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"You should know best why I'm here," Matsuda chuckled. "To be honest, I never expected that the person who kidnapped Ms. Naoko would be you, Mr. Takei's secretary, Ms. Hanai!"
"Although I knew you were involved in the kidnapping case the moment I saw you, I never imagined you would be the criminal."
"Hehe, I really don't understand what Officer Matsuda is talking about!" Ms. Hanai chuckled dryly. "I have something to do, so I'll go now..."
As she spoke, she turned to leave.
She had barely moved her feet when Matsuda grabbed her arm.
"Officer Matsuda, what exactly do you want?"
Miss Hanai tried to deny it, but Matsuda had already reached into her collar and pulled a key out of her pocket.
"Nice figure," Matsuda commented simply. "As for this key, it should be the one to open that room."
"Miss Hanai, I'd like you to come with me to see what's in that room. Would you be willing, Miss Hanai?"
"Let me go! Let me go..."
Ms. Hanai is still struggling.
Matsuda dragged her directly to the door of the room they had been in before.
Matsuda inserted the key, turned it, and pushed open the door.
"Who are you?"
The short-haired girl inside stood up warily.
“Miss Naoko Takei, you may not know me, but you definitely know this person!”
Matsuda pushed Ms. Hanai, who had been desperately trying to hide behind him, to the front.
"Miss Hanai!"
Naoko Takei screamed and suddenly lunged at him.
Matsuda originally thought she would pounce on Hanai, after all, he was the culprit who kidnapped her.
But to everyone's surprise, Naoko Takei rushed over, yanked Matsuda's hand off Hanai, and then tightly shielded Hanai behind her.
"You want money, right? I can ask my father for it! But please, you must not hurt Miss Hanai!"
"Naoko..."
Miss Hanai stared blankly at the figure blocking her way, trying to protect her.
Despite being a small and frail girl, her figure at this moment appeared exceptionally solid and reliable.
"You actually mistook me for a kidnapper?" Matsuda chuckled.
“Isn’t that right?” Naoko Takei asked, biting her lip.
“…Naoko, that’s not how it is,”
Ms. Hanai looked apologetic, her expression conflicted, as if she wanted to tell the truth.
“Actually, I know,” Naoko Takei whispered, “Ms. Hanai, you are also my kidnapper.”
"……and you?"
Hanai's face turned pale instantly, and she stared blankly at the girl in front of her.
“But I believe you would never hurt me, Miss Hanai!” Naoko Takei smiled confidently. “I’ve always thought of you as an older sister, Miss Hanai, and I can feel it. You’ve always treated me like family, Miss Hanai.”
"Naoko..."
Hanai's eyes reddened, and she choked back tears as she pulled Takei Naoko into her arms.
Two beautiful women, one older and one younger, embraced and wept before his eyes, but Matsuda felt somewhat depressed.
He glanced at Narumi beside him: "Do I look like a kidnapper?"
"Ha ha……"
Narumi didn't answer, but just covered her mouth and chuckled.
"Miss Hanai, I vaguely heard you shouting in the room just now. You must have had an argument with this man because of me!"
Naoko Takei stared at Matsuda with wide eyes.
"...In short, as long as you let us go, I'll convince my dad to give you enough money!"
"It's not about money anymore!"
Matsuda snorted and said with a deliberately cold face, "Since you two women have already seen my true colors, then I have no choice but to do... you know... and then... you know!"
Matsuda gave a cruel smile as he reached his hand inside his clothes.
"you……"
Naoko Takei screamed in fright, her body trembling, but she still stood in front of Hanai.
"Officer Matsuda, please stop joking."
Miss Hanai hugged Naoko Takei tightly, her heart aching.
“Matsuda… Officer?” Naoko Takei paused, “You’re that famous officer? Then how come you’re involved in kidnapping…”
She realized something was wrong halfway through her sentence.
“...I’m here to save you, Naoko.”
Matsuda shrugged and reached into his clothes to pull out a pair of handcuffs.
"I'm sorry, Naoko, I was the only kidnapper. I did everything." Hanai looked at the girl apologetically.
