Tokyo Detective

Chapter 327 Dark Clouds Loom Over the City, Storms Gather

First, hundreds of workers were taken away to assist in the investigation, and it took more than 30 police cars to transport them away. Then, there were rows of infant incubators. If you didn't know better, you would think the police had raided the maternity hospital.

Next came the scene the reporter had been hoping to see: ambulances arrived one after another, first carrying several girls covered in bruises, then an infant being held by a nurse, and then a series of corpses, more than 20 in total.

As soon as Naoki Hanyu stepped out of the factory, reporters recognized him and surrounded him.

"Officer Yuzuru, what's going on here?"

"So many people have died, how many of them did you, known as the Grim Reaper of Tokyo, personally kill?"

"I'd like to ask."

The noise was deafening. Naoki Hanyu instinctively turned his head to avoid the microphone being shoved at him, and looked helplessly at his old acquaintance, Mashiro Sasaki, who was squeezed in the group of reporters.

"Ms. Sasaki, ask your question first, and then get away from me."

"what?"

Sasaki Mashiro was a little confused, feeling like her idol was disliking her.

Whatever, it's already pretty good that they asked the first question.

"Officer Yuzuru, is this case related to the baby trafficking case circulating online? If I remember correctly, you were the one who discovered the baby trafficking case."

Naoki Hanyu nodded amidst the expectant gazes of many; he had the authority to reveal some information.

"That's right, this is a transit point for baby trafficking."

"What? This is a transit station, not a food processing plant?"

"No wonder so many people were killed."

"I never imagined that this factory was such a filthy place. I've even eaten their snacks before."

The reporters continued to press for answers.

"Could you disclose the number of trafficked babies?"

Naoki Hanyu looked around at everyone.

"The police can't confirm the number yet, but I can tell you it's definitely over 100, and that's a conservative estimate. Alright, I have other tasks to attend to, so I'll have to leave now."

"No, please reveal more."

The reporters, seeing the footage was gone, didn't linger. They quickly took a few more photos of the scene and rushed back to the TV station. Less than an hour later, Fuji TV had already interrupted the broadcast of today's news, causing a stir in Tokyo.

It wasn't until the evening news that the case of more than 100 abducted babies finally captured the attention of Tokyo residents.

After all, no one wants to have their baby stolen by a doctor while giving birth in a hospital.

The media storm was exactly what Naoki Hanyu wanted. He was extremely busy at the moment, as documents and files were compiled and names and trafficking lists were exposed.

The prosecutor's office finally worked overtime to issue arrest warrants and search warrants, and the operation officially began.
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A middle-aged woman, completely covered up, walked into Haneda Airport and was apprehended by police from the Tokyo International Airport Police Station before she could even board her plane.

The middle-aged woman looked at the two policemen surrounding her and shouted in a panic.

"What are you doing? The police are sexually assaulting you! The police are sexually assaulting you! Everyone come and see!"

Many people were drawn to the scene, but the police's next words told them to watch the show quietly.

"Ms. Utada, the Metropolitan Police Department has just added you to their wanted list, so you have been arrested on suspicion of baby trafficking."

"How can it be"

The middle-aged woman collapsed to the ground and was helped away by the police.
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At Tokyo Metropolitan Tatekoma Hospital, an obstetrician was startled when she stepped out of the operating room after performing a cesarean section.

The doctor tried to run away when he saw the police were coming for him, but he was still pinned to the ground.

"Ren Cheng, you are under arrest for suspected baby trafficking."

Similar cases continue to occur; 79 cases happened in just one night, resulting in 94 arrests and involving more than 500 medical personnel.

Some of them had already boarded planes and left the country, or had left Tokyo and it would take some time to find them, but since they could not be contacted, they were all wanted.

At this moment, the reporters and media in Tokyo were overjoyed. Although the number of doctors and nurses arrested was not that of the big shots, it was still very high. Some of them were even the heads of obstetrics departments in Tokyo's top 10 hospitals.

This caused a major earthquake in the entire medical industry of Tokyo, no, the entire Japanese healthcare system. These were 90 elite doctors and nurses. After all, it's not an exaggeration to call doctors and midwives working in Tokyo elites.

Tokyo only has 55,000 people, so this is a decrease of one-thousandth, and one-two-hundredth of the medical staff are involved.
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At 10 p.m., a group of prominent figures in the medical industry, including professors, ministers, and hospital directors, visited the Metropolitan Police Department. They came as representatives to learn more about the case.

Generally speaking, it is against the rules to tell outsiders about a case, but for the sake of the stability of the Japanese medical industry, the Metropolitan Police Department has no choice but to explain it to them.

Naoki Hanyu received the delegation under the watchful eye of Eizaburo Anzai. There was nothing he could do; it had been agreed that Anzai would not be in charge of the case and could only observe from the sidelines.

As Naoki Hanyu clarified the details of the case, revealing that the number of infants involved exceeded 1000, the delegation, regardless of its own objections, condemned those involved.

"Those people are beasts, the scum of the medical profession."

"It would be even better if they were sentenced to death."

Dr. Hayashi Aida, the director of the University of Tokyo Hospital, suddenly made a request.

"Officer Yuzuru, could you please reduce the number of babies? I'm worried it will impact the healthcare industry in Japan."

Naoki Hanyu shook his head at this.

"This is not something I, as the head of the First Investigation Division, can agree to. Director Aida can contact the Director General."

"Is that so? I understand."

