Chapter 34 Section thirty-two

The foot on the accelerator naturally strengthens. After separating from Kakinuma, Mikami headed east along the county road.He was going to find Yoshio Amamiya.Although he didn't know if the information he had at hand could help him persuade Amamiya to accept the condolences of the chief, but at least it gave him a reason to visit again.In fact, the place he most wanted to go was not Amamiya's house, but he wanted to rush directly to the director's mansion in Q City, and use these two hands to grab Urushihara's neck. It feels like the stomach acid is all stuck in the throat.This matter is not something that can be ignored.Not only anger came to my heart, but also many regrets.Obviously there is an opportunity to record, as long as the voice is successfully recorded, the voice of the kidnapper can be spread all over Japan, and through voiceprint analysis, all suspected male voices can be compared one by one.

Mikami tapped the steering wheel with his palms, endless negative emotions welling up in his heart. No threatening phone calls were recorded.What if this fact had been made public at the time?Not only was the ransom taken away, but Shoko Amamiya had also turned into a corpse when she was discovered, and things turned into the worst possible outcome.However, during the investigation, the evidence directly related to the kidnappers was missed.Just because the tape recorder wasn't working properly.It will definitely be surrounded by public opinion, and all cadres will have to take the blame and resign.But even so, it can't quell the criticism from the public!As long as the case remains unsolved for a day, the media will list the mistakes in the investigation according to the three meals, and no matter how long it takes, they will still rub salt on the old wounds.Therefore, the police have to apologize to the people of the country according to the three meals: if only the voice of the phone was recorded...

However, the actual crime was far deeper than this. That's not an old wound.All have to face the fact that the wound is still bloody under bandages today.Not only did the police make an irreparable investigation error in the first-level kidnapping and murder case, but they also collaborated with the entire organization to conceal this fact and deceived the world for fourteen years.Now, if the media know this fact and make a news report... Just imagining it is scary.No matter how serious the failure of the recording was, it was an accidental mistake after all, but the concealment of the facts was man-made.Just doing this is unforgivable. In order to completely conceal his mistake, he also concealed the fact that the kidnapper had made a phone call; and in order to annihilate the evidence, even the most important investigative information when handling the case was also annihilated.This is the last crime that should not happen as a search agency.Once these hidden behaviors were exposed, the entire D county police could not finish eating and walked away.This is completely incomparable with the situation of his own public investigation mistakes, and will definitely be severely criticized by public opinion.

Not only that.Kidnapping is different from other crimes.After becoming a broadcasting officer, Mikami was familiar with the national reporting countermeasures, so he knew where the more terrible problems were. Because the kidnapping case also involves the very sensitive issue of "report agreement".This is an agreement based on reflections on the chaotic reporting of kidnapping cases in the past that completely disregarded the life and death of meat tickets.When the kidnappers warn the victim's family not to call the police, it may endanger the victim's life if they learn of police action from newspapers or television.Therefore, once a kidnapping case occurs, the media must sign an agreement, and no interviews or reports can be conducted until the victim is confirmed to be safe or the kidnapper has been arrested.The intelligence gaps created by this agreement are filled by the police.The police must provide the major media with all information related to the case and the progress of the investigation as soon as possible.The problem lies at this point.

To put it bluntly, the reporting agreement is at best an "intermedia agreement" that restrains the media from each other. The police have not signed any agreement with the media.It's just that whether it is a kidnapping case or whether the victim's life will be endangered is determined by the police, so various administrative procedures related to the reporting agreement are also carried out under the leadership of the police.In most cases, the police first explain the incident to the press club, and then ask the media to sign a report agreement. Usually, the media can only "accept" the police's request. Therefore, objectively speaking, this is actually a "Agreement between police and media".In short, even after the various media have signed a report agreement, the police must also abide by the "gentlemen's agreement".

