Kurita Taro stepped forward and handed a bunch of keys to Imai Yuji, saying, "These are the keys. Mr. Kawamoto always kept them. I found them under his pillow when he passed away, and he never let them out of his sight."
Yuji Imai took the key, tried several times, and finally pushed open the metal door before cautiously entering. After a long while, he came out and asked, "Kurita-kun, have you been in this room before?"
Kurita Taro replied, "Never. Usually only Mr. Kawamoto can enter. This was the custom back in Shanghai, as you know, Team Leader Imai."
Yuji Imai nodded. He was also one of Kawamoto Kuraji's most trusted old subordinates, so he naturally knew his superior's preferences and habits.
He knew that Kawamoto Kuraji loved collecting antiques and regarded them as his life, and that no one else was allowed to enter the place where these items were kept.
He waved to Kurita Taro and said, "Well then, Kurita-kun, please come in and have a look with me."
Kurita Taro didn't understand Imai Yuji's meaning, but he still stepped forward with a puzzled look and entered the room.
Upon entering, I discovered that it was a very large collection room, filled with a dazzling array of precious Chinese antiques.
"These antiques are treasures that you have collected over the years, sir," Kurita Taro said, looking at the antiques. He still remembered many of the items.
Yuji Imai didn't even glance at it; he wasn't interested in antiques. He walked a few steps to the safe, pointed to the combination lock, and asked, "Kurita-kun, do you know the combination to this safe?"
Kurita Taro walked over, looked at the safe, and said, "I bought this safe. Only Mr. Kawamoto knows the combination and the key. I have no way of knowing them."
Yuji Imai said with a serious expression, "This should contain the top-secret information that Mr. Kawamoto has in his possession. We must check it to ensure that this top-secret information has not been lost."
Kurita Taro carefully examined the combination lock and said, "This combination lock hasn't been opened by anyone else. Mr. Kawamoto once said that there's a warning method for safes: every time the combination lock is reset, the numbers are reset to a unique set of numbers. This effectively detects whether anyone has touched or turned the lock, which is a very good warning habit. Now, the combination lock's numbers are Mr. Kawamoto's own birthday, so it must have been Mr. Kawamoto himself who closed the safe. Therefore, the information inside is safe."
Upon hearing this, Yuji Imai nodded. It seemed that the intelligence was safe. However, this top-secret intelligence still needed to be reviewed. He had no choice but to say, "The new intelligence officer for the Hangzhou area is about to arrive. This intelligence must be checked and handed over, so the safe must be opened. There is no other way but to use force to open it."
Having made up his mind, Yuji Imai sent for several military officers to open the safe using violent methods such as cutting. It took them more than an hour. Then, he went to the room alone to examine the confidential documents and compared them with the memos. Finally, he confirmed that the intelligence had not been lost, and only then did he truly breathe a sigh of relief.
The investigation has now been completed, and the matter is very clear. Kawamoto Kuraji died of a sudden heart attack, and the top-secret information he possessed was neither lost nor leaked. He can now report back to Section Chief Sagawa.
It's a pity that the major investigation I arranged is still unresolved, and I don't know the specific progress.
Thinking of this, he found Kurita Taro and asked, "Have any intelligence agents reported to Mr. Kawamoto during this period?"
Kurita Taro thought for a moment and said, "Then it must be that the day before yesterday, the leader of the Twilight Group, Sakita Katsutake, came and talked with Mr. Kawamoto for a while."
“Arrange for him to come and get me immediately,” Yuji Imai said. “I need to know what the last piece of information Mr. Kawamoto came into contact with was.”
"Yes, I'll take care of it right away!" Kurita Taro nodded in agreement, turned around, and quickly left.
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