Chapter 2: The Assassin in the Shadows (Part II) 3

"Then why was it that only Deputy Minister Inoue found a matching gun when his body was found?" Ye Zifeng frowned and asked, "It seems that your vigilance is not so high. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"No, no, no." Keiichi Yamamoto hurriedly waved his hand, "There should be some special circumstances that make it inconvenient to bring a gun." ”

"The commissioners of the Admiralty are not restricted by the Admiralty's Blue Book on carrying guns all over the world, what special circumstances do you say, what special circumstances will it be?" Ye Zifeng looked at Keiichi Yamamoto coldly. The cold sweat on Yamamoto's face grew, and he swallowed.

"I don't know about this." Keiichi Yamamoto wiped a cold sweat, and the expression on his face changed and changed, but no matter how it changed, he finally looked honestly afraid.

"Could it be that you want to go out and buy some fast food for a late-night snack or go out early for morning exercise?" Just when Keiichi Yamamoto was nervous, a senior member of the Japanese branch said, "Didn't Corporal Muto die in the park in the morning?" ”

"Then are you familiar with this Corporal Muto? Why would he go out for morning exercise at five o'clock in the morning, there are not many on the street at this time, even if he wants to go out for morning exercise, he must pay special attention to his own safety, and he doesn't even bring a gun. ”

Ye Zifeng's words suddenly made the senior who spoke speechless, "Anyway, I will definitely check these one by one until the investigation is revealed." Mr. Yamamoto, you can move on. ”

With that, Ye Zifeng sat back in his seat, and did not say a word in the subsequent meeting until the end of the meeting.

Ye Zifeng sorted out the photocopying materials placed in front of him, and was about to go out, when Keiichi Yamamoto caught up from behind and shouted at Ye Zifeng's back: "Mr. Ye, wait a minute." ”

"What's the matter?" Ye Zifeng looked at Keiichi Yamamoto with a soft smile on his face, and he was almost like two people who were aggressive and aggressive before.

"It's not a big deal." Keiichi Yamamoto responded with a smile, "It's just that I admire Mr. Ye's speech just now, it seems that he is really a hero." ”

"You don't have to beat around the bush, just say something straight." Ye Zifeng was amused by Keiichi Yamamoto's politeness, and talked to Keiichi Yamamoto while walking outside.

"It's really not a big deal, it's just that it's inconvenient to put it at noon, if it's nothing, it's better to go to the humble house below, and have lunch by the way."

"Well, don't use it." Ye Zifeng shook his head, "Time is pressing, I'm going to start the investigation in a while."

"That's right." Yamamoto Keiichi pondered for a moment, "Then I can't force it, just wait for Mr. Ye to come to the cold house before leaving." ”

"No problem." Ye Zifeng nodded, "Is there anything else Mr. Yamamoto?" ”

"Well, can you dare to ask?" Keiichi Yamamoto lowered his deliberations and looked at Ye Zifeng.

"Huh?" Keiichi Yamamoto's strange behavior confused Ye Zifeng.

"That is, what Mr. Ye said before about 'using force', what kind of 'force' did he refer to. The Security Council Divisional Incident Handling Team has an order not to test pressure on violent civilian organs, even if the Special Operations Group cannot act without an order from the Admiralty headquarters. ”

"Ah, this one, it's easy." Ye Zifeng suddenly realized, "In order to ensure my safety, there is a frigate moored in the low orbit of the earth, that is, 2500km from the ground, so that there can be airborne paratroopers parachuted beside me within forty seconds, these paratroopers directly listen to my orders, if this is not enough, can't you use naval guns to bomb the Metropolitan Police Department." ”

"Uh・・・・・・" Listening to Ye Zifeng talking lightly about such a terrifying plan, Kei Yamamoto doubted his ability to see people at first, what kind of noble son is this who can only shoot flowers, this is completely a devil who kills people without blinking, he is a demon.

"I'll leave first if there's nothing to do." Ye Zifeng smiled and nodded to Keiichi Yamamoto, and then walked away from the conference room with the flow of people, leaving Keiichi Yamamoto standing in place in a daze.