On the point that human life is at stake, the two parties have indeed reached a consensus, but this is actually more like an exchange of conditions.From the standpoint of the police, if the media does not accept this request, they will have a headache.As long as the media can sign a report agreement, the police can concentrate on handling the case and no longer need to waste their energy on dealing with reporters.On the other hand, from the standpoint of the media, it is true that it will fall into the cocooning complex that the freedom of the press and the right of citizens to know have been damaged, but at the same time, it can also use this counterforce to loudly emphasize the importance of the power supervision function.Coupled with the fact that they were forced to swallow the reporting agreement, they could justifiably request the police to provide thorough investigation information.If you think about it calmly, it is actually a favorable agreement for the media, because without doing anything, you can get a lot of information that can never be collected by ordinary interviews, but no reporter would think so.Whenever there is a kidnapping case, there will always be one or two hundred reporters and photographers flocking to the scene.But even if they rush to the front line, they are subject to the reporting agreement, so they can't report live. A group of people can only huddle in the closed space of the press conference.When this state continues, they will fall into the pressure of desire and dissatisfaction, thinking that the police made them become like this.They would see themselves as assisting police investigations amid restrictions on press freedom.This atmosphere of benevolence to the police is pervasive everywhere, so when the reporting agreement has not yet been lifted, if the police are not clear enough to provide information, it will cause mass hysteria, and they will attack and violently attack the police s attack.

64 What was the situation at that time?Must have also signed a report agreement agreement!However, the D County Police did not fulfill its obligation to provide information and concealed the "call from the kidnapper".It is not an exaggeration to say that the agreement with the media was broken in the worst way.Whatever the outcome of the anonymity issue, the relationship of trust between the D County Sheriff and the media broke down fourteen years ago.Organizational authority and credibility can be torn to pieces by reports of unabashed hostility.However, all of this is just the calm before the storm. The number of journalists who filled the 64 press conference at that time may be several times that of the present. The young reporters at that time are now all old reporters. Many of them must have become bureau chiefs or editor-in-chiefs across the country. Or hold an important position in the head office!These people are all involved, and they will definitely be shocked, indignant, and critical of the betrayal of the D County Police.These voices will become the opinions of the entire company, and eventually become a unanimous media outcry, pouring mountains and seas into the police department.The opposition parties will also take the opportunity to stab again, and maybe they will use the media as their backing to send the personal data protection law or the human rights protection bill to Congress for deliberation.

—so stupid.Mikami sighed heavily. In order to avoid problems, a mere local police department has put the entire police organization in a desperate situation. Qi Yuan really deserves death.No, the one who really deserved to die was the Minister of Criminal Affairs at the time, Kiyotaro Hisama.It was because he tolerated Urushihara's personal mistakes that it turned into an organized crime.The "report letter" thrown into the minister's mansion was Koda's heartfelt cry, but it was destroyed by Jiu Jian.That handsome man who always put on an intellectual face, but was useless once something really happened, actually listened to Urushihara's on-the-spot judgment.

But this is also to protect the organization!Whether it is publicized or not, the incident itself and the mistakes made are too serious.The timing of that happened was terrible too.A few days after the recording failed, Shoko Amamiya's body was discovered. The county police of D had already been attacked by public opinion at that time. It is not difficult to imagine how difficult it was to stand in front of a row of cannon-like cameras at that time and say that there was another threatening phone call, but... To put it bluntly, it was for self-protection. When Jiu Jian was about to retire, he had already decided to parachute to an outlying group in the police circle.No matter what the reason, there is only one result left.That is, in order to protect themselves, the most senior cadres left a very dangerous bomb for the next people.It may have been calculated for a long time that as long as the interior is handled properly, the bomb will never explode.If he really had such wishful thinking, then he was really a shallow and short-sighted man, as the rumors at the time said.Right now there is a whistleblower like Xingtian, and the victim's father, Amamiya, also knows the truth.The whole situation is like a giant restless sleep, as long as there is a slight sign of trouble, it will be exposed

It is a veritable "debt to keep children and grandchildren".Kakinuma said that this is a matter of attention passed down from generation to generation by successive criminal ministers.When Kuma retired, he told the truth to the next Minister of Criminal Affairs, Muroi Tadahiko.Recording failure, concealment of mistakes, Koda's Notes.Muroi must have been shocked!But from the moment he learned the truth, whether he wanted to or not, the accomplice relationship had already been established.Once the truth is revealed to the world, his ministerial inauguration press conference will immediately turn into a resignation press conference.So Muroi had no choice but to swallow the poison obediently.Not only that, the iron wall of keeping secrets may have become stronger during his tenure.Send Kakinuma to monitor and intimidate Koda who has resigned, and then hand over the supervision task to Urushihara.Continuously mastering the private class is also a countermeasure to prevent leaks, so Kakinuma's "no transfer" has become a precautionary note passed down from generation to generation.This is the top secret of the criminal department, and it has been passed down by eight ministers, including the current Arakida.

