Through his vivid description, an evil organization that, in order to seek huge profits, does not hesitate to discharge harmful substances into the natural environment, and then conspires with those in power to cover up the truth, comes to life on the page!

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PS. I slept until 11am, then worked all day, and started writing at 11pm. I really don’t know how to adjust my schedule now…

I feel like once a deadline warrior accepts the deadline, their bedtime will be pushed back and forth...

This is the late stage of procrastination...

Chapter 4 Public Hazard (k)

Fujiwara Daichi's live reception was conducted via a combination of online and radio live broadcasts.

His declaration was like dropping a pack of Mentos into a pot of Coke, which not only ignited the entire press conference, but also caused an uproar among all the people who were watching the press conference through the Internet and radio.

Environmental pollution, environmental pollution.

As humans officially enter the industrial age, they pay more and more attention to environmental protection.

To put it in a more lofty and grand way, as a community with a shared future for mankind living together on Earth, if we compare the Earth to our own home, most of us do not want to live in an extremely harsh environment, let alone suffer from public pollution, or even our own country!

When Fujiwara Daichi presented the pollution problem and the solid evidence to the table, although he did not mention Fukuyama Yuji, the cabinet finance minister who proposed the "casino operation plan", it seemed as if every word was directed at Fukuyama Yuji.

The public is not stupid, and the reporters on the front line are even more agile. Some bold reporters asked Fujiwara Daichi directly, "The promotion of the casino plan has always been the responsibility of Minister Fukuyama. Do you mean that Minister Fukuyama has colluded with the Kowloon Group and tried to cover up the environmental pollution by building a casino?"

The reporter's questions were very sharp. Once Fujiwara Daichi admitted it, it would mean tearing off the last fig leaf between him and Fukuyama Yuji.

However, as a veteran in the political arena, Fujiwara Daichi would naturally not rashly leave excuses for others to criticize him.

You have to know that accusing a cabinet minister before the evidence is conclusive is not a trivial matter. Even if there is conclusive evidence in hand, Fujiwara Daichi should not have raised it in this way on such occasions.

He only took less than a third of a second to glance at the reporter who had just asked the question, then he adjusted his gaze, gently pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and responded in a leisurely tone.

"It is the job of the Metropolitan Police Department to find out who is colluding with the Kowloon Group. I am just fulfilling my obligations as a citizen.

Oh yes, in order to let the public know what kind of harm it is, I invited Dr. Shuji Satomi, an associate professor at the First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Naniwa University, and a victim who was severely harmed by public pollution.

Hearing is not believing, seeing is believing. I hope you can use your ears and eyes to confirm the harm yourself!"

As Fujiwara Daichi finished his righteous words, a middle-aged man in a white coat and an elegant appearance and a tall young man with black and gray hair appeared on the stage of the press conference at the same time.

Everyone must have had this feeling: when the vision changes from dark to bright, or when there is sudden strong light, the light will be dazzling in the first moment, and you can hardly see the outside world clearly. It will take a few seconds or minutes before you can gradually see the objects clearly.

This is actually an adaptation of the human eye to the external environment and also a protection for the eyes. To put it more scientifically, it can be called "light adaptation."

The moment the two walked onto the stage, because of the flashing lights and spotlights from the audience, Dr. Shuji Satomi, who was wearing a white coat, unconsciously squinted his eyes slightly to adapt to the "bombardment" of cameras and cameras. Through the screen, everyone could clearly feel his "discomfort".

However, what made people feel a little strange was that the young man who stood on the stage with him not only did not show any strange expression, but even his pupils seemed to have no focus.

What was most shocking was that the color of the pupils of this young man's eyes was as gray as death.

There is no doubt that this young man is the victim of public pollution that Fujiwara Daichi mentioned!

After getting used to the lights of the press conference for a while, Shuji Satomi picked up the microphone. He first looked at the young man next to him with an expression of pity, and then spoke in a deep voice to the reporters and cameras around him.

“As you can see, Mr. Smoky standing next to me is the victim of this public nuisance!

Although it is not possible to confirm the extent of harm that long-term living in a land filled with harmful sediments will cause to the human body, it is certain that if one is in close contact with the land for a long time, or is in the same space with the crystals precipitated by those harmful substances.

In mild cases, the patient will suffer from vomiting and fatigue, while in severe cases, the body's functions will decline. If not cured in time, the infected person's body will be completely exhausted in about a year.

And Mr. Smoky..."

When he said this, as if what he was about to say next was something extremely difficult to say, Satomi Shuji just opened his mouth slightly, and the words that were about to come out seemed to be stuck in his throat and he couldn't utter a single syllable.

At this time, Smoky, who was still standing next to him, patted his shoulder and comforted him softly with a relaxed look.

“It’s okay, Dr. Satomi, you’ve done enough.

