The Japanese Consulate General stationed in Shanghai, the Office of Deputy Counselor and Special Assistant of the Consul General.

"Professor Taniguchi is from Kobe. He adds two more Kobe dishes to let the professor feel the taste of his hometown." Imamura Hitotaro said with a smile holding a microphone.

"It has been arranged, and Imai Shunro cooks in person." Kogoro Imamura said.

"Very good." Imamura Hitaro nodded with satisfaction. Damasaburo is the chef of a high-end Japanese restaurant on Desway Road. This person is from Kobe and is very good at Kobe cuisine.

Bangbang.

A knock on the door sounded.

"That's it." Hitotaro Imamura hung up the phone, looked in the direction of the office door, "Come in."

Naito Xiaoyi pushed the door and looked panicked.

"Mr. Counselor, something happened."

"I'm so panicked, what's the point?" Imamura Hitotaro glared at Koyu Naito with a calm face, "What's wrong?"

"Sakamoto-kun called and Professor Taniguchi was assassinated." Naito Koi said hurriedly.

"What?" Imamura Hitaro was shocked.

"Sakamoto-kun has been busy calling your office, and then he called me." Koyi Naito helped Hitotaro Imamura put on a windbreaker and jacket, handed him the hat, and followed Hitotaro Imamura and said while walking.

"What's the specific situation?" Imamura Hitaro's expression was gloomy. "How is Professor Taniguchi now?"

"Attacked at the door of Sakura Guesthouse, a gunman shot directly at close range, and Professor Taniguchi was shot twice." After pausing, Naito Koyi looked embarrassed and said, "The professor was shot in the neck and in the abdomen. The situation is very unoptimistic, I'm afraid..."

"Bagh duck!" Imamura Hitotaro, who has always been polite and elegant, also cursed irritably, "Prepare the car."

"yes!"

...

At this moment, the phone ringing on the desk rang, and Naito Koi rushed up and picked up the microphone.

"I am Naito Koi, and Mr. Counselor is by my side."

"I understand." Naito Koe-e hung up the phone and looked at Hitotaro Imamura. "The call from Sakamoto-kun has sent Professor Taniguchi to the Imperial Army Hospital for rescue."

"Where is the gunman?" asked Hitotaro Imamura.

"Sakamoto-kun didn't say that there was a mess over there." Naito Koyu said.

"Go to the Army Hospital."

"Hayi."

The two hurriedly left the office. Just as they left, a phone ringing sound came from behind, but they didn't care about going back to answer the phone.

...

Japanese Army Hospital stationed in Shanghai.

Seeing a car flying an imperial flag rushing towards him, Japanese soldiers at the checkpoint were preparing to intercept him.

A Japanese sergeant ran over quickly and made a gesture to the sentry to let go.

"Is it Imamura Counselor?" The sergeant saluted, "Please come with me."

Imamura Hitaro came out of the operating room with the Japanese sergeant and his assistant Naito Koetsu, and saw the lost Ryono Sakamoto.

"Bastard!" Imamura Hitaro grabbed Sakamoto Ryono's collar, and he was just scratching his ears.

"Are you awake now?" He looked at Ryono Sakamoto angrily.

"Hayi."

"I hit you not only because Professor Taniguchi was assassinated, but also because of your condition just now that I was angry." Hitotaro Imamura said coldly, "Do you understand?"

"Hayi."

"How is Professor Taniguchi's situation?" Hitotaro Imamura asked directly.

At this moment, the lights in the operating room went out, and several doctors walked out, behind them was the operating bed. There was a person lying on the bed, covered with white cloth.

"I am Imura Hitaro Imamura, deputy counselor of the Imperial Consulate General in Shanghai. The injured are famous scholars of the Imperial..."

"Counselor Imamura." A middle-aged military doctor interrupted Imamura Hitaro's words, "This gentleman was already dead when he was sent to the hospital. This gentleman could not accept this result and beg us to continue to rescue him."

As he said that, he pointed to Ryono Sakamoto, showing a helpless expression.

"Thank you for your hard work." Imamura Hitotaro was extremely angry, but he did not get angry with the doctors and said with a slight bow.

...

Imamura Hitaro walked to the bed, lifted up the white cloth, and then saw the face of the body.

There was a significant gunshot wound on the neck of Kayaguchi Kuanyuki.

