The Final Step of Revenge / A Choice Beyond Death

At Sōji Munetaro's exclamation, Okazaki Sumie felt a chill run down her spine.

Yes, she had thought Officer Sakata looked somewhat familiar, but his honest expression made it impossible for her to connect him with Coach Inaba, who always had a stern face and scolded them.

It wasn't until he solemnly recounted the "truth" of what happened back then that she recalled it after being reminded by Sōji Munetaro.

The same hairstyle, similar appearance, and even the same physique as Coach Inaba back then, only looking much younger than Coach Inaba who was already in his thirties at the time.

Okazaki Sumie swallowed hard, a new truth that sounded far too bizarre flashing through her mind.

But now that things have progressed this far, and since Yusuke Sakata has already openly recounted what happened back then in front of them, he has already made preparations to prevent the two people present from escaping.

After his father's name was called, Yusuke Sakata swiftly grabbed Okazaki Sumie's neck with his left hand, preventing her from shouting, while simultaneously drawing a pistol from his waist with his right hand and aiming it at Sōji Munetaro across from him.

"Councilor Sakata, bullets don't have eyes. I advise you not to move," Yusuke Sakata said coldly, while increasing the pressure with his left hand, directly choking Okazaki Sumie unconscious.

By this point, how could Sōji Munetaro had been secretly following the case, not know who the murderer was?

"I never expected that Coach Inaba's son would become a detective and even investigate what happened back then... So, you heard about this from Numabuchi?" As a politician, Sōji Munetaro was best at using his words to gain the trust of voters and win their votes.

Even with a gun pointed at his head, Sōji Munetaro didn't dare to make a single unnecessary movement. He still tried to use his words to persuade Yusuke Sakata to put down the gun.

"I confess that we did get your father drunk and then took him to the countryside, but I really didn't put the brake fluid in!"

"We didn't really think that much about it at the time. At most, we just wanted to joke around with your father and play a little prank."

"It's all that Numabuchi's fault. He got drunk and started groping people in the car. He was the one who secretly drained the brake fluid. You know Numabuchi, he's a murderer with no moral compass now. He already showed his true nature back then. He's the real culprit who caused your father's death!"

Faced with Sōji Munetaro's sophistry, Yusuke Sakata tilted his head slightly. "Is this your last words?"

Sōji Munetaro quickly stopped bringing up the past and started talking about more practical things.

"I know I am guilty, but I can bring you more benefits. If you want money, I have plenty of it."

"If you want power, you're a police officer now. Judging from your rank, you're probably just a patrol officer. I can find a way to get you back to the police academy for further training and then pass the exam to enter the professional group. In five years at most, I can make you the chief of your police precinct."

"Even if you want to climb higher in the future, I can provide you with financial and networking support."

"As long as you don't fire, I can help you pin the whole case on that guy Numabuchi. Anyway, he's killed so many people, he'll definitely be sentenced to death after he's arrested, so a few more lives won't matter."

"If you don't believe what I'm saying now, I can take care of Okazaki right in front of you as a pledge of loyalty. As for those policemen at the door, I can also help you get rid of them. No one will suspect us!"

Listening to Sōji Munetaro's words, Yusuke Sakata seemed somewhat tempted.

He tilted the pistol in his hand slightly downwards and then asked Sōji Munetaro, "I've already killed so many people, and now you want to personally deal with Okazaki Sumie? Everyone knows I brought her into your house. If she dies, do you think you can keep this a secret?"

A bead of cold sweat appeared on Sōji Munetaro's forehead, but he still answered confidently, "There is a way. I know a mysterious organization that has a deep influence in Japan. As long as they are willing to take action, no one will suspect us!"

Chapter 387: Chapter 383: The Final Step of Revenge

Upon hearing the mention of the mysterious organization from Sōji Munetaro, Yusuke Sakata seemed to ponder for a moment.

"Continue with the story of that mysterious organization."

Seeing that Yusuke Sakata was interested in these things, Sōji Munetaro quickly chuckled and told Yusuke Sakata about the rumors he knew about the organization.