I came here to prevent more people from making the same mistakes I made, right? "

Smoky's voice was very soft, as if just saying these words had taken up a lot of his energy.

As the leader of RUDE BOYS, one of the "five major forces of SWORD", the reason why he appeared here was to find a way out for the "family members" of Wuming Street.

Originally, he thought that his fists alone would be enough to protect these "ghosts" who had abandoned their identities and were wandering in the nameless streets.

It was not until he fell seriously ill and learned the truth from Murayama Yoshiki and Cobra that he finally understood.

With his increasingly weak body, he is unable to protect Wuming Street under the pressure of Kowloon and the government. He needs to find a way out for Wuming Street, so he came here.

After hearing Smoky's words, Shuji Satomi finally regained his composure. He took a deep breath, slowly exhaled the foul air in his chest, and continued speaking in a deep voice.

“And Mr. Smoky, because of his long-term contact with the crystals formed by the harmful substances, his body functions, physical strength, power, and muscle fibers are all depleting at an unimaginable speed.

As you can see, his eyes can no longer see things beyond three meters!

Now, he can probably only see a little bit of a vague outline. Because of the untimely treatment, Smoky's body has even weakened to a state that modern medicine cannot reverse.

Now, he is probably like a candle in the wind, which may be extinguished at any time..."

As he spoke, Shuji Satomi took out a white paper from behind him, waved it at the reporters and cameras present, and continued.

“Here is Smoky-kun’s medical examination report and the results of the Environment Department’s inspection of the mineral crystals mined from underground in Nameless Street.

As a doctor, I don’t want to see more people follow Smoky’s footsteps. I don’t want to see more people suffer from this disease, slowly being deprived of all body functions, and finally dying powerlessly.

Imagine if a healthy person slowly loses his sense of taste and vision within a year, and even becomes unable to walk or lift heavy objects as usual. How desperate and helpless that would be!

So I implore everyone to help these people, even if it’s just to say a word for them!

please! "

As he said this, Shuji Satomi, a doctor, actually bent down deeply towards the camera.

To be honest, as a doctor, there is no need for him to go to this extent.

But...

A doctor is like a caring parent. When Shuji Satomi performed a full physical examination on Smoky and deduced the illness Smoky had experienced based on relevant information, even though he had seen all kinds of diseases, he couldn't help but feel sympathy for him.

Through the camera, Shuji Satomi's words were truthfully conveyed to the ears of every viewer who was watching the live broadcast. Even the most indifferent people could hear the sincerity in his words.

Many people even put themselves in Smoky's shoes when they heard his words.

They were just a few simple and ordinary words, but they were like a bullet that shot them in the heart.

The feeling of despair and helplessness instantly eroded the hearts of most people, and then aroused their deep empathy.

All of a sudden, discussions supporting Shuji Satomi and denouncing the Kowloon Group emerged in major communities, chat rooms, and forums on the Internet.

Even if there were a few different and discordant voices, they were quickly drowned out by the wave of discussion.

Among these discussions, a post that was not very conspicuous was pinned to the top of the forum in a very short time and was spread crazily by netizens.

"Calm down for a moment, I'm from the Geological Survey, and I have something to say.

To be honest, I really don't want to believe this, but if what Dr. Satomi said is true...

Although Wuming Street is located on the edge of Tokyo, it is the water inlet of the entire Tokyo underground water system. If the sediment of harmful substances is found from the minerals under Wuming Street, does it mean that the water flowing into Tokyo is also..."

The remarks made by the netizen who claimed to be an employee of the Geological Survey were like pouring a pot of hot oil into an already blazing fire, raising the already heated discussion to a higher level.

As an international metropolis, Tokyo has a permanent population of approximately 1396 million, of which the 23 wards have a total population of approximately 900 million. If the scope is expanded to the entire Tokyo metropolitan area, the total population would be as high as 3700 million.

You have to know that the entire population of Japan is only 1.3 million, and the Tokyo metropolitan area accounts for nearly a quarter of that.

After this post was pinned and spread quickly, all the people who were still on the sidelines were completely dumbfounded.

They didn't expect that they would just eat some melons out of boredom, but end up eating it up on their own heads!

Not only did the original spectators leave the scene, but even some politicians and officials could no longer sit still.

In the end, thousands of words were combined into two sentences in a very tacit understanding.

"CNM's Kowloon Group!"

"CNM's Fukuyama Yuji!"

Just as the momentum of boycotting Fukuyama Yuji and Kowloon Group was growing stronger on the Internet, Shunichi Kurosaki, chief prosecutor of the Securities Examination Division of the Financial Services Agency and the Securities Regulatory Commission, quietly came to the detention center in Tokyo together with Inspector Omaeda of the Financial Crime Countermeasures Office of the Metropolitan Police Department.

The detention center is a type of execution facility in Japanese prisons. It is a place where all unconvinced prisoners, suspects and death row prisoners sentenced to supervision are detained.

