CHAPTER 791: CHAPTER 650: NO ONE KNOWS A TRAITOR’S VILE NATURE LIKE A TRAITOR

On July 27th, at noon, Xiu Xin received a call from Asahara Shoko, stating that he had already spent a large sum to reserve the Julan Club located at Zaoyan Mountain in Sapporo, and at seven in the evening, he and the high-ranking members would be awaiting his arrival.

After hanging up the phone, Xiu Xin immediately dispatched people to keep an eye on the vicinity of the Julan Club and instructed others to procure a map of the area. At six in the evening, he convened a high-level meeting attended only by the leaders of the Security Department and the Criminal Department.

After Haruno Takayoshi informed him that everyone had arrived, he departed for the meeting room. As he entered, everyone immediately stood up and bowed to greet him.

"Chief Aoyama!"

"Sit." Xiu Xin raised his hand. Once everyone was seated again, he solemnly said, "In recent years, Aum Shinrikyo has become increasingly rampant, involved in multiple murder cases. Just last month, they released poisonous gas in Songben City, a truly insane act! As far as I know, Aum Shinrikyo has shifted its headquarters to Hokkaido since last year and has been aggressively propagating and deceiving the public here. The police can’t just sit back and watch."

Upon hearing this, everyone involuntarily straightened up. They knew Aum Shinrikyo was doomed because their development in Hokkaido was initially instructed by Xiu Xin.

"I have received reliable intelligence that tonight at seven, including Sect Hierarch Asahara Shoko, a group of high-level members will gather at the Julan Club in Zaoyan Mountain. This is our chance to catch them all in one fell swoop."

As Xiu Xin finished speaking, Haruno Takayoshi pasted a map of Zaoyan Mountain on the whiteboard.

Everyone’s eyes focused on it.

Xiu Xin stood up, holding an expensive brand-name fountain pen in his hand, and pointed at the map, speaking spiritedly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, observe, this is Zaoyan Mountain. This is the Julan Club, located deep within Zaoyan Mountain, with only one road leading there. The surrounding area is extremely deserted, and if many strangers and unfamiliar vehicles suddenly appear, it will easily expose us and alert them."

"Therefore, preemptive ambush is unwise. We need to take immediate direct action, swiftly and decisively, capturing them all using absolute manpower and firepower superiority."

Retracting his pen, Xiu Xin turned around, placed both hands on the conference table, and leaned forward, speaking emphatically:

"Therefore, I now order the Criminal Department and Security Department to gather immediately and set off for the Julan Club at Zaoyan Mountain in half an hour to carry out the arrest operation. If met with resistance, shoot to kill on the spot! Especially the leader, Asahara Shoko, who is extremely dangerous and must not be allowed to escape, so prioritize taking him down!"

"Yes!" Everyone immediately stood up and responded.

With a sharp gaze sweeping across the room, Xiu Xin continued, "This is of utmost importance. Please hand over your phones now and retrieve them after the action is complete. All communications during this operation will be through internal communicators. From this moment, pair up and act in groups of two; no one is to act alone."

Previously, Heng Lu Guangnan had shown apprehension towards his influence in Hokkaido, so Xiu Xin feared Yokoji might sabotage the operation. After all, successfully eliminating Aum Shinrikyo would significantly elevate his prestige in Hokkaido, while failure with heavy losses would have severe repercussions.

Being a suspicious person prone to scheming and harming others, Xiu Xin always suspected others in this dark manner, taking great caution to prevent disaster.

This is why he held the meeting to plan the action just one hour before the gathering began.

Everyone exchanged glances, but no one said anything. They dutifully took out their phones.

Xiu Xin waved a large hand, "Dismissed!"

After the meeting, hundreds of police officers from the Security Department and the Criminal Department began to equip themselves and assemble immediately.

The Chief of the Second Section of the Security Department whispered his complaints to the Deputy Director beside him, "The Chief Aoyama really doesn’t trust us, does he? Collecting our phones and having us supervise each other, it’s truly disheartening."

"Chief, the Chief Aoyama is considering everyone’s safety. If the information leaks, everyone’s effort would be for nothing," the Deputy Director expressed understanding.

"Seriously, who would tip off those cult members!" The Chief curled his lips indifferently and sighed, "I’m going to smoke a cigarette."

The Deputy Director subconsciously took a step to follow him.

"What are you doing?" The Chief suddenly turned around, furrowing his brows and looking at him with a fierce and displeased gaze.

The Deputy Director pursed his lips, ultimately defeated under his fierce stare, bowed, and stopped his footsteps.

Only then did the Chief grumble and turn away.

The Deputy Director slowly lifted his head, eyes flickering with an indescribable light. The Chief, who used to always shout about supporting Chief Aoyama wholeheartedly, was now complaining just because of a phone confiscation. Something was clearly off.

Standing in place, he hesitated momentarily but eventually decided to follow quietly. If he caught the Chief tipping off the cult, he could take his place, right?

If not, and the Chief was genuinely just going for a smoke, he wouldn’t lose anything.

