In Tokyo, a criminal

Chapter 464: Raising the price, new tricks, two big fires (7400 words, monthly ticket required)

Liu Shengtao came to Yamada's house and found that the door was not closed. He motioned his younger brother to wait outside. He walked in alone and took off his shoes politely.

When I came to the living room, I saw a young man about thirty years old, with long hair, unkempt and scruffy, sitting on the floor eating peanuts and drinking wine.

"Hey, Yamada-kun, you're drinking."

Liu Shengtao forced a friendly smile and said.

"If you have something to say, say it. If you have to fart, fart it." Yamada took a big gulp of wine and glared at Liu Shengtao.

He didn't take the other person seriously at all.

Liu Shengtao secretly hated it in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on the surface. He said with a smile: "This is still a matter of demolition. Look, now the neighbors have signed the contract. Have you signed it too?"

"Let me sign, OK." Yamada nodded in response, then stretched out his hand and said, "Give it to me."

"What?" Liu Shengtao was stunned when he saw this.

"What do you think?" Yamada sneered, grabbed a peanut and put it in his mouth, and said coldly: "Don't I know you? I don't care how much money Kitahara Construction Co., Ltd. gives you. I only want 500,000 US dollars. Once the money is in place, I will sign the contract."

"Mr. Yamada, you misunderstood. I really didn't take any benefits from Kitahara Construction." Liu Shengtao felt helpless when he heard this. He shook his head with a sad face and a bitter smile.

Yamada naturally didn't believe a word of this. He didn't get any benefits but was still pushing for the demolition. Was it really all out of enlightenment? "Whether you admit it or not, I want $500,000. Otherwise, don't expect me to sign a contract. You can scare those spineless people, but I, Yamada Nobunaga, am not afraid of you, Liu Shengtao. If you have the guts, just kill me directly, or pay me to get out of here."

He looked like a piece of shit.

"Yamada-kun, I swear to Amaterasu that I have never taken a penny from Kitahara Construction!" Liu Shengtao raised his hand and vowed, then changed the subject and said, "How about this, we both take a step back. In addition to the compensation, I will personally pay you some compensation. How about 30,000 US dollars?"

If it wasn't a matter of his own life, he would not have used his own money to subsidize Yamada, as he valued money more than anything else.

This is already his limit.

"Haha, you said you didn't take advantage of the benefits given by Kitahara Construction? If you didn't, would you be so generous? Would you be willing to pay me out of your own pocket to sign the contract?" Yamada showed an expression that he saw through everything, and was more determined to extort money. "Thirty thousand? How about to get rid of a beggar?"

He paused, raised his glass and drank another glass of wine, wiped the wine stains from the corners of his mouth, and said nonchalantly: "Okay, since you don't admit that you benefited from Beiyuan Construction, then I won't ask you for the 500,000 yuan. I'll wait for the people from Beiyuan Construction to come and talk to me, and then I'll ask them directly for it."

Even that old bastard Liu Shengtao was willing to bribe him with 30,000 US dollars, which showed that Beiyuan Construction gave him a very generous reward. As long as he refused to pay more and not move, he would definitely get a lot of money.

"Yamada-kun! Do you really have to delay the development of the city for your own selfish interests?" Liu Shengtao accused angrily. Damn it, if Kitahara Construction comes to talk to you, what's the point of them keeping me around?

Yamada was stunned for a moment. "I never thought that one day someone like you would be able to use righteousness to pressure others. But don't play that game with me. I don't care whether the city develops or not. I just know that this hard-earned wealth cannot be taken by you alone. If you don't pay me, get out of here."

"Yamada Nobunaga! I have spoken to you in a nice manner for so long and have already done my part. Don't refuse my toast and then drink a forfeit!" As his life was at stake, Liu Shengtao was a little exasperated and warned with gritted teeth.

"Bang!" Yamada Nobunaga slammed the table, grabbed a kitchen knife and said with his neck held high: "What do you want? You want to fight me? Come on, either kill me today or I'll kill you today! I'm a worthless person, and no one can do anything to me without money!"

