Fangzheng put down the coffee in his hand and looked at Nakamori Aoko.
It was impossible for them to talk in the Metropolitan Police Department, so Fangzheng brought Nakamori Aoko to a coffee shop near the Metropolitan Police Department. There, Nakamori Aoko made her intentions clear.
Simply put, the Nakamori Police Department had shut itself off.
The reason was simple. The Nakamori Police Department had been angered by Fangzheng and had decided to resign if they failed to catch Kid the Monster Thief. But Kid did not show up at all, which made him very puzzled. However, his subordinates breathed a sigh of relief. They felt that it was a good thing that Kid did not show up. This way, the bet did not count, and the Nakamori Police Department did not have to resign. Maybe Kid deliberately did not show up.
Of course, this was what the Nakamori Police Department's subordinates said in private. The Nakamori Police Department accidentally overheard it, and he immediately shut himself off.
I'm a police officer, yet I need a thief to take pity on me to keep my job?
What kind of police am I?!
Therefore, the Nakamori Police Department stayed at home for the past two days. Nakamori Aoko could not stand it anymore, so she went to ask her father about it. The Nakamori Police Department would definitely not tell such a shameful thing to his daughter, so he refused to relent. However, Nakamori Aoko still managed to find out the whole story from her father's subordinates. It was not difficult. The scene of Fangzheng reprimanding the Nakamori Police Department had long spread throughout the Metropolitan Police Department. Everyone from the top to the bottom knew about it.
But no one stood up for the Nakamori Police Department. This showed that the Nakamori Police Department's actions had long been unpopular in the Metropolitan Police Department.
This was normal. After all, every time the Monster Thief Kid was arrested, the Nakamori Police Department would lose face, but the entire Metropolitan Police Department would lose face. No one could accept this happening again and again. But because the Nakamori Police Department was experienced, no one dared to speak up. But Fangzheng was different. He did not care about the unspoken rules of the Japanese workplace. He had money and status, and he did not work for the Metropolitan Police Department. What could the Nakamori Police Department do to him if he was unhappy?
Thus, Nakamori Aoko was unhappy. In her opinion, Fangzheng was simply ignoring her father's hard work and spouting nonsense! Therefore, she ran to the Metropolitan Police Department to talk to Fangzheng. To put it bluntly, she wanted Fangzheng to apologize to her father!
As for what Nakamori Aoko said, it was nothing more than how hard her father worked in order to catch the Monster Thief Kid, how serious he was, how many years he could not return home, and how much he sacrificed in order to catch the Monster Thief Kid. It could be said that the listener would be moved, and the listener would shed tears. However, for Fangzheng, who had seen a lot of model reports … his heart was not moved, and he even felt like laughing.
"Are you done? Miss Nakamori? "
Fangzheng looked at Nakamori Aoko calmly. On the other hand, Nakamori Aoko seemed to recall her father's hard work all these years, and her eyes turned red.
But then again, Fangzheng looked at her carefully and realized that Nakamori Aoko actually looked quite similar to Mao Lilan. It was just that her hair was a little messy compared to Mao Lilan, and she did not have the iconic ram.
Of course, if he had to make an analogy, then Xiaolan was like a tamed warhorse. She looked docile on normal days, but when provoked, she would be very terrifying.
This Nakamori Aoko was like a wild horse that had not been tamed. She was restless, and it was as if she had taken gunpowder.
But what did this have to do with Fangzheng?
"Then, it is my turn to speak. First, let me conclude. If you want me to apologize to your father, that is absolutely impossible, because I don't think I said anything wrong."
"Wha, what?!"
Hearing this, Nakamori Aoko clenched her fists and stared at Fangzheng with wide eyes.
"Isn't that so?"
Fangzheng sneered. He looked at Nakamori Aoko, and his expression suddenly turned cold.
"I've only heard you talking about how hard the Nakamori Police Department worked, and how they sacrificed themselves …."
"That's right. Dad really worked hard to catch the Monster Thief Kid …."
"So?"
"Huh ….?"
"Do you think your father is the only one working hard in the Metropolitan Police Department? Do you think he's the only one who sacrificed himself?"
Fangzheng looked coldly at Nakamori Aoko, and the smile on his lips disappeared without him realizing it.
"Listening to you, it sounds like the others in the Metropolitan Police Department didn't work hard or sacrifice themselves. It sounds like everything was done by your father alone, isn't it?"
"No, that's not what I meant …."
At this moment, Qing Zi was also panicking.
"Of course I know. Everyone worked very hard to catch the Monster Thief Kid …."
