At twelve o'clock in the afternoon, Ai Gaowen reported his plan to Asano with one key, and Asano replied with one key: "Very good, tomorrow I will send someone to send you to the edge of the military base area, and then you try to sneak in, there is a liaison station there, dial it for you to use." ”

"Yes, then I'll report to you at six o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Rest in the afternoon."

When eating in the cafeteria, Ai Gaoming always felt that the eyes of the people around him were very strange, and the only one who was familiar with him, who was reused by Ni Xin and was in a much better situation than himself, heard that he went to Nanjing with Ni Xin. Gan Min also had torture injuries, and Asano ordered him to be admitted to a military hospital for treatment and recuperation for a week.

The bored Ai Gaowen thought that Liu Weiping had given him a subsidy equivalent to two months' salary, so he should go out to buy something and find a place to drink two sips. How to solve the worries, only Du Kang.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, in a tavern where business was not very good, Ai Gaowen sat at a table in the corner, with his back to the door, and poured himself a drink: alas, he was deceived by No. 76, and Zhou Chengbin was not arrested. What's the use of saying this now? All four members of the action group directly under Zhou Chengbin were arrested, Zhou Chengbin disappeared mysteriously because of him, the military commander will not let him go, Toba and No. 76 may not be foolproof, and the day of fear will not end until that day? It is better to plan ahead and find another way out before the military commander frees up his hands to clean himself up.

Although he took the initiative to ask to infiltrate the military command base to plot against the inside line, he was not sure at all. The rebellion may not have succeeded, but he was confident that he would get out of it. He made up his mind to be transferred out of Shanghai, preferably to Manchukuo, where Heiichiro Ono had been the head of the secret service. But can Ni Xin let him go? Unless he can make a new contribution, this merit will make the military commander want to get rid of it as soon as possible. The guards in the compound of the military commander's base area were not rigorous, and it was not difficult to assassinate Sun Dongsheng and other non-specific targets.

Ai Gawain drank while thinking about his thoughts, and soon became a little drunk. Twilight is deep, and Shanghai is overcast in winter.

A man wearing a tweed top hat and brown goggles appeared behind Ai Gaowen, covered Ai Gaowen's mouth and nose with his gloved hands, and said in a deep voice: "Ai Gaowen, it's been a long time. ”

Ai Gaowen heard the voice of the person who came: Bao Zuzhang, the head of the internal security team of the headquarters of the Military Command Bureau, who had worked together! A chilling murderous aura enveloped him! Before he could struggle, a narrow, sharp, three-inch-long dagger slipped out of the sleeve of Bao Zuzhang's right hand and cut off his throat with a single sword!

It was only a dozen seconds before and after all this, and Bao Zuzhang walked out of the tavern.

The only owner and man of the tavern was fishing for boiled salted peanuts in the kitchen, and when he heard that there were drinkers outside, he sped up the movements in his hands, and after scooping up the peanuts, he didn't care about cleaning up, and walked out of the stove to welcome customers, and saw that there was still only one customer in the store, who seemed to have drunk too much and was lying on the table. Or is the new drinker gone? The shopkeeper went back to the stove to clean up.

After a while, the shopkeeper put the salted peanuts into the counter, and when he saw that the customer was still lying on the table, he said to himself: Is it like this for four taels of wine? As he walked, he greeted: "Sir, what else do you want to order......" Suddenly, he was stunned: Blood?! There was blood on the table, running down the corners of the table and dripping to the floor......

The shopkeeper's legs were weak, his face was pale, he was speechless with fright, and he was stunned in a daze. At this time, two more drinkers pushed the door in, and when they saw this scene, they were also frightened, and said tremblingly: "Dead? Let's go. ”

"Yes, let's go, boss, you call the police! You can't kill it, right? ”

Only then did the shopkeeper react and ran out to find a pay phone to call the police.

