CHAPTER 719: CHAPTER 588: THE TRUE NINJA RETURNS! KILL ONCE MORE (SEEKING MONTHLY PASS)

Aoyama Xiu Xin was not so polite when he came to the hospital room of Tanaka Noriaki, walking straight in through the door.

"Ah!" Although Tanaka Naoko had mentally braced herself and even secretly anticipated it, she was still somewhat alarmed to see Aoyama Xiu Xin suddenly barge in. She stood up clumsily and bowed frantically, "Aoy... Minister Aoyama."

Here it comes!

Tanaka Noriaki clenched his fists and immediately took out the voice recorder he had prepared from his waistband and pressed the switch.

Aoyama Xiu Xin!

Your good days are over.

My good days are about to begin.

"Mrs. Tanaka, there’s no need to be so formal," Aoyama Xiu Xin said, closing and locking the door with ease and reassuring her in a gentle tone, "How is Mr. Tanaka?"

"He’s still the same," Tanaka Naoko replied, her body stiff as she pointed towards the bedridden Tanaka Noriaki.

"Ah, what a pity. In the prime of his life, yet he can only lie on this bed and waste his time," Aoyama Xiu Xin lamented with feigned regret before adding, "To be honest, Mrs. Tanaka, I’ve long since stopped holding the grudge I had against Mr. Tanaka. Seeing him in this state sincerely fills me with pity."

Hmph! Ridiculous, a cat crying over a mouse, fake compassion!

Am I not in this state because of you?

Tanaka Noriaki thought with contempt.

"If Mr. Ji Wen wakes up and knows that you have already forgiven him, he’ll definitely be pleased," Tanaka Naoko said sincerely with a slight bow.

Aoyama Xiu Xin smiled and shook his head, if he were really to wake up, then he really couldn’t wake up.

If Tanaka Noriaki were to awaken, he would surely guess that the car accident that made him a vegetable was connected to himself. Coupled with the hatred of his wife being taken, he would surely hate him to the bone. Although Aoyama Xiu Xin’s status was not as it used to be, he couldn’t possibly let someone who hated him so deeply stay alive. Unseen attacks were always hard to guard against!

With Aoyama Xiu Xin silent, the atmosphere in the room became somewhat awkward. It took a while for Tanaka Naoko to gather herself and invite him, "Minister Aoyama, please have a seat."

"With whom? With you, Mrs. Tanaka?" Aoyama Xiu Xin teased with a smirk, stepping forward to pinch her chin and ask.

Tanaka Naoko’s face flared red, her eyelashes trembling lightly, her demeanor shy yet inviting as she said timidly, "Minister Aoyama, please behave."

"I actually like this look of yours, wanting but still hesitant," Aoyama Xiu Xin said with a smile.

Tanaka Naoko was flushed with shame and leaned against Aoyama Xiu Xin’s embrace half-heartedly...

As for Tanaka Noriaki... his state of mind at that moment was indescribable, truly befitting a ninja.

Afterwards, Aoyama Xiu Xin pulled up his pants as he always did and walked away without looking back.

Only leaving behind a dazed and disoriented Tanaka Naoko.

"Ah!"

Tanaka Noriaki roared and suddenly sat up.

Only heaven knew what psychological torture he had just endured and how he had managed to bear it.

"Ah!" Tanaka Naoko, startled, sprang to her feet and in her flurry she straightened her dress, stammering, "Hus... husband... you... you... you..."

She was so agitated she couldn’t speak clearly.

"I’m awake, I’ve been awake for a while, since that incident half a year ago I’ve been gaining consciousness," Tanaka Noriaki turned to her and said.

Tanaka Naoko, who had just been ecstatic, suddenly looked as if she had been struck by lightning; her face turned pale with shame. Opening her mouth to say something, she ultimately ended up covering her face and crying.

Tanaka Noriaki watched her with a complex expression.

After a moment, he sighed, got out of bed, walked over to her, and gently embraced her, tenderly wiping the sweat from her forehead that had appeared due to her intense activity.

"I don’t blame you. How could I expect you to stay by my side when I am a crippled man?"

