Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 787 Destruction

Just as Hanzawa made the call.

Metropolitan Police Department, operations meeting room.

After receiving Eriko's call, all the police officers were on high alert. They didn't expect that the person who spoke was not Eriko, but an employee of the Tokyo Central Bank named Hanzawa. From his words, the police officers heard that his wife had been kidnapped and Hanzawa was being held hostage to do this.

Yokogawa was also in the meeting room. It was almost 9 o'clock. For the head of the Security Department's First Division, the most important thing was not Eriko's call, but whether the trapped employees in the headquarters of the five major banks had been evacuated to safe floors.

"How is the bomb disposal team's work going?" Yokokawa turned and asked.

A police officer responded, "Mission accomplished. Currently, employees at the headquarters of the five major banks are being evacuated to floors that are free of bombs."

Yokogawa nodded.

The head of the Security Department's First Section is a cold-blooded man.

Now that the threat of a bomb that could cause mass casualties has disappeared, there is no need to compromise with this crazy extremist.

The person who called was a bank employee named Hanzawa, right? Yokogawa thought to himself, his wife was also held hostage. However, compared with the potential public order and peace, these two lives were not the objects that needed to be protected.

For senior police officers like Yokokawa, what they are considering is whether more criminals will imitate them in the future.

This bomb attack occurred in Tokyo and was spread on the Internet, causing extremely bad impact on the public.

Whenever the Metropolitan Police Department appears weak or compromises with criminals.

In the future, the number of heinous crimes imitating Eriko's will surely surge, causing more casualties.

This is the weight on the scale in Yokokawa's mind.

Yokogawa could only express his sympathy for this bank employee named Hanzawa and his wife.

Tonight, you are the necessary sacrifice.

Yes, everything has a price.

To win, someone must sacrifice.

It’s just a matter of who is sacrificed.

Yokogawa went straight to the next room for communication. He held the microphone and said to Hanzawa:

"Hanzawa, I'm Yokogawa, the head of the First Section of the Security Department. Please tell Eriko that unless she disarms the bomb first, there will be no discussion!!!"

At this moment——

Hanzawa, who was in the Tokyo Central Bank building, heard a male voice coming from the phone, saying that there was no room for negotiation and directly rejected his request.

Hanze was stunned for a moment.

He didn't expect that the people from the Metropolitan Police Department would refuse so bluntly.

According to his original idea, he wanted to delay time by talking to the police.

However, everything that happened right now disrupted the plan.

"Wait, police. My wife is still tied up by them. If the Accounting Inspection Office doesn't respond today, she will detonate the bomb here!!!" "Hanzawa." Yokogawa's voice came, "Sorry. As police officers, we can't make any form of concessions to criminals!!"

Eriko listened to the conversation between the two and laughed.

"You see, Hanzawa. This is the Tokyo police. They keep saying that they want to protect the peace and lives of the people. But what about now? In the eyes of the police, the lives of hundreds of employees trapped in this building, as well as your wife's life, are not as important as avoiding audits of the five major banks!"

Every word of Eriko's words struck Hanzawa's heart.

"It must be... there must be something wrong." Hanzawa was panicking because he did not expect the police to refuse so firmly right from the start, exacerbating the conflict with Eriko.

"Section Chief Yokogawa," Hanzawa's voice sounded, "Eriko was also a bank employee before. What she did here today was indeed a serious threat to safety. However, maybe she had her own reasons for doing so. Can we ask the people from the Accounting Inspection Office to come out and listen to her thoughts?"

"Hanzawa, I'm sorry. We can't make any concessions."

"Eriko, I'm right next to you, right?" Yokokawa continued, "I can tell you clearly. The duty of the Accounting Inspection Office is to audit the use of public funds. Private institutions like banks are not within the scope of the Accounting Inspection Office's auditing power. According to the law, the Accounting Inspection Office has no right to audit private banks. We can't break our laws because of the demands of an extremist like you!"

Yokokawa completely rejected Eriko's request.

Hanzawa didn't expect that——

There was no negotiation at all—

There was no negotiation at all—

Judging from the police's reaction, they didn't care at all about the bomb detonated by Eriko.

"But! But!! My wife is tied up by them!!" Hanzawa shouted into the phone, "Why don't you try to solve it through dialogue?! Isn't there a chance to avoid a worse situation?! Please! I want to save my wife!!"

"Please calm down." Yokokawa said over the phone, "Tonight, our police only offer one option. That is, Eriko's unconditional surrender!"

"How can I stay calm!!!" Hanzawa's shout was filled with despair.

The woman listened to the argument on the phone in front of her, but her smile became even wider.

She looked at the banker:

"Hanzawa. Do you see this? This is how the world is. Those who are supposed to rule are hurting people. Those who are supposed to be honest are lying. Those who are supposed to protect people are killing people. Those who are looking after property are stealing. Those who are protecting public order are not caring about the lives of the people. Everything is turned upside down."

"Did you see that? Their actions are telling you clearly that people's lives are nothing compared to the profits they put in their pockets. Yes, even if these people are making a lot of money, they are still racking their brains every moment to figure out how to make their pockets fatter. In front of them, the people you cherish most are just discarded pawns that can be abandoned at any time."

"You enter the bank to change it." Eriko's words continued.

"But I can tell you, Hanzawa."

"You are wrong." Although Eriko's voice was calm, it was extremely inflammatory.

"Only destruction can bring about new life."

“Without experiencing the pain of being destroyed, there is no hope for change.”

"That's why I'm here today." Eriko's eyes seemed to be looking into the distance. "This world is already terminally ill."

“You can’t rebuild without destroying everything.”

(End of this chapter)