Tokyo Detective

Chapter 158: Minister Tu is seated

In front of countless cameras, Tanaka Jusan knelt on his knees and performed the standard dozazu movement, with his forehead touching the ground for one second.

"As the Minister of Defense, I sincerely apologize to everyone for not being able to prevent yesterday's tragedy. It was our negligence that almost led to the tragedy of JL2761. Next, the government will do its utmost to arrest all the criminals behind the scenes."

This was the first time that Tanaka Juzo had knelt down in front of the people of the whole country since he became the Minister of Defense. It was also the only time in the past 20 years that a minister had knelt down. In the past, he could only bow 45 degrees at most to apologize.

All this is because the impact caused by the series of events yesterday was too serious to be covered up. Even on the Internet, there were many people talking about it.

In addition, the murder of a senior police official and a congressman some time ago caused the public's support for the ruling party and the current government to decline rapidly, so they had to come forward and give the people a reluctant explanation.

But even so, the prime minister's cabinet approval rating still fell below 35 percent, reaching a historic low of 34 percent. It should be noted that the new prime minister has been in office for less than a year, which is a very dangerous signal.

Rumors began to circulate on the Internet that the deterioration of public security in Tokyo was due to the new prime minister taking office. Major cases that occur only once in more than a decade have occurred frequently, and the cases are vague and have no detailed results.

The Prime Minister of Japan does not need to be elected, but is instead elected by the leader of the ruling party. The election time for the leader of the ruling party is determined by the ruling party, and the cabinet members are determined by the Prime Minister, so the cabinet approval rate is the public's satisfaction with the cabinet formed by the Prime Minister.

As the Defense Minister knelt, many reporters who were just watching raised their hands to compete for the floor. Among them was Mashiro Sasaki, a new reporter who had met Hanyu Naoki once, and was lucky enough to get the chance to ask questions.

"Minister Tanaka, the performance of the National Police Agency yesterday can be described as extremely unsatisfactory. They were helpless in the face of thugs who were ready to attack at any time. Is this a problem of ability or a problem of decision-making?"

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Naoki Hanyu almost spit out the water he drank. The reporter who studied journalism would ask like this, according to what you said, it is the government's fault anyway, either because of their lack of ability or low IQ.

Tanaka Jusan's face turned dark, and he was complaining to his subordinates why they let such a funny reporter in.

"Yesterday's incident was planned perfectly by the government, but it was obvious that the police officer in charge was incompetent, which not only caused the situation to deteriorate, but also resulted in his own death. We are truly sorry."

"Is the mastermind behind this Narita Hayato? Is a businessman really qualified to challenge the country?"

"next."

Without waiting for Sasaki Mashiro to continue asking questions, Tanaka Jusan had already let the next reporter speak, a veteran reporter from Tokyo TV, and this time he asked questions quite sensibly.

The press conference lasted 40 minutes, during which it introduced a joint investigation team formed by the National Police Agency and various agencies to specifically handle yesterday's case. One of the names was Yakushiji Ryoko, but unfortunately her police rank was too low and she could only be a background member.

A press conference that was like a drama ended. Naoki Hanyu had no opinion on it. Shiratori Tenei asked him last night if he wanted to join the investigation team, but he refused.

What's so good about joining this huge investigation team? I heard that there are more than one superintendent-level officials in it, and there are even more. The achievements they have worked hard to create are not enough to be rated by the top management.

Fortunately, there is a fund so he can say no.

Naoki Hanyu put down a criminal transfer document, and the phone from the internal line rang.

"We received a call from No. 43 Putian Street, claiming that their elderly was hit by a wine bottle from a neighbor's house and was pronounced dead."

Killed by a wine bottle?

Intentional injury or manslaughter?

"The Criminal Division has received it. We will send someone over."

Naoki Hanyu looked up and looked around the office. He saw that the few people who stayed behind had busy work to do. The other groups were all at work. Instead, their department leader group was the least busy. So he patted Fujiwara Mai who was not far away and asked her to follow him out.

"Senior, please let me sleep for a while. I really can't stand it."

Hanyu Naoki flicked his junior's forehead. "Don't complain. At most, I won't let you be on duty today. I'll take your place."

When Fujiwara Mai heard that she didn't have to be on duty, she immediately woke up. She had been feeling hopeless at the thought of having to work a whole day, but she didn't expect that she could get a back door.

As expected, even for a job, one has to consider one’s background. After all, she is the apprentice of the Dragon of the Metropolitan Police Department.

"It's so kind of you."

Fujiwara Mai excitedly hugged the man in front of her, but was broken free in a second.

"Just this time. If you can't sleep after watching a horror movie next time, you'll have to bear the consequences yourself."

No. 43 Putian Street is a standard three-story villa covering an area of less than 200 square meters, of which 60 square meters are yards. The price in Ota District is about 7000 million and it is written as Ikuta Family.

When Naoki Hanyu and his men arrived at the scene, a patrolling mobile search unit was already there. The body had been covered with a white cloth and would be transported back to the hospital for an autopsy after confirmation by the criminal police.

All the members of the Ikuta family were present, including the middle-aged mother, Nako Ikuta, the eldest daughter, Akie Ikuta, who was in her third year of high school, the eldest son, Akio Ikuta, the youngest son, Kazuo Ikuta, and the deceased was their grandmother, Kyoko Ikuta.

There were also a couple living next to them in the villa next door, Jin Weiping and Jin Wei Muzi. The couple looked a little flustered.

All of them were either white or light grey, and they didn’t look like they were going to kill anyone.

Naoki Hanyu took over the clue summary from the mobile search unit responsible for the preliminary investigation, flipped through the file and immediately pulled back the white cloth, revealing a corpse that did not look like it had died in pain.

After checking, it was exactly as summarized. The bottle from the next door only hit the old man between the shoulder and the neck, and did not hit the head. Logically speaking, unless the force was huge and caused serious cervical trauma, the person would not die if it was hit on the neck.

However, according to the eyewitnesses of the Ikuta family, their grandmother fell to the ground and died immediately without any struggle at all, and there was no sign of nerve damage or heavy bleeding.

Naoki Hanyu didn't waste any time and immediately sent the body to the forensic doctor for an autopsy. He made a phone call and heard Matsuda Masami's voice on the other end.

"Hey, did you miss me?"

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Of course, Naoki Hanyu would not agree with this in public.

"There will be a body sent to the Supervisory Medical Center soon. Please help me take a shortcut."

"Heh, Detective Hanyu, don't you know that this is against the rules?"

Of course, Hanyu Naoki knew why the other party said that, so he proposed a date.

"the day after tomorrow."

"make a deal."

Matsuda Masami has been discharged from the hospital for almost 10 days, her father has been acquitted, and her life is back on track.

Perhaps her parents knew some of the inside story and stopped urging her to get married, but instead she became pregnant again. So Matsuda Masami returned to the Supervisory Medical Institute, an official forensic medical institution specializing in autopsies, and was also asked to be responsible for the area near Ota Ward.

Most of the autopsies performed by Naoki Hanyu today are performed by Masami Matsuda.

(End of this chapter)