Tokyo: The Player Behind the Scenes.

Chapter 69, Section 67: Attitude Reversal
"You can leave now. I won't pursue this matter, Mr. Koizumi. As for the statement, you need to apply to the police. I will cooperate in signing it once I receive the notification."

At the entrance of Ikeda Rui's house.

He continued to refuse Mrs. Koizumi's invitation to his home during her second visit.

Although it was his fault from every angle back then, his ex-wife's choice to divorce him was understandable.

However, during the negotiations, the lawyer hired by the other party threatened him to sign an agreement to relinquish all his assets, which left him with deep resentment.

Most importantly, he had absolutely no memory of the domestic violence.

However, his ex-wife had ample evidence, and he was indeed in a low mood and his mind was quite confused during that period, so he had no way to refute it and could only suspect that he had schizophrenia.

Although it sounds like he's shirking responsibility, at least his personality would never have considered resorting to violence against his ex-wife.

In order to avoid social death and imprisonment, he ultimately chose to compromise.

Mrs. Koizumi's smile was bitter, her expression delicate. She glanced carefully at Ikeda's tie—it was blue—before slowly speaking.

“I’ve spoken to him about it, but he doesn’t want me to sign a statement with you.”

"And, I'm here to apologize. I'm so sorry about that day. I just couldn't accept that Jia Yi was gone. I was too emotional. I didn't realize he was hiding nearby waiting for you. I'm sorry."

Her eyes were red, she covered her mouth, and lowered her head to sob.

I accidentally revealed the bruise on my neck.

Ikeda Rui frowned slightly.

Please accept my condolences regarding the passing of Keiichi Koizumi.

Mrs. Koizumi wiped her eyes and forced a smile, saying, "I believe the police will give us justice. It's just that Mr. Koizumi was always domineering and irritable; now that Yoshiichi is dead, he..."

A hint of fear flickered in her eyes.

"Don't you know I'm at Komagome Academy?" Ikeda Rui relaxed his guard a little.

"I don't know, I just heard that the school has a good atmosphere. We found out about him by chance from the police that he was quite mischievous since he was a child, so we specially chose a school with a good atmosphere for him."

Mrs. Koizumi sighed.

"But I didn't expect him to stay the same at school. Although we've always had a good relationship, he gets upset and stops talking to me whenever I bring it up. Maybe, maybe it's related to his father. Sigh."

Ikeda Eiji paused for a few seconds: "Was Koizumi's father the same as I was back then?"

Mrs. Koizumi gave a bitter smile: "I know you had no choice back then, but the mental pressure was too great. I don't blame you. The lawyer handled the entire lawsuit process. I was too scared at the time, so I didn't refuse. I'm sorry."

Ikeda Rui shook his head: "Let bygones be bygones. So what are you planning to do in the future?"

"In the future, I want to divorce him. If I can prove that he has violent tendencies, it might be much easier. If I can put him in jail..." Mrs. Koizumi pursed her lips, her tearful eyes staring blankly at Ikeda Rui.

Ikeda Rui nodded slightly.

"I understand."

Mrs. Koizumi rummaged through her bag and took out a bag of cookies: "I don't know if you still like honey cookies, please accept this."

Ikeda Rui stared blankly at the bag of honey cookies for a while before stiffly accepting it.

"I like it very much, thank you."

Mrs. Koizumi seemed relieved, exchanged a glance with Ikeda Rui, and then took her leave.

The two seemed unaware that a detective was monitoring their every move from a nearby parked car.

Metropolitan Police Department. After dealing with his superiors and the press conference, it was already afternoon for Heisei Ryu.

He didn't delay any longer and began contacting other organizations.

Finding an adoption record from the 30th year of the Showa era (1940), assuming it still exists, would involve extremely complicated procedures.

You need to deal with local legal affairs bureaus, municipal offices, and family courts.

However, Pyeongsang Ryong has never been a rigid person, or rather, a rigid person would never be in this position.

He chose to call a classmate who worked at the Ministry of Justice. After exchanging pleasantries, he inquired whether the classmate was free that evening and arranged to have dinner together.

"Chief, the person you assigned to keep an eye on, Ikeda Rui, just came to the Metropolitan Police Department." Nakajima Shingo knocked on the door and entered, handing the transcript to Taira no Ryu. "He reversed his previous attitude, choosing to prosecute Koizumi Hiroyuki and refusing to sign the interrogation form."

Ping Shenglong nodded slightly and quickly flipped through the transcript.

"Did Mrs. Koizumi go to see him?"

"That's right. I contacted him twice, and in between, I even applied to meet with Hiroyuki Koizumi. We talked about persuading Hiroyuki Koizumi to apologize to Eiichiro Ikeda, and that Eiichiro Ikeda shouldn't be the murderer, and so on."

"But Koizumi became very agitated, rejected Mrs. Koizumi's proposal, and claimed that he would make Ikeda pay with his life."

"What's interesting is that after her second meeting with Eiichiro Ikeda, Mrs. Koizumi went to the hospital for a medical examination to assess her injuries."

After Shingo Nakajima and Taira no Ryu finished processing this information, they took out a transcript.

"During our subsequent interrogation, Koizumi still revealed why he insisted that Ikeda was the murderer."

"It's probably Ikeda Rui's suspected schizophrenia." Before even opening the transcript, Taira no Ryu had already guessed the reason.

As Mrs. Koizumi's current husband, he has no reason not to know why she divorced her ex-husband.

The fact that it wasn't mentioned before is probably due to the agreement signed between Mrs. Koizumi and Eiichi Ikeda, which likely included confidentiality in this regard.

Now, he was so angry that he didn't care about any agreement anymore and just blurted it out.

He was clearly unaware that Ikeda Eizasa had confessed to this matter and even shared the indoor surveillance footage with the police, thus possessing a perfect alibi.

Of course, the most important thing is that Pyeongsung Ryong knows that this matter really has nothing to do with him.

Even if someone is mentally ill, as long as they do not pose a threat to public safety, they are still law-abiding citizens, and the police have no right to detain them in a mental hospital.

Not to mention that this whole thing was just Koizumi Hiroyuki's speculation from beginning to end, and it was completely unfounded.

If anyone's going to be arrested, it'll be him.

“Not only that, he also said that Ikeda hit his wife in the last few days.” Nakajima’s expression was strange.

Hei Shōrō paused in his movements: "He means that the injuries Mrs. Koizumi is currently undergoing for a medical examination were caused by Ikeda Eiji?"

“He didn’t know his wife was going to get a medical examination for her injuries, but he said she told him.”

"Follow the procedures, and the monitoring personnel will remain, but not too much effort will be required."

Time was of the essence. Now that it had been determined that Ikeda Rui and his group were not involved in the case, he did not want to concern himself with other matters for the time being.

In fact, today's press conference was largely due to the explosive news that a parent attacked a teacher with a weapon at the school gate and identified the teacher as the perpetrator.

This instantly drew attention from people who weren't initially paying much attention to the matter, putting even more pressure on the police.

After finishing some miscellaneous tasks, and seeing that it was almost time, Ping Shenglong got up and set off to meet his old classmate at a high-end Japanese restaurant.

(End of this chapter)