Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister
Chapter 497 - 431: Ingenious Strategist Nozaki Cangjian, Compassionate Aoyama Xiu Xin_2

Chapter 497: Chapter 431: Ingenious Strategist Nozaki Cangjian, Compassionate Aoyama Xiu Xin_2

"I will!" A member of the Shimada Group stood up and answered, then turned to walk toward the cockpit.

San’nana moved close to Nozaki Cangjian and asked with concern, "Brother Nozaki, the chairman has been arrested, are we from the Miyazaki family done for?"

Successive chairmen, the mysterious murder of the founder with the killer still at large, now the second chairman had been arrested; their Miyazaki family really had been beset by disasters.

When would they finally enter a stable period of development?

"It won’t happen! We have No. 23, and the Miyazaki family won’t just collapse like this!" Nozaki Cangjian patted San’nana on the shoulder, encouraging him in a deep voice.

San’nana, being of lower status, didn’t know that only Mr. Jing Shang had sole control over the production model and secret formula of No. 23, and it was not disclosed to other senior executives. So, upon hearing this, his confidence suddenly returned.

Yes, it was No. 23, which was a new type of drug, that had enabled the Miyazaki family to rise rapidly. As long as No. 23 could still be produced, the Miyazaki family would never fall!

Since the Miyazaki family would not fall, deciding who would become the new chairman was an issue.

Currently, the Miyazaki family, including Nozaki Cangjian, had only four senior executives in total. Centered around Sapporo Central District, they were responsible for selling the drugs in the four cardinal directions. With Miyazaki Yu and Mr. Jing Shang taken down, these four were the most qualified to compete for chairman.

San’nana’s eyes turned quickly as he thought to mix in some flattery and said to Nozaki Cangjian immediately, "Brother Nozaki, aside from the few of us from the main plant’s guard, the chairman only brought you from headquarters for this transaction. This shows his utmost trust and favor in you. Now that he’s fallen into the hands of the police, in my opinion, you should be the one to carry the banner of the Miyazaki family hereafter."

"Let’s talk about that later. First, let’s go back and gather the other three ministers and inform them of this bad news," Nozaki Cangjian heaved a sigh.

The other three senior executives had to die because, just like him, they knew that without Mr. Jing Shang the Miyazaki family simply could not produce No. 23. Therefore, they would surely fight at all costs to seize the last bit of stock in the main plant’s warehouse. If the news that the Miyazaki family could no longer produce No. 23 leaked out, it would disintegrate in an instant. How would he then use No. 23 to fish?

So tonight, he had to take advantage of the fact that the three were still unaware of Mr. Jing Shang’s arrest, summon them in the name of Mr. Jing Shang, and wipe them out along with their loyal followers.

Then he would promote a group of people to fill the vacancies left by their deaths, thus not only keeping secret the inability of the Miyazaki family to produce No. 23 any longer but also quickly establishing his leadership position and becoming the new chairman.

.........

Nozaki Cangjian’s seven-man party hadn’t even reached the shore when Mr. Jing Shang and the others had already been taken to the police headquarters and placed in the interrogation room.

Aoyama Xiu Xin personally interrogated Mr. Jing Shang, "We finally meet, the maker of the new drug Ice No. 23."

Mr. Jing Shang looked at him calmly, remaining silent.

"Do you think why our police were able to arrest you so precisely tonight?" Aoyama Xiu Xin asked.

Mr. Jing Shang’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

Aoyama Xiu Xin smiled faintly, "It seems you’ve also guessed there’s an undercover, but you must think the undercover comes from the Shimada Group side, after all, the people you brought tonight are all ones you deemed trustworthy."

Mr. Jing Shang’s face finally began to contort, as Aoyama Xiu Xin’s words implied the undercover was someone close to him.

"Listen to this." Aoyama Xiu Xin pulled out the recording pen given by Nozaki Cangjian and pressed play; it contained the conversation of Mr. Jing Shang’s first meeting and negotiation with Shimada.

"Idiot!" Mr. Jing Shang cursed loudly, his face twisted with rage as he gritted his teeth, "Nozaki Cangjian!"

