Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister
Chapter 559 - 467: News, Complete Fallout, Fishing Master (Two-in-One for Monthly Pass)

Chapter 559: Chapter 467: News, Complete Fallout, Fishing Master (Two-in-One for Monthly Pass)

Once one gets older, energy levels start to decline. Though one begins to sleep earlier, waking up also becomes earlier—a state that Akimoto Jiancheng found himself in.

Early in the morning, he woke up. After a simple wash, he wore his robe and sat on the balcony. As always, he had a servant prepare a cup of tea and bring up the day’s newspapers from various major news agencies, which he flipped through one by one.

This was something he had to do every morning.

But the first paper he looked at this morning made his face turn pale. It was the local largest newspaper of Hokkaido, "Hokkaido News," placed most conspicuously by the servant. At the most eye-catching spot, two pieces of news immediately grabbed his attention.

The first was about a car accident that occurred last night in central Sapporo City. Two people were dead, one was sent to the hospital, and the police discovered a fresh kidney soaking in a preservative solution inside one of the cars. The dead might be involved in human organ trafficking and smuggling.

The second piece was about him. It was specifically about Akabon Construction Co., Ltd.’s second son, Akimoto Hidekazu, attempting to assault the daughter of Asahikawa City’s Mayor, Panasonic Izumi, at a charity dinner. It also mentioned that a recording from the scene would be broadcast on the morning TV news and radio.

This forced newspaper readers to also watch the news, thus providing viewership ratings.

At this moment, the outside world was already abuzz with this news. The discussions were primarily expressions of shock that Akimoto Hidekazu had the gall to force himself on the Mayor’s daughter.

"Idiot! Wretched woman!" Akimoto Jiancheng’s eyes turned bloodshot as he cursed angrily, slamming the newspaper onto the table, grinding his teeth, and panting like an ox.

In the instant he saw the news, he thought it was Panasonic Izumi who had informed the media. As for the recording, he had already paid a high price to collect and destroy the cameras and recording pens of the reporters present that evening, so it could only have been a recording device hidden on Panasonic Izumi.

He had thought that Panasonic Izumi, after being deceived by Aoyama Xiu Xin into bed to frame Akimoto Hidekazu, had already reached her limit. Little did he expect that it was just the beginning.

This damn woman was as stupid as a pig!

Did she not realize how many interests were shared between the Akahone Family and the Panasonic family? And had she not considered how much loss this would bring to the Panasonic family, too?

But she chose to do it anyway!

Was Aoyama Xiu Xin’s "weapon" poisonous? Had it gone straight into her brain and brainwashed her?

Akimoto Jiancheng mentally cursed Panasonic Izumi with the most malicious words he could muster. Then, when he thought of the recording again, he abruptly stood up and went downstairs. He turned on the TV to "Hokkaido News," where the relevant content was being reported. After listening to the recording, he trembled with rage—the recording’s beginning and end were too perfect, definitely self-recorded by Panasonic Izumi!

"Father..." Akimoto Hero came rushing in, panic-stricken, holding a newspaper. He caught the footage being played on TV, swallowed his initial words, and instead blurted out, "This is outrageous!"

He was referring to Aoyama Xiu Xin.

And also Panasonic Izumi.

This pair of treacherous lovers, adulterous scoundrels!

Akimoto Jiancheng’s face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, wordless.

"Dad, now we’re in big trouble. The matter has gone public; everyone knows about it. Because of this, Panasonic Youkang has lost face and will surely bear a grudge against us from now on," Akimoto Hero said, taking a deep breath and speaking in a grave tone.

If this matter had only circulated within the upper echelons of society, then having Akimoto Hidekazu spend some time in jail would have been enough to quell Panasonic Youkang’s anger and save his face. But now that the whole nation knew that the son of a local wealthy businessman had almost assaulted the city chief’s daughter, where would Panasonic Youkang leave his dignity?

He would inevitably harbor resentment against the Akahone Family.

Now that so many people were watching the case, if Akimoto Hidekazu were given a light sentence, it would further prove that Panasonic Youkang, the City Chief, had no authority or dignity.

And on the other hand, a severe sentence would be something the Akahone Family could not accept since they were well aware that Akimoto Hidekazu had been framed by that wretched daughter of Panasonic Youkang!

Moreover, regardless of the outcome for Akimoto Hidekazu, the rift between the two families would become nearly impossible to mend.

Akimoto Jiancheng’s face showed rapidly shifting emotions, like an overturned palette of colors, making a quick decision in a short time. "Let’s go, right now to the Panasonic family. We’ll lower our stance, earnestly clarify everything. Whether he believes it or not is his business, but we can’t stay unresponsive or unclearly be blamed for such a significant issue!"

He couldn’t think of any way to prove that this was a conspiracy hatched by Panasonic Izumi and Aoyama Xiu Xin because, in such a short time, he simply couldn’t find evidence.

But doing nothing would be equivalent to admitting that the news reports were factual, so there was no choice but to tell the truth—reluctantly.

Relying on the years of partnership and trust between the two, he didn’t expect to make Panasonic Youkang fully believe him, but at least it would be good to cause some doubt.

"It’s so frustrating! We are innocent and yet it’s us who need to seek his trust because of what his daughter caused," Akimoto Hero said with a darkened expression.

Akimoto Jiancheng sighed, "Who asked him to hold power? Unless one’s wealth reaches the level of those financial groups, you’re always just an accessory to power."

Japan also had its financial groups, quite a few of them, only they were not as high-profile and assertive as those in South Korea.

Meanwhile, at the Panasonic family home, in the living room, Panasonic Youkang and his son Panasonic Tiger, seated side-by-side on the couch, had just finished watching the news, with stormy expressions on their faces.

Of course, they never doubted that the recording device had been on Panasonic Izumi’s person. They simply believed that Akimoto Jiancheng’s people had poorly executed their tasks, failing to completely destroy the recording equipment of the reporters that evening, resulting in the leakage of the incident and severely damaging the reputation of the Panasonic family.