Chapter 320
Kenji Hagiwara provided so much information that Hyoue Kuroda and the two public security officers were frozen in place.
A few seconds later, one of them restarted, his lips twitching: "This, do you have any evidence?"
"Let's verify his identity first. Do you have the authority to do so?" Kenji Hagiwara avoided the question.
There's no evidence right now, but he believes Han Chuan Shenliu can definitely produce some, though his methods might be a bit easy to get complaints about... But since the police are already planning to take over the case, he'll just tell them what he needs to tell them and hopefully get his questions answered. He doesn't care about the rest.
He's already done enough by cooperating with the police and handing over the investigative authority. If the police still want to force him and Han Chuan Shenliu to continue solving cases and then take credit for it... his superiors aren't pushovers either! They've been holding their breath for a while, wanting to argue with the police!
The two police officers were somewhat conflicted.
Kuroda Hyoue, who had originally planned to leave, frowned and strode over.
When he was researching materials related to training undercover agents, he read through the files of all the undercover agents in the public security system—regardless of where they were infiltrating. If someone was truly an undercover agent, he should be able to recognize them.
Regardless of the truth of the case, the fact that Han Chuan Shenliu had come to such an outrageous conclusion made him feel that he couldn't leave. He had to come and witness the outcome to see if the other party was just smearing him, otherwise he wouldn't be able to swallow this insult.
Although the security guard wanted to leave, he didn't leave because Kanakawa Shinryu was standing next to him and Hagiwara Kenji was supposedly there to pick up someone who might be a policeman. For some reason, he didn't leave.
His eyes widened when he saw Kuroda Heibei.
He knew the manager, and it was quite simple for the manager to want to know his identity.
I thought I would only see ordinary police colleagues, but I didn't expect it to be the administrator himself.
His previously forced, relaxed posture, which he had tried so hard to maintain, gradually straightened up again as Kuroda Beibei approached.
The security guard silently raised his hand and saluted Kuroda Heibei.
Kuroda Hyōe nodded.
"...Manager, are you here because of Morimoto's matter?" he couldn't help but ask.
This is something that managers usually don't get to do. Does that mean the managers actually value Morimoto a lot?
Kuroda Hyōe said with a stern face, "I was just passing by when I heard some horrifying rumors, so I came to check... Some people say that Morimoto committed suicide, and that you cut off your arm, froze it, and sent it out to avenge Morimoto. Is that true?"
He didn't really believe it.
These are police officers! They're the kind of police officers who can be sent out undercover! Their qualities in all aspects should be extremely outstanding, how could anyone do something like this because of personal desires?
The other two police officers didn't believe it either.
One of the police officers said angrily, "It's obviously fake, a complete slander. There's no way our police force would do something like that."
The security guard froze.
Kuroda Hyōe's remaining eye pierced him, sensing something: "What exactly happened? What do you know?"
"...Ha, haha." The security guard suddenly burst out laughing.
The case involved the death of a colleague, and his superior was right in front of him. It would have been extremely rude for him to suddenly laugh at that moment.
But no one reprimanded him. Even the two policemen became serious, as if they realized something was wrong.
Kuroda Hyoue frowned.
He knew that many undercover agents would experience significant mental stress during their undercover work... but this company wasn't some transnational criminal organization where they would be killed if their identities were discovered. They were just sent in to gather intelligence, so the danger was very low. Could this really cause such a mental breakdown?
Are there really that few people in the police force suitable for undercover work? They've even sent out people who probably wouldn't pass this kind of psychological test.
"I did it," the security guard suddenly admitted.
The two police officers froze instantly, as if they had been slapped in the face.
They instinctively turned to look at Kenji Hagiwara and Shinryu Kanakawa, trying to find an excuse to get rid of them so they wouldn't have to watch the police's antics.
But before the police could speak, Hanchuan Shenliu spoke first.
"Morimoto Tatsu also committed suicide. His undercover identity was discovered by the boss here, right?"
Kenji Hagiwara chimed in, "You burned his body to cover up the signs of his suicide, isn't that right?"
"...He was murdered," the security guard said through gritted teeth. "The company president here killed him! He threatened Morimoto..."
Tatsuya Morimoto was having an affair with a female employee there when the company president found out. The president took explicit photos of them and used them to blackmail Morimoto. Unable to bear the humiliation, Morimoto...
Kuroda Hyōe felt a headache coming on: "He actually fell in love with a female employee of the company he infiltrated to investigate... If this gets exposed, the Public Security Bureau will lose all face."
“I see, no wonder he committed suicide.” One of the police officers also felt a headache coming on. “I understand your hatred for the club president, but that doesn’t mean he was the one who killed him. If he had stayed undercover properly and hadn’t been in a relationship…”
Wouldn't all this trouble be avoided then?!
Another police officer, forgetting about driving away Kenji Hagiwara and Shinryu Kagawa, advised, "I understand you want to save face by destroying the evidence of his suicide, but you don't need to send your arm to the president. Isn't that just making things more complicated?"
The security guard, who pushed open the door and saw his companion's body, became somber: "I just felt that we couldn't just leave it like this... He was indeed an idiot, he chose to commit suicide, but... we are human beings too!"
His emotions suddenly intensified, and he even rushed up to Kuroda Hyoue, who seemed indifferent: "We will fail, and we will fall in love with someone uncontrollably. Who knows, one day I might become like him! He is my own reflection!"
Kuroda Hyōe did not back down, but just looked down at him.
