My transformation into a beautiful girl started with a hemorrhage.

All that's needed now is to issue an arrest warrant for Yamamura Hayato.

Yoshida Shoichi knew that, given the Metropolitan Police Department's track record, the entire department would announce the case was solved tomorrow, issue an arrest warrant for Yamamura Hayato, and the case would be closed.

Years later, when people have forgotten about it, the case will lie in some corner of the archives again.

but,

but!

He knew that the case wasn't like that; there was a terrifying truth hidden beneath it!

Yoshida Shoichi looked at the reports in his hands, compiled by frontline criminal investigation technicians and forensic pathologists. These reports clearly and meticulously recorded the murderer's method, process, and murder weapon.

They all point to one fact: this case is utterly bizarre!

The killer's methods were unusually simple, brutal, and...inhuman!

The murderer snapped a person's neck with his bare hands, pierced a person's skull with a disposable chopstick he flung out, and punched a person through the chest...

If these data hadn't been repeatedly verified by several groups of criminal investigation technicians, he wouldn't have believed that such a thing existed in this world.

Furthermore, based on his intuition, he knew that Yamamura Hayato was likely doomed.

He didn't know why the murderer killed Yamamura Hayato's family. Was it to silence them, a revenge killing, or to cover up the crime? He couldn't understand the murderer's motive.

Yoshida Shoichi pondered for a long time, then got up and left the office.

"Senior! Where are you going?" Aihara Daisora's voice came from behind Yoshida Shoichi.

However, Yoshida Shoichi naturally had no time to care about Aihara Daisaku at this moment. He took the elevator to the door of the head of the criminal investigation department, paused for a moment, and then resolutely knocked on the door.

"Please come in!"

A deep male voice came from inside.

With a click, Yoshida Shoichi opened the door and stepped inside.

Upon seeing that it was Yoshida Shoichi, the head of the Criminal Investigation Department, Koishikawa Ran's face immediately darkened. He said, "Oh, it's Yoshida! What's the matter?"

As soon as Koishikawa saw that it was Yoshida Shoichi, he roughly knew what he wanted to say.

"Minister, I think this burglary in a residential building in Shibatacho..."

"Stop!" Koishikawa Ran immediately interrupted Yoshida Shoichi, "This case is being handled by a special task force, so you don't need to worry about it."

"However, Minister, I feel there are many doubts in the investigation by the task force, and I think it should be reinvestigated."

"Reinvestigate? Yoshida-kun, when do you think we'll get the results?" Koishikawa demanded. "A week? A month? Three months? Six months? Or a year?"

"I think that no matter how long it takes, as long as we persevere..."

"No matter how much time it takes? Do you know how long the media and protesters outside will wait for you? And do you think the people in power have much patience?"

"But……"

“No buts, Yoshida-kun, why don’t you understand? The truth of the case isn’t important; what’s important is whether people are willing to believe it!” Koishikawa said.

He had also read the reports from the criminal investigation technicians and the forensic autopsy report, so he naturally knew that this case was full of strange occurrences.

However, that's precisely why he wants to close the case as soon as possible.

It wasn't just the pressure from the media, the public, and those above him; it was mostly his own fear.

People like Yoshida Shoichi, who are low-level officers, only know how to solve cases and are full of cases and justice. But as a police chief, he naturally saw the message that the murderer was trying to convey.

This is a...warning!!

A blatant warning!!!

They were warned that the police should not meddle!

The other side has made no attempt to conceal its power, essentially telling the police that continuing the investigation will lead to their deaths!

Upon receiving the Criminal Investigation Department's report, Koishikawa immediately convened a meeting to discuss whether the Metropolitan Police Department could withstand any attack from the other side.

The outcome was quite pessimistic.

That's why he hinted to the task force to close the case as soon as possible, and then send the details of the case to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department headquarters, so that the higher-ups could have a headache.

Xiao Shichuan understood perfectly well that he was just a minor official in the local public security bureau, physically weak, and unable to get involved in the affairs of these powerful figures.

……

Chapter 288 Getting on the Bus

Around 3 p.m.

The school bell rang on time at Misaki High School.

The soft, melodious music drifted through the entire school, soothing and lingering.

Kouta walked alone on the way to the school gate.

He had just stepped out of the school gate when he heard a warm female voice from the side: "Kouta!"

Kouta had noticed someone was there earlier, but he didn't expect it to be someone he knew well—Medada Chie.

"Maeda-senpai, what are you doing here?" Kouta asked, somewhat surprised.

Maeda Chie smiled sweetly: "I happened to pass by here today and saw Misaki High School. I remembered you said you studied here, so I came to check it out. I didn't expect to actually run into you!"

His tone revealed an irrepressible excitement.

In fact, Maeda Chie deliberately took a long way to Misaki High School in order to create a chance encounter with Kouta.

She felt that she had fallen far behind Hui.

If we don't catch up now, it will truly be too late.

In Maeda Chie's eyes now, Fujiki Kouta is no less than a so-called son of a wealthy family, and may even be more so. Because everything a son of a wealthy family has belongs to his parents, and she needs to please his parents, but everything Kouta has belongs to him, and she only needs to please Kouta.

