In Tokyo, a criminal

Chapter 514: It is difficult to guard against thieves at home, and fire dragons have been burning warehouses since ancient times (asking for monthly tickets)
Hattori Satoshi could not be contacted from morning till night, and his colleagues in the Chief of Staff also said that they had not seen him all day and his car had been in the garage without moving.

There are so many unreasonable situations.

This immediately made Ueda Hikotoshi's alarm bells ring.

I immediately called Aoyama Hidenobu and said in a deep voice, "Aoyama-kun, please check the station and airport immediately to see if there is any record of Hattori Sasa traveling. I couldn't contact him all day today."

"What Ueda-kun means is..." Aoyama Hidenobu immediately understood, let go of his sister-in-law and walked towards the backyard.

Ueda Hikotoshi took a deep breath, and his hand holding the receiver became tighter. "Common sense suggests that he shouldn't be so unwise, but once people are controlled by anger, they lose their rationality. It's better to be safe than sorry."

From a normal person's perspective, Hattori Si, who already has everything he needs, shouldn't do this. But can a person who has been cheated on and has his future cut off still think normally? Maybe he has gone crazy.

"Okay, I'll have someone go to the airport and the station to retrieve the records right away." After Aoyama Hidenobu hung up the phone, he immediately called Nakamura Shinichi and asked him to do it. Then he called Ueda Hikotoshi back, "Ueda-kun, I've asked someone to check. How much does he know about Tono Construction Co., Ltd."

"Not much, and he has absolutely no substantial evidence!" Ueda Hikotoshi answered decisively, and then changed the subject, "But he knows a lot about me and some problems within the Northern Front, and he should have some definite evidence."

Hearing that Hattori Sasuke had no evidence of Lu Wei's cooperation with Tono Construction Co., Ltd., Aoyama Hidenobu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "He must have had a hand in your internal problems, right? Ueda-kun, how likely do you think it is that he will drag you all into self-destruction?"

In fact, even if the matter is traced back to Higashino Construction Co., Ltd., he will not be implicated. After all, on the surface he has nothing to do with Higashino Construction Co., Ltd. However, if the matter is confirmed, he will suffer huge losses.

"I thought it was zero before, but now I think it's very likely." Ueda Hikotoshi said in a low and solemn tone, "It depends on which level he reports the matter to. The misappropriation of military funds to invest in the construction of the East China Field Army is a serious matter. Even if there is no evidence, the higher-ups will send people to investigate. We need a sum of money to make up for the money in the account first. This bomb must not explode."

If this explodes, the entire Lu Wei will be killed.

"It can't be made up." Aoyama Hidenobu said in a cold tone, and then added: "It's not just your Northern Front. The entire Luwei's military budget this year has been misappropriated. All of this money is now tied up in projects and various investments. We haven't received the money allocated by the Ministry of Finance for the development of Hokkaido yet."

At the beginning, Makoto Ito and his friends only used their own private funds for investment. However, after they won 70% of the infrastructure projects in Hokkaido from Tono Construction, these people became greedy and invested several more sums of money afterwards.

The total amount is more than ten billion US dollars.

Although Ito Makoto did not explicitly state the source of the money, Aoyama Hideshige could guess with his knees that he must have misappropriated part of Lu Wei's military funds, and then relied on the remaining money on the books to maintain the operation of the army, thinking that he would wait for the project funds from Hokkaido to arrive, and then fill the shortfall with dividends at the end of the year. In this way, he could lay eggs by borrowing chickens without anyone noticing, and if all went well, he could even do this every year.

Even Aoyama Hidenobu could not fill such a big gap, unless he asked Hikokawa Kentomo to help him fill it with the money of Nohara Financial Co., Ltd., but Hikokawa Kentomo would definitely not agree. After all, they were only sworn brothers, not biological brothers, especially since he was now running for a member of parliament and would not be dragged down by himself.

