Chapter 37 Investigation
"Wow!" Officer Odani couldn't help but whistle quietly, "Inspector Sugita is so cool!"
Officer Taguchi slapped him on the back of the head, almost making him stumble. "You'd better not talk, and you mustn't whistle!"
"Chief! The TV signal has been recovered!" a police officer reported loudly.
Sugita Police Department raised his hands and shouted: "Okay!"
It's enough to get the signal back. As long as it doesn't explode in front of the public, the police can save some face. If they weren't worried about the rampant rumors of the police's incompetence, who would Councillor Sugiura be? With the King of the Blue Sky convicted first, the public might even wish for him to die!
20 seconds passed in a flash. The police officers who arrived only had time to seal off the perimeter of the factory and evacuate the surrounding residents before the bomb exploded.
In this case, the police did not actually take any effective rescue measures for the real victim, so when the factory collapsed and erupted with intense flames and heat waves, all the police officers looked very heavy.
——Of course, there was still a hint of relief. The last words of the King of Azure made Sugiura Yoshinaga step on the nerves of all the police officers. Of course, they didn't want to save this scumbag. They felt heavy-hearted only because they didn't save the person, not because of who this person was.
The Kanagawa police hastily withdrew, leaving only the aftermath team to deal with the aftermath of the factory explosion.
As always, every time the King of Cang made trouble, there was a lot of noise. This was not the first time, and explosions were also one of his usual methods. He seemed to have calculated it accurately, and every time the police arrived, they were just a little short of the target.
The chief of the Kanagawa Police Headquarters was yelling in his office, and even the police passing by outside could hear some of it.
Previously, the case of the King of Aoi was handled by the local police station where the crime occurred, but they never caught the King of Aoi, and almost no one was saved. This time, the Kanagawa headquarters was dispatched, one because they wanted to catch the King of Aoi and gain a great achievement, and the other because the King of Aoi's target's status this time was more important than before, and they had to pay attention to him.
As a result, the King of Cang was not caught and the people were not rescued this time.
When Inspector Sugita came out of the headquarters chief's office, he had been demoted to deputy inspector, on the charge of disobeying orders from his superiors and failing to capture the King of Blue, which led to the killing of the hostages.
This result made the police officers under him very uncomfortable. Officer Sugita was a stubborn type, which was why he was only a department head after serving as a police inspector for so many years. If he were a more tactful person, he might have been a section chief. But it was precisely because of his stubbornness that most of his subordinates supported and trusted him.
Hearing that he had been demoted and had his position as department chief taken away, and was now just a small team leader, Officer Odani simply couldn't understand it.
"Let's pray now that a good-for-nothing second-generation official doesn't get parachuted in as our department head." Odani sighed heavily. He looked at Officer Taguchi, who was also in the professional group. "Speaking of which, Senior Taguchi has been promoted to the rank of inspector for a while, right? I hope you can be promoted directly to take over this position, which is better than having someone parachuted in."
Although Inspector Sugita's character makes him trusted and loved by his subordinates, he is very disliked by his superiors. He sees clearly that his superiors are taking the opportunity to demote Sugita. He was originally in the non-professional group and his rank was demoted, so it will be difficult for him to move up again.
"I was promoted to police lieutenant not long ago. It's impossible for me to become department head directly this time." Officer Taguchi was also very clear-headed.
"That's true." Xiao Gu sighed, "I have to work overtime tomorrow. The matter of the King of the Blue is really a headache." He looked at Taguchi who was packing up his things, "It's not time to get off work yet, what are you going to do?"
"I want to go to the scene again." Officer Taguchi tidied up the pile of documents in his hand, folded them on the corner of the table, picked up the tools for collecting clues and stood up, "It would be great if we could find some clues. If the matter of the King of the Cang continues like this, it will cause panic, and I don't know how many Inspectors Sugita will... If something like that happens, the police will really be in a mess. We all know the justice and fairness that the King of the Cang wants, but..." He took a long breath, "Otani, we are the police."
What the King of Cang did was essentially a crime, and as a police officer, we cannot ignore it.
Xiao Gu looked at him steadily, and after a while he said angrily, "Okay, you're right." He didn't clean up the table either, but took his tools directly, "Let's go, I'll go with you."
…
After a few days of cleanup, the protection of the explosion site has been withdrawn. As an undercover agent of the Special Powers Division, Sakaguchi Ango received an order from his superiors in the Port Mafia Intelligence Department to investigate the matter of the King of the Cang.
In addition to the whereabouts of the Cang King, his superiors in the intelligence department also asked him to check the people the Cang King might have come into contact with.
As an elite undercover agent sent by the Special Forces, he could see that the matter of the King of the Blue Sky was not that simple. Whether it was to find out the detailed information of the victim, the signal of the black TV station, or to stockpile bombs, technology, funds, and ability were all necessary.
There must be other supporters or accomplices behind him.
