Tokyo: Rabbit Officer and Her Evil Partner-Chapter 833 - 502: Victims’ Families

The head of the Police Department’s Criminal Department is Kato Touma.

The Criminal Department is divided into multiple divisions, such as the First Investigation Division (violent crime), the Second Investigation Division (economic crime), and the Fourth Investigation Division (organized crime). The Criminal Department head must balance the resources among these divisions to avoid overlapping functions.

Additionally, he is responsible for setting investigation standards, optimizing processes, and supervising the execution by subordinate departments.

In the event of a sudden incident, he forms a special investigation headquarters and allocates resources—previous investigations by the Special Investigation Department and Investigation Department were either spearheaded or approved for formation by him.

For crimes that impact social stability, Kato Touma needs to personally oversee the situation.

For example, he was involved in negotiation strategies and reported progress to the Prime Minister’s Residence during the 1991 Tokyo kidnapping case of a corporate executive.

These past few days, Kato Touma has been in a very bad mood.

It’s not only because the Police Chief vetoed his temporary curfew proposal, but mainly because the Minister of Public Security demanded the public release of the Cat Island list and a ’selective’ filing of the investigation of the perpetrators.

Those incompetent fools believe that the Cat Island incident has seriously threatened social stability, especially with several relatively brutal video recordings that must be addressed to pacify public sentiment.

However, Kato Touma does not agree with this.

"What do you mean by ’address’? Isn’t it just about sacrificing our subordinates and colleagues to shut those troublemakers up?"

"Which Police Chief isn’t an elite graduate from a prestigious school? Who hasn’t been a diligent talent after years of hard study? They’ve worked diligently for so many years, so even if there’s no achievement, there is hard work. Why should they have to manage public sentiment? Where’s the logic in that?"

"We are the police, not girls in a bubble bath parlor!"

"In the end, it’s all their own fault!"

"No one forced them to go to the island; they went there themselves, a bunch of idiots, a bunch of poor fools, a group of self-serving guys. If they ran off to die, who can they blame?"

Kato Touma vented his frustrations in the office, while the secretary stood by, pouring drinks and occasionally nodding in agreement: "Yes, it takes two to tango..."

While he was speaking, the desk phone suddenly rang.

Kato Touma, somewhat displeased, picked up his glass to drink.

The secretary answered the phone, speaking in an official tone: "Hello, this is Minister Kato’s office... Alright, Mr. Dongshan..."

The secretary cupped the receiver with one hand, whispering: "It’s someone from the Ministry of Public Security, they want to discuss the list with you..."

Kato Touma picked up a small mirror from the desk and tidied his hair in it.

The reflection revealed a stern face with deep nasolabial folds and a mouth set grimly downward. He was already over fifty, with graying temples and thinning hair, needing constant care and the use of hair wax to fix it, to avoid showing a balding and overly high hairline.

"Just tell them I’m unavailable," Kato Touma said, spreading hair wax on his palm and styling his long hair to blend with the shorter parts.

The secretary repeated his words, but the other party was unyielding, citing the authority of the Minister of Public Security. The secretary, not daring to be negligent, turned back and conveyed: "The Public Security has filed a case; they said they want to question you..."

Kato Touma’s office phone is an internal line; outside callers can’t reach him, so they temporarily didn’t suspect the caller’s identity.

Recalling the disputes in meetings a few days ago, Kato Touma’s temper flared up. He couldn’t believe the Ministry of Public Security’s head would act without notification: "Let me handle this."

The secretary handed over the receiver, and Kato Touma put the mirror down, holding up the receiver: "Tell Minister Yamamoto that Tokyo’s criminal matters rest on my shoulders; it’s not his place for investigation! What case is Public Security filing? Where are the terrorists in the Police Department? If they want an internal investigation, let Director Kujo sign first!"

With that, he slammed the phone down.

The secretary tried to persuade Kato Touma to calm down. Feeling upset, he quickly arranged his hairstyle and called a subordinate to report on the progress of the case, hoping to hear some good news.

Unfortunately, the investigation officer disappointed him again.

With the widespread distribution of the videos, it was challenging to trace them. The accomplices could easily blend into video halls, claiming they saw the new video elsewhere and continued spreading it.

Initially, the police had locked down all the video halls in Tokyo, effectively cutting off the transmission routes. Theoretically, they just needed to collect them gradually, and eventually, they could completely clear out the videos.

But the investigative officer brought bad news.

"Many people have started recording the videos onto CDs, increasing the difficulty of the investigation. What used to take ten video tapes can now fit on a single CD..."

The investigation officer stood in front of the desk, holding files in both hands, reading the investigation results aloud.

He had mentally prepared himself to be reprimanded before arriving.

"Does this mean there’s been no progress in these past few days?" Kato Touma interrupted.

"Yes." The investigation officer bowed his head: "My abilities are insufficient; my apologies."

Kato Touma sighed deeply: "You know the rumors outside, right? Both your name and mine are on the Cat Island list."

The investigation officer was well aware; the rumors were not mistaken. They had all been invited to Cat Island before, gambled some small wagers for fun. No one expected that just a bit of recreational gambling would escalate to this point.

"I know." The investigation officer nodded.

"Politics is a business; how do you get elected without money? Acts of causing trouble aside, wouldn’t something be considered a state religion without any incidents? Even the Prime Minister supports religion, and supporting religion gains votes. Smart people directing fools; that’s how the world runs."

Kato Touma stood up, hands behind his back, speaking as he walked: "Do you believe in religion? You don’t, right? Neither do I, and neither does the Prime Minister. I guess even those religious leaders don’t believe their own rhetoric; only fools would."