In the French Concession, Kota Nakajima, having received orders from Ryoko Kitaoka, immediately led three action team members to the Songlai Hotel.
Now, Ryoko Kitaoka dares not easily use the agents of the Tsuchihara Agency. The Tsuchihara Agency has been deeply infiltrated by Hiroki Kagesa. Ryoko Kitaoka does not know who she should trust. The only people she can trust are the members of the infiltrator team who have followed her since the beginning.
Kitaoka Ryoko did not intend to let Hirayama Jiro come to the French Concession. After all, there were bounties for Hirayama Jiro's capture everywhere, and it would be quite risky for him to come forward. In addition, she was worried that Hirayama Jiro had other plans. If he entered the French Concession and escaped, it would be difficult to catch him again, as it was not the city center.
It was already past four o'clock in the afternoon, and there were still many pedestrians on the street. Kota Nakajima led his people to the outside of the Matsumoto Hotel.
After getting out of the car, Kota Nakajima first briefly observed the surroundings and memorized the terrain before nodding slightly. The group then entered the Matsurai Hotel.
Their appearance quickly attracted the attention of intelligence personnel stationed at a surveillance point opposite the hotel.
Since the arrest of Miyata Yasuhisa, Ji Hongyi has personally led a team of intelligence agents to lie in wait inside and outside the Matsumoto Hotel, waiting for Hirayama Jiro to appear.
"Team leader, none of these four people are Hirayama Jiro," the surveillance personnel reported.
Ji Hongyi carefully observed the four men dressed in ordinary work suits through the window and instructed them, "These four people are likely suspicious. They didn't bring any luggage, so they probably aren't staying at the hotel. Be sure to keep a close eye on them."
Kota Nakajima entered the hotel lobby, went to the front desk, looked at the manager, Lao Feng, and asked, "Manager, do you have a guest named Tian An in your hotel? We are his friends and we need to talk to him about something."
Old Feng had been on edge these past few days, waiting for Hirayama Jiro to show up. When he heard that they were looking for Tian An, his heart tightened. He carefully examined the four unfamiliar men, but none of them resembled Hirayama Jiro's photo, which surprised him.
Ji Hongyi had previously instructed that if Hirayama Jiro himself appeared, Lao Feng should tell him that there were already people lying in ambush in Tian An's room, so that they could catch him off guard when he entered the room.
If it wasn't Hirayama Jiro himself who appeared, then it was probably someone else who came to arrest Tasuku, so we should deny it outright and send these irrelevant people away.
"Excuse me, gentlemen! There is no one named Tian An staying at the hotel!" Old Feng said, trying to remain calm.
Kota Nakajima and the others were taken aback. The information they received indicated that Yasutoshi Miyata was using the alias Tayasu and was hiding in the Matsurai Hotel waiting for Jiro Hirayama to join them. How could such a person not be there?
Kota Nakajima's gaze darkened, and he spoke again to confirm, "Manager, please check again carefully. We agreed to meet here; I have something very important to discuss with him!"
Old Feng glanced at Nakajima Kota, then out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the waiter wiping tables in the lobby. Seeing that the waiter didn't show any unusual behavior, he confirmed again, "Gentlemen, there really isn't such a person. Are you sure you're not mistaken?"
Kota Nakajima frowned. He was certain that the information he had received was accurate. There must have been progress with Team Leader Kitaoka. He would have ordered him to act only after confirming the information. But now he couldn't find him. Could it be that Yasutoshi Miyata had a problem along the way and didn't make it here, or that he never intended to meet here and had run away on his own?
He glanced at Old Feng again and noticed that the other man was also glancing at him. A thought struck him, and he smiled slightly, saying, "Manager, your hotel is quite large and business is good. With so many guests, what if there's an oversight? We do have important business to discuss with him, so please check again. Thank you!"
Seeing that this person was so difficult to deal with, Lao Deng glanced at the waiter beside him. The waiter shook his head slightly, and Lao Feng immediately showed displeasure. He picked up the register, pretended to flip through it, and said, "Our hotel is not doing well. I don't know about those few guests. Look, there is no such person here. You can look for him elsewhere."
After saying that, he put the register away again and said no more.
At this point, Kota Nakajima didn't want to press the matter further, so he nodded and said with a forced smile, "Perhaps we misremembered. Sorry to bother you, shopkeeper!"
After saying that, he turned around and led his three men out of the hotel. Once outside the gate, Kota Nakajima looked around again before getting into his car and leaving.
At this moment, the waiter who had been in the lobby also came out of the door and shook the rag in his hand. This action made Ji Hongyi's eyes light up, and he immediately ordered, "Follow them!"
At a command, a car that had been waiting nearby started up, and Nakajima Kota's car followed.
Ji Hongyi's previous idea was to capture Hirayama Jiro. He would not make a move to capture him unless Hirayama Jiro himself appeared, otherwise he would alert him.
There are too many people of all walks of life in Shanghai, and some news is hard to hide from those who are interested. Ji Hongyi couldn't determine which side these four people belonged to, so he could only follow and monitor them. He wanted to see what connection these four people had with Hirayama Jiro in order to find out Hirayama Jiro's whereabouts.
After the car had driven some distance, Kota Nakajima turned around and looked behind the car through the rear window, slowly frowning.
Suddenly he spoke up: "Let's go around Hokkaido first and do a few evasive maneuvers."
Upon hearing this, his subordinates tensed up and quickly asked, "Team leader, is there a problem?"
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