Therefore, he cannot ask the Yanchuan family for help in this matter for the time being. At least he has to solve the biggest problem by himself before asking Grandpa Gan for help. Otherwise, instead of risking being discovered as an accomplice to help him cover up the truth, the Yanchuan family is more likely to hand him over voluntarily, and they can also have the reputation of sacrificing their own relatives for the sake of justice.

This matter is too big. If the Hikokawa family really hands him over, the other followers will not feel sad. Instead, they will think that Hikokawa Juro is putting the overall situation first and is not willing to implicate their entire faction in order to protect his godson. He is a person worth serving.

"Then what should we do? We can't just sit there and wait to die!" Ueda Hikotoshi breathed rapidly.

At this moment, many thoughts flashed through his mind, including running away overnight and forcing the army to revolt...

"Ueda-kun, calm down. Hattori Satoshi's whereabouts have not been determined yet. Maybe it's just a false alarm in the end." Aoyama Hidenobu first comforted him, and then asked tentatively: "When you embezzled military funds again, you made up a pretext, right?"

"It's in the name of purchasing advanced weapons and some necessities." Ueda Hikotoshi answered, and then said worriedly: "But once the higher-ups come to check, they'll find out that these things don't exist at all!"

The warehouse specially built to store these so-called cutting-edge weapons and supplies was empty.

"Who said it doesn't exist? It just happened to be burned by a fire. The soldier who caused the fire bears the main responsibility." Aoyama Hidenobu said coldly.

The fire dragon burning the warehouse has been a tradition since ancient times.

Ueda Hikotoshi understood it immediately, but he was still a little hesitant, "This... the higher-ups won't believe it, right?"

After all, this move is more like trying to cover up one's own guilt.

"It's too easy for Ueda-kun to make money in the closed environment of the military where subordinates must obey their superiors. He lacks experience in dealing with anti-corruption investigations!" As a young but mature old corrupt official, Aoyama Hidenobu has relaxed and said slowly: "It doesn't matter whether they believe it or not. What's important is that the funds spent on the books have a reasonable destination. As long as they don't have definite evidence, how dare they do anything to you?"

"Mr. Qingshan is right! If you dare to target us without any evidence, don't blame the indignant soldiers for their spontaneous protest." Ueda Hikotoshi is also a ruthless man. He said with a cold light flashing in his eyes.

Aoyama Hidenobu smiled slightly, "Ueda-kun has finally realized his greatest advantage. Without absolute certainty, they dare not act rashly, forcing Lu Wei to shout "Heaven punishes the traitor", which will not be good for anyone."

Japan's political scene is already in turmoil this year, and if the military is also in turmoil, it will be a big problem.

"But if this happens, Lu Wei's life will be even more difficult in the future." Ueda Hikotoshi sighed.

With the help of the entire Lu Wei, they can indeed force the cabinet to compromise, but with the lessons learned from the past, the cabinet will definitely block their next military budget and strengthen supervision of military spending. The already poor Lu Wei will visibly become even poorer in the future.

Aoyama Hidenobu comforted him, "Anyway, let's get through this first and think about the future later. Besides, even if the cabinet blocks Lu Wei's funding, Tono Construction Co., Ltd. is enough to make all the generals rich."

In the end, only the soldiers will suffer. The cabinet blocking Lu Wei's budget will only arouse Lu Wei's dissatisfaction with them. The deeper the hatred and dissatisfaction accumulate, the louder the voices of heaven punishing traitors will be in the future.

They will be more eager to support a prime minister who is friendly to Lu Wei, and the only way the military can support politicians is with guns in their hands.

"And you, Aoyama-kun, this will become a stain on you." Ueda Hikotoshi sighed again.

If this matter was really covered up using the method that Aoyama Hidenobu said, it would not be made public in the end, and the people would be unaware of it, but the upper ruling class would know it very well. Aoyama Hidenobu's future achievements would definitely be subject to some restrictions that they tacitly implemented.

They will not allow a man who embezzled military funds and resisted cabinet investigations to rise too high. His original hope of becoming prime minister is gone from now on.

Ueda Hikotoshi felt that with Aoyama Hidenobu's achievements and background, he would definitely not be satisfied with being a policeman for his entire life, and must have ambitions to enter politics and become prime minister.

