My Spy Years

  Chapter 726 Doubtful

   "No, I didn't doubt Miyazaki-kun." Naito Kotsuba shook his head.

  Hintaro Imamura sat on the armchair, crossed his hands on the table, and motioned Kotsu Naito to continue.

"Professor Taniguchi arrived in Shanghai secretly. We know that he has a limited number of people coming to Shanghai." Kotsuba Naito said, "However, the gunman was able to find the place where Professor Taniguchi was staying so accurately, and went directly to the entrance of the Sakura Guest House disguised as a person selling cameras. Assassinations by refugees, that says something."

   "Refugees?" Imamura Heutaro asked immediately after hearing this key word.

   "The assassin has a western face. Although his clothes are clean, they are a bit worn out. The cameras he sells are older, but they are also in good condition." Tsubasa Naito said.

  He considered his words and continued, "Mr. Counselor must have heard about what happened in Germany. Hojo-kun suspects that this person is a Jewish refugee who fled to Shanghai from Europe."

  Hintaro Imamura fell into deep thought, but he hadn't noticed the situation Naito was talking about before.

   "Is there any evidence to support this judgment?" Imamura Heitaro asked.

   "We have arranged for people to go to the gathering area of ​​those people to investigate." Naito Kotsuba said.

  …

  Hintaro Imamura nodded.

   "So, you think the shooter was ordered by someone, and the behind-the-scenes instigator is someone familiar with Mr. Taniguchi, and even someone around him leaked his whereabouts?" Imamura Heutaro asked.

   "Yes, Counselor." Tsubasa Naito nodded, "Aside from this explanation, I can't think of any other reason."

   "But you forgot one thing." Imamura Heitaro shook his head, "Kentaro didn't know that Taniguchi-kun came to Shanghai."

"This is exactly what I want to say. I didn't doubt one of the reasons for Miyazaki-kun." Naito Kotsuba said, "When I talked with Miyazaki-kun, I didn't mention the assassination of Professor Taniguchi, but according to my observation, Miyazaki-kun really doesn't know anything about it."

  Hintaro Imamura shook his head. Naito didn't tell the truth. Naito should have some doubts about Kentaro, so Naito concealed the news that Taniguchi was killed, and then ruled out Kentaro's suspicion through secret observation.

  Among his subordinates, followers, and students, Miyazaki Kentaro has the best relationship with Ono Junji of the Marine Corps, he has a good relationship with Saito Kazuo, and he has a relatively average relationship with Hojo Hidetoshi and Naito Kotsuba.

  Hojo is rather old-fashioned in his work. He is not targeting Miyazaki Kentaro. Hojo treats everyone coldly.

  Only Tsubasa Naito seems to have deliberately kept some distance from Kentaro Miyazaki, or the relationship is visible to the naked eye.

  …

"Professor Taniguchi is a famous scholar, and he is registered with the cabinet." Heitaro Imamura said, "I have already reported this matter to His Excellency Iwai, and he has already called Sanben Jiro, and the matter was forwarded to Sanben Jun's extra-high class to investigate."

  He glanced at Koba Naito, "In view of the relationship between Kentaro and Taniguchi-kun, I recommend Kentaro to Iwai-dono to participate in the investigation of this matter."

   Naito Kotsuba frowned slightly. According to his thinking, it is best for Miyazaki Kentaro to avoid suspicion during the investigation of this matter.

"Kentaro is loyal to the empire, and Taniguchi-kun is his teacher. I can't think of any reason why he might have anything to do with Taniguchi-kun's assassination." Imamura Heitaro took a deep look at Naito Kotsuba, "Naito, be careful what you do. That's right, but you can't doubt your colleagues for no reason."

   "Mr. Counselor, I didn't—" Naito Kotsuba hurriedly explained.

   "We must be sincere and united." Imamura Heutaro waved his hand, interrupted Naito Kotsuba, and said meaningfully.

  Kintaro treats people sincerely, hearty and generous. He has a bad relationship with Naito, so the responsibility is naturally unlikely to be on Kentaro.

   "Hai." Naito Kotsuba sighed inwardly, bowed, stood at attention, bowed and nodded.

  …

   "Brother Fan, the matter is settled." Haozai got into the car and reported.

   Facing Cheng Qianfan's forceful "invoking the teacher to question the crime", Xia Wenqiao could only "cut the meat" to make amends. Half of the goods in the warehouse on Bai Saizhong Road are now named Cheng.

  Xiao Cheng is always very good at 'considering his friends'. In the end, he didn't ask Xia Wenqiao to spend money to buy back the goods, but directly asked for half of the goods.

  Of course, Xia Wenqiao may not appreciate it. As the current situation becomes more tense and the goods are in short supply, he may rather spend money to buy back his own goods.

