Chapter 5 Some people really want to improve (ask for monthly votes) Asai Aya looked at Aoyama Hidenobu and said, "Speak." "The gun has been lost for three days. Why was the person who lost the gun suspended only today?" asked Aoyama Hidenobu. According to relevant Japanese laws, most police officers must carry guns when on duty, but they are only allowed to load five bullets and no spare bullets. Unless there are special circumstances, guns must be returned when you leave work and are not allowed to be taken home. So if a gun is lost, the gun storage room will find it immediately, and the person who lost the gun will be held accountable immediately. How could it take three days? There is obviously something else going on here. After hearing Qingshan's doubts, Asai Aya was silent for a moment before answering, "Yamamoto Hiroshi, who lost the gun, belongs to the Criminal Investigation Department and has made many contributions. Criminal Section Chief Nakayama, who protects his subordinates, came forward to communicate with the people in the gun management room and protected him. He originally thought that as long as the gun was found as soon as possible, everything would be fine." "But he didn't expect that the gun killed someone, so he couldn't cover up the fact that he lost the gun." As soon as Asai Aya finished speaking, the young man on her right sneered and took over the conversation, complaining in a sarcastic tone, "Now Section Chief Nakayama is known to everyone as a good boss who is willing to protect his subordinates, but he wants us to clean up the mess." Aoyama Hidenobu glanced at him. The man was about 30 years old, about meters tall, with regular features. His name was Fujimoto Ryoichi, and he was the deputy director of the Gunnery Department.

From what I remember, this person seemed to be pursuing Asai Aya. "Okay, Director Fujimoto, hasn't Section Chief Nakayama been suspended for this? His matter is not within the scope of our discussion." Although Asai Aya did not agree with Nakayama's shielding, she felt guilty about shielding Aoyama Hidenobu and did not want to discuss this topic. "Any other questions?" No one spoke, and Fujimoto didn't say anything either. After all, if Nakayama hadn't been suspended and was about to be dealt with, he wouldn't dare to complain publicly. "This is the basic information of the deceased. Someone come and distribute it so that everyone can take a look." Asai Aya casually handed the stack of documents in front of her to someone next to her. Aoyama Hidenobu soon got a copy as well. The deceased was named Nohara Atsushi, male, 35 years old, living at 1-5-6 Kita-Shinjuku, married, and owned a financial company under his name, which was actually a loan shark. Although the bubble economy has burst, many Japanese have not yet changed their high consumption habits formed in previous years. In addition, the soaring unemployment rate has caused many people to rely on borrowing to make a living. Therefore, various loan companies have sprung up like mushrooms after rain in recent years. Japan is also the first country in Asia to introduce consumer credit. Before 2000, the interest rate of formal consumer loans could be as high as 30%, and usury was even higher, so the past few years have been a carnival period for various lending companies. Of course, the result is that thousands of people commit suicide every year because they cannot repay their debts. In a sense, the anti-Japanese effect of lending companies is very significant. "If there are no other questions, then except for those who have important cases to follow up, the rest of the personnel will be divided into two groups. Chief Fujimoto will be in charge of the first group to investigate the surveillance around the crime scene and interview the people around to find witnesses. I will lead the second group to investigate the interpersonal relationships of the deceased and inquire about Yamamoto Hiroshi." Asai Aya glanced at Aoyama Hidenobu, and then said to Fujimoto Ryoichi: "Chief Fujimoto has a heavy task, so all the manpower will be assigned to you. Detective Aoyama can just follow me." Although Shinjuku Police Station is now the largest police station in Japan, its police force is actually quite tight. "Hi!" Everyone responded at the same time, lowering their heads. Asai Aya stood up and bowed to everyone, then raised her voice and said, "I'm leaving everything up to you all. Please work hard and solve this case as soon as possible." "Hi!" everyone responded again. Asai Aya left first, followed by Aoyama Hidenobu. Only then did the others look up. Looking at Aoyama Hidenobu's back, everyone's eyes were filled with envy, knowing that this guy was now a favorite in the eyes of his superiors. In addition, he came from a rare professional group, so one could imagine that he had a bright future. "Detective Aoyama is indeed an elite in the professional group. Even if he is in a shallow position for a while, he will soar to the sky if he is given a chance." "Yes, with the attention of the police chief, he may be able to resume his position and return to the Metropolitan Police Department soon." Only Fujimoto Ryoichi had a gloomy look, the knuckles of his clenched fists were slightly white, and he stared at Aoyama Hidenobu's tall and straight back, finding him extremely annoying. He was not from a professional group, and he became the inspection chief at the age of 30 by working hard and trying every possible way to curry favor with his superiors, but it was extremely difficult to go further.

After all, the ceiling for those who come from the non-professional group is there. They are destined to run errands on the front line all their lives. The best they can do is to get the treatment of a police captain when they retire. But Fujimoto Ryoichi was ambitious. He was not willing to accept this and wanted to make progress. The sudden arrival of Asai Aya half a year ago gave him hope for advancement. That is to pursue Asai Aya, marry into the Asai family and change his surname to Asai. As long as it succeeds, he will have the opportunity to break the ceiling of his non-professional group background with the support of the Asai family, or take other paths to enter politics. However, there has been no progress in his strategy to conquer Asai Aya, and now a guy like Aoyama Hidenobu shows up out of nowhere and makes Asai Aya look at him differently, making him feel a sense of crisis that his gigolo may be snatched away. At the same time, he was also jealous and disgusted with people like Aoyama Hidenobu who came from a professional group, because he was not. Just because he is not in the professional group, he cannot become a leader no matter how hard he works or how outstanding he is; and even if Aoyama Hidenobu is demoted, he can make a comeback because of his status in the professional group. Is this fair? "Bang!" Fujimoto Ryoichi slammed the table hard with both hands, leaned forward with a violent look in his eyes. This world is full of injustice! The rest of the people were shocked. "Deputy Minister...Deputy Minister...are you...ok?" "Huh!" Fujimoto Ryoichi came back to his senses and realized that he had lost his composure. He took a deep breath and his face returned to normal. He said in a deep voice: "The guy who used the police gun to kill people is really hateful. He must be arrested as soon as possible. I hope you will work together. I will buy everyone a drink after the case is closed." "Hi!" .............................. "Drive, let's go to Yamamoto Hiroshi's house first." Walking out of the office building and coming to a red BMW sedan, Asai Aya threw the keys to Aoyama. "Hi." In public, Aoyama Hidenobu still respected his superiors. After taking the keys, he opened the back door for her. After she got in, he closed the door, sat in the driver's seat, started the car and drove out of the police station. The vehicle drove smoothly, and Asai Aya praised, "Aoyama-kun's driving skills are very good." "Many women say that." Aoyama Hidenobu responded reservedly. Of course he was a good driver and drove fast and steadily. Asai Aya has always been a person of limited knowledge and did not understand his implication. She turned to the main topic, "What do you think of this case?" "Due to Nohara Atsushi's identity, he may have died in a debt dispute, or in a vendetta. Of course, he may have died in a struggle for interests." Aoyama Hidenobu gave his opinion while driving. All lending companies are involved in organized crime without exception. Even many banks secretly transfer uncollectible debts to organized crime groups for collection. Nohara Atsushi's company is certainly not immune from being involved with organized crime groups. So there are many possibilities for his death, and there are also many possibilities for the whereabouts of the gun. It is difficult to recover the gun and catch the murderer. (End of this chapter)