The young man’s gaze was filled with resentnt and determination, his voice resonant and powerful, exuding a sense of righteousness.
"Bakayaro!"
Beike Yongwu, the councilor of the Security Hall, rushed over and kicked him in the face, bent down and grabbed his collar and slapped him twice, "How dare you disrespect Minister Aoyama, you are really tired of living!"
Xiu Xin Aoyama was playing on the Security Hall’s ship but was photographed, embarrassing the high-ranking officials of the Security Hall. Now this kid even dared to spit at Xiu Xin Aoyama, so, of course, the people from the Security Hall had to step in and teach him a lesson.
Yagyu Tomon quickly took out a small handkerchief from the pocket on his chest to wipe the spit off Xiu Xin Aoyama’s clothes.
"Enough." Seeing the young man being beaten until he was nearly unconscious, Xiu Xin Aoyama expressionlessly called to stop.
Only then did Beike Yongwu let go of the young man.
The young man was covered in blood, and the mont he was released, he collapsed weakly to the ground, panting heavily, but his eyes still glared at Xiu Xin Aoyama with hatred.
"Truly a hot-blooded youth, a patriotic youth!" Xiu Xin Aoyama clicked his tongue and praised, but his gaze was full of mockery. He squatted down, looked at him, and said word by word, "Do you deserve to be patriotic?"
"Pah! That’s the basic right of every citizen of Japan! Only corrupt officials like you aren’t worthy of patriotism and won’t ever be patriotic!" The young man sneered disdainfully, gritting his teeth and said in gasps, "I only regret being too careless and caught, otherwise you all would be finished!"
"Hahaha! Ridiculous!" Xiu Xin Aoyama laughed twice, looking at him with contempt and said disdainfully, "Do you think taking so photos of us having fun can topple us, send us all to jail? News can be suppressed by power! You’re too naive, trying to contend against us with no one backing you, dreaming without soone expanding your influence!"
The young man’s expression did not change, he continued to glare at Xiu Xin Aoyama, wishing to devour him.
"Sothing’s wrong, sothing’s very wrong." Xiu Xin Aoyama had been observing his expression change, slowly shook his head and said, "You didn’t refute my words, your gaze didn’t change either, showing you realize this point as well, yet you still did this, proving you think it’s useful. Speak, who’s behind this, confess honestly and I’ll let you go."
He said those words intentionally to test him.
Finally, the young man’s expression changed.
"Bakayaro! There’s actually soone instructing you! A traitor! Who is it! Spill it!"
"Bastard! I trusted you so much and let you sail today, confess quickly, who instructed you!"
"Bakayaro! Damn bastard..."
Knowing there was soone behind it, the high-ranking officials of the Security Hall angrily questioned him severely.
"No one instructed , I just couldn’t stand it alone, any conscientious Japanese wouldn’t stomach it!" The young man swallowed and said.
Xiu Xin Aoyama didn’t waste more words with him, turned to Oda Seisui and said, "Don’t dock for now, arrange to bring his family onboard and persuade him personally."
"Bakayaro! Bastard! Direct it all at ! Don’t involve my family! They’re unaware of this!" The young man’s face changed dramatically, he beca anxious instantly, struggling and screaming in shock and anger.
Xiu Xin Aoyama turned back, looked at him, and said with a fake smile, "You already know we’re corrupt officials, do you think we have a bottom line? By any ans necessary is our true nature."
"Your parents are having quite the ti, raising such a good son, expecting you to take care of them in old age, but unexpectedly, they can only send them off."
"Enough! I’ll talk, I’ll talk! Don’t touch my family, please." Hearing Xiu Xin Aoyama’s heart-piercing words, the young man finally broke down and cried.
Xiu Xin Aoyama smiled slightly, and his tone and deanor beca gentle again, "Go on, I’m really not interested in small roles like you, just want to dig out who’s behind you, tell and I’ll let you go."
"It’s... it’s Deputy Chief Du Bian, Du Bianxiang Yuan." The young man dryly uttered a na.
"Bakayaro! It’s that bastard!"
"I always knew that this guy who wouldn’t get his feet wet couldn’t be tolerated, of course, he wanted to harm us!"
Upon hearing this na, everyone felt indignant.
Xiu Xin Aoyama looked at Oda Seisui, hoping he could introduce who Du Bianxiang Yuan was.
"Mr. Aoyama, Du Bianxiang Yuan is the Deputy Director of the Ocean Intelligence Departnt, doesn’t get along well with us, but for years we’ve never interfered with each other, so I never thought about doing anything to him, but didn’t expect he’d have ill intentions, seems we must get rid of him!" Oda Seisui said viciously.
Xiu Xin Aoyama understood, Du Bianxiang Yuan in the Mariti Security Bureau was equivalent to Yamashita Kogoro in the Hokkaido Police Headquarters, he was unable to correct the corruption within the Security Hall, so he remained indifferent, not complicit.
