Chapter 21: The Second Phone Call
If you look at the problem from the perspective of Shoji Kuroda, the Ministry of Justice is definitely his biggest enemy. Nobuko Ando's father, Taishan Ando, extradited Kuroda back to RB in his capacity as Minister of Justice, and the Ministry of Justice has handled the prosecution and court trials since then. And Kuroda Shoji was subsequently sentenced to death by the Tokyo High Court without any suspense. However, it is surprising that Ando, as Minister of Justice, has always refused to sign the approval of Shoji Kuroda's death sentence. Without the approval of the Minister of Justice, Kuroda had to continue to wait for his final fate in the Tokyo Detention Center as a prisoner on death row.
And the whole thing changed after the sudden death of Ando Taishan. The identity of Ando's successor, Kazuo Furuta, is not trivial. At the time of the Tokyo subway bombing, Kazuo Furuta was the president of the Imperial Capital High Speed Transportation Battalion (Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd.), and before taking this position, Furuta was even more prominent, having served as chief cabinet secretary of the Ministry of Transport. At that time, because of a serious shipwreck, Kazuo Furuta was implicated and forced to resign, and after the resignation, the former high-ranking official went down to serve as the president of an affiliated company under the Ministry of Transport, and after that, because of his outstanding response to the Tokyo subway bombing, Kazuo Furuta once again stepped from the business world into politics and became a professional politician.
Kazuo Furuta personally signed his name on Shoji Kuroda's death sentence, and at the time, the media called the relationship between the two a fateful showdown. However, the duel is now clearly taking a new turn.
After receiving approval from the Ministry of Justice, Hayashi finally met with Takeshi Maeda, Chief Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Justice. After Lin Xiuyi said his intention, Maeda Chief Cabinet Secretary was very surprised at first, and then asked with some caution:
"You mean that Shoji Kuroda wanted to assassinate Minister Furuta, and do you have any evidence to confirm your claim?"
"This, although most of it is my speculation, but Minister Furuta is definitely the most likely target of Kuroda......
"Presumptuous, do the police of the Metropolitan Police Department rely on speculation to handle cases now? They dare to disturb the minister with unconfirmed things? Do you think that the security personnel around the minister still need the guidance of the people you have searched for a lesson?" Kuroda heard that Lin Xiuyi could not produce evidence, and his face immediately became serious. He reprimanded Lin Xiuyi in the tone of a superior person.
"Although there is no substantial evidence, Minister Furuta could be attacked by Kuroda at any time, don't forget that Kuroda is an expert in explosives, if he ......"
"That's enough, originally I agreed to meet you for the sake of Senator Ando's face, but now it seems that it is a complete waste of my time, Ishii, I still have something to report to the minister in a while, send me off!"
Maeda's chief cabinet secretary unceremoniously gave Lin Xiu an eviction order, and Lin Xiuyi wanted to explain a few words, but was stopped by Maeda's subordinate Ishii. When Lin Xiu saw this scene, he could only turn around and leave helplessly.
When Lin Xiuyi was depressed and sent out of the legal department building, Miki and the others, who had been waiting outside, hurriedly came over to inquire about the situation.
"How's it going, has the Ministry of Justice agreed to our request?" asked Miki, impatiently.
"I'm sorry, but the other party refused to cooperate with our search, and we couldn't enter the Ministry of Justice building to find the traces of the bomb!" Lin Xiuyi said helplessly.
Just when everyone was frustrated, Lin Xiuyi's mobile phone suddenly rang, he picked up the phone and saw that the caller ID was the phone number of the Metropolitan Police Department!
"Moses Moses?"
"Lin Police Department, Kuroda Shoji called and asked to talk to the person in charge of searching for explosives!" The voice of a young woman on the other end of the phone was a young woman's voice, Lin Xiuyi was surprised for a moment, and then immediately became vigilant.
"Take it! Remember, I'll try to stall as long as I can, you must find each other's location!"
After getting the information that his subordinates had prepared, Lin Xiuyi took a deep breath, and then Kuroda's call was transferred to his mobile phone.
"How's the bomb going?" Kuroda Shoji's voice was old and deep, extremely recognizable. Lin Xiuyi immediately recognized that this was the voice on the telephone recording of the report center.
"What exactly do you want to do?" Lin Xiuyi didn't answer the other party's question directly, he instead asked the other party another question. Because whether the answer is found or not, the police will be disadvantaged.
"How? I want the big guys who decide the lives of others to taste for themselves what it's like to have their lives in their hands, especially the politicians who are in high places, and I want them to know that not everyone is at their mercy......" Kuroda said viciously over the phone.
"Are you dealing with the big guys, but the people who have died at your hands so far are ordinary people, those policemen who were killed by you, and the ordinary people who died innocently in the Tokyo subway bombing back then, who should their relatives go to to take revenge?" Lin Shuichi responded to Kuroda in a contemptuous tone.
"Oh! Looks like I've met a cop who doesn't like big people as much as I do! Hey, there are some things that I don't have a say in if I don't investigate them clearly! Everything I do is for revenge, for those who ruined my whole life!" Kuroda said insistently
"It seems that the police of the Metropolitan Police Department have been excluded from your case from beginning to end, but you were extradited back to China by the Ministry of Justice, why did you design to blow up the police?" Lin Xiuyi asked angrily.
"Why? That's a good question? Give you an hour, and if you can find the answer to this question, I'll tell you where the explosives are!"
"Didi......"
After Kuroda finished the last sentence, he hung up the phone, and the sound of the phone hanging up came from Lin Xiu's mobile phone, but then it was connected to the phone of the Metropolitan Police Department.
"How's it going?, have you found Kuroda's location?" asked Lin Xiuyi compulsively.
"Police, we traced the address, but ......," said the other side of the phone.
"But what, where the hell?" Lin Xiuyi asked impatiently.
"Yes...... It's the inner city of the Imperial Palace......" came a helpless answer from the other side of the phone.
Lin Xiuyi silently hung up the phone in his hand. He now understood that Kuroda Shoji's so-called bomb was just a decoy, and he wanted to rely on the bomb to threaten the Metropolitan Police Department to act according to his plan! And Lin Shuichi couldn't refuse any of Kuroda's requests without any bargaining chips in his hands.