Chapter 2: The Assassin in the Shadows (Part 2) 1

"If people who don't know still think you're Robinson, you feel like you're cut off from the world. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" Listening to Ye Kexin's complaint on the phone, Ye Zifeng couldn't help but smile bitterly. The real situation is indeed a bit like what Ye Kexin said, after staying on Crab Island for nearly a week, Ye Zifeng can be said to be closed to the news, and he knows very little about what is happening in the outside world, plus Ye Zifeng is really unwilling to meddle in trivial matters on the ground, so he doesn't know anything about this Japanese serial murder case.

"Okay, old lady, don't complain, tell me the details first, and I won't know what to do when I get it." Ye Zifeng wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said to Ye Kexin.

"I can't help it." Ye Kexin sighed, "It's not clear on the phone, wait a minute, I'll send you the incident and the list of victims, you can see for yourself." ”

"Oh." Ye Zifeng answered, hung up the phone, took out the tablet in the backpack on the side, turned it on, and waited for the information transmitted by Ye Kexin. After a while, a dialog box pops up at the top of the screen that says "You have 1 unread email", and the email icon keeps flashing. Ye Zifeng clicked the read button on the dialog box. A word document pops up.

"The investigation into the serial killings of the commissioners of the Japanese branch (the latest version) ended on August 25, 2014."

"Since the first deceased was found six weeks ago, five Japanese branch commissioners have been murdered so far, and although the modus operandi is different, it is certain that all of them were committed by the same person, and all of the victims were killed in Tokyo. The top official assassinated was Yasushi Inoue, the deputy head of the Japanese branch. The following is a report on the results of the investigation by the Japanese branch in conjunction with the Moscow commissioner. ”

"The first victim was named Hiroshi Muto, thirty-one years old, attached to the Japanese Kanto Division of the Security Council of the Admiralty, and served as a sniper of the 1st Special Operations Group under the Kanto Division, with the rank of corporal, authority E. Died in a public toilet in the park, and was found on July 14, 2014. After a forensic autopsy determined that it was homicide, Corporal Muto was stabbed through the heart with a short weapon similar to a dagger, killing him with a single blow. The body was found about an hour from the time of death. After an on-site investigation of no witnesses, the time of death was determined to be five o'clock in the morning, because there were no surveillance cameras in the vicinity of the park, so there was no information about the physical characteristics of the murderer, but someone found a blood-stained black raincoat in the park's trash can, which could be determined to be worn by the murderer when committing the crime. A search of the deceased's belongings revealed a blood-stained white note, but nothing else. ”

"The second victim is named Shintomo Oyamada, twenty-nine years old, attached to the Admiralty Security Council Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, and served as the No. 2 intelligence officer of the First Intelligence Section, with the rank of second lieutenant, and authority D. Died in his rented apartment and was found on July 22, 2014. After a forensic identification of homicide, Second Lieutenant Oyamada was stabbed in the brain with a short weapon similar to a dagger, and the wound was located on the top of his head, killing him with a single blow. The body was found to be about five days from the time of death, and the exact time of death could not be confirmed because the body had undergone oxidative decay. After the on-site investigation, there were no clear witnesses, but some people said that on the day of Second Lieutenant Yamada's assassination, someone knocked on the door of his house, because the frequency of knocking was like a code, so the memory is particularly deep, according to the eyewitness description, the frequency of knocking on the door was 'OOO, OOO, OOO' According to this rule, the door was opened by Second Lieutenant Oyamada, and the people who came to the room left less than ten minutes after entering, and they did not pay much attention after that. In addition, according to the video footage of the surrounding surveillance cameras, it can be seen that the visitor is dressed in black, with a black hoodie with no pattern on the upper body, and what appears to be black military pants on the lower body, and there is no clear weapon on the body. ”

Isn't this nonsense. Ye Zifeng thought to himself. If you can see the weapon, it will be the same as saying to the camera, "I'm the murderer, come and get me". Ye Zifeng sighed helplessly, but then began to think again. Knowing that there are surveillance cameras around him, he will definitely take pictures of himself, but why doesn't he destroy the camera first before committing the crime, isn't it safer, or does he have absolute confidence that he won't be caught even if he is photographed by the camera? How does it look a bit like a provocation? Ye Zifeng continued to look down.