Mikami felt powerless. Because the name of Michio Osakabe is also among the eight successive ministers.There is also Odate Shozo, who is known as a famous commander.The latter is also a matchmaker for Mikami and Minako, and he is also the "father of criminals" in his mind.Of course, they did not cause the disaster, not to mention that the risk of concealing the facts will be directly proportional to the length of concealment.When receiving a fully matured and destructive bomb, in order to protect oneself, is there a second way to go besides burying it in the dark forever? But…… He still can't let go.Can't even Osakabe and Odate break this vicious circle?The justice, modesty, and tradition of the criminal department...these things he once believed in, are now as fragile as a mirage. Is it because he has been a criminal police officer for so many years that he thinks so? Today, the eyes of the world are actually more ruthless and discerning.In the eyes of the general public, the police are just like private enterprises, an organization full of emotions and desires.The role that modern people require the police to play is neither an envoy of justice nor a kind nanny of the people, but a "machine" that can ensure safety.What people need is high-performance machinery that can quickly exclude danger from the life circle of themselves and their families.Maybe Osakabe and Odate are the machines they need.Take things lightly.Although half of them were in the shadow of the criminal department, they were not swallowed by the shadow of the criminal department.Just play the original role of the police well, send criminals to prison with the attitude of catching one more is one more, and constantly refresh the number of solved cases.Then use this result to prove the existence of the police. The current criminal department no longer has that kind of strength.After Taiguan retired four years ago, the next two criminal ministers all came up from the Ministry of Security.Even Arakida had been in the mobile team longer than he had been in the criminal department. Although he was one step ahead of others, he was not good at handling cases.This can be seen from the numbers.Of the homicides that occurred after Tai Kwun retired, more than half of the cases were unsolved, excluding the murderers who committed suicide or were arrested as active criminals.Before Matsuoka took office as the head of the first search section, it can be said that the entire army was wiped out. The minister's "no achievements" will continue in the future.Because the post of criminal chief of the D county police is the highest position that a local police officer can climb.After all, he is the highest person in charge of the criminal department, so it is more reasonable to be someone who has worked in the criminal unit for many years.However, if there is no such power as Osakabe or Odate that can control the wind and rain in other counties and cities, it can be said that it will be extremely difficult for a criminal policeman who was defeated in the promotion exam to climb to the throne of the Minister of Criminal Affairs.Arakida is scheduled to retire in the spring of next year, and Rikamoto Tsuruo, who came from the Ministry of Security, is currently regarded as the most promising next criminal minister. Still, the organization is functioning.To put it bluntly, it is "rank makes a person".No matter how inexperienced the case is and how poor the actual performance is, once he sits on the throne of the minister, anyone can put on the face of the highest commander of the criminal department.Exaggeratedly bragging about his meager achievements, once a case occurs, he will make excited noises like a monkey, dance in the investigative information mixed with jade and stone, and then hypnotize himself in a way similar to going back in time. People from the criminal department.Arakita is the best example.He has no doubts about the fact that he is now the veritable supreme commander of the criminal department. That's why he treats the police department as if he killed his father and enemy, and he has the face to say that his qualifications in the criminal department are better than his own. Mikami was several times as many as outsiders. Mikami lowered the driver's window a little bit, and the cold air blew on his face.The north wind whizzed past, and the street trees with few leaves left kept shaking. All in all... Mikami changed his mind. He finally knew what Arakita was thinking.When he knew that the chief's inspection had other purposes, he must have been quite shocked.Just at this time, I received a report that Erdu was inquiring about Koda's manuscript. I must have thought that someone was going to reach out to snatch the bomb hidden in his arms!In a mental state of panic, timidity, and almost jumping over the wall, a city wall of gag order was built overnight.If he pursued it further, he might really jump over the wall in a hurry!Not only Arakida, even Matsuoka will not continue to remain silent.Once the fate of the criminal department is at stake, even if the opponent is someone from this