Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister
Chapter 432 - 381: Temporary Team-up, Aoyama Xiu Xin’s Plan

Chapter 432: Chapter 381: Temporary Team-up, Aoyama Xiu Xin’s Plan

"Listen to me, you lost a brother and so did I, let’s call it even," Xiu Xin said, breathless from the adrenaline. "The police will be here any minute. Let’s deal with them first, and we can settle our accounts later. Does it have to be painful for loved ones and joyful for enemies?"

Dongye Yuusei knew he was facing a professional thug and he was running low on bullets. Continuing this way, he would end up dead sooner or later.

Thus, he brought up the police, the common enemy, hoping to reach a temporary compromise with his adversary, or even use their strength to fight the police together.

"Boss, he makes sense," the young man with a buzz cut reasoned, grabbing the gentle-looking man to persuade him. "The approaching police are our real problem, and since we’ve already killed one of them, we’ve had our revenge."

The gentle-looking man took a few deep breaths, glanced at the gunshot wound on his shoulder, and said, "Fine! We’ll put aside our grievances and focus on the police for now. We’ll settle the accounts later!"

"He’s not going to go back on his word, just tricking us into coming out, is he?" the skinny one whispered worriedly.

"We’ll have to take the gamble," Dongye Yuusei murmured, gritting his teeth as he stepped forward, lowering his mask in relief when no shots were fired. "Nice to meet you, I’m Dongye Yuusei."

"It’s you!" both the gentle-looking man and the young man with the buzz cut exclaimed, their pupils shrinking in surprise. The man in front of them, a notorious criminal, had taken more lives than both of them combined.

It was unexpected that the criminal, who had evaded the police for so long, was now meeting them in the same apartment building.

"Being infamous has its perks," Dongye Yuusei said with a self-deprecating smile, then alertly added, "We need to hurry and round up the people in the building who haven’t managed to escape."

"Alright! We’ll handle the staircase at the other end and block people from going down. You two take this side and chase them up. For safety, let’s set the 10th floor as the limit. We don’t go below the 10th floor; we only take hostages from the 10th floor up," the gentle-looking man said coolly.

Dongye Yuusei knew he was worried about encountering the police on the lower floors and agreed, "We’ll do as you say."

Then, the four of them split up and sprang into action.

"Nobody move! Anyone who moves gets killed! Everybody upstairs, go!"

"Open the door! Open it now! Or we’ll come in and kill your whole family! Just cooperate, and you’ll be fine!"

The four moved through the building like bandits in a village—actually, they were the bandits—herding everyone from the 10th floor up, including those trying to flee and those hiding at home, all the way to the 17th floor.

The apartment only had 20 floors.

Being a weekday, there weren’t many people inside, plus a few lucky ones had managed to escape at the sound of gunfire and the residents below the 10th floor were uncontrolled, so they had only managed to secure around seventy to eighty people.

...

At the moment the gunfire erupted upstairs, the two plainclothes officers in the car downstairs protecting Yamamoto Nai had already called for backup. However, for their own safety, they didn’t enter the apartment building rashly.

Minutes later, with the shrill sound of sirens, several police cars arrived, and fully-armed officers with live ammunition jumped out.

They set up a police line around the perimeter immediately.

Since the gunfire started after Yamamoto Nai had entered, Chief Aoyama Xiu Xin speculated that Dongye Yuusei might be inside. Therefore, he personally came to the scene and called for a tactical unit as the main capture force.

"Chief of Police!"

Two detectives from the first investigation division saluted in unison.

"What’s the situation?" Aoyama Xiu Xin asked.

One of the detectives replied, "As instructed, we were following and protecting Yamamoto Nai, but after reaching this building, she strongly forbade us from following her upstairs. About ten minutes after she went up, the shooting began. At first, it was only the sound of handguns, but then automatic rifles followed. Also, our calls to Yamamoto Nai went unanswered."

Aoyama Xiu Xin frowned—Yamamoto Nai’s death could be presumed to be Dongye Yuusei’s doing, but the gunfire—was it him using a handgun to kill Yamamoto Nai and then an automatic rifle for mutilation?