Back at the Blue Tower Toyu Hotel in Tokyo, Ye Zifeng threw the sorted materials on the desk, and then lay down on the bed on all fours, and at the same time began to think about his next plan of action in his mind, but before Ye Zifeng could concentrate, a question pierced Ye Zifeng's mind.

Why did you call me to fix this? Ye Zifeng sat up violently. As usual, this matter can't be solved by the fleet commander as a fleet, even if he has the highest authority, this matter shouldn't have anything to do with himself. I was so devoted to solving the case before, and I didn't even think of such a problem.

Ye Zifeng immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed Ye Kexin's number. The phone was connected, and a greeting like "hello" came from the other side.

"Sister, it's me." Ye Zifeng said.

"Oh, Xiao Fengfeng, what's the matter, looking for me in such a hurry."

"I want to ask, why do you want me to do such an errand as solving a case?"

"Well, you're going to call me about this?" Ye Kexin was stunned for a moment.

"Ah, that's it." Ye Zifeng nodded.

"・・・・・・" Ye Kexin was silent for a while, "Because you and I are the only S-class Admiralty members on the earth, the others either died in the Judgment Day a year ago, or transferred to the Laurel Crown Base with Feng Fengxiang." ”

"That's it." Ye Zifeng nodded silently, "I'm fine." ”

"I'll hang up first." Ye Kexin said a word, and then hung up the phone. Ye Zifeng took the phone away from his ear.

Is there no one left in the Admiralty? I'm now one of the only two S-Class members of the Ground Navy? Has the Admiralty really recovered from Judgment Day? It seems that he is really too optimistic.

Ye Zifeng shook his head helplessly. Thirty percent of the Admiralty executives killed on Judgment Day were S-Class members, suggesting that the Admiralty's chain of command had been severely damaged during that raid. Ye Zifeng always thought that the Admiralty had eased up, after all, everything had been carried out in an orderly manner so far, but it didn't come to pass, Ye Kexin's previous words made Ye Zifeng realize that the situation that he was still facing was extremely grim.

It seems that I have to work hard to solve the case, and I can't let my sister worry about this side anymore. Ye Zifeng made up his mind in his heart.

"Let's go, let's go to Ensign Koyamada's house." Ye Zifeng took off the uniform of the Admiralty fleet, changed into a casual suit, a short-sleeved shirt with the Adidas clover logo on the top, a pair of loose jeans underneath, and a baseball cap on his head, and then put one on the stage outside after tying the armed belt on his body, a long-sleeved tracksuit, a backpack on his back and a single-lens reflex camera around his neck, stuffed the door amulet that Naoto Sakurai gave him into his right chest pocket and pushed the door out.

According to the address on the material, Ye Zifeng found the apartment where Shinchi Koyamada lived, and went up to the fifth floor to the door of Shinchi Koyamada's room. A classic Japanese-style apartment, the room area is less than 30 square meters, but the white time inside is well organized and meticulous, the TV and computer folding bed, just these few things are almost full of this small space. The door was open, but a cordon was raised, indicating that there was no police officer at the door, presumably two people went to buy lunch together, Ye Zifeng tiptoed into the apartment like a thief.

Clear footprints could be seen in the porch of the room, Ye Zifeng picked up the camera and took a photo of the footprints, and continued to walk towards the room.

In the room that followed, there were no tatami mats, just plain synthetic wood flooring, with a humanoid figure marked with a white marker line in the center of the room, a large pool of irregularly shaped blood drying up at the place of the humanoid head, and a chair lying on the floor next to it. Ye Zifeng took a photo of this figure. It is estimated that Second Lieutenant Shinchi Koyamada is 1.75 meters tall, which is also a tall and burly kind among the Japanese, but the wound is on the top of the head, then there will be two situations, one is that the murderer is taller than Lieutenant Shinchi Koyamada, or the murderer is the hand of Lieutenant Shinchi Koyamada when he was sitting. If it is the second type, it must be a knife from the back, otherwise with the training of the Security Council Commissioner, he will not sit still when he sees the opponent attacking him with a knife in his hand, and even if it happens suddenly, he will at least stand up. It can be seen from this that this person is a person who makes Shinchi Koyamada trust so much, and the other party has already walked behind him, but he is still sitting in the chair and does not even look back.

