Chapter 724 Mr. Cheng is extremely arrogant

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.” Imamura Hyōtaro said with a smile, holding the microphone in his hand.

"It has been arranged. Osako Kaizaburo will cook it himself." Imamura Kogoro 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.

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 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."

Naito Tsubasa opened the door and came in with a panicked look on his face.

 “Mr. Counselor, something happened.”

"How can you be so rude in a panic?" Imamura Hyoutarou looked solemnly and glared at Naito Kotsubo, "What happened?"

“Sakamoto-kun called, Professor Taniguchi was assassinated.” Tsubasa Naito said hurriedly.

 “What?” Hyoutaro 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 coat, handed him the top hat, and followed in Imamura Hyoutarou's footsteps. explain.

"What's the specific situation?" Imamura Hyōtaro 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 falls!” Hyoutaro Imamura, who is 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 Tsubasa Naito, and Mr. Counselor is by my side.”

"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 is the gunner?” asked Hyotarou Imamura.

“Sakamoto-kun didn’t say anything, it’s a mess over there.” Naito Kotsubo said.

 “Go to the Army Hospital.”

 “Hai.”

The two of them left the office in a hurry. Just as they left, the phone rang faintly behind them, but they didn't bother to go 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.”

Hyoutaro Imamura, accompanied by the Japanese military sergeant and his assistant Tsubasa Naito, came to the operating room and saw the lost Sakamoto Yoshino.

“You bastard!” Imamura Hyōtaro came up and grabbed Sakamoto Yoshino’s collar, and slapped him twice.

 “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.” Hyōtaro Imamura said coldly, “Do you understand?”

 “Hai.”

“How is Professor Taniguchi’s situation?” Imamura Hyōtaro 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…”

“Counselor Imamura.” A middle-aged military doctor interrupted Imamura Hyoutarou, “This gentleman was already dead when he was sent to the hospital. This gentleman could not accept this result and begged us to continue the rescue.”

As he spoke, he pointed at Sakamoto Yoshino with a helpless expression.

“Thank you for your hard work.” Imamura Hyōtaro was extremely angry, but he did not get angry at the doctors and said with a slight bow.

 …

Hyoutaro Imamura walked to the bedside, lifted up the white cloth, and then saw the face of the corpse.

Hiroyuki Taniguchi had an obvious gunshot wound on his neck.

Hyoutaro Imamura 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 adviser 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 they did not expect such a desolate scene.

“Tell me, what exactly happened?” Imamura Hyōtaro 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 big ear scratches, had a clearer mind. He thought about his memories while recounting the incident.

At the same time, Hyōtaro Imamura will chime in with questions.

“You mean, the assassin was a Westerner?” Imamura Hyōtaro was surprised.

“It was a young man with a European appearance.” Sakamoto Yoshino said. “This man pretended to be selling cameras, attracted Professor Taniguchi’s attention, and then suddenly pulled out a gun and shot him.”

 There was a painful expression on his face, "The incident happened so suddenly that we had no time to react."

 …

Hyoutaro Imamura had a sullen 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.

Hyoutaro Imamura forced himself to control his anger and calm down.

“The gunman didn’t shout slogans or did anything else, but just opened fire?” Imamura Hyōtaro stared at Sakamoto Yoshino and asked.

“No, just shoot.” Sakamoto Yoshino shook his head.

Hyoutaro Imamura fell into deep thought.

There were no slogans or other superfluous actions. This did not seem to be an assassination for political purposes.

  More like directly directed at Professor Hiroyuki Taniguchi?

It’s just that Hiroyuki Taniguchi’s superficial identity is just a famous scholar and he 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 another extremely important point, that is:

Taniguchi Hiroshi's group had just arrived in Shanghai. Even if the other party wanted to attack Taniguchi for some purpose, how did they know where Taniguchi was staying?

Hyoutaro Imamura frowned.

 …

 “Where are Taniguchi-kun’s students?” Imamura Hyoutarou asked.

“Miss Haruko fainted from fright, and several other people were also frightened. I arranged for them to wait temporarily at the guest house.” Sakamoto Yoshino said.

 “Didn’t you ask to come to the hospital with you?” Imamura Hyoutarou immediately caught a key question.

Sakamoto Yoshino thought for a while, "Maybe they were frightened. I asked them to stay in the guest house, and they didn't put forward any other opinions."

Hyoutaro Imamura shook his head slightly, this is not normal.

