Chapter 274: Yamazaki Kento is offline
Chapter 274: Yamazaki Kento is offline
Carrying James to a dark and deserted alley, Zhang Yunhe took out the car from the backpack space, stuffed James into the trunk, and then turned back to check the situation at the explosion site.
Except for a few gendarmes at the gate who were still on duty, Zhang Yunhe found that almost everyone in the gendarmerie headquarters was rushing to the explosion site.
When Zhang Yunhe quietly approached the explosion site, the equipment and ammunition depot had disappeared, completely disappeared. The original building was gone, and there was only a large pit on the ground with a diameter of more than 50 meters and a depth of more than meters.
The soil around the big pit was all scorched by the high temperature generated by the explosion, and it was pitch black. The air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder and smoke.
The ground within a 300-meter radius of the pit was littered with broken bricks, shrapnel, broken wood, and the tattered bodies of more than a dozen Japanese military police who were killed in the explosion.
Kento Yamazaki stood numbly at the edge of the huge pit caused by the explosion. At this moment, he felt cold all over and had no future or prospects at all.
After being scolded and humiliated by Matsui at the meeting at the expeditionary force headquarters this afternoon, he knew that he was finished and was disheartened. He even wrote a letter of resignation for this reason. He no longer had the face to continue serving as the military police commander.
Before this, he had not thought about death. After all, he had family in China, so he planned to resign and go back.
But this time the explosion of the weapons and ammunition depot shattered even this little bit of hope for him. He was already hated by his superiors, and now that something like this had happened, Matsui would definitely put all the blame and guilt on him in order to shirk the blame.
In fact, he couldn't shirk responsibility. After all, he was the commander of the gendarmerie. Such a serious incident happened in his headquarters. If he didn't take responsibility, who would?
"Has Suzuki Hitoshi from the Special Operations Division arrived?" Yamazaki Kento turned around and looked at the Japanese soldiers standing around the explosion pit and asked.
Suzuki Hitoshi stepped out of the crowd and stood at attention, saying, "Commander, I'm here!"
Yamazaki Kento said, "I order you to be responsible for the investigation of this matter. You can use all the resources and manpower of the Military Police Headquarters at will!"
"Hi!"
After giving the order, Kento Yamazaki turned around and walked back to his office slowly.
In the office, he spread a carpet on the floor, took off his hat and military uniform and hung them on the hanger, took a piece of white cloth and folded it into a square, knelt on the carpet and slowly pulled out the knife, using the knife that had been with him for several years to end his life.
A few minutes later, the adjutant's secretary came to the office with documents and knocked on the door, but no one responded. After knocking several times, he pushed the door open and found Kento Yamazaki's body.
"Oh no! Commander Yamazaki committed suicide by disembowelment..."
After a series of rapid shouts, all the Japanese officers in the office building ran over. The news that Yamazaki Kento committed suicide in his own office quickly spread throughout the headquarters.
At this time, Doi, Yamada Akimi and others were bringing their men back to the anti-smuggling department's interrogation room.
"Uh—why is the door to the interrogation room open? Didn't you lock it when you left?"
Doi pushed open the half-closed door and walked in. He took only one step before stopping, staring at the empty interrogation room in amazement. Then he shouted angrily, "Where's the prisoner? Who can tell me where the prisoner is?"
Everyone else walked into the interrogation room. James was gone, and there was a bunch of cut ropes on the ground. Everyone understood at this time that James had been rescued and they had fallen into the enemy's diversionary tactic!
Doi immediately shouted, "Notify the gate guard immediately. From now on, no one is allowed to leave the military police headquarters. The person must still be there. It's impossible for him to be taken out so quickly!"
"Hi!"
At this time, a Japanese soldier ran in panting. He wanted to report but couldn't speak because he ran too fast.
Seeing this man like this, Doi became even more upset and angrily yelled, "Are your parents dead? Why are you rushing around like that? Wait until you catch your breath before you say anything!"
The young Japanese soldier immediately took a few deep breaths, his face flushed, and reported: "Chief, Commander Yamazaki committed suicide by disembowelment in his office!"
A series of emotions and expressions such as astonishment, shock, and grief appeared on the faces of Doi, Yamada Akimi and others.
"Let's go and take a look!" Doi said and took the lead to walk out the door.
At this moment, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness. The case of the theft of huge wealth stored in the dock warehouse had not been solved until now, and it was Kento Yamazaki who had been bearing the pressure from above for him.
Now they had just caught James and thought they were about to make a great contribution, but they didn't expect that this man was rescued before they could even warm up in their hands.
The key person who saved the life also caused chaos in the gendarmerie headquarters. Even the gendarmerie commander, Yamazaki Kento, committed suicide out of fear of punishment because of this incident.
"Baga, who on earth is so cunning?"
As Doi walked towards the headquarters office building, he asked Yamada Akimi beside him, "Yamada-kun, who do you think did this?"
Yamada Akimi thought for a moment and said, "There are two suspects: First, James's arms dealer. He sent someone to do this, and he doesn't want us to find him. This person is most likely from the bald man's side. It's unlikely that he is an underground party because they don't have the conditions to purchase 30,000 tons of arms on a large scale."
"But it's also possible that he's not from the bald guy's side, but a secretive arms dealer in the concession!"
"Another suspect is the Joker's Naval Intelligence Department. They have a special secret office in Shanghai, the exact location of which is unknown. If they did it, everything would make sense. James works for the Joker Nation, so it's only natural for them to rescue him!"
"On the contrary, it is less likely that other arms dealers or the bald man's people would save him. After all, killing and silencing people is much easier than saving them!"
Doi stopped and turned to look at Yamada Akishime and said, "Yamada-kun, we can't just let this go. I can't swallow this bitter pill. I believe you don't want to be manipulated by others either!"
Yamada Akishime's face was serious. He nodded and said, "I will send people to keep an eye on the Clown Consulate until we find their Naval Intelligence Office here!"
"Thank you. After I see Commander Yamazaki's body, I'll go find Section Chief Suzuki Hitoshi. These two cases are actually one case. Now that Commander Yamazaki is dead, should we investigate the two cases together, or should the two departments investigate them separately and assist each other? I need to discuss all of this with Suzuki Hitoshi!"
While the gendarmerie headquarters was in chaos, Zhang Yunhe had already driven through the checkpoint and entered the concession.
The Japanese spies must have known that James was staying at the Huizhong Hotel, so he could no longer go there. Zhang Yunhe found a mid-to-high-end hotel and booked a room for him.
He drove to the Huizhong Hotel and pried open the door of Room 505. After entering, he packed up all of James' luggage and other belongings and took them away.
"Hey, James, wake up!" Zhang Yunhe slapped James' face with cold water.
James woke up from the shock of the cold water and asked confusedly, "Zhang? Why are you here? Where are we?"
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