Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister

"Idiot! Aoyama Xiu Xin, what are you doing!"

Chief Qingshui berated loudly, "You've been drinking during work hours, and now you even dare to disrespect your superior, you've got some nerve! I must report this and teach you a lesson you deserve!"

Zhongshan Akiyu was his boss, and Yukawa Jinichi was his subordinate. Yet one was killed by the hands of Aoyama Xiu Xin himself, and the other was dismissed because of Aoyama Xiu Xin.

So naturally, he wasn't going to show a good face.

"Is that so?" Aoyama Xiu Xin wasn't flustered at all. He raised his voice and said, "Chief Qingshui, we were merely having a few drinks with Sato Police Chief, from the Police Headquarters Investigation Division, as he invited us to discuss some matters. Do I need to call him to help us clarify with a testimony?"

Fujimoto Ryosuke's pupils constricted, but he quickly regained his composure and quietly watched Aoyama Xiu Xin play his trick.

Upon hearing 'Police Headquarters,' 'Investigation Division,' and 'Sato Police Chief,' Chief Qingshui's face stiffened instantly.

Many were unaware of the inside story of Aoyama Xiu Xin being used as a scapegoat by Sato, believing he was rightfully demoted because of his mistakes.

Meanwhile, sneaky Sato, while sabotaging Aoyama, pretended to be sad for losing a talent and lamented the demotion of Aoyama Xiu Xin, creating an illusion to others that Aoyama Xiu Xin was just demoted and not dismissed because he was protected by him, in exchange for a good reputation.

So Chief Qingshui believed what Aoyama Xiu Xin said was true, and thus under the watchful eyes, he felt caught between a rock and a hard place, speechless for a moment.

"If that's the case, I'll call Sato Police Chief right now." Aoyama Xiu Xin picked up the cellphone and began to dial the number, knowing Sato's number by heart.

After all, he used to be his boss.

"Stop, stop, stop!" Seeing this, Chief Qingshui couldn't care less about losing face and hastily interrupted, chuckling awkwardly in submission, "Police Chief Sato is very busy. Let's not disturb him. Since it was to cooperate with his work that you drank a couple of drinks, it's understandable. It's my fault for not knowing the full story."

"You didn't know the full story?" Aoyama Xiu Xin suddenly raised his voice, pointing at Chief Qingshui's nose and scolding fiercely, "I think you just don't regard Police Chief Sato highly! You clear have complaints against him! I really should call him today!"

He wasn't as harmless as his predecessor. Since Sato had trapped him and hypocritically wanted a good reputation, he shouldn't blame him for using Sato's name to flaunt power and bully others, attracting hatred on his behalf.

Since he temporarily lacked the power to retaliate against Sato.

He might as well annoy him and collect some interest.

"Don't! Please don't!" Chief Qingshui started sweating profusely, almost crying out of desperation. With Zhongshan Akiyu just having died, if Sato Police Chief got irritated by any of Aoyama Xiu Xin's added personal touches, no one would be there to speak for him, "I was wrong, Detective Aoyama."

"Louder! How can you want to remain a policeman speaking so softly?" Aoyama Xiu Xin kept pressing, unrelenting.

Hearing his job being threatened, Chief Qingshui quickly stepped back, bowing deeply to the two men, "Please, Vice Director Fujimoto, Deputy Chief Aoyama, show mercy, don't quibble with me like this."

Seeing the man who had been flaunting power in front of him a few days ago now bowing his head, trembling, Fujimoto Ryosuke felt extremely satisfied.

"Hmph! Try to remember this lesson." Aoyama Xiu Xin scolded with a cold snort, then bypassed him to head upstairs.

Colleagues in the lobby hurried to make way.

Fujimoto Ryosuke quickly followed him, asking softly, "Are you really close with Police Chief Sato?"

From what he saw, that had to be the case, otherwise Aoyama Xiu Xin wouldn't dare to invoke his name to suppress people. Only a close relationship would allow him to do so without offending the man.