"I came into contact with that organization a few years ago when I was deeply embroiled in a bribery scandal. Although I had fired Changwei at the time, my opponents still did not intend to let me go. In the end, that organization took the initiative to approach me and offered to cooperate on the condition of helping me resolve the bribery scandal."

"After I agreed, it took them very little time to cover up the scandal. My competitors either had some kind of accident or were transferred to other places where they no longer had a direct conflict with me."

"I was able to become Osaka Prefectural Assemblyman thanks to their efforts. In return, I had to express the opinions they wanted me to express at certain times, and I also had to pay them a large 'cooperation fee' every year. Basically, half of the money I've earned over the years has been taken by that organization."

"They have a lot of power, both in politics and business, and they are very discreet in their actions, so even the police can't find anything wrong with them."

"As long as they're willing to help, your problem is nothing to them."

When faced with a life-or-death situation Sōji Munetaro couldn't care less about anything else.

Although he knew that given the organization's usual style, they wouldn't give him a friendly look after finding out he had revealed their affairs, this was the only thing he could use to attract Yusuke Sakata's attention.

Moreover, he actually had his own ideas. If Yusuke Sakata agreed now, he could immediately find someone from that organization to get rid of this big problem of Yusuke Sakata for him.

At most, the organization will just bleed him a little more. Money is quite easy to earn for politicians like them. They can just keep a low profile for a while after they've done that job.

With that in mind, Sōji Munetaro blurted out everything he knew.

"I never imagined that such a large and mysterious organization was hiding right under the noses of the police," Yusuke Sakata remarked with a touch of self-deprecation.

However, he was no longer worthy of being called a competent policeman when he imprisoned Numabuchi Ki'ichirō in that abandoned wooden hut in Meiji no Mori Park.

The moment he killed Hidetoshi Nagao with his own hands, he became a criminal through and through.

Given his current status as a murderer, he has no right to criticize Sōji Munetaro for his incompetence and collusion with other criminal organizations.

But there is one thing he can still do: without the slightest guilt, he personally escorts Sōji Munetaro, this social parasite who still has no remorse and is trying to lure him to hell with money and power!

Thinking of this, Yusuke Sakata slowly put his pistol back into his waistband and then moved closer to Sōji Munetaro.

With a relieved expression on Sōji Munetaro's face, he swiftly pulled a pre-prepared metal wire from his wrist and strangled Sōji Munetaro's neck before he could react, preventing him from even uttering a cry for help.

Seeing the horrified and confused expression on Sōji Munetaro's face, Yusuke Sakata maintained a cold expression throughout.

"I never intended to end your life here with a pistol. This gun was personally handed to me by Minister Toyama. Although I failed to live up to his expectations, your life is not worth ending with something so precious."

As Yusuke Sakata explained, Sōji Munetaro began to roll his eyes as if he was suffocating.

After killing four people in a week, Yusuke Sakata had to admit that he was now much more decisive and skilled in his methods of murder than when he first committed the crime.

In less than a minute, the body of Sōji Munetaro appeared on the ground.

Without a trace of emotion, he took out a small knife from his pocket and, just like in the previous murder cases, used the knife to pierce through Sōji Munetaro's wallet and finally plunge it into his heart.

After doing all this, he stood up and looked at Okazaki Sumie was still unconscious not far away.

Now, apart from Okazaki Sumie Numabuchi Ki'ichirō from that training class.

Once he kills her, his revenge will be completely over.

Looking at the unconscious Okazaki Sumie, Yusuke Sakata couldn't help but let out a bitter smile.

He had promised her more than once before that as a police officer, he would protect her safety, which is why she agreed to come with him to Sōji Munetaro's residence and successfully met him.

Without Okazaki Sumie's presence, how could a lowly policeman like him have met the "honorable" councilor, Sōji Munetaro, and how could he have so easily dismissed his secretary and security guards to create an opportunity for him to make a move?

The metal wire in her hand slowly approached Okazaki Sumie in the air.

But in the end, Yusuke Sakata still didn't make the move.

