Mrs. Chi picked at her nails. "Then let's do it the old way."
"Okay, I understand."
That's what he said, but when he thought about the time and money he had spent cultivating this pawn, Takeda clenched his fists.
"If we miss this opportunity, it will be difficult to do anything about it again."
Chi's mother was clearly aware of this, but right now, she was more concerned about the marriage alliance with the Chris family.
After giving him a few instructions and telling him not to act rashly, the two hung up the phone.
As he left the telegraph building, Takeda Hiroichi was clearly distracted.
As I went downstairs, a slightly cool autumn breeze blew in my face.
He lowered the brim of his hat and glanced around unconsciously.
He sensed something was wrong at first glance.
It's already past closing time, so there shouldn't be so many cars in front of the telegraph building.
This is very wrong!
So he quickly turned around and disappeared into a nearby alley.
The alley was very narrow, and this was his first time walking this road.
As we walked, we turned into a dead end.
Just as he was about to turn around, a gun barrel was pressed directly against the back of his head.
"Mr. Hiroichi Takeda, please come with us—"
That voice sounds so familiar.
It's Jiang Si!
It was Jiang Si!
Realizing this possibility, Takeda turned around in disbelief.
He left in a hurry in the afternoon, carrying only a dagger for self-defense.
With a gun still pressed against the back of his head, resisting at this point would be tantamount to throwing an egg against a rock.
But simply surrendering like that doesn't seem to be his style.
"Miss Jiang, what do you mean by this?" Takeda feigned ignorance, saying, "I've been a friend of the Chi family for many years..."
"You guys are friends, what does that have to do with me?"
Jiang Si interrupted, "Don't say you're a good friend of the Chi family. Even if Chi's mother, or rather, Ikeda Mitsuko, were here right now, she would still have to go in."
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