Chapter 64: Recognition

"Immediately go and inquire if there is anything going on in the concession today." Tang Cheng called Xu Huanshan to remind him with good intentions, but Xu Huanshan couldn't be treated with caution, and when he hung up the phone, he immediately sent someone out to inquire about the news. The people who were sent out to inquire about the news went out quickly and came back quickly, and they used their hands in the concession to use their guns**, this is not a trivial matter, it has already been rumored outside, that is, Xu Huanshan, who has not gone out at the contact point, they still don't know.

Another team of special high-tech people died in the concession, and when he heard the news, Xu Huanshan's heart was full of shock, and he once again had a great interest in Tang Cheng. If Xu Huanshan is not mistaken, Tang Cheng seems to have met him after breakfast, and when Tang Cheng left here, it was already close to lunchtime. In such a short period of time, how did Tang Cheng shoot a whole team of special high-tech? Xu Huanshan's heart was full of questions.

Tang Cheng just called Xu Huanshan and asked him to send someone to pick up the man and woman in the apartment building, if the two did not have a face-to-face secret conversation, these questions in Xu Huanshan's heart would not be answered, and Tang Cheng might not tell Xu Huanshan the truth of the matter. Tang Cheng, who was waiting outside the Japanese checkpoint at the moment, looked at his expression, but he was actually thinking about the direction and steps of his actions after entering Hongkou District.

Tang Cheng had been carrying three fake identity documents and related documents in his carry-on bag, and one was an overseas Chinese identity document used by Tang Cheng to enter and leave Hongkou District several times. The other two identification documents are the Shanghai special high-tech certificate and the identity document of the Kyoto area of Japan, and before the action, Tang Cheng had already thought about his identity issue to the extreme. When it was Tang Cheng's turn, he, like other Japanese expatriates who were about to pass through the checkpoint, took out his ID and handed it to the Japanese military police at the checkpoint.

Several of Tang Cheng's identity documents were forged seamlessly, unless the Japanese military police at the checkpoint would contact other departments to investigate and verify the fake identity used by Tang Cheng. Every day, hundreds of Japanese expatriates enter and exit the Hongkou District through the checkpoint, and the Japanese military police guarding the checkpoint cannot investigate and check every person who passes through the checkpoint, so the Japanese soldiers who have identified them only glanced at it cursorely, and then waved their hands to signal Tangcheng to pass.

Tang Cheng, who had a calm face, passed through the checkpoint, walked a street with the flow of people, and quickly disappeared into the flow of people. It is not the first time that Tang Cheng has come to Hongkou District, he has had several overnight experiences in Hongkou District, and he did not choose to go to a familiar hotel, but found a small hotel to settle down. All afternoon until nightfall, Tang Cheng kept wandering around Hongkou District, and the most noticed by him were the izakaya in Hongkou District that looked like they were doing good business.

The Japanese army in Shanghai had an agreement with the Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the Concession that soldiers of the Japanese army in Shanghai, whether in military uniform or civilian clothes, were not allowed to enter the concession without reason. Therefore, when night falls, many izakaya in Hongkou District are crowded with Japanese soldiers who come here to spend time, and some of these hidden izakaya are frequented by many Japanese officers. Tang Cheng secretly observed these izakaya in Hongkou District, the purpose was to find out where the Japanese officers frequented, and in his opinion, assassinating ordinary soldiers was far less cost-effective than assassinating officers.

Especially in Tang City's systematic lottery, it seems that after killing the Japanese officers, the lottery opportunities obtained can always draw good things. As night fell, Tang Cheng, whose legs were numb, finally stopped, and he chose to enter a tavern on the side of the street to settle his dinner. After Tang Cheng entered this tavern, he suddenly found that his temporary decision seemed a little unreliable, because the table in the corner of the tavern was surrounded by three Japanese soldiers.

Hongkou District is a Japanese-controlled area, and it is not surprising to see the daily report here, but when he met three Japanese soldiers in a tavern at such a close distance, Tang Cheng couldn't help but be subconsciously vigilant. With vigilance in my heart, when I look at people, my eyes will subconsciously reveal it. These three Japanese soldiers were obviously not recruits, and when Tang Cheng looked at them, one of the Japanese soldiers also happened to look up at Tang Cheng, and their eyes just met.

Tang Cheng remained silent, and did not turn to leave, but found a table and sat down, and asked for the same water as the others in the tavern. The Japanese soldier who met Tang Cheng's eyes secretly frowned, the soldiers who have been accompanied by the weapons of the barracks all the year round, especially the veterans who have experienced the test of life and death with blood and fire, are unusually alert to danger and strangeness, this is the case with this suspicious Japanese soldier at the moment.

Tang Cheng, who pretended to be indifferent, did not choose to turn his back on the three Japanese soldiers, but turned his side to the three of them, just so that the suspicious Japanese soldier could see his every move. After staring at Tang Cheng for a while, and seeing that Tang Cheng behaved like the others in the tavern, this skeptical Japanese soldier finally dispelled the doubts in his heart. The other party no longer stared at him, and Tang Cheng, whose body was faintly stiff, could be regarded as secretly relieved.

