I started out as a criminal, and the police relied on me to solve countless cases.

Chapter 283 The remnants
Walking into the central area of ​​Tokyo, you can see a "green island" surrounded by water from afar. It is quite conspicuous among the busy streets. Deep in the green island is the Imperial Palace in Tachibana.

The surrounding "moat" separates the Imperial Palace from the hustle and bustle of the modern city.

The Imperial Palace is more like an isolated city on an isolated island than a paradise. Even in the minds of many people, this palace is mysterious.

The streets in the Imperial Palace were quiet and deserted, with only the occasional policeman seen.

Walking on the road, I can't help but think of the people living here. Although the Imperial Palace has been nationalized, the Emperor is still the owner. Its constitutional status is a symbol of the people of Tachibana. In order to allow the Emperor and his family to live in it for free, Tachibana himself has to pay 2 million US dollars a year.

Looking out from the Imperial Palace, tall office buildings are lined up one after another; the colorful glass walls form a sharp contrast with the cool tones of the Imperial Palace.

One of the selling points of these office buildings is that they overlook the Imperial Palace.

The Imperial Palace Inner Garden is not open to the public on normal days and is only open to the public on January 1 and the Emperor's birthday.

The Imperial Palace Outer Gardens, the Imperial Palace East Gardens, and the Kitanomaru Park are open all year round.

It is for this reason that Ichiro Yamazaki is standing at the main gate of the palace at this moment.

It was getting dark and the park was about to close. Everyone was heading outside, except for a man in traditional Japanese clothes who stood straight on the trail, letting people pass by him.

"I thought you would come here today wearing a moldy military uniform."

A young and tall figure also walked against the flow of people to the main gate of the Imperial Palace and stood next to Ichiro Yamazaki.

"Mr. Jiang, what a coincidence."

Yamazaki didn't seem surprised by the arrival of this uninvited guest. He nodded politely at the visitor with a natural expression.

Then he acted as a tour guide for the visitors and began to tell them the history of the Imperial Palace.

"The Imperial Palace is where the Emperor lives. It was built by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. This 23000-square-meter traditional building has green tile roofs, white walls, and brown copper pillars. Of course, it is not comparable to the palaces in your country. I have been to the capital and have seen the most magnificent palaces in the world, especially the 68 giant golden nanmu pillars in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Each one is as thick as three people hugging it. They are all priceless treasures."

Ichiro Yamazaki, a Japanese who was promoted to Army Major in Japan, was now wearing traditional clothes and talking about history and culture, but there was no sense of incongruity at all.

The man gave a bitter smile, took out a black Beretta M9 from his waist and handed it to Jiang Hanwen.

"Mr. Yamazaki, I'm curious, how did you know that the Emperor would take a car from the Imperial Road to the Prime Minister's residence tonight? This information is only known to the top brass of the Metropolitan Police Department's Security Division."

After asking this question, Jiang Hanwen frowned, feeling that he was asking the question even though he already knew the answer.

Yamazaki also scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed.

"Haha, Mr. Jiang, put your gun away. I knew that the two geniuses invited, Xiaolin Tadamichi and Mingde Qiushui, could not be ordinary people. I should have thought of it earlier. You already suspected me."

Yamazaki pushed the gun to Jiang Hanwen.

"As for the news about the Emperor, Mr. Jiang, you just laughed. This is Liben, and I am Major Moldy. A smart person like you should have realized that the entire Liben is transparent to us, not to mention that the whereabouts of the Emperor are not a secret."

"Mr. Yamazaki had planned for a long time to dump the body and escalate public opinion just for the assassination tonight. Could it be that he just gave up like that?"

Jiang Hanwen opened the safety of the Beretta and placed it in his hand.

"You still have a chance."

"Mr. Jiang, you are joking. You are already here. The people from the Metropolitan Police Department must have arrived too. I am not a fool."

"Mr. Yamazaki, believe it or not, I'm just here for a visit tonight, and there's no one from the Metropolitan Police Department."

Jiang Hanwen's expression was sincere.

"Besides, I am Chinese. If Mr. Yamazaki can kill the emperor with one shot, I will fully support him. I can also cover Mr. Yamazaki's escape. If you can burn down the Yasukuni Shrine tonight, I can even ask my superiors to help Mr. Yamazaki get asylum. How about that?"

Jiang Hanwen is like an excellent unscrupulous lawyer, bewitching the man who has already laid down his butcher knife.

He was not joking when he said this. If Ichiro Yamazaki could hide on the side of the road and suddenly shoot the Emperor, that would be a great thing, and it was not an outlandish idea.

