Chapter 589 - Too Many Questions (1/2)

About 40 minutes later, they pulled up in front of an apartment building. Its surrounding was elegant and the architecture was impressive. Miyazaki Ronjin certainly did not fit in such an upmarket area. On the contrary, what he wore and how he acted made him appear like someone who came from a dark and gloomy slum.

“Here we are then, Mr. Xiao. The bureau has arranged pretty decent accommodations for you. This is where you’ll be staying while you’re here working on the case.”

Miyazaki Ronjin took a look inside. There were two rooms, a living area, and the interior design was pretty decent. He tossed a phone onto the table and said, “This is your phone. I’ve saved my contact number in it, as well as Akino’s. You can contact either of us if you need to.” He took a glance at his watch and added, “But no matter what, don’t call me after midnight. I’m a light sleeper and will have a hard time getting back to sleep. I’ll be furious if you wake me up at that time–really furious!”

Xiao Luo laughed but said nothing.

“Do you have any other questions? If not, then I’ll take my leave first. We’ll be meeting the chief tomorrow,” Miyazaki Ronjin said. He turned to leave before he even finished speaking.

“Send me the details for the five cases,” Xiao Luo said. He made his request in a cold voice. This man, two to almost three decades older, was starting to irk him.

Miyazaki Ronjin stopped in his track and turned around. “Now?”

“Yes, now,” Xiao Luo said and nodded solemnly.

“As expected of an elite police officer from the Hua Nation, you’re very serious about your work. You speak Japanese very well too. I would have thought that you were from Ri Nation if I didn’t know better.”

Miyazaki Ronjin finished his cigarette and tossed it to the ground, extinguishing it with a turn of his heel. Then he lit another. He took a deep drag and blew the smoke out with evident pleasure. “I’ll leave it to you, Akino. Send Mr. Xiao a copy of the files immediately.”

After speaking, he opened the door and left without looking back.

“Yes, Sergeant Ronjin!” Kimura Akino answered respectfully even as the door shut.

The impression that Xiao Luo has of this Miyazaki Ronjin could not get any worse.

“Please don’t take it to heart, Mr. Xiao Han. Sergeant Ronjin is just a little eccentric, but he used to be the best police officer in our department. The Yamaguchi-gumi were rampant a decade ago, and they were taken down completely by him and the division he led. But then the Yamaguchi-gumi took their revenge, and they killed his wife and daughter while they were home in the suburbs,” Kimura Akino explained.

“It would be a detrimental blow to anyone. He’s been like this ever since the death of his wife and daughter. He smoked and drank daily and became the worst performing sergeant in the department. He has gone a decade without a single promotion, and I’m the only officer under him now,” he added.

“Is that so?”

The hostility that Xiao Luo felt toward Miyazaki Ronjin lessened after he learned about the tragedy. He felt a little more sympathetic toward the man now—it was only human nature to be devastated by the loss of loved ones.

Kimura Akino nodded firmly.

“Oh, right, there are four divisions in your station, right? Do they all have the same duties?” Xiao Luo asked as he changed the topic.

“Yes, we do have four divisions. But each division focuses on a different field. The first division is primarily responsible for major homicides. The second division focuses on intellectual crimes such as corruption, rigged elections, scams, and fraud. The third division focuses on theft, and the fourth division, which is our division, focuses on controlling gangs and hooligans,” Kimura Akino answered.

“The fourth division comprises only just you and Miyazaki Ronjin? Is that enough to deal with the gangs?”