Chapter 527: Angry Fujimoto Takaei, seizing power
“Hidenobu, what’s going on? Didn’t you say you would put in a good word for me in front of Minister Hikokawa?”

After receiving the notice from the National Public Security Commission, Fujimoto Takaei was shocked and angry. He immediately called Aoyama Hidenobu to his office to question him, well, to question him.

After all, it was because of Aoyama Hidenobu’s promise last night that he had ignored the possible pressure from above, and he didn’t expect to be caught off guard.

“Please calm down, Director.” Aoyama Hidenobu looked unhappy, and he answered awkwardly while bowing, “I didn’t expect this to happen. Last night, Uncle Gan clearly promised me, but when I called him just now, he said that the incidents in Hokkaido were too bad. As the leader, you are to blame. After discussion by the committee, you must be punished.”

“Bakayarō!” Takaei Fujimoto angrily slapped the desk, his fat face wrinkled in anger. He took a deep breath to calm himself down, and waved his hand, “Okay, this has nothing to do with you. After all, your adopted grandfather is not your biological grandfather.”

From the last time Aoyama Hidenobu helped deal with the joint investigation team, he knew that Aoyama Hidenobu’s interests were not consistent with those of the Hikokawa family in some aspects.

Therefore, it was not surprising that Hikokawa Juro first promised Aoyama Hidenobu and then went back on his word. Most likely, he was afraid that Aoyama Hidenobu would tip him off if he told the truth directly.

“Thank you for your understanding, Minister! But I feel really guilty!” Aoyama Hidenobu said with shame on his face, then raised his head, “Minister, you must not go to Tokyo. It is obvious that the higher-ups are afraid of your influence in Hokkaido and want to take this opportunity to take you down. I’m afraid you won’t be able to come back once you go. At worst, we can mobilize all Hokkaido police to go on strike to resist the order of the Public Security Commission.”

Fujimoto Takaei’s face was uncertain. He didn’t want to use this trick unless it was absolutely necessary, because if he openly defied the orders from above, he would become a thorn in the eyes of those above him and would definitely be liquidated in the future.

“No hurry, I’ll go see the governor first and ask him to see if there’s any room for maneuver.” Fujimoto Takaei shook his head, paused for a moment, and then continued, “But you have to be prepared for the worst. Communicate with the others tonight and give them a heads-up in advance to see what everyone thinks.”

If there is really no other way, then you can only use this trick and get through this level first.

He thus gave up the power he had held for many years.

He was really unwilling to do so.

“Hi!” Aoyama Hidenobu bowed solemnly, and then said another piece of news, “By the way, the technical department just successfully found a monitoring device from Minister Kudo’s mobile phone. It is the latest model for police use.”

“It looks like there’s a thief in the family!” Takaei Fujimoto’s eyes flashed with anger when he heard this. He turned around and called his secretary, saying, “We found a bug in Kudo Meixin’s mobile phone. The effective range of this bug is within a hundred meters. Immediately have someone check Meixin’s movements over the past few days to see who’s following her. As long as we find the thief in the family, we might be able to catch the mastermind behind the scenes.”

He never doubted Kudo Haru at all, because in his heart Kudo Haru was an honest man, and his wife had been played with by him for so many years but he didn’t dare to say a word.

If I really had the guts, I would have done it long ago.

Why should we endure so many years of hardship?

“Director, I will go down first.”

Aoyama Hidenobu arrived at the floor where his office was located and ran into Kudo Yuan, “Section Chief Kudo.”

“Minister Aoyama!” Section Chief Kudo was stunned for a moment when he saw Aoyama Hidenobu, then he quickly bowed and greeted him.

Aoyama Hidenobu said gently, “I’m sorry about what happened to Director Kudo. Section Chief Kudo, don’t worry too much about it. I won’t ignore her.”

“Hi! Thank you Minister Aoyama for your comfort. Now that things have come to this, I am mentally prepared to accept any outcome.” Kudo Haru looked sad.

Aoyama Hidenobu patted his shoulder and said meaningfully, “But Section Chief Kudo, who on earth could have installed a wiretap device when Minister Kudo was completely unprepared? I think it must be someone very close to her.”

