Chapter 20 The reason for the murder, the identity of the deceased (asking for a monthly ticket!) A cordon has been set up on the street in front of a game hall in Kita-Shinjuku 2-chome, Shinjuku Ward. Police from the local police station are maintaining order. Before 1994, the grassroots police agency in Japanese cities was called police stations, which were later renamed Kobansho. A body lay in a pool of blood inside the cordon. Several plainclothes policemen were investigating the scene and collecting evidence. A thin young man in his early twenties with bloodstains on his shirt was handcuffed on the door of a police car nearby. Accompanied by the shrill sound of sirens, a police car with a Shinjuku Police Station license plate braked suddenly to a stop outside the crowd. Then the door opened, and Aoyama Hidenobu got out of the car with three subordinates and walked towards the crowd. "Police, please make way, please make way." Nakamura and Inoue led the way, squeezed to the front and lifted the cordon to let Aoyama Hidenobu pass first. A plainclothes police officer who was conducting an on-site investigation walked up to Aoyama Hidenobu, saluted, and said, "I am the Second Machine Search, Captain of Team 204, Watanabe Toshikazu." The Second Mobile Search Team, the full name of the Metropolitan Police Department's Second Mobile Search Team, is mainly responsible for daily patrols, nearby support, on-site investigations and other tasks in the western area of Kyoto.
The Japanese police have a very detailed division of labor. Unless there is a request from the relevant departments, the machine search will only conduct on-site investigations. After the personnel in charge of the case arrive, they will hand over the investigation results and will not be deeply involved in the entire case. "Hello, Captain Watanabe." Aoyama Hidenobu returned the greeting first, then said, "I am Aoyama Hidenobu, the deputy chief of the Firearms and Ammunition Department of the Organized Crime Countermeasures Division of the Shinjuku Police Department. I am sorry to bother you. What is going on?" "So it's Detective Aoyama. I've heard of your name for a long time." Watanabe Zhihe stood in awe. He expressed his admiration first, and then got down to business. "After a preliminary investigation at the scene, the deceased was named Jiro Noguchi. According to the owner of the game hall, he was a member of the violent gang Noguchi-kai. The cause of death was a fruit knife piercing his heart. He was stabbed seven times and died on the spot." Hearing the words "Noguchi-kai", Aoyama Hidenori raised his eyebrows subconsciously. He had been hearing about this violent group a lot recently. They were too active in Shinjuku. Watanabe Toshikazu paused after seeing his expression change. Seeing that he didn't say anything, he pointed at the young man handcuffed to the car door and said, "The murderer is that guy, his name is Takizawa Akira, he is an employee of this game hall. The reason for the murder is unknown, but this guy obviously just smoked before committing the crime, so I notified you." Aoyama Hidenobu looked in the direction of his finger. Takizawa Akira's eyes were dull, his pale face twitched from time to time, and he drooled, like a fool. "He was high on drugs and didn't run away after killing the person. The owner of the game hall called 110," added Watanabe Toshikazu. Well, the emergency number in Japan is also 110. Aoyama Hidenobu nodded, took his eyes off Takizawa Akira, and thanked Watanabe, "Thank you very much. Please leave this to us." "Hi." Watanabe Toshikazu lowered his head slightly, turned around and said to his three men, "Okay, hand these evidences over to our colleagues at the Shinjuku Police Station, and we'll leave." For many young people who dream of becoming a police officer, being assigned to machine search is a nightmare, because they will never have the opportunity to participate deeply in case detection and can only work outside. What a torture it is. "Nakamura." Aoyama Hidenobu called out. Nakamura, who was over 40 and had gray hair on his temples, stepped forward quickly and asked, "Vice Minister, what can I do for you?" "You go with the police to send the body for autopsy." Aoyama Hidenobu ordered him, then looked at Inoue and Sachiko, "Inoue, you take statements from the owner and customers of the game hall. Sachiko, bring the murderer back to the police station with me. Everyone will act separately." "Hi!" the three responded in unison. .............................. When he returned to the interrogation room of the police station, Takizawa Akira had already woken up. He found himself handcuffed to the interrogation chair, his face turned pale and his body was shaking. "It seems that you are not completely unconscious after taking the drug, and you still remember that you killed someone." Aoyama Hidenobu said calmly after noticing the change in his expression. Takizawa Akira pursed his lips and said nothing.
