After rebirth, I became Tokyo Sentimental

Chapter 229, Section 228: Stop rambling.
"Clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap!"

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang!"

"all hit!"

"..."

At the shooting club in Umeda-cho, Adachi Ward, Sato Mie, having removed her goggles, glanced at the numbers on the electronic scoreboard, a slight smile playing on her lips. She then looked at Suzumiya Saka, whose gun was still emitting a faint smoke, and the scoreboard in front of her, and her smile widened even further.

He gently blew on the hot air from the muzzle of the gun.

Her expression instantly became calm and composed.

"Although I haven't played for a while, I'm in good form today. Even with a pistol, I'm much better than someone who can hit a frisbee with a shotgun even when blind."

These words, clearly pointed and sarcastic, were directed at Suzumiya Saka, but her expression didn't change at all. Instead, after removing her noise-canceling headphones, she turned to look at Harano Tsukasa, who was judging her, and said in a strange tone:

"Yuanye, does the shooting club make a living by raising pigs as a side job? Why do I keep hearing pigs squealing?"

Sato Mie's face changed slightly, turning pale and then red, and she couldn't help but shout angrily, "Who are you calling a pig?"

"Whoever answers is a pig," Suzumiya Saka sneered.

"Only pigs can't hit their targets!"

"Only the squealing pig gets hit."

"you…"

"Alright, alright, I won't call you a pig anymore. How about this, you're a donkey, a cow, and a dog, okay?"

You're the one who's a pig, horse, cow, dog, and donkey!

The two women put down their guns and started arguing again, even pushing and shoving each other. Sato Mie probably liked to exercise more, so she was stronger than Suzumiya Saka. In the pushing and shoving, Suzumiya Saka was clearly at a disadvantage, but she knew to keep her distance and even picked up bullets from the shooting platform and threw them at Sato Mie.

Seeing this, Haruno Tsukasa sighed, unsure of what to say. He knew that the two of them would still argue every day after their in-depth conversation failed to resolve the issue. However, when he brought Shihouin Chiyo and her daughter to meet his family last night, things were alright. They even stood on the same side, seemingly wary of the once-famous Shihouin Chiyo.

I brought them to the shooting club today hoping they could relax a bit and I could discuss how to manage the household from now on. But before we could even get to the point, they started arguing again, and now they're even fighting. Sato Mie spat at Suzumiya Saka, and Suzumiya Saka took off her goggles and hit her in the face. It looks like a physical fight is about to break out. Haruno Tsukasa frowned and scolded them:

"The kids are arguing, and the adults are arguing too! What are you two trying to do? Is this family even a proper place anymore?!"

His words seemed to have a magical power, causing the two women, who had started pulling each other's hair, to stop simultaneously and turn their heads to look at him, their eyes inexplicably dark.

Haruno Tsukasa felt a chill run down his spine from being stared at.

There was a few seconds of silence. Haruno Tsukasa, suppressing the tingling sensation on his scalp, prepared to speak. However, Suzumiya Saka suddenly released her grip on Sato Mie's hair and turned her body completely to face him.

"Are you scolding us?" she asked calmly.

"Did I hear that right?" Sato Mie asked immediately.

Haruno Tsukasa removed his goggles, looked at them pressing him from both sides, and forced a calm expression, saying, "Otherwise what?"

Seeing that he had no remorse and readily admitted it, Sato Mie instantly flew into a rage. Her snow-white neck flushed red, and she pointed a finger at him, shouting loudly:
"What right do you have to lecture us?"

Are you kidding me?

"Yuan Ye Si, five adults and five children, ten people in total, have been on our shoulders all these years. Whether this family is decent or not is not for you to say!"

"Having exhausted all rights, I don't want to shoulder any obligations."

"Now you want to be the head of the household?"

"What kind of damn congressman are you? Besides giving us more sisters and children, what else have you ever cared about? You've ruined the family's reputation! The children will follow your example and take you as their father! What else is there to say?"

Sato Mie was like a raging, erupting volcano, spewing lava outwards. She spoke so fast that it was impossible to react, and she cursed Harano Tsukasa right in front of him, with large amounts of spittle flying onto his face.

Haruno Tsukasa wiped his face speechlessly.

But before he could speak, Suzumiya Saka stepped forward with a cold expression and continued Sato Mie's words:
“Sato is right about that. The kids are fighting with each other, and they say we don’t get along either. Let me ask you, how exactly do you want this family to be harmonious?”

"Your own lustful nature has become a reason to criticize us? You're truly aloof, Haruno Tsukasa!"