“Yes… yes!” Kudo Yuan’s heart palpitated when he heard this. He was a little nervous. He subconsciously clenched his fists and said stutteringly: “But Mei Xin’s social circle is quite wide. She often stays out all night. To be honest, I don’t know who she is close to.”

“That’s troublesome.” Aoyama Hidenobu shook his head pretentiously, but then he smiled and said, “But it’s not that there is no way. The effective range of this monitoring device is within a hundred meters. We just need to check Minister Kudo’s recent movements to see who is following her. I have already asked someone to check. It’s just a matter of watching a few fixed-time surveillances. I think there will be results soon.”

Kudo Yuan’s face suddenly changed, the hairs on his body stood up, and he felt like he was falling into an icy cave.

He had never thought of this when he was tracking and wiretapping, because initially he just wanted to get more secrets of Kudo Misaki through wiretapping, and never thought that he would directly hear evidence that could send him to prison.

Aoyama Hidenobu took in all the changes in his expression and sighed in his heart. He was indeed an honest man who couldn’t even manage the most basic emotions.

In other words, Fujimoto Takaei did not doubt him due to the stereotypes and arrogance of the past years. Otherwise, he would have only needed to call him in front of him to try, and Kudo Yuan would have been exposed.

He patted Kudo Yuan’s shoulder and whispered in his ear: “If I were the one who installed the bug, I would run away right now. If it were you, Section Chief Kudo, what would you do?”

After he finished speaking, he stepped back and kept some distance.

He looked at Kudo Yuan with a half-smile on his face.

Kudo Yuan was sweating profusely and stood there with a dazed look on his face. He felt that Aoyama Hidenobu knew everything.

Aoyama Hidenobu patted him on the shoulder and left.

Kudo Tou was also a poor man. Fujimoto Takayoshi was about to abdicate, and Aoyama Hidenobu didn’t mind saving his life and protecting him from harm.

It took him a long time to come back to his senses. Kudo Yuan turned around and looked at Aoyama Hidenobu’s back with a complicated look in his eyes.

He didn’t understand why Aoyama Hidenobu helped him.

But he kept this kindness in his heart.

Then he hurried back to his office, packed up his things and prepared to run away. Given Fujimoto Takaei’s ruthlessness, he would definitely kill him if he was found to have done it.

Just as Aoyama Hidenobu said, it was really simple to watch a few surveillance videos taken at fixed times and locations, and Fujimoto Takaei learned the identity of the stalker in the afternoon.

It turned out to be the coward Kudo Yuan!

He felt unbelievable at first, but then he was furious, angry at Kudo Yuan’s audacity and also angry at his own misjudgment.

He immediately ordered people to capture Kudo Yuan, and when he learned that Kudo Yuan was gone, he almost went crazy and roared, “Find him for me! I’m going to tear this guy’s tendons and bones apart and grind his bones to dust!”

Kudo Misaki, who had already been imprisoned, also learned the news soon. She was also in disbelief. “Kudo Yuan… How dare he? How could he do that… How… Ah! Ah!”

Kudo Mishin collapsed, screaming hysterically, with disheveled hair, like a demon. Her heart was filled with resentment and unwillingness. She never dreamed that she would fall into the hands of a coward like Kudo Yuan.

When he first got together with Fujimoto Takaei, he was too weak to stop them. Why did he have to wait until he became successful before destroying everything for him?

After venting her heart-wrenching anger, she fell to the ground, hugged her legs and cried, staring blankly at the front. At this moment, she suddenly accepted her fate. She succeeded because she used Kudo Yu as a springboard, and now she failed because of him.

Is it true that everything is destined by God?

………………………………

What happened in the past two days has made the police headquarters overwhelmed and panic-stricken. Everyone wants to find an opportunity to get together and discuss things, so in response to Aoyama Hidenobu’s invitation, everyone arrived on time tonight.

Aoyama Hidenobu was the last to arrive because he had just met with the eight-member organ transplant team.

He arranged for both parties to meet at the same place, but in different private rooms and at different times.

“Minister Aoyama.”

“Minister Aoyama.”

