Tokyo: From Lawless Madpolice to Minister

In the blink of an eye, five days have passed.

The date is now April 16th.

Last night, Ozawa Hideomi spent the night at Beihai Ling's again, getting entangled once, and was awoken in a daze by Beihai Ling in the morning for a morning exercise.

But after all, he's in his forties, and work already has him mentally exhausted. He just had another session last night, so he was drained and couldn't muster any strength, unable to lift his head no matter how long he struggled.

This left Ozawa Hideomi embarrassed, looking at his graceful little lover, his self-esteem took a severe hit.

"Looks like this little guy is not giving me face this morning," Beihai Ling teased, hugging Ozawa Hideomi and snuggling into his arms, "Oh don't be so stern, what I admire is your personality charm, not just the pleasures of intimacy. It'll be the same next time, I'll make you some soup to nourish you."

The soft tenderness of his little lover soothed Ozawa Hideomi's inner anger, and he gave her a kiss, "Let me have a good rest, and tonight I'll teach you a hard lesson."

"Oh, you're naughty~" Beihai Ling said with bedroom eyes, getting up naked to prepare his clothes, "Get up and wash, or else you'll be late for work. I'm not the kind of vixen who delays a man's important matters."

"You are gentle, beautiful, capable and sensible. With you by my side, Heaven has not let me down in this life." Ozawa Hideomi exclaimed from the heart.

Fearing that Sea Guard, like the Maritime Security Bureau, would lose everything in the smuggling case, he's been worried and anxious for the past few days, both afraid of not finding the problems and afraid of discovering major issues. This balance is tough to handle, but he can only find a moment of respite with Beihai Ling.

Beihai Ling simply smiled warmly and said casually while taking his clothes, "I don't have the ability to worry about the country and the people like Mr. Ozawa, what I can do is stay by your side to care for you, do what I can, oh by the way, the money you gave me last time has been cleaned up and stored in the previous account."

"Hmm, you take care of these things, no need to tell me," Ozawa Hideomi said indifferently.

Beihai Ling smiled sweetly and handed him the organized clothes, "Hurry up and wash, I'll go downstairs to make you breakfast, you can't go to work with an empty stomach."

With a face full of happy smiles, he watched his little lover leave the bedroom. Only then did Ozawa Hideomi get up to dress and wash.

"Useless man." The moment Beihai Ling left the bedroom, her smile disappeared instantly, scornfully cursing.

The money Ozawa Hideomi gave her was indeed cleaned up, but it was not stored in the account specified by Ozawa Hideomi; it went into her own account overseas.

After being with Ozawa Hideomi for this period, she already secured enough money for a lifetime free of worry, but greed knows no bounds; the money came too easily, and she couldn't bear to stop like this, always thinking of grabbing more before running.

When Ozawa Hideomi finished washing and came downstairs dressed neatly, Beihai Ling had already prepared a simple western breakfast, and the two sat at the dining table to start eating.

"Ding ding ding! Ding ding ding!"

At this moment, the doorbell rang.

"I'll go get the door," Beihai Ling put down the milk in her hand and got up to walk to the hallway. Upon opening the door and seeing the person outside, she froze for a moment, "Commissioner Aoyama."

"I'm here to see Chief Ozawa," Aoyama Xiu Xin said calmly, with a slight smile, dressed in a silver suit.

Beihai Ling's face turned pale instantly. Aoyama Xiu Xin came to her place to name-drop Ozawa Hideomi, evidently aware of the illicit affair between them.

She feared adverse effects on herself.

Before she could think clearly, Jin Yucheng had already pushed her aside to clear the way, as Aoyama Xiu Xin swaggered in without even changing shoes.

Upon hearing the footsteps, Ozawa Hideomi looked over from the dining room, and seeing Aoyama Xiu Xin and Jin Yucheng, his face suddenly changed and turned dark.

