Although the samurai and ninja can no longer exist as a class.

But Omune Kuraaki has always been proud and proud that he was born in a samurai family, coupled with machismo, his attitude towards Katori Koshinobu is not very polite.

This is different from Akino, who has never shown the nobility of a samurai and the contempt for ninjas and women.

Perhaps, this is because Akino likes Katori Shinobu and hides the performance that will make Katori Shinobu unhappy.

Qiu Ye briefly explained the matter, and finally said with a wry smile: "For a woman named Chu Jiao, this reason is really not easy to say." Of course, Shen Chen repeatedly humiliated Mr. Dazong, and he really deserved to die. ”

Katori Shinobu ate Japanese food slowly and methodically, and sneered, "What kind of woman would make a big sect with a high self-esteem so fascinated?" Besides, Shen Chen didn't hinder him from chasing women. As for humiliation, well, with his personality, it will be haunted. ”

Akino knew that Katori Shinobu had some mustard against the Great Sect, but as a subordinate and confidant of the Great Sect Kuraaki, he couldn't say anything, so he had to laugh.

Katori Shinobu suddenly looked up at Qiu Ye, and asked with some confusion, "Qiu Ye-kun, can't you kill Shen Chen?" It stands to reason that the bulk should work you first! ”

Qiu Ye nodded and said, "Mr. Dazong really hoped that I could kill Shen Chen, but I missed. I believe that Shen Chen can also recognize me from my body, and it will be very inconvenient to move in the public concession. ”

"You missed?" Katori Shinobu was a little surprised.

If it's a head-to-head match, Katori Koshinobu feels that Akino may not lose to himself; If it is an assassination, of course, it is strong by itself, but it is not too big a gap.

Based on this understanding, Katori Konin felt that Akino's mistake was very unexpected. Could it be that Shen Chen is so powerful, it's really hard to believe.

Qiu Ye smiled bitterly, did not mince words, and told the story of the assassination again, and finally concluded: "If you want to say that he is powerful, he is indeed the smartest guy I have ever seen." But if you want to say that it is not as good as him, I don't think so. ”

After a pause, Akino poured himself a glass of sake, drank it slowly, and said slowly: "His marksmanship is very accurate, his reaction is very fast, and his movements are not particularly agile, but he is also very sharp. But the most incomprehensible thing for me is how did he find out about me? ”

"As long as he takes two or three more steps forward, only two or three more seconds." Akino put the glass on the table, as if to emphasize, "I'm sure I'll kill him in one fell swoop." ”

Katori Konobu blinked his eyes and said tentatively, "Maybe the branches are shaking, or maybe he didn't notice you, but he was very vigilant and heard something else." ”

Akino thought about it, but he wasn't sure.

Katori Xiaonin waved his hand and said, "No matter what the reason, you can't stab him in the concession anymore anyway." I have also heard of Shen Chen, and his attack is very vicious, and even a little reckless. Of course, he is very careful and meticulous, and he also has the identity of a patrol. The man was killed, but he couldn't catch him. ”

Akino nodded and said, "I am very arrogant, and I have personal experience of this. If you clash with him head-on, he will definitely do something daring. ”

Katori Koshinobu put down his chopsticks, reached directly over the sake jug, and took a sip of it against the spout. Then, she let out a sigh of contentment, and her eyes seemed to light up.

Qiu Ye smiled, stretched out his finger and tapped the table, and teased: "I brought wine, but I didn't give it to you, I'm afraid that if you get drunk and become a drunken cat, then no one can resist it!" ”

Katori Xiaonin chuckled and said, "It's just a sip of wine, it's not that serious, don't keep making fun of other people's previous embarrassing things." ”

Qiu Ye shook his head with a smile and said, "Drink it if you want, since it's out, I don't think I need to rush back to that broken university." ”

"That's not going to work." Katori Shinobu leaned back on the chair and said, "I just had some eyebrows, let me participate in some side activities, but I can't give up halfway." ”

After a pause, Katori Shinobu continued, "You tell Dazong to wait until I finish the task here first. Well, maybe there is also a chance to compete with Shen Chen at Jiaotong University. But when you go back, don't say that to the big sects. ”

Akino frowned and said, "You don't want to act alone. Be sure to notify me if you have the chance. ”

Katori Shinobu pursed the corners of his mouth, as if nodding helplessly, as if agreeing to Akino.

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During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and especially for four years before the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941, China fought almost alone.