Looking at the kitchen knife in the opponent's hand, Liu Shengtao calmed down immediately. He was almost fifty years old. If he really fought with this tough guy, he would definitely not gain any advantage.

"Okay, you wait for me." After saying this harshly out of habit, Liu Shengtao left without looking back.

"Bah!" Yamada Nobunaga spat at his back with disdain, "I'm waiting!"

"Brother, it looks like this hasn't been settled yet?"

When several younger brothers outside the house saw Liu Shengtao coming out with a gloomy face, they hurriedly went up to him to inquire about the situation.

"This bastard wants half a million US dollars, otherwise he will never sign the contract." Liu Shengtao cursed.

"Ah! Then...what should we do? Where the hell are we going to get him half a million dollars?"

"We only have three days. If we can't deal with this guy, Beiyuan Construction will not let us go."

Several younger brothers were discussing with each other.

Liu Shengtao's face was uncertain. He turned around and glanced coldly at Yamada Xinlong's house. He gritted his teeth and said viciously: "Go get some gasoline. We will set his house on fire tonight."

Nobutatsu Yamada's house is an old single-family house, surrounded by vacant land that has been purchased but not yet built on, so there is no need to worry about the fire spreading.

If there were houses on both sides, Liu Shengtao would not dare to do this. After all, these old buildings are mainly made of wood. Once they start burning, they cannot be stopped at all. The whole street might even catch fire.

“Ah! This…Brother, what if he gets burned to death too?” A younger brother turned pale.

Liu Shengtao looked at him coldly, "We have to burn him to death as well. Otherwise, given that kid's character, do you think he won't retaliate against us afterwards?"

"This... Big Brother, is this too much?" Several younger brothers were a little scared.

After all, arson and murder are both serious crimes.

On weekdays, they just force things to happen, or engage in fights, but no one has ever died.

Liu Shengtao said viciously: "As long as we do it cleanly and don't leave any clues, the police won't be able to find us. Besides, if we can't deal with Yamada Nobunaga, Kitahara Construction will not let us go."

When they heard this, they fell silent.

"Damn it, let's do it! Even if we are caught by the police, we will just go to jail at most, but if we exceed the deadline given by Beiyuan Construction, we will really be dead!"

"Then I'll listen to you, big brother. I'll go find some gasoline."

Following the lead of the first person, the others gave up struggling and agreed to participate in the action.

At this time, on the other side, Aoyama Hidenobu was accepting an exclusive interview with female reporter Hashimoto Chiyo in his office.

Chiyo Hashimoto, who was wearing a black business suit, was sitting on the sofa, with two black silk stockings wrapped around her, carefully serving Hidenobu Aoyama. She asked curiously with wide eyes, "Why do you like playing this, Aoyama-kun?"

"It's so beautiful, who wouldn't like it?" Aoyama Hidenobu said frankly.

The black silk, as thin as a silkworm's wing, extended upwards until it disappeared.

Chiyo Hashimoto didn't struggle. "Is it limited to women? But I've never heard of anyone liking men's soccer."

“This is because women’s football works, but men’s football doesn’t!”

Chiyo Hashimoto seemed to understand, took out a recorder and said, "Aoyama-kun, let's start the interview."

She has basically become Aoyama Hidenobu's exclusive reporter, and is well-known in Hokkaido because she can always get exclusive interviews about Aoyama Hidenobu.

"Yeah." Aoyama Hidenobu responded, and then began to cooperate with Hashimoto Chiyo to answer her questions.

After the interview, Chiyo Hashimoto packed up and prepared to leave, "Thank you Aoyama-kun for your cooperation."

"Are you just leaving like this, Chiyo? I accepted your interview, so you must give me something in return?" Aoyama Hidenobu grabbed her hand and said with a smile.

Hashimoto Chiyo understood his thoughts, lowered her head a little embarrassedly, and said in a low voice with a blushing face: "I have to go back and finish the manuscript."

He said that, but he didn't move.

"We can do the work anytime today." Aoyama Hidenobu stood up and hugged her in his arms, face to face, and whispered, "Lie down on the sofa, Chiyo."

