The Japanese police officers at the police station were quite professional and knew how to protect the scene and maintain order, so when Ryusei Eguchi arrived, the scene was not disturbed.
The lead police officer quickly gave a brief report of the situation to Eguchi Ryusei.
“Team Leader Eguchi, here’s what happened. When we arrived, there was only this man named Yabe Jinkazu. He had identification proving he was an agent of the Tsuchihara Agency. But when we questioned him further, he wouldn’t say anything. He just told me to notify the Special Higher Police and the Tsuchihara Agency. I thought this was a serious matter, so I’m informing you immediately and waiting for you to handle it.”
Ryusei Eguchi immediately knew that there must be something confidential involved, which was why Jin-kazu Yabe dared not reveal it to the police officers.
At this moment, the policeman handed over another food box.
“We found this in the yard. It was the lunch that Yabe Jin brought back for his companions. We’re sending someone to the restaurant he mentioned to verify it. We’ll get back to you soon.”
Ryusei Eguchi opened the food box and looked inside. Sure enough, it contained some food. He nodded and asked, "Where is this Yabe Jinkazu now?"
"He's in the police car. I've sent someone to guard him. He'll be brought over right away."
Just as the police went to take the body away, Eguchi Ryusei bent down, looked at Kitaoka Ryoko's corpse, and couldn't help but sigh.
Kitaoka Ryoko was her teacher Tsuchihara Keiji's favorite student and had always worked by his side. It was unexpected that she would die here today. It is likely that when her teacher finds out, it will cause a great uproar.
He then began to examine the shooting scene. Everyone had been shot in the forehead, and the wounds appeared to be penetrating. He carefully searched the ground bit by bit and soon found four bullets nearby.
He examined them and found they were all 8mm bullets. Eguchi Ryusei was very familiar with these bullets; they were the bullets used in the Nambu sidearms they usually used.
It is clear that the murderer also used a Nambu handgun. Nambu handguns have a very high muzzle velocity, and at close range, they can easily penetrate the hard skull.
Moreover, the bodies were in a very messy position, making it impossible to tell the order in which they were attacked; it seemed as if they were all killed at the same time.
In particular, he found bruises and bloodstains on Kitaoka Ryoko's wrists and ankles, which were clearly the result of her struggling intensely after being bound by ropes.
This is not the scene where Ryoko Kitaoka was arrested!
Ryusei Eguchi immediately deduced that Ryoko Kitaoka had been subdued, taken to this house, and then shot.
At that moment, Yabe Jin was brought in. Eguchi Ryusei looked at Yabe Jin and thought he looked vaguely familiar. He waved for the police and his men to leave, then frowned and asked, "You look very familiar to me?"
Yabe Jin quickly nodded in agreement, saying, "I have been working under Chief Kitaoka. I met you when we were at the North China headquarters, and later followed Chief Kitaoka to the Shanghai Special Higher Police, and then transferred to the Tsuchihara Agency."
Upon hearing this, Eguchi Ryusei immediately recalled that he had met Yabe Jinkazu at the North China Special Higher Police headquarters, and that the man's identity was indeed correct.
“Tell me the truth, otherwise you will not be able to explain your behavior. You know very well that the consequences will be very serious.”
Yabe Jin quickly bowed and replied, "Of course, Chief Eguchi. There are indeed some things I dare not tell others, but now that things have escalated to this point, it can no longer be concealed, so I can report to you."
So Yabe Jin-kazu reported to Eguchi Ryusei about his time guarding Hirayama Jiro and everything he knew that day.
"What? You actually found Hirayama Jiro and have been guarding him for so many days?"
When Eguchi Ryusei learned that this house was actually a safe house set up by Kitaoka Ryoko, and that the person guarding it was Hirayama Jiro, the assassin for whom the Fujiwara Company was currently offering a bounty, he was extremely surprised!
Hitoshi Yabe knew that this matter was indeed inexplicable, so he could only nod in confirmation.
Ryusei Eguchi was somewhat alarmed. There were so many hidden secrets behind this. The assassination of Fujiwara Tomohito, the chairman of the Fujiwara Company, by Hirayama Jiro had caused a great uproar in Shanghai. The entire city had been searched, but no one had been found.
But it turned out that it was her fellow disciple who secretly hid the person here. Why would she do such a thing?
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