Everyone in Liben knew that the security department's ability to protect important people had always been extremely abstract, including Lord Tianhuang.

"Mr. Jiang, I envy you. I envy you for being born in a great country. Although your country has experienced countless hardships, it has finally stood on the chessboard of the world again. You are the chess players, and we are the chess pieces."

"Now, would you like to hear the story of the chess piece?"

Ichiro Yamazaki straightened his clothes, bowed solemnly to Jiang Hanwen, then stood up again, removed the standard smile that Asians had trained over a long period of time from his face, and looked calm and solemn.

Just like a warrior who is about to die, he finally lets go of all the vulgarity and compromise.

Jiang Hanwen ignored the gazes of the people around him, crossed his hands in front of his chest, with his left hand holding his right hand, and the little finger of his left hand pointing upwards.

"All ears!"

"The crossed-arm salute is truly a sign of a great nation, Mr. Jiang. In fact, the earliest warriors also learned the six arts of a gentleman, emphasizing benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness. Unfortunately, they gradually became killing machines and were eventually equated with crazy demons."

Yamazaki looked at the plaque of the Imperial Palace in the distance.

"Mr. Jiang, my real name is Yamazaki Shiro, and I am the fourth child in my family."

"Yes, it is the fourth child. My father was old when he had me. He was in his fifties. My three older brothers died young. My third brother joined the Chi army and threw flame bombs at the Imperial Palace, preparing to assassinate Tian Huang, but was shot dead by the police."

"My father was a jerk, but he was very good at making money. He was imprisoned many times, but he still saved up a lot of money. He gave all his money to me, and I didn't hesitate to cut off all ties with them immediately. I went to America and used the money to go to school, join the army, and build connections."

"I changed my name for a while. In my opinion, he, my father, and my third brother are all crazy. In a country like Liben, they are like idiots, madly opposing xx, vilifying xx, and openly planning to assassinate sx. Why is this? I don't understand."

"Indeed, Mr. Yamazaki's father and brother belong to the minority."

Jiang Hanwen nodded. The extreme left-wingers in this family were simply rare animals, and no one knew how they became so.

"My father was a soldier who surrendered on Iwo Jima during World War II. You know, it was a brutal battle with heavy casualties on both sides. The Tachimoto army ran out of ammunition and food and had to eat human flesh to survive. The people of your country and Ami joked that the Tachimoto army made Taigun sashimi to fill their stomachs."

"During the war, there was no information from the front line. My mother thought my father had died in the war. The family had no means to support themselves and almost starved to death. She could only sell her body in exchange for food to feed my two brothers, but in the end, my two brothers still starved to death."

"After the war, my father returned home and learned about the situation at home. He was furious and went to the government to ask for an explanation. Why didn't the government provide food security for the families of soldiers? At that time, there were too many such cases. He only got six months in prison for doing this."

"Of course, these things did not completely destroy him. At a military gathering, his drunken superior even boasted about how he made sashimi of two brothers who had served with his father on Iwo Jima."

"My father had a bad temper and was a big guy. He flew into a rage at the table and beat his boss to death with three punches. He was sentenced to another ten years in prison."

"While in prison, he probably figured out why Liben had to go through such a painful experience. After he was released from prison, he made money while promoting the theory that the emperor was guilty on various occasions. As a result, he was imprisoned three or four times."

"In the end, he even tried to attack the emperor with a slingshot while he was giving a speech, but failed and was arrested again." Seeing Jiang Hanwen's strange expression, Ichiro Yamazaki waved his hands.

"Mr. Jiang, you know my father's name. I'm not a talented person, but my father is Yamazaki Chizo."

"Haha, Mr. Yamazaki's father is a famous person. He attacked Tian Huang with a slingshot, distributed Tian Huang's pornographic tabloids, and even joined the game himself to shoot Tian Huang's pornographic videos. He was a figure that shocked the world at that time."

Jiang Hanwen nodded seriously.

"This is not something that is difficult to talk about, Mr. Yamazaki. Your father is a hero. At least in my opinion, he is much more sober and brave than most people."

"Yes, it took me a long time to realize this, too."

The man agreed.

"When I left Liben, I truly believed that America was a beacon of the world, the other side of civilization, and heaven on earth. Once I got there, I would be a truly free man. But only when I really lived in America did I know that it was far from being like that. I went to school, worked, and joined the military there. I experienced countless discriminations and made efforts that white people could never imagine, only then did I get to where I am today."

"You can never avoid discrimination, even if you have enough money and are good enough."

