No. 23, Xiaoweiying, in the reception room on the second floor of the Zhuang Family Courtyard.

"Snapped!"

A heavy slap hit Yamada Otomo's face. His cheeks suddenly became red and swollen, with clear palm prints showing, and a trace of blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.

"You idiot! As Yoshioka-kun's assistant, protecting the commander's safety is one of your most important responsibilities. But now, tell me, what happened?"

Colonel Hideki Akashi, the head of the Special Higher Education Course, pointed at the body of Masao Yoshioka on the sofa and roared sternly.

When he received the news that Masao Yoshioka had been assassinated and died in this safe house, he couldn't believe his ears. He rushed over without stopping, and at a glance he saw his deputy's face covered with blood and miserable.

You can imagine the incomparable death state and the grief and anger. He directly used Yamada Otomo who was standing beside him as a punching bag.

Yamada Otomo was so dizzy from the slap that he almost fell down, but he didn't dare to complain.

The Japanese military has a strict hierarchy, and it is common for superiors to corporally punish their subordinates. And as Hideki Akashi said, as Masao Yoshioka's assistant, he did bear some responsibility for Masao Yoshioka's death.

Now that I see Akatsuki Yingshu being irritated, I am afraid that if I fail to respond, I will bear the thunderous wrath of my immediate boss, and I feel even more uneasy and frightened.

Seeing Yamada Otomo trembling with fear and unable to speak, Akashi Hideki took a deep breath, forced himself to suppress the anger in his heart, and continued to ask: "Tell me what happened!"

"Hey!" Yamada Otomo watched the section chief recover, and then quickly nodded in agreement, "This morning, Team Leader Yoshioka said that he had important things to do, so he pretended to be casual and left the house around eight o'clock. I once asked the team

Captain, do you need to mobilize escorts? However, the team leader said that his itinerary today should not be exposed, so he only brought Hengshan with him and his driver Imai.

At noon, I waited for the team leader for a long time and didn't come back, so I called the safe house to inquire, but no one answered the phone. I immediately knew something was wrong. When I rushed over with someone, the scene was in a mess, and I found that the safe house was in a mess.

Everyone is dead, including Team Leader Yoshioka.”

"It's not appropriate to be exposed? Then how did you know to call here?" Akashi Yingshu asked.

"That's him!" Yamada Otomo pointed to the body opposite the sofa, "This man's name is Han Zhirong, he is a senior agent of the former Taiyuan Intelligence Station of the Military Command. We secretly arrested him three months ago..."

Yamada Otomo quickly gave a detailed report on Han Zhirong's situation to Akashi Hideki, and finally said: "This morning, the team leader received a call from Han Zhirong requesting a meeting, and left soon after."

The counter-intelligence work of the Shanxi Special High School has always been carried out by the intelligence team leader Yoshioka Masao, and Akashi Hideki has great trust in this deputy and never interferes in his work, so regarding Han Zhirong's matter,

Only Masao Yoshioka and his assistant Otomo Yamada knew about it, but Hideki Akashi didn't.

After listening to Yamada Otomo's narration, Akashi Hideki snorted coldly and asked: "I have met Han Zhirong several times before, are they always here?"

"We all met here, and we met six times in total this time, about once every half month. However, the last two meetings were only two days apart, so the team leader believed that Han Zhirong hurriedly requested to meet this time.

, there must be an important situation report. When Team Leader Yoshioka put down the phone at that time, he was still very happy. He said that the military command must be trying to contact Han Zhirong, and things would soon make new progress. The result..."

"A trap, this is a trap!" Akashi Hideki cursed through gritted teeth, "The murderer followed this idiot Han Zhirong all the way. The Military Command Bureau deliberately planned to take revenge on Yoshioka-kun. It even launched an assassination operation before and almost succeeded, but you I was self-righteous, thinking that after killing many military agents and wiping out the action team, the other party would no longer be able to fight back, so I relaxed my guard. But look, the consequences are so serious. Yoshioka-kun, he has a bright future and has just been promoted to colonel..."

Akashi Hideki and Yoshioka Masao have been together for many years. In addition to their working relationship, the two have a very good personal relationship. Otherwise, Akashi Hideki would not trust him so much, nor would he try his best to help Yoshioka Masao be promoted to Army Colonel and pave the way for his future. .

