"Grandfather, Renping Kuniaki has jumped off a building to avoid punishment and died on the spot. Should this news be announced tonight?"

Xiu Xin reported to Yanchuan Shilang over the phone.

"No need, keep this under wraps first. Confirm his charges as much as possible. I'll inform Asai Youki to hold a press conference tomorrow morning to announce the matter."

Yanchuan Shilang instructed at a steady pace.

"Yes!" Xiu Xin responded affirmatively.

Renping Kuniaki is living alone now, so his death won't be discovered that quickly, and since it's after work hours, keeping it a secret for one night isn't difficult.

"Minister, the traces in the room have been dealt with."

A police officer in his thirties, tall, square-faced, with thick eyebrows and large eyes, sporting a crew cut, and exuding a sense of righteousness, walked up to Xiu Xin, saluted, and reported.

"What's your name?" Xiu Xin asked.

This officer had the courage to rush in and control Renping Kuniaki the moment the door was opened, a promising talent.

The leader asked his name, and the square-faced officer immediately stood at attention with excitement, answering powerfully, "Minister, I am Police Inspector Haruno Daxiang, head of the Sexual Crimes Division!"

"Good! Inspector Haruno, you and your subordinates did very well," Xiu Xin patted him on the shoulder to commend his performance that night, then said, "Assign two people to stay here. Take the body back to the Police Headquarters to take a statement from the victim, make sure there are scratch marks on the body, extract skin flakes from her nails as evidence, help her with the testimony. Any problems?"

"Report! No problems! I won't let you down!" Haruno Daxiang was so excited his heart almost jumped out, responding resolutely.

Xiu Xin smiled with satisfaction and then handed over a few strands of hair he had just pulled out and put in an evidence bag to Haruno Daxiang, "This is also a piece of evidence you found at the crime scene, hand it over for review after the statement is taken tomorrow morning. I'll leave first."

"Yes! Please take care, Minister! Leave everything here to me." Haruno Daxiang bowed deeply.

On his way home, Xiu Xin received a call from Asai Youki. The two had a brief conversation about Renping Kuniaki's death, and before hanging up, Xiu Xin congratulated him in advance on his promotion to Police Director General.

Asai Youki didn't know how to feel about it either; he had just been promoted to Deputy Director, and unexpectedly, the promotion to Director General fell into his lap while he was at home.

He couldn't have imagined he would become the Director General of the Police Headquarters in this way, caught off guard.

But he was willing to step up to take this responsibility and maintain Tokyo's security at this time.

...............…

The next morning, Minister of Finance Tengji Yu admitted on the news to killing Senator Oda Hidehiko.

"Tengji Yu stated that due to differences in political views with Oda Hidehiko, a conflict arose that escalated into a fight. In a moment of emotional excitement, he accidentally used a chair to beat him to death, and now feels deep remorse..."

This news ignited Japan in March.

"You idiot! Ridiculous! This is utterly absurd. A Finance Minister beating a senator to death, they've lost the country's face, it's simply a disgrace!"

"Si Guoyi! So this is political struggle?"

"Differences in political views? Don't tell me it was a fight over who would serve the people better!"

"I thought it was absurd enough for lawmakers to fight on the National Assembly floor, but I didn't expect their private confrontations to be even harsher. Holding office is dangerous!"

Aside from a few citizens who felt this incident was absurd and tarnished the country's image, most citizens were adopting a schadenfreude stance of amusement.

As expected, the Liberal Democratic Party came out organized to attack the newborn party, accusing Tengji Yu of killing Oda Hidehiko because he refused to support Hatanaka Zizi in forming a cabinet. The newfound party naturally had to refute, starting a new war of words between the two sides.

This naturally had nothing to do with the Police Headquarters.

When Minister Miyagi arrived at the Police Headquarters, he found many media vehicles at the entrance. He stopped a police officer on his way out to inquire, "What's going on?"

"Minister Miyagi doesn't know? There's a press conference about to start!" the stopped officer replied.

Miyagi Youcai was taken aback, what press conference?

Hosting a press conference in the name of the Police Headquarters naturally requires the Director General's approval, but Renping Kuniaki didn't tell him there was a press conference this morning!

Carrying a full load of doubts, he went to Renping Kuniaki's office, knocked at the door but received no response, then went to the Director General's secretary's office to inquire, only to be told that Renping Kuniaki hadn't come to work yet. He asked in confusion, "The Director General isn't here yet? What's the press conference about then?"

"Oh, this morning's press conference was ordered by Deputy Director Asai. I tried calling the Director General to inform him, but no one answered," the secretary said.

"No answer?" Miyagi Youcai felt something was even more amiss in his heart, "Go check at the Director General's house."

"I'll go right away." Renping Kuniaki's secretary nodded, agreeing readily as he already had this in mind.

Miyagi Youcai then proceeded to the press conference site.

Since it was still early, by the time he arrived, the press conference hadn't started yet, but many journalists were already there.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Asai Youki, in a police uniform and with a grave expression, strode onto the stage.

"Good morning, journalists. I'm Asai Youki, Deputy Director of the Police Headquarters. Today's gathering is to announce a piece of news that is both infuriating and heartbreaking."

His opening words piqued the curiosity of all the journalists, including Miyagi Youcai, although the bad premonition in his heart grew stronger and stronger.

Asai Youki slowly exhaled, paused for a moment, and then his deep voice spread throughout the venue through the microphone, "Last night, Police Director General Renping Kuniaki was accused of suspected rape. Director of Criminal Affairs Department Xiu Xin personally led officers from the Sexual Crimes Division to ask him to cooperate with the investigation. However, he evaded the investigators' line of sight on the pretext of changing clothes and committed suicide by jumping off his home rooftop out of guilt, dying on the spot."

