I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapters 264 and 265: No one can judge me, not even the Emperor!

The inky darkness of the night couldn't conceal the twinkling lights; Tokyo's nights were far from tranquil, instead quite noisy.

"Why did you go back to Tokyo?"

In a high-end apartment building near Tokyo Bay in the Minato Ward, the obese and pot-bellied Section Chief Akagi enthusiastically welcomed the silent Uchiha Senmon into the house.

Section Chief Akagi was wearing a white bathrobe and slippers, dressed very casually, without having changed into civilian clothes, clearly not considering the Uchiha Sage Clan as outsiders.

"Ha, the living room is a mess, but that's just how it is for a divorced, older single man."

With a cold expression, Uchiha Senmon glanced around the living room. In the center was an open suitcase, haphazardly piled with clothes. On the back of the sofa hung an unusually large pair of orange beach shorts.

"Isn't it true that I'm planning to go to Okinawa to enjoy the beach, sun, and hot girls after I retire? I'm preparing in advance. It's not easy to find swim trunks that fit my weight."

Section Chief Akagi chuckled a few times, but Uchiha Senmon, contrary to his usual behavior, remained expressionless and silent, his body radiating a cold aura.

"Immortal Sect, what brings you here? The last time I saw you so murderous was ten years ago, Mikoto..."

Halfway through his sentence, Section Chief Akagi realized he had misspoke: "Look at my mouth, what nonsense am I spouting?"

"senior."

Uchiha Senmon said coldly, "This isn't a suitable place to talk. Could we find somewhere else?"

"Let's go to the study."

Section Chief Akagi frowned, and his expression turned serious.

Whether it was the expression on Uchiha Sage's face after he joined the sect, or the change in how he addressed him, both made Section Chief Akagi's heart skip a beat, sensing that something was wrong.

Uchiha Senmon and Section Chief Akagi were alumni of Tokyo University, even belonging to the same club during their university years. Having known each other for over a decade, their relationship was naturally quite special. To avoid any appearance of impropriety at work, Uchiha Senmon rarely used the term "senpai" anymore.

Moreover, the fact that Xianmen, who had been diligent and conscientious in his work for ten years, had actually abandoned his post and returned to Tokyo overnight from Shizuoka Prefecture to find him privately must mean something of great importance.

"Immortal Sect, you can speak frankly now. The confidentiality of my study is absolutely guaranteed."

Section Chief Akagi sat behind his desk and spoke in a serious tone.

"Senior Akagi, do you have any explanation for this?"

Uchiha Senmon took out a tablet and slid it from his desk to Akagi's side.

"What's going on? Why are you being so secretive..."

Section Chief Akagi smiled, picked up the tablet, glanced at it, and his smile vanished instantly.

He continued looking down for a while, then raised his head to look at the Uchiha Immortal Gate, his eyes filled with a ruthless, predatory glint.

"Where did you get this information?"

Uchiha Senmon met Akagi Section Chief's gaze without backing down, his eyes sharp.

"That's none of your concern. Akagi-senpai, don't you have anything to explain?"

"Ha, these are already irrefutable pieces of evidence. No matter how I try to argue, it's all in vain, isn't it?" Section Chief Akagi said nonchalantly, having given up all hope.

He subtly glanced at the drawer on the lower right side of the desk, and his right hand slightly tucked back.

"Senior, please place your hands on the table, where I can see them."

Just then, Uchiha Senmon drew his sidearm with lightning speed, the dark muzzle pointing forward.

"Immortal Sect, you really are meticulous."

Section Chief Akagi calmly put down the tablet, spread his hands, and indicated that he posed no threat.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything underhanded. You're the top marksman in the Fourth Investigation Division, even if I, this fatso, had a gun, I wouldn't be a match for you."

"Akagi-senpai, we are not only members of the Tokyo University Kendo Club, but also partners who can entrust their lives to each other after being transferred to the Fourth Investigation Division. You even saved my life."

Uchiha Senmon's movements as he aimed the gun with both hands were textbook perfect; the muzzle didn't tremble at all, but his eyes flickered uncertainly.

"I've always respected you like an older brother. But why would you betray the Metropolitan Police Department and sell information to monsters? Is money really enough to drive you to this level?!"

Section Chief Akagi remained unmoved and didn't say a word for a long time.