Chiyo Hashimoto bit her red lips and looked at him shyly, then lay down on the sofa obediently.

A back view is enough to make people eager to try.

Aoyama Hidenobu chuckled, walked to the desk, took out a pair of handcuffs from the drawer, handcuffed her hands behind her back, and then bent her legs backwards and tied her hands together with socks.

"Oh my God, Aoyama-kun, you...what are you doing? Untie me quickly." Hashimoto Chiyo's face was red as blood. With her hands and feet tied and unable to move, she had no sense of security, only shame.

"Knock knock knock!" Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

Hashimoto Chiyo was panicked and said anxiously in a low voice: "Qing, someone is coming, Shanjun, please let me go quickly. It will be bad if someone sees us."

"Shh, don't make any noise, or someone will see you." Aoyama Hidenobu put a finger to his lips, then took off his coat to cover her who was bundled up in a ball, and shouted, "Come in."

After saying that, he walked behind the desk and sat down.

Covered by clothes, Chiyo Hashimoto dared not make any sound or move. She was unable to move in the dark, listening to the sound of the door opening and footsteps. She felt nervous but also excited.

"Supervisory officer." Hattori Danji, who pushed the door open, saw a shivering figure covered with clothes on the sofa. He also saw a pair of silver high-heeled shoes placed next to the sofa. He immediately guessed that the person covered by the clothes was a woman. He quickly retracted his gaze and reported without any fluctuation on the surface. "The car that kidnapped Kudo Katsura has been found, and the identity of the owner has been confirmed. He is a security guard at Hokkaido University Hospital. I have already set up surveillance on him. Please give me your instructions."

"Interesting, a hospital security guard kidnapped a food factory security guard?" Aoyama Hidenobu laughed dumbly, shook his head and said, "Don't arrest him yet, keep an eye on him for a while to see if you find anything. If there is no progress in a week, then bring him back for interrogation."

"Hey!" Hattori Danji bowed, and then said, "Superintendent, if you have no other instructions, I will go down and continue working."

He didn't want to disturb the other person's fun.

"Go ahead." Aoyama Hidenobu waved his hand.

Hattori Danji turned and left. Just as he reached the door, Aoyama Hidenobu's voice rang out from behind him, "Hattori-kun, put those high heels that fell on the floor in place."

Chiyo Hashimoto, who was covered by the clothes, suddenly stiffened, her breathing stagnated, and she almost fainted. She was confused, ashamed and angry.

Hattori Danji was also stunned for a moment, then realized that he had become part of the play.

The corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch. She walked to the sofa, bent down, picked up the fallen high heels and put them neatly in place.

Although Chiyo Hashimoto could not see Hattori Danji under her clothes, she could feel that he was getting closer and closer from the sound of his footsteps and stopped beside her. She closed her eyes in shame and her mind went blank.

"Thank you, Hattori-kun. You can go and get busy." Looking at the pile of clothes that kept shaking on the sofa, Aoyama Hidenobu raised the corners of his mouth. No wonder there was an idiom in ancient times: "Don't play with others." Because people playing with others is indeed the most fun, and it is easy for people to become addicted to it.

Hattori Danji: "Hi! I'm leaving now."

"Bang!"

The moment the door closed, Chiyo Hashimoto opened her eyes again. She collapsed on the sofa as if all her strength had been drained away, gasping for breath, her whole body covered in sweat.

Aoyama Hidenobu walked up to her and pulled off the coat covering her, "Ms. Chiyo, are you okay?"

"Baka!" After seeing the light of day again, Hashimoto Chiyo squinted her eyes to adjust to the situation, then glared at him with mixed shame and anger, and cursed in a low voice with gritted teeth.

I have never been so embarrassed in my life.

But it's exciting to try something new every now and then.

Aoyama Hidenobu said with a half-smile, "It seems good. Don't worry, he doesn't know it's you under the clothes. In the eyes of the public, you will always be the brave, righteous, pure and beautiful Hashimoto reporter."

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The time soon came to night.

