Chapter 732 Assistance from friend Araki (two-in-one chapter)
“You should no longer participate in the murder of Professor Taniguchi.” Hyōtaro Imamura said.
“Hai.” Cheng Qianfan said respectfully without any hesitation.
"Aren't you curious about the reason?" Imamura Hyōtaro looked at Miyazaki Kentaro and asked.
“If the teacher thinks it’s okay to tell the students, he will naturally tell me.” Cheng Qianfan smiled, “If it involves confidentiality, it will embarrass the teacher if the students ask.”
Looking at Kentaro Miyazaki who was respectful and extremely considerate towards him, Hyoutaro Imamura was satisfied. He sighed, shook his head and said, "It's not very secret."
He asked Kentaro Miyazaki, "Is there any conflict between you and Tsubasa Naito?"
"Probably not." Cheng Qianfan shook his head, but his expression was a little bitter.
“Huh?” Imamura Hyoutarou frowned slightly.
"Teacher, you know the character of the student. The student always treats his friends sincerely. Although the relationship between the student and Mr. Naito is not close, he feels that he has not offended Mr. Naito." Cheng Qianfan showed a hesitant expression.
“Just tell me if you have anything to say.” Hyōtaro Imamura said in a deep voice.
"The student has never felt any problem with Naito-kun before, but..." Cheng Qianfan smiled bitterly and continued, "When I went to say goodbye to Teacher Taniguchi today, Araki-kun from the special high school class told me something. "
He then recounted what Araki Harima mentioned to him about Naito Kotsubo’s feedback to him, suspecting that he had a problem.
"That's it." Hyōtaro Imamura nodded, "The Consul General called and Naito reported some issues about Qi to him. After careful consideration, the Consul General asked you to temporarily leave the investigation team for the assassination of Professor Taniguchi."
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“Teacher, the student really doesn’t understand why Mr. Naito has such a deep misunderstanding of me.” Cheng Qianfan’s expression was gloomy.
"It should be to express anger." Hyoutarou Imamura said, "There is something you may not know. Tsubasa Naito is Nagatomo-kun's nephew."
Cheng Qianfan was silent for a while, then he frowned and said, "Teacher, what you mean is that Teacher Changyou was assassinated together with me, and he blamed me for not protecting Teacher Changyou?"
“Perhaps.” Hyōtaro Imamura patted Kentaro Miyazaki on the shoulder, “Naito’s parents died young, and it was Nagatomo-kun who brought him up. He has a very deep feeling for Nagatomo-kun, so…”
He pondered and thought, "I hope you can understand and don't blame Naito too much."
"Teacher." Cheng Qianfan's expression was filled with helplessness and a bit of anger. "I am very sad about the death of Teacher Changyou. However, objectively speaking, the murderer should have gone for Teacher Changyou. The students were also Shot and wounded..."
Hyoutaro Imamura nodded. He understood what Kentaro Shirayaki didn't say. Kentaro meant that he was injured because he was actually implicated in the assassination of Nagatomo Akio, not that he was implicated in Nagatomo Akio.
“Tell me something truthfully. Before the day of the assassination, did you know about Nagatomo-kun’s arrival in Shanghai?” Imamura Hyōtaro asked with a serious expression, looking at Miyazaki Kentaro.
Cheng Qianfan looked confused, "Teacher, I don't understand..."
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"Naito has been secretly investigating the murder of Nagatomo-kun. He found out a case that happened before Nagatomo-kun was killed." Hyōtaro Imamura said, "At No. 16 Taojia Lane, Sun Zhijie, the fiancé of Tao Cuifang, the daughter of Tao Xu, was kidnapped. Do you have any impression of this case?"
"Tao Xushi, Tao Cuifang, Tao Jiaxiang." Cheng Qianfan thought, "I have an impression that Tao Cuifang's fiancé Sun Zhijie was kidnapped, and there was no news about him later."
As he said that, he looked at Imamura Hyoutarou in confusion, "Teacher, what does this kidnapping case have to do with Naito-kun?"
"Naito found out that Sun Zhijie and his girlfriend Tao Cuifang had double eyelid surgery at Nagatomo-kun." Hyoutaro Imamura said, "He thinks you knew about Nagatomo-kun's visit to Shanghai before the assassination of Nagatomo-kun happened. ."