While thinking like this, Ye Zifeng began to look for it in the room, and his first target was the blood-stained note that appeared next to most of the murdered commissioners, and this note must be related to this case. But no matter how Ye Zifeng looked, there were no other blood stains in this room except for the dried up pool of blood on the ground. On the computer main chassis, under the keyboard, on the left and right of the TV, on the folding bed, there was not a trace of blood, until Ye Zifeng poured out the garbage in the trash can at the foot of the bed, Ye Zifeng found a clue, he found some charred scraps of paper in the trash can, Ye Zifeng carefully took out a small piece and put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully.

It is estimated that the police also found these burnt confetti, but they did not take all of them, and the remaining bit happened to be discovered by Ye Zifeng. But for now, Ye Zifeng will not stare at it for ten and a half days, so Ye Zifeng took off the backpack, took out a small sealed bag from it, took a sample of the confetti, and then put away the garbage that was taken out.

Ye Zifeng stood up and looked around the small room, his brows furrowed slightly. It seems that the police have taken away all the valuable objects from the scene, and there are not many clues left. Ye Zifeng shook his head helplessly and left Koyamada Shintomo's apartment.

Ye Zifeng bought a hamburger, a pack of fries and a glass of Coke at a McDonald's on the side of the road. Ye Zifeng was eating a hamburger while recalling every detail in Koyamada Shenzhi's apartment in his mind.

It looks like an ordinary resident's room, but after searching every corner, only a little burnt confetti was found, the important "Magnon" pistol was not found, and no trace of the pistol was found at home, so Ye Zifeng could only make the inference that the pistol was taken away by the murderer, but why did Second Lieutenant Shinchi Koyamada believe in the murderer so much, and he was not even alert at all when the other party was behind him?

Ye Zifeng swallowed the last bite of the hamburger, formed the wrapping paper into a ball, threw it into the recyclable column of the sorted trash can, and continued to walk forward. Could it be that there was something on the table that attracted the attention of Second Lieutenant Shinchi Koyamada, but he didn't have the time to turn back? Or ・・・・・・ he couldn't turn back at the time?!

Ye Zifeng suddenly woke up, but then fell into deep thought. Why can't Shintomo Koyamada turn back? Did something suddenly happen to the body, or was there another person holding down Second Lieutenant Shinchi Koyamada? One question after another appeared in Ye Zifeng's mind, making Ye Zifeng's originally slightly frowning brow become tighter and tighter. Blood-stained strips of paper, burnt pieces of paper, and bodies that can't be moved, there must be some special connection between these phenomena and things. But is this really revenge? Is there no other explanation for these five people to be connected? Or does it have nothing to do with the position of five people?

Ye Zifeng immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed Keiichi Yamamoto's number.

“もしもし。” Keiichi Yamamoto's voice came from the phone.

"Mr. Yamamoto, immediately ask your technician to check what those blood-stained notes originally were."

"Oh, it's Mr. Ye." Keiichi Yamamoto said in surprise, "I know, I'll arrange for someone to do it immediately." ”

"The sooner the better, and where, by the Admiralty's chemical lab?"

"Chemistry lab?" Keiichi Yamamoto wondered, "If you talk about chemistry labs, you can go to Kyoto University's labs, where there are our people." ”

"Got it, thanks." Ye Zifeng thanked him, then stopped a taxi and drove towards the University of Tokyo.

"Mr. Ye, the test results are out." A laboratory technician wrapped in a protective suit walked towards Ye Zifeng with a piece of A4 printer paper.

"How did it turn out?" Ye Zifeng, who was anxiously waiting at the door of the laboratory, immediately stood up as soon as he saw someone walking out inside, just like a patient's family member anxiously waiting for the results of the operation in front of the ward.