"Husband!" Tanaka Naoko burst into tears upon hearing this, hugging Tanaka Noriaki tightly and sobbing, "I’m glad you’re okay, I’m glad you’re okay."

Although her feelings for Tanaka Noriaki had waned due to Aoyama Xiu Xin’s instigation, over the past year, her care had rekindled them.

The more you invest, the deeper you fall, and she had been investing unilaterally for over a year, constantly recalling every precious moment they had shared.

"I have two people to thank for my awakening," Tanaka Noriaki said as he let go of his wife. His face twitched as he looked at the remnants at the corner of her mouth, and his other hand clenched into a tight fist, "The first is you, Nai Zi. Without your devoted care, I couldn’t have woken up."

"We are husband and wife. We vowed at our wedding to never leave each other’s side, through sickness and in health, through poverty and wealth," Tanaka Naoko said tearfully.

Tanaka Noriaki took a deep breath and said through gritted teeth, "The second person is Aoyama Xiu Xin."

"Yes! And Minister Aoyama. If it weren’t for his financial assistance, I wouldn’t have been able to afford your long-term hospital fees," Tanaka Naoko said, nodding repeatedly.

"You mean... the money for my treatment was provided by Aoyama Xiu Xin?" Tanaka Noriaki was stunned, this was the first time he’d heard of this. Then suddenly, he snapped back to reality and grabbed his wife by the shoulders, "Did he agree to this on the condition that you sleep with him?"

"Husband, that’s not important..." Tanaka Naoko’s eyes darted around, her words stumbling.

"Idiot!" Tanaka Noriaki cursed vehemently, his eyes burning with rage. Discovering that his wife had slept with Aoyama Xiu Xin from the beginning for his sake, he felt an even greater appreciation for her, but his hatred for Aoyama Xiu Xin also deepened, "I have to kill that bastard!"

"Husband! No, please! Put it down, Minister Aoyama has let go of his grudge against you. You should forget all this too," Tanaka Naoko pleaded desperately.

"Hahaha! Him let go? What right does he have to let go?" Tanaka Noriaki, upon hearing this, burst into an angry laugh, his face twisted with resentment as he said, "Do you think my car accident was a coincidence? No! It must have been arranged by Aoyama Xiu Xin. He wanted to kill me, but he didn’t expect that I wouldn’t die, nor did he expect that even after becoming a vegetable, I would awaken. This is Amaterasu giving me the chance for revenge! I must have my vengeance!"

"No... That can’t be possible, right? Minister Aoyama isn’t that kind of person," Tanaka Naoko said, not believing a word.

"Nai Zi! Don’t be fooled by his hypocritical facade!" Tanaka Noriaki exclaimed, grabbing his wife’s shoulders and shaking her excitedly, his breathing rapid, "He deliberately had me run over to turn into a vegetable, then used my medical expenses to pressure you into submitting. How evil! If I don’t take revenge, what’s the difference between me being awake and asleep?"

"But husband, what could you possibly use to take revenge? You’ve only just awakened, and I don’t want to see you take any risks. Can’t we just forget everything that happened and live our lives in peace?" Tanaka Naoko, though half-doubting her husband’s words, really didn’t want to be caught up in this.

"If I don’t take revenge, I’ll live the rest of my life in dissatisfaction," Tanaka Noriaki shook his head and then took a deep breath, "Moreover, I have already thought of a way to exact vengeance, but I need your help. Once we have our revenge, we can go abroad and live a good life."

"How can I help you?" Tanaka Naoko asked, puzzled by his words.

Tanaka Noriaki couldn’t wait to pull out a recording pen, a smug look on his face as he said, "I’ve recorded everything that just happened. If we give this to the enemies of Aoyama Xiu Xin, and with the two of us as witness testimony, this recording will become a blade stabbing straight into his heart. Taking advantage of his subordinate’s coma to defile his wife will surely ruin him!"

Hearing this, Tanaka Naoko stood frozen, her gaze unfocused as she looked at him, the joy from her husband’s awakening beginning to fade, replaced by endless sorrow.

