Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister
Chapter 550 - 464: Ruled as an Accidental Fire, Desire is a Dangerous Blade (7,300 words for monthly pass)_4

Chapter 550: Chapter 464: Ruled as an Accidental Fire, Desire is a Dangerous Blade (7,300 words for monthly pass)_4

"It’s simply intolerable..."

Everyone was discussing animatedly, all eyes on the spectacle with a sense of schadenfreude. After all, Akahone Jiancheng and Panasonic Youkang had been on extremely good terms, their collusion in politics and business left other local merchants with nothing but scraps.

Now, with this incident, they were all eager to see whether these two could maintain their past relations?

Reporters invited to cover the charity dinner were thrilled beyond measure, having not expected to stumble upon such a juicy scandal. They all hurried to seize the opportunity to take photos.

"Idiot!" Panasonic Youkang’s complexion was dark as he coldly looked at Akahone Jiancheng, "Your fine son."

Akahone Jiancheng’s face was equally dire, his whole body shivering, "I will give you an explanation."

Panasonic Youkang snorted dismissively, unwilling to stay and suffer further embarrassment, and turned to leave, protecting his daughter as they departed.

"I... I didn’t... I didn’t!" Akimoto Hidekazu was utterly panicked, his denial both shocked and angry as he pointed at Panasonic Izumi, "It was her..."

"Idiot! Bastard!" Akahone Jiancheng stepped forward swiftly and slapped him across the face, then followed up with a kick, gritting his teeth as he snarled, "You disgraceful thing, get out of my sight!"

Akimoto Hidekazu scrambled away immediately.

Akahone Jiancheng, with a somber expression, followed out shortly afterward. Once outside, he ordered his bodyguards, "Some reporters took photos earlier, make them delete all the pictures."

"Yes, sir!" Several bodyguards promptly rushed into the hotel.

As soon as he was in the car, Akahone Jiancheng grabbed Akimoto Hidekazu by the collar and began to pummel him mercilessly, panting and swearing through gritted teeth, "You damn fool, how dare you? Do you have any idea what you have done, idiot! If you weren’t my son, I would kill you right now!"

His smooth sailing in Asahikawa City and throughout Hokkaido relied on his tight bonding with Panasonic Youkang, yet tonight, Akimoto Hidekazu had assaulted Panasonic Izumi under everyone’s watchful eye. Putting aside a father’s affection for his daughter, just to maintain his dignity as mayor, he would be forever haunted by this outrage.

Even the closest relationships begin to crumble once fissures appear, as countless external forces will drive those crevices to widen.

"Father, I was framed! That woman tricked me! I may be lecherous, but I’ve never caused trouble because of it! It was all a trap set by that scheming bitch Panasonic Izumi!" Akimoto Hidekazu was a mix of self-pity and fury.

Hearing this, Akahone Jiancheng’s raised fist paused, then he released Akimoto Hidekazu, gasping for air, "What exactly happened?"

"It was her; she hinted for me to go to the restroom..." Akimoto Hidekazu wiped off his nosebleed as he recounted the story.

After listening, Akahone Jiancheng’s brow furrowed deeply, his expression shifting uncertainly. Was Panasonic Izumi’s action merely to teach Akimoto Hidekazu a lesson for his harassment, or did she have some other motive?

He quickly dismissed the former, as he believed his own son to be an idiot but never that Panasonic Izumi was one. Even if she wanted to teach Akimoto Hidekazu a lesson, she wouldn’t have been so unmeasured in her actions.

Given this, Panasonic Izumi’s actions must have had another purpose. What was she really after?

Akahone Jiancheng felt a throbbing headache as he thought harder, growing angrier by the moment, and reflexively slapped Akimoto Hidekazu across the face.

"Slap!"

"Father, I told you, I was framed!" Caught off guard, Akimoto Hidekazu’s freshly wiped nose began to bleed again as he pleaded pathetically.

Akahone Jiancheng said coldly, "I believe you were framed, but with your reputation, will outsiders believe it? Will Mayor Panasonic? Flies don’t sting an uncracked egg. If you hadn’t been so thoughtlessly driven by lust, how would Panasonic Izumi have had the opportunity to take advantage?"

"Father, what... what do we do now?" Having caused a commotion without gaining anything, Akimoto Hidekazu was dispirited, resembling a frostbitten eggplant.