At one o'clock in the morning, everything was quiet and the whole Sapporo fell into sleep. The street lights that emitted dim light had been turned off. Only the full moon hanging in the sky provided some illumination for night travelers.

In Dongcheng District, on a street that was included in the amusement park demolition area, several masked figures sneaked up to the door of Yamada Nobunaga's house.

Then, using the moonlight to illuminate him, he opened the gasoline barrel he carried with him and poured it toward Yamada Nobunaga's house, accompanied by the sound of splashing water.

The strong smell of gasoline filled the air instantly.

After pouring the gasoline, the leader Yagyu Tao lit a match and threw it at Yamada Nobunaga's house.

Open flame will ignite when it meets oil. Boom, a huge fire rose up instantly and gradually surrounded the entire house. Liu Shengtao and several others fled in panic carrying empty gasoline barrels.

The fire grew larger and larger, waking up the neighbors.

"Oh my god! It's on fire!"

"The Yamada house is on fire!"

The originally dark streets suddenly lit up one after another, accompanied by shouts, and all the neighbors rushed out. Many people spontaneously tried to put out the fire by pouring water, but to no avail.

By the time the fire truck arrived and put out the fire, Yamada Nobunaga's house had already been burned down to a bare shell.

Fortunately, the fire brigade did not find Yamada Nobutatsu's body in the rubble, which means that he was not at home when the fire broke out and thus escaped.

The neighbors were talking about it and felt that Yamada Nobunaga was lucky, otherwise he would have been trapped in the house and burned to death without being able to react in such a big fire.

Liu Shengtao, who was mixed in the crowd, had a gloomy expression on his face.

"Brother, what should we do?" a younger brother asked anxiously, fearing that he would be retaliated by Yamada Nobunaga.

Liu Shengtao winked and led a few of his men away from the crowd before saying, "Damn it, I didn't expect Yamada Nobunaga wasn't at home. Now that things have come to this, we must not reveal that this fire has anything to do with us. As long as there is no evidence, Yamada Nobunaga can't do anything. If he dares to mess around, we will call the police to arrest him."

"Okay!" Several younger brothers nodded repeatedly.

Liu Shengtao pursed his lips and said, "Anyway, his house is gone. Let's talk to him after he calms down. The chances of him giving in should be higher."

"But for safety reasons, you will all stay at my house from tonight on. If this guy wants to use force, he alone is no match for us."

Nobutatsu Yamada was out drinking that night, and was drunk. The neighbors and the police could not contact him, so he had no idea that his house was on fire. He woke up the next morning, pushed the two women away, went out, and took a taxi home.

"In the early hours of last night, a fire broke out at 5-chome, xx Street, Dongcheng District. A residential building was burned down. Fortunately, no casualties were reported. The local police are currently investigating the cause of the fire..."

Listening to the car radio, Yamada Nobunaga yawned and smiled, "I wonder which unlucky guy this is."

Although he does not actively bully other neighbors, his relationship with his neighbors is average due to his personality.

So now I can gloat without any pressure.

"It's really unlucky. I heard that area was discussing demolition. Now that the house has burned down, I'm afraid the demolition compensation will be discounted." The driver agreed.

Yamada Nobunaga sniffed and said, "They signed the contract and received the money yesterday. Now that the house has been burned down, it will not affect their compensation."

"Is that so? You're quite lucky then. I'd be afraid that the kind of person who wants to raise the price and gets the house burned down before signing the contract would be terrible." The driver laughed.

Yamada Nobunaga also smiled, with disdain in his smile. Who else but himself would dare to raise the price and ask for more compensation than that bunch of spineless people?
More than ten minutes later, the taxi stopped in front of a pile of ruins with a cordon. Yamada Nobunaga was stunned for a moment, then stumbled out of the car and stood in front of the ruins, looking at the scene in confusion.

No, where is my house?
My house is so fucking big!

"Bakayarō!" After a brief moment of distraction, Yamada Nobunaga came to his senses, roared in mental collapse, fell to his knees, and punched the ground repeatedly.

That unlucky guy turned out to be me?

