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Chapter 1937 Escape
Chapter 1937 Escape
“Araki-kun is going to Nanjing on official business,” Cheng Qianfan said calmly. “You all know my cover identity in the Nanjing government. I still have some connections and influence in Nanjing, or rather, in Wang Tianhai’s government.”
Cheng Qianfan smiled and said, "What Araki-kun means is that if you encounter any issues that are difficult to handle, you can ask me for help in smoothing things over."
Sagami Umezumi frowned slightly. He didn't ask what kind of matter the Special Higher Police's action captain couldn't handle and that required the 'connections' of the Wang Jingwei regime.
After all, Nanjing is nominally under the control of Wang Tianhai's regime. As long as the fundamental interests of the empire are not touched, the empire is still willing to give Wang Tianhai's regime some face on the surface.
He glanced at Shogo Onodera.
“That explanation makes sense,” said Shogo Onodera. “As far as I know, Miyazaki-kun and Li Mingzhuan, the commander of the First Division of the Pacification Army, are very close. This Commander Li Mingzhuan has a lot of influence in Nanjing.”
"Have you exchanged any telegrams with Araki Harima in the past few days?" asked Sagami Umezumi.
"Yes." Cheng Qianfan nodded, readily admitting it.
“The contents of the telegram,” said Sagami Umezumi.
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Cheng Qianfan hesitated slightly.
“Miyazaki-kun,” Onodera Shogo advised from the side, “You may not know the nature of this matter, but Sae-kun and I can say with certainty that Professor Mizutani Shogo’s identity is extremely important, and the nature of his murder is very serious.”
Shogo Onodera gave Kentaro Miyazaki a wink, "I'll speak frankly and without reservation, please understand, Miyazaki-kun."
“Okay.” Cheng Qianfan gritted his teeth, nodded and said, “Jiujiu Trading intends to open up trade routes to Shandong and needs Araki-kun’s help.”
"The Shandong direction?" Sagami Umezumi frowned.
“Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe Kazuki of the Jinan Special Higher Police Section is a fellow townsman and friend of Araki,” Cheng Qianfan said.
"Opening up trade routes to Shandong can be done anytime. You and Araki can meet in Shanghai anytime. Why do you have to communicate by telegram in the next few days?" After a moment's thought, Sagami Umezumi asked.
"Jiujiu Commerce has been seeking to develop trade routes towards Shandong," Cheng Qianfan said. "There has been significant progress along the Pengcheng and Zaozhuang lines."
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“Further north, we’ve been working hard.” He told Umezumi, “I only recently learned that Watanabe Kazuki of the Jinan Special Higher Police might be from the same hometown as Araki-kun, which is why I telegraphed Araki-kun to ask if he knew Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe Kazuki.”
"Captain Araki gave you the radio for official business, and you're using it for personal matters?" Onodera Shogo glanced at Miyazaki Kentaro and frowned. "Miyazaki-kun, are you aware that you're also violating the Empire's telegraph communication ban?"
Cheng Qianfan then looked embarrassed.
Onodera Shogo looked at Sagami Umezumi and said, "Sagami-kun, it seems that Miyazaki Kentaro at most made a mistake in this incident by violating the Empire's telegraphic communication ban."
Sagami Umezumi's face was grim. He knew that Onodera Shogo was about to define the nature of Miyazaki Kentaro's role in this incident.
Violating the Empire's ban on telegraphic communications would be a capital offense for an ordinary Chinese person, but for Kentaro Miyazaki (Cheng Qianfan), an Imperial agent, especially one with considerable influence and backing in both his real and cover identities, it was nothing.
Despite his dissatisfaction, Sagami Umezumi knew he had to cooperate.
"This is only Kentaro Miyazaki's side of the story; it needs to be verified with Captain Araki Harima's side as well," said Umezumi Sagami.
“That’s natural,” said Shogo Onodera with a smile and a nod.
He handed a cigarette to Sagami Umezumi, saying, "Miyazaki-kun's development of Jiu Jiu Trading is essentially to better conceal his identity, and the expansion of Jiu Jiu Trading's trade routes is also in service of the Empire."
Sagami Umezumi took the cigarette, lit it with the lighter, and took a deep drag.
He was already very dissatisfied.
Onodera Shogo's words are an attempt to exonerate Miyazaki Kentaro even for violating the Empire's ban on telegraph communications.
He was very unwilling and even more dissatisfied.
However, when Sae-gami Umezumi glanced at Kawada Atsuto sitting to the side, engrossed in reading the newspaper, he knew that he could only nod.
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“Although Jiu Jiu Trading is a privately owned business, it has partnerships with various sectors of the Empire, and I am aware of this,” said Sasami Umezumi with a smile. “These are things that can be considered at the time.”
"Sagami-kun is very thoughtful." Onodera Shogo smiled and nodded.
