Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister
Chapter 467 - 409: Bomberman! Panasonic Toyoshige’s Righteousness Over Family

Chapter 467: Chapter 409: Bomberman! Panasonic Toyoshige’s Righteousness Over Family

Through the past of Panasonic Hideyoshi, Aoyama Xiu Xin finally understood the reason for his psychological distortion.

Once, Panasonic Hideyoshi too had been a young man full of vitality.

But at the age of 17, he underwent testicular removal surgery at Hokkaido University Hospital. At the time, his father was not yet the director but merely a department manager.

Nakamura Shinichi found the doctor who had operated on Panasonic Hideyoshi and learned that when Panasonic Hideyoshi was brought to the hospital, his testicles and corpus cavernosum were covered in bite marks and bloodied. Due to the testicles being necrotic and to protect his life, they had to be surgically removed entirely.

Clearly, Panasonic Hideyoshi’s testicles had been bitten off by someone, and it must have been a woman, as after all, a man’s mouth couldn’t reach that area. This was what subsequently led to his psychological distortion and hatred toward women.

According to someone who once worked as a nanny for the Panasonic family, Panasonic Hideyoshi appeared gentle and refined, polite and friendly in public, but would lose his temper at home at the slightest irritation, trashing things and killing cats and dogs.

From this, it is clear that his psychological distortion and aberration deepened step by step. He began by harming cats and dogs, and now he evolved to targeting people.

After reviewing Bomberman’s file, Aoyama Xiu Xin set it aside and from a document bag, he took out a folded map of Sapporo City and several surveillance photos.

"Senior Police Director, let me explain," Nakamura Shinichi immediately stepped forward to help unfold the map, pointing at three locations that were circled on it, "I had police from headquarters and each precinct tirelessly go through surveillance footage from the entire city for the past month and finally pinpointed that Panasonic Hideyoshi and that laborer had both appeared at these three places."

"Among them, Xigang Park was the location where both individuals appeared together the most. Although Panasonic Hideyoshi was in disguise, his car was easily recognizable. And by asking the elderly who exercise in the park regularly, we could confirm that the person driving was indeed Panasonic Hideyoshi himself."

"Since the park lacks surveillance, we can only confirm that they entered the park multiple times, but where specifically in the park they went remains unknown."

"Therefore, I suspect that the park is the location where Panasonic Hideyoshi killed and dismembered his victims. I request permission to conduct a large-scale thorough search."

Xigang Park was not a small city park but a forest park surrounded by extensive greenery, with hills and waters, distant from the noisy city—it could well be described as a dense and wild hillock.

It was vast, and besides the entrance and the golf course constructed therein, other places were essentially without surveillance. The park was rarely visited, making it unlikely for Panasonic Hideyoshi’s acts of killing and dismemberment to be discovered.

"I’ll go and make a request to the Minister," Aoyama Xiu Xin replied. Now was a good time for an event to cool down the fervor of a recent shooting incident, and no doubt Fujimoto Takayoshi would be eager to stir up a significant commotion and shift public attention by searching the mountains.

After speaking with Fujimoto Takayoshi about the matter, he indeed immediately agreed, organizing manpower from each precinct to assist and temporarily sealing off Xigang Park, gathering over a thousand police officers for the search.

Such a huge commotion was bound to draw attention.

To prevent Panasonic Hideyoshi from fleeing upon catching wind of the operation, Fujimoto Takayoshi also had people go to the hospital, concocting an excuse that Panasonic Hideyoshi was reported to be involved in a criminal case, thus restricting his freedom. He couldn’t leave the hospital and had to be available at all times for police investigation.

Meanwhile, Aoyama Xiu Xin personally attended the search scene to take command.

Unsurprisingly, the large-scale activity quickly attracted the media’s attention, and hordes of reporters gathered outside the police cordon at Xigang Park, awaiting news.

"What do you think the police are up to? Could they be chasing the mastermind behind the shooting case?"

"Didn’t they say this morning that the gunmen involved in the shooting had already been caught, and that the mastermind was still being investigated? How could they have found them so quickly?"