However, there was a gap in strength on the frontal battlefield, and in order to boost morale, the national government often used methods such as disruption, assassination, rebellion, and intimidation to attack the Japanese puppets in big cities such as Beiping, Tianjin, and Shanghai.

Since the city is the center and center of gravity of the national capital, the control is relatively tight, and the power is relatively strong, so on the eve of the fall, they have the conditions to make a more adequate latent arrangement.

Therefore, in cities tightly controlled by the Japanese puppets, only relatively tightly organized institutions such as the military command and the central command can make greater achievements.

At the beginning, the targets of the military unification and the central unification were mainly all kinds of traitors who defected to the enemy, and a few were high-ranking police detectives in the concession who colluded with the Japanese puppet.

In response to the sanctions imposed by the Chongqing agents against the Japanese occupation forces and traitors, the Japanese retaliated by supporting the traitors Li Shijun, Ding Motun and others, as well as other traitor and hooligan organizations (such as Chang Yuqing's "Zodiac Society"), and suppressed the anti-Japanese forces by assassination and agent by agent.

At the beginning of 1940, as the Spring Festival approached, the plan for indiscriminate killings was approved. The various action groups of the Shanghai District of the Military Command immediately took action one after another to "kill the Japanese servicemen on active duty" in military uniforms.

And since he was an active soldier, the place of the operation was the Japanese-occupied area and its sphere of influence, such as Hongkou, Yangshupu and other places that were originally concessions.

The first is that in places frequented by Japanese soldiers, government agents carried out a number of bombing activities.

Takaeizaburo, the supplementary captain of the Japanese military police, was sick and admitted to his own field hospital, but he was actually poisoned and died.

Two Japanese spies, Masahru Ikeda and Akiji Kita, pseudo-advisers to the Shanghai Municipal Government, were walking in broad daylight among the bustling crowds in Wanghei, Sima Road, when suddenly, they were shot twice and immediately fell into a pool of blood.

In short, the sanctions against the enemy imposed by the Shanghai District under the military command seriously undermined the confidence of the Japanese garrison in the Shanghai area at that time.

The most obvious fact is that for a long time, uniformed Japanese soldiers did not dare to walk alone on the road except in groups and guarding each other.

Moreover, they did not dare to look at pedestrians, let alone a few people trespassing on people's houses without permission. The domineering appearance of the Japanese devil has also been restrained.

Explosions roared, gunfire erupted, and the action against the Japanese fascists would intensify, but the impact in the public concession would be great.

Even the Japanese have somewhat restrained their efforts to exert pressure, and they have good reason to believe that the levers of power in the public concession may be controlled by institutional means.

As a result of the war, the Bureau's finances became worse and worse, and they became more and more dependent on the growing number of Japanese residents in the international area of Shanghai (including "Little Tokyo" in Hongkou) to pay taxes, and fiscal affairs became more and more obnoxious political.

By September 1939, there were 1,827 Japanese nationals eligible to vote in the Public Concession, while only 1,118 were British.

Britain could count on 387 American votes, but 419 German votes were expected to be in favor of the Japanese.

If viewed in this way, more than 300 votes of the Russian diaspora may become a bargaining chip for balancing the electoral forces.

As a result, Swire & Co. representatives called the figures "unreadable", and the British business community began to worry about the worst-case scenario.

The Japanese, on the other hand, were confident and rejected the traditional gentlemen's agreement of the Ministry of Industry, which in fact invoked precedent to allocate fixed seats according to nationality.

In the eyes of the Japanese, they could win five candidates instead of the previous two. To this end, they have campaigned everywhere for support.

Obviously, the increasing numbers and commercial power of the Japanese led them to believe that it was entirely feasible to overthrow the Anglo-Saxon predominance in the board.

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The mischievous boy throws a firecracker into the wheel, and an explosion fills Ai's feet with fireworks.

Unlike the scolding coachman, Xiao Ai was just startled, and then laughed, and white mist kept squiezing out of his mouth.

Shen Chen smiled faintly, put his hand back in his pocket, and held the pistol, making him more confident.

After the lively Chinese New Year's Eve, I had a meal with my relatives.

But it's only Chinese New Year's Eve, and Shen Chen can't enjoy too much. Today is the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and he went to the hotel at the invitation of Alcott.

The reason why he didn't drive was because Shen Chen felt that his reaction was more agile and fast. Moreover, his sixth sense in the car may be a little laggy and sluggish.

