heavily, he was cornered with no escape plan at all, and was instead intent on taking revenge on those fair-weather friends who refused to lend him money the night before.

When things were good for him, they basked in his light, but when he ran into trouble, they avoided him like the plague, then carried on living their good lives while he had to skulk around like a dog that had lost its home—why should he? Let’s all be destroyed together!

"Don’t get agitated! Don’t get agitated! Mr. Dongye, calm down, listen to me, listen to me!" The young man was shaking all over with fear, stammering nervously, "I... I thought you were joking last night, yeah, that’s it, I didn’t know you were really in need of that money, otherwise, I definitely would have brought it to you myself! Believe me! Please, believe me!"

"Believe my ass! You think I’m a three-year-old!" Dongye Yuusei cursed loudly and grabbed duct tape from the coffee table, rushing to seal the mouths of all three, grimacing with an ominous grin, "Don’t scream, so as not to disturb the neighbors."

With those words, he walked to the door, picked up a baseball bat, and slowly approached the terrified family, then began to swing the bat repeatedly down on them.

"Die! Die! All of you, just die!"

Dongye Yuusei screamed hysterically while striking the heads of the three people with the baseball bat.

With every swing of the bat,

Splatters of thick, hot blood flew through the air.

After swinging the bat non-stop for several minutes and the three people’s heads were soaked in blood, lying on the ground, he then sat down on the floor breathlessly, gulping for breath.

Wiping the blood splattered on his face, he gasped and muttered to himself, "Damn it all, they all deserved to die."

...

The gruesome murder of the family of three was not discovered until the following afternoon. The police officers at the scene found surveillance footage of the wanted criminal, Dongye Yuusei, entering and leaving the scene and immediately transferred the case to the Police Headquarters.

Aoyama Xiu Xin ordered an investigation into the identities of the victims and their relationship with Dongye Yuusei, as well as his call history.

Before leaving work in the evening, Nakamura Shinichi brought a bunch of newly discovered clues to report to Aoyama Xiu Xin.

"Director, the youngest victim in today’s murder was a good friend of Kitano Keiji, just like Dongye Yuusei. Upon examining the call records of the young victim, it was discovered that both he and Kitano Keiji received a call from the same payphone at the same time."

"From checking the surveillance of that payphone, we found that the calls were made by Dongye Yuusei himself. He made a total of five calls, and we have already located the other three individuals, who claim that Dongye Yuusei was asking them for money that night, but they all refused."

"Based on the duration of each call by Dongye Yuusei, the young victim in today’s case must have also refused him. Judging from his arson at the gambling house, it’s clear that he has a strong desire for vengeance. I speculate that he must have been desperate and harbored resentment against his friends who refused to lend him money, which is why he resorted to murder."

After finishing, he stood by waiting for instructions.

"But why would he kill Kitano Keiji? If Kitano came out to meet him and even took him out to eat, he must have agreed to lend him the money," Aoyama Xiu Xin said, frowning in confusion as he looked at all the evidence in his hands.

"That’s also what I can’t figure out," Nakamura Shinichi shook his head and continued, "I suspect Dongye Yuusei is still in Tokyo and might seek revenge on the other three who refused him. I suggest we immediately put the other three under protection, maintain vigilance around their homes, and step up the search for him throughout Tokyo City."

"Do as you say," Aoyama Xiu Xin nodded.

"Yes, sir!" Nakamura Shinichi immediately went to make the arrangements.

Of the other two individuals, both cooperated with the police, but a woman named Yamamoto Nai refused to cooperate, causing Nakamura Shinichi to personally step in to persuade her.

"If Dongye Yuusei isn’t caught, I can’t leave the house, so what’s the difference between that and being in prison? Besides, why would he still be stupid enough to stay in Tokyo after his whereabouts have been revealed? I think you’re just wasting your time."

The youthful and attractive Yamamoto Nai sat cross-legged on the sofa in her home, arms crossed and impatience on her face, with a faint tone of disdain.

Nakamura Shinichi looked at Yamamoto Nai’s parents for help.

However, her parents were clearly under the thumb of their daughter, worried about her safety yet not daring to challenge her, instead looking helplessly at Nakamura Shinichi, hoping he could persuade their daughter.

Shit!

Nakamura Shinichi cursed inwardly, wishing he could just walk away and leave this self-centered girl to her fate.

However, it was just a thought, after all, Yamamoto Nai’s parents were somewhat affluent and well-connected; they were soft on their daughter, but wouldn’t be so forgiving toward the police. If he really did leave, they could complain and get him in trouble within minutes.

So he had to suppress his anger and speak gently, "Miss Yamamoto, Dongye Yuusei has lost his mind now, and his actions cannot be predicted by common sense. We are considering your safety, and we assure you that we will capture him as soon as possible, so this won’t last long. I hope for your cooperation."

"How long is ’not too long’?" Yamamoto Nai retorted sharply. Without waiting for Nakamura Shinichi’s response, she continued in a magnanimous tone, "Fine, three days. I can only cooperate with you for three days at most. I have dance classes to attend and beauty treatments to get to. Otherwise, it’s better to lose my life than my freedom."

Was she truly unafraid of death? Of course, she was afraid, but she felt it was stupid for Dongye Yuusei to stay in Tokyo just to kill her after revealing his location. The police were making a big deal out of nothing.

That’s why she appeared so unconcerned.

Nakamura Shinichi mentally kicked himself, but his only thought was to stabilize the situation. If he could hold her over for three days, then those were three days gained, and he agreed. After instructing the two subordinates staying at the Yamamoto’s home to stay vigilant, he left hurriedly.

But over the next three days, Dongye Yuusei did not appear before the police at all, as if he had evaporated from Tokyo, vanishing without a trace.

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