Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 4567 | Page 263

right now !” however the precinct just stared idly at him , as if they did not hear him . They would not lift a finger to help a lowly Chinese , a voice whispered to Chen . That ’ s right , this boy he ’ s Chinese Chen though as he glanced down at the young boy , seeing as with each fleeting second , the boy seemed to be losing more of his life . “ Help him goddammit , I need him , we need him ! He could be our only lead !” Chen yelled hopefully , trying to negotiate with his colleagues to save the young boy ’ s life . Finally , someone was willing to call for help as Chen saw them moving reluctantly to receive the chariot to send the boy to the hospital .
The chariot arrived soon , and the young boy could only show a tired smile of gratitude to Chen as he was being put into the carriage . Chen walked back into the precinct , he looked around only to find everyone avoiding any at all eye contact with him . “ Selfish scum …” Chen muttered to himself as he made his way to the rooftop for a smoke . It had to be an inside job , no one who was not an officer would have been able to make it into that cell room even with the guard not paying any attention , Chen thought to himself as he lit the cigarette in his mouth . But why would a Japanese kill the Toyama ’ s ? Aren ’ t they the same people ? Chen questioned as he tightened his grip on the empty matchbox , crumpling by doing so . I ’ ll have to ask for permission to question our officers then , anyone in this complex could be a suspect thought Chen as he began to make his way to the exit . Then just as he was going to open the door , the metal hatch flung open , it was the captain . He had a sympathetic look on his face that seemed to be forced out , “ Chen , I ’ m sorry , the hospital just called and … the boy didn ’ t make it . I truly am sorry .” however , Chen was not paying attention to a single word his captain was saying . At this moment , Chen was staring intensely at his captains collar , he finally found out what had been off with his uniform . “ Sir where is your insignia ?” Chen asked as he tried to keep his tone as calm as possible . Then as a glimpse of fear formed in Sousuke ’ s eyes , his arm shot up to his collar to check , “ huh well there ’ s only one , good catch Chen it must ’ ve fell off during the brawl earlier .” Sousuke said trying every so desperately to hide his trembling voice . The next thing Sousuke saw a fist flying straight for his face , the impact slammed him straight onto the door he closed . “ You killed them ? You killed the Toyama ’ s ? Why ?” Chen yelled as he watched his captain try to regain his standing . “ Damn , I didn ’ t want you to find out this way …” said Sousuke as he reached into his jacket pocket and swiftly whipped out a pistol and aimed it at Chen “ you see old friend , the Toyama ’ s , they were Chinese sympathizers , they supported triads and gangs secretly , but well , we found out .” said Sousuke as a mocking laugh followed . “ So you murdered them ? Just because of that , you ’ d kill your own people ?” questioned Chen , his tone filled with shock and disbelief . “ Isn ’ t that enough reason ?” replied Sousuke genuinely confused by Chen ’ s question “ they were hindering our cleansing , they were stopping order we were going to restore !” yelled Sousuke all while expressing his admiration for the ideals of Imperial Japan . Infuriated , Chen sprinted towards Sousuke in attempt to disarm him . Only all Chen heard was the loudest explosion in front of him , he stopped dead in his tracks and looked down as he saw a redness expanding on his shirt , what followed was the pain . Chen dropped to his knees and let out a low groan as he was determined to not grant Sousuke the satisfaction of knowing he was hurt . “ You poor fool Chen , what were you planning to do report me ? To who ?” Sousuke asked all while sneering as he looked down at Chen “ and now it ’ s time for you to go down in history as a criminal ” Sousuke said as aimed the gun at his arm and took shot , which was followed a loud howl , then a psychotic laughter , “ I ’ ve got to make it look real after all ” he said finally as he threw the gun down and opened the rooftop door .
“ He shot me , he shot me !” Sousuke screamed as he limped down the stairs “ someone go up there and make sure that dog is dead !” he ordered . All the officers in the precinct got up faster than anyone would have thought and ran to the rooftop with their weapons drawn . A few officers also raced to their captain ' s side , wrapping his bleeding arm with cloth as they offered to do anything to help . Sousuke however just waved them away and ordered “ inform the diet immediately , tell them we found the killer for the Toyama case .” Sousuke watched as the officers left and thought , no one , no one can stand up to Imperial Japan .