department, he will not hesitate to shoot. He also knew Erdu's movements - if he stretched the battle line a bit, it could be said that he had seen the position of the police department led by Akama.In order to achieve the purpose of this department, the interference factors within the D county police are being eliminated one by one.Is the investigation of 64 to lure the snake out of the hole?Turn over the old accounts that have been dusty for a long time, use this to find out the weakness of the criminal department, slash the throat of the criminal department, and complete the task of opening the city without blood.Is this what the Police Department is planning? The problem is, after knowing that the hidden case bomb hidden in 64 will not only blow up the criminal department, but also the D county police will be buried with him, it becomes more and more difficult to understand Erdu's intentions.It's not good for anyone if you start to scare the snake.Blindly tracing the whereabouts of Koda's manuscript is tantamount to making the existence of the bomb known to everyone.Whether it is in terms of personnel or supervision, police investigations must be conducted on the premise of "silently". What's more, police investigators are still responsible for controlling the reputation of the police and managing the crisis of litigation. expert.Is it right to be tasked with protecting an organization while putting the entire organization in a desperate situation?Once the facts are made public, needless to say in this hall, even the 260,000 brethren across the country will cast their disdainful glances at the D county police.A public apology is unavoidable, and the right to speak will also be deprived. You can only spend the long winter of relying on others and watching people's faces under the eaves of the police family. Since then, the D county police have existed in name only. Isn't this the development that Erdu dislikes the most? No, wait a minute. God knows if Erdu's investigation has made any progress.Even Mikami, who was still in the criminal department until this spring, only found out the truth about Koda's letter fifteen minutes ago.Er Duguang's first type of contact with Kaki-numa had already failed.Regardless of Urushihara's order or not, the active criminal police, who were originally forbidden to have contact with the police, would not be able to give the opponent's trump card any chance, not to mention that the people below had no idea what the people above were thinking.Erdu may still be at a loss at the place farthest from the truth.The only thing he knew was the four words of Koda's Notebook that he had heard, but he had no idea what the contents were.It is precisely because they do not understand the seriousness of the matter that such important information is disclosed to the most basic criminal police... Thoughts suddenly stuck. Hearsay... so where did you hear it? The reasoning that I was about to convince myself with great difficulty began to be uncertain again. This is not a gossip that can be heard casually, but a taboo topic that the criminal ministers of all generations have kept secret.So where did Erdu hear it?And who told him?Was it Akama who ordered him to investigate?The intelligence gathering ability at the ministerial level is indeed unmatched by the subordinates, that's why they know the code name 64.But there are still problems.No matter how many staff members want to curry favor with those who are in charge of personnel affairs, it is impossible for symbols that have never been circulated in the hall before to reach Akama's ears. The more I think about it, the more I don't understand it.Erdu's unpleasant feeling filled his brain.His ruthless black eyes flickered in his mind.He knew what he shouldn't know, said what he shouldn't say.The man acted with absolutely no regard for risk.No, it's impossible.It is precisely because he never forgets to do a good job in risk management that he can ascend to today's ace. —He really did it on purpose. Nidu knew the danger of Koda's Letter.Even if you don't know what the content is, you know it's a very dangerous thing.He must have looked into all this beforehand.Two people in the home team resigned, one of them, Koda, disappeared, and Hiyoshi locked himself at home.The county police and the family members did not ask each other.As long as the information is collected, it is not difficult to see that the secret letter with Koda's name on it is definitely not an ordinary letter, and it can even smell of gunpowder.It's about 64, and if you are not careful, the entire D county police may be brought down.Er Du continued to investigate under the understanding of the seriousness of the matter. Why?It was his position that led him to take this action. Because for Erdu, the organization does not only refer to the D county police.Not only the police department with public security, but even the police department is about to become a local direct store of the police agency.Erdu is the investigator of D County Police and also a subordinate of this department.He worked hard to climb up