Ever since the demise of Heng Lu Guangnan, Aoyama Xiu Xin found himself with a lot of free ti. After all, as the director, there weren’t many cases that required his personal involvent.
The specific cases were all handled by people below him.
Every day, he just attended etings and signed docunts.
This gave him a lot of leisure ti.
When a person is idle, they tend to feel restless, for he would spend his ti with won, and too frequently would cause discomfort.
Every actress who ca to Hokkaido to film or perform in concerts had to visit Aoyama Xiu Xin first, and only after his personal seal was imprinted on their "private license" could they start their activities, akin to Brother Wen far away in Yu Zhou at that mont.
However, his looks and power far surpassed the latter.
The actresses who had been with him did not feel shortchanged.
With his energy not focused on cases, besides being with won, he showcased himself, frequently appearing at various charity events, constantly enhancing his reputation in Hokkaido.
Local news also began to report about him more frequently.
For example, now, Fujimoto Takayoshi was watching news at ho, where they were reporting Aoyama Xiu Xin’s speech at a charity fundraising banquet.
"Mr. Fujimoto, do you think Governor Henglu is really dead?" asked a young man in his thirties sitting beside Fujimoto Takayoshi, who was Imamura Masafumi, always wanted by the police.
"I am not the director anymore." Fujimoto Takayoshi shook his head and continued, "I attended Governor Henglu’s funeral. Of course, he’s dead, lying in the coffin, pale and breathless."
"He’s dead but not dead; he just transford into those people like Miyashita Hidekatsu and Aoyama Xiu Xin, keeping a firm grip on power in Hokkaido, acting tyrannically," Imamura Masafumi said coldly, staring at the news screen.
Fujimoto Takayoshi turned to look at him, "Are you trying to say that Aoyama Xiu Xin and Miyashita Hidekatsu used Governor Henglu’s illegal acts as a pretext to kill him, but in reality, they’re no different from Governor Henglu? But so what? Aren’t you the sort who despises the world? Governor Henglu is clearly dead, even his family may not seek revenge for him, so why cling to this?"
"Because his family is wealthy, even without the governorship, they’re still among the class that never lacks for food and clothing," Imamura Masafumi took a deep breath and said, "But I’m different. Without the governor, I am just an ordinary civil servant born into poverty, muddling through life. It was the governor’s trust that turned from the governed into a ruler, from impoverished to wealthy. I believe no matter good or evil, a person must know gratitude to be called human; otherwise, how are they different from beasts? The governor died with grievances caused by traitors. I must avenge him!"
Stopping here, he turned to glare at Fujimoto Takayoshi and said, "Before I ca, I also thought you were human like , Mr. Fujimoto, considering you couldn’t have beco a director, let alone stayed as one for so long without the governor’s care and help. But now you refuse to join in avenging him, which also avenges yourself. Have you forgotten how Aoyama Xiu Xin stabbed you in the back to overthrow you?"
"Yes, the governor did care for , but in the end, he also gave up on , didn’t he?" Fujimoto Takayoshi took a deep breath and said solemnly, "He chose Aoyama Xiu Xin between and Aoyama Xiu Xin. Without his tacit support, could Aoyama Xiu Xin have easily seized power?"
"I rember the governor’s kindness, and I will repay this kindness to his descendants, but forgive , I am too old to risk my family by joining you, Mr. Imamura, to avenge him. You should go. Rest assured, I won’t tell Aoyama Xiu Xin that you ca."
He felt it was all destiny’s arrangent, trusting Aoyama Xiu Xin gave him the opportunity to seize power.
And in the end, Governor Henglu chose Aoyama Xiu Xin over himself, giving Aoyama Xiu Xin and Miyashita Hidekatsu the chance to conspire and kill him.
Revenge? Revenge for what? Isn’t letting go better?
"Mr. Fujimoto!" Imamura Masafumi raised his voice emotionally, face flushed with spit flying, "Your forr subordinates are all expecting you to lead them in revenge, yet you choose to be a coward?"
Those superintendents and above who went to arm themselves to protect Heng Lu Guangnan were all dismissed by Aoyama Xiu Xin, and a few of them were contacted by Imamura Masafumi, preparing to take revenge on Aoyama Xiu Xin and Miyashita Hidekatsu, hoping to convince Fujimoto Takayoshi to sway more dismissed officers.
The more people, the bigger the task accomplished.
After all, he wasn’t very familiar with the police, but as a forr leader, Fujimoto Takayoshi had greater influence.
The key was that Aoyama Xiu Xin’s current secretary was once Fujimoto Takayoshi’s secretary, influencing Haruno Takayoshi through this connection would be optimal.
"I am old. What’s so laughable about an old man being a coward? Conversely, it’s you who forcefully troubles an old man, Imamura, that’s laughable." Fujimoto Takayoshi would not relent.
So long has passed that he had let go long ago.
He didn’t want to take unnecessary risks just to vent anger.
Seeing Imamura Masafumi was getting nowhere, he could only give up regrettably, sighed, "Forget it, let’s pretend I didn’t co tonight, Mr. Fujimoto, farewell."
