Kimura listened to Feng Haiquan's explanation, while nodding frequently, yesterday the members of the joint investigation team went to the scene to investigate, Feng Haiquan is the most dedicated one, regardless of the danger, standing in the ruins, looking carefully, not letting go of any suspicious point, even Kimura himself secretly praised Feng Haiquan's professionalism, better than him, plus the previous treasure map case made Feng Haiquan famous, so that Inspector Pierre of the French Concession and Inspector Brown of the Public Concession were willing to surrender to his subordinates, and he presided over the investigation of the case. Therefore, Kimura still values and trusts Feng Haiquan's reasoning ability and investigation results.

Yesterday he also looked around the scene, but did not find any traces of man-made, at that time he just felt strange, how could the arsenal explode inexplicably? But now that I have listened to Feng Haiquan's penetrating analysis, I feel that every sentence is reasonable, and the earthquake is the culprit of this explosion.

According to the investigation, this explosion is indeed a natural disaster, not a man-made disaster, the tragic death of more than 50 samurai of the Great Japanese Empire, a large number of munitions were destroyed, all of which are directly related to the earthquake, it seems that all this is providence!

"Okay, thank you, Feng Sang, you have worked hard, I will immediately convene a meeting of the joint investigation team to report the results of this investigation, and if everyone has no objections, then I will submit this closing report to the above."

Feng Haiquan smiled and nodded, and then Kimura called the members of the joint investigation team, and an hour later, Pierre, Brown, Ye Jialiang, Feng Haiquan, and Kimura all gathered in a conference room in the city hall building.

"Everyone, this case closure report was just submitted to me by Inspector Feng Haiquan, do you have any objections?"

Kimura handed over the different versions of the case closure report to everyone, Pierre and Brown were surprised by Feng Haiquan's efficiency in handling the case, and a day later they came to a conclusion, feeling a little incredible, and quickly picked up the case closure report and read it, and they were relieved to see the conclusion that the explosion was caused by an earthquake.

Since it is a natural disaster, then there is no need to pursue it further, the joint investigation team can be disbanded, to be honest, Pierre and Brown both look down on the Japanese in their hearts, Shanghai was originally the world of the French and the British, but after the August 13 incident, the power of the French and the British declined, and the Japanese began to run rampant here, and even squeezed and encroached on their interests in China. The other delegates had to obey their arrangement, and their attitude was tough and arrogant, which made Pierre and Brown very unhappy, but they did not dare to refute the face of the Japanese in person, so they have been dealing with it with a passive attitude, and now Feng Haiquan's report has come out, and the conclusion is that it is a natural disaster, and it has nothing to do with the French and the British, so the mission of this joint investigation team will be over, and there will be no need to look at the faces of the Japanese in the future, and there will be no need to endure their arrogance, which is undoubtedly a pleasant thing.

"I fully agree with the conclusion of this report, since it is a natural disaster, there is no need to continue the investigation, the earthquake is force majeure, and it cannot be prevented by manpower. May God bless the souls of those who ascend to the kingdom of heaven. Brown said, drawing a cross on his chest.

Kimura glanced at Brown, this guy didn't come to the scene yesterday, what qualifications did he have to say the word recognition, and now he is pretending to pray for the deceased, which is simply a gesture.

"Well, I have no objection, this explosion was indeed caused by a natural disaster, yesterday I took a look at the scene, the power of the explosion is very large, the impact area is not small, the surrounding warehouses are damaged to varying degrees, it is the explosion of the gas pipe caused by the earthquake, and then the gas meets the munitions to produce a huge explosion, this reason is completely tenable, and the reasoning is also very strict. Congratulations, Mr. Feng, you are so wonderful that you have found the cause of the bombing so quickly. Inspector Pierre gave Feng Haiquan a thumbs up.

"Inspector Feng, you are really good, I Ye really admire your detective ability." Ye Jialiang also hurriedly made a statement without falling behind, and nodded at Feng Haiquan, anyway, his role is to agree without a position and without opinion, and everyone is the same.