“Sagami-kun.” He glanced at Miyazaki Kentaro. “I’ve asked you all the questions I needed to ask. Do you think we can let Miyazaki Kentaro leave now?”
Before Sagami Umezumi could speak, a military policeman pushed open the door and handed a piece of paper to Sagami Umezumi.
Sagami Umezumi looked down at the words on the paper, and his expression suddenly became serious.
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“Kentaro Miyazaki.” Sae-gami Umezumi looked at Kentaro Miyazaki. “We found out that you had arranged for your trusted subordinate, Li Hao, to contact the three Lu brothers in Zhabei.”
His gaze was sinister. "Please answer, what is your purpose in contacting the three Lu brothers?"
Cheng Qianfan's expression changed. He took a deep breath and looked at Sagami Umezumi with an unfriendly expression.
“Miyazaki-kun, please answer this question,” Onodera Shogo immediately reminded him from the side. “We are investigating the murder of Professor Mizutani Shogo and have no interest in anything else.”
As he spoke, he added, "As for other matters, as long as they do not involve imperial secrets or harm the interests of the empire, we can keep them confidential for you."
Hearing Onodera Shogo say that, Cheng Qianfan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
“Contacting the three Lu brothers is naturally about bribing them to do things,” Cheng Qianfan said.
"What is it?" Sagami Umezumi asked immediately.
"Naturally, it's about doing things that I can't do myself," Cheng Qianfan said with a light laugh. It seemed that because he had received Onodera Shogo's assurance, he decided to 'confess'. His mood had improved a lot, and his expression was quite relaxed.
Sagami Umezu watched all this unfold and couldn't help but think to himself, "It seems that Miyazaki Kentaro is fearless. He really has nothing to do with the murder of Mizutani Shogo."
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"What exactly is it?" Onodera Shogo asked at the opportune moment.
"Hu Sishui is wanted by the Nanjing government, and the military police are also searching for him everywhere," Cheng Qianfan said. When he mentioned Hu Sishui's plight, his face lit up with joy. "Hu Sishui was disloyal to the empire and dared to kill an imperial agent. He is doomed."
As he spoke, Cheng Qianfan showed a slight hint of embarrassment, but it quickly disappeared. He continued, "My original intention was to contact the three Lu brothers to carry out sabotage operations against some of Hu Sishui's properties, and then I could investigate the case under the guise of the police station... to wrap things up."
Sagami Umezumi immediately understood that Miyazaki Kentaro was certain that Hu Sishui was going to die and was preparing to take action against Hu Sishui's businesses.
At the same time, Hu Sishui is, after all, the captain of the Special Agent Headquarters Guard Brigade. Even if something happens to Hu Sishui, not to mention whether his business will be protected by No. 76, even if it is divided up, it will be divided up by No. 76 internally.
In this situation, Kentaro Miyazaki did not want to break ties with Number 76 and was unwilling to confront them directly. Therefore, he planned to deceive everyone and bribe the three Lu brothers to take action, which would make it easier for him to make his move.
Having figured all this out, Sagami Umezumi looked at Miyazaki Kentaro with a surge of anger in his heart.
Hu Sishui was arrested by the military police and is still being held there. Meanwhile, Miyazaki Kentaro is already thinking about how to seize Hu Sishui's assets and money.
Doesn't this mean that the military police have done all the work for Kentaro Miyazaki?
No wonder this guy was reluctant to talk earlier, and even seemed a little embarrassed.
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“That’s just your side of the story,” said Sagami Umezumi. “Miyazaki Kentaro, you need to think carefully. Is what you’re saying true?”
His face was grim as he said, "Let me remind you, the military police will definitely interrogate the three Lu brothers..."
“Interrogating them won’t do any good,” Cheng Qianfan sneered. “Until the moment we take action, they won’t know why I contacted them.”
"If you don't say anything, will the three Lu brothers obediently follow your orders?" asked Sagami Umezumi.
"If you take someone's money, you have to solve their problems. The Lu brothers know what they should and shouldn't know." Cheng Qianfan said with a hint of smugness. "Besides, the Lu brothers lost out in the power struggle within the New Asia Peace Promotion Association. They urgently need a backer now. I'm willing to ask them to do things because I think highly of them. They're happy about it, so why would they ask so many questions?"
Shogo Onodera whispered in the ear of Umezu Sagami, "After Zhang Xiaolin died, the New Asia Peace Promotion Association fell into chaos. The three Lu brothers, who were not natives of Shanghai, were squeezed out of the center of power."
Sagami Umezumi frowned, as if he was thinking about something.
“Sagami-kun,” Onodera Shogo said, “Miyazaki-kun’s attitude was very good, he cooperated well with the questions, and according to what he said, there was nothing inappropriate.”
