Chapter 93
"This won't do; you need to rewrite it."
Holding the apology letter written by Usui Saiki, Hagiwara Kenji commented mercilessly: "Especially this part, what is this? 'If we wait for the Suminoe Group members to arrive, it will turn into a group battle. To avoid a larger riot, we only fired warning shots, which is exactly what the head of the Criminal Investigation Department, Abiko Mameji, once said: 'It is our duty to save the majority'... Do you have some complaints about the head of the department?"
Before Usui Saiki could speak, Matsuda Jinpei made a sarcastic remark.
"He's obviously dissatisfied! Isn't that obvious?!" Matsuda Jinpei shouted from the side. "This is supposed to be a self-criticism? His boss would be even angrier after reading it!"
Kenji Hagiwara's expression froze: "Uh... probably not, because Captain Kikyo doesn't seem to be very satisfied with my grandson's theory either."
Matsuda Jinpei: "..."
Kenji Hagiwara coughed and turned to continue lecturing Saiki Usui: "But regardless of your superior's likes or dislikes, judging from the letter of apology, this apology is clearly unacceptable... You should be glad you're in the Mobile Investigation Unit. If this were in the First Investigation Division, Section Chief Odagiri wouldn't have let you off so easily. Captain Kikyo is already being very lenient by only making you write an apology."
Although Kenji Hagiwara had been mentally prepared for the fact that Shinryu Kagawa's internship would probably not last long, he was still startled when he suddenly received a call from Officer Shima informing him that Shinryu had fired a gun without authorization during a mission that day. He almost thought that Shinryu would be asked to leave before his internship was even over.
Fortunately, since the gun fired by Hanchuan Shenliu was not a police-issued weapon that required reporting the whereabouts of every bullet, but rather a gun from the Suminoe Group, and no one was injured, and given that he was the biggest contributor to this mission, he could barely get away with it and be treated leniently—but a written apology was still inevitable.
Officer Shima called because he had heard that he was a friend of Shinryu Kagawa. There were some things that he, as a senior who had only known him for a few days, couldn't say. He hoped that Kenji Hagiwara, the teaching assistant and friend, could pay more attention to Shinryu Kagawa's mental state recently.
Kenji Hagiwara initially thought that Inspector Shima was overthinking things, but after reading the letter of apology, he realized that Fukaru seemed genuinely unhappy about the incident.
Matsuda Jinpei didn't see the apology letter. He only came to watch the commotion because he heard that Kanakawa Shinryu had fired a shot. Knowing that Kanakawa Shinryu wouldn't be expelled, he was relaxed and even had the mood to ask all sorts of questions: "So what exactly happened? You fired a shot, and then what?"
Bo Yezaki thought for a moment: "They were shocked. They looked at me like I was a traitor and then asked me if I was a member of the Chenjing Group."
Matsuda Jinpei: "...You'd rather guess you're from the Tatsui Group than guess you're a policeman?"
Usaku Saiki isn't always able to guess what other people are thinking, after all, the effect of the "behind-the-scenes halo" is too random and fluctuates depending on the person's imagination.
He thought that since he had spoken to the police in that way, even the most naive people in the Zhijiang group should realize that he was a policeman.
As a result, this group of people contributed another wave of doubts. One of them even looked at him with tears in his eyes, as if his dream had been shattered, and questioned him.
"So, this is actually a conspiracy by the Chenjing Group? Why, why the Chenjing Group of all people..."
Usaku Saiki and his colleagues were speechless. It was Ibuki Ran who looked left and right, puzzled, and spoke up to break the strange misunderstanding.
"What Chenjing Group? These are people from our Mobile Investigation Team! They're police!"
At that moment, everyone on the other side had a look of utter disbelief. Perhaps it was because only Usaku Saiki had a gun, and actually dared to fire it, pointing it at them, that when they were arrested, no one resisted and they were all obediently handcuffed.
The person who seemed to be the most deeply hurt was the one whose gun had been dismantled in the car by Usui. He was taken away in disbelief and without the will to resist. When he passed by Usui, he still asked with a glimmer of hope, like a young girl who couldn't believe she had been deceived by a heartless man.
"Are you actually an undercover agent in the police force?"
Usoya Saiki: "...Hmm."
"I see." That person actually believed such an absurd statement. "I'm honored to be a part of the young master's achievements!"
Others: "…………"
No, you actually believe that?
Even the last person to walk, Igawa, couldn't help but say, "That guy isn't very bright; he didn't even finish elementary school, which is why he became a thug... You even lied to him, isn't that a bit...?"
Bo Yezaki remained unfazed: "How can you be so sure I'm lying to him?"
The executive was taken aback, his expression suggesting he was deep in thought.
Yes, this young man, whose name he still doesn't know, doesn't look like a policeman at all. He even fired a gun just now. Someone could have died if he wasn't careful. What kind of decent policeman would do something like that? 99% of Japanese police officers have never drawn a gun after retirement, let alone fired one!
Is his fearlessness due to having bribed all the other police officers present? Does this mean he is indeed both a police officer and an undercover agent?
In that case, even if they're not from our Zhijiang Group or Chenjing Group, they must be from some other organization in the underworld... They're definitely corrupt cops!
If even the police can control things this way, could it be the Mud Gang...?
