In Tokyo, a criminal

Chapter 518: Believe in the wisdom of future generations and make discoveries (ask for monthly tickets)

At the cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Miyazawa announced the news he had received from the Joint Staff Office that fourteen warehouses across the country caught fire last night, a large amount of military supplies and cutting-edge weapons were burned, and more than a dozen soldiers in charge of guarding the warehouses were burned to death.

Initial estimates of losses exceeded $20 billion.

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the meeting hall.

Just when we were about to investigate Lu Wei, so many scattered warehouses caught fire at the same time. It was obvious that this was an attempt to cover up the problem.

They are so familiar with this trick!
"This is outrageous! This is really outrageous! Isn't this obviously a countermeasure to our cabinet's investigation?"

"This is a case of trying to cover up one's own faults! Now it seems that most of the contents of the report are true. There are so many problems that we cannot cover them all up by burning down a few warehouses!"

"Yes, we still have to investigate. We have to catch a few typical offenders and make an example of them. Otherwise, if we continue to let them go like this, they will only become more unscrupulous!"

Yu Tianzi had a gloomy face and said nothing. He had just secretly called Hattori Si and found that the call was not going through. He couldn't help but worry that Hattori Si had been exposed long ago. Lu Wei used the trick of burning the warehouse with the fire dragon to settle the accounts and cover up the misappropriation of military investment.

If this is true, then the investigation he promoted is meaningless, and he has offended Lu Wei for no reason. Although in peacetime, the military has little say and influence, so it doesn't matter if he offends him.

But it always feels bad to offend people for no reason without gaining any corresponding benefits.

His purpose in pushing for the investigation was to target Aoyama Hidenobu from the very beginning. Even if he could now prove that other illegal and criminal acts had been committed by the Lu Wei senior management, as long as Aoyama Hidenobu was not implicated, there would be no way to throw dirty water on Hikokawa Juro. What was the point then?
Listening to the noise all around him, he, who had been the most emotional at yesterday's meeting, now had no desire to speak at all after realizing that his plan had failed.

He who had pushed for the investigation is now standing alone. Finally, Prime Minister Miyazawa urged the Ministry of Justice to set up an investigation team today and immediately launch an investigation into the internal corruption of Lu Wei. He also set a hard target that a corrupt official at the level of Lu Jiangbu must be dug out.

This is the established task indicator, but it also draws a line. The investigation team is only allowed to investigate to this extent and must not allow the situation to escalate further.

After all, he will most likely step down as prime minister in just over a month, and he doesn't want to create an unmanageable incident during his last period in office.

As for the harm caused by Lu Wei's continued corruption...

Well, we have to believe in the wisdom of future generations.

The other cabinet members also expressed their support for Miyazawa's decision, because they just wanted to make an example of Lu Wei and not kill him to force him to do something desperate, which would not be good for anyone.

After the meeting, Ozawa Ichiro took the initiative to find Yu Tianzi and asked, "Why didn't you say a word just now?"

"We can no longer contact Hattori Si." Yu Tianzi said with a solemn and lost tone.

Ozawa Ichiro's face suddenly changed, and he thought of the reason why he kept silent, "You mean..."

"If Hattori Si has met with an accident, then this is very possible." Yu Tianzi nodded.

"Let me find out." Ichiro Ozawa went to the side to make a phone call, and came back a few minutes later with a gloomy face. "Hattori Si died in the burning warehouse. The Northern Army has given a preliminary investigation into the cause of the fire. It was because Hattori Si was ordered to inspect the warehouse and drank with local soldiers. In the end, he knocked over the barbecue fire, causing the warehouse to catch fire and he was burned to death. Ueda Hikotoshi and his daughter were heartbroken when they collected the body."

Now, not only has Ueda Kanon completely separated from Hattori Satoshi, she no longer has to worry about her affair getting out, nor does she have to bear the reputation of being divorced.

"Nonsense!" Yu Tianzi gritted his teeth and commented, took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions and said, "It seems that he is really exposed. This fire is to cover up the misappropriation of military funds. They must have transferred military funds in the name of procurement. If we check the whereabouts of the money, they will say that the materials purchased with the money were burned last night."

Lu Wei has already made up for the biggest shortcoming in this matter. Coupled with the death of the undercover agent Hattori Si and the fact that Lu Wei was well prepared, it is basically impossible to find the exact evidence of this matter in a short period of time.

"How audacious, cunning and treacherous!" Ozawa Ichiro cursed, "What should we do now?"

"Never mind. This matter has nothing to do with us anymore. Let the investigation team investigate however they want." Knowing that things could not be done, Yu Tianzi did not want to waste any more time and decisively wanted to stay out of it.

Ichiro Ozawa frowned, "But since Hattori Satoshi has been exposed, Lu Wei and Aoyama Hidenobu must have known our position. Even if we stop, they will definitely bear a grudge against us..."

"So what?" Yu Tianzi curled his lips in disdain, showing his arrogance. "Can Lu Wei send troops to kill us? Or does Aoyama Hidenobu dare to do so? Even if they want revenge, they don't have the ability to do so."