But maybe this ti, the Security Hall’s long-term smuggling or so other issue touched his conscience and bottom line, so he could no longer remain idle.
And being a person of integrity and principle, naturally, he would have a righteous and passionate young man like the one lying on the ground near him, leading to this unexpected incident today.
"Let’s talk about Du Bianxiang Yuan later. For now, toss this annoying guy overboard to feed the fish. In the report, state that he drowned during a patrol due to rough seas, swept off the deck. No body was found."
Xiu Xin looked coldly at the young man as he spoke.
Sea patrols inherently co with risks.
After all, the ocean is always dangerous.
This young man was righteous, patriotic.
But for Xiu Xin, every such just and patriotic youth was an enemy; eliminating one ant one less opponent, for patriotism was opposition to him!
That way, there’d be one less person to protest against his governance on the streets, slightly easing the suppression work.
Oda Seisui waved his hand, glancing around with displeasure, and scolded, "What are you all standing there for? Are you deaf? Hurry up and execute the Minister’s order, throw him off the back of the ship quietly, and watch him go down with your own eyes."
"Yes!" Two junior-level young officials responded imdiately, walking over to the young man.
Though filled with fervor and justice, when death was about to descend, the young man beca terrified, pale-faced, and shouted, "Wait! Don’t kill ! Don’t kill ! You can’t kill ! Can’t kill !"
"You’re mistaken. Not only can we, but we dare," Xiu Xin smiled slightly and said.
The two officials lifted him and marched outside.
"Let go! Let go! Ah!"
"You corrupt officials! How can you face the country? How can you face the citizens? You won’t et a good end! I’ll be waiting for you below..."
Seeing that begging was useless and death was imminent, the young man, summoning courage from sowhere, cursed them loudly.
The next second, his mouth was covered.
The cabin fell into a long silence, no one speaking, until the two young officials responsible for the silencing entered and reported the task was done.
Only then did Xiu Xin say, "Mr. Oda, tonight’s death will surely alarm Du Bianxiang Yuan. Given his status, even speaking without evidence could cause trouble. We can’t have the dia focus on the Security Hall. We can’t withstand scrutiny and must quickly devise a solution to eliminate the threat posed by Du Bianxiang Yuan."
The Mariti Security Bureau had been involved in smuggling for over a year on a large scale, completely unable to withstand dia scrutiny. It couldn’t be caught in any storm, or the matter might be exposed.
Xiu Xin hoped this bomb would explode like the Land Guard’s embezzled military funds—only at the right ti—not now, for he couldn’t possibly shout the slogan of heaven’s retribution against national traitors yet.
"Yes! Rest assured, Mr. Aoyama. Once the ship docks, I’ll imdiately begin arrangents, ensuring no waves are stirred." Oda Seisui promised solemnly.
He spoke so confidently that Xiu Xin didn’t insist on participating, which would have seed distrustful and offensive, only saying, "Let know if you need help."
"Yes!" Oda Seisui nodded in agreent.
Shortly after midnight, the ship docked. Jin Yucheng drove the busy Xiu Xin back ho.
Oda Seisui, along with senior mbers of the Security Hall, stood on the dock, watching Xiu Xin’s vehicle depart before exhaling and turning back with a grim look at a group of subordinates, saying, "Today’s incident was not just a crisis but also embarrassing in front of Minister Aoyama! Similar occurrences must never happen again!"
"Yes!" The crowd bowed in unison.
Oda Seisui’s eyes glinted fiercely, "Follow the plan discussed regarding Du Bianxiang Yuan. Notify headquarters to prepare the eting venue, then imdiately call him to the headquarters for an ergency eting."
"Yes!" The secretary nodded, then went aside to make calls, first to headquarters to arrange the eting, then to Du Bianxiang Yuan, politely saying, "Deputy Chief Du Bian, Chief Oda asked to notify you to co to the headquarters for an imdiate eting."
"Why the sudden eting? Isn’t Chief Oda at sea?" Du Bianxiang Yuan inquired puzzledly.
The secretary chuckled lightly, "Apologies, I can’t be privy to that. Please co quickly, Deputy Minister Du Bian. I still need to inform others."
"Yes!" After hanging up, Du Bianxiang Yuan’s face changed multiple tis. After pondering, he called soone at headquarters to confirm the eting was indeed being prepared before he quelled his uneasiness, got up, and changed clothes.
About forty minutes later, Du Bianxiang Yuan arrived at the Mariti Security Bureau Headquarters by car, heading straight for the main conference room. But as soon as he pushed the door open and before he could see who was inside, two strong gentlen of the bureau pinned him down on either side.
"I’m here for a eting! What are you doing?"
Du Bianxiang Yuan shouted in stunned alarm.
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