"Worked very hard? That's it? "
Fangzheng snorted coldly and looked at Aoko again.
"Looks like you still don't know what our colleagues in the Metropolitan Police Department sacrificed for Monster Thief Gid, right? Come, let me tell you. Officer Koyama from the Special Task Force had a girlfriend and was about to get married. The engagement party was even set up, but Monster Thief Gid appeared on that day. Your father asked all the Special Task Force members to be on standby, so they went without saying a word. In the end, Monster Thief Gid was not caught. The result was, of course, the Monster Thief Kid wasn't caught. When Officer Koyama returned the next day, he found out that his girlfriend was gone. Her reason was that she didn't want to marry an incompetent police officer who couldn't even catch a thief and was always ridiculed by the media. "
"This …."
"There was also Officer Tanaka of the Third Division. His mother was seriously ill, and he wanted to stay by her side. In the end, your father asked for 24-hour care, so he went without saying a word. In the end, the gemstone was lost, and the Monster Thief Kid was not caught. In the end, before the old man died, he asked, 'Child, did you catch the thief?' Officer Tanaka didn't know how to answer. "
"…."
"Everyone in the Metropolitan Police Department knows about this. I'm afraid only your father doesn't know, because he doesn't care. Anyway, to him, catching the Monster Thief Kid is his life's value. What does the sacrifice of others have to do with him?"
"Don't talk about my father like that!"
Hearing this, Aoko jumped up again, but Fangzheng just looked at her coldly.
"Am I wrong? To be honest, I don't blame Kid. He's a criminal. He's born to go against us police. I've never seen a criminal who cares about the police. If he really cares about the police, he shouldn't commit crimes. But your father is different. There's a saying that goes, 'Don't be afraid of a god-like opponent, but be afraid of a pig-like teammate'. Look at it now. Monster Thief Kid is a god-like opponent, and the Nakamori Police Department is a pig-like teammate.
"But, but father, he …."
"I've told the Nakamori Police Department before, and I'll tell you again, Ms. Nakamori Aoko. Our Metropolitan Police Department is not a secret organization that specializes in catching the Monster Thief Kid. We're not like those Masked Supermen on TV. Our Metropolitan Police Department's goal is to maintain social order and crack down on crime. The Monster Thief Kid is just a thief. He doesn't have the qualifications to occupy so many resources of our Metropolitan Police Department to waste. Catching the Monster Thief Kid is one of the Metropolitan Police Department's goals, but it doesn't mean that our Metropolitan Police Department has to close down if we can't catch him. So …. "
Fangzheng poured another cup of coffee and took a sip.
"If the Nakamori Police Department thinks that his life's value is to hunt down the strange thief Kid, then I advise him to take off his police uniform as soon as possible and learn to be a detective like Mōri Kogoro. At that time, no one will care if he spends 24 hours a day on the strange thief Kid."
"…."
Nakamori Aoko lowered her head and stared at the teacup in her hand, speechless. But Fangzheng obviously had no intention of letting her go. This naughty brat just lacked a beating from society. All he needed to do was to teach her a lesson.
"In China, there's a saying, 'An incompetent general will exhaust the army to death'. Do you know what it means? I'm not afraid to tell you that the Monster Thief Kid appeared the day before yesterday, and he was wandering in front of us. We also know that he's the Monster Thief Kid. "
"Then, then why didn't you arrest him?"
Hearing this, Nakamori Aoko looked at Fangzheng in surprise. Fangzheng spread his hands.
"It's simple. We don't have any evidence. We don't have any evidence to prove that he's the Monster Thief Kid, so even if we go to court, the defense lawyer will ask us, 'What evidence do you have to prove that he's the Monster Thief Kid?'. We say we don't have any evidence. We just think he's the Monster Thief Kid …. Haha, what do you think will happen? "
"But …."
"The Monster Thief Kid has committed so many crimes. Your father was at the scene every time, but he didn't catch or leave any evidence or clues about the Monster Thief Kid. As a result, even if we know that the Monster Thief Kid is wandering in front of us, we can't do anything about it. Tell me, isn't this because your father is incompetent? Your father organized so many big arrests and wasted so many resources of the Metropolitan Police Department, but in the end, he couldn't even collect a single clue. Either your father is incompetent, or your father is an accomplice of the Monster Thief Kid, and has been helping him cover up and destroy his traces. Otherwise, I can't think of a third possibility. "
"But, but my father isn't that kind of person. He, he …."
"It doesn't matter whether he is that kind of person or not."
