Chapter 538: Is there another gunman at the scene? First meeting

Hokkaido Police Headquarters.

“Ding~”

The elevator door slowly opened, and a group of uniformed policemen filed out, all with solemn expressions. After walking out of the elevator, they bent down and bowed on both sides. A moment later, Aoyama Hidenobu, who was dressed in a suit and tie, walked out with a serious expression. When he walked to the front, the policemen who had been bowing stood up and followed him.

A group of people walked hurriedly, and the rapid and chaotic footsteps kept echoing in the narrow corridor.

All the police officers stopped and saluted along the way.

When they arrived at the door of an interrogation room, the two policemen guarding outside saluted and pushed open the door. Aoyama Hidenobu strode in. The bruised and swollen Muto Kenji had his hands handcuffed and locked behind the interrogation table.

“Why did you try to assassinate Mayor Miyashita? Is there someone behind you?” Aoyama Hidenobu dragged a chair aside and sat down, asking straight to the point.

To be honest, he had already prepared for Muto Kenji to slip away once a gap appeared in the encirclement, but he never thought that he would go and assassinate Miyashita Hiroki.

He had a good personal relationship with Hirokatsu Miyashita, and an even closer relationship with his beloved daughter Ryoko Miyashita. If Hirokatsu Miyashita died, he would have to deal with a new mayor again, which he did not want to see.

Besides being angry at Muto Kenji, he was now also angry at himself.

We can only pray that Miyashita Guangke’s rescue is successful.

Muto saw that Er’s face was bruised when he was pressed to the ground when he was arrested. His originally handsome face now looked a little embarrassed. He replied with some helplessness and frustration, “I didn’t kill him.”

“Bang!” Aoyama Hidenobu slapped the table so hard that it shook, and shouted, “You have committed so many crimes that you cannot escape death, but now you don’t have the courage to admit what you did? You were caught red-handed when you fired the gun, and you still say it wasn’t you?”

“I did shoot, three times, but I didn’t hit the vital points! There were other people shooting besides me.” Muto Kenji argued.

He then took the initiative to talk about the situation at that time.

At around one o’clock, he sneaked to the vicinity of the hospital and waited for Hiroki Miyashita to arrive. When the reporter approached for an interview, he quietly approached him and fired three shots while he was speaking to the reporter. However, due to his poor accuracy, only one of the three shots hit Hiroki Miyashita’s left shoulder.

When he was about to fire the fourth shot, someone fired before him and hit Gongxia Guangke in the chest. He was stunned and subconsciously looked back to find the gunman’s location, but he only saw a suspicious man running out among the crowd. While he was distracted, he was pinned to the ground by the police.

Seeing that Muto Kenji didn’t seem to be lying, Aoyama Hidenobu turned around and said, “After the hospital takes out the bullet, they will immediately compare it with Muto Kenji’s gun.”

Different pistols fire different bullets.

“Hi!” someone behind me responded.

Aoyama Hidenobu already believed in Muto Kenji.

After all, any one of the things he did was enough to get him killed. Even if he was cleared of the charge of murdering Hiroki Miyashita, he would still be put to death. So there was no need to lie. Now, as someone who saw the face of the other gunman at the time, he had become an important witness.

“What did you see the man who might be the gunman look like?” Aoyama Hidenobu asked in a deep voice.

Someone behind him immediately opened the folder he was carrying and prepared to draw a picture based on Muto Kenji’s description.

Muto Kenji pursed his lips. He also had a grudge against the man who robbed his target and managed to escape, so he was willing to cooperate with the police to arrest him. “He was wearing a black baseball cap, about 23 or 24 years old, with dark skin, a lot of acne on his face, and a conspicuous mole on his left eyebrow.”

“Why did you want to kill Mayor Miyashita?” Aoyama Hidenobu immediately asked about Muto Kenji’s motive for murder.

Since he didn’t kill anyone himself, he couldn’t say the reason he had prepared. Muto Kenji confessed: “Because I knew I couldn’t escape, I thought I’d just kill a big shot to bury with me. That way, at least even if I die, many people will remember me.”