With the notion of trying his luck, the Deputy Director followed the Chief from a distance, watching him sneakily return to the office. Once the door closed, he quickly and quietly ran forward, pressing his ear to the door and heard dialing sounds, even holding his breath.

"Sir, just now Chief Aoyama convened a meeting with our Security Department and the Criminal Department..."

"Bang!" Hearing this, realizing that the Chief indeed intended to leak news about eliminating Aum Shinrikyo, the Deputy Director kicked the door open, drew his gun, and shouted, "Put down the phone immediately!"

The Chief was caught off guard, instantly dumbstruck, his eyes staring blankly at his subordinate’s flushed face.

"Put down the phone!" The Deputy Director roared once more.

The commotion naturally attracted passersby in the corridor, and several people gathered around.

"Calm down! You need to calm down! I’m just making a call to my family." The section chief said, his face turning pale as he slowly hung up the phone, "Fujino Maruji, you’re pointing a gun at me in defiance of your superior. If you put the gun down now, I won’t hold it against you, but if this alarms the director, don’t blame me for forgetting past ties."

"I think you’re more afraid of alarming the director." Fujino Maruji sneered, raising his gun slightly, "Raise your hands and walk over slowly, no tricks."

As soon as he finished speaking, he shouted to the onlookers behind him, who were watching with suspicion and uncertainty, "Please immediately bring the director to me, I have important matters to report to him.

"Mr. Fujino!" The section chief, holding his hands up and walking forward, turned pale and looked at him with pleading eyes, "I was really just calling my family."

"I heard you mention tonight’s meeting on the phone myself!" Fujino Maruji shouted angrily.

Aoyama Xiu Xin arrived quickly.

"Director." "Director."

Greetings echoed down the hallway one after another.

"What’s going on here?" Aoyama Xiu Xin asked, frowning as he looked at the scene while making his way through the crowd.

Fujino Maruji did not put down the gun, still pointing it at the section chief, reporting, "Director, he defied your orders, slipped away from me, returned to the office to secretly make a phone call, and I heard him mention tonight’s meeting over the phone myself, so I had to break in to stop him from revealing more information."

Aoyama Xiu Xin abruptly turned his head to look at the section chief.

His gaze was sharp as a knife, making one’s scalp tingle.

"Director, I’m being wronged! Director! Don’t listen to his nonsense! He... he’s trying to replace me by framing me, I only just called my family..." the section chief pleaded, sweating profusely, with a look of panic, his voice trembling.

Aoyama Xiu Xin interrupted him, "Do you think I can’t find out whose number that was?"

The pleading voice of the section chief immediately fell silent.

The truth was quite clear now.

"Arrest him." Aoyama Xiu Xin ordered.

From the onlookers behind, two officers immediately rushed out and without a word subdued the section chief.

"The rest, disperse." Aoyama Xiu Xin said.

The crowd of onlookers instantly scattered like birds and beasts.

Aoyama Xiu Xin walked into the office, and only then did Fujino Maruji put away his gun and close the office door.

"Have I ever offended you?" Aoyama Xiu Xin asked calmly, looking at the section chief pinned to the ground.

The section chief’s face was as white as a sheet, "N-No, never."

"Have I ever treated you unfairly? Have you not received your share of the money?" Aoyama Xiu Xin asked again.

The section chief’s body quivered, and tears started to stream uncontrollably from his eyes, "Director, I was wrong, I was momentarily confused, I beg you to give me another chance!"

"Who instructed you?" Aoyama Xiu Xin asked.

The section chief choked up as he truthfully answered, "It was Governor Henglu’s secretary, he instructed me to notify if you had any significant actions planned."

"So it’s an order from the governor, well then it’s hard to refuse, betraying me is understandable too," Aoyama Xiu Xin said, suddenly enlightened.

Damn it, Governor Henglu Guangnan really intends to set me up, good thing I was on guard.

Grasping at straws, the section chief nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking rice, "Yes, I didn’t dare refuse him, I’m just a nobody, I had no intention to betray you, they forced me..."

"Just forced you, didn’t they also promise you some benefits?" Aoyama Xiu Xin interrupted him.

The section chief’s voice suddenly came to a halt once more.

Aoyama Xiu Xin looked at Fujino Maruji, "Throw him off the building, you’ll be the section chief from now on."

As a betrayer, Aoyama Xiu Xin deeply despised traitors, which meant they must die!

"Yes! Thank you, director, for the promotion!" Fujino Maruji exclaimed, saluting with a resolute voice.

"Learn from this example." Aoyama Xiu Xin patted his shoulder, and walked out without looking back.

The section chief, filled with terror, struggled wildly, screaming in agony, "Director, have mercy! Director, have mercy! Please forgive me just this once! No! Let go of me! Mr. Fujino, I even treated you to a meal! Don’t do this... Ah!"

With a splat, the section chief fell from the sixth-floor window of the headquarters building to the ground, dying instantly, startling the numerous police officers gathered in the open area.