It was conceivable for Dongye Yuusei to get a handgun, but it seemed impossible for him, constantly on the run, to acquire an automatic rifle.

Thus, Aoyama Xiu Xin deduced that apart from Dongye Yuusei, there might be one or even two groups of criminals involved.

If there was only one group, then this might indicate some undisclosed conflict between the group and Dongye Yuusei.

If two groups were involved, then these groups were fighting each other, with Dongye Yuusei merely being caught in crossfire, leading to the police surrounding them.

"Has everyone come out?" Aoyama Xiu Xin snapped out of his reverie, scanning the unsettled residents around him, with police now taking their statements.

One detective shook his head, "No, someone reported that the criminals have controlled all residents above the 10th floor; we still don’t know which floor they’re on."

"Immediately access the building’s corridor surveillance from each floor to see what’s going on," Aoyama Xiu Xin ordered, then extended his hand and said, "The megaphone."

An officer promptly handed over a megaphone.

Aoyama Xiu Xin switched it on, blew into it to ensure it worked, and then shouted, "Mr. Dongye! I am Aoyama Xiu Xin! You are surrounded by our police, and there is no escape! Release the hostages and surrender your weapons immediately! Your father would never have imagined you becoming a criminal!"

On the 17th floor, hearing Aoyama Xiu Xin’s voice stirred a mix of emotions in Dongye Yuusei, unsure whether the detective before him, who orchestrated his family’s destruction, deserved any gratitude.

Thus, facing Aoyama’s call to surrender, he was genuinely indifferent to the idea, ready to throw a lavish scandal in the officer’s face.

But there were still two despicable people alive, and he couldn’t reconcile just admitting guilt and facing legal punishment with them, especially with the gentle-looking man and the buzz-cut young man around, who wouldn’t allow him to surrender.

He hid by the window of apartment 1702, back against the wall, and yelled, "Police Chief Aoyama, it’s impossible for me to surrender. Don’t delude yourself. Currently, we have 70 hostages. If you don’t want me to achieve the feat of killing a hundred people, you’d better listen to our demands!"

Because of the floor distance, his reply was almost hysterical, otherwise, he feared it might not be heard below.

Aoyama Xiu Xin waved his hand, signaling the snipers to quickly take their positions, while shouting, "In light of our past acquaintance, Mr. Dongye, can you answer a question for me? I’m curious about how many people you have."

"There are four of us, armed with rifles and grenades. Don’t even think about storming us!" Dongye Yuusei replied truthfully.

Aoyama Xiu Xin’s expression grew tense. He wasn’t sure if the other side was exaggerating, but he had to take it seriously.

Given this firepower and the presence of over seventy hostages, it was absolutely impossible for him to order an assault.

Otherwise, he would be responsible for any casualties among the hostages.

"So, let’s talk about your demands first."

For now, they could only stabilize the situation before thinking of a strategy.

"Police Chief Aoyama is indeed a straightforward person," Dongye Yuusei complimented, then continued, "We want a helicopter, fully fueled, on the rooftop within half an hour. After that, we’ll take a hostage and leave with the helicopter. As long as we leave the country, we will release the hostage!"

"A helicopter can’t carry that many people."

"I can fly it, and I don’t need a pilot! I have a license from abroad!" Dongye Yuusei shouted back.

Aoyama Xiu Xin’s face turned ashen. He loathed these frivolous wealthy heirs. Couldn’t they just spend their time drinking and fooling around with women instead of learning how to fly helicopters!

"Half an hour! Only half an hour! Don’t think about delaying, and don’t think I may give in. I already have over sixty lives in my hands. Knowing that capture means certain death, if I can’t escape, I’ll just take these hostages down with me!"

If it had been another criminal saying this, the police might have questioned it, but coming from Dongye Yuusei, no one dared to take a chance that he was bluffing.

The expressions of all the police officers on the scene were very grave.

"Alright! We will discuss it! Just don’t harm the hostages!" Aoyama Xiu Xin’s words fell, and he turned off the loudspeaker with a grim expression, his brows furrowing deeply.

