Consulate General of Japan in Shanghai, Office of the Deputy Counselor and Special Assistant to the Consul General.
"Professor Taniguchi is from Kobe. Adding two more Kobe dishes will give the professor a taste of his hometown." Hyōtaro Imamura held the microphone in his hand and said with a smile.
"It has been arranged. Osako Keisaburo will cook in person." Kogoro Imamura said.
"Very good." Hyōtaro Imamura nodded with satisfaction. Guisaburo Osako is the chef of a high-end Japanese restaurant on Disney Road. He is from Kobe and is good at Kobe cuisine.
Bang bang.
There was a knock on the door.
"That's it." Hyōtaro Imamura hung up the phone and looked in the direction of the office door, "Come in."
Tsubasa Naito opened the door and came in, looking panicked.
"Mr. Counselor, something happened."
"How is it appropriate to be in such a panic?" Imamura Hyoutarou looked solemnly and glared at Naito Tsubasa, "What happened?"
"Sakamoto-kun called, Professor Taniguchi was assassinated." Tsubasa Naito said hurriedly.
"What?" Hyōtaro Imamura was shocked.
"Sakamoto-kun's phone number to your office was always busy, and then he called me." Tsubasa Naito helped Imamura Hyoutarou put on his windbreaker, handed him his hat, and followed in Imamura Hyoutarou's footsteps.
explain.
"What's the specific situation?" Hyōtaro Imamura looked gloomy, "How is Professor Taniguchi doing now?"
"There was an attack at the entrance of Sakura Guesthouse. A gunman opened fire at close range. Professor Taniguchi was shot twice." After a pause, Naito Tsubasa looked embarrassed and said, "The professor was shot in the neck and in the abdomen. The situation is
Very pessimistic, I’m afraid…”
"Bag duck down!" Hyotarō Imamura, who was always polite and elegant, also cursed irritably, "Prepare the car."
"yes!"
…
At this moment, the phone on the desk rang, and Tsubasa Naito rushed up and picked up the phone.
"I am Naito Tsubasa, and Mr. Counselor is right next to me."
"I understand." Tsubasa Naito hung up the phone and looked at Hyoutarou Imamura, "The call from Sakamoto-kun has sent Professor Taniguchi to the Imperial Army Hospital for rescue."
"Where's the gunman?" Hyōtaro Imamura asked.
"Sakamoto-kun didn't say, it's a mess over there." Naito Kotsubo said.
"Go to the Army Hospital."
"Hai."
The two people hurriedly left the office. Just as they left, the phone ringing faintly came from behind them, but they no longer cared about going back to answer the phone.
…
Japanese Army Hospital in Shanghai.
I saw a car flying the imperial flag speeding towards me, and the Japanese soldiers at the checkpoint were preparing to intercept it.
A Japanese sergeant ran over quickly and gestured to the sentry to let him go.
"Are you Counselor Imamura?" The sergeant saluted, "Please come with me."
Hyōtaro Imamura, accompanied by the Japanese military sergeant and his assistant Tsubasa Naito, came to the operating room and saw the lost Sakamoto Yoshino.
"Asshole!" Imamura Hyoutarou came up and grabbed Sakamoto Yoshino's collar, and slapped him twice on the ear.
"Are you awake now?" He looked at Sakamoto Yoshino angrily.
"Hai."
"I hit you not only because of Professor Taniguchi's assassination, but also because your state just now made me angry." Hyoutaro Imamura said coldly, "Do you understand?"
"Hai."
"How is Professor Taniguchi's situation?" Hyōtaro Imamura asked directly.
At this moment, the lights in the operating room went out, and several doctors came out. Behind them was the operating bed rolled out. There was a person lying on the bed, which had been covered with a white cloth.
"I am Hyōtaro Imamura, Deputy Counselor of the Imperial Consulate General in Shanghai, and the injured person is a famous scholar from the Empire..."
"Counsellor Imamura." A middle-aged military doctor interrupted Hyōtaro Imamura, "This gentleman was already dead when he was sent to the hospital. This gentleman could not accept this result and begged us to continue rescuing him."
As he spoke, he pointed at Sakamoto Yoshino, showing a helpless expression.
"Thank you for your hard work." Hyōtaro Imamura was extremely angry, but he did not get angry at the doctors and bowed slightly.
…
Hyōtaro Imamura walked to the bed, lifted up the white cloth, and then saw the face of the corpse.
Hiroyuki Taniguchi had an obvious gunshot wound on his neck.
Imamura Hyōtaro continued to pull the white cloth away and saw the wound on his abdomen.
Both gunshot wounds were fatal.
This was the first time he had met Professor Hiroyuki Taniguchi, a famous scholar in the empire and an advisor to the military. He had planned to hold a banquet tonight to honor Hiroyuki Taniguchi. He even called Kentaro Miyazaki to inform him to attend the dinner.
, intending to create a surprise for the teacher and student, but did not expect such a desolate scene.
