The Tokyo Police Journey Begins with the Ability to See Evil Thoughts

Chapter 65

Kamiya Gen hadn't slept well at all, and woke up naturally after only a few hours.

By this time, it was already dark. I opened the dormitory window, and all that was left outside was deep darkness.

He returned to the hospital alone, which surprised the nurses. They were prepared to arrange another room for him because they had previously thought that Kamiya Gen had been discharged, so his room had been given to someone else.

"No need, just change my dressing. I won't stay at the hospital tonight."

Regarding his injuries, Kamiya Gen was fairly confident and spoke up.

"Please sit here first, I'll go get the medicine."

Seeing that he was not prepared to stay in the hospital, the nurse did not insist that he stay. After leading Kamiya Gen to a seat next to her, she went to the pharmacy.

After the nurse left, Kamiya Gen leaned back in his chair, staring blankly at the lights in the hospital corridor.

From the moment he saw the body lying in the water, he was genuinely frightened. What was originally just a missing person case had suddenly become a matter of life and death.

What if Miyazawa really dies?

Just then, the pager on his waist beeped. After glancing at the message, Kamiya Gen walked to the hospital's public phone area and dropped in a coin.

The call was quickly connected, and Lu Chuanqingzheng's voice came from the other end:

"Inspector Kamiya, we have a lead."

"Is this a clue about Miyazawa? Where is she?" Kamiya Gen asked.

The person on the other end seemed hesitant for a while before finally speaking:

"No... I got the clue from the delinquents around Nozaki, only about the frame-up theft at school..."

The nurse came over with the medicine and saw that Kamiya Gen was on the phone, so she stood to the side without disturbing him.

Although Kamiya Gen isn't Guan Yu, it's just a matter of changing medicine; there's really no need for him to make a special trip to sit there.

He pulled open half of his shirt, stretched out his arm to indicate that she should change, and continued speaking into the phone:

"Still haven't caught Nozaki?"

"No, but it should be soon. My people have basically pinpointed the car she was in. She drove all the way to Hokkaido, probably trying to leave the country, but the Muhe family has a lot of influence there, so there's no way she can escape."

"Hmm...Are those delinquents still at the company? I'll go check it out now."

The nurse had removed the original bandage from his shoulder and was wrapping it with a new one. It was a little painful when it pulled on the wound, but it didn't affect the call.

"They're at the company, but according to Madam, we can't keep these people here for too long to avoid escalating the situation..."

"I'll be there soon."

Kamiya Gen hung up the phone, looked at the nurse beside him, and asked her how much longer it would take.

"Soon... Officer Kamiya is really busy, is he handling a case even at this hour? We're almost off work." The nurse said.

This hospital is a long-term partner hospital of the police department, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it is the exclusive medical point of the Shibuya Police Station.

Although she sees ordinary patients regularly, her main job is working for the Shibuya Police Department.

Therefore, everyone in the hospital, from top to bottom, knew someone from the police station.

Let alone young police officers like Kamiya Gen who recently gained attention due to a smuggling case, even temporary workers on duty at the police station entrance can be called by the nurses' surnames just by standing in the corridor.

That's why the people in the compound are used to the police officers rushing out to handle cases even before their injuries have fully healed; they consider it commonplace.

The nurse worked quickly and efficiently, gently tightening the bandage with her fingertips and carefully tying a knot that wouldn't come undone. She glanced at the wound on his shoulder and said helplessly:

"Your wound has just been dressed, so don't move around too much. If it reopens, you'll have to come back. If the head nurse finds out I changed your dressing, you might get scolded."

Kamiya Gen pulled his clothes to cover his wound, and nodded upon hearing this:

"I will be careful."

"Oh, right, there's one more thing. This afternoon..."

"No rush, I'll come back for another dressing change later. We'll talk about it then."

Kamiya Gen had no interest in chatting with her there, so he waved his hand and left.

"Alright...it shouldn't be anything important. Take care."

The nurse said from behind.

……

Kamiya Gen didn't drive out, and besides, this was a private meeting with Rikukawa Harumasa, not official business, so he certainly couldn't drive a police car to Harumasa's business.

Wouldn't that be openly telling others that the police station and underground companies are involved, giving them a pretext for gossip?

However, the distance wasn't very far; it only took about ten minutes to get to the company building.

The security guard at the entrance seemed to have been given prior notice; as soon as he arrived, he immediately stepped forward to lead the way, taking Kamiya Gen to the basement level.

Rikukawa Harumasa was waiting in the corridor when he saw Kamiya Gen and immediately went up to him, saying:

"There were seven delinquents we called this time. Only Oda Yuki was able to get some information out of them. The others wouldn't say anything."