At seven o'clock in the evening of the 26th, two hours ago, Zhang Zhan came to find Asano, who had been locked up for more than ten days, to reconcile the accounts with one click, and Asano asked for a batch of materials with one click. Zhang Zhan took out two forms and said: "Asano-kun, you sign, I will order the treasury to hand over these weapons and equipment to you as soon as I go to work tomorrow morning, and it will not affect your departure at nine o'clock." ”

After this setback, Asano was much more polite to people with one click, and said while signing: "Zhang Sang, you're delaying your work, let's go, I'll invite you to dinner." ”

"Asano-kun is too polite, as it should be. Dine? Okay, there's nothing else to do back to the dorm—"

Tetsuya Kawasaki, the secretary who stayed behind after Ni Xin went to Nanjing, hurriedly came in and said, "Asano-kun, Ai Gaowen is in your charge, right?" Did he get his pass? Where did he go? ”

"Director Ni transferred him to me, and I just got him the pass today, right? Zhang Sang? What happened to him? ”

Zhang Zhan nodded and confirmed: "Yes, it was just done in the morning." ”

"The city police station called, a man was killed in a tavern on Fukaisen Road, and the deceased's pass No. 76 was found in the name of Ai Gaowen."

What the? Is Egawain dead? Asano was taken aback, got up and said, "I'll go over and take a look, you two can go with me." ”

Tetsuya Kawasaki nodded in agreement, but Zhang Zhan hesitated, and it was not easy to refuse.

At 7:40, the three went to the morgue of the city police station, and a forensic doctor said: "According to the owner of the shop who called the police, the deceased died at around 6:30 p.m. today. In the case of No. 76, we immediately performed an autopsy, and the throat was cut, killing with a single knife. ”

Asano sighed and said, "Kawasaki-kun, go through the formalities, bring the body back, and let the forensic doctor of No. 76 examine it again." Zhang Sang, what's wrong with you? ”

Zhang Zhan, whose face was ashen, snorted: "Kill with a knife? Could it be a military commander...... Will I be the next ......"

Zhang Zhan's worries Asano knew it with one click, he was very disdainful, but he also comforted: "Zhang Sang, you are different from Ai Gaowen, you are Mao Renfeng and don't want to use you, and you were abandoned by the military commander to cover Liu Zezhi; He betrayed Zhou Chengbin, and it is impossible for the military commander to attack all the rebel generals...... I don't know what to say, it's useless for you to worry, let's go. ”

At half past eleven o'clock that night, Asano came back to the dormitory tiredly, passed by the door of Zhang Zhan's dormitory, saw that there was still light in the crack of the door, and knocked on the door: "Zhang Sang, I'm Asano Key, have you slept?" ”

Zhang Zhan opened the door and replied, "Not yet, are you done?" Come in and sit down. ”

Asano walked in and sat down with one click. Zhang Zhan said again: "When will Director Ni come back?" ”

"I called him, and the director said that the original arrangement was to come back tomorrow morning, and he would not change the plan."

"Alas, yes, Director Ni is used to seeing life and death, not to mention that Ai Gaowen is just a rebel general of the military commander, who has squeezed out his value, or is he an important person? Of course, it's not worth it for Director Ni to change his plan and rush back. ”

Asano laughed with a click: "Where did you get so many complaints?" ”

"The results of the second autopsy are in? It was the military commander who did it, right? If it's inconvenient, I won't ask. ”

"People are dead, what's inconvenient? Our forensic doctor said that the cause of death is very similar to that of Hideo Fukuda? ”

"Hideo Fukuda? Who is it? ”

"An outstanding medical expert in the Great Japanese Empire was killed by the military commanders, presumably by Zhou Chengbin himself."

Zhang Zhan's face froze: "I knew it was a military commander...... Zhou Chengbin? It's him? Isn't he missing? Actually worked for him personally? Alas, yes, the reason why Zhou Chengbin was almost arrested was betrayed by Ai Gaowen. ”

"What's missing? We couldn't find him, and more than ten days have passed, has he recovered? Zhang Sang, I heard that Director Ni led a team to chase out the underground pipeline and injured Zhou Chengbin, but Zhou Chengbin disappeared mysteriously in the night market, do you know what's going on? ”

"I've only heard so much, and when I wasn't there, Director Ni ordered me to stay with General Ono and wait for the dispatch. It's not bizarre, is it? Zhou Chengbin has always been fierce, and being injured does not mean that he cannot escape. ”

"But I heard that he was not lightly injured, how could he run away without a trace in such a short time? I've also heard that there was only a pool of blood left at the scene, and he couldn't have had time to bandage his wounds before escaping, right? ”

Zhang Zhan was worried, and replied: "Then I don't know, Zhou Chengbin made a hoe and rape, Asano-kun, you said that the next object ......"