"Kouta, are you going to work at the store now?" Maeda Chie asked.

"Hmm," Kouta replied, not finding anything wrong with Maeda Chie calling him by his name.

"I can't understand it. Kouta is so amazing, why would he be willing to work at a dessert shop?"

Kouta smiled modestly, about to speak, but Maeda Chie's voice rang out first: "Ha, I know, Kouta must be like the characters in the movies, here to experience the life of an ordinary person!"

Kouta felt embarrassed by what was said: "Senior, you're overthinking it. I only work for the money."

“I don’t believe it,” Maeda Chie said with a suspicious look.

"However, that is the truth."

“…Alright, if Kouta doesn’t want to talk about it, then forget it. By the way, I’m also going to the shop anyway, let’s go together!” Maeda Chie said, seizing the opportunity.

"Okay." Kouta didn't refuse.

After what happened yesterday, Kouta felt that Maeda Chie was also a good friend of his, and it was no big deal for them to walk together.

The two went to the store together.

Along the way, Maeda Chie followed closely beside Kouta like a little woman, glancing at him from time to time with joy and tenderness in her eyes. Her innocent and lovestruck appearance drew frequent glances from passersby, who looked at Kouta with envy and jealousy.

These people all assumed they were a couple.

However, Maeda did not appear too impatient, because rushing things would backfire. She was waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to decide the outcome.

The two were walking on the sidewalk.

Suddenly, a red sports car pulled up beside them.

After the sports car window rolled down, a very stylish young man popped his head out, took off his sunglasses, and arrogantly looked past Kouta to look at Maeda Chie, ordering her in a very arrogant and rampant manner: "Maeda, I didn't expect it to really be you, get in the car!"

When Maeda Chie saw this man, she unconsciously grabbed Kouta's arm with both hands.

Kouta wanted to say something to remind her, but when he felt Maeda's trembling hands as she gripped him, he didn't know what he was thinking. He just let Maeda hold him and took a small step to stand in front of Maeda Chie.

At this moment, Chie Maeda looked at the young man in the sports car, her eyes filled with fear.

This man is named Shibami Yosei, the young master of the Matsuba-kai, the largest yakuza organization in Aomori City.

The Matsuba Association has extensive connections in Aomori City. Its predecessor was a martial arts school called Matsuba Budokan, which was established more than a hundred years ago during the Meiji Restoration.

At that time, Japan was generally looking to the West, and with powerful ships and cannons, the samurai, a product of the old era, was abandoned by the times.

The Matsuba-kai also faced a decline in its status quo. However, in order to survive, the then-master abandoned his samurai dignity and became a murder organization that did dirty work for the emerging bourgeoisie. He also began to take in other down-on-their-luck samurai.

During the American occupation after World War II, the Japanese government was not allowed to keep a single bullet, so the only weapon the Japanese police had at the time was a bamboo pole.

With order broken down, the government powerless, and the occupying forces unable to control the entire country, crime surged. In desperation, the Japanese government began to seek help from local yakuza organizations to manage public order.

The Matsuba-kai seized the opportunity and developed its membership by teaching martial arts, becoming the largest organization in Aomori City at the time and successfully gaining the tacit approval of the Japanese authorities as a security organization.

With both military power and authority, the Matsuba Society began to seize large amounts of land and assets in Aomori City. After decades of development, the Matsuba Society has now become a deeply entrenched force in Aomori City.

Unlike other factions, the Pine Leaf Society originated from bloodthirsty samurai who adhered to the principle of strength above all else.

Therefore, although Japan has a strict ban on guns, no one knows how many firearms Matsuba has secretly acquired.

Even the government is unwilling to have a conflict with them.

The reason Maeda Chie was nervous was because the person she had previously lent money to was the Matsuba-kai.

This man named Shibamiya Yosei was a regular customer of hers, and he often asked her and several other women to serve him.

She used to have the idea of ​​hooking up with Shibamiya Yosei and making him fall in love with her.

However, after being played with by Shibamiya Yosei a few times, she no longer had that idea.

Because this Shibamiya Yosei looks respectable, but in reality he is a devil. What he likes most is torturing young and beautiful girls and watching them suffer. Every time she sleeps with Shibamiya Yosei, she will have several bruises on her body.

Every time Maeda Chie recalls her experience of sleeping with Shibamiya Yosei, she can't help but tremble all over.

"Hey! Maeda, didn't you hear me? Hurry up and come over here!" Shibamiya Yosei's tone started to sound a little annoyed.

Today, he happened to see Maeda Chie on the street, and seeing her innocent appearance in front of other men aroused his interest.

He knew exactly how slutty this woman was in bed.

He couldn't wait to see how shamelessly provocative this woman was in bed.

Kouta noticed the fear and timidity in Maeda Chie's eyes, and seeing Shibamiya Yosei's arrogant and rude attitude, he stepped forward and questioned Shibamiya Yosei directly: "Who are you, and what do you want with Maeda-senpai?"

Shibamiya Yosei turned his gaze to Kouta, who was questioning him. Due to years of excessive indulgence, Shibamiya Yosei's face was somewhat thin, and his eye sockets were a little sunken, making his gloomy eyes very prominent.