"Tell me, what happened?" Hyōtaro Imamura asked in a deep voice.
Hiroyuki Taniguchi was a famous scholar named by the cabinet. Something happened just after he arrived in Shanghai, and he was assassinated at the door of the guest house of the Consulate General. Therefore, he bears a certain degree of responsibility.
At this time, Sakamoto Yoshino, who had suffered two major ear scratches, had a clearer mind. He was thinking about his memories while recounting the incident.
At the same time, Hyōtaro Imamura will interject and ask questions.
"You mean, the assassin was a Westerner?" Hyōtaro Imamura was surprised.
"He was a young man with a European appearance," Sakamoto Yoshino said. "This man pretended to be selling cameras and attracted Professor Taniguchi's attention, and then he suddenly pulled out a gun and shot him."
There was a painful expression on his face, "The incident happened so suddenly, we had no time to react."
…
Hyōtaro Imamura had a stern face. He wanted to reprimand and even had the urge to slap Sakamoto Yoshino twice more. However, considering Sakamoto Nagayuki's face, he forcibly held back.
Hyōtaro Imamura forced himself to control his anger and calm down.
"The gunman didn't shout slogans or did anything else, but just opened fire?" Hyōtaro Imamura stared at Sakamoto Yoshino and asked.
"No, just shoot." Sakamoto Yoshino shook his head.
Hyōtaro Imamura fell into deep thought.
There were no slogans or other unnecessary actions. This did not seem to be an assassination for political purposes.
It's more like coming directly to Professor Hiroyuki Taniguchi?
However, Hiroyuki Taniguchi was only a famous scholar on the surface and did not directly participate in the war. For such an influential public figure, why would the other party attack Hiroshi Taniguchi?
In addition, there is an extremely important point, that is:
Taniguchi Hiroshi and his party had just arrived in Shanghai. Even if the other party wanted to attack Taniguchi Hiroshi for some purpose, how did they know where Taniguchi Hiroshi was staying?
Hyōtaro Imamura frowned.
…
"Where are Taniguchi-kun's students?" Hyōtaro Imamura asked.
"Miss Haruko fainted from fright, and several other people were also frightened. I arranged for them to wait at the guest house temporarily," Sakamoto Yoshino said.
"Didn't you ask to come to the hospital in the car?" Imamura Hyōtaro immediately caught a key question.
Sakamoto Yoshino thought for a while, "Maybe they were frightened. I asked them to stay in the guest house, but they didn't put forward any other opinions."
Hyōtaro Imamura shook his head slightly, this is not normal.
"Where is the assassin?" he asked.
"This person shot and assassinated Professor Taniguchi, which attracted the attention of the soldiers in the guest house. A gun battle broke out between the two sides. The gunman was shot multiple times and was captured and interrogated by Captain Morimoto of the guest house."
After a pause, Sakamoto Yoshino continued, "Captain Morimoto said that the gunman is dying."
"Why wasn't it sent to the hospital for rescue?" Tsubasa Naito interjected and asked.
"Captain Morimoto judged that this man would die soon and could not be saved, so he said he would hurry up and interrogate him," Sakamoto Yoshino said.
Hyōtaro Imamura sighed deeply, walked around for a moment, and said, "Naito, call the Consulate General and ask Hojo to go to the guest house to participate in the interrogation and get the first-hand interrogation confession."
Hidetoshi Hojo is the second-class military attaché of the Military Attaché of the Imperial Consulate General in Shanghai. The most important thing is that Hojo has another identity. He is a confidant of Hyōtaro Imamura and a secret member of the Iwai Mansion.
"Hai!"
…
"Uncle Imamura, it was my failure to protect him that led to the assassination of Professor Taniguchi."
After Naito Tsubasa left, Sakamoto Yoshino said feeling guilty and frustrated.
"Although I am indeed very angry." Hyōtaro Imamura glanced at Sakamoto Yoshino, shook his head and said, "But strictly speaking, Taniguchi-kun's assassination has little to do with you."
As he spoke, he sighed, "Who would have thought that someone would be so cruel to the defenseless Taniguchi-kun."
At this moment, Hyōtaro Imamura had calmed down and was able to analyze the matter more rationally. He admitted that Hiroyuki Taniguchi's security work was not done well, but this did not seem to be the security's fault.
Probably because, as he said just now, he never expected that anyone would attack such an unarmed famous scholar like Hiroyuki Taniguchi.
"Uncle Imamura." Sakamoto Yoshino glanced at Hiroyuki Taniguchi, who had become a corpse, and sighed, "Professor Taniguchi was killed, Miyazaki-kun's side..."
Hyōtaro Imamura also sighed, yes, Hiroyuki Taniguchi was killed, and he needed to inform Kentaro Miyazaki of the bad news.
It's a pity, he originally planned to create a surprise meeting for the teacher and student tonight.
Kentaro is a man who respects his teacher very much, so he must be very sad to hear this sad news suddenly.
