Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister
Chapter 484 - 421: The Cost of Being Overly Cautious, Gaining Trust Through Deception_2

Chapter 484: Chapter 421: The Cost of Being Overly Cautious, Gaining Trust Through Deception_2

"Jing Shang was taken away by the police?"

Aoyama Xiu Xin received this news while he was at Fujimoto Takeru’s house, looking at the information about the six core members of the investigative team, completely bewildered.

"No, which department did this?"

Idiot! Who dares to snatch my case?

Besides, I haven’t even found definitive evidence to arrest Jing Shang, and those guys have already beaten me to it?

Upon hearing this, Fujimoto Takeru also put down the documents in his hand and frowned at Aoyama Xiu Xin.

Regarding the identity of "teacher," Aoyama Xiu Xin had reported it to him after confirming it with Nozaki Cangjian.

Currently, within the entire police headquarters, only Aoyama Xiu Xin, Fujimoto Takeru, and Fujimoto Shizue were aware of this matter.

Aoyama Xiu Xin turned on speakerphone so he could hear clearly.

"It’s a police car from the Sapporo North Police Station, but I don’t know which department specifically," said Fujimoto Shizue.

Aoyama Xiu Xin was just about to order him to investigate when he saw Fujimoto Takeru raise his hand, and he immediately changed his words, "Then let it be for now, the people in charge of surveillance don’t need to retreat yet."

As his voice fell, he hung up the phone.

Fujimoto Takeru grabbed the landline to call the Chief of North Bureau, and after getting through, said, "This is Fujimoto Takeru."

"Hi! Good evening, Minister, what instructions do you have for me this late?" The Chief’s tone was very respectful, probably maintaining a slightly bowed posture on the other end of the city as he answered the phone.

Fujimoto Takeru inquired indifferently, "Did your station arrest a chemistry teacher named Jing Shang?"

"Jing Shang? A chemistry teacher?" The Chief was initially confused, and it took him a while to remember who this person was and why he was arrested, and then he nervously asked, "Does he... know you, Minister?"

Damn, the Minister himself is making a personal inquiry, so it’s no wonder that this mere chemistry teacher dared to assault the principal. So it turns out he’s a powerful person with connections.

"I’m the one asking you now," Fujimoto Takeru did not answer his question, "Why did you arrest him?"

"It’s all a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding. I was just doing someone a favor..." The Chief didn’t dare to hide anything and quickly laid out all the details about the principal’s request.

After listening, both Aoyama Xiu Xin and Fujimoto Takeru were relieved but also somewhat speechless. A big boss of the Black Society actually got detained for assault.

If word got out, their rival gangs could laugh at him for a year.

"Release him immediately," Fujimoto Takeru ordered.

"Wait a moment!" Aoyama Xiu Xin suddenly spoke up, his voice grave, "We shouldn’t just let him go like this."

He suddenly had a great idea that could help Nozaki Cangjian gain Jing Shang’s deep trust through this incident.

That very night, following Aoyama Xiu Xin’s suggestion, the Chief of the North Bureau instructed his subordinates to look after Jing Shang with added vigor at no extra charge, causing him to suffer torment and humiliation in the detention room beyond what words could describe.

For a teacher who could not even truss a chicken.

How brutal must such an ordeal be for him?

Had he not been holding his breath and more terrified of being shot, he would have preferred to confess that he was the maker of the new type of ’ice’ drug in hopes of better treatment.

He didn’t know how he got through that night.

All hazy, he opened his eyes to find it was the next morning.

"Jing Shang, come out; you’re free to go."

The door of the detention room was opened by the guard, and those words fell on his ears like the sound of heavenly music.

They instantly snapped him out of his confusion, his squinting eyes widened, ignoring the pain that felt like his bones were falling apart, he didn’t even have time to ponder why he was being released, he scrambled outward in a mix of rolling and crawling.

He didn’t want to stay in this hellish place a minute longer.

"Boss! Boss, how are you doing?"

A crew-cut young man rushed up to support Jing Shang.

"You... You are..." Jing Shang recognized the man as one of Nozaki Cangjian’s subordinates, but couldn’t recall his name.

"Nozaki himself also came, but due to identity reasons, he couldn’t come in to pick you up," the crew-cut young man said in a low voice, then, looking at the injuries on Jing Shang’s body, his rage could hardly be suppressed, "How did you get so hurt! These bastards!"

As he spoke, he was about to let go of Jing Shang to settle accounts with the other criminals in the detention room, but Jing Shang stopped him.

"Let’s go," Jing Shang said through clenched teeth.

Although he was filled with doubts, being able to escape was an unexpected joy, and he didn’t want to complicate matters further.

The crew-cut young man could only glare resentfully at the other prisoners as he helped Jing Shang walk away.

The two of them left the Sapporo North Police Station and got into a white six-seater SUV parked at the entrance, its windows tinted very dark; Nozaki Cangjian was hiding inside with two other subordinates.

"Boss! How did you get so injured!" Seeing Jing Shang’s swollen and bruised face, Nozaki Cangjian’s eyes widened—shocked and furious as if a lord witnessing his loyal retainer’s disgrace.

"Better left unsaid," Jing Shang shook his head, not wanting to speak of the humiliating ordeal from the previous night, instead, he voiced the question on his mind, "Nozaki, how did you know I was here?"

Under normal circumstances within the Miyazaki family, no one should have known that he had been arrested and was being held here.

"This is also quite a coincidence. Tell the boss about it," Nozaki Cangjian looked towards the crew-cut young man.

"Hi!" The crew-cut young man responded, then slowly began, "Big brother took us to a restaurant for breakfast. Unexpectedly, a group of policemen came in after us and sat down not far from us. They casually mentioned that they had caught someone last night, and one of them described the person in a way that big brother thought sounded like you. After we left the breakfast place, he immediately tried to call you, but it was unreachable. This made big brother even more certain of his suspicion."

"From the police cars parked outside the breakfast shop, we knew they were from North Bureau. I went in to investigate a bit, and finally confirmed that you were indeed the one arrested last night. Since it wasn’t a serious crime like assault, big brother paid to bail you out."

It sounded like a stroke of luck, but that’s exactly what it was.

If it weren’t for the crew-cut youth overhearing those policemen, Jing Shang himself wouldn’t have believed it.

"So that’s what happened, what a stroke of luck, what a stroke of luck," Jing Shang exhaled deeply, relieved. This was indeed a stroke of luck amongst misfortune, and then he turned to Nozaki Cangjian with a sigh, "To bail me out, it must’ve cost you a pretty penny."

He was very aware that his detention wasn’t simply due to assault but was a move by the principal using his connections as payback against him. For Nozaki Cangjian to get him out, it would have cost more than just bail money; they would have had to bribe the police.

Moreover, the bribe wasn’t small; considering the police chief hadn’t even given him the chance to pay his way out of trouble, it must have involved buying off higher-ups.

This incident taught him a lesson; he couldn’t be too cautious and needed to have a trustworthy confidant. If not for the fortunate coincidence of being bailed out by Nozaki Cangjian, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

And when it came to choosing such a confidant...

Jing Shang’s gaze sharpened as he looked at Nozaki Cangjian, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "I owe this one to you. Come on, let’s go to my place, I’ll cook personally as compensation for you guys missing a decent breakfast today."

Among the current high-ranking members of the Miyazaki family,

Nozaki Cangjian alone had a notorious record as a fugitive and wasn’t addicted to substances. Plus, he happened to save him in a stroke of luck this time—definitely trustworthy!

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