In Tokyo, a criminal

Chapter 308: Small accident, online attack, something unusual
Time flies and a few days pass in the blink of an eye.

October 10th, sunny, cool autumn weather.

"Good morning, sister-in-law."

In the morning, Aoyama Hidenobu walked downstairs lazily.

"Good morning, Hidenobu. The weather is very nice today." Haruko Aoyama looked back and smiled, then turned around and continued to work.

"Yes, very good." Aoyama Hidenobu stared at her graceful figure and answered absent-mindedly.

Aoyama Haruko had long been accustomed to the fiery gazes from behind her, and asked without turning her head: "Which season do you like better, spring, summer, autumn or winter?"

"Autumn." Aoyama Hidenobu walked up to her and emphasized, "I like your autumn with wind and sun."

"The sunny and windy autumn is indeed the most comfortable time of the year." Haruko Aoyama nodded in agreement.

Aoyama Hidenobu curled the corners of his mouth and did not explain.

After breakfast he went to work at the Metropolitan Police Department.

When he parked his car in the Metropolitan Police Department parking lot, he suddenly felt the car body shake and the rear end of the car was hit by someone.

Aoyama Hidenobu looked in the rearview mirror and saw that the car on his right had turned the steering wheel too far when parking, causing the rear end of the car to hit the rear end of his car.

"Baga! You bastard, do you know how to drive?"

He turned off the engine and got out of the car to inspect the damage.

"I'm sorry, Inspector Aoyama. I'm so sorry. I was distracted just now. I will fix it for you and compensate you for all your losses."

A young man wearing a gray suit, estimated to be about thirty years old, with an ordinary appearance, got out of the car next to him and bowed to Aoyama Hidenobu and apologized repeatedly.

"Forget it, it's okay. Just be more careful next time." Seeing that the damage was not too serious and the other party's attitude was so sincere, Aoyama Hidenobu's anger subsided a little and he was not prepared to argue with him.

"Ah!" The young man looked up at Aoyama Hidenobu in surprise and joy, but then said excitedly, "How can this be? It was clearly my fault, how can I let you bear the loss by yourself? Please give me a chance to apologize, please!"

"I said no need, don't you understand?" Aoyama Hidenobu frowned impatiently, then ignored the man, locked the car door and walked towards the office building.

The young man quickly caught up with him, chattering all the way, "Officer Qingshan, I never shirk my responsibilities. How about I help you fix your car? Or is there anything I can help with? I'll treat you to a meal?"

Aoyama Hidenobu stopped, turned around and stared at the young man in front of him who was a few years older than him with a cold expression.

"You want to get close to me? Or try to please me? You don't have to do that. It will only annoy me."

After saying that, he turned and left without looking back.

He now even suspected that the man had deliberately turned the steering wheel to hit his car in order to strike up a conversation with him and have a chance to establish contact with him.

It's not that he is narcissistic, but now there are so many police officers who want to curry favor with him, and they all want to be seen by him.

The young man stood there in a daze for a moment, then quickly ran to Aoyama Hidenobu, stopped him and bowed.

"Inspector Aoyama, you misunderstood. That's absolutely not my intention. Besides, I'm not from the Metropolitan Police Department. I'm just here to do some business. Here's my business card. Please accept it. I owe you for what I did today."

He handed over his business card with both hands respectfully, his expression was very serious and his tone of voice was also very earnest.

This made Aoyama Hidenobu wonder if he was judging others by his own standards, but he didn't care about the other party's purpose at all. He just wanted to get rid of the entanglement as soon as possible, so he took the business card in his hand.

"Goodbye, I'm sorry to bother the police!"

The young man bowed again and turned to leave.

Aoyama Hidenobu looked down at the business card: Edogawa Jinshu, Chief of the Gunnery Department of the Chuo District Police Department.

It turns out that he is not from the Metropolitan Police Department.

He threw the business card into the trash can.

Then he stepped into the elevator and forgot about this person, a minor character not worth remembering.

"Inspector, Shimura Ao just arrived."

As soon as he got out of the elevator, he ran into Shinichi Nakamura, who walked quickly up to him and reported.

"Let Vice Minister Asai handle it. I have a meeting in the Cyber ​​Security Department." Aoyama Hidenobu said, looking at his watch.

Since the focus has been shifted to the Cyber ​​Security Division, it has been shifted there. Asai Aya will be in charge of all matters related to the Investigation Division, unless they are particularly serious cases.

Shinichi Nakamura bowed and responded, "Hi!"

Aoyama Hidenobu walked into the Cyber ​​Security Division meeting room. At this time, the deputy director, the heads of the three departments, and the deputy directors, a total of seven people, were already in place. When they saw him come in, they all stood up and saluted, bowed and shouted, "Good morning, Superintendent!"

"Good morning, please take a seat." Aoyama Hidenobu nodded slightly in greeting, then took the first seat in the main seat.

The others followed suit and sat down.

Aoyama Hidenobu said: "I want to hear about the work results and work arrangements of your various departments."

Then the three department heads stood up and spoke one by one.

The meeting process is not detailed.

After the meeting was adjourned, Aoyama Hidenobu left first.

Asakura Yourong hesitated for a moment, then mustered up the courage to quickly chase after him, "Inspector, I have something to report."

"Let's go to the office." said Aoyama Hidenobu.

Watching the two people leave one after another, Kimura Hezhen was jealous beyond recognition and his face was full of gloom.

After arriving at the office, Asakura Yurong stood in front of Aoyama Hidenobu with a stiff face and said, "Superintendent, some of my subordinates have noticed that there have been a lot of posts criticizing you on various BBSs in the past two days, making up all kinds of rumors to attack you. Do you think we should deal with it?"

