Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister
Chapter 457 - 401: Kidnapping the Daughter to Coerce the Mother, The True Culprit Surfaces_2

Chapter 457: Chapter 401: Kidnapping the Daughter to Coerce the Mother, The True Culprit Surfaces_2

"He... he..." The middle-aged woman was not articulate and struggled to get her words out, but tears fell like broken pearls. Eventually, she simply knelt down with a thump before Aoyama and kowtowed, her voice quivering with sobs, "Deputy Chief Aoyama, please leave quickly, would you? My daughter just had surgery and can’t handle any stress. I beg you!"

"No! Don’t go!" Her daughter suddenly shouted, her eyes red, "Deputy Chief Aoyama, what do you mean by that? Are you saying my dad is the serial dismemberment murderer? That’s impossible! There must be some mistake; he’s so honest and kind."

"I don’t believe it either, I can’t believe an honest and kind person would do such a thing, so I am seeking the truth," Aoyama Xiu Xin shook his head as he looked at the middle-aged woman. "And you, mother, know something."

"Mom! What do you know, you surely know something, right? Tell him quickly! My dad is not a psychotic murderer, he isn’t!" The daughter broke down sobbing and screaming.

The middle-aged woman cried incessantly, banging her head against the ground and slapping the floor, shaking her head and remaining mute.

Hearing the commotion inside, doctors and nurses quickly rushed in to tend to the daughter.

"Get out! All of you get out! The patient should not undergo severe emotional fluctuations; let her calm down!"

Hearing this, the middle-aged woman hurriedly got up, her eyes full of concern as she looked at her daughter lying on the bed, worried but unable to do anything.

"Don’t go! Don’t... don’t..." The daughter cried out hoarsely until she could barely breathe.

"Give her a sedative," a doctor shouted.

Aoyama Xiu Xin and Nakamura Shinichi saw this and stepped back voluntarily; the middle-aged woman, urged repeatedly by the medical staff, was forced to reluctantly leave the hospital room.

Standing by the door, she looked at Aoyama Xiu Xin with fear, panic, and a hint of hatred in her eyes.

"I know what’s going on. Your husband, because of late-stage cancer and knowing he didn’t have long to live, sold himself out, aided the wicked and took the blame to save your daughter’s life, didn’t he?" Aoyama Xiu Xin stared mockingly at the middle-aged woman, not waiting for her response to continue, "It’s clear, since your daughter has spent so much time in the hospital and hasn’t been corrupted by the outside world, she’s still pure and kind. If she knew that the kidney inside her was tainted with the blood of seven other people, would she feel too ashamed to want to keep living?"

In front of the patient, he had acted somewhat decently; only now was his true nature revealed.

"No! Don’t do this!" The middle-aged woman gasped in horror, grabbing Aoyama Xiu Xin’s arm, "You can’t do this! We just want our only daughter to live; she’s only 20, what did we do wrong?"

Her reaction was an admission that Aoyama Xiu Xin’s guess was correct.

"Idiot! You did nothing wrong, so the seven innocent victims did? Is it wrong for the police to be maligned? Is it wrong for the citizens to be terrified?" Aoyama Xiu Xin asked fiercely with a cold expression.

Although he was corrupt, lecherous, and abused his power, it didn’t stop him from accusing others of breaking the law.

"Waaaah!" Hearing his words, the middle-aged woman broke down crying, her grip on Aoyama Xiu Xin’s arm slowly slipping as she squatted down, hugging her head and sobbing.

Most ordinary people are kind, or at least not too good or too bad; those who are truly bad are not ordinary people.

Faced with Aoyama Xiu Xin’s relentless questioning, the middle-aged woman couldn’t bear the guilt and agony inside her.

And the inherent fear of public authority.

Aoyama Xiu Xin, knowing well how to combine soft and hard approaches, squatted down and softened his voice, "Your husband has passed away, and your daughter had her kidney transplant. Even if you tell me everything you know, can anyone take your daughter’s kidney back? Oh, the real mastermind could possibly do so, which means that only by helping me catch the real mastermind, will your daughter’s kidney truly belong to her."

"And if you don’t help me catch the real mastermind, based on the existing evidence, we will conclude that your husband was the murderer. How will your daughter face her new life knowing that?"

"Helping me is also helping yourself, and more importantly, it’s helping your daughter understand that her father isn’t a heartless psychopath, but merely a man who strayed for the sake of his daughter, manipulated and used by others. This, she will surely accept more easily, appreciate her father’s struggles, and treasure life."

Listening to Aoyama Xiu Xin’s calm and forceful voice.

The middle-aged woman’s emotions gradually stabilized, and she was persuaded, slowly raising her head to speak.

"Chief of Police Aoyama!"

But her voice was interrupted by another.

Aoyama Xiu Xin turned around somewhat annoyed.

A nurse was pushing a wheelchair toward him. Sitting in the wheelchair was a young man, estimated to be under 30, with both arms and legs in casts, and having a handsome appearance. He quickly remembered seeing this person the day before when he followed Miyashita Hidekatsu to the hospital for a visit—one of the four selected for the visitation.

Apparently, his name was Matsunaga Hideyoshi, a wealthy second-generation.

"So it’s Mr. Matsunaga, you seem to be in good spirits. Do you need something?" Aoyama Xiu Xin stood up from the floor, patiently making small talk despite his impatience.

"Thanks to your concern, my injuries are not severe, and I am recovering quickly," Matsunaga Hideyoshi replied with a faint smile, glancing at the middle-aged woman, then said to Aoyama Xiu Xin, "Chief of Police Aoyama, my father is the director of this hospital. If there is anything you need, please don’t hesitate to ask."

"Thank you for your kind offer, Mr. Matsunaga, but there is no need to trouble you," Aoyama Xiu Xin replied perfunctorily, turning back to continue questioning the middle-aged woman.

However, at that moment, Matsunaga Hideyoshi suddenly said to the middle-aged woman, "So, madam, are you being coerced? Do you need my help?"

Aoyama Xiu Xin abruptly turned his head to look at him.

Matsunaga Hideyoshi returned a gentle smile.

A sudden realization struck Aoyama Xiu Xin.

Besides money, a suitable kidney was crucial for a transplant, and as the son of the director of Hokkaido University Hospital, Matsunaga Hideyoshi had the capability and the channels.

Also, he appeared at the opening ceremony on the second evening and now suddenly appeared, interrupting his questioning of the middle-aged woman, even risking confrontation with Aoyama to deliberately meddle—he had a suspicion...

"It’s you," Aoyama Xiu Xin said softly.

Matsunaga Hideyoshi, still in a hospital gown in the wheelchair, continued to smile, his face unblemished, slightly tilting his head back to show his handsome jawline, his tone perfectly puzzled, "What are you saying, Chief of Police Aoyama?"

Aoyama Xiu Xin turned to look at the middle-aged woman.

"I... I have nothing to say, I haven’t said anything, I don’t know anything," the middle-aged woman shook her head repeatedly, slightly panicked, glancing at Matsunaga Hideyoshi, then quickly looking away in fear.

Aoyama Xiu Xin quickly stepped up to Matsunaga Hideyoshi’s wheelchair, looming over him, "It’s you, isn’t it?"

A psychopath who went to the scene to admire his own handiwork.

But he didn’t anticipate almost being killed by the stampede accident he himself created!

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