Tokyo Police

v17 Chapter 50: Shishi Hojo

Tokyo Detention Center...

Since the escape, the detention center has temporarily suspended the operation of the in-house canteen. But even so, the prisoners here still have to eat every day. In order to get through this extraordinary period, the prison now sends three meals to the prisoners every day.

However, for the current Tokyo Detention Center, the occurrence of the escape has brought a great impact on the originally calm atmosphere here. Now the prison officers and prisoners have lost the trust they have built up over the years. On the one hand, the inmates involved in the escape are still under investigation, and on the other hand, prison administrators are not sure whether the inmates who did not participate in the escape are really trustworthy. It is based on the consideration of the above two points. The security of the entire Tokyo Detention Center suddenly became stricter.

But... at this moment, the prison side welcomed a bureaucrat sent by the Metropolitan Police Department to investigate the escape incident.

"The first time we met, Xiulin Xiuyi is the investigator in charge of this case."

"Ah... I'm so sorry, I'm the head of the Tokyo Detention Center, Kiyojiro Yoshida, and this is our prison director, Chikichi Nukii!"

...

After a brief introduction and greetings, Lin Xiuyi thought for a while, and then he asked the bureaucrats in the detention center straight to the point:

"The main reason for our visit this time is to investigate the prison break that happened here not long ago. According to the clues we have now, Kuroda Akio, who planned the prison break, and Sakurai Goro, who escaped during this prison break, All of them have served their sentences in the Tokyo Detention Center... and Sakurai Goro also mentioned a murder case that happened 20 years ago in the video. The suspect who picked up the case also served many years in the Tokyo Detention Center after the trial. In the end, he died of illness here. To sum up, we want to start with the relationship between the suspects involved in the case. Can you give us some assistance in this regard?"

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Hearing the question asked by Lin Xiuyi, the bureaucrats in the many detention centers who were present immediately looked at each other and fell silent. It wasn't until a long time later that the warden, Chikichi Tsukii, talked freely and said:

"Hey... If we talk about contact, I'm afraid I have to talk about the former congressman who served prison here... Masashi Hojo. To be honest, although this prison escape happened suddenly, I can understand those who participated. The motive of the prisoners who escaped this time. In the final analysis, it is because the influence of Hojo Masashi in the hearts of these people is too great. I'm sorry, I may feel a little absurd when I say this, but... in the Tokyo Detention Center Here, Mr. Hojo has long since become the belief in the hearts of many prisoners who cannot leave here without victory..."

"Belief?"

Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but be greatly surprised when he heard this statement from the prison director, Chikichi Kuai. He couldn't imagine how a prisoner in a Tokyo detention center could become the belief of other prisoners. Could it be that...is it an existence like the leader of the Church of Light of Truth, Kujuku Rushmore?

"I'm sorry, can I ask you, what you mean by faith...how do you understand it?"

Hearing Lin Xiuyi's puzzled tone, the head of the guards, Yoshida Kiyojiro, came out and explained to Lin Xiuyi:

"Actually... you can also understand the relationship between the leader and the believers. I remember that during the time when Hojo Shishi just died, many prisoners would use self-mutilation to express their respect for Hojo Shishi, until this time. After a group of prisoners left the detention center in a few years, this kind of thing gradually disappeared..."

"Is there such a thing?"

Hearing Yoshida Kiyojiro's explanation, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but feel a little weird. However... Since Masashi Hojo was a member of the Congress before he was imprisoned, it seems that it is not impossible for him to have such a convincing ability. Thinking of this, Lin Xiuyi nodded, and then consciously continued to ask:

"So... what kind of relationship is there between Hojo Qishi and Kuroda Akio?"

"This... If I say it... Kuroda Shoji has been able to live to this day... I really have to thank Hojo Masashi! And... it is precisely because of Kuroda that Hojo Masumi made a statement in the Tokyo Detention Center. Zhen. At that time... no matter how vicious the prisoners were, they did not dare to oppose Mr. Hojo. The reason for such a thing was that Mr. Hojo successfully persuaded the then Minister of Justice - Ando Taishan to give up his work in the black. Tian Zhaoji’s execution letter is signed. In this way, even if Kuroda is sentenced to death, the Ministry of Justice cannot execute Kuroda because of the lack of authorization from the Minister of Justice…”

"Ando Tarzan... Could it be that... the current Minister of Justice, Nobuko Ando..."

"Hey, Ando Taishan is the father of Ms. Ando Nobuko, the current Minister of Justice!"

Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but be surprised when he heard that the director of the prison, Chikichi Nukii, personally admitted the relationship between Nobuko Ando's father and Masashi Hojo. But he thought about it carefully, and immediately understood what the information leaked to him by the bureaucrats of the detention center meant.

"Then... Can I understand it this way? Because Hojo Masashi successfully persuaded the then Minister of Justice, Ando Taishan, to refuse to sign Kuroda Akio's death penalty. So... the prisoners in the prison believed that Hojo Masi Shi has the ability to help them alleviate punishment, and it is precisely because of this ability to keep those executed on death row alive, Hojo Qishi gradually became the leader among the prisoners..."

Lin Xiuyi briefly and succinctly described his understanding~lightnovelpub.net~ Prison director Chikichi Nyui and wardens Kiyojiro Yoshida looked at each other after hearing Lin Xiuyi's account, and then Yoshida Kiyojiro looked at Lin cautiously. Shuichi said:

"Actually...because I happened to be working here at that time, I was very impressed with the former Minister Ando, ​​I remember...there was a time when Minister Ando often came to the detention center to visit Masashi Hojo, and the two of them were together. As soon as we meet, there seems to be endless things to say. By the way, the warden, I still remember the time when the former Minister Ando was in charge of the Red Lian Tile Building, and no death row inmates were executed in the entire Tokyo Detention Center. Right!"

"Well... I remember that it happened again, and... because there were too many suspects waiting to be executed, we even transferred some death row prisoners to Mitaka Prison!"

... Hearing the memories between Director Guanjing and Director Yoshida, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but be greatly surprised. Sure enough... not a single member of Congress is vegetarian. Even if you are in prison, you can still rely on fellow philosophies to achieve your goals. Thinking of this, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but put away his initial setting for Hojo Qishi. Then he said silently in his heart:

"This Shishi Hojo is really a cunning politician!"