Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister
Chapter 65 - 61: It’s Normal to Feel Unsettled After Killing for the First Time

Chapter 65: Chapter 61: It’s Normal to Feel Unsettled After Killing for the First Time

Scar Face was very cautious.

Even though he believed that Fujihara Yellow Hair, who was caught, wouldn’t spill everything so soon, he still planned to have someone test the waters at the money hiding spot for safety’s sake.

He paid a hefty sum to hire three small-time thugs to knock on the door of the house where the money was stashed, their faces hidden by hats and masks. They were supposed to observe the situation from a car parked at the entrance of the residential area.

This way, if they noticed any suspicious movement, they could simply abandon the money and drive away.

But Aoyama Xiu Xin was more cautious.

He had not only stationed people inside and outside the house where the money was hidden, but also set up two more on either end of the residential area’s street, watching from inside concealed cars.

So when the car carrying Scar Face and his men stopped at the intersection, someone quickly noticed the unusual activity and reported it to Aoyama Xiu Xin.

"Point 1 calling Deputy Chief, a white Honda has stopped at the intersection. Three individuals with baseball caps and masks are heading towards the target house from the car; three others remain inside, but their faces are not visible."

After thinking for a moment, Aoyama Xiu Xin quickly made a judgment, "The first three who got out might be a diversion; the real ones are those left in the car. Everybody stay hidden and wait for my command before acting."

All positions responded with acknowledgments.

The three thugs, as instructed by Scar Face, went to the front of the money hiding house and knocked loudly, then peered through the door crack. After signaling with their right hand that no one was visible, they left through the other end of the street.

Aoyama Xiu Xin, who was hiding in a second-floor apartment opposite the target house, witnessed the entire scene and knew his judgment was right—the main act was about to begin.

"No problem, go ahead," said Scar Face in the Honda, finally easing up.

Then the car slowly started moving.

It drove up to the front of the house where the money was hidden.

Just as the middle-aged driver was about to kill the engine and park, Scar Face suddenly realized something was wrong, his face turned pale, and he shouted, "Something’s not right! Run!"

It was too quiet. The noise made by the three thugs knocking had been loud, yet none of the neighbors from the surrounding houses had come out to check, which was very unusual.

"Ah!" The middle-aged driver hesitated, but quickly understood and immediately floored the gas pedal, rushing towards the intersection ahead.

Seeing this from the second floor opposite the target house, Aoyama Xiu Xin realized they had been exposed. As he sprinted downstairs, he shouted, "The robbers are trying to flee, block them at point 2! The rest follow me and proceed with the arrest!"

At his command, over a dozen subordinates burst out of their hiding spots in different houses, guns drawn, and chased after the fleeing Scar Face and his men.

The two observers at point 2 started their vehicle and slammed the gas pedal, roaring the engine as they swerved the car to block the intersection. The police officer in the passenger seat drew his gun and shouted loudly at the approaching suspect’s vehicle, "Police! Slow down your vehicle! Stop the vehicle!"

"Ram through!" Scar Face, sitting in the back of the white Honda, grabbed the car roof handle and commanded.

The engine roared louder and louder.

The middle-aged driver, his forehead dripping with sweat, clenched the steering wheel tightly, his eyes fixed on the black Volkswagen blocking the road ahead. Ignoring the police officer’s warning inside the vehicle, he clenched his teeth and rammed into it fiercely.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Watching the car coming closer, the passenger-side police officer in the Volkswagen nervously pulled the trigger.

The windshield of the white Honda sedan instantly shattered into a spider web pattern, and the three inside ducked their heads.

"Boom! Crash!"

At the moment of impact, the doors of the black Volkswagen blocking the road were deformed instantly, pushing back by several meters. The two officers inside were directly knocked unconscious, but the white Honda sedan was forced to a stop and killed the engine, as manual transmissions are prone to stalling.

"Quick! Quickly get out!"

Scar Face shook his head, grabbed his gun, got out of the car, taking cover beside the vehicle, and fired at the pursuers behind.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! ..."

Aoyama Xiu Xin and his men immediately spread out to the houses on both sides, using the walls as cover to return fire.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The two sides exchanged fire across about ten meters, one using the car as cover and the other using walls as cover. Bullets sparked off the car and sent dust flying off the walls.

"We can’t keep this up, we’re running out of bullets," Scar Face panted heavily, knowing that continuing this standoff would mean certain death. While changing magazines, he looked back at the unconscious officers in the Volkswagen and had a sudden idea, looking towards Baldy, "Go drag a cop out of the car to use as a hostage. We’ll cover you!"

"Got it!" Baldy responded, fired a couple of shots at random, then crouched and moved stealthily towards the Volkswagen.

"Don’t move! Police! Hands up!"

Just then, a cold female voice rang from behind. Scar Face’s men instinctively turned to look, and saw a long-haired woman in a beige suit, her work badge hanging on her chest, standing with guns drawn at the intersection facing them.

"Asai Police Chief?"

Aoyama Xiu Xin and associates too saw the policewoman.

"Go to hell!" Baldy, who was crouching towards the Volkswagen, cursed, not intimidated by the gun pointed at him and raised his hand to shoot toward Asai Ayumi.

"Bang! Bang!"

Asai Ayumi instinctively pulled the trigger, one bullet hitting Baldy’s face and another his neck, causing him to collapse instantly, blood streaming from his neck.

"What the hell!"

Scar face watched the scene, fury rising like inferno.