"I'll go take a look."

"Over here."

The inquiry room on the basement level was very small, with heavy soundproof doors blocking out all outside noise, leaving only the dim yellow incandescent light overhead.

The light shone directly on the long table in the middle, making the faces of the six girls sitting around it, who were hunched over, appear deathly pale.

When Kamiya Gen followed Rikukawa Harumasa inside, they all shrank back slightly.

Lu Chuanqingzheng casually pulled up a chair and sat at the head of the table, gesturing to Kamiya Gen with his chin, indicating that he should sit wherever he liked, and leaned closer to him and whispered:

"I interrogated them for almost three hours, and we were about to get serious. These people were very stubborn. They only said that they followed Nozaki around and knew nothing about the case of the drowned body or Miyazawa. Only Oda Yuki loosened her tongue a little, but she only talked about framing and theft. When I asked her any more questions, she refused to say anything else."

Kamiya Gen didn't sit down, but leaned against the wall, his gaze slowly sweeping over the six girls at the table.

He had asked Yuki Oda at school before, and she said that the girl seemed outgoing, but was actually quite timid.

It's true that Miyazawa was framed, but he probably didn't participate in Nozaki's affairs.

To be honest, Kamiya Genmoto didn't have high hopes, but when his gaze swept over the girl in the pink hoodie on the far right, he paused slightly, and several black lines of information flashed in his eyes.

Lu Chuanqing saw that Kamiya Gen was just standing there watching without saying a word for a long time, which made Lu Chuanqing somewhat suspicious.

He had expected Kamiya Gen to interrogate him using police methods, or even more ruthless tactics, but instead, the other man simply observed in silence. He couldn't help but lean closer and whisper a reminder:

"Inspector Kamiya, time is running out. The madam instructed that they must be released within an hour at the latest, lest the situation escalate to the school and become unmanageable."

Upon hearing this, Kamiya Gen finally straightened up, walked slowly to the long table, and stopped directly in front of the girl in the pink hoodie without looking at anyone else.

"What's your name?" Kamiya Gen asked.

"Naka-Nakano Ayako."

The girl trembled violently under his gaze, frantically shrinking back, her voice trembling with tears, "I...I don't know anything, don't ask me..."

Rikukawa Harumasa raised an eyebrow. He had interrogated her for three hours, and Nakano Ayako was the most stubborn one, even more difficult to deal with than Oda Yuki.

Kamiya Gen didn't press for answers, but simply bent down, his gaze level with Nakano Ayako's.

The voice wasn't loud, but it carried a strange sense of oppression.

"You were right there when Nozaki pushed that girl into the river, weren't you?"

The moment those words were spoken, the entire interrogation room fell into a deathly silence.

Ayako Nakano's face turned deathly pale in an instant, all color drained from her, her pupils contracted sharply, and her lips trembled.

"No, I had a bit of a cold last night, so I turned off the lights and went to bed at 11 p.m. How could I possibly be involved in a murder case with her..."

"I didn't say what time Nozaki killed the person, and who else is certain that it was Nozaki who killed the person?" Kamiya Gen pressed again.

Beside him, Rikukawa Harumasa straightened up, his gaze towards Kamiya Gen filled with more respect.

He interrogated her for three hours but couldn't get anything out of her.

When Kamiya Genichi arrived, he didn't ask a single question and immediately found his target, even managing to extract the truth from him.

Could it be that the gap between him and me is really that big?

The other five girls panicked, their eyes filled with terror as they looked at Nakano Ayako. They were clearly unaware that Nakano Ayako had actually participated in the murder, and they all shrank back, afraid of being implicated.

Kamiya Gen continued to look at Nakano Ayako, his tone completely flat:

"Nozaki asked you to help take that girl to Yoshinobashi, saying it was just to teach her a lesson, but she pushed her off the bridge. You were so scared that you didn't dare to make a sound and ran after her."

Before Nozaki ran away, he specifically told you that if you were caught, you couldn't say anything, otherwise he would eliminate you as well, right?

Hidden within the malice sensed by the system were these fragmented details. Kamiya Gen merely pieced these fragments together, yet they precisely struck Nakano Ayako's psychological defenses.

The girl completely broke down, and tears welled up instantly.

"Nozaki forced me to do it... I had no idea she would kill someone... When she pushed people, my legs went weak with fear. She had taken too many drugs and threatened me, saying that if I dared to tell anyone, she would push me down too..."

Her sobs were particularly jarring in the quiet interrogation room as she recounted the whole story in fits and starts.

The body that was found was that of a girl from the neighboring school, who, like Miyazawa Yuzuki, had a grudge against Nozaki.