"Boom!"

The scene was instantly in an uproar.

The journalists were almost numbed by it.

The major news that could only be encountered once a month in the past is now breaking one after another this month.

The news that the Minister of Finance, Tengji Yu, admitted to mistakenly killing Senator Oda Hidehiko had just been released, and now it is known that Police Headquarters Director Renping Kuniaki committed suicide out of fear of being investigated for rape allegations.

"Impossible! This is impossible!" Miyagi Youcai, who was mixed in the audience, was extremely shocked, unable to control his emotions, and stood up blurting out.

No wonder Renping Kuniaki didn't come to work today.

He is actually dead!

But to say he committed suicide out of fear of an investigation for rape allegations, Miyagi Youcai absolutely doesn't believe it.

As the person on site with the most intense emotions, he successfully attracted the attention of all the surrounding reporters. It was only at this moment that he realized he had overreacted, and immediately sat back down, but from his tense face and slightly trembling hands, it was evident that he hadn't calmed down inside.

Asai Youki, Aoyama Xiu Xin...

This is a blatant conspiracy!

Renping Kuniaki's identity must have been exposed.

So he was directed to be killed by Yanchuan Shilang through Aoyama Xiu Xin and labeled it as suicide out of fear of guilt.

In an instant, he was filled with shock and fear, his mind was a mess.

He couldn't listen to what Asai Youki had to say anymore and immediately got up and ran out without looking back.

Leaving a group of reporters baffled.

"According to the victim's statement, we found male hair at the crime scene, and extracted skin tissue from the victim's fingernails which has been sent for testing, additionally, there were scratch marks found on Renping Kuniaki's corpse, which the victim claimed were left during her struggle to resist, and this has been confirmed as true."

"The occurrence of such an incident makes me, as the Deputy Director of the Police Headquarters, feel very ashamed and apologetic. On behalf of all the personnel at the Police Headquarters, I apologize to the victim and the nation."

After Asai Youki finished speaking, he bent deeply to bow.

Miyagi Youcai hurriedly ran out of the press conference site because he wanted to find his old boss and quickly bring this news to Hatanaka Zizi.

However, once outside, a gust of wind soon calmed him down, and he decided to report to Hatanaka Zizi himself.

His original support was transferred away from the Police Headquarters.

And now the current support, Renping Kuniaki, is also dead.

He is left alone, weak and without backing, and in the Police Headquarters, he will certainly find it difficult to move forward, so he wants to bypass the intermediaries and directly attach himself to Hatanaka Zizi by leveraging this matter.

The transfer of the old boss, and Renping Kuniaki's murder was bad news for him, but it was also an opportunity, as the highest representative of Hatanaka Zizi in the Police Headquarters, his importance soared.

This is the most important opportunity of his life!

After understanding this, Miyagi Youcai immediately drove with a tumultuous heart towards the Prime Minister's residence.

At this moment, in a high-end restaurant, both sides of a long dining table were filled with people, with Yanchuan Shilang sitting at the top, and everyone had a sumptuous and exquisite breakfast in front of them, elegantly eating.

These people were the high echelons of the Yanchuan faction, people who could dine at the table with the Yanchuan Family.

The breakfast was rich and delicious, but everyone ate as though chewing wax because their minds were elsewhere, all suspecting that Yanchuan Shilang suddenly inviting them for breakfast meant there was something important to say.

"Have you all eaten your fill? I hope today's breakfast was to your liking," Yanchuan Shilang put down his knife and fork, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and said with a smile.

Knowing that it was time to discuss the main issue, everyone quickly put down their knives and forks, bowing respectfully: "Yes! Thank you for your hospitality, sir, it was a very lavish meal."

"As long as you're satisfied. Now that you've eaten your fill, let's talk business." Yanchuan Shilang's smile gradually faded, and the atmosphere in the room became tense.

Everyone could feel the rising anger brewing within him, holding their breath, not daring to breathe heavily.

Yanchuan Shilang surveyed the room, taking in the expressions of everyone, and said, "Renping Kuniaki is dead."

At the instant they heard this name, some people were dazed for a moment before they remembered who Renping Kuniaki was.

The Director General of the Police Headquarters, a position not as high compared to theirs but indeed a very crucial one.

"This... how could he die? Is it Hatanaka Zizi's retaliation for the Tengji Yu incident?"

"Lord Yanchuan, what exactly happened?"

"I killed him," Yanchuan Shilang said calmly.

The noise of chatter stopped instantly.

The room fell into a deathly silence.

Yanchuan Shilang said blandly, "He betrayed me, joined Hatanaka Zizi, and to prevent him from ruining the career of myself and all of you, I had no choice but to eliminate him."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and understood Yanchuan Shilang's intention, which was both to explain the reason for Renping Kuniaki's death and to serve as a warning to them about the consequences of betrayal.

"I see! That fool! He actually defected, traitors really deserve no pity!"

"That guy knew a lot, thankfully Lord Yanchuan acted swiftly to eradicate him!"

Everyone expressed outrage, indignantly criticizing and despising Renping Kuniaki's betrayal, praising Yanchuan Shilang's decisive way of handling the situation to show loyalty.

"I was the one who promoted him, his betrayal hurts me, I hope no one else will break my heart again," Yanchuan Shilang said desolately, like an ordinary old man who had been deceived.

Everyone immediately lowered their heads, kneeling in submission.

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