"Such a sumptuous breakfast, with a beauty so skilled accompanying day and night, no wonder Chief Ozawa is enjoying himself too much to think of home, haha." Aoyama Xiu Xin glanced at the food on the table and said with a chuckle.

Ozawa Hideomi said with a dark face, "Mr. Aoyama, what do you mean by this? Investigating me?"

If not specially investigated, it would be impossible to know the relationship between him and Beihai Ling.

"Yes," Aoyama Xiu Xin nodded frankly.

"Bang!" Ozawa Hideomi slammed the table and glared angrily at Aoyama Xiu Xin, "I let you off the smuggling case, and you investigated me instead? Aoyama Xiu Xin, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation!"

"Explanation?" Aoyama Xiu Xin sneered, ignoring him, walked himself into the kitchen, grabbed a pair of chopsticks and spoon, sat by the dining table, and dined effortlessly as if at home, "Rushed here quite quickly, didn't have breakfast yet, let me eat my fill and tell you."

Aoyama Xiu Xin's attitude left Ozawa Hideomi both angry and uneasy, and the unease fueled his inner rage, prompting him to suddenly yank the tablecloth, scattering the food everywhere, spilling milk which splattered onto Aoyama Xiu Xin's face.

"I want an explanation from you right now!" Ozawa Hideomi said in a chilling tone, his words slow and deliberate.

Beihai Ling watched the scene from afar, filled with fear, not daring to approach or speak.

Aoyama Xiu Xin's smile faded, he slowly put down the knife and fork, wiped the spilled milk from his face, "Yu Cheng, show him the stuff."

"Yes!" Jin Yucheng responded and retrieved a stack of photocopying paper from the briefcase, throwing it in front of Ozawa Hideomi.

Ozawa Hideomi frowned, picked up the photocopies, and browsed through them; the more he read, the darker his face became, pouring sweat like rain, as they recorded details of how much money he had transferred to Beihai Ling over the years and locations.

Kitano Tsubaki's efficiency in handling matters was indeed high.

Amidst death threats, the ledger was obtained within a few days.

"This is just a part of it, I'm very curious where Chief Ozawa got so much money, I think the people might be curious too." Aoyama Xiu Xin chuckled and calmly said, "And coincidentally, I happen to have a recording that can satisfy everyone's curiosity."

Jin Yucheng took out a recording pen and clicked play.

After a brief electric sound, the voices of Ozawa Hideomi and Beihai Ling discussing matters come through, the content roughly explaining him directing Beihai Ling to clean a new transfer of five million US Dollars, and deposit it into a fixed account.

"Ah!" Beihai Ling's face turned ghostly white.

Ozawa Hideomi abruptly turned to look at her.

"It's not me! It's not me!" Beihai Ling shook her head repeatedly, her voice edged with tears, "Really, it has nothing to do with me, I don't know, I don't know."

Ozawa Hideomi's chest heaved violently, taking a deep breath, he looked at Aoyama Xiu Xin and said in as calm a tone as possible, "What exactly do you mean?"

"The Maritime Security Bureau and Sea Security Association will hand over some people to take the fall for the smuggling case, you cooperate with them to resolve this case swiftly." Aoyama Xiu Xin simply put.

Ozawa Hideomi suddenly realized why Aoyama Xiu Xin hadn't come clean with Yanchuan Shilang; he had decided to sink or swim with both Sea Guard and Maritime Security Bureau.

"Why? Do they have some hold over you?" Ozawa Hideomi couldn't understand this.

Aoyama Xiu Xin smiled slightly, "Because I am the mastermind behind the smuggling case. Without me, the current scale of smuggling wouldn't exist. How could I watch the smuggling empire I built with my own hands collapse?"

Ozawa Hideomi was dumbfounded, his mind shaken.

He had assumed Aoyama Xiu Xin merely leveraged his position to take a cut from the smuggling case but never thought he was its central organizer.

Why can Aoyama Xiu Xin achieve all this?

And why do it?

Ozawa Hideomi couldn't comprehend, but none of that mattered now, as he was cornered at the moment.