Is it not the same to be infamous for eternity as to be famous for eternity?
“That’s a really pure reason,” Aoyama Hidenobu commented, and then asked, “Then why did they kill so many innocent citizens?”

“I don’t know. Killing people doesn’t necessarily require a reason, right?” Muto frowned and pondered for a moment after seeing Er’s words fall, and added: “If there must be a reason, it is that I have the ability to kill them. In this case, why not kill them?”

“That’s a great reason.” Aoyama Hidenobu smiled and nodded, then stood up and punched him in the face. He instantly saw stars and his nose bled. He shook his hands and said, “Don’t ask why I hit you. I have the ability to hit you. If that’s the case, why not hit you?”

He beat Muto Kenji not because he was angry at him for killing so many innocent Japanese citizens. After all, the fact that he deliberately created a loophole for Muto Kenji to escape in order to plot against Nakayama Junmei proved that he did not care about the lives of those Japanese citizens at all.

The reason why he beat Muto Kenji was purely because he was angry that he almost killed Miyashita Hiroki. No matter how many ordinary citizens died, it would not affect Aoyama Hidenobu’s interests, but he would suffer losses if Miyashita Hiroki died.

“Bah!” Muto Kenji spat out a mouthful of blood and stared at Aoyama Hidenobu viciously. He was obviously unhappy that the same reason was used on himself.

Facing his fierce look, Aoyama Hidenobu sneered and turned to walk out, “Treat him well.”

“Hi!”

“Shinichi, your department is fully responsible for this case. You must catch the gunman as soon as possible.”

“Hi!” Shinichi Nakamura responded solemnly.

As soon as I walked out of the interrogation room, a police inspector came up to me hurriedly, bowed and said, “Minister Aoyama, Superintendent Nakayama and others will be here soon.”

“Oh.” Aoyama Hidenobu originally wanted to visit Miyashita Hirokazu, but he had to change his mind temporarily and chuckled, “Then let’s go together to welcome the director.”

………………………………About seven or eight minutes later, the convoy that went to pick up the passengers at the airport stopped in front of the police headquarters. Yoko Hashimoto, who was in the car with them, got off first, and then went to help Junmei Nakayama.

Zhongshan Runmei motioned for her to move, then got out of the car with a gloomy face, and saw a large group of people coming down the steps of the headquarters office building.

Among these people, there were people wearing police uniforms, people wearing suits, men, women, young and old, but the most eye-catching one was undoubtedly Aoyama Hidenobu, who was walking in the front, wearing a well-fitting silver suit and a smile on his face.

His steps were unhurried, and he exuded a sense of confidence and a sharp edge.

Nakayama Junmei had to admit that Aoyama Hidenobu had a good appearance, and anyone would have a good first impression of him if they didn’t know him.

She knows how important a good appearance is.

“He acts recklessly and looks down on everyone.” Meita narrowed her eyes slightly and muttered to herself.

Aoyama Hidenobu openly walked in front of all his peers and superiors, which clearly showed that he regarded himself as the actual person in power in the Hokkaido Police Headquarters, and he also made no secret of his intention to compete for power with himself.

She originally thought that even if Aoyama Hidenobu wanted to undermine her, he would hide it, at least to confuse herself on the surface. But now he is expressing this intention so openly, which not only shows that he is arrogant, but also shows that he has enough confidence so that he does not need to hide it.

In addition to the fact that his grandfather is Juro Hikokawa, this confidence mainly comes from the support of the Hokkaido police and the tacit approval of local bureaucrats.

The situation was worse than she had expected.

“Director Nakayama, Director Aoyama and all the colleagues in the headquarters are here to greet you. Let’s go in quickly.” Yoshio Ezu came up and said with a smile.

Yoko Hashimoto was full of contempt for his mean face. She glanced at him and said indifferently, “The director is your superior. How can you take the initiative to greet him? Don’t you know the difference between respect and inferiority?”

“You must not be rude, Yoko.” Nakayama Junmei scolded Hashimoto Yoko and said with a smile: “Minister Aoyama and colleagues took the initiative to go out to greet us, so what’s the big deal if I take a few more steps? Let’s go both ways.”

