"I didn't expect you to even know this." Akechi's tone was full of sarcasm, but the sarcasm was not directed at Yoruichi Toyama, but at himself.
Yuanshan Ye shrugged indifferently.
"I'm a 'detective' after all!"
"But I trust you, and it has nothing to do with whether you're in the gold watch group or not. I trust you as a person..."
“Then you’re wrong,” Mingzhi interrupted him abruptly.
"I'm just an individual, so there's no one I can trust. But as someone from the Gold Watch Group, I can give you some leverage."
These words were so ruthless and realistic that Yoruichi Toyama suddenly felt that her previous statement had seemed like a hypocritical perfunctory response.
Otherwise, it's just childish arrogance.
“I’m saying, Akechi,” Yoruichi Toyama coughed, “what exactly do you mean?”
"Is it that I should keep my distance from you, but I can use you if needed?"
...Why does that sound so awkward?
However, Akechi nodded: "That's one way to understand it."
"No, why?"
"Just because of your position in the gold watch group?"
"Is it true that elites from the University of Tokyo are unwilling to associate with ordinary people?"
"Then what about you going to all this time to ask me for help?"
Yoruichi Toyama was getting really angry and bombarded him with questions, but Akechi just gave him a cold look.
Let's call it an exchange.
"If you do me a favor, I'll do you one too."
"I'll settle the commission fee with you when we get back."
“Furthermore…” Mingzhi glanced at him again, his lips twitching, but he finally managed to suppress a laugh. “I’ve never heard of a Cambridge graduate referring to himself as a commoner or grassroots person.”
Oh right, I'm from Cambridge...
Yoruichi Toyama scratched her head somewhat awkwardly.
They were still puzzled by Mingzhi's sudden change of attitude.
On Golden Island, we were chatting and laughing together while soaking in the hot springs.
"Could it be..." he began tentatively, glancing at Akechi's face under the light, "that you're angry with Inspector Yokomizo and the others for their poor performance?"
“It’s not worth getting angry about.” Mingzhi said quietly, “The quality of grassroots police officers is not high, and it has always been like this.”
"I don't know if you've ever heard of the '300 million yen robbery' in 1943..."
Isn't that the case that supposedly my wise father was in charge of? ...
Yoruichi Toyama almost blurted it out, but after thinking about it, she realized it wouldn't be easy to explain, so she quickly held back.
It is also noted that Wise said "it's not worth getting angry about," rather than "there's no anger."
So you're still angry...
But what does his anger have to do with that case from back then? ...
Mingzhi didn't look at him again, but continued, gazing at the dark sky in the distance.
"The incident back then wasn't entirely without clues; on the contrary, a massive amount of physical evidence was left at the scene, but much of it was just a smokescreen set up by the perpetrator..."
“Some things are too common and their origins cannot be found. Some leads are lost after investigation. The police at the time did not know how to screen key evidence, resulting in a waste of a lot of time and manpower.”
"What's worse, many police officers feel that there is enough physical evidence and that they will definitely be able to find it, so they become complacent and do not actively promote the investigation. Some even treat the evidence like a toy, tossing it around, and eventually losing it..."
"It was at the investigation headquarters for this case that my father spent the most valuable golden period of his career, only to have it end in disgrace..."
"The case became unsolved, and my father passed away a few years after retiring, leaving everything unresolved."
Mingzhi took a breath, but his tone didn't seem to carry much sorrow.
"It is certainly regrettable, but the investigative methods and techniques used in this case, which is nearly 40 years old, are incomparable to those used today."
"...You see, I was going to say that if this were today, no matter how sophisticated the criminal's methods were, the case would definitely be solved..."
"But seeing these colleagues in front of me..."
"That kind of low professionalism, dereliction of duty, and a 'just getting by' mentality... Of course I know they didn't mean it, but rather they simply didn't know how to be a good police officer..."
"The police force has made almost no progress compared to 40 years ago!"
“There are certainly outstanding talents, but under the current system, the elite will only quickly leave grassroots work and rise straight up to become those high-ranking bureaucrats.”
"Toyama!" After saying such a long speech, Akechi finally turned around and looked directly into Toyama Yoruichi's eyes.
"I, too, will become a member of the bureaucracy."
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