"Now the bastard who caused this chaos in the family has jumped out and started pointing fingers at us from his moral high ground. Do you really think I've become more magnanimous? I'm just starting to tolerate things again!"

Seeing the two of them unusually united in their accusations against him, and every word they said was true, Haruno Tsukasa didn't know how to defend himself. He could only chuckle awkwardly and say, "It's not that serious, is it? Actually..."

"Stop rambling on!!!"

Sato Mie glared angrily and roared.

She was truly enraged, seemingly recalling the grievances she had suffered in the past. She stepped forward, grabbed Haruno Tsukasa by the collar, and loudly questioned him, "You dare to do it but not admit it!?"

"You sleep with our people, enjoy the blessings of your children, and you have the nerve to talk about how proper your family is in front of us!"

Can you please listen to me say something?

Haruno Tsukasa took a deep breath and said.

However, Sato Mie didn't give him that chance at all. After feeling the resistance coming from Haruno Tsukasa's collar, she didn't retreat but advanced instead, grabbing him with her other hand. Suddenly, they were nose to nose.

"Do you want to say something else? What do you want to say? Do you want to say that you've worked so hard for this family, that even if you haven't done anything great, you've still put in a lot of effort, having so many wives and children to support and mediate with, that you've really had a tough time?"

“Although we don’t have many children, we take good care of each one. We know who made a mistake at school and who didn’t get along with whom at home. Although we don’t usually talk much, we both try to find ways to solve these problems. But you only see the bad ones. When have you ever seriously taken part in raising the children? Giving them a couple of candies, picking them up and spinning them around, or handing them a few coins? Is that how you raise them?”

"Never lie to a woman? I think your mouth is full of not only lies, but also endless nonsense!"

"Go ahead and be weird, be weird all you want! Be weird until all the kids grow up and see your true colors and don't recognize you as their father anymore. Be weird until Yuko and Xiaoxi also start to feel disgusted with you. Then this family will fall apart. At worst, we can all go back to our own homes!"

Seeing that the two of them were just a little closer and they could kiss, if it were in the past, Suzumiya Saka's face would have turned as black as the bottom of a pot, and she might have even wanted to step forward and separate them. But now, she only felt happy and even agreed with what Sato Mie had just said, and wanted to give it a thumbs up from the bottom of her heart.

That's right. If this bastard has so many wives and still claims to have done nothing wrong for the family, she would really tear his mouth off.

And then there's Chiyo Shihōin.

Suzumiya Saka never imagined that this situation would happen to her. To actually see another woman with a child coming to her husband to reunite with her on a sunny afternoon was such a melodramatic scene.

Although she was Haruno Tsukasa's first wife, that is, his legal wife, she should have a very peaceful mindset.

But that's not the case at all.

The more legal something is, the more illegal things surround it, which is the biggest slap in the face and humiliation to her legal status. Suzumiya Saka felt extremely ashamed.

So when she saw Sato Mie berate Haruno Tsukasa so harshly, Suzumiya Saka wasn't angry at all. Instead, she felt as refreshed as if she had drunk ice water on a sweltering summer day. Especially since she didn't even have to say anything. Being able to use Sato Mie, an illegal person, as a weapon was something she couldn't possibly have found anywhere else in the world.

It's not just about feeling comfortable in the dark.

Suzumiya Saka added fuel to the fire.

"Isn't saying this a bit too hurtful to him?"

Upon hearing this, Sato Mie's beautiful eyes widened even more than before, and she shook his collar: "I'll hurt his head!"

"He dares to talk to me about harming people!" "Say something!"

"I know I'm in the wrong, I won't do it again!"

"Hahaha! That's right! That's how you should curse a man like this. It really feels so good after I got it all out!"

Am I a human being?

Am I even human?

Am I not even entitled to speak?

After being showered with spittle and half-washed by Sato Mie, Harano Tsukasa remained expressionless, pulling out a tissue from his pocket to wipe himself. Seeing that he was still so nonchalant, Harano Tsukasa hardened his expression and was about to continue his barrage, but was stopped by another voice.

"Madam, please wait a moment."

After the slightly deep voice appeared, Sato Mie paused for a moment, then frowned and turned to look at the source of the sound. What she saw was four men in black suits, carrying briefcases and wearing work badges on their chests.

I took a closer look at their chest area.

Sato Mie's pupils then contracted slightly.

The man leading the group, whose hair was somewhat gray, ignored Sato Mie's reaction and went straight up to Harano Tsukasa, asking, "Excuse me, are you Representative Harano Tsukasa?"

"Yes, that's me." Haruno Tsukasa nodded.

