CHAPTER 803: CHAPTER 662: LEISURELY MOMENTS, THE LOYAL SECRETARY

Ever since the demise of Heng Lu Guangnan, Aoyama Xiu Xin found himself with a lot of free time. After all, as the director, there weren’t many cases that required his personal involvement.

The specific cases were all handled by people below him.

Every day, he just attended meetings and signed documents.

This gave him a lot of leisure time.

When a person is idle, they tend to feel restless, for he would spend his time with women, and too frequently would cause discomfort.

Every actress who came to Hokkaido to film or perform in concerts had to visit Aoyama Xiu Xin first, and only after his personal seal was imprinted on their "private license" could they start their activities, akin to Brother Wen far away in Yu Zhou at that moment.

However, his looks and power far surpassed the latter.

The actresses who had been with him did not feel shortchanged.

With his energy not focused on cases, besides being with women, he showcased himself, frequently appearing at various charity events, constantly enhancing his reputation in Hokkaido.

Local news also began to report about him more frequently.

For example, now, Fujimoto Takayoshi was watching news at home, where they were reporting Aoyama Xiu Xin’s speech at a charity fundraising banquet.

"Mr. Fujimoto, do you think Governor Henglu is really dead?" asked a young man in his thirties sitting beside Fujimoto Takayoshi, who was Imamura Masafumi, always wanted by the police.

"I am not the director anymore." Fujimoto Takayoshi shook his head and continued, "I attended Governor Henglu’s funeral. Of course, he’s dead, lying in the coffin, pale and breathless."

"He’s dead but not dead; he just transformed into those people like Miyashita Hidekatsu and Aoyama Xiu Xin, keeping a firm grip on power in Hokkaido, acting tyrannically," Imamura Masafumi said coldly, staring at the news screen.

Fujimoto Takayoshi turned to look at him, "Are you trying to say that Aoyama Xiu Xin and Miyashita Hidekatsu used Governor Henglu’s illegal acts as a pretext to kill him, but in reality, they’re no different from Governor Henglu? But so what? Aren’t you the sort who despises the world? Governor Henglu is clearly dead, even his family may not seek revenge for him, so why cling to this?"

"Because his family is wealthy, even without the governorship, they’re still among the class that never lacks for food and clothing," Imamura Masafumi took a deep breath and said, "But I’m different. Without the governor, I am just an ordinary civil servant born into poverty, muddling through life. It was the governor’s trust that turned me from the governed into a ruler, from impoverished to wealthy. I believe no matter good or evil, a person must know gratitude to be called human; otherwise, how are they different from beasts? The governor died with grievances caused by traitors. I must avenge him!"

Stopping here, he turned to glare at Fujimoto Takayoshi and said, "Before I came, I also thought you were human like me, Mr. Fujimoto, considering you couldn’t have become a director, let alone stayed as one for so long without the governor’s care and help. But now you refuse to join me in avenging him, which also avenges yourself. Have you forgotten how Aoyama Xiu Xin stabbed you in the back to overthrow you?"

"Yes, the governor did care for me, but in the end, he also gave up on me, didn’t he?" Fujimoto Takayoshi took a deep breath and said solemnly, "He chose Aoyama Xiu Xin between me and Aoyama Xiu Xin. Without his tacit support, could Aoyama Xiu Xin have easily seized power?"

"I remember the governor’s kindness, and I will repay this kindness to his descendants, but forgive me, I am too old to risk my family by joining you, Mr. Imamura, to avenge him. You should go. Rest assured, I won’t tell Aoyama Xiu Xin that you came."

He felt it was all destiny’s arrangement, trusting Aoyama Xiu Xin gave him the opportunity to seize power.

And in the end, Governor Henglu chose Aoyama Xiu Xin over himself, giving Aoyama Xiu Xin and Miyashita Hidekatsu the chance to conspire and kill him.

Revenge? Revenge for what? Isn’t letting go better?

"Mr. Fujimoto!" Imamura Masafumi raised his voice emotionally, face flushed with spit flying, "Your former subordinates are all expecting you to lead them in revenge, yet you choose to be a coward?"

Those superintendents and above who went to arm themselves to protect Heng Lu Guangnan were all dismissed by Aoyama Xiu Xin, and a few of them were contacted by Imamura Masafumi, preparing to take revenge on Aoyama Xiu Xin and Miyashita Hidekatsu, hoping to convince Fujimoto Takayoshi to sway more dismissed officers.

The more people, the bigger the task accomplished.

After all, he wasn’t very familiar with the police, but as a former leader, Fujimoto Takayoshi had greater influence.

The key was that Aoyama Xiu Xin’s current secretary was once Fujimoto Takayoshi’s secretary, influencing Haruno Takayoshi through this connection would be optimal.

"I am old. What’s so laughable about an old man being a coward? Conversely, it’s you who forcefully troubles an old man, Imamura, that’s laughable." Fujimoto Takayoshi would not relent.

So long has passed that he had let go long ago.

He didn’t want to take unnecessary risks just to vent anger.