At that time, the negotiation was taking place in the cabin, and he only brought Nozaki Cangjian, whom he intended to focus on developing.

And Aoyama Xiu Xin had just made it clear that the undercover was someone by his side; there was no longer any doubt about who it was.

At this moment, he finally came to a realization, no wonder Nozaki Cangjian had escaped unscathed from his crimes multiple times.

It was because the police had deliberately let him go, allowing him to build a rich criminal record while continuing to be an undercover agent.

"So, I think you don’t have any necessity to argue or deny these two charges of salt manufacture and trafficking," Aoyama Xiu Xin said as he turned off the recorder.

Jing Shang’s face darkened and he remained silent. As Aoyama Xiu Xin said, since Nozaki Cangjian, who was deeply trusted, turned out to be an undercover, and the police had caught someone red-handed tonight, there was indeed no room left for him to deny these two charges. He probably couldn’t escape the death penalty.

Thinking that he might actually die, he felt an indescribable fear, his mind muddled like a tangled mess...

Aoyama Xiu Xin changed his sitting posture to appear more relaxed and tapped the table with his finger to recapture Jing Shang’s attention, "So, let’s now focus on another charge, the one of instigating murder. The shooting a while back was also done by the Miyazaki family."

"But it wasn’t me," Jing Shang explained subconsciously.

Aoyama Xiu Xin nodded, "I know, but Miyazaki Yu is dead, isn’t he? So, the organization has decided that you will take the responsibility for this."

"Ridiculous! Do you have any evidence? I absolutely won’t admit to a crime that’s not mine!" Jing Shang scoffed coldly.

He understood that Miyazaki Yu was dead, and apart from the testimony of the captured gunman, the police had no physical evidence. And Miyazaki Yu could no longer confess himself.

Therefore, if the police wanted to take credit and quell the aftermath of the shooting, they had to find someone alive to take the blame as the mastermind. But he just didn’t want the police to have their way—after all, he was about to be sentenced to death, so what more was there to fear?

He was even happy to cause the police some trouble before he died.

Aoyama Xiu Xin chuckled softly, sighed with seeming compassion, and said slowly, "Mr. Jing Shang, when we reach middle age, we must take responsibility not only for ourselves but also for our wives and children. If you die, that’s one thing, but to also drag your innocent wife and kids into this, that’s not very nice, is it?"

"Idiot! What are you trying to do? Everything was my doing, it has nothing to do with them. If you have something, take it out on me!" Jing Shang exploded in an instant, his eyes red with fury as he stared at Aoyama Xiu Xin and screamed hysterically.

"Not what I want to do, but what you want to do. Clearly, you want to make things difficult for me. Since you’re giving me a hard time, don’t blame me for returning the favor," Aoyama Xiu Xin shrugged and shook his head with a sigh, "Pitiful orphans and widows, it’s bad enough to be pointed at as the family of drug traffickers, but to also potentially be imprisoned for some absurd reason, what a sin."

"Damn bastard! That’s a crime! You’re a cop! You can’t do this! You can’t do this!" Jing Shang’s emotions broke down as he violently banged the table, eventually bursting into loud sobs.

His initial intention of trafficking was to improve the living conditions for his family, showing how much he cared for them.

Now that he was about to die, naturally, the ones he couldn’t stop worrying about were his family members, so Aoyama Xiu Xin using his family as a threat hit him right where it hurt.

Aoyama Xiu Xin was unmoved, "I am with the Japan Police, and isn’t this exactly in line with your stereotype of us? ’When in Rome, do as the Romans do,’ right?

You always say government agencies are corrupt, the judiciary is dark. If I weren’t corrupt or dark, wouldn’t that mean I’d been slandered for nothing? I’d be at a loss then.

"I give in; I give in. I admit to the crimes, all of them. Just don’t touch my family, I beg you," Jing Shang cried and pleaded as he repeatedly banged his head against the table, soon causing his forehead to bleed.

Aoyama Xiu Xin smiled slightly, sighed with a semblance of sadness, and said, "If only Mr. Jing Shang had cooperated like this earlier, it wouldn’t have been necessary to force me to say such unpleasant things, causing my conscience so much distress, alas."

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