The day after graduation from the police academy is the registration day for new recruits.
Kiyoshi Kobayashi got up early in the morning, washed himself carefully, put on a suit that his wife carefully selected and pressed for him, and drove to the Metropolitan Police Department.
The department he will report to is the Metropolitan Police Department’s Public Security Department, and he will become a public security policeman.
The public security police have a bad reputation. They are a terrifying existence that many ordinary people talk about. In their hearts, the police are no better than criminals - ordinary prisoners have legal sanctions. If the police violate some citizens for the purpose of investigation,
After calling the police, they will either lose their rights, or they will be the ones who get in.
But Kiyoshi Kobayashi doesn't care about this. In his mind, this is a job with good income.
"Good morning, Shibazaki-senpai."
Entering the office, Kobayashi Kiyoshi immediately saw the senior police officer who had gone to the police academy to remind him not to show his face in front of the media. I don’t know if he came too early or for some other reason. This senior was the only one in the office, and he rarely greeted him warmly.
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The man whose name was called was leaning on the table and smoking, and turned his head when he heard the sound.
"Oh, it's you."
Kobayashi Kiyoshi was about to say something common in the workplace, but the moment the two people's eyes met, he felt a chill go down his back.
The long-term discrimination and sarcastic remarks made him extremely sensitive to other people's malice. He could judge whether the other person was malicious with just one action, an expression, or a look that the other person didn't even notice.
Shibazaki put out his cigarette butt in the ashtray, walked up to Kobayashi Kiyoshi, and patted the junior's shoulder affectionately.
The side of his waist bulged, and there was a pistol that could be easily drawn out at any time.
"Xiaolin-kun, come with me to see Chief Sasaki." He said in a kind tone.
A strong malice completely enveloped Kobayashi Kiyoshi.
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The current public security director of the Metropolitan Police Department is named Sasaki. At first glance, he looks like a good-looking guy who always smiles to everyone. But if you look closely, you can see that he only has a smile on his face, and his eyes are cold.
Kobayashi Kiyoshi had never felt such a look in his eyes that made him feel uncomfortable all over.
Shibazaki stood beside him and gently urged him. Kobayashi Kiyoshi came back to his senses and stood up straight: "Hello, Kobayashi Kiyoshi is here to report."
"You don't have to be so nervous, Xiaolin-kun."
Director Sasaki crossed his hands under his nose and narrowed his eyes into a smile: "Shall we talk first?"
"..." Kobayashi Kiyoshi stood up straight, "What do you want to talk about?"
Japan has a workplace culture that seems polite and courteous, but is actually extremely decadent.
Adults do not resort to physical bullying that can easily be obtained as students did, but more cold violence - superiors against subordinates, seniors against juniors, even if one party inflicts 120,000 mental torture on the other party's spirit, the tortured person
That one should always be accompanied by a smile.
So even if he doesn't like the feeling this officer gives him, he has to deal with it honestly...at least for now, he has to deal with it honestly.
"I have seen Xiaolin-kun's graduation results. You are one of the most outstanding graduates in recent years." Director Sasaki sighed, "Especially your marksmanship, which can be said to be the best in the history of the police academy."
Kobayashi Kiyoshi didn't say a word, he wouldn't think that he was here to listen to compliments.
Sure enough, the next second, Director Sasaki changed his tone: "Have you ever practiced shooting a gun before Xiaolin-kun went to the police academy?"
"I haven't practiced."
Kobayashi Kiyoshi tells the truth.
In a country with strict gun control, ordinary people who want to use guns can only go to shooting clubs to play occasionally, and the weapons used there are not real guns and live ammunition.
"To put it bluntly, I have only been to shooting booths a few times at festivals and have never received formal training."
He accompanied his wife to numerous festivals, large and small. When they were in elementary school, they fished for goldfish and water polo balls together. When they got a little older, he started to go to various shooting booths because Miho always liked the dolls on those booths, so he went to play for her.