Anzai Eizaburo witnessed the entire negotiation conclude. As they parted, he exchanged a strange glance with Hanyu Naoki, who seemed quite pleased with himself. Anzai's anger intensified. That prestigious position should have been his; if he had solved such a major case so soon after taking office, he was confident he could have risen further within five years, becoming one of the top 20 officers in the police system.

Pity.

"Damn Naoki Hanyu, I'm definitely going to kick you out of the Criminal Investigation Department."

Anzai Eizaburo fell asleep cursing, his consciousness gradually drifting into a strange dream.

In his dream, he saw his younger self sitting in a dilapidated old house, with his loving mother lying on the bed.

This memory is from my childhood. My mother and father divorced and took me with them. Later, my mother fell ill and was bedridden, and I had to take care of her for three years. Those three years were so difficult.

Unable to play like peers, with few friends, and even having his family's finances emptied to pay for his mother's medical treatment.

All his efforts over the past three years earned him the title of a filial son. After his mother passed away, his father took him back to his magnificent home, where he reunited with his elder brother and younger brother.

As a child, Anzai Eizaburo slowly stood up, recalling his memories. His thin arms reached out to his sleeping mother. Yes, he could just pull out his mother's oxygen tube like that day, and then he would be free.

Just as Anzai Eizaburo touched the oxygen tube, there was a loud knocking at the door, followed by his mother's voice from the depths of his memory.

"Sanlang, I've come to pick you up."

A tall, hazy figure appeared behind the glass door, startling Anzai Eizaburo into breaking out in a cold sweat, fearing the door would be opened.

The next second, the mother, who should have been asleep, suddenly opened her dark eyes and grabbed her son with her withered hands.

"Sanlang, I miss you."

"what"

Anzai Eizaburo was startled awake from his sleep, covered in sweat.

"It was just a dream, it was just a dream. Why? I haven't dreamed of her for 20 years. Why?"

Suddenly, an unfamiliar samurai sword came into view. The sword was placed above the blanket on his abdomen, and he was holding the handle with one hand. The blade seemed to gleam coldly in the darkness.

"Where did this samurai sword come from?"

Before Anzai Eizaburo could throw away the katana, a hand reached out from the dark room and pressed on his pressure points, causing his whole body to go numb and rendering him powerless to resist. He could only watch as a dark figure shoved the katana back into his hand, the blade now reversed and pressed against his neck.

Sweat dripped down his face. Anzai Eizaburo had no idea what the man in black was planning. He only knew that he had been held down for 40 minutes before falling into a deep sleep.

The man in black was none other than Naoki Hanyu. He sheathed his demon sword Muramasa and made a shallow cut on the back of the other man without him noticing, with not even a few drops of blood.

[Ding! Enemy infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa]

"Change to the title of Outlaw and use the skill to erase one hour of memories."

And so Naoki Hanyu came quietly and left quietly, leaving behind his amnesiac boss who already had a cold and was later cursed by the demon sword and infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

If it weren't for the need to reduce suspicion, Naoki Hanyu wouldn't have hesitated so long and would have killed Eizaburo Anzai on the same day.

There are other things to do next.

Naoki Hanyu took out a diamond glass knife in the darkness.

The next morning at breakfast, Anzai Eizaburo was awakened again by his mother's nightmare. He noticed that the man's energy had diminished considerably overnight, and he looked like he had been working overtime for several days.

"Time to go to work, ah."

When Anzai Eizaburo returned to the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters, he immediately saw many people in the building looking very nervous. He grabbed a policeman and asked him what had happened, and learned that the Superintendent General's office had been burglarized.

Last night, just like in a movie scene, someone cut open the glass window from the outside without anyone noticing and stole a large stack of documents from the office.

It contains the Metropolitan Police Department's schedule for this year, as well as cases from this period, such as the infant case that was just compiled yesterday.

"This is the first time in decades that someone has stolen my documents."

Soon, Anzai Eizaburo was summoned to the director's office, presumably for the theft of documents. However, when he entered the office, he found that his nemesis, Hanyu Naoki, was also there.

Naoki Hanyu and Director Koichi Uemura were startled by Eizaburo Anzai's appearance.

"Minister, you slept with ten women last night."

"Chief Anxi, shouldn't you go see a doctor?"

Anzai Eizaburo ignored Hanyu Naoki's words and shook his somewhat confused head.

"It's nothing. May I ask what Director Uemura wanted to do with me?"

"Oh, it's like this. Section Chief Yuzuru needs to take charge of the follow-up to the baby case. I'd like you to take charge of the office theft case. Also, I'd like to ask you to help me with your opinion. Yuzuru wants to use this clue to launch an investigation into the Ryugao Group."

"Longgao Group?"

Anzai Eizaburo was stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered. The name Longgao Group had a close relationship with him.

Upon careful examination of the files, it was discovered that Naoki Hanyu intended to investigate the Longgao Group based on the scattered documents from last night. However, this amount of evidence was barely sufficient for ordinary people, but it was insufficient to target one of Japan's top ten conglomerates and the largest pharmaceutical group in Japan.

"I think this matter needs to be handled carefully, but everything still depends on the director's opinion."

"Okay, then Chief Anxi, you should go see a doctor first before taking charge of the theft case. Here is a rough list of the documents."

"Yes."

There were two people left in the room, but Koichi Uemura did not agree immediately. Instead, he asked Naoki Hanyu to find new evidence first.

However, after an afternoon, Koichi Uemura called Naoki Hanyu and changed his mind, saying that he could not investigate the Ryugao Group, regardless of whether the Ryugao Group had any involvement.

(End of this chapter)