But all this was in vain. The death of Yoshioka Masao not only lost a very capable assistant to Akashi Hideki, it was also a very heavy loss to the Special High School.

Because Masao Yoshioka, as the leader of the intelligence team in charge of intelligence work, has many high-level secrets unknown to others, including the secrets and intelligence channels he has personally laid out over the years, these invisible resources follow Yoshioka Masao's death is like a kite whose string has been cut and can never be taken back.

Such losses are extremely heavy for any intelligence organization.

The more Akashi Hideki thought about it, the more annoyed he became. He came to Masao Yoshioka's body and looked at the wide-open eyes with blood stains on the corners of his eyes due to congestion. He couldn't help but sigh softly. He stretched out his hand to touch Masao Yoshioka's body. Eyes slowly closed.

Then, he leaned down and carefully observed Masao Yoshioka's neck. There was a clear mark of strangulation there, and there were several scratch marks around it. It should have been caused by Masao Yoshioka's desperate struggle after his neck was strangled. Scratch.

Yamada Otomo stepped forward and carefully reported: "Team Leader Yoshioka had no other injuries on his body. He was strangled by the murderer from behind and suffocated to death.

As for Han Zhirong, a very sharp dagger was pierced through his throat from the front, and the force was so strong that it directly penetrated the artery in his neck, and he lost his ability to resist on the spot.

Judging from the traces, Team Leader Yoshioka and Han Zhirong did not leave their seats from the beginning to the end, and there was no sign of moving. In other words, they were suddenly attacked and were killed by the murderer before they had time to react."

Akashi Hideki nodded slightly, his judgment was consistent with Yamada Otomo, so he looked at the bunch of curtains behind Masao Yoshioka.

He stood up and went to the curtains, stretched out his hands to open them, stood in and covered his body with the curtains, then walked out, looked at where Han Zhirong was, and said in a deep voice: "This is where the murderer is hiding. From that time on In the scene, Mr. Yoshioka was talking to Han Zhirong. The murderer hidden behind the curtain suddenly attacked. He first threw out a dagger and stabbed Han Zhirong, and then strangled Mr. Yoshioka's neck with a rope. He was very strong. Yoshioka-kun's struggles were ineffective, and his head position did not change until he died of suffocation."

Akashi Hideki, as an experienced intelligence expert, only observed for a moment and accurately restored the situation at the scene.

He then asked: "According to common sense, Hengshan should have been guarding the door at all times. Yoshioka-kun was suffocated to death. During this period, Hengshan should have reacted with his alertness. How could he die downstairs?"

It turns out that Yokoyama is a well-known action expert among the special agents. He is not only tall and strong, but also agile and a master of karate. He used to be Akashi Hideki's bodyguard, but just a few days ago, Yoshioka Masao's bodyguard

, except Yamada Otomo, all of them were killed in the attack launched by the military unification action team. Akashi Hideki was worried about Masao Yoshioka's safety, so he specially transferred Yokoyama to Masao Yoshioka as his personal bodyguard. However, he did not expect that it would only be a few days.

After a short while, he died here. His death also made Akira Shiyingshu heartbroken.

Yamada Otomo quickly explained: "In the storage room downstairs, we found the bodies of the two agents, Asano and Akiyama, who had been guarding this place. They were both killed with a stab in the heart. It is initially judged that someone sneaked in and killed them.

He killed them and moved the bodies to hide them. After Hengshan noticed them, he went downstairs to check.

And this period should be the time when Team Leader Yoshioka was killed. After Hengshan went down the stairs, he had a fierce fight with the murderer, but in the end he died tragically at the hands of the murderer.

Therefore, there are at least two murderers. One attacked first downstairs, killing Akiyama and Asano, leading Yokoyama downstairs and away from Team Leader Yoshioka. Then the other murderer lurking here began to attack and killed

Han Zhirong and Team Leader Yoshioka.”

From the scene in the hall on the first floor, it was obvious that there had been a fierce fight, but Yamada Otomo didn't know that it was Xu Chengyan who finally took action and worked with Ji Yun to defeat Hengshan.

But this is not important. What is important is that Yamada Otomo judged that at least two murderers had infiltrated here. This clue was consistent with the situation he obtained a few days ago.