As soon as he finished speaking, he casually picked up the mask and hat on the table, put them on, and turned to leave.
"Take care, I won’t see you off." Fujimoto Takayoshi kept his eyes on the TV, not moving an inch from his seat.
"Bang!"
Only after the door closing sound echoed did he glance towards the door, sighed, and shook his head.
He admired Imamura Masafumi’s loyalty.
But he didn’t see a chance for success in it.
Aoyama Xiu Xin was too crafty and vicious, and now held an absolute advantage, even riding in bulletproof vehicles. How difficult the revenge Imamura Masafumi sought?
Fujimoto Takayoshi reckoned the next ti he heard of Imamura Masafumi would likely be in the news.
But indeed, he ant what he said, he had no intention of betraying Imamura Masafumi’s whereabouts to anyone else.
After all, he could choose not to avenge Heng Lu Guangnan.
But he couldn’t stop others from doing so.
After stepping out of the door, Imamura Masafumi got into a black van parked by the roadside, where four people were waiting inside. They were all police officers who had been dismissed by Xiu Xin last month.
Once they were glamorous, wielding power as police officers, but now they’ve turned into paupers overnight, bringing with it a steep decline in family status and living standards. The four held considerable resentnt towards Xiu Xin, especially since they were promised that if they gave up their guns, they wouldn’t be held accountable. Yet, while ordinary officers received no repercussions, the higher-ups like them faced a reckoning.
Is this fair?
After being dismissed, family conflicts beca more frequent.
So of the people they had bullied and extorted started showing up at their doors seeking revenge, further intensifying familial disputes, fanning the flas of anger and resentnt which were easily ignited by Imamura Masafumi to decide on taking revenge against Xiu Xin, the instigator of their woes.
"Mr. Imamura, what does Fujimoto Director say?"
All four n were staring intently at Imamura Masafumi.
Imamura Masafumi glanced around at the four of them, shook his head, and said, "Mr. Fujimoto has already lost his nerve, huh."
Upon hearing this, the four imdiately displayed a look of disappointnt.
After all, in their mories, Fujimoto Takayoshi was always the strong and domineering Director, yet now, unexpectedly, he didn’t even have the courage for revenge.
"Without him, we five can still do it. The strength lies in being sharp, not nurous; we are in the dark, Xiu Xin is in the light, just based on this, the advantage is ours." Imamura Masafumi encouraged the morale.
"Right! That’s right! We can manage on our own!"
"Xiu Xin would never dream that we’d dare to make a move against him, this is our advantage."
"Grab a hefty sum from him, and live well abroad, avoid staying in the country and endure grievances."
The other four also promptly voiced their agreent.
They appeared more like they were cheering themselves on.
Listening to their words, even as Imamura Masafumi echoed them verbally, inside he was unaffected by it.
From the beginning, their objectives were different.
The four wished to extort money from Xiu Xin, to vent their anger through revenge, and then fly far away.
They never considered killing Xiu Xin.
Whereas Imamura Masafumi had always only had the single aim of killing Xiu Xin to avenge Heng Lu Guangnan.
For such a cause, he wouldn’t hesitate even at the cost of his own life.
However, he didn’t dare to voice it, otherwise missing these four tools to help, it would be tough for him to achieve his goal alone, so he aid to utilize these four n.
"Let’s head back and further plan how to extract oil from Xiu Xin." Imamura Masafumi exhaled, cracked a smile, and said lightly.
The vehicle started and slowly disappeared into the night.
...............
Unaware of Imamura Masafumi’s covert surveillance, Xiu Xin did recognize his growing list of enemies, hence took extre care with his safety asures, always keeping Jin Yucheng close by.
Even during his rendezvous with won at hotels.
Jin Yucheng stood guard outside the door all night long.
Moreover, when attending so public events, he arranged for police escorts and officers standing on watch.
Therefore, despite Imamura Masafumi and others tailing him for three consecutive days, they couldn’t find an opportunity to make a move.
Because the team housed four police officers.
Their tracking was professional and cautious, hence Jin Yucheng and Xiu Xin didn’t notice anything unusual.
"No, kidnapping Xiu Xin is not feasible, we need to change the plan." On the fourth day, Imamura Masafumi felt they couldn’t drag this out any longer, or they would eventually get caught.
"Yes, we can’t continue like this, although we haven’t been discovered, there’s also no chance to act."
"If we keep following, we’re likely to be exposed."
"Mr. Imamura, do you have any ideas?"
The other four awaited Imamura Masafumi to make a decision.
Due to his previous status, and being the organizer of this revenge sche, he was the leader.
Imamura Masafumi indeed had a new plan in mind, pursed his lips, gaze at the four n and whispered, "We should do it like this... like this... hmm?"
The four n exchanged looks, feeling the plan was sowhat unscrupulous, but finding no better ideas, after a brief hesitation, they agreed to go ahead.
"Alright, it’s decided then, everyone split into two groups, prepare accordingly, and get this thing done quickly."
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