Chapter 36 Section 35

"It's so shameful, I've been beaten." Takemi looked at Takumi who was wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief, and said disappointedly. "What can I do? The opponent is too powerful. How did you come here?" "It's a long story." Zhumei looked at Shisheng. "Ah, that's right. It's because you took Okabe away on your own initiative that things have become more and more chaotic. What are you so worried about? Tell me clearly!" Takumi grabbed Tokio's sleeve. "That is also a last resort." "So I ask you to make it clear."

"It's pointless to blame Mr. Shi Sheng." Someone behind said.Tuoshi turned his head and saw a man standing at the door. "It's all thanks to Shi Shengjun that the matter has not developed to the point of getting out of hand." The man walked in.His face was clearly illuminated by the sun.This person is very familiar. "Ah, it's you." "Remember me." It was Takakura, the person Takumi met in Kinshicho Violet before leaving Tokyo. "Didn't you make an appointment to contact me as soon as you found Okabe? I even wrote you a phone number."

"Who has an appointment with you? It's just you saying so." "If you listen to me, things won't be so bad." "Can you get Qianhe back?" "At least we can negotiate better. They are not ordinary people. You didn't know it, but you bumped into it head-on. Can there be a good result?" "Hmph, can you believe this?" Tuoshi looked away from him, then looked at Shisheng, "Oh, you called him." Shi Sheng pursed his lips and lowered his eyes. "Why make your own claims?" "It doesn't look like it will work."

"what?" "The hostage exchange with Chizuru. Okabe was taken away, and Chizuru can't come back. I think this will definitely happen, and I'm worried that you will be in danger." "What nonsense? It was about to happen, and you were the one who got in the way." Shi Sheng tilted his head, and muttered: "Really?" Seeing this, Tuo Shi became even more angry, and was about to yell at him when he heard someone laughing lowly.It's Takakura. "Shisheng is right at all. You act blindly without any reason." "What did you say?" Tuo Shi glared at Gao Cang, then turned his gaze to Shi Sheng, and asked, "Hey, did you tell him that?"

"I mean, you were saved because of him. How many times do you want me to say it before you understand?" Gao Cang no longer smiled, "When he called me, I thought you were dangerous, just like He said that Okabe would be taken away by them, and Chizuru would not be able to come back. That’s why I asked him to take Okabe out of there immediately. Because I can’t do anything until the departure train of the Shinkansen departs.” If you don't try, how will you know if you can get Qianzu back? Takumi was about to refute like this, but Takemi interrupted first. "Didn't I also say that on the phone? They ambushed a lot of people around. We took Okabe there, and they robbed them roughly. They didn't even think about exchanging Qianzuru."

Takumi had nothing to say, and couldn't help but groaned. "However, it's really not easy for you to find this place. I asked Shisheng if there was any place that only the two of you knew, and he told me here. Because those people have no other choice but to ask you to go to Shisheng. I bet you won't come here." It seemed that Gao Cang felt that he couldn't just belittle Takumi blindly, so he said these words in a praiseful tone. "Well, it's not a particularly difficult reasoning." Takumi said so angrily, then turned to look at Zhumi and Jesse and asked, "How do you know this place?"

"Jessie had a note stuffed in his jacket pocket, as if he stuffed it in every now and then when he went to the toilet. It said this place. But I found it after I failed to rob Qianzuru." "So, you knew about this place when you called just now?" "Ok." Tuoshi just wanted to say "Why didn't you tell me", but immediately swallowed it back.He remembered the phone tapped.He sighed, looked around, and finally set his eyes on Gao Cang. "Who are you? Can you explain the ins and outs of the matter clearly? Could it be that you, like Shi Yuan and the others, only care about your actions and don't know the reason?"

"No, I belong to the one who knows more, both on the surface and behind the scenes." Gao Cang entered the room, sat down cross-legged, and took out his business card from his coat pocket. "Let's reveal your identity first." Takumi reached out to take it."Masafumi Takakura, Second Planning Office, International Communications Corporation" is printed on it.Gao Cang is his real name. "International Communications Company? What's this for?" "It is a special enterprise with government background that undertakes international communication services represented by international long-distance calls. It belongs to a monopoly industry, and its profits are naturally very rich."

"What kind of people in this kind of company—" Takumi suddenly remembered something.Violet's mother-san said that Okabe works on the phone. "Is this guy in the same company as you?" Takumi asked, pointing to Okabe who was sitting cross-legged in the next room.Okabe raised his head a little, then lowered it immediately.Beside him, Hiji is still unconscious.To be on the safe side, his limbs were bound. "It's an employee of our company, oh, it should be a former employee." "What did he do?" "Before I talk about him, let me talk about an incident that was investigated by the Tokyo Customs in Narita more than a month ago. Two employees of our company's president's office were arrested for smuggling. Both of them bought a lot of expensive artworks and clothing. Supplies, which attracted the attention of the police: Why did the employees of special enterprises with government background buy those things? Both of them claimed that it was a personal act and had nothing to do with the company, but the things they bought were worth tens of millions. The police suspected that it was the company Group crime, so an investigation was launched. This incident also caused a huge panic within the company. People have doubts, did the company really do these things? I was also at a loss after the incident. The details are from the vice president. of."

"vice president……" "Our company has two vice presidents, representing the mainstream and the non-mainstream, so it's easier to understand? The person who told me about this is the non-mainstream, and they don't have much power in the company." Takumi didn't fully understand, but nodded anyway. "and then?" "The fact is that the company's funds are used to smuggle, and the leader is the president. You have to ask, why do you want to do this, don't you? The smuggled things are given to politicians as gifts." Speaking of this, Gao Cang Eyes blinked.