Come down.
Director Sasaki suddenly smiled.
This was a real smile. He finally got rid of that strange posture and hit his back heavily on the back of the chair.
"To be able to be so outstanding without any formal training, it turns out that the father is like a tiger but has no son... Although it is a bit strange to describe a criminal and his son like this, I can't think of a more suitable adjective than this."
Kobayashi Kiyoshi did not feel any discomfort or resentment at the mention of his father being a criminal.
After all, this is a fact - his parents are criminals, and he has the blood of two extremely vicious criminals in his body.
Seeing that he was silent, Chief Sasaki began to open the two portfolios on the table.
These two portfolios were too thick. They were several times thicker than the files and records that Kobayashi Kiyoshi had seen during his time at the police academy. They were almost as big as a first-grade elementary school Chinese textbook and a Japanese dictionary.
He pulled out two sheets and read out the words on them.
"Kobayashi Kiyoshi, male, showed extraordinary shooting talent in middle school. He was once expected to represent Japan in the world competition as a talented marksman."
"I married my girlfriend in high school, and then embarked on a criminal path for this extremely poisonous wife. I killed 37 police officers, 64 ordinary people, and burned 11 buildings. I never left my wife who had handicap and took good care of her. Finally, I tried to protect her.
She was shot and killed by a police officer."
"Suko Kobayashi, female, has a bright mind. She was recommended to study at Harvard University when she was in middle school. However, she was shelved because she was involved in a mysterious death case of a classmate."
"Known as the 'Female Moriarty of the Showa Era', she was disabled in a car accident after her marriage and required a wheelchair to travel. She taught other criminals to commit crimes, instigated them to confront the police, and almost blew up half of the Tottori Prefectural Police Station.
The number of confirmed dead was 170, and as many as 310 could not be verified. Seeing her husband dead, she gave up resistance and was shot dead by a policewoman - the wife of the previous police officer."
"——These are the biological parents of your true number one in the police academy, Xiaolin-kun."
Kobayashi Kiyoshi admired these great achievements, but his focus was completely off track.
He suddenly remembered that his parents were also childhood sweethearts who went from being childhood playmates to getting married.
As soon as they reached the age, they couldn't wait to get married for love. At that time, they had nothing, no wedding, no wedding dress. They only took a red thread and cut it on their fingers as their engagement rings.
Until they die, the red thread ring remains on their finger.
No matter rich or poor, no matter in health or disease, no matter in good times or bad times in life - we will always be together, never leave, and depend on each other in life and death.
Kobayashi Kiyoshi thought of his wife Miho, and such beautiful love also came to him.
The happiness in his heart made him want to laugh, and he almost forgot where he was and what he had just heard.
At this moment, Chief Sasaki slapped the file bag on the table. Kobayashi Kiyoshi suddenly woke up and looked up at the chief.
"Are you ashamed of having such parents?"
He stared at him with a burning gaze and an imposing manner.
"Are you willing to atone for the sins left behind by these parents?"
Kobayashi Kiyoshi came back to his senses. He blinked, not understanding what he just heard.
...Since when did Japan become obsessed with allowing younger generations to atone for the sins of their predecessors? According to tradition, shouldn’t we completely deny it and think that it has nothing to do with us?
"I won't be ashamed. No matter what they are, they are still the ones who gave me life."
Kobayashi Kiyoshi answered directly without thinking.
"I won't go to them for their crimes—"
Before he finished speaking, Kobayashi Kiyoshi felt something hard pressed against his left temple.
"Unfortunately, Xiaolin-kun, you are not qualified to refuse."
"Either accept this mission, or you will be executed as an undercover agent now, and your wife and father-in-law will also enter the public security interrogation room as undercover suspects and undergo severe interrogation."
Chief Sasaki showed a confident smile.
"Choose one."
"Think about your son, Xiaolin-kun. I remember that cute little boy was only in his early two years... Do you have the heart to let your young child become an orphan and follow your old path?"