Chapter 63: Kyouji Toda

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Metropolitan Police Headquarters.

In the first stage of the forced criminal search of the third system,

In this interrogation room exclusively for the department dedicated to violent crimes,

The wonderful artist Koichi Nishihara was handcuffed in front of the interrogation table.

At the other end of the table, Takuto Nakajima, the chief inspector of the third department of the 1st Criminal Investigation Section, was sitting.

Before the interrogation began, Nakajima Takuto informed Koichi Nishihara of his basic rights.

Then, he started verifying Koichi Nishihara's identity.

"Name?"

"Koichi Nishihara."

"Profession?"

"Artist."

After completing the simple identification work, Takuto Nakajima started the interrogation.

"Koichi Nishihara, do you know what I want to ask you?"

"I know."

"So you know what happened to Uesugi Misaki yesterday?"

"I know he's dead, but I didn't kill him."

"What about Akikawa Kyusuke?"

When Nakajima Takuto read the name, his words stopped.

There was a somewhat complicated look in his eyes.

"I didn't attack him, he framed me."

"The criminal police who participated in yesterday's investigation found a wig in his backpack, the murder weapon used in the strangulation. It was also confirmed that the wig was stained with the deceased's blood."

"After the interrogation, artist Yoko Okino, director Mine Takemura, and manager Misaki Itakura confirmed that you had the motive to attack Akikawa Kyusuke."

"And you didn't have an alibi for the time the deceased was killed."

"Can you explain these things?"

"I don't know, I was framed."

After a moment of silence, Nakajima Takuto looked at Koichi Nishihara in front of him with a displeased expression.

His voice gradually grew louder.

"Mr. Nishihara, I hope you can honestly face the facts."

"The current evidence is very unfavorable for you. Continuing to deny it will only make the police think you have no attitude of admitting guilt."

"I didn't kill him, nor did I abuse the body or beat Akikawa Kyusuke."

"I just know that you police and detectives made a judgment error. All of you were deceived by Akikawa Kyusuke."

"Well."

In response to Koichi Nishihara's refusal to admit, Nakajima Takuto was also quite helpless.

He stood up, turned off the camera, and left the interrogation room.

Koichi Nishihara was arrested and brought to justice yesterday by Officer Megure Thirteen from the Police Department, who conducted the raid on three departments.

Today, Takuto Nakajima was in charge of the interrogation.

It's a pity that Koichi Nishihara refused to admit even in the face of irrefutable evidence.

This situation is not uncommon, so Takuto Nakajima is prepared to report the results of this interrogation directly to his superiors.

He's ready to finish the interrogation by stating that "the suspect has a bad attitude towards confession and shows no remorse."

Koichi Nishihara should then be handed over to the prosecutors directly.

Takuto Nakajima arrived at the office of his immediate superior, Toda Kage, the deputy police chief, and gently knocked on the door.

There was no response from inside.

"I'm sorry."

Takuto Nakajima softly said as he opened the door and entered.

As expected, Nakajima Takuto saw someone when he entered the door.

The person was reclining in the office chair behind him, feet on the desk in the center of the room, with his face covered by a file that looked like a case file.

From underneath the file, a very clear sound of snoring was heard.

In general, in the Japanese police system, police officers, like middle-level officers, usually do not have separate offices.

For example, Sato Miwako, who is also a police officer in the third division of the 1st Criminal Investigation Section, does not have a separate office.

At that moment, the police officer in front of Takuto Nakajima, named Kyouji Toda, who was deeply asleep during office hours, could have had a separate office due to his extremely outstanding personal skills.

Kyouji Toda was a detective in the Metropolitan Police Department's Organized Crime Countermeasures Department.

In short, the Organized Crime Countermeasures Department of the Metropolitan Police Department is a department mainly focused on crimes such as gangster activities, violent gangs, transnational crimes, drug smuggling, human trafficking, and illegal arms trading.

A few years ago, Toda Kyouji was injured during an operation, so he was transferred to the current 1st Investigation Section, Forced Criminal Investigation Department 3.

Although the Forced Criminal Investigation Department of the 1st Investigation Section is specifically responsible for violent crime cases,

the level of danger of the prisoners they deal with is much lower than those in the Organized Crime Countermeasures Department.

Toda Kyouji's performance after being transferred to the 3rd Criminal Investigation Department was also very good.

But there was one thing that caused a huge headache for Megure Thirteen.

Since Toda Kyouji had faced extremely cruel criminals in the past,

he often used excessive force when dealing with common prisoners.

When Toda Kyouji interrogated prisoners, he often induced and forced confessions.

Although after being scolded several times by Megure Thirteen, Toda Kyouji's behavior moderated a bit,

only people like Nakajima Takuto and Toda Kyouji's subordinates knew that his mindset was still stuck in the Organized Crime Countermeasures Department.

He always encouraged his subordinates to induce confessions from prisoners.

Just like in the previous car accident case, Nakajima Takuto would induce Akikawa Kyusuke to confess, which was under Toda Kyouji's instructions.

At that moment, Takuto Nakajima also questioned whether inducing a confession was somewhat inhumane nowadays.

The words Toda Kyouji said with an extremely contemptuous expression at that time are still fresh in Nakajima Takuto's memory—

"Oh, are you telling me that you're against humanity? Do criminals have human rights?"

"We are here to protect the safety of Japanese citizens. Do you think criminals can be considered citizens?"

Although Nakajima Takuto made a huge mistake in the previous car accident case and was severely reprimanded by Sato Miwako,

the person he fears most in his heart is still Toda Kyouji.

After all, the fierce aura this man had when working in the Organized Crime Countermeasures Department of the Metropolitan Police has not dissipated to this day.

Nakajima Takuto hesitated in the room for a while, wondering whether he should wake Kyouji Toda up.

At that moment, he heard Kyouji Toda's somewhat confused voice—

"Who's there?"

"It's me."

"What, that Nishihara refuses to confess?"

"Hey, Officer Toda, how did you know?"

Nakajima Takuto was startled.

It was obvious that Kyouji Toda was still sleeping until now.

How could he immediately guess why Nakajima had come to his office?

He obviously hadn't said anything yet.

"Such a simple thing, don't you just need to use your brain to think about it?"

"They sent you to interrogate that Nishihara. If the results are what you expected, why don't you just leave the documents and go?"

"You hesitated in my office for a long time without speaking. It can only mean that Nishihara refused to confess."

Toda Kyouji didn't take the file off his face and began to analyze aloud.

"Tsk, all these bastards deserve to die."

As Toda Kyouji said this, he struck the file he had on his face against the desk.

"However, you should also know that refusing to confess when the evidence is solid won't benefit you."

As he said this, Toda Kyouji stood up and left.

"Let me confirm for myself if there's really something suspicious in the case or if that person is just a fool."

(End of Chapter)