“I don’t understand the logic behind Mr. Naito’s suspicion of me.” Cheng Qianfan said with an angry expression, “The kidnapping of Sun Zhijie did happen before the assassination of Teacher Nagatomo, but what does this mean?”
He paced, his expression irritable, "Teacher, I really can't understand, and I can't accept Naito-kun's doubts and misunderstandings about me."
“Let’s talk about the kidnapping case of Sun Zhijie.” Hyōtaro Imamura said.
"After Sun Zhijie was kidnapped, after our investigation, we suspected that his kidnapping was related to the Jiang Mule gang." Cheng Qianfan explained, "The inspector in the patrol room later received intelligence that the Jiang Mule gang targeted the clinic, Among patients undergoing double eyelid surgery in the hospital.”
“Why are these people targeted?” Imamura Hyōtaro asked.
"The Jiang Mule gang is rampant, and some wealthy people in the French Concession are in danger. Most of them have added bodyguards to protect them. This has caused trouble for the Jiang Mule gang's kidnapping operations, so they have set their sights on people like Tao Cuifang, who has some family members." Assets, but little protection from ordinary citizens.”
“That’s it.” Hyoutaro Imamura nodded.
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"The patrol room did not know at the beginning that Sun Zhijie accompanied Tao Cuifang to undergo double eyelid surgery at the police hospital's teacher Chang You. Because there was an attempted kidnapping case before, this person had double eyelid surgery at Renkang Hospital, so my men initially thought Tao Cuifang also had double eyelid surgery at Renkang Hospital."
After a pause, Cheng Qianfan said, "In fact, if there hadn't been a gunfight when Sun Zhijie was kidnapped, and Liang Yuchun's department was short of manpower, my third patrol would not have been involved in the case of Sun Zhijie's kidnapping."
He looked at Hyōtaro Imamura and said, "Teacher, you should remember that I reported to you before that Liang Yuchun had competed with me for the position of deputy chief inspector of the Central Police Station, and we did not have a harmonious relationship with him."
Cheng Qianfan had a gloomy expression, "A few days after my men investigated the kidnapping case of Sun Zhijie, I met Teacher Nagatomo for the first time in the Special High School Class, and then we were assassinated together on the same day."
He was a little irritated, "My men once went to the police hospital to find Dr. Mao Kaishin, the disguised identity of Teacher Nagatomo. I didn't know this at the time."
Seeing that Kentaro Miyazaki was a little incoherent because of his anger, Hyōtaro Imamura said in a deep voice, "Kentaro, I don't doubt you. Don't be emotional."
"Yes!" Cheng Qianfan's expression became better after hearing this. He continued, "I didn't go to this matter personally. It was my subordinate who went to the police hospital. It's just that Dr. Mao Kexin was out of town and stopped treating patients at that time. My subordinate Lu Hu didn’t see Dr. Mao Kexin.”
"Teacher, Lu Hu is a spy for the empire's secret development. He can prove to me that I don't know the situation of Dr. Mao Kexin at all, and I have never seen him."
As he spoke, he said angrily, "If Mr. Naito still doubts that I knew the news about Mr. Nagatomo being in Shanghai before this, I have nothing to say."
He looked at Hyōtaro Imamura and said, "I don't understand why Naito-kun suspects me, not to mention that I didn't know that Mr. Nagatomo was in Shanghai before, let alone that Dr. Kusaka Shin is Mr. Nagatomo."
He said angrily, "Even if I knew that Teacher Changyou came to Shanghai, I would only be very happy to meet the teacher again after many years. Why would I hurt the teacher secretly?"
As he spoke, he muttered angrily, "It's unreasonable."
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"I understand." Hyōtaro Imamura nodded slightly, "I will report this matter to His Excellency the Consul General and explain it to you."
After listening to Kentaro Miyazaki's explanation, he still chose to believe Kentaro. As Kentaro Miyazaki said, before the day Nagatomo Akio was assassinated, Kentaro had never seen Nagatomo Akio at all and did not know that he came to Shanghai secretly.
What's more, Kentaro Miyazaki had no reason to harm Nagatomo Akio.