Imamura Hitaro continued to pull Baibu away and saw the wound on his abdomen.

Both gunshot wounds were fatal.

This was the first time he had met this famous scholar in the empire, Professor Hiroyuki Taniguchi's advisor, who planned to hold a banquet to welcome Hiroyuki Taniguchi tonight. He even called Kentaro Miyazaki to attend the dinner, intending to surprise the teachers and students, but he did not expect that it would be such a desolate scene now.

"Tell me, what happened?" Hitotaro Imamura asked in a deep voice.

Kitani Kitani is a famous scholar with a reputation in the cabinet. Something happened as soon as he arrived in Shanghai and was assassinated at the door of the guesthouse of the Consulate General. In this way, he was responsible.

At this time, Ryono Sakamoto, who was shaved two big ears, became clearer. While he was thinking about memories, he told the story.

At the same time, Hitaro Imamura would intervene and ask questions.

"You mean, the assassination gunman is a Westerner?" Imamura Hitaro was surprised.

"It's a young man with European faces," said Sakamoto Ryono. "This man pretended to be a camera, which attracted Professor Taniguchi's attention, and then suddenly pulled out his gun to shoot."

His face was filled with pain, "It happened so suddenly that we didn't have time to react."

...

Imamura Hitaro had a calm face. He wanted to scold him, and even had the urge to shave his hands again. However, considering Sakamoto Nagayuki's face, he forced himself to hold it back.

Imamura Hitaro forced himself to control his anger and calm down.

"The gunman did not shout slogans, did not do anything else, just shoot directly?" Hitotaro Imamura stared at Ryono Sakamoto and asked.

"No, just shoot." Sakamoto Ryono shook his head.

Imamura Hitaro fell into deep thought.

There was no slogan or other unnecessary actions, which did not seem to be a political assassination.

It's more like coming directly at Professor Hiroyuki Taniguchi?

However, Taniguchi Kusato's apparent identity is just a famous scholar and has not directly participated in the war. Why did such an influential public figure attack Taniguchi?

In addition, there is an extremely important point, that is:

One of the pedestrians from the valley mouth was just arrived in Shanghai. Even if the other party wanted to attack Gukou Kuai for some purpose, how did they know where Gukou Kuai Kuai was?

Imamura Hitaro frowned.

...

"Where are the students of Taniguchi-kun?" asked Imamura Hitaro.

"Miss Haruko fainted from fright, and the others were also frightened. I arranged for them to wait in the guesthouse for a while." Ryono Sakamoto said.

"Didn't you ask to come to the hospital with the car?" Imamura Hitaro immediately caught a key problem.

Ryono Sakamoto thought for a while, "Maybe he was frightened. I let them stay in the guesthouse, and they didn't make any other comments."

Imamura Hitaro shook his head gently, this was not normal.

"Where is the assassination gunman?" he asked.

"This man shot and assassinated Professor Taniguchi, which attracted the attention of the soldiers in the guesthouse. There was a gunfight between the two sides. The gunman was shot many times and was captured by Captain Morimoto of the guesthouse and interrogated."

After pausing for a moment, Ryono Sakamoto continued, "Captain Morimoto said, that gunman is no longer possible."

"Why didn't I send it to the hospital for emergency treatment?" Naito Koyi interjected.

"Captain Morimoto judged that this person would die soon and could not be saved. He said he would hurry up and interrogate him." Ryono Sakamoto said.

Imamura Hitaro sighed deeply, walked in place for a moment, and said, "Nito, call the Consulate General and ask Hojo to go to the guesthouse to participate in the interrogation and get the first-hand interrogation confession."

Hojo Hideho was a second-class military officer in the Military Attendant Office of the Imperial Consulate General in Shanghai. Most importantly, Hojo also has another identity. He is a confidant of Imamura Hitotaro and is also a secret member of the Iwai Mansion.

"Hayi!"

...

"Uncle Imamura, it was because of my poor protection that led to Professor Taniguchi's assassination."

After Naito Koi left, Ryono Sakamoto said guilty and depressed.

"Although I am really angry," Hitotaro Imamura glanced at Ryono Sakamoto and shook his head and said, "But strictly speaking, Taniguchi's assassination has little to do with you."

As he said that, he sighed, "Who could have thought that someone would be so cruel to the unarmed Guru Taniguchi."
To be continued...