The taxi driver was also dumbfounded, his expression a little uneasy, thinking that you were the unlucky guy.

"Hey, sir, please excuse me for the fare..."

"Get out!" Yamada Nobunaga suddenly turned around and stared at him with red eyes, roaring hysterically.

The taxi driver was frightened by his hideous appearance, and quickly turned the key and drove away, sticking his head out and shouting, "Asshole! You deserve your house to be burned down. I'll use the taxi fare to repair your house!"

"Bakayaro!" Yamada Nobunaga, who was already in a state of collapse, stood up, grabbed a stone and threw it at the taxi.

It didn't hit.

He was even more devastated.

"You are the homeowner, right?" A policeman who was investigating at the scene came forward and asked.

Yamada Nobunaga grabbed the policeman and asked excitedly: "Have you found out the cause of the fire?"

"Have you offended anyone? We found residual gasoline around your house and the initial speculation is that it was arson." The police pried his hands open and said.

"Baka!" Yamada Nobunaga's eyes were suddenly filled with bloodshot. He then ignored the police and ran towards the direction of Yagyu Tao's house without looking back.

He had actually offended quite a few people, but the only person he had offended recently was Liu Shengtao, and the only one who had the courage and motive to set fire to his house was Liu Shengtao.

"Hey! Hey where are you going? If you want to catch the arsonist, cooperate with our police investigation!"

The police kept shouting from behind, but Yamada Nobunaga turned a deaf ear and was only thinking about killing Yagyu Tao.

Arriving at Liu Shengtao's house, he walked up to him with red eyes and kicked the door loudly, "Open the door! Open the door for me!"

"Yamada-kun..." Mrs. Yagyu opened the door.

"Get out of here!" Without waiting for her to finish, Yamada Nobunaga pushed her to the ground, forced his way into the house, and saw Liu Shengtao having breakfast with his younger brother. Without saying a word, he reached out to grab Liu Shengtao's collar.

But just as he stretched out his hand, two of Liu Shengtao's younger brothers jumped up and pressed him down on the table, and the bowls, chopsticks, and plates on the table all fell to the ground.

"Let me go! Let me go!" Yamada Nobuto was pressed against the table, and two people pressed him so hard that he couldn't move. He kept struggling and stared at Liu Shengtao viciously, "You bastard! If you dare to light up my house, I will never let you go!"

"Yamada Nobunaga, you have to provide evidence when you speak. Your house was burned down, and I sympathize with you, but this is not a reason for you to slander me! Believe it or not, I will sue you for defamation!" Relying on the advantage in numbers and the fact that he could not lose face in front of his younger brothers, Yagyu Tao acted very strongly.

"Bah!" Yamada Nobunaga spat on Liu Shengtao's face and said through gritted teeth, "You dare to do it but not to take responsibility, right? The police found residual gasoline near my house. Who else could it be but you? You burned my house because I refused to sign the contract!"

"Did you see it was me? Or did the police say it was me?" Liu Shengtao sneered and poked Yamada Nobunaga's face with chopsticks. "But then again, your house has been burned down. Just sign this contract and I'll give it to you at the original price."

"Fuck you! The land is mine, and I won't move as long as there is a brick or tile on it! Five hundred thousand US dollars is not enough, I want one million! Otherwise, don't even think about getting me to sign!" Yamada Nobutatsu was panting like a cow.

There was a fierce light in Liu Shengtao's eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he stood up and left. Not long after, he returned with the ink pad and the demolition contract of Yamada Nobunaga's house. He cleared the dishes on the table and then placed the contract on the table.

"You take his hand and sign it."

Now that things have come to this, he might as well go all out and force Yamada Nobutatsu to sign. As long as he can collect this last demolition contract, he can transfer all of them to Kitahara Construction Co., Ltd.

If Yamada Nobunaga causes trouble again, it will have nothing to do with him, and Kitahara Construction will naturally deal with him.

"okay."

Two younger brothers held Yamada Nobunaga down tightly, and one of them stuffed a pen into his hand, grabbed his hand and forced him to write his name crookedly on the contract.

"Let me go! Ah! You bastards!"

