Yoruichi Toyama, who was traveling with detectives Takagi and Nanjo to Beika General Hospital, overheard many old gossips along the way.
For example, Kobayashi habitually calls his boss, Akechi, "senpai," while Akechi likes to flick Kobayashi's forehead when Kobayashi looks dazed.
For example, although Kobayashi was Akechi's earliest partner, he was replaced by Kyoji at one point, but in the end, Akechi switched back to Kobayashi because of his own choice.
"That Inspector Huangdi, is he also an elite member of the professional team?" Yoruichi Toyama asked.
This is obvious; otherwise, he wouldn't have become a class leader before he was even 30.
Nanjo nodded.
“He joined the Metropolitan Police Department a year later than Superintendent Akechi, and at that time he was already a police inspector.”
"It should be said that, thanks to this, I wasn't implicated in that incident back then..."
"Nanjo!" Takagi, who was driving, called out, but didn't say anything more.
Nanjo pursed her lips and gave a smile.
It's as if the topic of conversation has come to an end.
Yoruichi Toyama's gossipy nature was fiercely aroused.
"'That matter'?" he asked. "You mean the thing that's been circulating in the department, that Akechi and you guys brought down the former Minister of Criminal Investigation?"
Takagi and Nanjo exchanged a glance through the rearview mirror.
"Really?" Takagi finally said in a gruff voice, "It's gotten this far now?"
"That's why I said that, at least Mr. Toyama is a friend of the inspector, and he should know the truth..."
Nanjo spoke gently, his eyes probing.
"However, those who can be friends with that person won't be affected by any rumors," Takagi said, his tone already showing a concession.
Yoruichi Toyama was genuinely curious this time.
Regarding that matter that wise man once mentioned, but only vaguely.
"Former head of criminal investigation, Yoshitsugu Saito, is said to have been a classmate of Superintendent Akechi's father, Shogo Akechi, at the police academy. They later joined the First Investigation Division and were also good partners."
Nanjo begins by recounting an event that occurred a year and a half earlier, an event that has been kept secret.
In Yoruichi Toyama's imagination, former Criminal Investigation Department Chief Saito, who resigned due to the scandal, should be a typical corrupt bureaucrat.
However, both Takagi and Nanjo stated that he was actually an upright and incorruptible person, who could even be described as having an iron fist.
“I worked in Section 1 for a full ten years, ever since he was the section chief,” Takagi said.
"There will always be newcomers who are not used to his assertive style, and other departments probably have complaints as well, but in the end they will all be won over by his personal charm."
Looking at the defiant Takagi, Yoruichi Toyama nodded silently.
A superior who can earn such a veteran detective's praise must possess exceptional qualities.
Furthermore, he has a deep connection with the Akechi family.
So why is it said that it was wise of him to bring him down?
“We all remember that day when Minister Saito was shot in front of his own house and was on the verge of death.”
Nanjo's voice and expression became very heavy.
Yoruichi Toyama's eyelids twitched upon hearing this.
"A shooting? Just like this incident?"
"Is someone retaliating against Minister Saito?"
Nanjo shook his head.
"The incident was quickly ordered to be investigated by the Public Security Bureau by 'higher-ups,' which aroused dissatisfaction among almost everyone in the Criminal Investigation Department, especially the First Division."
"Those of us who were not convinced followed Akechi, who was then a police inspector, and launched a secret investigation."
“We discovered that Minister Saito had received threatening letters shortly before he was shot.”
"And for a period of time, he himself frequently visited the grave of a minister who died in an accident, as if he were making up his mind."
"Is there something suspicious about that minister's death?" Yoruichi Toyama asked quickly. "Minister Saito had suspicions about his death, so he wanted to reopen the investigation, but was stopped by the mastermind behind it?"
Nanjo paused for a moment at his words, then broke into a smile.
"I knew it! No wonder you can be friends with Inspector Akechi, Mr. Toyama, you are a very perceptive detective."
"However, things are far from what they appear to be..."
Like Yoruichi Toyama, the detectives who uncovered these events still firmly believed that Chief Saito was an upright man and that the one who attacked him was the villain lurking in the shadows.
It wasn't until Akechi secretly hacked into Minister Saito's computer and saw the information he had saved about the minister who had died in the line of duty that he realized the line between black and white was far more complex than they had imagined.
The minister did not die in an accident, but was silenced because he touched upon the interests of certain people.
The investigation team, also comprised of interest groups, covered up the truth and hastily closed the case.
Minister Saito was aware of all these matters from the very beginning of the investigation.
He wasn't involved in the bloodiest part of the incident, but he was also part of the interest group.
They maintained a sordid silence.
The threatening letter sent to him was not a warning against touching certain people's interests; rather, it threatened him with many inside stories and his own life, forcing him to expose those dirty deeds.
What should have been the justice that the police were right to uphold has instead become a bargaining chip that requires trading one's interests and even one's life.
Minister Saito, caught in a dilemma, was shot before he could make up his mind.
Mingzhi followed this lead and tracked down the mastermind who sat behind the scenes, using threats to force the police to uphold justice.
He and Saito, along with his father, were classmates at the police academy. He was the former head of the Personnel Section 1 of the General Affairs Department, Fujiwara Genmichi.
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