"Since everyone agrees with Inspector Feng's conclusion, then we can be considered closed. I think the mission of our joint investigation team has been accomplished, can this group be disbanded? Brown looked up at Kimura.

Kimura glanced at Brown with a grim face: "Since everyone has no objections, then I will submit this report, as for whether this joint investigation team should be disbanded, let it be decided from above, okay, this is the end of today's meeting, adjournment." ”

Brown was the first to stand up and walked out, and then Pierre, Ye Jialiang and Feng Haiquan also left one after another, Kimura looked at the empty conference room, and there was a feeling of being left out and abandoned.

Kimura handed the closing report to Section Chief Kato, and after Kato read it, he threw the report heavily on Kimura's face: "Bage, idiot, in this explosion, our Great Japanese Empire suffered the greatest loss, more than 50 soldiers died, so many munitions were destroyed, is it over due to a natural disaster?" ”

Kimura didn't expect Kato to react like this, and he didn't know what to do for a while, so he could only stand there and be trained.

After Kato scolded enough, he unbuttoned his military uniform and calmed the anger in his heart: "Our Great Japanese Empire can't eat this dumb loss, you have to find a way to find the culprit." ”

"But section chief, this disaster really can't find the murderer, it was the earthquake that caused the gas pipe to burst, the gas overflowed from the ground, and it encountered the sparks of the arsenal, so there was an explosion, and then there was a martyrdom, so the scene was so tragic."

"Gas meets an open flame? Every soldier guarding the warehouse knows that the warehouse is heavy and fireworks are prohibited, so how can there be an open flame? ”

"Maybe they turned on the lights and caused an explosion, and if the gas concentration is high, turning on the lights can also cause an explosion."

Kato glared at Kimura dissatisfied: "And according to Captain Okada of the gendarmerie, he is very curious, why did all the soldiers enter the warehouse, it stands to reason that half of the soldiers of the gendarmerie should have stayed outside the warehouse to stand guard and be on duty, how could they all run indoors?" ”

"Oh, Feng Sang has a little explanation here." Kimura flipped to the page of the closing report, pointed to the words on it, and said: "According to Feng Sang's speculation, the earthquake cracked the underground pipes at that time, not only gas pipes, but also sewage pipes, and the ruptured sewage pipes discharged sewage into the arsenal, and the soldiers probably couldn't stand the filth, so they all hid in the arsenal." ”

After listening to Kimura's explanation, Kato looked up to the sky and sighed: "These soldiers lost their lives in order to avoid the filth. ”

"yes, these soldiers are stupid." Kimura chimed in.

"Hachige, Kimura-kun, have you been kicked in the head by a donkey, but it is our warriors of the Great Japanese Empire who died, why do you always look for our own reasons? Even if it's an earthquake, someone has to be responsible. "Kato brutally counted Kimura.

"But who is responsible?" Kimura was frightened by Kato's eyes and muttered to himself.

"Who is responsible? Have you noticed this sentence, because the gas pipe is in disrepair and aging badly, so it was cracked by the earthquake, resulting in gas leakage. ”

Kimura looked at Kato puzzled: "Yes, that's what Feng Sang's closing report says, is there any problem?" ”

"Isn't that enough? If these gas pipes were strong and durable, how could they be cracked by a trivial earthquake? It was all the fault of the British, who should have replaced the underground pipes a long time ago to avoid this vicious incident. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, it's all the problem of the British, it is their pipeline problems that have caused us such a big loss, and the British should be responsible for this." After being reminded by Kato, Kimura suddenly realized.

Kato nodded slightly: "Well, it's finally enlightened, you go and inform the British now, tell him the responsibility he should bear, and let them compensate us for our losses." ”

"Hello." Kimura nodded at Kato, and then went out.

Soon, Consul Hawke and Inspector Brown received a call from Kimura, and the two went to the Shanghai headquarters of the Special High School, Masaharu Kato's office.

As soon as he entered the door, Kimura went straight to the point and directly clarified the meaning of compensation.

"What? You asked us to compensate you for the damage caused by the earthquake? It's ridiculous. When Consul Hawke heard this, he spread his hands and felt that this request was simply vexatious.