"If there's some unavoidable reason behind it, I'll listen to your explanation." Uchiha Senmon's voice sounded very sincere.

"I'm scared."

Section Chief Akagi sighed, remained silent for a long time, and then finally uttered a few words.

"Although the Fourth Investigation Division's work involves secretly fighting against monsters and demons that threaten humanity, which sounds like a heroic act, the casualty rate for this job far exceeds that of other departments in the Criminal Investigation Department. My colleagues are dying one by one, and it's really frightening."

"If that's the case, then you can resign! Why are you colluding with demons?" Uchiha Senmon questioned.

"Although this may sound like I'm making excuses for myself, I have no reason to lie now."

Section Chief Akagi hesitated for a moment, a flash of anger crossing his eyes, and said:

"Just a few days after I had written my resignation letter, Higuchi Daigo came to my door, threatening my wife and me with their lives, coercing and enticing me to comply, and then..."

Section Chief Akagi's face was grave, and he said with a bitter smile, "One wrong step leads to another, and we'll sink deeper and deeper until there's no turning back."

"senior……"

Uchiha Senmon's expression was complicated, and the killing intent emanating from his body unconsciously diminished somewhat.

"Alright, let's get down to business. What are you planning to do with me?"

Section Chief Akagi's expression remained calm as he picked up his tablet with his right hand.

"Immortal Gate, if I'm not mistaken, you didn't report this to the Metropolitan Police Department; you just came to confront me alone. Isn't that right? You're so kind."

Uchiha Senmon silently held his gun, which was taken as tacit agreement.

"In that case, there's still room for maneuver. You've seen all these documents, haven't you?"

Section Chief Akagi looked relaxed and picked up his tablet to swipe a few times: "In the past few years of cooperating with the yokai, I have never done anything to betray you. Even if I leaked some information to the yokai, most of the people who died were from the Public Security Section 5."

"So, should I let you off the hook?" Uchiha Senmon said without a smile.

"Senmon, this isn't just for my sake, it's for yours too. To find the monster that killed Mikoto back then as soon as possible, you need to climb higher in the Metropolitan Police Department, don't you?"

Section Chief Akagi counted on his fingers, carefully analyzing the pros and cons.

"As I told you, the Metropolitan Police Department is going to merge the Fourth Investigation Division and the Fifth Public Security Division. At this critical juncture, exposing me, the head of the Fourth Investigation Division, for selling classified information to the monsters will definitely lead to attacks and the Fourth Investigation Division being swallowed up. My recommendation for you to be the head of the Fourth Investigation Division will also be a waste of time."

"My medical retirement has been approved by the director. After the handover of my work is completed, I will take early retirement in the second half of the year. I have already prepared my escape route. After arriving in Okinawa, I will fake my death to escape and smuggle myself to other countries."

Section Chief Akagi was eloquent and persuasive; every word he uttered seemed like a temptation from the devils of hell.

"I will definitely clean up the mess and leave you with absolutely no trouble. So, Immortal Sect, it's best to pretend that nothing happened. It's good for you, for me, and for the Fourth Investigation Division."

Section Chief Akagi looked sincere and made a move to stand up, but Uchiha Senmon pointed a gun at him and made him sit back down obediently with his hands raised.

A moment of struggle and hesitation flashed through Uchiha Senmon's eyes, but he quickly became resolute.

Do you think I'll protect you just because you say that?

"Immortal Sect, what do you want? You won't release me, but you won't kill me either. Are you planning to hand me over to the Metropolitan Police Department for trial?"

Section Chief Akagi's office chair creaked under the weight of the weight.

"We've known each other for almost twenty years. I was your and Mikoto's best man at your wedding, and I even held your child when he was a month old. Are you just going to stand by and watch me die?"

"Over the years, countless innocent people have died at the hands of monsters, including myself. Senior, even though I consider you an older brother, you must pay the price for the wrong you have done."

After a long internal struggle, Uchiha Senmon finally made up his mind and said;

"Senior, you might not necessarily sentence him to death. Even if you do, Japan has practically abolished the death penalty now, and it's common for death row inmates to go decades without being executed."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Upon hearing what Uchiha Senmon said, Section Chief Akagi burst into laughter.

"Senior, what are you laughing at?"

"That's right, he definitely won't be sentenced to death. After all, I know too much incriminating material, how could I possibly send it to court?" Section Chief Akagi wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and said.