"Again, what's the use of worrying in vain? With this kung fu, it is better to find a way to catch Zhou Chengbin as soon as possible to prevent future troubles. You rest, I'm gone. By the way, Ai Gaowen is dead, I won't get those things for the time being, and I'll talk about it when Director Ni comes back. ”

At noon the next day, Ni Xin returned to Shanghai, and Asano reported with one click: "The second autopsy proves that the strength, angle, and depth of the wound of the knife that killed Ai Gaowen are very similar to the knife that Professor Hideo Fukuda was killed, and it was also killed with one knife. ”

Ni Xin sighed: "Ai Gaowen said that the military commander had commended the Shanghai Branch because of the death of Fukuda Hideo, and the notice mentioned that it was Zhou Chengbin himself, at that time Ai Gaowen was still serving in the headquarters of the Chongqing Military Command Bureau, who knew that he would die in the hands of Zhou Chengbin, it seems that Zhou Chengbin escaped again...... Asano-kun, to tell you the truth, I went to Nanjing to attend a military meeting chaired by General Okamura, and there was no progress in pursuing Zhang Chi. ”

"This is fate, Zhou Chengbin personally got rid of Ai Gaowen and frightened Zhang Zhan...... Director Ni, did your subordinates hear that Wu Shun refused to confess? ”

"Yes, he is also a member of the Shanghai Branch of the Military Command, Ai Gaowen's military rank is one level higher than Wu Shun, but his bones are not ...... Asano-kun, I handed over Wu Shun to you, his torture injury was not light, as long as he was not allowed to die, any means can be used, try to pry his mouth open. and the same man who also refused to confess and was arrested at the Pétain Road record store. ”

"Yes."

Ni Xin said again: "Asano-kun, you have been detained for reflection a few days ago, bystander Qing, where do you think Zhang Chi and the other five people went?" ”

"Will you go back to the military base area?"

"No, according to the intelligence officer of the contact point I planted there again: Zhou Chengbin and Zhang Chi have not shown up for more than ten days."

Asano asked with one click: "When Zhang Chi and General Kagezuo arranged for the working group of the 79th Regiment to merge, were they injured and found a place to lurk down to recuperate?" ”

"No, the officers and soldiers of the 79th Regiment who witnessed the scene all said that only one subordinate of the military commander was slightly injured."

"This can't be said, Zhou Chengbin is missing, the most important thing Zhang Chi should do is to sit in the base area and stabilize people's hearts, not to mention that he still has several subordinates, and none of them have returned......"

"Yes, you're right, no one went back...... Is there no way back? All of them are dead, there is definitely no way to go back, who can kill the five professional agents of the military command, including Zhang Chi? And destroy the corpse and destroy the traces? ”

Asano replied with one click: "Ordinary bandits and robbers are unlikely, could it be that Liao Tao of the 79th Regiment did it?" That's not right, Liao Tao and his subordinates were censored and reorganized, he killed Zhang Chi, and made such a big contribution, what did he do without hiding it from the imperial army? Do you really want to collude with the military to mutiny? It's even more impossible, if he kills Zhang Chi, he will completely tear his face with the military commander......"

Ni Xin repeated Asano's one-click words: "Killing Zhang Chi is to completely tear your face with the military commander...... What would I do if I were Liao Taohe? I will let Zhang Chi survive and leave a way out, there must be a reason for the military commander's plan to plot against Liao Taohe, that is to say, there is a certain certainty, although I don't know what the reason is...... However, the Imperial Army will definitely reorganize the 79th Regiment, which is equivalent to saying that Liao Tao and his subordinates have temporarily lost their freedom of movement, and the commander of the third battalion, Li Yi, disappeared at the same time, and Liao Taohe said that he was the commander of the army......"

Asano couldn't help but interject with one click: "Director Ni, what did you think of?" ”

Ni Xin was stunned for a while, and said leisurely: "I know where Zhang Chi is." ”

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