Asai Ayumi spoke with a heavy tone, "Do we really have to agree to their conditions? Letting them escape under everyone’s gaze would completely undermine the prestige of the Police Headquarters, and your unbeaten myth would be shattered."

The police cannot compromise with criminals. Even if they did, it could only be temporary; they must eventually win, regardless of the difficulty faced by the public.

And once public opinion formed, right or wrong, someone had to take the blame. As the commanding officer, Aoyama Xiu Xin couldn’t escape the responsibility and was bound to bear this stain.

"What choice do we have if we don’t release them? Should we disregard the hostages’ lives and launch an assault? Even if we manage to capture or kill all the criminals in the end, the law and the citizens wouldn’t tolerate us." Nakamura Shinichi said gloomily. Public officers had to abide by the law, at least conspicuously, like dancing in shackles.

Aoyama Xiu Xin’s expression fluctuated, he lifted his head and saw thousands of spectators outside the safety line that couldn’t be dispersed, as well as reporters from all directions, and the live broadcast by television stations.

Every move played out here might be watched by the nation on their screens at this very moment.

The pressure on him was immense.

So he chose to cheat.

"Ten minutes. I need the internal blueprints of this apartment building," Aoyama Xiu Xin stated breathlessly.

Having enjoyed the benefits brought by his public image, he naturally had to bear the corresponding downsides. He had to take the field himself.

"Yes!" A police officer immediately turned to leave.

Aoyama Xiu Xin continued, "Immediately make those TV stations conducting the live broadcast cut it off. The criminals could also be watching our every move through the television."

"Yes!" Someone immediately attended to it.

Once the live broadcast was cut off, many citizens, with their hearts in their throats, cursed loudly. The group of four, including Dongye Yuusei, who were on the seventeenth floor and watching the TV, also felt somewhat helpless.

"Chief of Police, Dongye Yuusei wasn’t lying. According to the surveillance, there indeed are only four criminals in the apartment, including him! Whether they have grenades is unclear, but they definitely have rifles, and the surveillance on the seventeenth floor has been destroyed," Yoshikai Youzai, who had gone to check the surveillance, reported back after running back.

Aoyama Xiu Xin was both relieved and burdened by the news.

Relieved because there weren’t many criminals.

Burdened because the criminals were heavily armed.

More than ten minutes later, the apartment blueprints were brought back.

Two officers, one to the left and one to the right, unrolled the blueprint in front of Aoyama Xiu Xin. After examining it, he said in a deep voice, "The criminals have heavy weapons, and there are many hostages. We also don’t know the specifics inside yet, so we can’t rashly organize an assault."

"With over seventy hostages, they can’t possibly be squashed into one room, nor likely dispersed in different rooms for guarding. So they must be confined in the hallway, guarded by gunmen at both ends, which allows for the surveillance of both the hostages and any police possibly sneaking up the stairs."

"They only have four people, so at least two must be deployed in the hallway to guard the hostages. Dongye Yuusei was shouting from room 1702, which means including him, the other two might also be in this room."

"There are over ten rooms on one floor, meaning while they guard the hostages, they can’t pay attention to every room. I alone will take the stairs up to the sixteenth floor, then from outside 1601 on the sixteenth floor, I’ll climb into 1701, and finally jump from the balcony of 1701 into the balcony of 1702 to ambush the two persons inside."

"Of course, two assault teams will move with me, one taking the right staircase and the other the left, both heading to the seventeenth floor simultaneously. I will keep my walkie-talkie on throughout. When I launch my attack on 1702 and create a disturbance to draw the attention of the two guards in the hallway, the two assault teams will strike from the stairwells and take them out, ensuring the hostages’ safety!"

This was the best and most appropriate solution Aoyama Xiu Xin could think of, relying on his almost superhuman physical fitness.

But he realized no one responded to his plan.

Confused, he looked up and saw that including Asai Ayumi, the group of commanding officers around him were all staring at him, dumbfounded.

Their faces said it all: you’re speaking of myths to us.