Of course, maybe it was just his feelings, not for sure.

A western-style building on the side of the road suddenly crackled, and a large string of red paper firecrackers hung down on the second floor, burning and exploding from the bottom up, like a hanging red snake.

When the Chinese celebrate the festival, the sound is like a war. Shen Chen remembered what Alcoat said and thought it was true.

When he arrived at the hotel, Shen Chen met Alcott, Desa, and four other guests who met for the first time in the private room.

It seems that this is just a fairly ordinary gathering of friends, and Shen Chen thinks it should be like this. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many irrelevant people.

Not surprisingly, the election of the board of directors of the Ministry of Industry was discussed, and Desa said that he was not optimistic, but Alcott seemed to have a solution.

"There's a way, I'll call it box stuffing first." "As things stand, there isn't a big difference in the number of votes between the two sides," Alcott said. But with an organized effort, we could outnumber the Japanese in votes. ”

"Of course—" Alcott shook his head anxiously, interrupting the questioning, and said, "It's better to keep this method secret for the time being, in case the Japanese sabotage it." ”

Ticket box stuffing?! Shen Chen remembered something, but he didn't ask or say.

When the wine reached a certain level, the atmosphere in the banquet became lively, and everyone seemed to be talking as they wanted.

Someone suggested calling a singer in, and there was an immediate response, just like when friends gather in later generations and ask for karaoke after drinking.

"Shen, what do you think?" Desa looked at Shen Chen with an inquiring gaze.

"Oh, whatever." Shen Chen smiled, "Anyway, I don't understand dialects very well." ”

"If you don't like it, tell her to go." The proposer went on to advise: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, music can only listen to the sound, not the words. ”

Shen Chen acquiesced, and he didn't know why, but he didn't refuse again.

A few minutes later, a slender young girl walked in with the luthier.

The pianist sat on the ground, played the erhu, and the girl began to sing. At first glance, the sound of the piano is a little harsh, and the singing voice does not have the charm of ups and downs.

Shen Chen lowered his head and drank the wine slowly, the smell of wine slowly echoing in his mind.

As he listened, he became more and more attracted to the girl's plaintive singing and her low-hanging oval face.

He began to understand the richness of her childlike expression, the tilting of her head as she sang, the fingers twisting her clothes, and the meaning of the few strands of curly hair in her ears.

"Okay, good singing." Shen Chen clapped his hands vigorously, although he still didn't understand the meaning of the lyrics, it didn't prevent him from generously taking money out of his pocket.

"You have to give New Year's money for the New Year." Alcott was more like a Chinese than Shen Chen, and he was able to take out a red envelope from his pocket.

Everyone coaxed, you said a word to me, and ordered other songs.

Shen Chen leaned lazily in his chair, staring at the singer's cheeks rubbing her rouge and her lipstick-covered lips.

The singing stopped, and the girl rested her hands on her knees, her fingers clenched the small red envelope tightly, but her eyelids were drooping, and she looked very restrained.

Shen Chen took out a cigarette roll, struck a match and lit it, slowly puffing out a long strip of blue smoke, he remembered the blind girl and her grandfather.

"Shen, there are no more thieves in the house, right?" Desa leaned closer and asked, looking concerned.

Shen Chen smiled and said in a low voice, "It's really embarrassing to say that he let him run away." Still, I wounded him. It's a shame that I'm almost going to get your bounty. ”

Desa's face changed, and he said, "Maybe the bounty is not high enough, and Inspector Shen is not motivated, right?" ”

Shen Chen shook his head and said, "That guy is really powerful, I have to admit it." If you want to kill him, I'm afraid few people can do it. ”

Desa nodded, sighed, and said, "That's true. In my opinion, except for Inspector Shen, there is really no one who can be his opponent. ”

"Head-to-head is the opponent." Shen Chen pondered for a moment and said, "He wants to come to the dark because he regards me as a target." It's a pity that he missed, maybe he will come again. ”

"If you come again, Inspector Shen won't miss, right?" Desa looked at Shen Chen, paused, and said, "Double the bonus." I will probably be leaving Shanghai soon, and I hope to hear good news when I return home. ”

Shen Chen smiled bitterly and said, "This is not good, I can't go to him." Well, let it be! ”

The singer sang another song, and Shen Chen and Desa stopped talking for a while.

I have to admit that this girl looks very standard. But Shen Chen looked at it and always felt a little special, but he couldn't tell what was special.