the ladder of the organization, and finally became a special existence, gained the trust of the special examination team, and became their confidant.Therefore, he must also play a good role in the wrestling game of the superior organization.The magistrate is coming in four days.Before that, he had to suppress the criminal department and make preparations for them to accept Tokyo's mercy.There is no time, but the only weapon at hand is the Koda Codex.Erdu had no choice but to draw out the sword hidden in his arms regardless of the possible risk price D County Police might pay. This inference permeated his whole body like water.Like Mikami, Erdu was also persecuted by his superiors, and he was also cornered.Beneath his unsmiling mask, bloodshot eyes stared at the calendar and clock.The inspection by the chief four days later is the dead line and the key to the outcome. —that's the way it is. Mikami finally figured it out.At first, he just foolishly thought that because of the officer's coming to inspect, the struggle between the criminal department and this department became more and more intense.But this is not the case. This is a short-term decisive battle, and the countdown has already begun. Everything will come to an end on the day of the inspection.Inspection is equivalent to execution, neither a show nor a symbolic ceremony.Chief Otsuka intends to carry out his true purpose himself.He's sure to make a big statement on the inspection.You should be right to think so. The question is the content, what exactly is the officer going to say? Will it be related to 64?Is it related to hidden events?how is this possible!If this is the case, he will definitely be forced to take the blame and resign immediately.If it's not about 64, what is it?Are there any other flaws in the criminal department?Are there any questions lurking?Did you do anything to offend this hall?Even if this is the case, what specific "punishment" will the criminal department receive?Mikami couldn't think of anything at all, his mind went blank. Suddenly, Mikami shuddered. He didn't know what the officer would say, but he knew when and where the officer planned to speak.It must have been during the surprise interview at Amemiya's house... Mikami suddenly realized.A red light suddenly appeared ahead, and Mikami stepped on the brakes quickly.The car came to a stop just past the stop line.Fortunately, there were no people or cars coming, front, back, left, or right.This is a small intersection in the suburbs.He has already entered the area of ​​the old Morikawa Town before the merger, only a few minutes' drive away from the Amemiya's house. The urge to turn around and go home flashed in my heart.He is very aware of the role he has been assigned.Convince Yugong to change his mind.This is not only a stop on the inspection route, but also use surprise interviews to publicize the "good things" that the criminal department has done. Through the power of typeface and radio waves, the criminal department cannot refute.If this is the wishful thinking of the people in this hall, then Mikami is now setting up the execution ground where the criminal department will be sent to the guillotine, and is creating a stage to make the last scene look more climactic.Because on the day of the inspection, it was also the job of the broadcaster to arrange surprise interviews on the spot. After the signal turned green, Mikami continued to drive, but when the factory of Amemiya Sumono came into view, he couldn't help turning the steering wheel.He remembered that there was a small water park along the river bank. There were aspen and camphor trees in the park, as well as some sports equipment and old telephone booths.Except for the more luxuriant trees and leaves, the scenery in front of me is exactly the same as the memory from fourteen years ago, and even the telephone booth is still the same.With the popularity of mobile phones, the demolition of telephone booths is in full swing.However, after 64, there have been no more families with children to play in this area, and even the existence of this park itself may have long been forgotten. Mikami parked the car beside the phone booth. The fear of never going back to the Criminal Department finally became a reality.The obsession with the work of the criminal police that he had deliberately hidden and was unwilling to face all the time, after knowing that he really couldn't go back, spread out like wildfire. He had no choice but to bow his head to Akama.While swallowing everything alive and donning a mask of obedience, he still hasn't given up hope.One day, Ayumi will go home, Akama will be transferred back to Tokyo, and everything will be fine.He can take off the mask of hypocrisy, pave the way for the reform of the newspaper, and return to the criminal department with his head held high.He didn't know how many times he had drawn such a blueprint in his mind. However, the criminal department will not forgive Mikami.Accomplices, thugs, treachery.Once he takes off his mask, he will be branded as a traitor immediately.Now, the words Zuo Jin said came to mind