Nozaki held a grudge against this.

Nakano Ayako dared not disobey and could only do as she was told.

When they reached the bridge, Nozaki went completely berserk and started fighting with the girl, eventually pushing her into the river.

Nakano Ayako was so frightened that she tried to run away, but Nozaki grabbed her and threatened her not to tell anyone.

Afterwards, Nozaki fled overnight. Before leaving, he specifically sought out Nakano Ayako, gave her some money, and asked her to keep quiet.

Nakano Ayako was terrified and was also being threatened and manipulated by Nozaki, so after being caught, she refused to speak, fearing that she would also be arrested as a murderer.

As for Miyazawa Yuzuki, according to Nakano, Nozaki didn't take Miyazawa seriously at all.

Framed Miyazawa for stealing the necklace was only Oda Yuki's idea. Nozaki found out but just thought it was fun and gave it a push, causing Miyazawa to be suspended from school.

She really didn't know about Miyazawa's disappearance; Nozaki hadn't mentioned Miyazawa at all before he ran away.

After listening, Kamiya Gen frowned slightly.

The clues in the case of the body being dumped are becoming clearer: Nozaki is the murderer, and Nakano Ayako is an accomplice, but Miyazawa's whereabouts are still unknown.

Lu Chuanqingzheng stood aside, listening in stunned silence.

He walked up to Kamiya Gen and lowered his voice: "Inspector Kamiya, how...how did you figure that out?"

Kamiya Gen glanced at him, offering no explanation about the system, and simply said casually:

"Details are hidden in emotions. A guilty person will only be afraid, but only the person who has been involved will be terrified to the extreme."

This sounds simple, but Lu Chuanqingzheng knows in his heart that it is not something that can be done by simple observation.

He interrogated her for three hours, how come he didn't notice that Nakano Ayako's fear was different from others?

Ultimately, it was Kamiya Gen's extraordinary insight that made him stand out.

Kamiya Gen ignored Rikukawa Harumasa's surprise, squatted down, looked at Nakano Ayako who was still crying, and said in a colder tone:

"Nozaki has run to Hokkaido and wants to leave the country, but the police have already located her. She can't escape. You've told the truth now, which is considered turning yourself in. The police will handle the matter accordingly."

But you need to think this through. If you continue to hide anything, even if Nozaki doesn't come looking for you, the police won't let you off the hook.

Nakano Ayako nodded repeatedly, crying as she said, "I've told you everything, I've told you everything. I really didn't mean to, Nozaki forced me to..."

[Helplessness eliminated; reward: 3 allocatable points.]

As she said those words, a line of white text flashed in Kamiya Gen's eyes.

Even now, Kamitani Gen still hasn't figured out exactly what steps are needed to eliminate evil thoughts.

Sometimes, all a criminal needs to do is confess to his crime, and he will receive a hint, just like the girl in front of us.

But sometimes, it is even necessary to kill the criminal, such as Takahashi before. It wasn't until the moment he died that Kamiya Gen received the reminder that the evil thoughts had been eliminated.

Putting all that aside for now, Kamiya Gen has no mood to think about the system. He came here and still hasn't found any clues about Miyazawa, which is really frustrating.

"I'll go check on Oda Yuki again. You handle these people," Kamiya Gen said, standing up.

Upon hearing the word "deal with," the girls nearby immediately became frightened and begged for mercy, only to be glared at by Lu Chuanqingzheng before quieting down.

"As Madam wishes, we'll have to trouble you to pass the clues on to Miss..." Lu Chuanqingzheng said in a low voice.

Kamiya Gen frowned slightly, unable to understand why the Mokuha family was doing things in such a roundabout way.

Why can't your own family just contact Muheyou and pass on the message? Why make me the middleman?

The smuggling cases were like this before, and they are like this now.

What is the significance of this?

After a brief moment of thought, Kamiya Gen did understand something.

Given Muheyou's personality, it's acceptable for her family to help her solve cases.

But if Muheyou finds out that she's doing these things in a way that involves organized crime, she'll definitely have a huge fight with her mother.

And with that silly goose's brain, he definitely wouldn't back down on something like this.

Once the two sides start clashing, it's impossible to know what the final outcome will be.

But it's foreseeable that by then, she won't have any pocket money to spend freely each month, and she might even have to borrow money from me to make ends meet...

It is indeed a bit troublesome.

My current salary is barely enough to pay off my college loans and support myself. If I were to add a dog that can eat and drink a lot to my income... I'd really be struggling to make ends meet.

Unless I'm promoted to police inspector, my salary won't be increased.

Thinking this to himself, Kamiya Gen nodded:

"I see."