   "Fang Hui's pistol did not leave any flaws." Cheng Qianfan asked.

   "The handling is very clean." Hao Zai said, "The southern pistol itself is relatively easy to jam, and it will not arouse suspicion. The old tower is a master. Even if they disassemble the gun, they will not find anything."

  Cheng Qianfan nodded, Laota is a firearms master of the Shanghai Special Affairs Team, with superb craftsmanship.

   "Where is Hua Zi?" He asked.

"Everything went according to the plan. What Huazi learned was that we deliberately tampered with the guns because Team Leader Xiao's purpose was not to kill Cheng Qianfan, but to intensify Cheng Qianfan, Xia Wenqiao, and Zhang Xiaolin. The contradiction between them makes them dog eat dog."

  Speaking of 'dog bites dog', Haozai smiled.

   "Laughing fart." Cheng Qianfan scolded Haozai, but he laughed too, "There is no clue left."

"No." Haozai shook his head, "According to your instructions, Brother Fan, we have planned this matter for a long time. Huazi saw the opportunity before and mentioned Fang Hui to Zhan Si in private. Encouraging Fang Hui to do something to Brother Fan is tacit consent."

  Cheng Qianfan nodded in satisfaction, he threw a cigarette to Haozai, and he smoked a cigarette himself, but he held it in his hand instead of lighting it.

  Hua Bingren's chess piece was laid by him a long time ago, and it was buried very deep, so there is little possibility of something going wrong.

  …

   "Araki-kun, this is all the information about Professor Taniguchi's assassination and related files and confessions." Hojo Hidetoshi and Araki Harima shook hands and handed over the relevant files.

  Araki Harima flipped through the file casually, without looking up, he asked, "Hojo-kun, have you found out the identity of the shooter?"

   "Not yet." Hojo Hidetoshi shook his head, "However, we have arranged for people to investigate the Jewish ghetto."

   "Do you suspect that this person is those refugees from Europe?" Araki Harima pointed to the photo in the file, which is the photo of the shooter's body.

   "It's just a direction of doubt." Hojo Hidetoshi said.

  Araki Harima nodded noncommittally, "Professor Taniguchi's students, and this..."

   As he spoke, he glanced at the name on the file, "Where is Ryono Sakamoto from the Consulate General?"

   "They are placed in the guest house. Araki-kun can ask them to ask questions at any time if necessary."

   "Hojo-kun arranged it very well, thank you." Araki Harima smiled, and he shook hands with Hojo Hidetoshi again, "Hojo-kun, please stay."

  When he came to the guest house, Araki Harima didn't immediately ask the relevant personnel. He first borrowed the phone number from the Sakura Guest House and reported the situation to Sanben Jiro at the headquarters of the Super High School.

  In the past, Araki Harima probably would not have thought of reporting the situation first, and he would report to Sanben Jiro after questioning the relevant personnel.

   Miyazaki, after becoming friends with this guy, I really became the kind of guy I hated the most back then.

  He used to look down on people who flattered people and asked for advice on everything.

  Araki Harima smiled and shook his head.

  …

   "Section Chief, yes, Hojo Hidetoshi from the military attache of the Consulate General has handed over the relevant files to me."

   "There are not many clues. The gunman is a young man with a Western face, and his identity is unknown."

   "Relevant personnel are also students of Hiroyuki Taniguchi, and one is Yoshino Sakamoto of the Consulate General in charge of reception."

   "Yes, they are all citizens of the empire. Two of them are members of the empire's 'pen force', and the other woman and man are students and assistants of Professor Taniguchi."

   "Sakamoto Yoshino is a staff member of the Consulate General, and this person is one of Counselor Imamura's trusted assistants."

   "There is another situation." Araki Harima said.

   "Professor Hiroyuki Taniguchi, who was assassinated, is a famous scholar in the empire. He also has another identity. He is a professor at Kobe University and also Miyazaki-kun's tutor when he was studying at Kobe University."

   "I know what you're talking about." Sanben Jiro had a cold, and his voice was distorted on the phone because of his stuffy nose.

   He is naturally clear about Miyazaki Kentaro's situation.

  However, when he learned that it was Miyazaki's teacher Hiroyuki Taniguchi who was assassinated and died, he was still very surprised.

   "Chairman, did Miyazaki-kun go to see you?" Araki Harima asked.

  He has also learned the news that Cheng Qianfan was shot at the entrance of Xianshi Department Store. According to Miyazaki Kentaro's habit, he will report this incident to Sanben Jiro in time.

   "No." Sanmoto Jiro said, "Okay, don't worry about the situation in Miyazaki. Your current priority is to investigate the assassination of Professor Hiroyuki Taniguchi."

   "Hai."