As far as he understood, Miyazaki Kentaro and Nagatomo Akio were not familiar with each other before, they just had a teacher-student relationship for a short period of time.
“The teacher has great trust, and the students are grateful.” Cheng Qianfan said with an excited expression, and then he showed a look of solemn thought.
“What’s wrong?” Imamura Hyoutarou asked.
Cheng Qianfan looked a little embarrassed, "In order to arrest the Jiang Mule gang, my subordinates once arrested several suspects in a dance hall."
He smiled sheepishly, "Later, after careful verification by the patrol room, it was found that these few people had nothing to do with the Jiang Mule gang. The bail report was sent to my desk, and I signed and agreed."
Hyoutaro Imamura glanced at Kentaro Miyazaki, and he had already guessed that he, a money-loving student, should go to the dance hall to pick up people in the name of arresting the Jiang Mule gang, threaten them, and then extort bail money.
“Later, two months after the assassination of Teacher Nagatomo, some of them were also kidnapped and disappeared.” Cheng Qianfan said.
“And later I learned from Section Chief Sanben that the missing person was a latent agent of the Imperial Nishimura Class.” He said with an embarrassed look.
"I have an impression. I remember that you reported this matter to me at the time." Hyōtaro Imamura nodded. He glanced at Kentaro Miyazaki, "However, you only talked about the Nishimura class at that time and did not mention it. People have been captured by your men before.”
Hyoutaro Imamura snorted, and he understood the reason:
He is a decent person, and Kentaro knew that he did not like this rude behavior of extorting bail money. In view of this, Kentaro naturally did not dare to mention this matter to him.
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“As for the assassination of Professor Hiroyuki Taniguchi, I personally believe that Miyazaki-kun’s suspicion can be ruled out.”
“First of all, motive, Miyazaki-kun had no motive to kill Professor Hiroyuki Taniguchi.”
“As far as I know, Miyazaki-kun respects Professor Taniguchi very much. Of course, maybe it’s because the professor is strict with him, which makes it difficult for Miyazaki-kun to get close to the professor.”
As he spoke, Araki Harima thought for a moment and chose a more accurate term, "It is the kind of respect students have for their strict teachers with a hint of alienation."
"Miyazaki-kun went to the hospital morgue to see Professor Taniguchi, and I could feel the sadness and pain in his heart." Araki Harima said to Sanbonjiro, "Miyazaki-kun said, 'Only when you have truly lost can you know how to cherish.' "
As he spoke, he sighed, "This sentence should be the most realistic psychological portrayal of Miyazaki-kun now."
Sanbonjiro nodded slightly. Apart from having no motive, the most important thing was that Kentaro Miyazaki didn't know about Hiroyuki Taniguchi's secret arrival in Shanghai. In fact, even he, the head of the Shanghai Special Higher Education Course, didn't know about Hiroyuki Taniguchi's arrival in Shanghai in advance. News that two members who led the 'Pen Troop' came to Shanghai from Hong Kong.
Miyazaki Kentaro had no motive and no knowledge at all, so the suspicion can basically be ruled out first.
Araki Harima concluded that this was Naito Tsubasa's anger at Kentaro Miyazaki because of the death of Nagatomo Inao, which makes some sense.
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At this moment, the phone on the desk rang.
Jiro Sanbon has a serious expression. This phone call is usually only made by important people with the same status as him, as well as senior officials from the military department and the general staff headquarters.
He stood up and picked up the phone with a serious expression.
“I am Sanbonjiro.”
“Imamura-kun? It’s so late and you haven’t rested yet?”
“Hahaha, Imamura-kun is also working late into the night. Yes, the empire is making great strides in conquest. For the sake of the great cause of the empire, we and you will forget to eat and sleep..."
“Okay, I understand this.”
“The light of Showa shines on the world, Imamura-kun, take a rest early.”
Hang up the phone, Sanbonjiro looked at Araki Harima with a thoughtful expression and said, "Counsellor Imamura from the Consulate General called. The Consulate General believes that Kentaro Miyazaki is not suitable for the time being to continue to participate in the investigation of the assassination of Hiroyuki Taniguchi."
"What?" Araki Harima was extremely surprised. "Is there really something wrong with Miyazaki-kun?"
