The Bourne Counterattack

Chapter 553: Nishio's Dinner

"Mr. Takeda, Commander Nishio wants to invite me to a dinner?" Cheng Mo was very surprised that Takeda Takeo actually came to invite him to dinner.

"Yes, to thank Mr. Cheng for his help today, Commander Xiwei has specially prepared a banquet at the Licha Hotel. Please come over."

"Am I the only one?"

"For now, there is only you." Takeda Takeo did not dare to say it with certainty. After all, when Nishiojizo gave the order, he did not say to invite Cheng Mo alone.

"Then let me clean up. My current image is not very good." Cheng Mo thought about it and agreed. However, he had not taken care of anything from last night until now, especially he had not had time to shave. It would be too rude to go to dinner like this.

Xiouji Zuo was a very particular person. If he wanted to take advantage of the situation, he had to do a good job in presenting himself.

"Okay, how long will it take, Mr. Cheng?"

"A quarter of an hour, but this is a hospital and I don't have the right clothes. Do I have to go back?"

"It's okay, I'll go with you." Takeda Takeo was not displeased at all, but agreed politely.

"Thank you."

Cheng Mo drove and Takeda Takeo followed, and the two returned to their home on Pingwang Street. The move had actually already begun, but not everything had been moved out.

After all, this place is very close to the hospital, and Xiaoyu has to go back and forth every day to cook for Su Moer and move some items that are not needed temporarily.

Including the radio hidden in their bedroom on the second floor has been delivered. This was done personally by sister Cheng Hua without asking anyone else to do it.

He took a quick cold shower, shaved, and changed into more formal clothes for the banquet.

More importantly, he called Lei Gang over to act as his driver. It would be inappropriate for him to drive himself to the banquet. What if he drank too much? How would he drive back?
Of course, I have to prepare in advance, as I am going to a Japanese banquet.

Although it’s not the Hongmen Banquet.

But this banquet was definitely not a good one. The person who invited him to dinner was the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Expeditionary Army in China. Even if he helped him capture Miura Saburo, he would not invite him to a banquet alone. There must be a reason for this.

He was actually going to go through this level tonight.

It was around seven in the evening.

Cheng Mo and Takeda Takeo then drove to the Ritz Hotel together.

Nishiojizo had already made arrangements. Takeda Takeo led Cheng Mo quickly to a private room in a restaurant on the second floor. Such a big thing had happened.

Nishiojizo no longer wanted to put up a show, so he just moved into the Ritz-Carlton, Manhattan Hotel, which was run by the Japanese. Although the Ritz-Carlton, Manhattan Hotel was not as good as the Cathay Hotel and the International Hotel, it at least gave him peace of mind.

In addition, he also drew a team from the Shanghai garrison to protect his safety. After all, he was the commander of the expeditionary force.

Apart from Chief of Staff Itagaki from Nanjing, he had not met any Japanese military officers from Shanghai. Even Yingzuo, the head of the Ume Agency, was turned away.

It was obvious that he was really angry. Your Mei agency was in Shanghai, and Saburo Miura was secretly trying to kill him, but you didn't even know about this situation. What is your intelligence agency doing?

Even if your main responsibility was to guide and supervise the Wang Puppet Government, you were also in Hongkou. Didn’t your intelligence personnel notice it at all?
Yingzuo is the emperor of the Wang Puppet Government, but he dare not express any dissatisfaction in front of Nishiojizo. He is a general and you are just a major general.

His qualifications and achievements are far superior to yours. Even if he is unpopular, he is now the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force. Shouldn't he lose his temper?

Wouldn’t anyone feel chilled when they’ve just been stabbed in the back?
If he was assassinated by the enemy, it would be fine, and maybe he could even consider it as an honor, but now the people who want to kill him are his own people.

Although this guy Saburo Miura is already dead and was obviously silenced, this is probably everyone's first reaction.

Push the madman Saburo Miura to kill him. If it works, everyone will reap the benefits together. If it fails, just kill Miura and put all the blame on him. Anyway, he is dead and can't implicate others. Those who participated in or knew about this matter are safe.

Nishiojizo didn't know how many people were involved in planning this incident, but the seriousness of the incident was enough to affect the war situation between China and Japan.

So, he called Chief of Staff Itagaki over immediately.

Push all the evidence you found and the gold and silver treasures obtained from the house search in front of Itagaki, and tell him to investigate this matter and give me an explanation when you find it out.

When Itagaki saw the evidence, he felt his scalp tingling. Someone had to take responsibility for the serious incident of "the inferior overthrowing the superior" that had occurred in the China Expeditionary Force.

Should Nishiojizo be made to bear this responsibility? Obviously it is inappropriate. He was almost killed and was a victim. It is unreasonable for him to bear the responsibility for his own assassination.

Then who should bear the responsibility? It's him. He is the one who does the actual work, and he is also in charge of the intelligence work of the expeditionary force, and he is also in charge of the military police...

Isn't this just setting him up for death?

If Saburo Miura wasn't already dead, he would have wanted to shoot him again.

If this matter were to be reported back to the headquarters, there would probably be outrage, and even the Emperor might issue an edict of punishment.

If this matter is not handled properly, many people will be in trouble.

Xioujizo put the matter aside and hid in the Ritz Hotel, refusing to go out. He also decided to return to Nanjing the day after tomorrow.

If he hadn't thought of inviting Cheng Mo to dinner to express his gratitude, he would probably have handed the case over to Itagaki and slipped away.

Cheng Mo was the only one invited to today's dinner.

He had to pretend to be "flattered", but he was also afraid of overdoing it, so he had to hold back.

Of course, Takeda Takeo was there to accompany me.

Many things are easier to say when a third person is present.

Nishiojizo was suspicious as to why Cheng Mo was able to appear in time and lead his men to quickly control the scene and pin down Miura Saburo.

If he hadn't prepared in advance, how could he have done it?

Could it be that a small Inspector General of the Concession is more powerful than his own intelligence system and can see through Miura Saburo's conspiracy?
If even outsiders know about it, but his own people don't, then it means that he, as the commander, has been sidelined.

This was a very serious matter because the people below were against him, otherwise, why didn't he receive any news of it beforehand?

He even suspected that Chief of Staff Itagaki was involved. Did these people think that he was blocking their way and had to kill him?

Therefore, he wanted to invite Cheng Mo to dinner, and there was only one person, he wanted to know the answer from his own mouth, otherwise, he would not feel at ease even if he returned to Jinling.

Cheng Mo naturally analyzed the reason why Xioujizo invited him to dinner alone, and he also understood that Xiou's current situation was a bit awkward.

Therefore, he did not hide it and said directly that he had not discovered Miura Saburo's plan, but the day of July 7 was too special, and students suddenly took to the streets, so he naturally had to arrange special forces to maintain order along the way so that they could deal with and suppress the situation at any time, and encountering Miura Saburo's assassination was purely a coincidence.

Of course, it was not a coincidence. The students took to the streets under the secret instigation and arrangement of Saburo Miura, with the purpose of framing the concession afterwards.

The result was counterproductive.

(End of this chapter)