Akahone Jiancheng exhaled and looked at Akimoto Hidekazu, "You’ll have to suffer the consequences for the mess you’ve caused."

This situation couldn’t be dragged out; it was imperative to show Panasonic Youkang some gesture immediately to help dissipate the animosity brewing in his heart. Only after he had calmed down would he be receptive to reason.

"Huh?" Akimoto Hidekazu was utterly confused.

Akahone Jiancheng did not explain, "Go to the Panasonic family."

Elsewhere, Panasonic Youkang and Panasonic Izumi had reached home. Wrapped in her father’s coat, Izumi was squatting on the couch with her legs curled beneath her, head down and looking forlorn, trembling as if still shaken and traumatized.

Her mother and brother, having learned of the incident from Panasonic Youkang, were seething with rage.

Not only was it a matter of protecting his family members,

but also a matter of preserving his own dignity.

With so many people watching under the public eye, if they showed no reaction, they would become a joke.

"Idiot! Akimoto Hidekazu, that bastard, even dared to attempt to assault Izumi; I’ll slaughter him!" Panasonic Izumi’s brother, Panasonic Tiger, roared with rage in his eyes.

Panasonic Youkang had already passed the stage of utmost anger, sitting on the couch with deeply furrowed brows and incessantly smoking. He was very angry about the night’s events, but he could only do so much without falling out with Akben Jiancheng.

Mrs. Panasonic, noticing he remained silent, urged him with some displeasure, "Husband, say something! Look what has happened to your daughter!"

"Huff—" Panasonic Youkang exhaled, snuffed out the cigarette end, and turned back to look at Panasonic Izumi. He spoke with a gentle tone, "Daddy will certainly help you get even."

To get even, not to seek revenge.

"Sir, President Akahone has come to visit." At that moment, a servant hurried in to report.

Panasonic Tiger erupted in fury, "He dares to come here!"

"Let him in." Panasonic Youkang said coldly.

Before long, Akben Jiancheng, accompanied by a dispirited Akimoto Hidekazu, walked in. Akben Jiancheng kicked at his son’s kneeling legs, reprimanding, "Scoundrel! Aren’t you going to kneel down!"

Akimoto Hidekazu fell to his knees with a thud.

"Mayor Panasonic, I am deeply ashamed and sorry about tonight’s event. I leave this rebellious son to your discretion," Akben Jiancheng said, bowing deeply.

Panasonic Youkang gave a smile that was neither warm nor genuine, "Let me handle it at my discretion? Do I look like a murderer to you?"

He could hardly take Akimoto Hidekazu’s life with his own hands.

"Then I will do it myself!" As his words fell, Akben Jiancheng pulled out his belt and, with a heart set on punishment, whipped it down again and again onto Akimoto Hidekazu, "Scoundrel! I’ll beat you to death!"

"Smack!" "Smack!" "Smack!"

With every strike, he put his full strength into it. Akimoto Hidekazu writhed on the ground in pain, his white shirt quickly staining with streaks of blood, his skin ripped open.

"Ah! Daddy! Stop it! Stop it!"

The screams and cries continued unabated.

Panasonic Youkang and his family watched with cold eyes.

Without their intervention, Akben Jiancheng, although heartbroken for his son, dared not stop or even lessen the force, only clenching his teeth and continuing to lash out with the belt.

With bursts of whooshing through the air, Akimoto Hidekazu quickly became covered in blood and eventually passed out.

"Enough." Panasonic Youkang finally spoke up.

To continue would risk Akimoto Hidekazu’s death in his home. Even if he was in the right, it would turn into wrongdoing, and it would also lead to a deadly feud with Akben Jiancheng. At this moment, an outright and thorough tearing of relations would be detrimental to both parties.

Akben Jiancheng breathed a sigh of relief, dropped the bloodied belt, and with a lowly demeanor, knelt to offer a deep bow, saying, "My son was rude and has caused harm to Miss Izumi; I am willing to make any compensation."

His heart also felt stifled because he believed his son had been set up, but there was nothing he could do!

He even considered the possibility that this was orchestrated by Panasonic Youkang himself.

If that were the case, the problem would be significant.

"Take him to the hospital for treatment," Panasonic Youkang said, looking with distaste at Akimoto Hidekazu, then turned to Akben Jiancheng, "Let’s talk in the study."

"Yes, sir!" Akben Jiancheng replied with utmost respect.