"The third victim is named Yasuhiro Ikari, twenty-nine years old, who is attached to the Osaka Branch of the Admiralty Security Council in Japan, serving as the Operations Commissioner directly under the Division, with the rank of Captain and Authority D. Died in a garbage dump in the alley and was found on July 29. After a forensic determination of homicide, Captain Ikari was impaled through the heart with a short weapon similar to a dagger, and the wound was in the back of the heart. The body was found about five hours from the time of death. After an on-site investigation with no witnesses, the death was determined to be three o'clock in the morning. A search of the carry-on items on the body revealed a packet of unopened candy and a wordless note stained with blood. After the firmness of the laboratory, the blood stains came from Captain Ikati, and the rest did not have any clues. Originally, Captain Ikari had booked three train tickets to Hokkaido, and the train was scheduled to travel on July 28, 2014, the day before Captain Ikari was killed. ”

Why are you cautious again? Isn't it flamboyant? Ye Zifeng thought suspiciously. And where did the "Magnon" pistol that the commissioner carried with him? Why didn't you shoot when you were attacked, was it because you didn't have enough time or did ・・・・・・ not think that you would be attacked? Ye Zifeng was taken aback by this sudden thought. Obviously, the perpetrator of the crime is the "Shadow", otherwise no one would have killed the commissioner of the Admiralty Security Council, and if he stayed with the "Shadow", if he was not attacked, then it was very likely that the commissioner discovered the whereabouts of the "Shadow" and tracked it, and was killed as a result, but since you want to track, why are you not ready to shoot? And what's going on with this train? Those who had already boarded the train died in Tokyo the day after the train started, and it was confirmed that Captain Ikari had boarded the train. A cloud of mist spread in Ye Zifeng's heart, and Ye Zifeng immediately felt that this matter was definitely not just as simple as the assassination of the Commissioner of the Admiralty Security Council, there must be more things that Ye Zifeng didn't know were happening behind him, and this trip to Tokyo would definitely not be smooth. Either it is ingenious, or it is a highly skilled person, or there is no such situation, where each victim is killed with a single knife and no obvious evidence is left at the scene. Ye Zifeng continued to look at it with a gloomy face.

"The fourth victim was named Shigeru Tanaka, thirty years old, attached to the Admiralty Security Council, the headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, as the head of the First Intelligence Section, with the rank of major, and authority C. Died in an elevator at Tokyo Tower and was found on July 30, 2014. After a forensic determination of homicide, Major Tanaka was suffocated to death by a sharp object similar to a sewing needle piercing his right lung. Everyone in the elevator at the time witnessed his death. According to eyewitnesses at the time, Major Tanaka did not show obvious signs of death at the beginning, but only covered his chest and said that he was not breathing well, and it would be fine if he slowed down, but after a while, the witnesses in the elevator found that Major Tanaka was pale and fell to the ground. According to our judgment, the murderer was in the elevator, and for thirty-six seconds after Major Tanaka's death, he stayed in the enclosed space in the elevator, and there was no possibility of escape, but we gathered the six people who were present at the time and used the polygraph to interrogate him, and no one killed Major Tanaka by himself, and the polygraph did not react, so we recorded the six people and asked them to go back first. When the forensic doctor did it a second time, he found a trace of dried blood in Major Tanaka's fingernails, which was determined by DNA testing to be not the blood of the deceased. A search of the deceased's belongings revealed a blood-stained white note and a mobile phone, but nothing else was found. ”

Bloodstained, note? Ye Zifeng couldn't help but fall into deep thought when he looked at this word, this is already the third victim who found a bloody note on his body, this bloody note should have something to do with the killing of the Admiralty Security Council Commissioner, right? But Ye Zifeng couldn't think of any connection between the two. Was it deliberately left by the murderer? Or was it carried by the victim? Why is this note on the victim's body? And why didn't the second victim find the note? Ye Zifeng flipped the document back to the page where the second deceased person was introduced.

"Died in the apartment he rented." Ye Zifeng looked at this sentence and muttered to himself, "Didn't the commissioner of the Admiralty Security Council conduct a search of the apartment?" ”

Ye Zifeng was a little puzzled, if the first, third, and fourth victims said that they didn't find too many things, this is excusable, after all, they died outside, so why didn't the second victim die at home and found any valuable clues? Ye Zifeng shook his head and continued to read.

"The fifth victim is named Yasushi Inoue, thirty-five years old, subordinate to the Admiralty Security Council, Tokyo Headquarters, Japan, serving as Deputy Director of the Tokyo Headquarters of Japan, with the rank of colonel and authority A. He died in the corridor on the second floor of the private Kaijo High School in Tokyo, and was found on August 24, 2014. After a forensic identification of homicide, Colonel Inoue had his throat cut by a short weapon similar to a dagger. No one witnessed the scene, but the cigarette butts left over from the cigarette that the suspected murderer had smoked were left at the scene. Examination of saliva confirmed that the perpetrator of the incident was the same person who killed the fourth victim. During the search for the body, a McGnon pistol and two magazines were found scattered nearby, as well as traces of a tranquilizer shot on the wall at the end of the hallway, and a split warhead was found. A crack about five centimeters wide was found in the wall opposite the corpse, which was identified as a mark left by the dagger when it pierced the wall. ”

"The above is a report on the incident summarized by the Commissioner of Moscow."

How could there be no bloodstained note this time? Ye Zifeng thought about it. But I finally found a Council commissioner of the Admiralty with a pistol with him, but why did he shoot at the wall, and what was the trace left on the wall? It's not clear.

