I teach kendo in Tokyo

The Sakurada Gate Metropolitan Police Headquarters a few blocks away, fifteen minutes ago.

Shiratori threw the file on the desk and sighed.

The new detective assigned to him by Xinfen asked cautiously: "Is this case so difficult?"

"Can't you feel the difficulty of this case from looking at the file?" Bainiao Police Department pushed the file towards the young man, "In the search class, if you want to advance all the way, in addition to the ability to handle cases, it is very important to know how to handle the case. What kind of case are you hiding from?"

The rookie detective picked up the file, but did not open it. He just opened it and said directly to Shiratori: "This file is a bit strange. It is obviously an act of kidnapping, just because a very expensive lawyer was hired." The group can slide through it again and again. Aren’t the legal jackals of Dongda a little too amazing?

"If it were in the United States, this might not be surprising because they are a maritime law system. But Japan is a country with statutory law."

Shiratori frowned and looked at his young partner: "Is Japan a statutory legal system?"

"Of course, you don't know? The police university teaches it."

"Sorry, when I first became a police officer, it was during the post-war recovery period. The Police University had not yet been established, and the classrooms of your Police University were still the auditorium of the United Nations occupation forces."

The young man was stunned, obviously he had not considered this.

Human beings tend to think that everything they have been used to for as long as they can remember is ancient.

Just like Chinese people born after 2000 are accustomed to their motherland being a quasi-superpower with a leading advantage in electromagnetic guns and hypersonic weapons, they talk in an imperialist manner.

They didn’t know how dangerous it was back then. They didn’t know how the biggest strategic deception operation at the beginning of this century, jointly completed by Zhang Jiadun and “Japanese friend” Francisco Fukuyama, turned the tide and managed to win ten people. Five years buffer time.

The young detective apologized to Shiratori: "Sorry, I didn't mean anything else, I meant..."

"So what the hell is this statutory law?" Shiratori helped his young partner get over the embarrassing stage.

"Ah, that's it. The maritime law system uses existing precedents as the basis for sentencing, so once there is an existing precedent, subsequent judges will continue to follow this judgment when encountering similar cases."

Shiratiao suddenly raised his eyebrows: "Isn't that very easy to cause problems? If a judge engages in malpractice for personal gain after encountering a case without precedent, won't there be a series of unjust, false and wrongful convictions in the future?"

The partner nodded: "Such a situation does occur, so the scope of application of the precedents is strictly limited, so that even if it is wrong, it will only affect one country. In addition, there are higher-level courts such as the Federal Circuit Court, which can modify inappropriate cases. Jurisprudence. But, well, this mechanism is not particularly effective.”

Shiratori: "Not particularly effective?"

"Yes, I remember the teacher at the Police University told us something about the United States, saying that a family in the United States was kidnapped or something. After calling the police, the police just came over and knocked on the window to ask what was going on. After the prisoner answered, the police left. "

Shiratori was speechless: "Are American police officers so relaxed? What happened next?"

"The landlord and the female tenant who were hijacked later were raped, and it seemed that someone else died. The criminal was shot dead by the police after killing the person, and then the two people who first called the police took the police to court."

Shiratiao clapped his hands vigorously: "Okay! That's how it should be!"

"But the judge ruled that the police were not at fault because they had killed the criminal. The judge seemed to think that the police's duty was to uphold the dignity of the law, not to protect the personal safety of citizens. The police had killed the criminal, so they had completed their duties and there was no malfeasance. Behavior."

"What the hell, is this true?" Shiratiao asked, wrinkling his eyebrows.

"It's true. After that, judges throughout the region began to make decisions based on this precedent. The two plaintiffs were dissatisfied and went to the Federal Circuit Court. As a result, the circuit court upheld the original judgment, and the result became a circuit court jurisdiction. Jurisprudence that applies throughout the region. Now those state parliaments are considering relaxing gun standards and devolving the right to self-defense.”

Shiratori exclaimed: "What nonsense? That's crazy. In a country like Japan where it is illegal to carry guns, the criminal police officers we team up with have to wear bulletproof vests when they go out for big operations. If guns are allowed to be carried, then the police will have to wear bulletproof vests on daily duty." Clothes."

At this time, there happened to be the criminal policemen from Section 4 who were working overtime after dinner. They happened to listen to the conversation that started with "open gun ownership" and agreed: "The gun ban is really crazy. Now Koreans use Desh." They jammed machine guns and AKs, and the Fuqing Gang took out Japanese-made rocket launchers and anti-tank mines. If Japan wants to ban shooting and delegate the right of self-defense, they should show off their tanks in Ueno Park."

