Chapter 47: The Struggle at the Plutocratic Level

At the end of the day, the entire Chiyoda district of Tokyo is busy with roadsides, and the traffic on Sakurada Road is dense and smooth like an ant colony. Unfortunately, there is no traffic jam, but the constant flow of small vehicles that are too dense can still make people who look at it for a long time dizzy.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is located here, facing the Imperial Palace garden, guarding the Sakurada Gate, the former site of Edo Castle, and the calm-flowing moat.

Behind it is the buildings of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and across the road, in addition to the antique National Diet Library, several buildings belonging to the Ministry of Justice are stacked in piles. The Supreme Court, the Supreme Prosecutor's Office, and the Office of the Prosecutor General are all located here.

For tourists, it's a political and cultural landscape that you can't miss, but for the people who work here every day, no one has time to look around.

On a certain floor of the Metropolitan Police Department, in an office, a young police officer in his early thirties sat at a desk, guarding a pile of case files and pondering hard. The coffee in the mug was cold, but like the cup of the police officer's companion, Detective Tsuburaya, no one had time to plan to refill the cup.

"If Mito Aoyama was really not there at the time, how should I explain the business card?"

Tsuburaya muttered to himself, "It's true that Yusaku Putian often hangs out in Kabukicho, but the possibility of carrying a business card from a lesbian custom clerk is almost as great as my wife's success in losing weight. But if the murderer is a regular customer of Mito Aoyama, and the business card was dropped by her, the scope is too broad, and there is almost no difference from investigating it from scratch. ”

"The night we followed her, the young prostitute was the eldest lady of a rich family, and it was impossible for her to make a move to kill her for money. The words of other prostitutes seem to be the same, if they are just murdering for money, then how can they have spare money to find a custom girl? ”

But if it weren't for the murder of money, the scene of the deceased's wallet being lost could only be explained by disguising the truth. Sato, sure enough, this reasoning is more reliable, the deceased is a great character after all, but if the truth is really so complicated, I'm afraid we two ordinary police officers will not be able to eat and walk around. ”

"Hmmm......"

This is Sato's only reply to a colleague's tirade.

He was staring at the deceased's report.

Yusaku Putian, male, 43 years old, from Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, is a senior engineer at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. In 2028~2034, he joined the design team of the Musashi-class helicopter destroyer lead ship, and was the close disciple of the chief person in charge of the project. During the project, 45% of the total number of technical problems were solved by themselves.

"The future is bright, so it becomes a stumbling block, but if it's a conspiracy to kill, why would you frame an ordinary custom girl?"

Sato whispered, "Tsuburaya, ask a question." ”

The latter looked up: "What's the matter?" ”

"Let's think about the problem from the biggest perspective. When the Musashi-class direct drive continues to be launched, who is the biggest loser? What about the profitees? ”

Tsuburaya had a puzzled expression, and said with a crooked nose and mouth, "The biggest angle? Needless to say? It is China, South Korea, and Russia that suffer, and it is we who benefit, and then the United States will also be relaxed. But Sato, even if you really want to think about it like this, that's what the CIA should do, do you want to transfer the case out? ”

"Tsuburaya ......" Sato sighed: "I didn't let you put the angle that big......"

"You say the ...... with the biggest angle"

"The Hyuga-class and Izumo-class direct drive were both built by IHI Co., Ltd., formerly known as Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries' veteran defense supplier."

Sato said patiently: "But the subsequent Iga class was handed over to Honshu Heavy Industries, and three ships were built in one go. It stands to reason that since the manufacturer has been changed, there is no reason to change it at will. But as you can see, the newest Musashi class has been handed over to Mitsubishi again......"

And then the designer was ...... Assassination? ”

Tsuburaya took a light breath: "But the time is not right." If you really want to hinder production or something, shouldn't it be implemented during the development of a new project? Now that the first ship is in service, do you want to do it? ”

"The first ship is in service, but isn't the second Musashi-class just starting to be built?"

Sato was very researched: "Round Valley, recall the efficiency of the Chinese when building frigates." As soon as the 056 lead ship got out of the water, as soon as it was outfitted and moored, they immediately discovered the shortcomings, and the Type 056A was launched the following year. This was all twenty years ago, and now that such a long time has passed, so many aircraft carriers have been launched, and it is not enough for Mitsubishi people to have a long memory? ”

"The development of new ships, ah......"

Tsuburaya began to stroke his forehead: "So this is really not something we can touch casually, right?" Whether it's Ishikawajima Harima, Honshu Heavy Industries, or Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, it's all chaebol-level existence, right? They are fighting at that level, and our little police officers rashly participate in it, isn't it a typical death-seeking? ”

"That's true......"

Sato was silent, and instead of staring at the deceased's case, he put his eyes on the computer screen.

Thanks to the convenience of the Internet and the special database on the police intranet, he was able to collect too much valuable information with ease. It is already certain that at the time of the crime, the vicious serial robber who had been hanging out in the Kabukicho and Okubo areas for a long time was properly locked up in prison and could not go anywhere.

"If you hire a murderer, you must involve a specific executor. Even if it's a one-way connection, at least two people need to complete the task. Decisions of this level must have been made at the highest levels of the company, IHI Co., Ltd., Honshu Heavy Industries, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, all of which were behind the scenes of the old capitalist groups of the Meiji era. So many people, so many forces entangled, so many interests and disputes......"

Sato stared at the screen with a sad face and sighed deeply.

"How can I find the real culprit?"

……

"The real murderer is a mites, idiot, can my family's one-third of an acre of land be compared to yours? If you're not used to it, go to the supermarket and buy pesticides. I don't mind if you help me with the cleaning, but you must quit your part-time job at night anyway, right? ”

The rumbling motor shook the seat roaring, but it can show the strong sound insulation and shockproof performance of the car body, this is the Tomei Expressway, Aoyama Mito is sitting in the driver's seat that is not very comfortable, and the illegal phone call.

"It turned out to be a mites, thank you Mei Dongsang for reminding me, I'll go buy cleaning supplies right away."

On the other side of the phone, Miyamoto Moko breathed a long sigh of relief: "So Mei Dongsan, are you okay this way?" If you drive normally, these two hours of work should allow you to pass through Mishima City, right? ”

"Hmph, little white rabbit, don't be too naΓ―ve."

Midong snorted and laughed, raised her hand to look at the west, the mountain under her eyes: "The dancing girl of Izu, the hot spring of Atami, the old lady has already opened to the foot of Mt. Hakone." I'm going to take it, and I'm going to speed up the last part of the journey! ”

After that, she decisively turned off the phone and stepped on the accelerator hard.

Suddenly, the snow-white Bentley two-door coupe erupted with a deplorable motor roar, and rushed into the distance!