"Should this be regarded as bribery?" Zhumei asked. "Bribery out and out." Gao Cang nodded, "If the investigation continues, the matter will definitely become a big mess." "So, what are you doing now?" Takumi asked. "Now the company is destroying evidence in the utmost secrecy to compete with the special case team for time. My task is to protect the evidence, that is, to join hands with the police." "Betray your own company?" "I did this because I love the company. In the words of the vice president: Our company must purify itself, and we must take this opportunity to squeeze out the pus." "That non-mainstream vice president said it?" "yes." "Squeeze out the pus, kill the president, and then sit in the president's seat by yourself?" Gao Cang shrank his neck. "The vice president is also an office worker, so there is nothing wrong with wanting to get ahead. Besides, the things to do are reasonable." "I don't care about this. But why hasn't the name Okabe been mentioned yet?" "It's here. What I just said is just an introduction, and the main text is still below. The police don't want to stay on the level of tax evasion and tax violations. They want to track down the whereabouts of the gifts. But go directly to the president It's useless, he will definitely say that he doesn't know the cost of communication. So they focused on the head of the president's office." Gao Cang lowered his voice and continued, "On the day the head of the office was summoned by the police, he Jumped to his death." Tuoshi swallowed involuntarily—he had been listening casually just now, but he didn't expect that things would develop in a dangerous direction. "Is it really suicide?" Zhumei asked. Gao Cang shook his head. "Judging from the information released by the police, there seems to be nothing suspicious. Originally, and there were no witnesses, it was quite difficult to determine whether he jumped from the building by himself." "It's not good." Zhumei muttered and looked at the crowd. "The suicide of the head of the department is a major blow to the police. He is the window for contact with the political circles, and the smuggled things are likely to be kept by him. But it cannot be said that the clues are broken. He also has an assistant, who is not the same as him. Department, the police haven’t come to the door yet. I wanted to control this person, but he might have sensed danger and suddenly disappeared.” "Understood, that person is—" "Yes, the guy sitting there with an unlucky face." Takakura looked at Okabe with a smile. "Then, it's all right to hand over the kid to the police?" "Well, in the early days, that's the best way." Takumi didn't understand. "What's the meaning?" "After the head of the department committed suicide, the police also became more cautious. At the same time, another force also moved. This was after finding not only gifts, but also party tickets to politicians. The police also felt a lot of pressure. " "What? Want to end it?" "No, neither the company nor the police want to end this. How many people will be arrested on the company side, and some government officials will not escape. The question is how far into the political circle." "I want to be perfunctory in this regard." Gao Cang frowned, and sighed. "The solution now being considered is that the police grasp the circumstances of the case to a certain extent, but they don't pursue it to the end, resulting in the failure to file a case due to insufficient evidence." "That is to say, not to arrest politicians?" "Ok." Takumi smacked his lips. "They're all shameless! How do you say this in Osaka dialect?" He looked at Takemi. "Next work." "Yes, it's really a sham!" Gao Cang shook his head. "It's really sad! What will become of this country? But you can't just stand by. If there is insufficient evidence, then find all the evidence. The key person is this kid." He pointed to Okabe . "That's right. This kid is a witness. He didn't want to be caught by the police, so he wanted to run away." "It's not the police that he wants to hide from, but the mainstream faction. After hearing the news of the chief's death, he probably wants to go with this lady." "Oh, he was worried that if he was caught, he would be silenced." Takumi said. Okabe raised his head, blinked in embarrassment, and lowered his head again. "So, Ishihara is someone who wants to destroy your mainstream faction?" "He's just hired. In short, the mainstream thinks Okabe is the most dangerous person, like a ticking time bomb, so they do everything possible to find him before we do." "Are you afraid that we will find it first?" "However, we can't simply hand him over to the police. According to what I just said, his testimony may be taken out of context. It is estimated that the police will consider how to use him based on evidence from other sources in the future." "If there is no solid evidence, will his interrogation be perfunctory?" "It might be loose." "Then what do you want to do with him?" "Let us take care of it first. According to the development of the situation, we will see when the police cannot show weakness and throw him out, even if we use the power of the media." Tuoshi understood, and immediately stared at Gao Cang's face again. "That's not acceptable. If you don't hand over Okabe, you won't be able to get Chizuru." "That's the problem. We can't hand over Okabe. Otherwise, although she may not be silenced, she will definitely be hidden in a place where the police can't find her." "Then what about Chizuru?" "I'm using my brain." Gao Cang touched his chin and said. Takumi approached Okabe.Okabe sensed it and raised his head.Takumi slapped him lightly. "If you want to escape, you can escape alone. Why did you involve Qianhe?" "I know I'm sorry for her..." "I'm just sorry? Why do you want to go to Osaka?" Okabe didn't answer.Gao Cang behind said: "The dead chief is from Osaka, and the smuggled things are also hidden in Osaka. He knows where the treasure is hidden, so he came here." "Yeah, just keep sending what's there to the pawn shop, right?" Okabe turned his face away.Tuoshi was very annoyed, and slapped him again, much harder than before.Okabe stared at him bitterly. "What are you staring at? If you were caught by Shi Yuan, you might be dead." Okabe ignored him and turned away with an uncomfortable expression on his face. "It's useless for you to embarrass him, why don't you discuss the tactics to recapture Qianhe." Zhumei said. "Not knowing where they were hiding, I was blindfolded." "Will torture him work?" Takemi pointed at Hiyoshi. "Even if he was beaten to death by Jesse, he wouldn't say anything." Tuoshi suddenly remembered an important thing, "By the way, let that kid contact Shi Yuan on time, otherwise Shi Yuan will know something happened." "Miyamoto-kun, when did they make an appointment with you to find Okabe?" "Before twelve o'clock tonight." "Twelve o'clock," Gao Cang looked at his watch and sighed, "There are less than five hours left..."