After she finished speaking, she put on a gentle and friendly smile on her face and took the initiative to walk towards the crowd opposite.

Faced with this disastrous start, Nakayama Junmei quickly adjusted his strategy – showing weakness to the enemy.

It is conceivable that after the news is broadcast tomorrow that Muto Mieji escaped from the encirclement and shot Miyashita Hirokatsu because the police were deployed to block the road to welcome her, her authority as the new head of the headquarters will be gone.

In this case, there is no need to maintain any face or authority. Aoyama Hidenobu is too lazy to confuse me, so I will show weakness to confuse him first.

As the saying goes, don’t hit a smiling person. As a boss, I always show weakness. If Aoyama Hidenobu continues to force him and make things difficult for him, it will give people a chance to criticize me.

Therefore, after showing weakness, at least he would not embarrass himself on the surface, and he could also take advantage of this time to get to know the local situation in detail, gain a firm foothold, and wait for Hashimoto Yoko’s beauty trap to take effect before making long-term plans.

“Director Nakayama, you have had a bumpy journey and must have worked hard along the way. On behalf of all the staff of the Hokkaido Police Headquarters, I would like to welcome you to your new position!” As he approached, Aoyama Hidenobu said with a bright smile and stretched out his hand.

According to etiquette, he should bow or salute.

But he was rude.

Zhongshan Jun secretly hated his arrogance, but he didn’t show it on the surface. He smiled kindly and shook his hand, “Thank you, Minister Aoyama, and thank you all colleagues for coming to greet me. I have heard that Minister Aoyama is known as the best detective in the Heisei era. After meeting him today, I can see that he is indeed an extraordinary person.”

“You are too kind, Minister. These are just empty titles that everyone has given me.” Aoyama Hidenobu shook his head modestly and flattered him, “But I am very familiar with your reputation as the Iron Lady! The public security in Hokkaido is not very good this year, so we need someone like you who has a thunderous hand to take charge. I believe that under your leadership, we will definitely wipe out all the evil spirits and give the local people a clear sky.”

“Those were all things that happened when we were young. Now that you’re old, you can’t do that anymore. It all depends on what you young people can do!” Nakayama Runmei smiled bitterly, shook his head and sighed.

“Old? That’s not necessarily true. I think this director is still strong and charming.” Aoyama Hidenobu teased rudely, and then changed the subject and asked, “Are you satisfied with today’s arrangements?”

“Satisfied, very satisfied. I just feel bad that I have troubled so many people because of myself.” When talking about this matter, Zhongshan Runmei gritted her teeth in hatred, but she had to keep smiling.

The adult world is so difficult.

“You are a new official, this is what we should all do.” Aoyama Hidenobu smiled brightly and harmlessly, then pointed at Yamashita Hisato and introduced her: “This is Yamashita Hisato, your future partner. Let him take you to get familiar with the environment and personnel of the headquarters. I have something else to do, so I have to leave first.”

Yamashita Hisato smiled and nodded to Nakayama Junmei.

“Minister Aoyama, please go and do your work. Don’t delay the important work.” Nakayama Junmei nodded, looked at Yamashita Hisato and said, “I’ll trouble Minister Yamashita.”

“It’s just a small favor. We will continue to work together for a long time in the future, so there’s no need to be so polite.” Yamashita Hisato said in a friendly manner.

Aoyama Hidenobu let go of her hand and walked past her with his head held high. He glanced at Hashimoto Yoko in particular. This girl looked even prettier than in the photo.

Her figure is really outstanding. The tight-fitting suit and trousers enhance her body curves gracefully. The round parts are round and the firm parts are firm. She looks like a juicy peach, very tempting.

Yoko Hashimoto felt his gaze. Although she was tasked with seducing him, she kept in mind her future mother-in-law’s instructions and did not rush to take advantage of the opportunity to get close to him. Instead, she gave Aoyama Hidenobu a subtle look.

Aoyama Hidenobu smiled back and strode away.

(End of this chapter)