Tokyo Detective

Chapter 501 Promotion to Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department

In the Prime Minister's office, Akiyama Akira looked at the smiling man in front of him and said.

"Naoki, this country is walking on thin ice right now. America, a mysterious superpower, could face utter destruction if we take the wrong step."

Naoki Hanyu nodded.

"That's true. Fortunately, I'm just a small bureau chief and don't have to worry about these things. I'll need your help in the future, Prime Minister, as you are the head of the country."

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Akiyama Akechi's expression froze. This was the first time someone had been so presumptuous in the Prime Minister's office. No, it was the second time. The first time was also with this young man in front of him.

"Naoki, the country needs you young people; you are the future masters of the country."

"The Prime Minister is right, so I donated 100 billion to charity this year. I believe that amount is more than responsible enough for a police chief."

Akiyama Akechi sighed. He was a little angry, but more so helpless. He, a prime minister, had to compromise with a mere bureau chief.

"I can't agree to all three conditions you made a while ago. I can only agree to one of them, provided that you can resolve the Zhenxing Association's tentacles reaching into Japan."

This was an unavoidable compromise for Akiyama Akechi. He wanted to kick the young man in front of him out of the police system, but he couldn't. After all, he was about to lose even 261 seats and couldn't start a civil war within the Justice Party.

Naoki Hanyu raised his finger.

"The third one."

Akiyama Akechi immediately rejected the idea of ​​forming a police commission with the same powers as the Public Safety Commission, which would completely remove the entire police system from the cabinet's control.

"No, you know very well that I can't agree to that."

"In that case, the first point is that I want the Cabinet to fully support the United Farmers' Cooperatives to completely replace the Farmers' Associations."

"No, we can't push the farmers' association too far now."

Akiyama Akechi also refused. Although the agricultural cooperative had experienced human experiments and various scandals, and even the chairman who had controlled the agricultural cooperative for 20 years had died, and 8% of the members in the Kanto region had been swallowed up by the agricultural cooperative, the agricultural cooperative was still a large organization with the support of millions of farmers.

He might not have refused at other times, but in these turbulent times, he didn't want to see any more protests organized by the farmers' associations; it was too terrible for the crumbling cabinet.

Naoki Hanyu's expression visibly turned cold.

"In that case, I shall take my leave, Your Excellency."

Akiyama Akechi looked at Naoki Hanyu as he approached the door with a troubled expression, and finally called out.

“I can offer you some compensation, except for the second one, as long as it's not excessive.”

Seeing this, Naoki Hanyu sat back down. After all, he didn't want to make things too big. If he really ruined the country, it wouldn't do him any good. For example, although his assets wouldn't become worthless, they would definitely be severely damaged.

"In that case, I have two requests. First, I want the agricultural cooperative to establish a branch in the Kansai region, with the same welfare and subsidies as other regions."

Naoki Hanyu heard that, due to compromises made by various parties at the agricultural cooperatives, the cabinet has not approved Tanaka Juro's series of subsidy applications for agricultural cooperatives. After all, the subsidy scope signed last year was only in certain areas of Kanto and Hokkaido, and the agricultural cooperatives, being inferior in terms of subsidies, found it difficult to expand beyond Kanto.

Akiyama Akechi hesitated, but in the end he could only nod.

"I promise you."

Why did Akiyama Akechi agree? Because although the Kansai region includes two prefectures and five counties—Osaka, Kyoto, Shiga, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, and Mie—its size is not much smaller than that of the Kanto region. However, its urbanization rate is as high as 80%, and it has more mountains than Kanto. Therefore, Kansai's farmland is only one-third of that of Kanto, totaling 25 hectares, of which a considerable area is orchards.

Of the 4.3 million hectares of farmland in the country, this is just over one-twentieth, making it one of the weakest areas in terms of agriculture.

Naoki Hanyu then raised another condition.

"Since you want me to be in charge of dealing with foreign terrorist organizations, shouldn't the Special Operations Bureau also establish its own external department and share intelligence with the Public Security Investigation Agency?"

Akiyama Akechi's expression changed slightly, and he refused without hesitation.

"No, the Special Task Force already has too broad a scope of authority, which has caused dissatisfaction. If it were to take charge of overseas affairs as well, it would definitely unite all the opposition parties."

Naoki Hanyu wasn't annoyed, after all, he knew that the Special Operations Bureau already had a lot of power, and with an overseas operation added on, it would be unstoppable.

“It’s fine if we don’t establish an external department, but we can share intelligence. I’m not being unreasonable. When there’s a mission, even classified intelligence should be shared. When there’s no mission, we should have access to secret and internal intelligence. Of course, only I have access to this in the Special Operations Bureau.”

"I can understand having a task, but why do I need viewing permissions when there's no task?"

The intelligence gathered by the Japanese Public Security Investigation Agency and other departments is generally divided into four levels.

Top Secret: Involves core national interests, such as counter-espionage operations and early warning of major terrorist attacks.

Classified: and important state secrets such as major criminal organization networks, details of international intelligence cooperation, such as leads on transnational drug trafficking, evidence of foreign intelligence agency activities, and intelligence on critical infrastructure vulnerabilities.
Secret level: Involves generally sensitive information, such as surveillance records of specific groups, rally plans of domestic radical organizations, and preliminary clues of economic espionage. Leakage may affect social stability.

Ordinary level (internal level): Not disclosed to the public but does not have the attributes of a state secret.