Fangzheng finished his coffee.
"Just like when we arrest a criminal, we don't care about his motives. Maybe he's pitiful, maybe he has his own difficulties, but a crime is a crime. The duty of the police is to arrest the criminal who broke the law and bring him to justice. Not only that, do you know why I scolded him back then? Because at that time, Officer Mumu introduced me to help arrest Kid. "
"Huh?!"
Hearing this, Nakamori Aoko was shocked.
"Is, is that so?"
"That's right. And I'm not afraid to tell you that I don't have the ability to figure out what Monster Thief Gid's retarded notice letter is about, but as an expert in microexpressions, I can easily tell who is in disguise and find Monster Thief Gid. Plus, I'm very confident in my own strength. I can tell you that even if I can't catch Kid, he won't be able to steal the gem under my protection. "
Fangzheng shrugged his shoulders and looked at Nakamori Aoko again. Nakamori Aoko looked puzzled.
"If that's the case, why don't you join? As long as you join us, daddy can focus on catching the Monster Thief Kid …. "
"I joined, but your father refused."
"….. Huh?!"
"You see, that's why I scolded him."
Fangzheng sneered.
"The Nakamori Police sees Kid as his exclusive property, as if he's the only one who can catch Kid, and no one else can. What a joke. Kid is a thief, and the Metropolitan Police Department's mission is to combat and prevent crime. Since when did he become the only one who can catch Kid? Don't tell me Kid can't be caught without him? But he didn't catch Kid when he was around. I don't understand why he has the confidence to yell and refuse to let others intervene. Just based on his record of defeat, if it was someone else, they would have resigned long ago. Does he not have any sense of shame? "
"…."
This time, Nakamori Aoko did not speak. She bit her lips and her eyes were red, but she could not say anything. To put it bluntly, not only did Fangzheng have no intention of apologizing, he even scolded her father in front of her. But Aoko could not even say a word to defend herself. After all, what he said was reasonable and well-grounded. She did not know how to refute him ….
"That's all I want to say, Miss Nakamori."
Fangzheng stood up and nodded at Nakamori Aoko.
"Well then, I have something to do. I'll take my leave first."
Fangzheng went home comfortably after he finished scolding Kid. On the other side, Aoko immediately went to find her childhood sweetheart, Hei Yu, and complained to him.
"… I was so sad. I couldn't even say a word when I faced that man … I never knew that Kid the Strange Thief would bring so much harm. I thought he was just a thief who liked to steal, but I never thought that apart from dad, the other police officers had also sacrificed so much …"
"Ugh …."
Hei Yu looked at Aoko, who was sitting in front of his bed and wiping her tears. He had been recuperating at home for the past two days because his buttocks were swollen by Fangzheng. Of course, to outsiders, Hei Yu could only say that he was accidentally injured ….
But ….
Hei Yu felt uneasy when he heard the stories Aoko told him. He had always treated the other police officers outside the Nakamori Police Department as the background, but now he learned from Aoko that some of them had their marriages broken off because of him, and some did not even get to see their families for the last time because of him …. A strong sense of guilt suddenly emerged in Hei Yu's heart.
"I will never forgive Monster Thief Kid!"
Aoko gritted her teeth and clenched her fists.
"Everyone is such a good person, but Gid the Monster Thief only steals gems as he pleases, completely disregarding the harm he causes to others. This bastard … must be brought to justice! I've made up my mind. Hei Yu! "
"Ugh …. What have you decided?"
"I'll go to the police academy after I graduate. I want to be a police officer in the future. I want to catch Kid too! However, I won't be like my father who only cares about Thief Gid. After all, Mr. Fangzheng is right. Thief Gid is only a thief. It's not worth me spending my entire life chasing him. However, as long as it's possible, I have to personally arrest him! "
"Ugh …. But what if your father resigns …."
"Then I can also be his assistant. No matter what, I must see this unscrupulous thief go to prison!!"
"But didn't I say it before? Maybe Kid has some difficulties or something …."
Hei Yu felt that his clothes were soaked. He hurriedly dissuaded Aoko with a bitter smile. Aoko, on the other hand, clenched his fists.
"Mr. Fangzheng is right. No matter what, a crime is a crime. No matter what difficulties Kid has, he has broken the law! If he breaks the law, he must be brought to justice! I will never, never forgive him! "
"…."
Looking at Aoko's fists clenched and eyes burning, Hei Yu was completely speechless.
What should I do?
Should I still be the Strange Thief Kid?
(End of this chapter)
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