 “Where is the assassin?” he asked.

“This person shot and killed 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?” Naito Kotsubo interjected and asked.

“Captain Morimoto judged that this person would die soon and could not be saved, so he said he would hurry up and interrogate him.” Sakamoto Yoshino said.

Hyoutaro Imamura sighed deeply, walked around for a moment, and said, "Naito, I called the Consulate General and asked 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 attache of the Military Attaché of the Imperial Consulate General in Shanghai. The most important thing is that Hojo also has another identity. He is a close 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 Professor Taniguchi’s assassination.”

 After Naito Tsubasa left, Sakamoto Yoshino said with guilt and frustration.

"Although I am indeed very angry." Imamura Hyōtaro 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 safety and 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 imagined that anyone would attack such an unarmed famous scholar like Taniguchi Hiroyuki.

"Uncle Imamura." Sakamoto Yoshino glanced at Hiroyuki Taniguchi, who had become a corpse, and sighed, "Professor Taniguchi was killed, Miyazaki-kun..."

Hyoutaro Imamura also sighed, yes, Hiroyuki Taniguchi was killed, and he needed to inform Kentaro Miyazaki of the bad news.

 What a pity, he originally planned to create a surprise for the teacher and student to meet unexpectedly tonight.

Kentaro is a person who respects his teacher very much. He must be very sad to hear this bad news suddenly.

"Kentaro, I will call and inform you." Imamura Hyoutarou said solemnly.

At this moment, Tsubasa Naito, who had just gone to make a phone call, came back.

“Mr. Counselor, Hojo-kun has been notified to go to Sakura Guesthouse.” Naito Tsubasa said.

 Then, he showed a strange expression and said, "There is one more thing."

 “What’s wrong?” Imamura Hyoutarou asked.

 …

“Report to Counselor.” Tsubasa Naito said, “When we left the Consulate General, the phone in your office rang. It was Miyazaki-kun.”

"Kentaro?" Hyōtaro Imamura shook his head slightly. He guessed that Kentaro Miyazaki called to ask about the dinner. He was a careful guy, and he was most likely unsure of what gift to bring, so he wanted to find out the news.

“Miyazaki-kun went to Senshi Department Store to pick out gifts, and was assassinated when he left 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 entrance of the department store. Fortunately, his men reacted in time and shot and killed the gunman."

Hyoutaro Imamura fell silent, his expression changing continuously.

 “Who did it?” he asked.

“Miyazaki-kun said that the person who carried out the assassination was one of Xia Wenqiao’s subordinates.” Naito Kotsubo said.

 “A person from Xia Wenqiao?” Imamura Hyotarō 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, saying that the incident happened suddenly and he wanted to investigate the matter. I'm afraid he couldn't. Attending the dinner party tonight.”

Hyoutaro Imamura's face was gloomy and uncertain. After thinking for a moment, he said to Naito Kotsubo, "Naito, you go to see Miyazaki secretly and inquire about the relevant situation carefully."

 “Hai.”

 …

The deputy chief inspector of the French Concession Central District Patrol Office and the famous Mr. Xiao Cheng was 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 the 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 in the abdomen, which was like being beaten into a hornet's nest.

He had just inquired about the situation from some of the Sanguang Codemen who were watching around him. After Mr. Xiao Cheng survived the disaster, he fired many shots at the corpse as if to vent his anger.

“I’m worried that he’s not dead yet.” Mr. Cheng said calmly with a cigarette in his mouth and a cold expression, “A few more shots were fired.”

 After speaking, he glanced at Anthony provocatively, "What? Is there a problem?"

“Deputy Chief Inspector Cheng, this is the public concession, not your French Concession central area.” Anthony lowered his voice, “You have no right to shoot and kill people here, let alone mistreat test questions (not typos)!”

 Cheng Qianfan flicked the ashes from his cigarette and grinned.

 He just stared at Anthony and smiled.

 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 **** 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 **** 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 for 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 strangely. Some of them looked left and right before raising their guns. After a few Chinese arresters hesitated, they looked at each other a few times, and finally they slowly raised their guns.

Hou Pingliang, Li Hao, Lu Jiufan and others also immediately pointed their guns at each other.

“Cheng Qianfan, you madman, I want to arrest you.” Anthony was extremely angry.

“Tell your people to put down their guns.” Cheng Qianfan released his hand, patted Anthony’s cheek, and said coldly, “You should be very clear about the consequences of irritating me.”

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