"We tested for chlorinated ** from paper scraps that weren't burned, but because of the proximity to the heat, a large part of it had already broken down."

"Chlorination, what is it?" Ye Zifeng heard a proper noun that was not too unfamiliar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Chloride ** is a muscle relaxant, which will relax the muscles of the injected person when injected intravenously, and is generally used as an ingredient in anesthetics." The lab technician explained.

"I see, thanks." Ye Zifeng hurriedly nodded to the laboratory technician and thanked him, and at the same time took the test sheet in the other party's hand and stuffed it into his backpack. As he walked out, he took out his mobile phone and called Keiichi Yamamoto.

"What I asked you to check, do you have any results?" As soon as Keiichi Yamamoto picked up the phone, Ye Zifeng couldn't wait to ask.

"Just now, the result was just there, and the technician said it was the waist strip."

"Waistline?" Ye Zifeng was stunned for a moment, but then agreed, "I know." ”

After saying this, Ye Zifeng immediately hung up the phone without waiting for Keiichi Yamamoto to say something.

Waist strips, chlorinated **, plus burnt paper scraps. It seems that there has been a breakthrough in my investigation, at least I am close to knowing the method of the other party who made the murdered commissioner unable to move and sit still. Ye Zifeng couldn't help but feel proud. Flagged down a taxi and hurried back to the hotel. But before Ye Zifeng could enter the elevator, three people blocked Ye Zifeng's way.

"May I ask if it's Admiral Ye Zifeng?" The leader asked.

"Huh? That's right, I am. After the Admiralty's identity was revealed, Ye Zifeng no longer hid his identity, and when he heard that the other party recognized him, plus this was in the lobby of the hotel, Ye Zifeng just responded to the other party's question with a hum.

"Hello, Admiral Ye Zifeng, I am the third knight of the Knights of the Round Table of the Council of the Admiralty Grahide." With that, Grahide stepped aside, revealing the figures of the two Knights of the Round Table behind him.

"This is Bosia, the Seventh Knight." Grahead gestured to the knight on his right.

"Hello, Admiral Ye Zifeng." Bao Siya stretched out his hand and shook hands with Ye Zifeng.

"Hello." Ye Zifeng responded.

"This is Parcival, the Eleventh Knight." After shaking hands with Ye Zifeng, Bowsya of Grahide pointed to the knight on his left.

"Hello, Admiral Ye Zifeng." Parcival also stretched out his hand and shook hands with Ye Zifeng.

"Hello." Ye Zifeng responded. At the same time, he was surprised and puzzled, why did the Knights of the Round Table, the ultimate combat power of the Security Council, appear in Tokyo, Japan? And three at once? You must know that there are only twelve Knights of the Round Table.

But Grahede's words after that explained the doubts in Ye Zifeng's heart.

"We're here to assist you in investigating the assassination of the Commissioner." Grahead said.

"Why did you use the Knights of the Round Table to investigate a murder case?" Ye Zifeng asked suspiciously.

"I don't know, but it's an order from the Supreme Commander." Grahide replied.

"That's right." Ye Zifeng nodded, "That's right, you went to the Metropolitan Police Department to help the people of the Japanese branch to ask for a list of items in the house of Second Lieutenant Shinchi Oyamada." If someone from the Metropolitan Police Department says no, I'll allow you to rob it. ”

"Got it, Mr. Admiral." Grahide nodded at Ye Zifeng. If you want to use your brains, these knights are not very good at it, but when it comes to fighting, they are more active than the other, as soon as they heard that they could talk to the police of the Metropolitan Police Department, these three knights immediately couldn't bear it, so they didn't have a trace of dissatisfaction with Ye Zifeng's order, and they could even be said to be fully supportive.

Looking at the backs of the three knights leaving, Ye Zifeng sighed: "I hope there are some clues that we don't know, at least let me know where this murderer is." After that, Ye Zifeng took the elevator and returned to the room.

"Let's get your thoughts in order." Ye Zifeng opened the tablet and connected the external keyboard.

(To be continued)