"Me and him? It's manageable, it's just to the extent that he wishes I were dead, and I wish the same for him," Aoyama Xiu Xin answered lightly.

"Oh, huh?!" Fujimoto Ryosuke tapped his head twice before regaining his senses and asked in a hushed, widened-eyed tone, "You two have a grudge? And you still dared to bring him up earlier and use his influence to bully people?"

"Yes, it's precisely because we have a grudge that I dared to do it," Aoyama Xiu Xin stated righteously.

Fujimoto Ryosuke opened his mouth but had nothing to say.

The Criminal Investigation Department and the Organized Crime Countermeasures Department were on different floors, and the two men parted ways on the second floor.

"Deputy Chief."

When Aoyama Xiu Xin walked into the office, the officers inside all stopped their work and stood up to greet him.

Thanks to his two commendable actions, as well as the support from Ayumi Asai, his prestige in the firearms division had sharply risen.

He nodded slightly in acknowledgment.

He walked over to his own office desk by the window and sat down.

His bottom had hardly warmed the seat when the door to Ayumi Asai's office at the end of the corridor opened. She stood in the doorway and called out to Aoyama Xiu Xin, "Deputy Chief Aoyama, a murder incident induced by drug intoxication just occurred at North Shinjuku Nishinomiya. The Machine Search team has already subdued the criminal at the scene. Take a couple of people and take over."

"Got it!" Aoyama Xiu Xin stood up and casually selected two men and a woman, "Xingzi, Nakamura, Jing Shang, the three of you come with me to the scene."

"Got it!" The three of them immediately stood up in response, and then hurried out following Aoyama Xiu Xin.

.................

By the time Aoyama Xiu Xin arrived at the scene, the incident from the lobby earlier had quickly spread throughout the whole Shinjuku Police Station. The station director Asai Youki, upon hearing the news, gave a silent laugh and commented, "He really is a reckless and audacious fellow."

But he needed such talents.

Meanwhile, Sato Rich hadn't yet taken any action against Aoyama Xiu Xin, making it difficult for Asai Youki to seize the opportunity to recruit Aoyama Xiu Xin to his camp.

It seemed necessary to stir things up a bit.

Asai Youki pondered for a moment then summoned his secretary, instructing him to leak to Sato Rich's camp the incident of Aoyama Xiu Xin flaunting Sato Rich's name to abuse power.

Given the small size of Tokyo's police community, the secretary was able to quickly get the message to someone close to Sato Rich, who also learned of the situation.

"Idiot! That damned guy!" Sato Rich, livid with rage, his face turning an iron blue, was thoroughly irritated by Aoyama Xiu Xin; he couldn't let this go unchecked anymore.

Otherwise, it would be his reputation at stake.

The person who came to report was Aoyama Xiu Xin's former immediate senior boss, Takahashi Tomoyuki, the Second Department Head of Robbery Investigation Section One. He hastily poured a glass of water for Sato Police Chief and urged, "Police Chief, please calm down; don't upset your health over such a shameless person. You have the entire Investigation Section One on your shoulders!"

"You're right. I really shouldn't be angry about an ant crawling over my foot," Sato Rich said as he took his cup and downed the water in one go, wiping his mouth corners fiercely adding, "But I will crush it outright!"

"Bang!" He placed his cup heavily on the desk, looking towards Takahashi Tomoyuki and said, "The position of head of the criminal investigation department at Shinjuku station is vacant. I'd like you to go and train there, what do you think?"

"Subordinate will follow the arrangements." Takahashi Tomoyuki initially agreed, then expressed his concerns, "Ultimately, Shinjuku Station is still under Police Chief Asai. He won't easily let go of such an important position as the head of the criminal investigation department, will he?"

"I'll get him to agree; don't worry about that," Sato waved his hand dismissively and said with a grimaced and clenched jaw, "Just focus on how you'll help me crush that annoying ant once you get to Shinjuku Station!"

"Got it!" Takahashi Tomoyuki stepped back, bowing ninety degrees, and promised, "Police Chief, rest assured, I will definitely deliver a satisfactory result!"