"It is clear that Kentaro Miyazaki's loyalty to the Empire and to His Majesty the Emperor is beyond question." He smiled and said, "In my opinion, shouldn't we let Miyazaki-kun leave?"
"Lieutenant Colonel Kawada, what's your opinion?" Umezumi Sagami glanced at Atsuto Kawada and asked.
"I'm just here to listen in; I won't interfere with the specifics," Atsuto Kawada said with a smile, putting down his newspaper.
Sasami Umezumi sneered inwardly, but nodded slightly outwardly. "Onodera-kun, you can process the paperwork for Miyazaki-kun."
“Okay.” Shogo Onodera nodded.
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"Miyazaki-kun, I apologize for my rudeness and offense today." Sae-gami Umezumi then looked at Miyazaki Kentaro.
"It's alright, it's alright," Cheng Qianfan said. "It's just that Zuo Shangjun is doing his duty. I understand, I understand."
Sagami Umezumi nodded, greeted Kawada Atsuto, ignored Miyazaki Kentaro, and left the interrogation room.
Cheng Qianfan stretched, snorted, and was about to speak.
Shogo Onodera gestured for him to be quiet, and Cheng Qianfan nodded in understanding.
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After completing the formalities.
Cheng Qianfan and Onodera Shogo followed Kawada Atsuto to his officers' quarters.
Shogo Onodera realized that Atsuto Kawada had something to ask Kentaro Miyazaki, so he made an excuse and quickly took his leave.
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"Tell me, what happened?" Atsuto Kawada looked at Kentaro Miyazaki with a serious expression.
“Young Master Duren,” Cheng Qianfan said, “I’m completely confused myself.”
He gave a wry smile and said, "I received a call from Araki-kun, informing me that he had returned to Shanghai and was now at the Second Imperial Army Hospital. I rushed over to visit him, and then I was taken to the military police headquarters."
"What exactly was the purpose of your telegram exchanges with that radio that Araki Harima gave you?" Kawada Atsuto asked.
Cheng Qianfan remained silent for a while.
Kawada Atsuto didn't say anything, he just stared at him.
“If anyone else had asked me this question, my answer would have been exactly the same as what I gave in the interrogation room just now.” Cheng Qianfan’s expression was serious and earnest, with a sincere light shining in his eyes. “However, since it is you, Young Master Duren, who is asking me, then I can only tell you the truth.”
Atsuto Kawada nodded slightly, signaling Kentaro Miyazaki to speak.
“Araki Harima suspects that Arao Tomohiro is trying to get back at him,” Cheng Qianfan said.
Atsuto Kawada showed a slightly surprised expression, but not too much. He nodded, signaling Kentaro Miyazaki to continue.
“I’m not entirely clear on the specifics,” Cheng Qianfan said. “Araki-kun said he suspects that Section Chief Araki arranged for Shinta Abiko, the head of the intelligence department, to secretly take action against him.”
"At this time, he was assigned to Nanjing on official business. Given all the signs, Araki was a little worried. He was afraid something might happen," Cheng Qianfan said.
"Are you worried about something going wrong in Nanjing? Or are you worried about Shanghai?" Atsuto Kawada immediately grasped the crux of the matter and asked.
“They’re all worried,” Cheng Qianfan said. “He’s worried about being targeted in Nanjing.”
He said to Kawada Atsuto, "Cheng Qianfan, well, that is, I do have connections and influence in Nanjing. The radio station's role is to provide protection and assistance to Araki Harima when needed, that's also a fact."
Atsuto Kawada nodded.
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“In addition, Araki is also worried that something might happen in Shanghai while he is away,” Cheng Qianfan said. “Araki has always been in charge of the Special Higher Police Operations Brigade. He is worried that Chief Arao’s arrangement for him to go to Nanjing is a diversionary tactic. He is also worried that Chief Arao will make sudden personnel changes to the Operations Brigade while he is away from Shanghai.”
"So, the role of radio also included keeping abreast of the situation in Shanghai," Cheng Qianfan said.
"It seems that Araki Harima is very suspicious," Kawada Atsuto pondered. "He may not have arranged for his subordinates to contact him, but instead chose you to do this."
"As expected of Young Master Duren, he saw through it at a glance," Cheng Qianfan said. "Araki-kun is indeed very suspicious. As for whether he arranged for his subordinates to contact him, I don't know. In my opinion, he is more likely to use multiple methods and multiple layers of insurance."
"I see." Kawada Atsuto nodded. He thought about what he knew about Araki Harima, mostly from Miyazaki Kentaro. It seemed that Araki Harima was indeed somewhat cautious, and excessive caution was indeed a kind of paranoia.
"What's the story with the three Lu brothers?" Atsuto Kawada tossed a cigarette to Kentaro Miyazaki and suddenly asked.
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