Asai Ayumi, having just killed someone, was in a state of high tension. Hearing Scar face’s roar, she instinctively moved her gun and fired several shots in rapid succession.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Scar face was hit in the chest, and blood stained his white shirt red. He slowly lowered his head in disbelief, then tried to raise his gun to retaliate, but his hand was too weak to lift. After a few breaths, he died on the spot.

"Big brother!" The only surviving middle-aged man cried out with bloodshot eyes, turning his head to glare at Asai Ayumi as if he wanted to tear her apart.

Asai Ayumi’s face turned pale at the sight of their gruesome deaths, her hand holding the gun trembling.

"Go!"

Aoyama Xiu Xin waved his hand, and a dozen subordinates slowly moved in with their guns toward the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man did not struggle any further; he loosened his grip and dropped his gun, sitting down to wait for arrest.

Aoyama Xiu Xin stepped forward, kicked the gun away from the man’s hand, and Nakamura Shinichi immediately followed, tackling the middle-aged man and cuffing him.

Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned their attention to the colleagues who had passed out in the van due to the collision.

"Call an ambulance, someone is injured!"

Asai Ayumi still stood frozen, gun in hand.

It was her first time killing someone with a gun. Though she had fired before, she had never aimed to kill.

"Why did you come here?" Aoyama Xiu Xin holstered his gun and walked up to Asai Ayumi, looking at her and asking.

Asai Ayumi was still in a daze, unable to recover.

Aoyama Xiu Xin grabbed the gun from her hand.

Asai Ayumi shuddered, her eyes finally regaining some focus as she looked at Aoyama Xiu Xin and pursed her red lips, "Everyone from the gun department was involved in this arrest, it wouldn’t be appropriate for me not to come as the Chief."

Though Asai Youki did not want her involved in the arrest for her safety, she had always been mindful of not being seen as a second-generation official who climbed up by relying on her father, so she decided to come to the scene after much deliberation.

"You really did come at the right time," Aoyama Xiu Xin took the gun from her hand, pointing to two subordinates being carried out of the van, "If those two had been held hostage, things would have been troublesome today."

"They..." Asai Ayumi pointed to the bald man and Scar face she had killed, her expression tense as she asked, "Was it inappropriate to use the gun?"

"Not at all, you had already warned them, and they were killed trying to attack you; everyone saw it." Aoyama Xiu Xin smiled, returned her service weapon to her, and shared his own experience to comfort her, "It’s normal to feel uneasy about killing someone for the first time. I used to feel the same, but after killing more people, I stopped feeling much. Take it slow."

Asai Ayumi looked at him with a bizarre expression, feeling an urge to arrest this guy and subject him to severe interrogation.

"Cough, just joking," Aoyama Xiu Xin realized he had misspoken and laughed it off, "You don’t really think I’ve killed many people, do you?"

"Boring!" Asai Ayumi scoffed, but the incident did indeed lessen the psychological discomfort she felt from killing someone for the first time.

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Back at the police station, Aoyama Xiu Xin reported the entire arrest to Asai Youki, speaking up for Asai Ayumi who had defied orders, "Today, we owe it to Police Chief Asai’s timely arrival, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable."

Asai Ayumi stood silently with her head bowed.

"Deputy Chief Aoyama, you’ve had a tough day; go get some rest," Asai Youki said with a pleasant face.

"Hi!" Aoyama Xiu Xin bowed and walked out, giving Asai Ayumi a helpless look.

As soon as Aoyama Xiu Xin left, Asai Youki’s demeanor changed, his anger soaring as he grabbed a stack of files from his desk and threw them at Asai Ayumi.

"Smack!"

The files hit Asai Ayumi and scattered around her, fluttering to the floor.

"Do you realize how dangerous it was today?" Asai Youki moved close to Asai Ayumi, his voice filled with oppressive fierceness, "In that situation, if you had hesitated for even a second to shoot, you could have died there today!"

"Hi!" Asai Ayumi responded, lowering her head.

Asai Youki took a deep breath, suppressing his anger before speaking earnestly, "Ayumi, you’re my daughter, so you don’t need to take risks..."

"Father, you’re wrong. Precisely because I’m your daughter, a descendant of the Asakai family, I must not be afraid of danger," Asai Ayumi interrupted, her gaze stubborn as she looked at her father.

Asai Youki was taken aback, unsure whether to feel relieved or exhausted, and was at a loss for words.

He remained silent, but Asai Ayumi, as if opening the floodgates, poured out her thoughts, "Our Asakai family were among the first policemen when Japan’s police system was established in 1871. The Asakai family is respected in the police community, and our status was earned through the blood of our ancestors. Do you want our family’s honor to become a joke?"

"As a descendant, I should demonstrate to others that the honor of the Asakai family is genuine, not just rest on the laurels of our ancestors and let people think the Asakai family is nothing but a name."

"Of course, you are my superior, and I did make a mistake by disobeying your orders this time, so I am willing to accept punishment. Please deal with Ayumi justly," Asai Ayumi stated.

After finishing her speech, Asai Ayumi bowed deeply.

"You may leave now," Asai Youki watched his daughter for a while, then waved his hand.

"Hi!" Asai Ayumi turned and left.

Elsewhere, in the interrogation room, Aoyama Xiu Xin swiftly made the middle-aged man confess all their gang’s criminal activities in just one move, "If you confess everything honestly, I’ll let you be locked up with Fujihara."

The middle-aged man, who had been silent and resistant to interrogation, suddenly looked up, his eyes blazing with anger and resentment.

"Alright, I’ll tell you everything."

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