"Kentaro, I will call and let you know." Imamura Hyoutarou said in a deep voice.
At this moment, Tsubasa Naito, who had just gone to make a phone call, came back.
"Mr. Counselor, I have informed Hojo-kun to go to Sakura Guest House," Naito Tsubasa said.
Then, he showed a strange expression and said, "There is one more thing."
"What's wrong?" Imamura Hyōtaro asked.
…
"Report to Counselor," Naito Tsubasa said, "When we left the Consulate General, the phone in your office rang. It was Miyazaki-kun."
"Kentaro?" Imamura Hyōtaro shook his head slightly. He guessed that Miyazaki Kentaro called to inquire about the dinner. He was a careful guy. He was most likely unsure of what gift he would bring, so he wanted to inquire about the news.
"Miyazaki-kun went to Senshi Department Store to pick out gifts and was assassinated when he was leaving the department store," Naito Kotsubo said.
"What?" Imamura Hyoutaro almost suspected that there was something wrong with his ears, "You said Kentaro was assassinated?"
"Yes." Tsubasa Naito said, "Miyazaki-kun was assassinated at the door of the department store. Fortunately, his men responded in time and shot and killed the gunman."
Hyōtaro Imamura fell silent, his expression changing continuously.
"Who did it?" he asked.
"Miyazaki-kun said that the assassin was one of Xia Wenqiao's men." Naito Kotsubo said.
"Natsu Wenqiao's person?" Imamura Hyōtaro was puzzled, "Isn't this person cooperating with him?"
"The specific situation is unknown at the moment." Naito Tsubasa said, "Miyazaki-kun's call was answered by Saito-kun. He called to inform Mr. Counselor of the matter. He said that the incident happened suddenly and he wanted to investigate the matter. I'm afraid he couldn't.
Attending the dinner party tonight."
Hyōtaro Imamura's face was gloomy and uncertain. After thinking for a moment, he said to Naito Tsubasa, "Naito, go see Miyazaki secretly and inquire about the relevant situation carefully."
"Hai."
…
The deputy chief inspector of the Central District Patrol Office of the French Concession and the famous General Manager Xiao Cheng were assassinated in front of Xianshi Department Store. This incident immediately alarmed the Public Concession Patrol Office.
"Deputy Chief Inspector Cheng, this gunman..." Anthony, the British inspector of Laozha Prison, pointed to the gunman's body being transported away in a car with an unhappy look on his face.
The body was shot more than a dozen times, especially the abdomen, which was like a hornet's nest.
He had just inquired about the situation from some Sanguang codemen who were watching around him. Mr. Xiao Cheng survived the disaster and fired many shots at the corpse as if to vent his anger.
"I'm worried that he's not completely dead." Mr. Xiao Cheng said calmly with a cigarette in his mouth and a cold expression, "A few more shots."
After saying that, he looked at Anthony provocatively, "What? Is there a problem?"
"Deputy Chief Inspector Cheng, this is a public concession, not your French Concession Central Area." Anthony lowered his voice, "You have no right to shoot and kill here, and you should not mistreat test questions (not typos)!"
Cheng Qianfan flicked the ashes from his cigarette and grinned.
He just stared at Anthony and smiled at the same time.
Anthony frowned, he hated this smile, he felt disrespected.
Suddenly, the smile on Cheng Qianfan's face disappeared instantly.
Mr. Cheng looked at Anthony coldly, with a cold curve on his lips, "Mr. Anthony, you should be glad that I was not injured."
As he spoke, he threw the cigarette butt on Anthony's riding boots, shook his head, and snorted, "I was injured on your territory, and I will demolish your old patrol house!"
Anthony was angry. He jumped up and kicked the cigarette butt off his riding boots. He pointed at Cheng Qianfan's nose and cursed, "Cheng Qianfan, you are crazy. Do you know what you are talking about? You are provoking the British Empire."
…
"I'm crazy." Mr. Cheng gritted his teeth, grabbed Anthony's collar, and blew out smoke from his nostrils.
Anthony immediately felt a rush of heat coming to his face.
"Someone wants to kill me!" Mr. Cheng said word by word, "Someone wants to kill me! Did you hear it?"
The patrol officers in the Laozha patrol room, including several Chinese officers and more than a dozen red-headed Asans, saw their boss Anthony being grabbed by the collar by Mr. Cheng, and they all looked at each other. Then, the red-headed Asan behaved in a strange way.
Some of them looked left and right before raising their guns. Several Chinese prisoners hesitated for a moment, looked at each other a few times, and finally raised their guns slowly.
Hou Pingliang, Li Hao, Lu Jiufan and others also immediately pointed their guns at each other.
"Cheng Qianfan, you lunatic, I want to arrest you." Anthony was extremely angry.
"Tell your people to put down their guns." Cheng Qianfan let go of his hand, patted Anthony's cheek, and said coldly, "You should be very clear about the consequences of irritating me."
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