However, Fujiwara Tomohito, the president of Fujiwara Company, is a direct descendant of the Fujiwara family. He is passionate about business and has excellent relationships with all parties. In addition, he holds a prominent position. Has Kitaoka Ryoko gone mad to provoke this top-level powerful figure?
This matter is of utmost importance! We must not draw conclusions lightly, much less spread it around. Eguchi Ryusei knew that once it was found that the Fujiwara Company had murdered Kitaoka Ryoko, it would put Fujiwara Tomohito on the opposite side of his teacher, Tsuchihara Keiji. This would be adding insult to injury for Tsuchihara Keiji, who was already at a disadvantage!
Having figured everything out, Ryusei Eguchi decided to leave the matter at that for now and investigate it privately later. But what should he do now?
As things stand now, if the case is classified as Hirayama Jiro murdering Kitaoka Ryoko and her agents, then Kitaoka Ryoko's house arrest of Hirayama Jiro will be exposed. She captured the assassin wanted by the Fujiwara Company but did not report it, and instead secretly harbored him to evade capture multiple times. It would be difficult to explain to the Fujiwara Company why she did this.
Just as Eguchi Ryusei was caught in a dilemma, footsteps sounded outside again, and soon several officers entered.
When Eguchi Ryusei looked up, he was immediately taken aback. The middle-aged officer in the lead was robust with deep-set eyes and held the rank of colonel.
Behind him stood Colonel Taro Sagawa, the head of the Special Higher Police.
"Eguchi-kun, this is Colonel Haruki Masayoshi of the Tsuchihara Agency, and also General Kagesa's most capable assistant. Please hand over the situation to Colonel Haruki. From now on, this case will be handled by the Tsuchihara Agency."
Upon meeting, Taro Sagawa immediately ordered Ryusei Eguchi to hand over control of the case.
Ryusei Eguchi hesitated for a moment. In the past, this would have been no problem, and he would have readily agreed. After all, the person in charge of the Tsuchihara Agency was his teacher, Keiji Tsuchihara, so it didn't matter who handled the case.
However, the person in charge of the Tsuchihara Agency now is Kagesa Hiroki, and the interests of these people are opposed to our faction. If this case is handed over to them, we are afraid that they will secretly do something wrong and come up with a conclusion that is not in our favor.
Seeing that Eguchi Ryusei hesitated, Haruki Masayoshi stepped forward and said loudly, "Lieutenant Colonel Eguchi, your mission is complete. The deceased Kitaoka Group Leader and her subordinates were all agents of our Tsuchihara Agency, so we have taken over this case. This is also General Kagesa's order, and we hope you will obey!"
After receiving the notification from the police station, Kagesa Hiroki immediately sent Harukei Masayoshi to take over the case. His reasoning was quite sound. Logically speaking, how could he let another department investigate the murder of an agent of his own agency? It would be a loss of face. Moreover, the Tsuchihara Agency was currently the highest-ranking intelligence agency in Shanghai, which was naturally higher than the Special Higher Police.
Knowing he was powerless to resist, Eguchi Ryusei could only nod in agreement and begin the handover process with Haruki Masayoshi.
He handed over the four bullets he had collected, along with the food box, to Qingqing Zhengliang, briefly explained the situation, and then hurriedly left.
He secretly planned to investigate this matter discreetly, to find out the real reason so that he could give the teacher an explanation when he returned.
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