again: "Do you really want to stay on the second floor and sit at a desk for the rest of your life until you retire?" Just destroy the foundation of the execution ground. The devil whispered in the ear in a tempting tone, and Mikami finally nodded slowly. As long as the report to Yugong is given up, the plan of the chief's condolences will be in vain.However, judging from the current situation, no matter whether you say it or not, the possibility of Amamiya accepting the condolences of the chief can be said to be very small.But in order to show off to Akama, I still have to visit again.It just doesn't need to be actively stated.In this way, the officer's condolences will come to an end without a problem.The chief will still make a major speech, maybe at the scene of the crime, maybe in front of the subordinate squad, but no matter where he chooses, the effect will be very weak.Compared with the impact of publishing in the victim's home, it is simply a world of difference.It is precisely because the broadcaster is Mikami that the worst can be avoided.As long as we try our best to get this matter to the criminal department, there is still a glimmer of hope. Akama will definitely be furious!But what he blamed was that Mikami's ability was too poor to convince Amamiya, and he probably didn't think that Mikami failed on purpose.No matter, even if Akama sees through Mikami as a ghost, the punishment he can give Mikami is very limited, after all, there is still a line that he cannot cross.Even if he can use Ayumi to threaten Mikami, he can't really do anything to "his family's daughter".No matter how bad the relationship between him and Mikami becomes in the future, the special search order he personally issued at the beginning will continue to be executed.In other words, as long as Mikami looks at it from a different angle, the scenery in front of him will be completely different.If it weren't for the lingering gratitude in his heart, thanking him for sending Ayumi's fax to the office, Mikami would not have resisted after knowing his tricks.Once this bit of gratitude is erased, he would no longer have any reason to make himself shorter in front of Akama in today's era when the reform of the public broadcaster is hitting a wall everywhere.Of course, he is cautious and afraid of personnel. Once the sabotage is discovered, he will definitely be sent to the frontier.But even if he was sent to the frontier, even if his criminal police career was forced to come to an end, it was better than being "expelled".Rather than having him linger in the police department on the charge of bringing down the criminal department, he would rather start from the lowest level as a policeman in a small jurisdiction deep in the mountains.No matter how narrow the road is, as long as there is still a way to go.As long as she doesn't resign, Ayumi will always be "the daughter of her own family", and the 260,000 brothers will definitely... The phone in his arms vibrated. Glancing at the LCD screen, it was a call from home.Minako?Mikami pressed the call button with disbelief. "What's wrong?" The speed of speech is very fast, and the mood is also a little excited. "Did something happen?" The date couldn't come to mind immediately, but since Minako said so, it should be that day. "It seems to be!" "Did you call and ask?" "Two things? How to say?" "Didn't I tell you?" There was reproach in Minako's tone. "A month ago and three weeks ago, isn't it the same period..." When Mikami knew that this was what Minako was going to tell him, he didn't know how to react at all.Minako must have been thinking about this since last night. "You're right, it really doesn't matter at all." Mikami tried his best to squeeze out the words.Minako seemed relieved, and then hung up the phone. The ear was quiet again. Mikami opened all the windows of the driver's seat to let fresh air into the car.Despite the sound of the gurgling river in his ears, the constricted trachea made him almost out of breath.Mikami opened his mouth slightly, trying to take a deep breath but choked. Finding that he had overlooked the most important point, his heart was also tangled. It was impossible for Minako to go to the precinct deep in the mountains with him and start over again, she just wanted to stay at home and guard the phone, guarding Ayumi who would suddenly come back without saying a word.Can he leave Minako and go alone?Can he go to the deep mountains to be his policeman and leave Minazi alone in that house? It's too beautiful to think about.Mikami laughed at himself.He is still looking for a place to settle down in the organization, and even dreams of passing through Ayumi's misfortune, and finally being able to die as a criminal policeman.Why didn't you notice it?Once sent to the frontier, once separated from Minazi, the family will really be torn apart. Mikami clenched his fist and punched him on the knee. Didn't he swear?It doesn't matter if it's the dog of the police department.How did you forget it? "We must convince Amamiya." Mikami ordered himself.

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