Naoko Takei was clearly taken aback by this turn of events. She asked blankly, "Ms. Hanai, are you short of money?"
“It’s not about the money,” Hanai shook his head. “I did this because I wanted to get revenge on your father.”
“Dad?” Naoko Takei was stunned.
"Hmm, do you know where this is?" Miss Hanai looked around nostalgically. "This used to be my father's factory. I used to play here a lot when I was a child."
I see. No wonder she was so familiar with the surrounding terrain.
Matsuda leaned against the doorway, holding handcuffs in his hand, waiting to hear the story.
"Because of your father Wu Ju's deliberate attacks and malicious acquisitions, my father was driven to a dead end, and in the end, he committed suicide together with my mother and my younger brother!"
Miss Hanai said with a sorrowful expression,
"Later, I was adopted by relatives, changed my name, and after graduating from university, I joined your father's company in order to avenge my family."
"But after meeting you, I hesitated again,"
Hanai gently stroked Naoko Takei's face.
“I didn’t want to hurt you, so I gave your father a chance.”
"I want to see if he's really so cold-hearted that he wouldn't even care about his own daughter, all for the sake of money."
“These past few days, your father’s company has a merger and acquisition plan that requires a large sum of money.”
“I’ll kidnap you at this time and then demand a large ransom from him.”
“Your father only has two choices: use that money to save you, or invest the money in that merger and acquisition plan.”
“You said before that you didn’t receive the ransom, which means that Dad chose the latter.”
Naoko Takei gave a wry smile, but there wasn't much disappointment on her face.
Clearly, in her mind, her father, Takei, valued money more than she, his daughter.
"No, actually he hasn't made a choice yet,"
Hanai patted Naoko Takei's head.
"I didn't receive the ransom today, only because the police got involved."
“You don’t need to lie to me anymore, Miss Hanai. You just said it at the door, my father used newspapers to disguise money to deceive you.”
A sorrowful smile appeared on Naoko Takei's face.
"Back then, my mother was seriously ill and wanted to see my father one last time before she passed away, but he refused, saying he was too busy with his company..."
“In his heart, my daughter is definitely not as important as money.”
After Naoko Takei finished speaking, she looked at Matsuda with a pleading expression.
"Officer Matsuda, I have a request, I wonder if it's possible..."
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"You want me to let her go?" Matsuda frowned.
"Miss Hanai only locked me up here, she didn't hurt me..."
Naoko Takei started to speak, but seeing Matsuda's tense face, she couldn't help but speak softer and softer.
“Officer Matsuda, they are both so pitiful, could you…” Narumi pleaded.
Matsuda was also hesitant. From the perspective of police ethics, he shouldn't let Hanai go, since she had indeed broken the law.
But as an ordinary person, Matsuda also felt quite sorry for Hanai's plight.
Moreover, even the victim herself, Naoko Takei, doesn't hold a grudge; instead, she's pleading for leniency for Hanai...
After a moment of silence, Matsuda finally sighed and put the handcuffs away.
"Officer Matsuda, thank you so much!" Naoko Takei exclaimed with delight.
Ms. Hanai also bowed slightly to Matsuda.
"Don't thank me yet. There are some things I need to make clear to you," Matsuda said slowly with a stern face. "Ms. Hanai, I'm not holding your violation of the law against you this time because of Ms. Naoko."
"She was the victim, but she didn't care about your kidnapping. Instead, she pleaded for you."
"But this is the only time. If there is a next time, even if Miss Naoko continues to plead for you, I will not stand idly by."
"Secondly, regarding your so-called revenge," Matsuda said, "I don't know how to do business. I'm just a policeman. All I know is that, from a legal perspective, since the deaths of your parents and brother were all suicides, they have absolutely nothing to do with Mr. Takei."
“I once heard someone say that the business world is like a battlefield. Your father couldn’t beat others, so he dragged his family to commit suicide. This is just the most cowardly and incompetent behavior.”
Upon hearing Matsuda speak of his deceased father, Hanai was visibly angry, but her expression quickly darkened.