He continued: "There is also the driver Imai. He should have heard unusual noises after the murder, entered through the back door, and prepared to protect Team Leader Yoshioka, because he was the only one who pulled out a gun at the scene. The five previous

Individuals were attacked suddenly and were killed quickly without having time to draw a gun or give a warning.

But it’s a pity that Imai still didn’t have time to shoot, so he was shot down by the murderer and was equipped with a gun, and then he was strangled to death.”

When Akira Shiyingshu heard this, his face was solemn and he analyzed: "This shows that these two murderers are very powerful. They did not use guns, but only used weapons such as daggers and ropes to kill everyone, including Hengshan.

, Yamada, didn’t you report before that all the action teams at the Military Command Taiyuan Station have been wiped out? So what are the roles of these two people? "

Yamada Otomo quickly reported: "Section Chief, the agents of the military unified action team we arrested before did indeed confess that except for the captain Shan Ying, the rest of the action team were wiped out, and Shan Ying himself was also seriously injured. This incident

It was definitely not their doing.

If my judgment is correct, today’s murder must have been committed by two military agents codenamed Viper and Viper.”

"Viper? Viper?" Akashi Hideki frowned and stared at Yamada Otomo, "It seems that you have investigated some situations?"

"Viper and Viper are agents of the Intelligence Department of the Taiyuan Intelligence Station of the Military Command.

According to the prisoner's confession, the murder of Dai Wenshan, the former chief of the criminal investigation section of the police headquarters, the murder of Cai Wu, the captain of the plainclothes security team, and the murder of Kazuya Harada, senior adviser to the New People's Association, were all committed by these two people.

The characteristic of their crimes is that they are fully prepared and well-designed. Once they launch an attack, they are like poisonous snakes hiding in the dark, waiting for the opportunity to attack the target, showing their fangs, and they are sure to hit with one hit. After taking action, they quickly evacuate without hesitation.

It's done neatly and neatly, never sloppily.

However, they also left traces of committing crimes, that is, one of them was good at using a flying rope called the 'Flying Tiger Claw'. This trace feature was found at the murder scene of Mount Devon and the murder of Consultant Harada.

Appeared."

Ming Shiyingshu nodded slightly when he heard this, and asked: "Is there any trace of them at today's scene?"

"Yes, first of all, there are the strangulation marks on Captain Yoshioka's neck." Yamada Otomo came to the body of Masao Yoshioka and pointed at his neck, "Generally speaking, people who have been trained as agents will strangle their opponents if they want to.

Choose a thin and tough rope or steel wire, which will work better, but the strangulation marks will be thicker and look a bit special.

We previously found the same strangulation marks on the neck of the body of Dai Wenshan, the head of the criminal investigation section of the police station, and on the neck of the driver Imai downstairs. I judged that these should be on a flying rope like the Flying Tiger Claw, so

Rope used.

Also, there are three extremely sharp, freely retractable steel claws at the top of the Flying Tiger Claw, which will leave three clear vertical marks after use. Such marks were also found at the murder sites of Devin Shan and Advisor Harada.

At today's scene, we found three deep wounds with bone visible on driver Imai's right wrist. There was a gun he dropped near the body. It seems that the murderer shot him down with a flying rope before he could get close enough.

The gun in his hand, and then strangled him to death with the same rope.

So there are various signs that these cases are caused by Viper and Viper!"

After all, Yamada Otomo is also a shrewd and capable character, and he quickly found out the clues left by Xu Chengyan from the clues.

Akashi Hideki nodded heavily and said fiercely: "According to what you said, these two people are undoubtedly the real murderers of Advisor Harada and Yoshioka-kun. Do you know anything more about them?"

Yamada Otomo was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and had to bite the bullet and replied: "According to the confession, these two people are students of Chu Guangji, the head of the Taiyuan Intelligence Station, and as far as I know, Chu Guangji has been in the military command before."

He is responsible for training. He has no reputation and no qualifications, so I judge that his students should be young, no more than thirty years old at most.

In addition, from their actions, it can be seen that Viper and Viper are two veterans with practical combat experience, and they are not too young, so I think they should be between twenty-five and thirty years old.

between years.

Also, when they sneaked into Advisor Harada's residence, they left two pairs of shoe prints, both of which were larger than ordinary people's shoe sizes. Therefore, Team Leader Yoshioka once judged that these two were also taller than ordinary people.
Chapter completed!