Seeing Imamura Masafumi was getting nowhere, he could only give up regrettably, sighed, "Forget it, let’s pretend I didn’t come tonight, Mr. Fujimoto, farewell."

As soon as he finished speaking, he casually picked up the mask and hat on the table, put them on, and turned to leave.

"Take care, I won’t see you off." Fujimoto Takayoshi kept his eyes on the TV, not moving an inch from his seat.

"Bang!"

Only after the door closing sound echoed did he glance towards the door, sighed, and shook his head.

He admired Imamura Masafumi’s loyalty.

But he didn’t see a chance for success in it.

Aoyama Xiu Xin was too crafty and vicious, and now held an absolute advantage, even riding in bulletproof vehicles. How difficult the revenge Imamura Masafumi sought?

Fujimoto Takayoshi reckoned the next time he heard of Imamura Masafumi would likely be in the news.

But indeed, he meant what he said, he had no intention of betraying Imamura Masafumi’s whereabouts to anyone else.

After all, he could choose not to avenge Heng Lu Guangnan.

But he couldn’t stop others from doing so.

After stepping out of the door, Imamura Masafumi got into a black van parked by the roadside, where four people were waiting inside. They were all police officers who had been dismissed by Xiu Xin last month.

Once they were glamorous, wielding power as police officers, but now they’ve turned into paupers overnight, bringing with it a steep decline in family status and living standards. The four held considerable resentment towards Xiu Xin, especially since they were promised that if they gave up their guns, they wouldn’t be held accountable. Yet, while ordinary officers received no repercussions, the higher-ups like them faced a reckoning.

Is this fair?

After being dismissed, family conflicts became more frequent.

Some of the people they had bullied and extorted started showing up at their doors seeking revenge, further intensifying familial disputes, fanning the flames of anger and resentment which were easily ignited by Imamura Masafumi to decide on taking revenge against Xiu Xin, the instigator of their woes.

"Mr. Imamura, what does Fujimoto Director say?"

All four men were staring intently at Imamura Masafumi.

Imamura Masafumi glanced around at the four of them, shook his head, and said, "Mr. Fujimoto has already lost his nerve, huh."

Upon hearing this, the four immediately displayed a look of disappointment.

After all, in their memories, Fujimoto Takayoshi was always the strong and domineering Director, yet now, unexpectedly, he didn’t even have the courage for revenge.

"Without him, we five can still do it. The strength lies in being sharp, not numerous; we are in the dark, Xiu Xin is in the light, just based on this, the advantage is ours." Imamura Masafumi encouraged the morale.

"Right! That’s right! We can manage on our own!"

"Xiu Xin would never dream that we’d dare to make a move against him, this is our advantage."

"Grab a hefty sum from him, and live well abroad, avoid staying in the country and endure grievances."

The other four also promptly voiced their agreement.

They appeared more like they were cheering themselves on.

Listening to their words, even as Imamura Masafumi echoed them verbally, inside he was unaffected by it.

From the beginning, their objectives were different.

The four wished to extort money from Xiu Xin, to vent their anger through revenge, and then fly far away.

They never considered killing Xiu Xin.

Whereas Imamura Masafumi had always only had the single aim of killing Xiu Xin to avenge Heng Lu Guangnan.

For such a cause, he wouldn’t hesitate even at the cost of his own life.

However, he didn’t dare to voice it, otherwise missing these four tools to help, it would be tough for him to achieve his goal alone, so he aimed to utilize these four men.

"Let’s head back and further plan how to extract oil from Xiu Xin." Imamura Masafumi exhaled, cracked a smile, and said lightly.

The vehicle started and slowly disappeared into the night.

...............

Unaware of Imamura Masafumi’s covert surveillance, Xiu Xin did recognize his growing list of enemies, hence took extreme care with his safety measures, always keeping Jin Yucheng close by.

Even during his rendezvous with women at hotels.

Jin Yucheng stood guard outside the door all night long.

Moreover, when attending some public events, he arranged for police escorts and officers standing on watch.

Therefore, despite Imamura Masafumi and others tailing him for three consecutive days, they couldn’t find an opportunity to make a move.

Because the team housed four police officers.

Their tracking was professional and cautious, hence Jin Yucheng and Xiu Xin didn’t notice anything unusual.

"No, kidnapping Xiu Xin is not feasible, we need to change the plan." On the fourth day, Imamura Masafumi felt they couldn’t drag this out any longer, or they would eventually get caught.

"Yes, we can’t continue like this, although we haven’t been discovered, there’s also no chance to act."

"If we keep following, we’re likely to be exposed."

"Mr. Imamura, do you have any ideas?"

The other four awaited Imamura Masafumi to make a decision.

Due to his previous status, and being the organizer of this revenge scheme, he was the leader.

Imamura Masafumi indeed had a new plan in mind, pursed his lips, gaze at the four men and whispered, "We should do it like this... like this... hmm?"

The four men exchanged looks, feeling the plan was somewhat unscrupulous, but finding no better ideas, after a brief hesitation, they agreed to go ahead.

"Alright, it’s decided then, everyone split into two groups, prepare accordingly, and get this thing done quickly."