After he signed his name, the younger brother grabbed his hand and pressed it on the ink pad to cover his name.

"Boss, it's done."

I handed the signed contract to Liu Shengtao.

Liu Shengtao blew on the contract to speed up the drying of the ink, and patted Yamada Nobunaga's face with satisfaction, "Yamada-kun, thank you for your cooperation. Your name is signed in black and white on the contract, and your fingerprints are also stamped. If you dare to stop the demolition again, Kitahara Construction will call the police and send you to jail. Since ancient times, the arm can't twist the thigh, so why bother?"

"Bastards! I will kill you! I will kill you!" Yamada Nobunaga trembled all over, stared at Yagyu Tao with resentment and shouted at the top of his lungs.

Liu Shengtao sighed, "Give him the money."

One of the younger brothers took out the compensation money that he had prepared in advance and threw it at Yamada Nobunaga, "Get lost."

The other two brothers also let him go.

"Wait, just wait for me!" Yamada Nobunaga did not take the money. He gritted his teeth and said this, then turned around and left without looking back.

One of the younger brothers looked at the money scattered on the ground and said uneasily: "Brother, that kid didn't take a penny, but he must be very angry."

"It's okay. After the contract is handed over to Kitahara Construction Co., Ltd., if he causes trouble again, they will naturally deal with him." Liu Shengtao comforted his younger brother, but then changed the subject, "But we have to be on guard. You should stay at my house for now, so you can take care of me."

"Okay! Then I'll continue to bother you, big brother."

"My brother is just being polite. Since he doesn't want the money, let's divide it."

"Oh! Thank you, big brother." Upon hearing about dividing the money, the younger brothers immediately smiled and thanked him again and again.

Mrs. Yagyu, who watched the whole process, felt that her husband had gone too far, but she didn't dare say anything.

At noon, Liu Shengtao couldn't wait to take all the contracts of the relocated households to Kitahara Construction Co., Ltd.

After handing over the contract, he finally felt relieved and returned home refreshed.

The knife hanging over their heads was removed, and Liu Shengtao and several of his younger brothers felt the joy of surviving a calamity. In the evening, they bought a few bottles of wine to celebrate and got drunk.

In the dead of night, a stealthy figure carrying a large oil barrel came to the Yagyu family. It was Yamada Nobunaga. His facial features looked hideous and terrifying in the dark.

He first poured oil on the door and walls of the Yagyu family's house, then used a crowbar to seal the door from the outside, and finally set it on fire and left.

boom!
The fire started in an instant and intensified. The strong smell of smoke woke Mrs. Yagyu up. She got out of bed coughing in a daze. When she saw the blazing flames outside, she screamed, "Ah! It's on fire!"

The drunk Liu Shengtao and several of his younger brothers were awakened by the billowing smoke one after another, and their drunkenness disappeared in an instant.

"Fire! Brother! It's on fire! What should I do!"

Liu Shengtao got up and looked at the raging fire and billowing smoke in the house. He was shocked, angry and panicked. His face was pale and he said, "Damn it! It must be that lunatic Yamada Nobunaga! Hurry up! Go and try to open the door!"

He didn't expect Yamada Nobunaga to use the same trick.

There are seven or eight people in his family now! Didn't Yamada Nobunaga ever think about the consequences of his actions?
"No, big brother! Ahem… the fire is too big, the door can't be opened, it's locked from the outside!"

"Yamada Nobunaga is here to kill us!"

"Ah! Someone come! Help! Is there anyone who can save us?" Liu Shengtao and others collapsed and cried loudly. While calling for help, they ran around the house like headless flies looking for a glimmer of hope.

The fire alarmed the neighbors, but unlike the previous fire at Yamada Nobunaga's house, when some neighbors spontaneously fetched water to put out the fire, no one did so this time. In the darkness, people gathered and everyone watched the fire spread in silence from a distance.

He watched helplessly as Liu Shengtao's family and several of his younger brothers struggled in the flames, wailing and banging on the door frantically. The sound became smaller and smaller until it disappeared.

(End of this chapter)