Chapter 625 - Cabinet Meeting (1/2)

Following the murders of Tanaka Hiroshi of the Metropolitan Police Department and Okamura Neji of the Ri Nation bank—the Minister of Defence, Inada Homi, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fukuda Yoshi, worried for their safety. They feared that they would be the next.

The Ri Nation media paid close attention to the series of assassinations, and there was endless coverage in the news. The media dubbed Xiao Luo the “Thousand-Faced Killer,” and that name was on the headlines of every single news media in the country. The Ri Nation was in a state of emergency.

“Idiots! Is the government eating sh*t? Can’t they even catch a murderer?”

“Multiple government officials are being assassinated. How embarrassing.”

“I smell some conspiracy going on here! It seems like all these people that were killed are somehow linked. Are these murders related to the cases of the missing Hua Nation citizens that have been the talk of the town recently?”

“Hurry and catch the murderer! Apply the strictest and most cruel method used in ancient Ri Nation and torture the murderer to death.”

“If the police cannot handle it, then activate the Self-Defense Force. If the military and police work together, I am sure they will catch that god damn Hua Nation man, Xiao Han.”

“You can’t let him escape. Catch him and execute him!”

Many Ri Nation netizens left comments on the internet. Xiao Luo, or more precisely, Xiao Han, had already become public enemy number one in the Ri Nation. It would satisfy a lot of them if he got killed.

[Cabinet Office in the Ri Nation]

The Chief Cabinet Secretary, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure & Transport, the Minister of Economy, Trade & Industry—and many more sat in the meeting room. There were over a dozen cabinet members gathered there. All of them were well-dressed and sat up straight in their chairs with anxious looks on their faces. None of them moved, and they looked like a collection of statues.

It was not until a man, with a flabby face and shiny hair hat was combed backward, walked in that these ministers stood up and bowed to show their respect.

It was none other than the Prime Minister of the Ri Nation, Anbei Shinzo!

BAM!

Anbei threw the folder in his hands on the table and stared glumly at the Vice-President, Kuroda Kiyotaka, a man with a bearded face.

“Kuroda Kiyotaka, are you aware of the crimes you have committed?” Anbei yelled. His voice was so loud that it almost sounded like a lion’s roar.

Every single cabinet minister present that day had a host of questions in their head. They wondered if there would be a discussion on how they would deal with that man, Xiao Han—the master of disguises, who had earned the moniker “Thousand-Faced Killer.” But why did the Prime Minister only direct that question at Kuroda Kiyotaka as soon as he walked in?

“Mr. Anbei, may I ask, exactly what crimes have I committed?” Kuroda Kiyotaka took off the round glasses he wore. Then he took out a cleaning cloth and calmly cleaned his lenses.

“You fool, are you trying to feign ignorance even at this point? Alright, I’ll let you understand then.”

Anbei pointed at him angrily and announced, “Signing a private agreement with Mei officials to build a genetic engineering research facility deep inside our Ri Nation’s sacred mountain. Specifically selecting the Hua Nation citizens, Koreans, Vietnamese in the Ri Nation as test subjects, and conducting a series of inhumane genetical experiments on these human beings. You turned them into unrecognizable monsters. These are your crimes!”

What?

Genetic engineering research facility?

Were the tremors that happened a few days ago at the sacred mountain caused by this research facility?

It surprised every minister who was present when they heard what the Prime Minister had just declared. They all turned their heads to look at Kuroda Kiyotaka and waited for him to give them a proper explanation.

Kuroda Kiyotaka laughed and said, “Mr. Anbei, I admire your imagination, but do you have any evidence to prove that I have built that research facility? If you do not, then what you are doing is merely framing me. It’s defamation.”

“You want evidence? Alright, I will give it to you!”

Anbei responded to him confidently, and immediately shouted, “Second Division Sergeant Major, Ueto Shirokawa, come in!”

BAM.

The door to the meeting room opened. A man in military uniform marched into the room energetically with a straight posture.