The security guard stared into his superior's eyes: "How could you possibly understand the feelings of someone working in the dark! I didn't even kill him, I just scared him and wanted to vent my anger! Isn't that allowed?!"
Kuroda Hyōe remained silent.
He thought of the young man who had gone undercover in the Black Organization right after graduation, and of his former partner who had died silently.
The former is still alive, while the latter's police file has long been destroyed. If he hadn't woken up, the police wouldn't even acknowledge that such a policeman existed... The Black Organization probably mentions "Alex" more often than the police mention that guy's real name.
That guy never married, all his relatives died, and he only had an adopted son left. It's probably only this adopted son and he who will often miss that person.
The feelings of those who work in the dark...
Kuroda closed his eyes briefly.
"...Now, I'm arresting you on charges of abandoning a corpse and desecrating a body. Do you have any objections?"
The security guard said coldly, "No."
His police colleagues grabbed his wrists and handcuffed him.
Seemingly influenced by the intense emotions expressed by the security guard who spoke out for his deceased colleague, his movements were gentle. Although his face was expressionless, his eyes revealed sympathy and emotion when he lowered his head.
Not to mention the police, even Kenji Hagiwara, who was listening nearby, couldn't help but be moved.
He thought of two classmates who hadn't made any moves since graduation.
They're not completely out of contact; they still send emails to celebrate birthdays and I even receive anonymous packages by mail, and I can guess who sent them.
But given this pattern of behavior, it's easy to guess that those two guys were on a classified mission, most likely going undercover.
Although Kenji Hagiwara disliked the police's meddling and condescending attitude, it was due to work-related conflicts. He still had great respect for the police who risked their lives to carry out undercover missions.
When it involves one's friends, besides respect, there is also great concern.
Especially now, seeing the undercover police officer in front of me...
Good heavens, even after infiltrating such a safe place, his mental state has deteriorated to this extent! What if those two guys run off to a dangerous place...? Kenji Hagiwara didn't even want to think about it; just thinking about it made him feel terrible.
Last year on his birthday, he didn't receive an email from Rei Furuya, and he thought Rei Furuya was dead. His head was spinning. But the next day he received a resentful email saying that he had something to do yesterday and was in a place with no signal... Sigh.
Kenji Hagiwara felt that no matter what they had become, as long as they could come back alive, that was enough.
Hopefully, the police will treat undercover agents better. Look here, someone was driven to suicide because of explicit photos taken during his undercover work... If the police had given him a sense of security, would this undercover agent have to go through such a ordeal?
Just as Hagiwara Kenji was thinking that being an undercover agent wasn't easy, he saw the police chief looking at Kanakawa Shinryu.
"I've heard so much about you, Mr. Hankawa." Kuroda Hyōe stood still, with two other public security officers behind him leading the security guards toward the parking lot. "How did you deduce that he was the one who sent his arm?"
Han Chuan Shenliu: "Just guessing."
Kuroda Hyōe: "..."
Kenji Hagiwara had already roughly figured out the idea. He was also an elite, so it was quite simple for him to work backward from the given answer. He then took charge of explaining it.
"It's probably because the body was burned. If they wanted to destroy the evidence, they wouldn't have bothered to cut off an arm and send it out. It would be too easy to match up. This is clearly a threat made out of hatred. But if they hated the president, they could have just killed him. Killing an ordinary employee to threaten the president is not very effective and is unnecessary. Considering that the deceased was an undercover police officer, his vigilance and fighting ability are trustworthy. And Han Chuan also saw that the security guard might also be an undercover officer. So the possibility of the deceased committing suicide and the body being disposed of by his comrades arises... Following this conjecture, we can draw many conclusions. Han Chuan probably chose the one he thought was the most likely to test the body."
"I see." Kuroda Hyōe felt a surge of admiration for Hagiwara Kenji. "You're quite good."
Kenji Hagiwara bowed slightly: "You flatter me."
Kuroda Hyōe then looked at Kanekawa Shinryū, who, like the information provided, had a somewhat aloof and arrogant personality. Remembering that the information said he didn't like people talking nonsense, he asked directly.
"Kanchuan-kun, I know you've resigned and are now working as an advisor at the Metropolitan Police Department... I wonder if you've considered coming to the Public Security Bureau?"
Han Chuan Shenliu said resolutely, "I will not go undercover."
Kuroda Hyōe: "...Public security personnel are not all undercover agents."
He knew that perhaps the way the undercover agent was handled today was a bit unpleasant to watch, so their first reaction was to reject the undercover agent, but he still wanted to say...
Even if you were willing to go undercover, the police wouldn't dare release you! Even he wouldn't dare take that risk!
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Bonus chapter
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I used to think that since Rei and Hiromitsu went undercover, they wouldn't see anyone they knew anymore. But then the Halloween movie revealed that they actually met up every year to visit Hagiwara's grave...
Alright!!! You guys are really casual about being undercover! Considering Rei Furuya often goes back to the Metropolitan Police Department, having private gatherings with friends is nothing unusual. It's all about the anime/manga world.
Hagiwara isn't dead here, so I won't go to his grave; I'll just send an email.
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In the original story, the lover of the deceased undercover agent was killed by the company president in an attempt to avenge the death. The security guard strapped a bomb to himself, intending to die with the president, but was instead sniped and killed by the police.
Just to find out if this club president has aided far-left forces (???)
There's no need for this! Making things so messy.
I'm trying to find someone here.
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