I teach kendo in Tokyo

After confirming that all the students had left, Daimon Goro checked the door lock of the kendo hall, and then stopped by the sports warehouse to see if there were any unlucky people locked inside.

After doing this, he returned to the staff locker room, changed out of his "formal clothes" as the physical education teacher Daimon Goro, that is, the sportswear, put on a suit, and left the school.

People in society drink some wine after get off work, which is an important part of social interaction in Japanese society.

If you don't participate in this kind of drinking activity all year round, you will be ostracized in the company, and sometimes even your work will be greatly affected because you cannot get the cooperation of your colleagues.

Daimon Goro is naturally not immune to customs.

But today he is not attending a gathering of school teachers. Instead, he has an appointment with an old classmate who talked to him on the phone in the afternoon.

The place we made an appointment with was a mobile cart on the edge of the Edogawa River, called Hokkaitei.

In this era, Tokyo did not have such strict urban management, and grassroots management rights were basically in the hands of various self-governing associations, town councils, and the Yakuza.

These mobile vending carts are everywhere.

A skilled "general" pushed a cart full of ingredients and equipped with a small stove with an integrated gas bottle. He stopped by the roadside and hung up a "warm curtain" indicating that he was in business. The business begins.

Although the thing that looks like a half door curtain hung by the vendor is called "nuan curtain", it is just a customary name. It doesn't matter whether it is warm or not. Hanging this thing means that the store is open.

Especially the "Hokkaido" parked next to the Edogawa River. The wind at this location is actually quite strong. At the end of April, when it is warm and then cold, people who are not good at it may not be able to enjoy the Hokkaido. Craftsmanship.

Daimon Goro found the Beihai Pavilion, which was slightly off the road from where he parked today, and opened the curtain.

The general looked up at him and said, "I'm a rare visitor. I haven't seen you for a long time."

"It's been half a year. It's too cold where you are. It's a bit hard in winter." Daimon Goro pulled up a stool and sat down. "Same old thing, please."

"Hi." The general responded, and then while taking the ingredients out of the box, he continued the topic, "Drinking in the snow scene has a different artistic conception. Today's young people have no roots."

Daimon Goro is in his thirties, but he has no temper when he is called a young man by the "general" of Beihai Pavilion. After all, when he was still a young boy, the general had that flower headband wrapped around his head and did business here. .

Daimon Goro also asked why the general chose such a place to do business. Even if there were not many people, the wind was still strong.

At that time, the general raised his head and looked at the Edogawa River flowing to Tokyo Bay, and said solemnly: "Water is the road to the land of underworld. Every time it is quiet at night, my students will come to my stall and talk to me. Reminiscing about old times, I still have the red flowers I personally put on my chest when I sent them to the train, as if they were scolding me. I was scolding me for not seeing through the lies of those bastards with human faces and animal hearts, scolding me for not hiding them!"

Daimon Goro didn't know what it meant when he was a child, but now, he understands it without asking.

Running an unknown stall in the cold wind and watching the Edogawa River rushing to the sea is probably the way for the general who was once a middle school teacher to atone for his sins.

However, after so many years, General Hoi Kai Tei's craftsmanship has been perfected, so he has accumulated many regular customers like Daimon Goro, and Hoi Kai Tei's business is actually good.

The smell of fried fish made Daimon Goro's mouth water.

As he stretched his head to look at the fish that was slowly getting cooked, he said, "I found a child among the students who might become a dragon among men."

"Yes, congratulations." The general responded calmly.

"But he encountered some troubles and some tests. I don't know if he can survive it." Daimon Goro took a sip of wine.

The old man said solemnly: "A dragon cannot be trapped."

Daimon Goro sighed: "I hope so."

At this moment, Daimon Goro's old friend, Inspector Zuoshan, opened the curtain - although this kind of mobile vendor has no door at all, and you can sit down without lifting the curtain, lifting the curtain is a polite gesture, indicating "I have entered the store." .

"It's quite early to get off work, Inspector Sang." The general greeted.

"Today is special." Zuo Shan glanced at the door, "Wu Lang, here we come."

"Hmph. Why are you suddenly interested in my students?"

"I'm not interested." Zuo Shan signaled to the general, "Same as before."

"Hi." The general nodded.

"I've been transferred to the organized crime countermeasures department, you know that, right?"

"Just found out."

"Your student, the one you beat up, Nishikiyama Heita, is a new member of the Yakuza in our department. We judge that they are likely to be promoted from the third generation organization to the direct line in a few years."

"So fierce?" Daimon Goro asked in surprise.

"Yes, it is so fierce. Jinshan Pingtai has achieved brilliant results, basically fighting all the way up. From Shidi, to Ruozhong, Shiditou, Ruotou... Every step is stepping on the blood of other Ji Dao. Walk."

"It sounds like he has committed a serious crime. Why don't you just arrest him?" Daimon Goro asked with a frown.

"The Jida are very skilled now. Most of the time they only beat people, not kill. When they do kill people, we can't find any evidence of guilt at all, and we rarely even find corpses."

Daimon Goro was speechless: "Go to Tokyo Bay to fish for cement pillars."

"That's the problem. If we want to salvage the cement pillars, we have to hire the ship boss to find the crew, right? And the Yidao was originally developed by organizations like the dock union."

"Where's the Self-Defense Force? Where's the Coast Guard?"

"The superiors are thinking about how to squeeze the Self-Defense Forces and Haibo forces out of Tokyo Bay every day, and you ask us to ask them for help? Are you kidding me." Zuo Shan shook his head, "This thing is complicated, although everyone knows that a certain Kaji Dao If someone who is not dealt with suddenly disappears, it is time to go to Tokyo Bay to fish for cement pillars. However, the police have the right to fish for them. They cannot find reliable and skilled people, and people with the ability to fish do not have the power to enforce the law.

"This is the current situation, but there are other links that can be broken through, such as looking for the first crime scene that has not been dealt with cleanly. However, the prosecutor's office may not prosecute such crimes. They only prosecute those crimes for which conviction can be confirmed. After all, Japan is The country with a 100% conviction rate ranks first in the world!”

Zuo Shan's final tone was very sinister.

"So we only recruit those criminals who have irrefutable evidence. And the biggest irrefutable evidence is the prisoner's confession. How can someone who can be the team leader not be able to recruit a few loyal boys who are willing to take the blame?"

He took a sip of wine with a self-deprecating smile on his face.

"Now, tell me about that student of yours."