Chapter 23: Hard Years

"This is it, I've been busy dealing with some of the things left over from Hamada's life these days, so there may be some chaos inside......"

Eiko Irie pushed open Hamada's office in the House of Representatives members' hall before his death. Lin Shuichi and Miki also walked in. It's a small office. Just a simple desk and office chair. In the corner, there is the national flag and the five-seven tung flag as the symbol of the National Assembly. In addition, there are only sofas for meeting guests and bookcases for documents. It looks like a different place than the office in the Minosama Congressman's headquarters at the DPP headquarters.

"Does Councilor Hamada usually work here most of the time?"

Lin Xiuyi looked around the furnishings in the room, and then asked Eiko Irie about some of the situation of Councilor Hamada.

"Well, Mr. Hamada usually works here most of the time, but when it comes to the election campaign, he also finds time to come to the headquarters of the Constitutional Party to help with the election. Since Hamada's constituency is not in Tokyo, Hamada will actually focus more on his own constituency during the election campaign......"

Eiko Irie carefully explained to Hayashi Shuichi that according to him, Hamada's usual work can be divided into several parts, first of all, the parliamentary affairs that must be performed as a member of the Diet, secondly, some party affairs related to the Democratic Constitutional Party, and finally Hamada's service for his constituency.

"Oh...... In this way, Congressman Hamada's usual work team must be very busy! As his right-hand man, Mr. Irie, you must be very lucky!"

After Lin Xiu listened to Irijiang Yongzi's narration, he immediately said with emotion. Irie Yongzi smiled bitterly and continued to say to Lin Xiuyi:

"Hey, not only is it hard, but there is also the danger of losing your job at any time, although everyone is a civil servant, but working as a public secretary in the National Assembly is not as easy as being a civil servant in the bureaucracy!"

As soon as Lin Xiu heard Irie Yongzi's remarks, he could only smile helplessly. As Eiko Irie said, there is a high risk of unemployment for the secretary in charge of policy who works exclusively for members of the Diet. However, their career path after leaving parliament is also the envy of others. Being able to work beside members of parliament and assist them in handling national affairs every day is not an opportunity that all civil servants can have, because of this extraordinary work experience, coupled with the connections and paths of the parliamentarians themselves. Many civil servants who used to hold public secretarial positions in the National Assembly have made good progress since leaving.

Hayashi Shuichi walked to Councilor Hamada's desk, and after obtaining permission from Eiko Irie, Hayashi Shuichi casually opened the drawer and cabinet on Councilor's desk. Then I started to check out some of the items in the collection in earnest.

"Huh: What is the origin of this photo?"

Just as Lin Xiuyi looked down at the items in the drawer, suddenly, Lin Xiuyi found that there was a very fast photo on Councilor Hamada's desk. In the photo, Congressman Hamada is dressed in a neat suit and wearing a ribbon with his name on it, standing on a simple wooden stool and holding a megaphone to tell something. But there was only one lady in front of him who stopped and listened. Because of the shooting angle, the lady only showed a back, and this strange photo couldn't help but arouse Lin Xiuyi's curiosity.

"Excuse me...... Is there any unusual origin of this photo on Congressman Hamada's desk?"

"Oh...... That's when Mr. Hamada was just starting out as a politician, and he went to the overpass in front of the subway station to give a speech in order to make more voters understand his political ideas. It was really humiliating at the beginning, and there was not even a person willing to stay and listen to his speech. The lady in the photo was Hamada's first supporter, and perhaps because Hamada's teacher was so conspicuous, a passing photographer took this photo for him. Now that I think about it, that was more than a decade ago......"

Irie Yongzi told Lin Xiuyi about this past with feeling, and Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but have a trace of respect for the land of Hamada when he heard it. From this point of view, Hamada Daichi should not be the kind of son of a family who was born in a political gate, and Lin Shuichi had never heard of the guy who relied on inheritance to become a member of the Diet have suffered such a setback. The world is not fair in the first place, and the dreams that some people have fought for all their lives are just the starting point for a few. Senator Hamada and Senator Shiroyama are two of the best examples.

"I didn't expect Congressman Hamada to have such a difficult experience, so how did Councilor Hamada successfully get elected to the National Congress Hospital?" Lin Xiuyi saw that Eiko Irie took the initiative to mention some of Hamada's experiences, so he continued to ask along this topic.

Actually, Hamada Sensei struggled for a long time, but then he gave up his political ideals and joined the team of former Minister of Justice Ando Taishan, and began to use the power of his party to make up for the disadvantage of his civilian background......

"I'm sorry, but you just said that Hamada-sensei used to work for Tarzan Ando. Right?"

Moreover, it is said that Minister Ando also intended to marry his daughter to Hamada-sensei and make Hamada-sensei the heir of the Ando family. However, something happened that forced Congressman Hamada to leave Minister Ando and instead worship under the Shiroyama faction. Since then, Minister Ando has never paid attention to Congressman Hamada......"

I don't know if it's because I'm about to leave the Diet, but Eiko Irie doesn't seem to be planning to keep any secrets for Congressman Hamada. However, the information she provided was indeed very helpful to the Metropolitan Police Department's search work. At the very least, Lin Shuichi has now figured out the complex relationship between Hamada Daichi and the Shiroyama faction and the Ando faction. But if that's the case, Congressman Hamada really doesn't stop. I don't know if it was because of his forced resignation, but Senator Hamada should have re-cooperated with Nobuko Ando, and deliberately leaked some important information he got from the Shiroyama faction to Nobuko Ando.

If that's the case, this Hamada land is really not an ordinary difficult place to investigate!