The gray-haired man took out his phone, compared the photo on the screen with Haruno Tsukasa's image, confirmed his identity, and then put it away. He then pointed to his work badge on his chest, took a piece of paper from his subordinate behind him, held it up to Haruno Tsukasa's eye level, and explained in a calm tone:
"We are from the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office. We have received a report that you were involved in several corruption cases during your tenure as the Vice Governor of Tokyo. Please come with us to assist in the investigation. This is an arrest warrant."

Upon hearing this, Haruno Tsukasa frowned.

Then he looked at the arrest warrant in front of him.

The name and photo match.

It's him.

However, it was precisely because they matched that Haruno Tsukasa fell silent as he looked at the investigation staff in front of him.

The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department is subordinate to the National Public Prosecutors Office. In some ways, this department has more power than the Prime Minister because it is specifically responsible for investigating corruption and dereliction of duty by politicians. Although it is an administrative member of the Japanese judicial system, its case-handling authority is not under the control of the Japanese government.

Once someone is targeted by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Department and is invited back for questioning, it's safe to say they're basically never going to get out.

That's why Sato Mie was so shocked just now. She couldn't understand why Harano Tsukasa was being approached by the Special Investigation Department, nor did she know who he had offended. At the same time, she knew that things were not simple.

Therefore, it took Sato Mie a few seconds before she spoke:

“Your prosecutor Akiyama is a good friend of mine. Could you let us make a phone call first?”

The middle-aged man with gray hair glanced at her sideways and replied in a businesslike manner, "We are going to confiscate Representative Haruno's communication devices."

"and…"

“Prosecutor Akiyama has now been transferred to the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office and has no authority to interfere in this case.”

Sato Mie's face darkened.

That's clearly not going to work.

Although she has the right to call anyone as a non-case officer, Sato Mie's question just now was meaningful. After all, although the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office is controlled by another country, it is not like she has no connections in Japan and does not exchange benefits with powerful figures and politicians.

The man's words clearly implied that it was impossible to smooth things over, and even if he were to hit someone, it wouldn't make a difference.

So she fell silent.

At this moment, Suzumiya Saka also stepped forward.

"You're under the jurisdiction of the National Supervisory Commission, right? I'll call Deputy Director Yamashita. Don't take them away yet; we need to clarify things first."

"I'm sorry, Director Ryomiya, we are only administratively managed by the National Prosecutor's Office, but we have independent authority over cases. Please do not violate the rules, otherwise we will also report your behavior and file a case."

The man responded with neither servility nor arrogance, and this time even threatened to turn her into an accomplice.

"Okay, no need to call anyone."

At this moment, Haruno Tsukasa spoke up, taking a deep look at the arrest warrant that was still being held up, and then calmly said after looking away, "I'll go with you."

Several people immediately stepped forward and surrounded him.

They set it up on the left and right.

However, there was no indication that they would handcuff them.

After Haruno Tsukasa was taken away by four members of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office Special Investigation Department, Sato Mie and Suzumiya Saka also put on solemn expressions. After standing in silence for a while, they whispered a few words, nodded to each other, and then quickly took off their gear and left the club.

When night fell, Haruno Tsukasa slowly walked out of a high-rise building in Chiyoda Ward and looked at the two people waiting for him on the street.

"Have you figured out what happened?"

“Let Sato speak,” said Suzumiya Saka.

“He’s my younger brother.” Sato Mie’s face was grim.

“Sato Yuji?” Harano Tsukasa raised an eyebrow.

"Two weeks ago, Minister of Economic Revitalization Taro Suzuki was forced to resign due to inappropriate remarks made in the media. Following the Prime Minister's instructions, Yuji Sato filled the position, and he is now a minister."

Suzumiya Saka said calmly from the side.

Upon hearing this, Haruno Tsukasa narrowed his eyes slightly and said sarcastically, "No wonder you dared to come and disgust me."

“Hara…” Sato Mie hesitated, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

"Let's talk about it when we get back."

"..."

He took a cigarette from Suzumiya Saka and lit it, his face flickering in the darkness.

"You can't really think that just because I left politics, I've lost what gives me confidence. You have to understand that this is a country controlled by conglomerates, and the most important thing is to have money."

"It seems he didn't investigate properly."

"After all, the one thing I have in abundance is money."

After muttering a few words to himself, Haruno Tsukasa stood by the car, slowly smoking, while Suzumiya Saka and Sato Mie, who were also standing by the car, waited silently.

"Call Fujikawa," Harano Tsukasa said, stubbing out his cigarette butt and instructing Suzumiya Saka.

Tell her I want to eat fish.

(End of this chapter)