Aoyama Hidenobu crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair, "Tell me why you killed Okida Hiro. Tell me the truth once you get here." "He deserves to die!" Takizawa Akira whispered. Aoyama Hidenobu didn't hear clearly, "What?" "I say he deserves to die!" Takizawa Akira suddenly became agitated, struggling to get up, his body banging against the table, veins popping out on his neck as he roared, "He deserves to die! Damn it! He's the one who made me like this! He's the one who destroyed my family!" "He deserves to die, wuwuwu, damn it..." After yelling, his mood suddenly changed and he burst into tears, banging his head on the table, repeating the three words "He deserves to die" over and over again. "What a coincidence, I also think he deserves to die." Aoyama Hidenobu suddenly said something in agreement with the other party. Takizawa Akira suddenly raised his head and looked at him. There was shock and a hint of confusion in his eyes. "I think he deserves to die because of his membership in a gang." Aoyama Hidenobu added, and then asked, "What about you? Why do you think he deserves to die? There must be a reason." Takizawa Akira was silent for a moment, lowered his head with a look of pain on his face, and then began to explain the reason. His parents died early, and he had been dependent on his sister since childhood. His sister sold sushi to support his schooling. One time, by chance, Jiro Noguchi fell in love with his sister when he went to a sushi restaurant to collect protection money. In order to get his sister, he drugged her and injected her with addictive drugs. From then on, his sister became addicted to drugs and became Jiro Noguchi's plaything. She tried to quit several times but failed. After getting tired of it, Jiro Noguchi sent his sister to a club to serve drinks and entertain customers to earn money to pay for the drugs. Takizawa Akira was heartbroken to see his once sunny sister become like this. In order to successfully help his sister quit drugs, he secretly took the drugs that his sister hid at home and prepared to accompany his sister to quit drugs. This is to strengthen my sister's determination to quit taking drugs. But he underestimated the power of drugs, which can quickly turn a god into a ghost. After he became addicted to drugs, not only could he not quit, he just wished he could eat them for meals every day. He was in a daze, neither human nor ghost. When the elder sister saw her brother become like this, she felt that it was all her own fault. Blaming herself, she left a suicide note at home this morning and hanged herself. When Takizawa Akira returned home and saw his sister's body hanging on the beam, he was in great pain. He took all the drugs in the house to give himself courage, then asked Jiro Noguchi to go to the game hall to discuss the details on the pretext of buying a large amount of drugs at one time, and finally killed him with a fruit knife. "Do you think he deserves to die?" Takizawa Mingcheng smiled miserably after he finished speaking, buried his head on the table and choked up, "I deserve to die too, I killed my sister." "It's so abominable!" Sachiko, who was taking the statement, had red eyes and said viciously while gritting her teeth. She is not tall and has a slightly round face, a typical lolita beauty. She is actually a bit cute when she is angry. Aoyama Hidenobu didn't show any emotional fluctuations. "The case is simple and clear, revenge killing." Aoyama Hidenobu came to the conclusion first, but then changed the subject, "However, considering that you took a lot of drugs before committing the crime, if you are willing to change your confession and say that you were unconscious at the time, you may be able to get a reduced sentence." "Why... do you want to help me?" Takizawa Mingcheng raised his head, pursed his lips and asked softly. Aoyama Hidenobu could not deny it. "You are just a little stupid, but not bad. The bad one is Jiro Noguchi. I am not interested in helping a damned person to get justice. Yes, that's right. I have no professional ethics." "You are only 20 years old this year. You can still have a lot of potential after serving a dozen or twenty years in prison. You can also quit your drug addiction and start a new life in prison." As a time traveler, he has neither the obligation nor the awareness to uphold Japan's legal justice. As long as he is not caught, he can handle the case however he wants. There were little stars twinkling in Sachiko's eyes as she looked up at Aoyama Hidenobu with admiration. She felt that although Vice Minister Aoyama lacked professional ethics, he was really handsome! "Thank you." Takizawa Akira burst into tears.
"Knock knock knock." Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Aoyama Hidenobu shouted, “Come in.” "Deputy Minister, we have collected the statements from the arcade owner and several witnesses." Inoue walked in with a stack of documents and added, "There is another piece of information. I don't know if it is useful. Noguchi Jiro is the younger brother of Noguchi Matsuo, the president of the Noguchi Society." Aoyama Hidenobu's originally nonchalant look suddenly changed, and his body sat up straight. (End of this chapter)