"But my fate will definitely be worse than death. Nine times out of ten, I'll be sent to the secret base in Yokosuka Port to be used as human test subjects."

"Human experimentation?"

Uchiha Senmon looked bewildered, and for the first time, his hands, gripping the gun, wavered.

"Oh, that's right. At your level, you don't even know about the Immortal Sect."

Section Chief Akagi scratched his fat chin, a strange and eerie smile spreading across his face.

"After the first individual monster was captured in 1990, Yokosuka Port began conducting human experiments in earnest. Over the past ten years, the number of unfortunate people sent in may be in the four figures."

"How can this be allowed!"

Uchiha Senmon looked incredulous, his face turning pale and then flushed, and his forehead was covered in beads of sweat.

"Hahahaha! This country has always been like this; its darkness and corruption are beyond your imagination!"

Section Chief Akagi burst into unrestrained laughter, his laughter filled with sarcasm and disdain.

Taking advantage of the burst of laughter and the moment when Uchiha Senmon was in shock, he hooked his right foot and quietly pulled open the bottom right drawer of the desk.

A gleaming black pistol lay quietly in the drawer.

Section Chief Akagi, however, remained calm and didn't even glance at them, continuing to use words to undermine the Uchiha Sage's psychological defenses:

"Immortal Sect, you say monsters eat people, but aren't the Metropolitan Police Department's actions also cannibalistic?"

"I'm not the only one colluding with monsters. Aren't those tycoons doing the same? They're even providing hiding places for monsters in Tokyo. If those big shots can flirt with monsters, why can't I?!"

"For the sake of the ordinary people of this country, you're now going to punish me, your old classmate and savior of twenty years? But what about the Metropolitan Police Department, the conglomerates, and even this entire country—the ones that prey on even more people? Can you really punish them?"

"This kind of thing, this kind of thing..."

Uchiha Senmon couldn't help but take a few steps back, the gun in his hand feeling as heavy as a thousand pounds, making it impossible for him to maintain his previous standard shooting posture.

Section Chief Akagi nodded secretly, feeling that the time was almost right. He stood up, took off his bathrobe, and threw it on the ground.

"What are you doing? Sit down!"

Section Chief Akagi ignored Uchiha Senmon's warning, stood up, pointed to his chest, and said to Uchiha Senmon:

"Before being transferred to the Fourth Investigation Division, I was in the Second Special Crime Investigation Division of SIT. In 1966, I was shot three times during a terrorist attack in Chiyoda Ward and almost died."

He then peeled back the layers of fat on his belly, which resembled swimming rings.

"And there's this 30-centimeter scar on my stomach, which required over 200 stitches. In 2014, while on a mission in Gunma Prefecture, a monster ripped out my intestines. I spent a whole month in the ICU before I miraculously survived."

"And here! And here!"

Like a section chief displaying his medals, Section Chief Akagi pointed out each of the wounds on Uchiha Senmon's body.

"I risked my life for this country and made great contributions. Can't that atone for the mistakes I made?!"

Although some wounds were hidden by fat and almost invisible, it was clear that the relationship between Uchiha Senmon and Section Chief Akagi was indeed true.

Uchiha Senmon vividly remembered that Akagi-senpai was once a handsome and burly man, but due to severe injuries, he had to take medication continuously, which caused him to become obese like a bear.

"No one in this country has the right to judge me, no one! Not even the Emperor!"

"Immortal Sect, I'd rather die by your hand than be judged by this country. Shoot me!"

"Bang!"

A spark flashed.

Uchiha Senmon gritted his teeth, raised his gun, fired a shot at the ceiling, and shouted angrily:

"Akagi, sit down! Or I really will shoot!"

Section Chief Akagi gave a cold laugh before reluctantly returning to his seat.

However, a sinister glint appeared in his eyes, a sign of triumph. His previous heated words and actions were nothing but a performance, a smokescreen.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Section Chief Akagi has now secretly taken the pistol from the drawer.

"Immortal Sect, I have another bargaining chip that I'm sure you'll be interested in."

Section Chief Akagi, whose face was full of fat, suddenly laughed, revealing a confident and self-assured expression.

"I know the whereabouts of that two-faced demon you're looking for—the one who killed Uchiha Mikoto and can parasitize humans!"

(End of this chapter)