Seeing Aoyama Hidenobu coming in, all the leaders of the police headquarters stood up and greeted him.

“Please take a seat, everyone.” Aoyama Hidenobu raised his hand.

Everyone then took their seats.

As the organizer, Aoyama Hidenobu sat in the top seat as usual.

He slowly scanned the ministers and section chiefs present and said in a deep voice, “I know that what happened in the past two days must have made you feel uneasy. I understand this very well, because according to the information I got from Tokyo, the members of the National Public Security Commission are well aware of the last time our Hokkaido police resisted the joint investigation team. This time, they are determined to take the opportunity to transfer the minister out of Hokkaido and then slowly clean up the entire Hokkaido police system.”

When they suddenly heard the news, everyone was immediately panicked, shocked and angry, and started talking about it.

“Ah! This… What should I do?”

“Minister Qingshan, what does this minister say?”

“They are trying to make us leaderless first, and then slowly settle accounts with us one by one. We can’t just sit there and wait for death, otherwise we will become lambs to be slaughtered.”

“Quiet! Everyone, be quiet!” Aoyama Hidenobu raised his hand, and after the noise died down, he said calmly, “This director’s intention is to delay it first. If the higher-ups insist on transferring him, then we should unite and strike and petition, demanding that the higher-ups revoke their decision.”

As soon as he said this, the meeting place, which had been bustling just a moment ago, suddenly became quiet. Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, and no one expressed their opinion immediately.

After all, it’s like going against your superiors so directly.

Too radical and too risky for them.

“Minister Aoyama, what do you think?” Someone broke the silence and asked Aoyama Hidenobu what he thought.

The others reacted immediately and looked at Aoyama Hidenobu in unison. Yes, Aoyama Hidenobu had a background and knew a lot of inside information, so if they followed his decisions, nothing would happen to him and no one would be in trouble either.

Aoyama Hidenobu hesitated for a moment and said, “To be honest, I have a bright future, and the Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission is my godfather. I can’t openly confront him for Minister Fujimoto.”

“I also don’t want to see you, who have worked with me for half a year and are as close as brothers, being kidnapped by Fujimoto Takaei and sinking with him, ruining your future! So I asked Grandpa Gan for a promise. As long as I convince everyone not to stand on Fujimoto Takaei’s side, the Public Security Committee will only deal with Fujimoto Takaei and will not hold anyone else accountable. You can consider this matter.”

Wow! The venue suddenly exploded again.

“This… this makes us betray the Minister?”

“Isn’t that a bad idea? After all, I know a lot of shameful secrets.”

“Is this promise credible? Is it just a delaying tactic, and will they settle accounts with us later?”

Everyone was talking at once, but in the final analysis, what they were most concerned about was not betraying Fujimoto Takaei, but the worry that their superiors would go back on their word and not keep their promise, and that they would have to pay a heavy price for betraying him.

This is not to say that they have no loyalty to Fujimoto Takaei, but they are not as loyal as Fujino Norihiro and the other two. Moreover, the blessings they enjoy are not as great as those of the other three.

Pretending to obey orders while secretly resisting an investigation and going on strike openly to defy orders from superiors are completely different concepts.

The latter is absolutely intolerable to the higher-ups.

“Everyone, rest assured. If everyone really goes on strike and petitions, or even puts up a more intense resistance, the National Public Security Committee is likely to back off. So the higher-ups are afraid of causing such an ugly scene that could get out of control, so they agreed to my request. I guarantee this with my personal reputation!”

“As for the minister’s revenge, haha, everyone don’t have to worry about it. He is a smart man. When he realizes that things are hopeless, he will just accept his fate. After all, this way he can at least retain the last bit of dignity. What’s more, he has a family, so he has to consider his family!”

Faced with everyone’s doubts, Aoyama Hidenobu made a solemn assurance, looking confident.

Looking at his confidence, the people below suddenly realized that it could be that Aoyama Hidenobu was responsible for the accident involving Kudo Misaki, Fujino Norihiro and the others?

All in all.

Everyone who realized it later gasped.

Damn! This guy wants to seize power himself!
(End of this chapter)