Tokyo Detention Center......

Since the escape, the detention center has temporarily ceased the operation of its internal canteen. But even so, the prisoners here still have to eat every day. In order to survive this extraordinary period, the prison now delivers three meals a day to the inmates.

However, for the current Tokyo detention center, the prison escape incident has brought a great impact on the originally calm atmosphere here. Now the prison officers and inmates have lost the trust that they have built up over the years. On the one hand, prisoners involved in the escape are still under investigation, and on the other hand, prison administrators are not sure whether prisoners who did not participate in the escape are really trustworthy. It is based on the above two considerations. All of a sudden, the security of the entire Tokyo detention center became stricter.

But...... At this time, the prison side ushered in a bureaucrat sent by the Metropolitan Police Department to investigate the escape.

"The first time we met, in Shimobayashi Shuichi, was the investigator in charge of this case. ”

"Ah...... I'm really sorry, but down there is the head of the detention center in Tokyo, Kiyojiro Yoshida, and this one is our prison warden Chiyoshi Kanii!"

……

After a brief introduction and greetings, Lin Xiuyi first pondered for a moment, and then asked the bureaucrats in the detention center straight to the point:

"The main reason for our visit is to investigate the prison break that happened here not long ago. According to the clues we have now, Shoji Kuroda, who planned the escape, and Goro Sakuraba, who escaped during the escape, both served their sentences in the Tokyo detention center...... And Sakuraba Goro also mentioned a murder case that happened 20 years ago in the video, and the suspect who picked up the case also served a sentence in the Tokyo detention center for many years after the trial, and finally died here...... Can you give us some help with that?"

……

Hearing Lin Xiuyi's question, the bureaucrats in the many detention centers present immediately looked at each other and fell silent. It wasn't until a long time later that the prison warden Kanai Chiyoshi talked freely and said:

"Alas...... If there is a connection, I am afraid I have to talk about the former congressman who served a prison sentence here...... Hojo Qishi. To be honest, although this escape came suddenly, I can understand the motives of the inmates who participated in this escape. In the final analysis, it is because the influence of Hojo Saishi in the hearts of these people is too great. I'm sorry, maybe you think it's a little ridiculous for me to say that, but ...... In the Tokyo detention center, Mr. Hojo has long been a ...... of faith in the hearts of many prisoners who are bound to win and cannot leave here."

"Faith?"

Hearing this statement from the prison warden Kanai Chikichi, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but be surprised. He really couldn't imagine how a prisoner in a Tokyo detention center could become the faith of other prisoners. Could it be ...... Is it an existence like the Ninety-Nine Lotus Fruits, the leader of the Church of Light and Truth?

"Excuse me, but could you please ask me what you believe in...... How do you understand that?"

Hearing Lin Xiuyi's puzzled tone, the head of the guard, Kiyojiro Yoshida, came forward and explained to Lin Xiuyi:

"Actually...... You can also understand it as the relationship between the leader and the believer. I remember that during the period when Hojo Saishi had just died, many prisoners would use self-harm to express their respect for Hojo Saishi, and it was not until a group of prisoners left the detention center in the past few years that this kind of thing gradually disappeared......"

"Is there such a thing?"

Hearing Kiyojiro Yoshida's explanation, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but feel a little incredible. But...... Since Kishi Hojo was a member of the Diet before he was imprisoned, then ...... It doesn't seem impossible to have this ability to convince people. Thinking of this, Lin Xiuyi nodded, and then consciously continued to ask:

"So...... What kind of relationship is there between Hojo Saishi and Kuroda Shoji?"

"This ...... If you talk about it...... Shoji Kuroda was able to live until now...... I really want to thank Hojo Saishi! and...... It was precisely because of Kuroda's affair that Hojo Saishi made a statement in the Tokyo detention center. Then...... No matter how vicious the prisoners were, they did not dare to oppose Mr. Hojo, and the reason why this happened was because Mr. Hojo succeeded in convincing the then Minister of Justice, Tarzan Ando, to give up signing the execution of Shoji Kuroda. As a result, even if Shoji Kuroda is sentenced to death, the Ministry of Justice will not be able to carry out the death penalty on Kuroda because it cannot obtain the authorization of the Minister of Justice......"

"Tarzan Ando...... Could it be ...... It is the ...... of the current Minister of Justice, Nobuko Ando"

"Hey, Tarzan Ando is the father of the current Minister of Justice, Ms. Nobuko Ando!"

Hearing that the prison warden, Chiyoshi Kanii, personally admitted the relationship between Nobuko Ando's father and Kishi Hojo, Lin Shuichi couldn't help but be surprised. However, after pondering it carefully, he immediately understood the meaning of the information that the bureaucrats of the detention center had leaked to him.

"So...... Am I able to understand this way? Because Hojo Kishi succeeded in convincing the then Minister of Justice Ando Taizan to refuse to sign the execution of Shoji Kuroda. So...... The prisoners in the prison believed that Hojo Saishi had the ability to help them reduce their punishment, and it was precisely because of this ability to keep those condemned prisoners alive that Hojo Saishi gradually became the leader of the prisoners......"

Lin Xiuyi concisely described his understanding. Prison warden Chiyoshi Kankai and guard minister Yoshida Seijiro glanced at each other after listening to Lin Shuichi's narration, and then Yoshida Kiyojiro said to Lin Shuichi with some caution:

"Actually...... I happened to be working here during that time, so I had a deep impression of the former Minister Ando, and I remember it...... There was a time when Minister Ando often came to visit Hojo Kishi in the detention center, and there seemed to be endless words to talk about when the two of them met, and by the way, the warden, I remember that when the former Minister Ando was in charge of the Akarenwa Building, there were no death row inmates in the entire Tokyo detention center. Right!"

"Hmm...... I remember it happening again, and ...... Because there were so many suspects waiting for execution, we also transferred some of the death row inmates to the Mitaka Prison at that time!"

…… Hearing the memories between Warden Kanai and Minister Yoshida's caretaker, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but be surprised. Really...... None of the members of Congress are vegetarians. Even if you are behind bars, you can rely on like-minded companions to achieve your goals. Thinking of this, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but put away the initial setting of Hojo Qishi in his heart. Then he silently recited in his heart:

"This Hojo Saishi is really a cunning politician!"