He threw the metal wire in his hand to the ground, and then sat down on the ground, feeling somewhat powerless.

Even though revenge had reached its final stage, a sense of confusion arose in his heart once again.

He took out his pistol again, pondering whether to end his life now or to explain the mysterious organization to the police before leaving this world without any regrets.

However, just as he took out his pistol, a somewhat familiar voice appeared at the doorway of the room.

"Have you given up on your revenge against Ms. Okazaki?"

Yusuke Sakata's muscles instantly stiffened.

He stared blankly at Jiang Hang, who was standing at the door.

When?

When exactly did Jiang Hang appear there?

Wasn't the study door locked from the Sōji Munetaro?

Why did Jiang Hang open the door to the room without him noticing anything?

Yusuke Sakata was somewhat astonished as he recalled what had just happened in his mind.

From the moment he arrived until now, he hadn't paid any attention to the direction of the door, as if that place had become a blind spot in his field of vision.

If Jiang Hang hadn't taken the initiative to speak, he probably wouldn't have been able to detect Jiang Hang's presence until now.

Chapter 388: Chapter 384: Choices Beyond Death

Jiang Hang was able to appear out of nowhere at the door of the room, which was naturally due to his ability to Presence Concealment.

It has to be said that the ability to Presence Concealment is indeed quite useful. Apart from the fact that using this ability directly in front of others might make people question their existence, this ability has almost no other flaws.

Although Jiang Hang's Presence Concealment is currently only at the intermediate level, combined with his Assassin's Footwork, stealth skills, and disguise techniques, unless he makes no attempt to conceal himself from the start and walks right in front of someone, or unless the other person has exceptional intuition, he could simply stand quietly to the side and most people wouldn't be able to spot him.

Of course, while the ability to Presence Concealment is, in a sense, a supernatural power, it doesn't make someone completely invisible or disappear. It merely reduces one's own presence, making it less noticeable.

Of course, Jiang Hang didn't stand at the door the whole time and see everything that just happened. In fact, when he arrived at the village residence, he first looked around through the windows outside the house and then found the house where Yusuke Sakata and the others were.

After that, he kept using a listening device by the window outside the study to eavesdrop on the sounds inside.

The exact time was around the time when Sōji Munetaro mentioned that "mysterious organization" wanted to recruit Yusuke Sakata.

It wasn't until Yusuke Sakata started to attack Sōji Munetaro and then sat on the ground looking dejected, seemingly contemplating suicide, that Jiang Hang took advantage of Yusuke Sakata's inattention to sneak into the house and pry open the door.

Meanwhile, when Yusuke Sakata saw Jiang Hang appear in front of him, he was briefly shocked and instinctively picked up his pistol to aim at Jiang Hang, but he quickly realized what he was doing and pointed the pistol at his own head.

Looking at Jiang Hang, whose expression seemed completely natural and unsurprised, Yusuke Sakata gave a wry smile.

"As expected of the Special Advisor to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, the Eagle-Eyed Detective of Tokyo, Mr. Jiang Hang. My original plan was completely disrupted because of your appearance. Judging from your current appearance, it seems that you already knew that I was the culprit in this case?"

Jiang Hang nodded slightly. "It's just some speculation. I may not have told you, but my observation skills are much better than the average person's. When I first met you this morning, I smelled a trace of blood on you. Later, when we went to Okazaki Sumie's house, when we mentioned the car accident 20 years ago, although you tried your best to hide your expression, I always felt that something was wrong."

"The real confirmation came from the photo we saw at the police station, which showed a resemblance to Inaba Tetsuji, who looked about five or six points like you. Then I had my assistant investigate Inaba Tetsuji's family situation back then, and sure enough, it led to you."

Yusuke Sakata sighed, "No wonder Heiji speaks Heiji highly of you. If I had your observational skills, I probably would have found out the truth about my father's death long ago."

When the "truth" from back then was mentioned, Jiang Hang looked at Sumie Yusuke Sakata, who was still breathing behind Okazaki Sumie: "I was actually a little surprised that you didn't harm Ms. Okazaki."