Naoki Hanyu spread his hands.

"Who knows if the government will need me to handle overseas affairs in the future, so this is just to get me up to speed quickly when the time comes."

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Naoki Hanyu shrugged, looking completely indifferent.

"If you don't agree, then forget it. The Special Task Force has a lot of cases these days. I'll be going now, Your Excellency."

"Wait a moment."

Akiyama Akechi ultimately agreed without waiting for a response. The most urgent task was to deal with the Revitalization Association; otherwise, the entire Japanese Parliament would be doomed sooner or later under the combined attack of the Revitalization Association and the Youth Association.

"For Top Secret and Confidential, you need to report to me and get permission before you can access them. For anything below Secret, you can have unlimited access, but you must ensure that you don't let anyone else use it."

What if you deliberately refuse?

Akiyama Akechi was furious upon hearing this, but after staring at the man in front of him for a moment, he finally decided to back down again.

“For classified information, you only need to inform me, and I can access it with the assistance of the Public Security Investigation Agency.” Naoki Hanyu smiled.

"Please rest assured, Your Excellency, I will definitely handle the revitalization association within a week. However, I also hope that Your Excellency will fulfill your duty as soon as possible and hand over the position of Director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau to Ryoko Yakushiji."

Should it be given to Yakushiji Ryoko?
Akiyama Akechi remembered who this woman was: the first counselor of the Criminal Investigation Bureau. Not only was she the most outstanding among female police officers, but even among all police officers, only Hanyu Naoki in front of him was qualified to say that she was better than Yakushiji Ryoko.

It's unbelievable that these two policemen were actually hanging out together.

"I know."

"By the way, may I meet with the councilor who was specifically mentioned?"

"No problem at all."
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In Saga Prefecture, Ryoko Yakushiji was arranging for a raid on the target's hideout that night when her phone suddenly rang. Not only was she startled, but even her subordinates below the stage looked strange.

My boss told me to silence all phones during the meeting, but my phone rang anyway.

Ryoko Yakushiji knew very well that the only person who ever made a sound when she called was that man. Usually, when he contacted her, he would first send a silent message to her phone asking if she was free, since they were both police officers and they knew that sometimes a call could cause trouble.

The only reason they would call directly now is that they're facing a very urgent problem.

Ryoko Yakushiji took a deep breath and spoke to her subordinate.

"Wait for me a few minutes."

After saying that, she pushed open the door and left, leaving behind only a beautiful silhouette.

The more than thirty subordinates looked at each other in bewilderment.

"I've been working with this advisor for so long, and this is the first time I've ever seen someone make a phone call while on duty."

"A policewoman said quietly."

"I suspect it's her boyfriend."

"Maybe it's their parents."

The head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau's Second Investigation Division immediately interrupted.

"Don't talk about your boss's private affairs. Do you want to be retaliated against?"

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On the other side, Yakushiji Ryoko asked a question, speaking a little faster.

"Naoki, is something wrong with you?"

"No, I just prepared a gift for you as a birthday present."

Ryoko Yakushiji was taken aback. Just for this? And her birthday was still 10 days away.

Is it very valuable?

"You'll find out soon enough. I have to go now. Love you, Ryoko."
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The operation was a complete success. Ryoko Yakushiji wasn't particularly happy as she watched the prisoners being taken away; instead, she was more concerned about the birthday present someone had mentioned.

"I hate riddle people the most. I'll have the riddle person dress up as a dog on my birthday."

Just then, my phone rang, and the caller ID showed it was the National Public Security Commission.

"Officer Yakushiji, the Public Safety Commission has informed you that you will be serving as the Director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau in three days, with the rank of Superintendent. Please prepare accordingly."

Ryoko Yakushiji's beautiful eyes were filled with disbelief, and she even doubted whether she had heard correctly.

"That head of the criminal investigation bureau?"

"Of course it's the head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the National Police Agency. This is a personnel change decided by the Public Safety Commission. I hope you are prepared. The National Police Agency will also notify you in a while."

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Ryoko Yakushiji was still incredulous after hanging up the phone, even suspecting it was a scam, until she saw a familiar number from the police department, which confirmed that she had been promoted.

He had only been the Superintendent of Police for less than three years when he was promoted again. The whole National Police Agency probably knew about the shady dealings involved. But this was an order from the Public Safety Commission, which was backed by the Prime Minister, the Chief Cabinet Secretary, and the Minister of Defense.

A 33-year-old superintendent of police is truly unbelievable.

Could this be the gift the riddle teller was talking about?
Ryoko Yakushiji quickly dialed someone's number.

"Ryoko, I'm busy right now. Is something urgent?"

"The police chief?"

"I didn't expect it to be so efficient. Do you like the gift? I obtained it through a personal deal with the Prime Minister."

Ryoko Yakushiji had a thousand words she wanted to say, but in the end, they all boiled down to one sentence.

"I love so much."

"If I like it, that's fine. If it weren't impossible, I would want to pluck a star and give it to the most beautiful Ryoko."

"You're just being cheeky."

Naoki Hanyu's voice was full of seriousness.

"I'm not lying. I remember everything you've done for me. I would definitely kill myself if I lost you."

Ryoko Yakushiji smiled. Although many thoughts were on her mind, such as the suspicion that Naoki Hanyu was using her to gradually take control of the police department, her first time saying such cheesy things today might have another meaning.

But she loved hearing those words; they warmed her heart.

(End of this chapter)