After escorting all these people onto the vehicle, Officer Shima, looking speechless, came over to Usakata Saiki and said, "Don't harass the prisoners. Be careful they might give you incriminating testimony during interrogation!"
Having received this unexpected gift of increased suspicion, Usaku Saiki didn't care about any of that; he had confidence in Captain Kikyo's character.
Captain Kikyo is the type who tries not to give up on anyone as long as there is hope. During the previous meeting, it was clear that she was very sympathetic to Aoike Touko, whose life was being played with. She clearly wanted to live a good life, but she was dragged into the mire by the yakuza and got a little mud on her skin. From then on, she was discriminated against by society and could never find a proper job again.
When he said that Aoike Touko's injuries would lead to her death if they weren't found quickly, Captain Kikyo looked reluctant. So even though his methods might have been a bit excessive, since he saved Aoike Touko, Captain Kikyo would definitely feel it was her responsibility to protect her. Because if she hadn't been more drastic, Aoike Touko might already be dead, and human life is obviously more important than those tedious rules.
However, in the end, he was only asked to write a self-criticism, which surprised Usaku Saiki. He felt that Captain Kikyo had really tried her best to help him.
Just as Kenji Hagiwara said, Captain Kikyo really spoiled him this time.
Matsuda Jinpei took the letter of apology from Hagiwara Kenji and quickly glanced at it: "'I used polite language throughout the law enforcement process and did not offend anyone'... I heard you also said something like 'I didn't want to kill anyone'?"
Bo Yezaki remained unfazed: "I used honorifics."
Kenji Hagiwara was speechless: "It's not a matter of using honorifics or not; rather, it's that using honorifics in this situation would actually feel strange..."
"Didn't those criminals file a complaint against you after they were arrested?" Matsuda Jinpei asked curiously.
“No.” Bo Yezaki pondered, “On the contrary, after Miss Qingchi was saved, she complained that someone was impersonating a police officer… so I was called in to identify her.”
At that moment, Touko Aoike looked at him in a daze: "I thought I was hallucinating because I was dying..."
Then she withdrew the complaint and even thanked him.
Others assumed she was thanking him for arriving in time and saving her life, but Usui knew that Aoike Touko was thanking him for not revealing the 100 million yen sent to the International Girls' Rescue Center to the police—as soon as she woke up, the police asked her where the money had gone, so she knew that Usui had indeed kept it a secret.
Kenji Hagiwara: "...Anyway, it's good that the person was saved."
"Um."
Matsuda Jinpei asked, "Speaking of which, where did that 100 million yen end up?"
“Miss Qingchi’s health hasn’t recovered yet. She was only lucid for a short time and refused to cooperate, so we haven’t been able to get any information out of her.” Bo Yezaki snatched back his self-criticism report. “Anyway, it’s all dirty money, so it doesn’t matter if we can’t get it back.”
Kenji Hagiwara pondered his tone, then asked thoughtfully, "Fukaru, do you actually already know where the money is?"
Bo Yezhai paused suspiciously while organizing the report papers, then said nonchalantly, "Who knows? Anyway, Miss Qingchi is determined not to tell anyone. I guess the money is already overseas and can't be retrieved. It doesn't matter whether we find out sooner or later."
Matsuda Jinpei and Hagiwara Kenji exchanged a glance, both realizing that this guy, as a police officer, was actually concealing important information.
But it sounds like he guessed it himself, not that Miss Qingchi told him. That level of cover-up...
Well, if Xiao Shenliu can find out, others probably can too. If it's flowing overseas, then it really won't matter if it's delayed a little.
However, even though Miss Qingchi has been arrested, she still refuses to mention the whereabouts of the money. Is it because she never intended to use the money herself, but rather to give it to someone else?
Could it be that Xiao Shenliu's current concealment is also based on this reason...?
Kenji Hagiwara decided to pretend he didn't know someone was hiding something: "Then I'll look forward to your colleagues' investigation."
Matsuda Jinpei complained, "Your colleagues are all voluntarily working overtime, while you're so free because you have to write self-criticisms... Sometimes I wonder if you're doing it on purpose."
"Are you doubting that I would shoot someone for personal reasons?"
Matsuda Jinpei was taken aback. He had only been joking, but he hadn't expected the other person to take it so seriously: "That's not what I meant..."
"Your suspicion is valid, because I don't know if I would do that myself."
The young man with short, dark blue hair leaned lazily against the back of his chair, his dark red eyes staring intently at his self-criticism.
"...Have you never wondered what it feels like to kill someone?"
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Bonus chapter!
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Toshiro Odagiri, the head of the Criminal Investigation Department who appears in The Phantom of the Opera, is said in the original work to have been the head of the First Investigation Division. Here, we'll let Abiko, the head of the Criminal Investigation Department in 404, continue as the head of the Criminal Investigation Department, and then promote him later (x).
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This chapter subtly portrays Bo Ye's feelings... He is indeed somewhat dissatisfied with the case, but it's not so much related to the case itself...
Guess if his last sentence was sincere or just a ploy to raise suspicion.
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Aoike Touko's Twitter (the original author passed away, so this can be considered her last words):
Who gets to decide this meaningless life? A weak and helpless girl, nowhere to escape, helpless... Those words are all lies, you will definitely be free, I will help you.
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