wind in the dark night

Chapter 266 The visitor is evil

Somekawa Kazuo said: "Gentlemen, I would like to ask, at about 11 o'clock at night, Guan Dazhi - no, it could be anyone, died in someone else's house inexplicably at such a late hour without going home. From your perspective, would it be suspicious?"

Ning Zhiyuan said, "Deputy Section Chief Ranchuan, I don't quite understand. Is this issue still worth discussing? Not only trained agents, but anyone with normal intelligence would find it suspicious."

“So, this is the first suspicious point.”

Somekawa Kazuo continued, "The deceased had no obvious external injuries, and was dressed neatly, sleeping in bed with a blanket on. If murder is ruled out, it does look like carbon monoxide poisoning. However, combined with the first suspicious point, the first thing that comes to mind is that this is likely a fake scene."

Ning Zhiyuan said: "Section Chief Gao sent a forensic doctor to perform an autopsy for this very reason."

Somekawa Kazuo nodded, "Very good, the second suspicion is also established. Let me talk about the third suspicion. Later, through blood tests, it was proved that Guan Dazhi did not die of carbon monoxide poisoning, which will further lead to more speculations: The murderer killed Guan Dazhi, but created a fake scene to confuse the public. What exactly did he want to hide?"

Gao Kejian was always wary of this deputy section chief who might threaten his position, and he tapped the table with his fingers - this was a secret signal to Ning Zhiyuan, meaning that he was not in a position to speak and asked Ning Zhiyuan to continue "fighting" with his opponent.

Ning Zhiyuan understood what he meant, so he said, "Deputy Section Chief Ranchuan, we have already grasped the three doubts you mentioned, and that is why we have to investigate this case."

"What are you investigating?"

Somekawa Kazuo immediately asked back.

"Investigate who the murderer is."

"How to check?"

“This needs to be done step by step…”

"Where do I start?"

Gao Kejian frowned. He couldn't listen any longer. He felt that Somekawa Kazuo seemed a bit neurotic. He said, "Of course, we should start with the three doubts you mentioned."

Somekawa Kazuo turned around, looked at Gao Kejian, and suddenly grinned: "I really like to use idioms. A few simple words can explain a very complicated matter. For example, Chief Li just said to confuse the audience and mix pearls with fish eyes. Another example is flowers in the mirror and moon in the water, nothing is gained."

Gao Kejian glanced at his watch and said, "Cheng's words are concise and to the point, which is really good. I think we should end the welcome party here. Everyone is very busy and has cases to deal with. Deputy Section Chief Somechuan wants to discuss the case. Can we change the time?"

A few of them became impatient and stood up to leave.

Somekawa Kazuo's expression changed, and he slapped the table with his hand: "Sit down! The boss is still speaking, and subordinates cannot leave in the middle of a speech!"

Those people looked at each other, and seeing that Gao Kejian was just watching coldly and had no intention of speaking for them, they had no choice but to sit back down obediently, feeling somewhat dissatisfied with Somekawa Kazuo.

Somekawa Kazuo said slowly: "What I want to say is that investigating the cause of Guan Dazhi's death or sending spies to sneak into Kaoshantun will only yield the same result: flowers in the mirror and moon in the water, nothing gained!"

Ning Zhiyuan said: "I think..."

Somekawa Kazuo said: "This is a trap set by the enemy! Kaoshantun is far away from the city, and it takes at least four hours to go back and forth. If we want to investigate this case, we must not only invest huge manpower and material resources, but also be on guard against attacks by anti-bandit forces at all times. The question is, what can we gain in the end?"

Somekawa Kazuo spread his hands and looked at everyone in an exaggerated manner: "You can't get anything. I just said it, it's just a mirage, nothing can be gained! The person who designed the trap deliberately left all kinds of doubts, the purpose is to let us track it down, because he knows that we can't find anything!"

Section Chief Li said: "The special agent department's investigation method is good at starting from the details. The anti-bandit group is a group of uneducated rough people. I don't believe that they can do things perfectly."

Somekawa Kazuo shook his head slightly: "I don't think so. The person who designed the trap was very thoughtful and logical. It is impossible for such a person to leave clues for us to find him." Gao Kejian interrupted and said: "In other words, the suspicious points we found were all discovered by others. The person who designed the trap spent a lot of effort just to distract our attention and lead the matter to a meaningless case."

Somekawa Kazuo said, "That's right. I even suspect that the man didn't need to think hard at all. He probably just came up with a solution based on the situation at the time. If that's the case, this man is really terrible."

Gao Kejian pondered for a long time, and finally said: "I agree with Deputy Section Chief Somekawa's opinion. The investigation into Guan Dazhi's murder will be terminated. In addition, I want to emphasize that solidarity is a fine tradition of the Special Agents Section. We must maintain it, pool our wisdom and strength, and face difficulties together. Do you understand?"

"understand!"

Everyone said in unison.

On the wall of the conference room, there is a beautifully framed calligraphy: calm and collected, rigorous and serious.

The signature is the seal of Emperor Kant.

When the Binjiang Police Department was first established, the Special Agent Division cracked many espionage cases one after another. When Emperor Kant, who loved calligraphy, heard about this, he improvised and wrote this calligraphy as a reward.

Somekawa Kazuo suddenly turned around, pointed at the words on the wall, and said loudly without warning: "Being calm, rigorous and serious is the spirit of the police department! I hope that everyone here can seriously understand the meaning of these eight words!"

Gao Kejian coughed lightly and said with a smile: "Deputy Section Chief Ranchuan said it very well. Calm and collected, rigorous and serious. These eight words are what His Majesty the Emperor expects of us... Um, Deputy Section Chief Ranchuan, do you have anything else to say?"

Somekawa Kazuo said, “No more.”

"Then adjourn the meeting."

Gao Kejian left the meeting room.

Ning Zhiyuan followed him out.

Back in the section chief's office, Gao Kejian walked back and forth with a gloomy face and his hands behind his back.

Ning Zhiyuan said, "Chief, this Somekawa Kazuo has bad intentions. Just now in the meeting room, his attitude made him think he was the top figure in the secret service department."

Gao Kejian walked to the window and said slowly, "Like Somekawa Kazuo and Akiyama Yumi, they were both trained at the Nakano Police School in Japan. After graduation, they stayed as instructors at the school. After the Manchurian Incident, they joined the Investigation Division of the General Staff of the Kwantung Army. Later, they went to Jiandao Province and founded the Jiandao Special Attack Team. This shows that he is very capable."

Ning Zhiyuan said: "Of course, if he didn't have any skills, General Shibuya wouldn't have recommended him to be the deputy section chief...Section Chief, are you really not going to investigate Guan Dazhi's case?"

Gao Kejian sighed softly: "Somekawa Kazuo is right. It is meaningless to continue investigating. I was also confused for a moment... You go and do your work first. Oh, call Qi Yue by the way."

Ning Zhiyuan left the section chief's office.

Gao Kejian said from behind: "I'm thinking of calling the telephone company and asking them to send someone to check the phone line at home. I suspect it might be a problem with the outside line..."

"understood."

Ning Zhiyuan closed the door.

(End of this chapter)