Chapter 41 The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (please give me a monthly ticket! Please give me a monthly ticket!)
"According to reliable information from my informant, Ichiro Takeda has made an appointment to meet someone at the Maple Leaf Restaurant in Setagaya District tonight. Gentlemen, this is our best chance to capture the source of this chaos in one fell swoop!"
At the emergency meeting of the investigation headquarters initiated by Sato Toshitomi, he spoke in a deep voice with a serious expression.
There was an uproar in the conference room.
"Did you finally find this guy?"
"Who was the person that Ichiro Takeda met with?"
"This case can finally be closed!"
Everyone looked excited and talked about it at once. After all, there had been no progress in tracking Takeda Ichiro for several days, and now there had suddenly been such a big breakthrough. Who wouldn't be excited?
Well, Aoyama Hidenobu is not excited.
He watched the scene coldly, taking in the expressions and reactions of everyone present.
If he guessed correctly, the person that Ichiro Takeda was going to meet at the Maple Leaf Restaurant tonight was Toshitomi Sato.
The reason why Sato Toshitomi is spreading this news now is that he wants to use the police to kill Takeda Ichiro openly. After all, he has many personal confidants in the Investigation Section, so he can just shoot Takeda to death when arresting him.
As long as Ichiro Takeda dies, no one will be able to prove that he was also involved in the Nagashiki Bank robbery, and he can also be considered a meritorious service.
He is so cunning and evil!
Qingshan Taijun thinks that such people deserve to die!
"Quiet! Please be quiet!" Asai Takehiko stood up and raised his hand. After the meeting room gradually calmed down, he looked at Sato and asked, "Inspector Sato, your intelligence is indeed exciting, but are you sure that the source of your informant's information is reliable?"
As soon as he said this, everyone who was excited just now suddenly calmed down. Yes, their police force had tried their best and had been investigating for so long but had not found any clues about Takeda Ichiro. How could Sato Toshitomi's informant get such accurate information?
Is it possible that this is false information?
Or is it Ichiro Takeda's plan?
"For the safety of the informant, his identity is kept secret. I cannot tell you, but I can guarantee that he is a trustworthy person." Sato Toshitomi said in a steady tone, and then he said with a serious and sincere expression: "It's normal for everyone here not to believe him, but please believe me! Trust my judgment as a senior police officer with many years of experience!"
After he finished speaking, he bowed deeply.
Upon seeing this, the members of the investigation headquarters who were sitting on both sides of the conference table immediately stood up and bowed in return.
"Then please continue, Inspector Sato." Takehiko Asai also bowed to him and sat down again.
Other police officers followed suit and took their seats.
Sato Toshitomi cleared his throat, and his eyes slowly swept over the crowd. He paused for a moment on Aoyama Hidenobu and continued, "The reason why my informant was able to obtain such accurate information is because he is the middleman who arranged this meeting tonight. Takeda Ichiro wanted to buy a batch of guns through him. I asked him to give my phone number to Takeda Ichiro. Takeda Ichiro has already contacted me, so tonight I will pretend to be an arms dealer and go to Maple Leaf Restaurant to meet Takeda Ichiro."
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
"Inspector Sato..." Takehiko Asai subconsciously wanted to advise him that a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall.
But just as he opened his mouth, Sato Toshitomi raised his hand to stop him, saying righteously: "The informant is my informant. Although I trust him very much, people's hearts are unpredictable after all. There might be danger. So I must go tonight. No one can persuade me anymore!"
"Also, Ichiro Takeda is an extremely careful and cunning man. We must not make any mistakes tonight, otherwise we don't know when he will show up again. So just in case, I don't carry any monitoring devices except a positioning tracker."
Seeing that Sato Toshitomi was willing to take the risk, everyone not only felt admiration for him, but also felt that the information from his informant was more credible.
At the same time, although he took a big risk, if he succeeded he would have made a great contribution, so no one would persuade him anymore, otherwise it would be like competing with him for credit.
Aoyama Hidenobu had to admit that Sato Toshitomi was indeed a smart guy. If he didn't know the truth, he might have been deceived by it.
By only making up the existence of an informant, he not only became a hero who risked his life, but also had an excuse to meet with Ichiro Takeda in a legitimate way. This way he could both stabilize Takeda and prevent the police from becoming suspicious of him.
He didn't bring any monitoring equipment because he was afraid that the command center would hear his conversation with Ichiro Takeda.
After all, he could control what he said, but he couldn't control what Ichiro Takeda would say when he saw him.
"Officer Sato is really brave!" Asai Takehiko praised him and took control of the meeting. "It's still five hours before dark. I suggest that we arrange for someone to go to the restaurant to get a feel for the terrain, and then we can make a detailed plan for tonight's arrest."
"Kyoshi Masaru, please be sure to give this task to me." Aoyama Hidenobu stood up and recommended himself.
Of course he couldn't let Sato's plan succeed.
Asai Takehiko nodded, then turned to look at Sato Toshitomi, "What does Officer Sato think?"
"Detective Aoyama is extremely intelligent, he will definitely be able to complete this task," said Sato Toshitomi.
He didn't know that Aoyama Hidenobu already knew about his involvement in the Nagashiki Bank robbery and was unprepared for him in this matter, so he didn't think that handing this task over to the other party would be disadvantageous to him.
"Asai Police Department." Takehiko Asai shouted again.