"Just wait and see. With so many police deployed and making such a show of force, all the city residents have been stirred up. They’ll definitely have to give some explanation afterward."

Without dwelling on the reporters’ buzzing discussions, at this moment thousands of policemen were scattered throughout the forest, dense with trees, searching every building and every suspicious location.

In the hospital, where his freedom was restricted, Panasonic Hideyoshi no longer possessed the composure and confidence he had when facing Aoyama Xiu Xin. He became suspicious and uneasy.

Since the reason given by the police for his detention was that someone reported him for rape, he was sure that it was utter nonsense. How could he rape anyone as an emasculated man?

That meant it was simply an excuse to control him, and he even suspected that Aoyama Xiu Xin found this excuse to simultaneously humiliate him.

He felt that the police’s excuse to detain him could only be for one thing—the serial dismemberment case.

Panasonic Hideyoshi kept trying to think through any oversight that could have left a flaw exposed, but could never figure it out. Although it has been his first time laying hands on so many people in a row, he had planned carefully and meticulously beforehand, striving for perfection.

But the police must have a reason for their actions; they certainly had discovered something to take control of him.

Panasonic Hideyoshi, cut off from outside information and unaware of what was happening in the outside world, was panicking.

No, he couldn’t just sit by and await his fate.

"I want to see my dad, I want to see my dad!"

At this point, his only recourse was to seek help from his father.

The police officer assigned to monitor him was only instructed not to let him leave the hospital and didn’t have orders preventing him from seeing his family, so he went to notify Panasonic Toyoshige.

In fact, without needing notification, upon learning that his son was confined by the police at the hospital, Panasonic Toyoshige had already rushed over as swiftly as he could. As soon as he arrived at the door of the ward, he began berating the two guards, "What is this all about? Why are you restricting my son’s movements! Who gave you these orders?"

"This is the Minister’s order; we have nothing more to say!" the police, emboldened by Fujimoto Takayoshi, stood their ground firmly against the imposing Panasonic Toyoshige, one of them retorted sharply.

Hearing that it was Fujimoto Takayoshi’s order, Panasonic Toyoshige’s heart sank with a thud; a mixture of panic and anger surfaced. What exactly had his eldest son done to invoke Aoyama Xiu Xin’s fist and warrant Fujimoto Takayoshi’s personal intervention?

"Dad! Come in quickly, I have something to tell you."

Hearing the shout from inside, Panasonic Toyoshige stopped arguing with the officers, strode into the room, and shut the door behind him with urgency-filled low voice, "What’s going on?"

Panasonic Hideyoshi didn’t address his father’s confusion but instead replied with his own question, "Dad, is there any big commotion today at the police headquarters?"

Since they went to the effort of controlling him first with an excuse, it indicated that the police’s forthcoming actions would not elude his notice, fearing he might run if he caught wind of it.

If it wasn’t meant to be hidden from him, then the commotion had to be significant.

His own father might hear about it too.

"Why are you asking this? The whole city’s police force, over a thousand strong, suddenly surrounded Xigang Park to search the mountains." Panasonic Toyoshige replied instinctively, but as soon as he finished speaking, he saw his son’s face change dramatically, and he asked, both suspicious and furious, "Has this got something to do with you?"

Panasonic Hideyoshi’s face shifted between uncertainty and resolve. His fingers clenched tightly around the bedsheet, his heart thumping wildly, his mind a blank slate. The den where he had committed the crimes was indeed located in a cave up in the mountain of Xigang Park, which still housed many tools used to torture and dissect his victims.

Although he had always worn gloves, he couldn’t be one hundred percent certain that he hadn’t left behind any footprints, fingerprints, flakes of skin, or hairs.

Damn it! How did the police find this place?

He had been so careful!

"Answer me, quick!" Panasonic Toyoshige demanded.

"Dad, I’m done for, you have to save me."

Panasonic Hideyoshi forced down the panic swirling inside him and lifted his head to speak in a parched voice.

"Damn you! What on earth have you done!" Panasonic Toyoshige was convinced that the police search had something to do with his eldest son, nearly fainting on the spot.