"Mr. Jiang, I am a mold. I can see too many crimes that the outside world cannot see. They are trafficking drugs in South America, slaughtering women and children in the Middle East, engaging in terrorism in Africa, exterminating indigenous tribes, and trafficking in people in Eastern Europe. Dismembering people and selling their organs is just one of their countless money-making industries. It is not surprising."

"I gave up everything, I endured the humiliation, I worked so hard, and this is what I see in the end."

"Do you understand the feeling of emptiness after the collapse of faith? It's as if everything is going to be disillusioned and meaningless."

"Mr. Jiang, Liben is a criminal country that started the war, and so is America. No matter how I, Yamazaki Ichiro, jump left and right, I can only choose between the two demons. I choose to be a dog here, or a dog there."

"Before he died, my father wrote me a letter begging for my understanding. He said that he did all this just to shout and let people hear it. How could there be such a will to make people bleed to death and die like beasts, and still say that this is honor? It's ridiculous."

"So, a moldy major assassinates the emperor. This is the best scenario. The masters' vicious dogs are originally wary of each other. As long as my actions can tear even a crack in their fragile trust, it will be a success."

After the man finished speaking, he let out a long sigh, as if he had told all the secrets in his heart, and he felt relaxed.

"Then why did you give up?"

Jiang Hanwen couldn't figure it out now.

This guy is very motivated, and it is impossible for him to give up so easily.

And I have already made it clear that I am willing to give him some convenience.

"why?"

Ichiro Yamazaki pursed his lips, as if thinking. After a while, he finally gave an answer that he felt was in line with his own ideas.

"Mr. Jiang, first of all, it is impossible for me to assassinate you in front of you. No matter how you put it, it is impossible. The most important thing is that I suddenly want to live. I am over 40 years old and I can live another 40 years. I am very curious about the ending of the story and who will win the competition that will determine the future of mankind."

"That's a fascinating question, isn't it, Mr. Jiang?"

After saying this, Ichiro Yamazaki turned around and shouted loudly towards the bushes on both sides and the high platform in the distance.

"Mr. Xiaolin, Mr. Mingde, there's no need to wait any longer, the case is over!"

After saying this, Ichiro Yamazaki put his hands on his head and squatted on the ground with extremely standard movements.

Before he finished speaking, a group of fully armed guards rushed out from the bushes on both sides of the trail, and a familiar figure flashed on the high platform in the distance.

The two heads of the Metropolitan Police Department, Tadamichi Kobayashi and Shusui Mingde, were the main persons responsible for this arrest mission.

The two were originally strongly opposed to Jiang Hanwen coming forward in person.

After all, the other party is an active-duty soldier, and there is a high probability that he is carrying a gun, so the risk factor is too high.

What if something goes wrong with Jiang Hanwen?

The Metropolitan Police Department cannot bear this responsibility.

But in the end, he couldn't persuade Jiang Hanwen, so Mingde Qiu Shui specially transferred a sniper team from the elite special operations team to ensure Jiang Hanwen's safety, and then he agreed to come forward.

"Mr. Jiang, what you just said about planning to cover up Mr. Yamazaki's assassination of xx, can't it be true?"

Kobayashi Tadamichi was very relaxed at this moment. He even dismissed his men and did not handcuff Yamazaki Ichiro. Instead, he helped him up.

After all, this man is Major Mold, and he cannot be neglected.

And although they said they wanted to assassinate the Emperor, they didn't really do it.

There are at least 80,000 people in Liben who want to assassinate the Emperor and the Prime Minister, if not a hundred thousand, and it is not illegal to just talk nonsense.

Even if it was premeditated, the Metropolitan Police Department always handles cases with the principle of presumption of innocence.

Of course, these are not the point.

The key point is that Mingde Qiusui also handed a bottle of water to Yamazaki, and his attitude was extremely kind.

The surrounding police officers were a little uncomfortable with this.

Is there something wrong with our section chief? How could he be so close to the suspect in public?

"It would have been really interesting if Mr. Jiang had covered for Mr. Yamazaki just now."

As soon as Mingde Qiushui finished speaking, his subordinates on both sides ran away.

With a leader like this who talks nonsense, you might get accidentally injured at any time.

After hearing this, Jiang Hanwen also pulled Kobayashi Tadamichi away with his face covered.

"When two extreme leftists meet, they can't help but have a long conversation and tell each other their true feelings."

It is hard to find an extreme leftist as loyal as Ichiro Yamazaki.

What's more, this man is Major Mold, he is simply a high-end talent.

A peaceful arrest had just ended when the sound of a vehicle suddenly rang out at the intersection.

From the sound, it seems that these are not civilian vehicles, but military vehicles, and there are more than one.

(End of this chapter)