Ichiro Ozawa was speechless. Lu Wei certainly didn't dare to retaliate against them. Aoyama Hidenobu might dare to do so, but he didn't have the ability. It would take decades for him to have the ability, so they really didn't have to worry.

"Should we just announce the existence of another report?" Ozawa Ichiro asked again tentatively. Yu Tianzi pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head, "It's meaningless to announce it now. Instead, it will really offend Lu Wei to death. It's better not to do something that has no benefit."

He felt that Lu Wei didn't dare to retaliate against him only because things had not yet reached that point. However, if he insisted on pursuing Lu Wei even if he couldn't kill him, then Lu Wei would probably take the risk.

You can keep the first letter of complaint first, in case it has a good opportunity to play a new role in the future?
"But this matter is very important. If we don't deal with them, they will only become more rampant. In the long run it will be detrimental to national defense!" Compared to Yu Tianzi, who puts personal interests above all else, Ozawa Ichiro is obviously more responsible.

Yu Tianzi disagreed, "The current Japanese army is like a tiger with its teeth pulled out. It can't be that chaotic. As for national defense, Mr. Ozawa, do you think we really need national defense with the existence of the United States? At most, we only need the Navy and Air Force! Land Force? Ha."

Faced with such blatant words, Ozawa was speechless. Although he didn't want to admit it, Japan was now completely controlled by the United States and it was basically impossible to break free from that control. Land defense was indeed dispensable.

"Okay, Ozawa-kun, since you have missed a great opportunity to deal a heavy blow to the Liberal Democratic Party, let's forget about it and think of new ideas to ensure that the Liberal Democratic Party is defeated in next month's general election." Yu Tianzi patted Ichiro Ozawa on the shoulder and said calmly.

"Amada-kun is right." Ozawa Ichiro nodded and sighed. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something, "Should I tell him about Aoyama Hidenori colluding with Lu Wei to embezzle military funds without the knowledge of Hikokawa Juro? It would distract him before the election."

"Tell him? Wouldn't that be a big help to him?" Yu Tianzi smiled and said with a gloomy look in his eyes: "Aoyama Hidenobu is so greedy and has no sense of propriety. Sooner or later, he will cause greater trouble for Hikokawa Juro. So not only can we not tell the old thief Hikokawa about this, but we have to help cover it up. As for the rest, we will just leave it to time."

The old thief Hikokawa has been cautious all his life, but he made a mistake this time. Yutian Tsutomu believes that if Aoyama Hidenobu continues like this, Hikokawa Juro will definitely fall into his trap.

"Siguoyi, Ameda-kun must be an excellent hunter." Ichiro Ozawa praised.

After parting with Ichiro Ozawa, Yu Tianzi called Hideyama Gangmura and told him that there was no need to investigate Lu Wei's misappropriation of military funds to invest in Dongye Construction Co., Ltd., and that he could just conduct a normal investigation into internal violations.

Although Okamura Hideyama was surprised that Ichiro Ozawa suddenly changed his mind, he was also sincerely relieved.

My trip to Hokkaido was completely safe.

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At the same time, Sapporo.

"Hey! Hey! Got it." After hanging up the phone, Ueda Hikotoshi looked at Aoyama Hidenobu and said, "Director Ito said that the cabinet is very angry and wants to make an example of someone. At least one land general must be sent out, and a number of other officers at all levels must be sent out to appease the cabinet's anger."

With so many people in the cabinet, Lu Wei naturally has the connections to know the content of today's meeting first.

"A Lu Jiangbu has a big appetite." Aoyama Hidenobu commented. There were only a few Lu Jiangbu in the entire Luwei. The next level up from Lu Jiangbu was Lu General.

Ueda Hikotoshi said, "This is already a very good result. If the misappropriation of military funds is proven, not to mention one land general, at least three land generals will be sent to military court."

"Anyway, this crisis is finally over for now." Aoyama Hidenobu let out a breath, and then changed the subject, "Although the most crucial evidence has been destroyed, we still have to be on guard against Ueda Tsutomu's evil intentions. When the investigation team arrives, Ueda-kun still has to be fully alert to deal with it."

Unless the investigation team is disbanded, the threat will never be lifted, and military funds must never be misappropriated in the future to avoid encountering the current situation again.

"Don't worry about that, Aoyama-kun. I promise that after the investigation team arrives, there will be someone watching them eat and drink 24 hours a day." Ueda Hikotoshi seemed much more relaxed now and answered with a smile.

"That's good." Aoyama Hidenobu nodded and looked at his watch. "I have something else to do. I'll take my leave now."

He also had to take his sister-in-law to the hospital for a prenatal check-up.

"Take care, Qingshan-kun. I won't see you off."

"Hey! Please stay, Ueda-kun."

As soon as he walked out of Ueda Hikotoshi's office, Aoyama Hidenori's phone rang, "What's the matter? Tell me."

"Minister, I'm Shota Yonekura. There is indeed something wrong with the mental hospital you asked me to investigate!"

"I'm going back to the headquarters now." Aoyama Hidenobu didn't expect to make a discovery so quickly after checking the mental hospital. After hanging up the phone, he called Elena and asked her to send his sister-in-law to the prenatal check-up, while he hurried back to the police headquarters.

(End of this chapter)