  …

  Haraki Harima hung up the phone, and Jiro Sanben also put down the receiver.

  Recalling Araki Harima's concern about Miyazaki's situation just now, Sanben Jiro shook his head and snorted again.

  Hearing the news that Cheng Qianfan had been assassinated, Sanben Jiro was taken aback. If something happened to Miyazaki Kentaro, the amount of red wine in his safe would be directly affected.

  Of course, the most important thing is that Miyazaki has always been loyal to him. If there are casualties, it will be regrettable.

   Knowing that Miyazaki Kentaro was safe and sound, Sanben Jiro was waiting for Miyazaki Kentaro's call.

   It’s just that Miyazaki Kentaro never called. Instead, he waited for a call from the Imperial Consulate General in Shanghai, asking the Special Higher Section to investigate the assassination of Professor Hiroyuki Taniguchi.

  Sanben Jiro thought twice, and arranged for his most trusted Araki Harima to go to the Sakura Guest House to investigate the case of Hiroyuki Taniguchi.

   During this period of time, Jiro Sanben understood why Miyazaki Kentaro didn't call in time, or came to report the assassination to him immediately.

   "Section Chief, Miyazaki-kun is here." Koike knocked on the door and came in, reporting.

   "Let him in." Sanben Jiro said with a smile on his face.

  …

   "Chairman." Cheng Qianfan saluted respectfully.

   "Is there no injury?" Sanben Jiro returned the salute, looking at Miyazaki Kentaro and asked.

   "Thanks to the protection of the section chief Hong Fu, the subordinates are safe and sound." Cheng Qianfan showed a hint of fear, "If Fang Hui's bullet hadn't been jammed, the subordinates would not have seen the section chief."

   "Fang Hui is Xia Wenqiao's person?" Sanben Jiro asked.

   "Yes." Cheng Qianfan showed a look of surprise, "You already know before the subordinates have reported to you, the section chief?"

   "I also know that Xia Wenqiao was not responsible for this matter, but you will kill Xia Wenqiao severely." Jiro Sanben said with a half-smile.

   "The head of the section has learned a lot!" Cheng Qianfan said with an expression of admiration.

   "This is why you only wanted to make money after the accident, but didn't report it to me immediately?" Sanben Jiro suddenly changed his face and flew into a rage.

   "Chairman, please listen to my explanation." Cheng Qianfan smiled coyly, "What my subordinates were thinking at the time was to seize the time to attack Xia Wenqiao. If the time passes..."

   "Asshole." Sanben Jiro scolded, "Aside from money, what else is on your mind?"

   "There is also the sincerity and loyalty of the subordinates to the section chief, and the passion of the subordinates to His Majesty Tian Huang!" Cheng Qianfan stood at attention and said loudly.

  Sanben Jiro snorted heavily, but did not reprimand him after all.

   Glancing at Miyazaki Kentaro, Sanben Jiro suddenly remembered something, did Miyazaki know that Taniguchi Hiroyuki was assassinated and died?

   Judging from Miyazaki Kentaro's words and deeds, he should not be aware of this for the time being.

  Miyazaki Kentaro and Imamura Hyoutaro are quite close. Why didn’t Imamura Hyoutaro inform Miyazaki Kentaro about the assassination of Taniguchi?

   Is busy at the moment, forget?

impossible.

  The teacher was assassinated and died. How could Hyotaro Imamura forget to tell Miyazaki Kentaro the truth about this student.

  That is, something delayed?

   Or is there another reason?

  Jiro Sanben looked calm, and leaned back on the back of the chair, just looking at Kentaro Miyazaki, but he was already thinking about it.

  …

  Araki Harima walked in the corridor of the guest house, with a serious expression on his face, but he was thinking about who to ask first, and in what manner and method.

  Because of the assassination case, the residents of the guest house basically stayed in their rooms, and the entire corridor was very quiet. Under the pale streetlights, there was only the sound of riding boots stamping on the ground, which added to the eerie feeling.

   At this moment, a person came out of the room in front of the corridor. The person looked at Araki Harima, "This is Captain Araki of the Special Higher Class."

  The two subordinates behind Araki Harima were also taken aback. After seeing who it was, they breathed a sigh of relief.

   "I am Araki." Araki Harima glanced at this person vigilantly.

  A subordinate came over and whispered something in Araki Harima's ear.

   "It turned out to be Assistant Naito from the Consulate General." Araki Harima nodded, and he glanced at the room where Tsubasa Naito walked out just now.

   "Assistant Naito has been waiting for me?" Araki Harima asked.

   "Exactly." Tsubasa Naito nodded, "As for the assassination of Professor Taniguchi, Hojo-kun and I investigated together before, and I hope to report some situations to Captain Araki."

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