Yusuke Sakata sighed. At this point, there was no point in hiding his feelings.

"After killing Sōji Munetaro with my own hands, I felt that my desire for revenge had subsided. In fact, because of what Sōji Munetaro said before he died, I realized that Numabuchi Ki'ichirō told me might not be the whole truth."

"He told us that all six people in their training class were accomplices, but in reality, Okazaki and Nishiguchi only participated in the initial pliers of alcohol; they weren't directly involved in the later plans."

"Of course, that's not the main reason. I still hate her and don't feel guilty about killing Xikou."

"Because they knew what happened that night, but they still covered up for Sōji Munetaro and Numabuchi Ki'ichirō, causing the Inaba family to suffer a 20-year injustice."

"To be honest, it's probably because she came here with me because of my identity as a police officer. If she hadn't come with me, I probably wouldn't have been able to meet this busy congressman by now."

As Yusuke Sakata said this, he even felt that his explanation sounded somewhat superfluous, so he shook his head again and continued with another statement that sounded more in line with his identity as a serial killer, "Besides, in the end, I only brought a small knife with me, and now it's already in Sōji Munetaro's chest, so even if I kill her, the final case can't be closed with the same method."

Jiang Hang remained silent. Regardless of whether Yusuke Sakata stemmed from remorse after eliminating his greatest enemy, his lingering pride as a police officer, or his desire to avoid a disastrous ending in his final revenge, Okazaki Sumie was ultimately not killed by him.

He looked at Yusuke Sakata, who was pointing a gun at his head, and knew that the other man was now prepared to apologize to those who trusted him with his own death.

If Heiji Hattori were here, he would probably try to stop the other party from firing, and then make Yusuke Sakata remember his honor as a police officer, and let him face trial in court.

The final result is either the death penalty or a prison sentence of ten years.

But Jiang Hang is not that kind of person.

He knew that Yusuke Sakata was probably for revenge for his father, and now that the revenge had been achieved, Yusuke Sakata's life had lost its greatest meaning.

So instead of directly dissuading Yusuke Sakata, he suddenly told him about the mysterious criminal organization that Sōji Munetaro had mentioned before his death.

He listened carefully from the side, and from various perspectives, he could basically confirm that the mysterious organization that Sōji Munetaro mentioned before his death was the Black Organization.

"The criminal organization that Sōji Munetaro mentioned before he died, I actually had quite a few dealings with that organization."

Hearing the shocked look on Yusuke Sakata's face, Jiang Hang continued, "Don't be so surprised. Sōji Munetaro is right. It is indeed a powerful international criminal organization, even more unfathomable than Sōji Munetaro told you."

"The CIA and FBI in the United States, MI6 in Britain, the Federal Security Service of Russia, and even the Japan Public Security Service have all sent their undercover agents to infiltrate this organization to investigate its secrets and purposes since its inception."

As he listened to Jiang Hang's well-known intelligence organizations, Yusuke Sakata felt a strange sensation.

The man before him, Mr. Jiang Hang, an advisor to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department who had helped the police solve numerous major cases, seemed somewhat different from what he had imagined.

From the moment the other party spoke until now, not a single word of rebuke or question has been uttered. They seem completely unconcerned about the news that he had killed four people in succession and imprisoned Numabuchi Ki'ichirō. They are now calmly discussing another criminal organization with him.

Just as Yusuke Sakata was rapidly thinking, Jiang Hang got to the point.

"Your revenge is over. I know you don't want to be tried as a police officer and just want to end your life. But I actually have a third option for you. You can think about it carefully before those police officers arrive."

Chapter 389: Chapter 385: Serving the Light, Cultivating the Darkness

Unlike Sōji Munetaro, who speaks carelessly and whose words are completely unreliable.

When facing Sōji Munetaro, Yusuke Sakata could simply ignore what he said and calmly kill him.

But Jiang Hang had no grudge against him, and as Special Advisor certified by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, his reputation had already spread among the Japan police.

Even Heiji Hattori defiant, spoke with a sense of helplessness when mentioning Jiang Hang.