The identity of the King of Cang was not difficult for the Special Agents to investigate, but since the King of Cang was not a person with special abilities, matters related to him were not under the jurisdiction of the Special Agents. Providing identity information was already crossing the line, not to mention that this was a political scandal, so even if the police knew about it, they would not disclose it.
But if he got a mission order from the Port Mafia, it would be very convenient, and he would not be suspected of using public power for personal gain. He was investigating the matter of the King of the Blue Sky as a member of the Port Mafia, and if he provided information anonymously afterwards, he could only be called a caring citizen, so how could he say that he had crossed the line?
The only thing that worries Ango Sakaguchi is the mission itself and the suspicion that comes with being an undercover agent.
When a task is issued, the superior will not tell you the purpose of issuing this task. If you ask, it will be clear that you have evil intentions and will be exposed at any minute. But if you don't ask, he will worry about why the superiors issued such a task to him and whether they doubt him.
The Mafia is investigating terrorists to recruit them or use them. There is basically no other possibility, but this mission happened to be assigned to him. Could it be intentional? Because the official is also very worried about this person, and investigating this matter is simply killing two birds with one stone - whether it is completing the organization's mission or helping the official investigate the case.
"Sakaguchi-kun, how is it? Did you see anything useful?" The person sent by the Intelligence Department to carry out the mission with him asked, half bent at the waist and knees, standing next to Sakaguchi Ango, who was squatting and pressing his hands on the gravel on the ground to use his supernatural powers.
"It was blown into pieces. This rock was from the first floor. The hostages were probably tied up on the second floor, so not much can be seen," Ango Sakaguchi replied.
"Then look at a few more."
"good."
Not long after, Sakaguchi Ango said again: "No, although the King of the Blue did stay for a while when he abducted Sugiura Yoshinaga, the video was turned on remotely, and the words spoken on the spot were also set to automatically connect through a phone call. The phone must have been modified... The King of the Blue was wrapped up tightly, not even his hair was exposed, only his eyes were exposed, and there was really nothing useful to see. It was better than what we saw at the place where he was last seen before he disappeared."
"That's really troublesome." His temporary partner also sighed.
Suddenly his cell phone vibrated. His temporary partner picked it up and saw that it was a message from the colleague who was assigned to be the lookout. His face changed slightly, "Let's go first, there's a cop coming!"
Sakaguchi Ango immediately withdrew his hand and left.
…
"This is the mission report that Sakaguchi-kun submitted earlier. Would you like to take a look, Mr. Ougai?"
Mori Ogai calmly flipped through the documents and asked, "How did his investigators evaluate him?"
Ozaki Kouyo's expression was subtle. "How should I put it? Um... very professional? Or rather, very useful. He can analyze clues from the smallest details, and has the sensitivity of an intelligence dealer. His investigative method is rather unconventional, and he mainly relies on his special abilities. In this respect, he doesn't seem to have received unified training from the official side."
When Mori Ogai lowered his head and began to read the report, Ozaki Koiyo added with a half-smile, "The report is also very 'professionally' written."
Mori Ogai also saw it. It didn't look like a written report at all. The content was very concise, without any unnecessary decorations of ordinary enterprises or official departments. It was all solid stuff. The format was also completely based on the model of the port mafia. It seemed that he had learned about it from his colleagues.
The Intelligence Department is different from other departments. Some intelligence colleagues cannot communicate with each other. This means that the relationship between colleagues in the Intelligence Department is not as close as that in other departments. They are afraid that if they are too close and talk too much, some intelligence will be leaked accidentally. They are very vigilant about this.
Seniors in other departments may be enthusiastic about guiding newcomers, but the intelligence department will analyze newcomers as soon as they see them. This has become a professional habit. This also leads to that you need to take the initiative to ask most of the questions in the intelligence department, and the person answering will subconsciously analyze whether the question can be answered and how to answer it, and then answer it in the simplest words.
Sakaguchi Ango's report mentioned that the last place Sugiura Yoshinaga was seen was a little-known suburban villa, where he had met the president of the Fujihira Group more than once. After Sugiura Yoshinaga was killed, the drug dealer who had contact with him was quickly arrested by the police, but on the night of his arrest, the drug dealer committed suicide in prison, presumably because he was silenced.
"He's quite good at intelligence." Mori Ogai commented.
Some details that seem unimportant to ordinary people are also reflected in Sakaguchi Ango's report, but truly perceptive people can discover information that ordinary people cannot discover through these details.
"It's really useful." He chuckled, "Let him check this Fujihira Group."
Ozaki Kouye raised her eyebrows, "Your Excellency Ougai... is actually interested in investigating the case?"
"Hmm... maybe?" Mori Ogai was noncommittal. "It's mainly because the target is a fairly large conglomerate."
If they can be used as a threat, that's great. After all, Japan is a country controlled by financial chaebols. Whether it's financial or political resources, the Fujihira Group can provide a lot of help. Of course, if it collapses, the port mafia can also take the opportunity to embezzle or support a new president who is controlled by them.
"Also, this President Fujihira may be the next target."