This meal made Tang Cheng eat very hard, not only to pretend that nothing happened, but also to secretly speed up the pace of eating before being noticed, and finally finished eating the water he wanted, Tang Cheng felt that a layer of cold sweat had broken out on his back. The three Japanese soldiers sitting in the corner of the tavern had already left, but Tang Cheng still didn't dare to take it lightly, he was in Hongkou District, and he always reminded himself to be careful.

Tang Cheng's meal was almost gone, and seeing that the outside of the tavern was getting darker and darker, Tang Cheng got up and left the tavern. After dark, there were far fewer people wandering outside, and more than half of the waves of people Tang Cheng encountered were Japanese officers and soldiers in military uniforms. The Japanese officers and soldiers who were laid off after the shift change, if they did not drink, looked no different from ordinary people, as long as they drank, they became a different person.

Tang Cheng followed the route he had checked in the afternoon, and moved all the way down the street to an izakaya called Sakurakan, where all the Japanese officers who were in and out at the moment were wearing officers, and Tang Cheng even saw a Shaozo officer. Standing in the shadows in the distance, Tang Cheng waited patiently, waiting for a target about his size to appear. Tang Cheng didn't wait for a long time, and two Japanese officers walked far from the street behind him, and looked at the rank identification on their collars, both of them were only second lieutenant ranks.

Tang Cheng immediately unscrewed the wine bottle in his hand, splashed some wine on his body indiscriminately, and staggered towards the two Japanese ensigns. Tang Cheng pretended to be a drunken person, and although he went face to face with these two Japanese second lieutenant officers, he did not attract the special attention of the other party. Because in Hongkou District after dark, especially near izakayas, there are many drunks like this, and they have seen too many of them.

Tang Cheng pretended to be very similar, not only stumbling, but also exuding the smell of wine. It's just that when Tang Cheng passed by the two Japanese ensigns, Tang Cheng, who was originally holding his knees and looked like he was about to vomit, suddenly straightened up, and when his right hand slashed at the back of the neck of the officer on the left, a cold light flashed in his left hand and quickly sank into the back of another Japanese second lieutenant officer. The two Japanese second lieutenant officers were killed and wounded in an instant, the dead were stabbed into the heart from the back with a short knife, and the one who was not dead had fallen into a coma at this moment.

Tang Cheng, who had withdrawn the short knife, immediately dragged one in one hand and dragged the two Japanese second lieutenants into the alley on the side of the street, and when Tang Cheng came out of the alley, he was already wearing the uniform of a Japanese second lieutenant. Tang Cheng, who was standing at the mouth of the alley, made a chest expansion movement, and he was still a little uncomfortable with this military uniform, and after twisting his waist left and right, he raised his legs and walked towards the cherry blossom hall at the end of the street. Business at the Sakura Pavilion is very good tonight, not only is the private room upstairs full, but most of the seats downstairs are full of customers.

The owner of the cherry blossom hall is a Japanese woman named Sakurako Zuoli, and it is said that she has a bad relationship with a large Zuo of the Japanese military police headquarters, so the Japanese officers who enter and leave here generally do not dare to make trouble here with alcohol and madness. When the business of the izakaya is good, Sakurako Zuoli will be in a good mood, and when Tang Cheng, who pretended to be a Japanese officer, walked into the cherry blossom hall, Sakurako Zuoli was coming out of a private room on the second floor with the smell of alcohol.

Zuoli Sakurako, who was originally a wine girl, never shied away from being talked about by people in private, and every time a regular customer came to the cherry blossom hall, Zuoli Sakurako, as the boss, would also take the initiative to send a pot of wine, and sometimes take the initiative to accompany the regular customer to drink a few glasses. But tonight, Zuo Li Sakurako was disgusted by the guests in the private room behind him, if it weren't for the two regular customers who often come to the cherry blossom hall in the private room behind him, Zuo Li Sakurako might have smashed the man's head with a wine bottle.

was helped out of the private room by the chef in the store, and Zuo Li Sakurako, who was still watching the wine just now, immediately regained her consciousness, but her expression was still ugly. Maybe subconsciously, Sakurako Zuoli leaned on the railing on the second floor and looked down, just in time to see Tang Cheng walking into the cherry blossom hall from the outside. Although Tang Cheng had already made a facial camouflage and was still wearing a Japanese military uniform, Zuo Li Sakurako overlapped Tang Cheng's figure when he walked with a back in his mind.

The back that has always been deeply in Zuoli Sakurako's mind has been a year now, but Zuoli Sakurako can still remember from time to time what happened that night a year ago. An entire guest of the izakaya was actually killed by one person, and Sakurako Sakura, who was also in that izakaya that night, escaped by luck, although she didn't see the murderer's appearance, but she firmly remembered the back of the murderer when he left the izakaya. At this moment, Zuo Li Sakura, who was on the second floor, was already stiff and overwhelmed, and Tang Cheng had already sat down downstairs.