Another short, fat detective holding an uneaten meat bun in his hand said: "I really sympathize with my American colleagues. I hope their government has enough money to update their equipment."

"Don't you know, it's a tradition for American police to purchase their own weapons. In order to fight against the fierce firepower of bootleggers, the police spent their own money to equip themselves with Chicago typewriters."

Shiratori interrupted his colleague: "It started during Prohibition. It started during the Civil War. At that time, soldiers in both the North and the South would buy their own useful weapons in order to survive. The U.S. official purchased only a small number of repeaters. Rifles, but after the soldiers used them, they bought them all if they had the money.”

The young inspection minister who initiated this topic looked at Shiratori in surprise: "You don't know statutory law and maritime law, but you know about the use of rifles by the US Army?"

"Because I like to read historical science books when I go to the toilet." Shiratori waved his hand, "Speaking of the law of the sea, I already know that Japan is not a law of the sea system. After all, I have seen so many court trials..."

The fat detective who just came in snickered and interjected: "I was prosecuted several times because the suspect 'fell' in the interrogation room."

Shiratiao curled his lips: "Don't your prisoners fall down often?"

"This is the point of knowledge," the fat detective raised the bun in his hand, "We will only make those suspects who can't afford a lawyer fall down."

"How the hell do I know that the little gangster who was beaten is the eldest son of the consortium?" Shiratiao sighed, "For this, I still owe a lot of favors that I haven't paid back yet."

His young partner asked with great interest: "Favor?"

Shiratori Akira obviously didn't want to talk about this, so he forced the topic back to its original place: "Speaking of Japanese law, what did you just say..."

"Statute law can also be called civil law or Roman law."

"Where's Rome...?" One of the two detectives who was listening muttered something.

"The characteristic of this legal system is that the legal provisions are very rigid. There are a lot of legal scholars who carefully study each provision and do their best to ensure that it has one and only one interpretation. In fact, the literal difference between statutory law and the law of the sea is very big , the sentences in statutory law are very rigid, like scientific formulas, and the laws of the sea have sentences with unclear meanings.”

Shiratori joked: "For example, what? 'Everyone is equal before the law'?"

"That's one of them. Statute law doesn't have this general outline. It starts with defining who 'everyone' is."

As he spoke, the young inspection chief's eyes returned to the file in his hand: "Because Japan is a country with written laws, it is incredible that this Hyuga company can repeatedly escape legal sanctions. The debate of the lawyers' team is certainly exciting, but in essence it is just a word game, not every A judge would be fooled by word games.

"If it is a country with a maritime law system, this may be because a precedent has been formed, and subsequent judges will follow suit in order to avoid taking the blame. But we are not. No matter how many times the legal team has successfully defended innocence, when we encounter a A judge who accepts death may fail at any time.

"But on the other hand, this kind of word game can only work in countries with written laws, because the legal provisions of written laws should have no ambiguity and no omissions. If someone finds a loophole, they can only admit it. In countries with the law of the sea, This sophistry is likely to fail to convince the judge and jury, leading to a failure of the defense.”

Shiratiao nodded repeatedly: "Not bad, not bad. You completed your studies at the Police University very well."

"He graduated first from the Police University."

"No, the second one." The young inspection chief corrected, "The first one also joined the Metropolitan Police, and then became the partner of Kiryu and Ma."

Shiratori laughed loudly: "Then his self-esteem must be very frustrated. That Kiryu guy is top-notch in terms of intelligence and mobility, and he also has a lot of experience. Especially in martial arts."

Several old detectives laughed together, and the young people laughed too.

After laughing, the young man continued to return to the original topic: "In short, in my opinion, it is strange that this Hyuga Company case has been able to escape sanctions so many times."

"Not surprising." Bai Niao looked at the young man's face, took out a cigarette from his pocket and held it in his mouth. The fat detective immediately handed him the cigarette.

Shiratori took a breath, and then puffed out the smoke from his nostrils and said: "As a gift for you to explain to me the maritime law system and the civil law system, I will tell you the operating principles of Japanese society. Japan is nominally a country. A country under the rule of law, in fact... I don't know what this kind of country should be called. In short, this country is made up of various transactions.

"If you pay attention to the customers of Hyuga Company, you will find that they are either rich or noble, and the worst are great writers, famous performers, and celebrities. When these people encounter legal problems, many times the final outcome is not determined by the law, but by Ryotei Depends on the menu that night.