"What rumors are they?" Aoyama Hidenobu asked. Asakura Yurong pursed her red lips, "They say you are corrupt, you took bribes, you were just a bunch of idiots, and you molested your female subordinates."

She felt that the last one was not a rumor.

Because she has experienced it herself.

"Contact the creator of the BBS and have him delete all the posts that stigmatize me. At the same time, check what's going on." Aoyama Hidenobu said with a frown.

How come some people are attacking him online now? This is unscientific. He hasn't even taken off the mask of disguise and exposed his true face as a dictator and tyrant.

After all, the transformation from subject to ruler has not yet been completed.

Asakura Yurong bowed and replied, "Hi!"

"Now that we've finished our business, Inspector Asakura, come here and let me see you." Aoyama Hidenobu waved his hand.

Asakura Yurong's face suddenly turned red, and he took two steps back in shame and anger. His heavy conscience also trembled twice, "Inspector, please respect yourself."

"Inspector Asakura, have you forgotten what you did last time so quickly? Aren't you afraid that I will expose your dirty side to the public?" Aoyama Hidenobu threatened.

Asakura Yurong was annoyed when he heard this. Thinking back to the unique fishy smell, he wanted to vomit. He stared at him angrily and said, "You don't have any evidence at all!"

Last time she was so panicked that she didn't react and was tricked into being bitten by the other party. This was the first time for her mouth and she has always felt a bitch about it.

"Oh, you've finally learned to be smart." Aoyama Hidenobu looked at her in surprise and said with a grin.

"Hmph!" Asakura Yourong bit her red lips, stomped her feet angrily, turned around and walked out.

"Every time you eat a chicken, you learn a lesson!" Aoyama Hidenobu muttered to himself, stretched his body and went out. He was not following Asakura Yuto, but going to investigate.

After a moment, he pushed open the door of Asai Aya's office and walked in. "What is Shimura Ao doing here? To urge the progress of the investigation? Didn't he give a week?"

"He's trying to speed up the investigation and also wants to get his wife's body back. He says he wants her to be buried as soon as possible." Asai Aya explained without raising her head.

"This is not right." Aoyama Hidenobu frowned and said to himself, "It's ten or even nine out of ten not right."

Given that Shimura Ao had shown in the past few days that he would not give up until the murderer was caught, it is impossible for him to be in a hurry to bury his deceased wife before the case is closed.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Could it be that he really hired someone to kill his wife?

But this doesn't make sense. They have been sleeping in the same bed for decades, so there must be feelings between them. Even if he wanted to kill his wife, there was no need to use such a bloody and cruel method, and he even waited for several days before asking for the body.

Why not take the body back as soon as possible?
Aoyama Hidenobu pondered for a moment, walked to Asai Aya's desk, picked up the phone and called Shinichi Nakamura.

"Come to Vice Minister Asai's office."

"Hi!"

A few minutes later, there was a knock on the door.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Come in." Aoyama Hidenobu blurted out.

Shinichi Nakamura pushed the door open and bowed to each of them, "Inspector, you are looking for me."

"Have any findings been made so far in the case of the murder of Shimura Ao's wife?" asked Aoyama Hidenobu.

Shinichi Nakamura shook his head. "No, I checked her social circle and didn't find anyone suspicious. But the inspector was right about one thing. She was indeed asked out that night because her last call number was a pay phone."

"The other party used a public phone, which shows that he asked her out just to kill her and hide his identity."

"In addition, we checked with Shimura Ao. Both the deceased's relatives and their mutual friends and classmates said that they had a very good relationship and almost never quarreled. Even though his wife was infertile, Shimura Ao treated her the same way for decades and never blamed her."

The case has reached a complete stalemate here.

"Shimura Ao and his wife don't have children?" Aoyama Hidenobu caught this point and said firmly, "That's not right. This makes Shimura Ao even more suspicious. There must be something about him that you haven't found. You have to keep an eye on him."

"Please explain this to me, Officer." Shinichi Nakamura bowed.

A look of doubt also appeared on Asai Aya's face.

Aoyama Hidenobu analyzed, "Shimura Ao is already over 50 years old, and he has achieved great success as a Shinjuku Ward council member. The connections and money he has accumulated from this position are enough for him to enjoy a comfortable retirement after retirement."

"But look at how energetic he is. He is just about to have the word 'want to make progress' engraved on his forehead. He is old and has no children. Why would he be so scheming? Even if he accumulates a huge fortune, he has no children to inherit it!"

"He and his wife have no children, but he is so ambitious at his age. What is the source of his struggle? I suspect he has an illegitimate child, but he is hiding it very secretly."

His good brother is very experienced in this regard.

"You are too one-sided." Asai Aya disagreed and said, "What if it is because he has no children that he focuses on work and wants to realize his political ambitions?"

"Yes, the premise of this is that he must have political ambitions." Aoyama Hidenobu showed a mocking smile: "Based on the slogans he shouted, I believe it is easy to tell whether he is a person with political ideals or a speculator who wants to gain money and power."

It is easy for insiders like them to distinguish between people with political ambitions and speculators who are only interested in making money and power. Only ignorant people will be fooled.

"Hey! The superintendent's words really gave me a lot of gains. My mind has suddenly opened up. Next, I will focus on investigating him!" Shinichi Nakamura said firmly.

Aoyama Hidenobu nodded and said, "Go ahead."

"Hi!" Shinichi Nakamura turned and left.

Aoyama Hidenobu's speculation was right but also wrong.

It was indeed not Shimura Ao who killed the person, and he was indeed unaware of it, so he was extremely sad at the beginning and really wanted to catch the murderer, but things changed last night, and his attitude changed accordingly.

(End of this chapter)