"After Major Tanaka was killed, the Japanese branch did a technical recovery of the victim's mobile phone or e-mail address, and found an email from the sub-mailbox of the Hokkaido branch, the content of which was basically an invitation to the victim to meet at a certain time and place, and when the technical staff checked the mailbox, they found that the mailbox had been controlled by the ghost software, and when the technical staff wanted to continue the investigation, the ghost software started the self-destruction program. At this point, let's make a break first. ”

"The above is a report of the incident summarized by the Japanese branch."

"All emails?" Ye Zifeng whispered, "Or an invitation letter?" ”

Ye Zifeng found that his previous thoughts were a little off track, this matter was not based on the hostile positions of the two sides, but like cutting grass and eradicating the roots or killing people. It seems that this should be the operation of a spy that "Shadow" clearly inserts in the Admiralty and has no use value, but if you want to kill a corporal, even if you kill a major, it can be explained, but why should he kill even a colonel, you must know that the Colonel's A-level authority is enough to access the secret files of the Admiralty, and even such an important chess piece can be destroyed, he can't figure out what "Shadow" wants to do. Ye Zifeng now felt a bit like he was looking at Conan. Suspenseful.

Sighing, Ye Zifeng turned off the tablet, leaned his head back on the back of the seat, and wanted to clean his brain that was a little overheated, after all, Ye Zifeng's sense of balance was not very good, and he would get dizzy when reading a book in the car, not to mention sitting in a helicopter two kilometers above the ground at a rapid speed. But Ye Zifeng doesn't seem to be idle, this is not his own volition. Just a few minutes after Ye Zifeng leaned into the backrest, the helicopter pilot said to Ye Zifeng through the radio in the helicopter: "Mr. Ye, we will land at Haneda Airport in ten minutes, please be ready." ”

Ready? Is it a zipline or a skydive? Ye Zifeng clicked the call button after saying a sentence in his heart, and said to the microphone fixed on the wall: "I know." ”

The CH-53 "Super **" military heavy transport helicopter painted white swept over the bustling city of Tokyo together accompanied by the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force F-2 support fighters on both sides, attracting a crowd to stop and look up, but Ye Zifeng could not know that this happened at this time, he is now fighting fiercely with a strong sense of vomiting, and he must not vomit out the words that he keeps silently chanting in his heart, otherwise his sister will laugh and turn her back on her breath. Our little Feng Feng is still very considerate of his sister・・・・・・

"I heard you're going to send another infiltrator to Tokyo? Why? Don't believe me? In the corner of the cafΓ© deep in the alley, a man in a black hoodie and black military pants sat on a chair with a cup of coffee in front of him, smoking a cigarette and saying to the person on the other end of the phone, which sounded good to the person on the other end of the line.

"How so? I believe in each and every one of you. The person on the other end of the phone let out two low laughs, "I just got the news that the Admiralty is going to send additional personnel to Tokyo, and I don't worry if you send one more infiltrator." ”

"Is it, who is it that makes you pay so much attention? Think about it, it's not those idiots in Moscow. The man exhaled a smoke ring, leaned back against the open back of the chair, and put his cigarette arm behind him.

"Of course not, all the people from Moscow are here, and I won't send another infiltrator." The person on the other side said in an eternal tone, "This time it's the Knights of the Round Table. ”

"Are you talking about those psychopaths? The gang of people who call themselves knights? The man grinned, "Don't worry, Knight of the Round Table, I can handle it myself." ”

"Your words always reassure me, but this time the Admiralty sent not one Knights of the Round Table, but three." The person on the other side said, "Three Knights of the Round Table who have been strengthened at the cellular level are not a force to be underestimated. ”

"I know, I know." The man took another drag on his cigarette, "Don't worry, master, I'll get rid of the target." ”

"Then I'll send you the last target, I originally wanted you to run to Crab Island to kill him, but I heard that he is also coming to Tokyo."

"So I'm going to save you a lot of trouble." The man snuffed out the cigarette in his hand and took a sip of the coffee on the table.

"That's the most important thing." The other side sighed, "This is the best chance to take down the fleet, and those who know our plan can give up." ”

"Ruthless, I like it." The man took another sip of coffee, then got up, slapped a 10,000 yen bill on the table, and left silently.

"The same goes for you." A deep voice smiled in a low voice, "Let's end the call." ”

The man hung up, but instead of putting his phone back in his pocket, he waited for the information on the next mission objective. After a while, the phone vibrated and an MMS message was sent to his phone. The man clicked on the MMS.

One photo, only one photo for the entire MMS. This photo was apparently taken from a group photo, and there were other figures around it, but there was only one person in the whole thing. He didn't look to be in his early twenties, with short black hair, pure black pupils, and an innocent smile, and the white and neat Admiralty uniform on the chest showed the identity of this person. The man zoomed in to see the three words on the badge.

"Leaves, children, maples." The man read out softly, "Is it called Ye Zifeng?" ”

(To be continued)