No longer able to hide the truth and restricted from leaving, unable to even think about covering up his crimes or escaping without Panasonic Toyoshige’s help, Panasonic Hideyoshi confessed, "The serial dismemberment cases were my doing, and they’ve traced them to me."

"What!" Panasonic Toyoshige stood up abruptly, staring at Panasonic Hideyoshi with an expression of horror and disbelief, "How could you..."

He never dreamed that his own son was the perpetrator behind the serial dismemberment cases, the psychopath causing widespread panic throughout Sapporo.

Even he couldn’t help but feel a chill run through his entire being.

"Dad, I’m your son, you have to help me! If they catch me, I’m a dead man. I’m already a cripple, I don’t want to die, I really don’t want to die! It was just a moment of impulse; I’ll never dare to do it again, please help me, help me." Panasonic Hideyoshi wept bitterly, full of regret, but if one paid attention, they would notice he intentionally kept his voice very low.

This was to prevent the police outside from hearing.

So, it was clear he wasn’t truly remorseful, just scared and looking to escape legal punishment.

Panasonic Toyoshige stood in place for a long time, staring at the tear-streaked face of Panasonic Hideyoshi, his expression equally tumultuous. After a long silence, he finally said, "Wait for me."

Then he turned and left without looking back.

"Thank you! Thank you, Dad! Thank you!" Panasonic Hideyoshi’s face lit up with joy, thanking him repeatedly.

His father, as the director of the hospital, had provided conveniences for many important figures and had personally performed surgeries for them. With such extensive connections, if he fully committed to helping his son escape punishment, there would certainly be no problem.

In less than ten minutes, Panasonic Toyoshige returned, facing Panasonic Hideyoshi’s expectant gaze and said, "First, tell me everything from the beginning, so I know where to start in helping you."

As he spoke, he pulled over a chair and sat down.

His emotions had settled quite a bit by then.

"Yeah! Yeah!" Panasonic Hideyoshi nodded repeatedly, like a pecking chicken, spilling everything.

After listening, Panasonic Toyoshige stood up and sighed, "Don’t move from here, wait for my message."

With those words, he turned and left without hesitation.

"Bang!"

The door of the hospital room closed heavily,

separating father and son in different spaces.

...

In Xigang Park, the search had so far yielded no results. Aoyama Xiu Xin sat in the command vehicle flipping through a comic book, until the sound of a telephone ringing broke the silence.

"Ring-a-ling! Ring-a-ling!"

"Moshi moshi." He tossed the comic book aside irritably and picked up the phone.

"Mr. Aoyama, immediately send someone up the mountain via the small path at the southwest corner of the park to look for a cave. That’s where Panasonic Hideyoshi committed his dismemberments," came the robust voice of Fujimoto Takayoshi over the phone.

"Yes!" Aoyama Xiu Xin acknowledged, then curiously asked, "Minister, how did you come by this information?"

"Panasonic Toyoshige told me, and he also handed over a recording. In it, Panasonic Hideyoshi admits to all the details of planning the murders and dismemberments. Once you find the cave, you can catch him," Fujimoto Takayoshi said, his tone inevitably containing a hint of strangeness.

Aoyama Xiu Xin, puzzled initially, finally said after a moment, "Director Panasonic is truly sacrificing his kin for justice."

Such devoted father and son, paternal love as solid as a mountain.

He could never have imagined that, while they had finally found a critical lead on their end, Panasonic Toyoshige would sell out his son, thus cracking the case wide open.

No, leave some room for me to shine!

"It’s nothing but knowing that we, the police, were about to completely uncover the truth and not wanting to implicate himself," Fujimoto Takayoshi saw right through Panasonic Toyoshige’s mindset and could not deny it in his commentary.

Aoyama Xiu Xin understood this as well but couldn’t help but remark, "Although that may be the case, regardless of his reasons, it must not have been an easy decision for Panasonic Toyoshige to betray his own son."

Compared to the murderer and dismemberer Panasonic Hideyoshi, he felt that this was the mark of a truly ruthless individual.

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