Asai Aya stood up quickly, "Hi!"
"Immediately lead Detective Aoyama and Detective Nakamura to the Maple Leaf Restaurant to understand the terrain inside and around the restaurant. Hurry up," ordered Takehiko Asai.
"Hi!" Asai Aya responded again, and then walked out of the meeting room with Aoyama Hidenobu and Nakamura Shinichi.
Takehiko Asai announced, "Let's adjourn for now and take a break. We'll continue after they come back." "Mr. Aoyama, why did you take the initiative to take on this task?" After walking out of the meeting room, Asai Aya and Aoyama Hidenobu stood side by side and asked in confusion.
Aoyama Hidenobu did not answer, but picked up his mobile phone and called Takahashi Tomoe, saying in an imperative tone: "Let's talk somewhere where there is no one."
"Hi!" In the conference room, Takahashi Tomoe glanced at Sato Toshitomi, then hurried out with his mobile phone and hid in the stairwell, "Go ahead."
"Just now during the meeting, I noticed that you didn't seem surprised by Sato's intelligence. It seems that he has informed you guys in advance and asked if he hinted that you should kill Ichiro Takeda when you capture him." Aoyama Hidenobu said calmly as he walked out.
"You...how did you know that?" Takahashi Zhiyuan was shocked. Could it be that there was a traitor like him around Inspector Sato? After thinking about it, he couldn't figure it out, so he answered honestly: "He did say that Takeda Ichiro was extremely dangerous. In order to protect his safety, we didn't need to warn him when we arrested him. We just shot him to death."
"Okay, I got it." Aoyama Hidenobu hung up the phone and sneered. It was exactly as he thought.
Aya Asai at the side widened her eyebrows and asked in disbelief: "You have an informant around Sato?"
How many secrets does this guy have that I don't know about? He is a demoted patrol chief and actually has an undercover agent around a police inspector!
"Inspector, there is still a lot you need to know about me." Aoyama Hidenobu pretended to be cool, then looked at Nakamura: "Prepare thirty recorders, make sure each one can be used, and meet at Maple Leaf Cuisine."
"Hey!" Although Nakamura didn't know why he did this, he never asked why.
After getting in the car, Asai Aya couldn't help wondering, "What are you going to do? I'm your boss, you should at least let me know, right?"
The seat belt passed diagonally across the chest, making the breasts under the tight women's shirt look even rounder.
"Inspector, you are quite capable." Aoyama Hidenobu closed the car door and looked at her seriously and said.
Asai Aya was confused and didn't understand why he suddenly praised her, "So? What happened?"
"So, help me brush it." Aoyama Hidenobu unbued the belt with one hand and started the car. "You can tell me everything while you brush it."
Asai Aya was stunned for a moment, then she reacted. Her fair face suddenly turned red, and the confusion and curiosity in her eyes were replaced by shyness and anger.
This guy is so abominable!
"You...you..." She was so angry that her body was heaving violently. She turned her head away and said through gritted teeth, "Dream on! I would rather jump off the car and die than agree to you!"
Twenty minutes later, in the speeding car, Asai Aya threw a ball of tissue out of the window, lifted up her hair that fell on her forehead, her face still flushed, and said angrily: "Now you should tell me."
Don't ask her why she suddenly agreed. It's hard to describe what happened just now.
"I speculate that the Nagashin Bank robbery was a joint effort between Sato Toshitomi and Takeda Ichiro..."
As soon as Aoyama Hidenobu opened his mouth, Asai Aya was shocked.
..............................
Asai Aya still looked a little dazed until they arrived at their destination because it was so horrifying.
The chief of the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division turned out to be one of the culprits in a bank robbery that resulted in multiple deaths.
She had only seen this kind of plot in novels.
I didn't expect it to happen around me today.
"What are you still standing there for? Get out of the car." Aoyama Hidenobu pulled out the car keys and urged casually.
Asai Aya finally came to her senses and said angrily, "Sato Toshitomi deserves to die!"
Aoyama Hidenobu also thought so, but he felt that the reason Sato deserved to die was not because of how much money he robbed or how many people he killed, but because he was framed!
Because of the delay in verbal communication on the way, Shinichi Nakamura arrived earlier than them.
"Deputy Minister, I have tried every recorder." Seeing Aoyama Hidenobu get out of the car, Shinichi Nakamura quickly walked up to him and shook the package in his hand.
"Well, you did a good job." Aoyama Hidenobu patted his shoulder, then walked into the restaurant and instructed, "Go ask how many private rooms there are. Make sure to hide a recorder in each room. Hide two in the large rooms, and put three if there are extra ones."
It is still unknown in which private room Takeda Ichiro and Sato Toshitomi met, so arrangements have to be made for each private room. As long as the content of their conversation when they meet is recorded, Sato Toshitomi will be in trouble.
In Japan, there is a concept called "secret recording", and recordings that are not made without inducement or coercion can be used as evidence.
With the recording, and the fact that Sato Toshitomi's money for repaying the loan certainly had an unclear source, as long as some simple investigation and evidence collection were done, his guilt of participating in the robbery of Nagashiki Bank would be basically proven.
You'll spend the rest of your life in prison.
Sato Toshitomi is going to hunt Takeda Ichiro tonight.
Little did he know that he himself was also someone else's prey.
This is called the mantis stalking the cicada, with the oriole behind.
(End of this chapter)