"The food that night was delicious, the singing geisha has a great voice, and she is a celebrity with face in many places. The case will become part of the deal."

The young man made a confused sound: "Huh?"

"For example, there is a high-ranking official, let's say, let's say, he is the deputy minister of the Ministry of Finance. In short, he is the kind of real-power bureaucrat who has a lot of little government secrets. He shoots people and then instructs his loyal subordinates to kill the insiders. In the end, he even killed his subordinates. What do you think will happen to him?"

The young man frowned: "You killed one with your own hands, and then ordered your subordinates to silence him? Doesn't this constitute a vicious murder? Even now that abolition of the death penalty is popular, the death penalty should be imposed."

Shiratori shook his head and held out two fingers: "Let me tell you, depending on whether the transaction is completed or not, he has two possible endings, but neither of the two endings involves pleading guilty and serving the law. One is that the transaction fails. Then he will be hit and killed by a large truck or motorcycle on the street.

"The driver must have been drunk, and then when he found out that he hit someone, he turned himself in in horror. He would only repeatedly emphasize that he was drunk and didn't know anything. He didn't even know the victim. He would also face senior officials. The family members kowtowed their heads desperately.

"This is undoubtedly a regrettable accident. There may also be a touching drama of reconciliation in court between the victim's family and the driver. Then the driver's family is hired by the union in the name of care and gets easy high-paying jobs for the rest of his life. There is no need to worry about food and clothing. It is a joy to congratulate the driver when he comes out from squatting for ten years and reunites with his family."

The fat detective eating steamed buns next to him laughed and said, "Don't say it so realistically, it will scare young people. Hey, don't listen to his nonsense. These are all urban legends. There is no such high-ranking official."

Shiratori ignored the interruption from his colleagues and continued: "The second possibility is that the transaction is completed, and the family members of the deceased receive a large amount of compensation that is enough to shut them up, and the deputy minister begins to live in seclusion, and the person he promoted The younger generations also resigned from key departments of the Ministry of Finance and were transferred to Qingshui Yamen.

"There was no big truck driven by a drunk driver, no crying, but the procuratorate threw the file into the trash can and stopped prosecuting. This former high-ranking official who killed someone is quietly fishing at home and enjoying his old age."

At this time, the young inspection director raised his hand and retorted: "Isn't it right? Just a few days ago, a Kanagawa prefectural councilor was sued for domestic violence and resigned from his post."

"Politicians are different. Politicians have another way of playing. The important thing about politicians is their faction, and individuals can be replaced at will. As long as those MPs who are replaced still have a say in their own factions, it doesn't matter if they step down. "

The young inspection chief looked suspicious: "Is that so?"

"Yes. When you are a police officer, especially a police officer in a place like Tokyo, you will soon become accustomed to the inexplicable suicides and accidental deaths of senior civil servants. Of course, there are also inexplicable exonerations."

"We are the Organizational Countermeasures Department, which is relatively good." Others interjected, "We usually deal with cases where the murderer can be clearly found. Of course, it is not necessarily certain whether the murderer is the real murderer."

The Shiratori Police Department coughed, interrupted the interjection, and took back the right to speak: "In short, this case is probably what it is. Take a closer look at what they are doing to help celebrities who have fallen out of love to rekindle their old relationships. Or let the lingering mistress find a new life, even if it is recorded into the computer, you can still smell a rotten smell."

The second person from the police university frowned and looked at the file in his hand: "Is that why this company can escape legal sanctions again and again?"

"Of course, the wonderful performance of the legal wolves of Dongda is also one of the reasons. Their wonderful performance should have played a role in lowering the price of the transaction behind it. In addition, this case is now in the hands of our fourth class, which is also very illustrative. I don’t know which police superintendent or quasi-superintendent above clearly knows that this is organized crime and is talking to us."

After Bai Niao finished speaking, he took a long puff of smoke.

The second person, Sang, stared at the file in front of him with a complicated expression and whispered softly: "So is this the so-called dark side?"

"Where there is light, there are shadows. Just get used to it."

At this moment, someone rushed into the office: "Hey! Something bad has happened! Kiryu Kazuma has broken up with the bosozoku on the street!"

Shiratiao stood up with a splash: "Oh no!"

The second person, Sang, asked doubtfully: "The Kiryu Police Department brought a very exaggerated supplementary gun, right? You shouldn't have to worry too much, right?"

"Do you know how much damage he caused in the last fight on the streets of Tokyo? Not counting the helicopter that fell by the US military, it was as high as one billion yen, okay!"

The second person Sang was stunned: "Huh?"