At this time, in the visiting room of the detention center, a middle-aged man in his forties who looked honest looked at Inspector Omaeda and Kurosaki Hayao sitting opposite him and asked in a trembling voice.

"Officer...Officer Omaeda, I have confessed everything I should have confessed. I wonder why you are looking for me today...?"

It can be seen that this middle-aged man is very afraid of the two people in front of him. He has to take two or three breaths before he can finish a sentence.

Seeing the cowardly look of the middle-aged man, Inspector Omaeda's fat face couldn't help but fall.

As an inspector in the Financial Crime Countermeasures Office of the Life Safety Department of the Metropolitan Police Department, the intensity of his work is naturally not as busy as that of the Criminal Department's Investigation Section 1 and Investigation Section 2, but that does not mean that Omaeda is idle.

The reason why he agreed to let Kurosaki Hayao come to the detention center today was entirely because of the face of the Criminal Department Director Daizen Sendo, who was also his cheap father-in-law Kamijou Ren.

After all, the workplace is a circle. Although he belongs to the Life Safety Department and Sendo Daizen is not his direct superior, he still has to give face to the Director of the Criminal Department. In desperation, he can only accompany Kurosaki Hayao on this trip.

With a perfunctory attitude, he turned his head and gave Kurosaki Shunichi a look, signaling him to hurry up.

Seeing this, Kurosaki Shunichi didn't waste any time. He just leaned forward slightly in his chair, assuming a rather aggressive sitting posture. Then he looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and spoke softly and slowly.

"I'm Kurosaki Shunichi, the chief prosecutor of the Securities Review Division of the Financial Services Agency. We've met once before, so I think you still remember me, Mr. Katagiri Eiji."

After hearing what Kurosaki Shunichi said, Katagiri Eiji's pupils suddenly shrank.

Obviously, as soon as Kurosaki Hayao introduced himself, Katagiri Eiji almost instantly remembered what could be called the darkest day of his life.

He looked at Kurosaki Shunichi who was staring at him, and replied in a trembling voice with a evasive look in his eyes: "Well...well, I remember you, Prosecutor Kurosaki, I wonder if you are..."

However, before he could finish his words, Kurosaki Shunichi on the opposite side raised his eyebrows and whispered in a seductive tone.

"Someone asked me to bring you a message.

He cured your daughter's illness."

Hearing this, Katagiri Eiji, who had just been timid and didn't dare to look at Kurosaki Shunichi directly, suddenly stood up as if he was dying of an illness, and looked at Kurosaki Shunichi opposite him with a look of surprise.

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PS. I set a flag before writing, I must finish coding before 2 o'clock today!

It looks OK so far, only exceeded by 5 minutes!

Take the dog for a walk, take a shower and go to bed. Good night!

Chapter 4 Tainted Witness (k)

"Someone asked me to bring you a message.

He cured your daughter's illness as promised."

Kurosaki Shunichi's words were soft, but they sounded like a loud bell in Katagiri Eiji's ears.

He tried hard to hold back the tears in his eyes, and asked in a trembling voice even more trembling than before: "How...how are you going to prove it?"

As if he had expected Katagiri Eiji to ask such a question, before the other party finished speaking, Kurosaki Shunichi took out a brown paper bag from the briefcase beside him and handed it to the other party, and at the same time opened the video that had been recorded on his mobile phone.

"This document is a comprehensive physical examination report for your daughter by Dr. Shuji Satomi, an associate professor of the First Department of Internal Medicine at the Naniwa University School of Medicine. Judging from the various data, although she is a little weak compared to her peers, there is no doubt that the illness that has been bothering her for a long time has disappeared."

As he spoke, Kurosaki Shunichi didn't care that Katagiri Eiji was concentrating all his attention on the medical examination report in his hand. He just pushed the mobile phone with the video turned on in front of Katagiri Eiji.

"Dad, when can you come see Lingzi?

Lingzi listened to her father and took her medicine on time every day."

"Dad, dad, grandpa said you went on a business trip abroad and it will take a long time for you to come back. Lingzi... Lingzi misses dad..."

"Dad, Dad, Lingzi went to the hospital with Grandpa today. The doctor said Lingzi is recovering well and will be able to go out and play games like other children soon~"

"Dad, dad, Lingzi's illness has recovered. When will you come back?"

"dad......"

When Katagiri Eiji, who was concentrating on the medical examination report in his hand, heard his daughter's familiar voice, for a moment he was really a little panicked. He didn't want his daughter to see him like this.

Like all adult men, Katagiri Eiji has been responsible for the entire family since he got married.

A 32-year mortgage, a car loan that had just been paid off, and his daughter’s education fund, the huge pressure weighed heavily on his shoulders, making him, who was just over years old, look like a middle-aged man in his s.

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