He had been awake already, capable of moving. He had done nothing to stop her and Aoyama Xiu Xin, but worse yet, he had even made a recording and planned to use it.

This left Tanaka Naoko feeling very cold inside.

As her own husband, he didn’t care about her sleeping with Aoyama Xiu Xin for the sake of revenge, just listening and watching on the side, reminding her of when he asked her to seduce Aoyama Xiu Xin to fight him.

It was quite similar.

At the same time, she remembered what Aoyama Xiu Xin had said back then.

She couldn’t remember his exact words, but the gist was that a man who loves his wife would never let her seduce another man.

Clearly, Tanaka Noriaki didn’t love her at all.

He didn’t a year ago, and even less so now.

"Nai Zi... Nai Zi, what’s wrong?"

Tanaka Noriaki waved his hand in front of her and asked.

"It’s nothing..." Tanaka Naoko came back to her senses, smiled, shook her head, and said in a calm tone, "Let me listen to the recording."

"Rest assured, it’s recorded very clearly," Tanaka Noriaki said as he handed the recording pen over.

Tanaka Naoko took it, looked at him for a moment, and then promptly tossed the recording pen out the window.

"What are you doing!" Tanaka Noriaki was instantly stunned, his shock quickly turning to rage as he pushed Tanaka Naoko to the ground, rushed to the window, and watched helplessly as a passing car crushed the recording pen to pieces.

"Ah!" He shouted in despair, grabbing his head in a roar, then turned and charged at Tanaka Naoko, grabbing her by the collar and demanding loudly, "Why? Why would you do this? Do you have any idea how much humiliation and pain I endured for that recording? Bitch!"

"I don’t know, I didn’t know anything," Tanaka Naoko replied, her face drained of all color as she shook her head, her eyes ice cold as she said, "All I know is that I’ve wasted all my genuine feelings on a dog. Tanaka Noriaki, after looking after you for more than a year, I’ve done my duty. Let’s get a divorce."

"A divorce? I’ve only just awakened, and you want to divorce me?" Tanaka Noriaki couldn’t believe it, unable to comprehend, and laughed bitterly in anger, "I don’t mind that you’ve been with that bastard Aoyama Xiu Xin! You’re asking for a divorce not because you ruined the revenge tool I finally obtained, but now you want a divorce? Have you gotten addicted to that bastard Aoyama Xiu Xin?"

Slap! Tanaka Naoko, trembling with anger, slapped him across the face, then forcefully pushed him away, got up without looking back, and walked out. At the door, she stopped, turned around, and said, "I must say, he is indeed better than you."

With that, she slammed the door shut behind her.

Bang!

"Ah! Adulterous scum, adulterous whore!"

Tanaka Noriaki raged hysterically, standing up and smashing things around, venting his inner fury.

"Tanaka’s awake! Tanaka Noriaki’s awake!"

"A medical miracle indeed!"

The commotion attracted the attention of the passing nurses outside, drawing a crowd of onlookers.

It was then that Tanaka Noriaki finally calmed down, realizing that if Aoyama Xiu Xin found out, he would be finished.

His top priority was to find a hiding place.

"Move! Get out of my way!"

He immediately pushed past the people blocking the door and hurriedly ran toward the elevator.

Meanwhile, Aoyama Xiu Xin, who was in his car, received a phone call from Tanaka Naoko, his face registering disbelief, "What? Tanaka Noriaki has awakened?"

"Hi! He’s already left the hospital. He harbors deep hatred towards you, so be careful," Tanaka Naoko said over the phone, emotionless as she watched Tanaka Noriaki’s desperate fleeing figure from the window.

She wasn’t acting out of spite to put Tanaka Noriaki in grave danger, merely warning Aoyama Xiu Xin.

It took Aoyama Xiu Xin a moment to come to terms with it.

"Thanks for the heads-up, Mrs. Tanaka. I understand."

After hanging up, he was still in disbelief.

Not to mention, a vegetable waking up? It couldn’t have been from being stimulated by his interaction with Tanaka Naoko, could it?

Tsk, it looks like he has to take him down once more.