"Probably not." Sanbonjiro shook his head and said, "Miyazaki is by Imamura-kun's side now."
Araki Harima was stunned. He nodded. Imamura Hyoutarou was able to make this call in front of Miyazaki Kentaro and pointed this out directly to Mimotojiro. This naturally shows that Miyazaki-kun has no problem. Imamura has no problem with Miyazaki. Be trustworthy.
This is also a gesture used by Imamura Hyōtaro to convey his trust in Miyazaki-kun, so as to avoid misunderstandings and misjudgments here.
“Is it possible that there is a problem within the Consulate General?” Araki Harima asked, “Is it possible that Tsubasa Naito did something behind the scenes?”
“There is such a possibility.” Sanbenjiro nodded and said.
Miyazaki Kentaro is at Imamura's side at this moment and should be reporting the situation to Imamura.
Mimotojiro was not dissatisfied with this, because Miyazaki's closeness to Imamura Hyoutaro was his arrangement, and at this moment, he captured a detail from Imamura's phone call:
Miyazaki came to him first, and then went to Imamura Hyoutarou's, which he was very pleased with.
“Although my subordinates don’t have much contact with Naito, I feel that Naito is obsessed. In China’s words, he will never look back until he hits the wall.” Araki Harima glanced at Sanbonjiro and said in a timely manner.
“Idiot.”
Sanbonjiro shook his head and snorted coldly.
The nerds of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stupid fools, narrow-minded people who do not know right and wrong.
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At this moment, the phone rang again.
This is another phone.
Araki Harima took the initiative to pick up the microphone, "I am Araki Harima."
"Okay, I understand." Araki Harima frowned slightly. He hung up the phone and looked at Sanbonjiro, "Section Chief, it's Wang Kangnian calling."
“What’s the matter?” Sanbonjiro asked.
“Cao Binsheng, the plainclothes deputy detective of the Fuxi District Patrol Room, was killed,” Araki Harima said. “Cao Binsheng himself and two of his men were shot dead in the street at the entrance to the alley of Shuanglongfang Apartment on Father Jin Road.”
"Have you found out who did it?" Sanbonjiro's expression was gloomy. Cao Binsheng was a 'talent' who developed under his hands and defected to the empire. He was a tentacle extended by the Special High School to Fuxi District.
Now that Cao Binsheng was killed, Sanbonjiro was naturally furious.
“There were black and white words left at the scene, which said the fate of ‘traitors’.” Araki Harima said, “It’s like what Chongqing’s military commander did.”
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“Thank you, teacher.” Cheng Qianfan bowed to Imamura Hyoutarou, and when he raised his head, his eyes flashed with emotion.
Hyoutaro Imamura personally called Sanbonjiro and told him directly that he was beside him. This was equivalent to Hyoutaro Imamura personally endorsing him so that he would not be affected by being 'expelled' from the investigation team.
“Teacher, I love you and my students...” He said, wiping the corners of his eyes, “Teacher, thanks to you, you are Kentaro’s only relative now.”
Hyoutaro Imamura felt very relieved and patted his student on the shoulder, "I have always regarded you as my son-in-law, so naturally I want to protect you."
Miyazaki Kentaro was even more moved.
The phone suddenly rang, disturbing the sincere and touching scene of the teacher and student.
"What?"
"Okay, I know."
Hang up the phone, Imamura Hyōtaro turned to look at Miyazaki Kentaro, with surprise in his eyes.
Then he stood up, straightened his clothes, and said seriously, "Kentaro, I have something to tell you."
Cheng Qianfan also quickly adjusted his clothes and stood respectfully, "Teacher, please tell me."
"Professor Hiroyuki Taniguchi is a famous scholar in the Empire and enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad. The Consulate General, the Military Ministry, and the Cabinet Secretary are all deeply shocked and angry about his assassination and death in Shanghai. At the same time, Very regrettable."
Hyōtaro Imamura said in a deep voice, "The Consulate General will set up a mourning hall for Professor Hiroyuki Taniguchi and invite people from all walks of life to come to express their condolences. Important figures from the empire, including His Excellency Consul General Iwai Eiichi and His Excellency Kage Sa, Chief of the Military Affairs Section of the Army Ministry, will come to pay their respects." Taniguchi-kun sees you off."
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