Novel Full Chapter 625 - Cabinet Meeting.
Chapter 625: Cabinet Meeting.
After the assassination of Hiroshi Tanaka, the Director of the Metropolitan Police Department, Okamura Ningji; President of the Bank of Japan, Peng Mei; Minister of Defense, and Fukuda, Minister of foreign affairs, followed his footsteps. The top leaders of Japan were fearful and nervous, wondering who would be next, would it be themselves?
The Japanese media paid close attention to this series of assassinations. The headline ‒Xiao Han, the thousand-faced killer‒occupied the front page of all major news outlets, and created huge waves in the whole country.
“F_cking useless. These officials can’t even catch a killer!”
“The officials were assassinated just like that, this is too shameful.”
“I vaguely smell a conspiracy. The victims of these murders seem to have a certain connection. Is it related to the recent missing Chinese case?”
“Hurry and catch the murderer. Then use ancient China’s most severe form of torture to kill him slowly.”
“If the police can’t do it, then dispatch the Self-Defense Force. If the military and police cooperate, they will definitely catch that damn Chinese Xiao Han.”
“You can’t let him escape, catch him and punish him!”
The people left crazy messages on the Internet. There was no doubt that Xiao Luo ‒ oh, no ‒ it should be Xiao Han, had become the public enemy of Japan. Many people wanted him killed.
[Japanese Cabinet House]
Chief Cabinet Secretary, Minister of General Affairs, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, and so on; in addition to a dozen cabinet members sat at the conference room table. They were dressed appropriately and looked serious. They sat with their back stiffed in their chairs, motionless like statues.
It was only after a proud man with combed back hair, shiny from pomade, entered that these people stood up uniformly and bowed their heads to show respect.
It was none other than the Prime Minister Anpei Jinsan!
[Bang~]
Anpie slammed his folder on the conference table and stared sullenly at Kuroda Kiyotaka, a bearded man who was sitting on the secondary seat.
“Kuroda Kiyotaka, do you know your sin?!” Anpie was almost roaring.
All the cabinet ministers were confused and thought, ‘Aren’t they here to discuss how to deal with Xiao Han, the thousand-faced killer? Why is the Prime Minister pointing his finger at Kuroda Kiyotaka?’
“Dare I ask Mr. Anpie, what sin have I committed?” Kuroda removed the round glasses he was wearing, and then took out a cloth and wiped it.
“Oh, so you’re not going to spit it out? Fine, I’ll do it then.”
Anpei pointed to the latter’s nose and loudly announced to everyone, “Your sin is signing an agreement privately with the officials of Shemei Guo Country to establish a biochemical research base deep in Mt. Fuji. The experimental subjects are specially selected from the Chinese, Koreans and Vietnamese who are visiting our country.”
Nani (what)?
A biochemical research base?
Is what happened in Mt. Fuji the other day as a result of the biochemical research base?
The cabinet ministers present were stunned. They looked at Kuroda and asked him to give a reasonable explanation.
Kuroda Kiyotaka simply smiled, “Mr. Anpie, I admire your imagination, but what evidence do you have to prove that I have established a biochemical research base? Without evidence, you are just framing and slandering my image.”
“You want evidence? OK, I’ll give it to you!”
Anpei shouted, “Chief Shirakawa of the Second Division, come in!”
[Bang~]
The door of the conference room was pushed open, and a soldier dressed in military uniform strode in with an upright posture and full of vigor.
He gave a military salute to all the cabinet ministers present, and then introduced himself loudly, “Hello Ministers, my name is Shanghu Shirakawa, and I am a Chief of the Second Division of the Self-Defense Force.”
When the man came in, Kuroda Kiyotaka’s expression stiffened, and his calm attitude disappeared.
“Chief Shirakawa, tell us what Kuroda Kiyotaka asked you to do!” Prime Minister Anpei said.
“Hai!” Shirakawa nodded. “In the early morning of the 16th, under the command of Mr. Kuroda, I led my elite soldiers to Mt. Fuji to blow up the biochemical base and bury it deep in the mountain. Leaving no evidence.”
“Are you sure it was Kuroda Kiyotaka who gave you the order?” Prime Minister Anpei asked.
“Yes, I also have a recording here. This is the call recording between me and Mr. Kuroda.” Shanghu Shirakawa took out a recording pen from his pocket and handed it to Prime Minister Anpei with both hands.
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Prime Minister Anpei took it, then pressed the play button. In this quiet conference hall, the sound recorded by the recorder could clearly be heard. There were two voices, one belonged to Kuroda Kiyotaka, and the other Shangshu Shirakawa’s. The topic of conversation in this recording closely linked the two.
“Mr. Kuroda also specifically told me that it was a secret military operation to prevent people from getting suspicious …”
[Bang~]
Before Chief Shirakawa could continue, Kuroda Kiyotaka put on his glasses and slammed the desktop fiercely. He shouted angrily, “Motherf_cker, Chief Shirakawa, how dare you betray me?!”
“I am just loyal to the Prime Minister and loyal to the country!” Chief Shirakawa replied.
“Good… Loyal to the Prime Minister? Loyal to the country? Aren’t you just a dog that Anpei keeps? This boss can only blame himself for being blind and not seeing through your identity. I have made the mistake of making you a confidant. Chief Shirakawa, I swear that you will die sooner or later!” Kuroda was out of control, and veins stood out on his forehead.
“I don’t know when and how I will die, but what I know is that Mr. Kuroda will die before me!” Chief Shirakawa’s smile was hard to decode.
“You…”
Kuroda Kiyotaka was gnashing his teeth and out of breath due to extreme anger.
“Come in!” Prime Minister Anpei suddenly spoke at this moment.
[Bang~]
The door of the conference room was opened again, and two big men dressed in black suits came in at a neat pace.
“Take Vice Minister Kuroda and hand him over to the Tokyo Supreme Court for trial.”
“Hai (Yes)!”
The two men went up to Kuroda Kiyotaka and escorted him out of the conference room, ignoring his shouting.
When Kuroda Kiyotaka was taken into custody, the Cabinet Ministers who were present were sitting on the edge of their seats. They all knew very well that Prime Minister Anpei was taking this opportunity to eradicate dissidents, and this move would be fatal.
“There are ten people involved in the biochemical base, including Kuroda Kiyotaka. Currently, there are six people dead, and four people left. In addition to Kuroda, we have also confirmed the identity of the other three: Tokyo Governor, Junichiro Koizumi, the richest man in the country, Takahara, and the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Ichiro Ohi.”
After Prime Minister Anpei read out the names on the list loudly, his eyes fell on Ichiro Ohi, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport who attended the meeting.
Ichiro Ohi’s body trembled and cold sweat poured out like a waterfall, “Mr. Anpie, I… I…”
“Don’t say anything, I know, you are dragged into this by Kuroda Kiyotaka, right?” Prime Minister Anpei asked.
“Yes, I was just dragged into this by him. The biochemical research base is really inhumane, and more importantly, it is a big mistake to hide it from Mr. Anpie!” For the sake of self-preservation, Ichiro Ohi hurriedly tossd all the blame on Kuroda.