"Let's talk about the future later. Being the prime minister is too far away. If there is a chance in the future, it would be a great honor for me to join the cabinet!" Aoyama Hidenobu chuckled and replied indifferently.

Who says the Prime Minister must be elected by vote?

He didn't care about this at all as he was determined to be a rebel. Political power came from the barrel of a gun, and he would smash the top of anyone's head who tried to block his ceiling!
Ueda Hikotoshi exhaled, "Aoyama-kun is still open-minded. Yes, who can predict what will happen in the future? Time is on Aoyama-kun's side after all."

He just forgot one thing. Aoyama Hidenobu is several decades younger than those in power now. He can easily outlast them and will eventually take the throne.

"Xiu Xin, there's a call for you. It's Shinichi calling." The sister-in-law called Aoyama Hidenobu.

Aoyama Hidenobu immediately guessed that it must be because Nakamura Shinichi couldn't get through to his mobile phone, so he called the landline. "There's news. I'll go ask now."

After he finished speaking, he kept his mobile phone on the phone and hurried to the living room to pick up the landline receiver. "Shinichi, do you have any records of Hattori Sa?"

"Yes, he's on a flight to Tokyo at 10 this morning." Shinichi Nakamura answered in a calm tone.

"Baka!" Aoyama Hidenobu gritted his teeth and cursed before hanging up the phone. He repeated Nakamura Shinichi's words to Ueda Hikotoshi and said, "Please contact General Ito and prepare another helicopter. We will rush to Tokyo immediately to discuss this matter in person."

Suddenly I miss video conferencing.

"Okay!" Ueda Hikotoshi hung up the phone immediately.

Aoyama Hidenobu called Asai Aya who was far away in Tokyo, "Aya, help me check the whereabouts of a person immediately. Hattori Satoshi, a lieutenant colonel of the Northern Army Group, took a flight from Sapporo to Tokyo at 10 am today. Find out who he met. Please do it as soon as possible. This matter is very important to me!"

Hattori Si secretly went to Tokyo and refused to answer the phone. It is 90% certain that he went to report the problems within Lu Wei. The most urgent task is to find out who he reported to.

"Hi! I'll arrange it right away. There are surveillance cameras everywhere in the airport, so we should be able to find it soon." Asai Aya heard the solemnity and anxiety in Aoyama Hidenobu's tone and didn't say much, but agreed immediately.

"Please!" After saying that, Aoyama Hidenobu hung up the phone, exhaled slowly, looked at his sister-in-law who didn't understand what he meant and said, "Sister-in-law, I have to go out."

"Then I'll go help Xiu Xin pack his clothes..."

"No, it's urgent. Wait for me to come back." Aoyama Hidenobu interrupted her, leaned over and kissed her on the face, then hurried away with the phone.

Take Jin Yucheng to the Northern Army Headquarters.

When he arrived, a large helicopter was already ready, with its propellers whirring in the wind, and Ueda Hikotoshi and Toyama Hideaki were both there.

The wind caused by the propeller was so strong that it messed up Aoyama Hidenobu's hair and fluttered his tie. Because of the noise, he could only speak by shouting: "Toyama-kun, you already know, right? Do you want to come with us?"

"I won't go. Someone needs to be in charge in Hokkaido." Toyama Hideaki responded loudly and bowed solemnly. "I'll leave everything to Aoyama-kun and Ueda-kun. Make sure everything is safe!"

"I definitely will." Aoyama Hidenobu replied.

Ueda Hikotoshi looked at his watch and urged anxiously, "Mr. Aoyama, hurry up and board the plane. General Ito is still waiting for us!"

"Hi!" Aoyama Hidenobu climbed onto the helicopter.

Jin Yucheng followed closely behind.

Ueda Hikotoshi also brought two guards with him.

After everyone was on board, the helicopter's propellers started to spin rapidly, driving the fuselage into the air. After reaching a certain height, it flew towards Tokyo.

(End of this chapter)