Chapter 957: Legal Practice |
“Let's just wait and see what happens. I think Zhang Jingxu and the others followed Shima Mitsuhiro to meet Shimazu Nakano. They should be able to find out what really happened to Shima Takeshi's death… But I still think Shimazu Nakano is the one who did it. Because I checked the local media reports and they all mentioned one point, that Shimazu Nakano was at the scene when Shima Takeshi was attacked. And the reason why Shima Takeshi was still in the Shimazu Group building at that time was most likely because Shimazu Nakano was going to find him. Of course, we now know that Shimazu Nakano and Shima Takeshi are the same person.” After Liu Xing finished expressing his opinion, he changed the subject. “By the way, Shi Zixuan, do you need help? We can now free up our hands.”
Shi Zixuan thought for a moment and replied, “Forget it. I plan to take a few more laps around this neighborhood. If I can find Ii Naoyoshi, that would be great. But if I can't find him, I'll come back and join you.”
“Okay, then we'll keep in touch. I'm going to investigate something now.” After saying that, Liu Xing hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Liu Xing, along with Li Hanxing and Sun Huiwen who were already prepared, came to the rooftop where the person who wanted to “do something unfavorable” to him last night was located.
After a brief investigation, Li Hanxing said seriously, “Someone was here last night. He was leaning against the wall, so he should have hidden here after firing that small explosive device at Liu Xing. After waiting for a while, he left from the stairwell. However, interestingly, there are no other traces left here.”
Looking at the somewhat confused Liu Xing, Sun Huiwen stepped forward and added, “Liu Xing, you should have heard of the Locard Exchange Principle. Simply put, criminals will contact and exchange substances with various material entities during the crime. So it's impossible to leave the crime scene without leaving material related to the criminal, such as a fiber from a garment, the criminal's hair or skin fragments, or even mud or gravel attached to the criminal's shoes.”
“But Li Hanxing and I carefully checked and found nothing useful except for the footprints that the killer didn't have time to handle, or maybe they never planned to handle them. The most important thing is that the surface of this wall is very rough, so the killer should have been scraped when leaning against the wall. Even if the clothes are of very good quality, there should be some dandruff, but there isn't.”
Liu Xing nodded vaguely, thought for a moment and said, “So, this killer is…”
“That's right. This killer's background may be more powerful than we imagined. He might be wearing a high-tech nightsuit that allows him to do this. Even we mercenaries have a hard time getting this kind of nightsuit, so Liu Xing, who have you pissed off?” Li Hanxing said with a puzzled look.
The reason is simple. Since he has this High-tech nightsuit, then the scope he prepared for the gun should be able to prevent reflection.
Therefore, Liu Xing stated his idea.
“What you said makes sense, Liu Xing. If the killer really wanted to attack, then we wouldn't be here chatting today. So I also think that the killer should have come here for other reasons. But it can't be confirmed that this killer is related to the murder of Shima Takeshi. After all, how did he know you were Liu Xing?” Sun Huiwen said, stroking his chin.
Liu Xing thought for a moment and realized that although his disguise during this period could not be said to be seamless, it was almost impossible for outsiders to see through it. Or even if Zhang Jingxu and others were around him, as long as he didn't speak, they wouldn't recognize him.
So Liu Xing became more and more interested in this “killer.”
“Okay, then we should go back and rest for now. There is nothing worth our attention here. But by the way, can we find a way to get the surveillance footage of this building?” Liu Xing looked at his mobile phone and said.
The building where Liu Xing and the others are now is a commercial residential building. The bottom three floors are commercial stores, and the upper floors are residential. However, because the building is also quite old, it seems that the residential part of the building does not have surveillance cameras installed. However, the stores downstairs should have surveillance cameras installed.
Unfortunately, Li Hanxing soon shook his head and denied Liu Xing's idea, “I made a route plan when I came upstairs. It's actually very easy to bypass the surveillance cameras of those stores below and reach the top floor. Besides, considering the killer's background, he has many options to enter and exit this building.”
Liu Xing nodded helplessly and said, “Okay, then let's go back and wait for news.”
As a result, they waited for a whole day.
After dinner, Liu Xing and Li Hanxing sat in the living room watching TV and chatting.
It must be said that people can't stay idle, especially for players like Liu Xing. If there's nothing to do in the module, it's really boring. Because it feels a little weird to rest and entertain in this parallel world.
It's like playing games in a game, it always feels a bit wrong.
Therefore, Liu Xing and the others would actually watch TV to pass the time when they had nothing to do. In the real world, Liu Xing and the others… Who would watch TV?
However, the TV these past two days was really not interesting. Because the main content every day was how Ryukyu and the Hokkaido region were doing, it was the same news over and over again. So Liu Xing and the others just listened to the sound, and the main focus was on chatting.
“By the way, I heard that the treatment of mercenaries is very high in Ryukyu and Hokkaido. Why don't you two go to those two places to make money?” Liu Xing said, stroking his chin.
Li Hanxing shrugged and smiled, “Those two places seem to be quite profitable for us, but in fact, they have already been divided into individual households. Because everyone can guess that the reason why Ryukyu and Hokkaido became this way is because of the United States of America. So the mercenaries there basically need to have a relationship with the United States of America to get by. So we outsiders don't need to think about that… But the most important thing is that the situation there is not clear.”
“How so?” Liu Xing asked curiously.
Li Hanxing pointed to the Hokkaido news being played on TV and said, “Take Hokkaido for example. Although Mutou Masayoshi seems to have the upper hand on the surface now, according to my friend's friend, the Island Nation has not given up yet. So there are hundreds of Island Nation's undercover agents lurking in Hokkaido, ready to cause trouble in Hokkaido at any time. So the outcome is still unknown.”
Liu Xing raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect the Island Nation to still have the strength to do these things. No wonder the Public Bus Faction and the Warrior Faction, although they have turned against each other recently, have maintained a certain level of “restraint.”
Just then, Liu Xing's phone rang.
Liu Xing picked it up and found that the caller was Zhang Jingxu.
Li Hanxing and Sun Huiwen very consciously chose to leave, because they knew that although they had reached a cooperative consensus with Liu Xing, some things were not for them to hear.
Liu Xing answered the phone, and Yin En's voice came from the other end, laughing, “Everything went smoothly, Kitano Masakazu has been sent back to his hometown in Hokkaido.”
Liu Xing raised an eyebrow. He didn't expect that in just one day, Kitano Masakazu, who was eyeing the opportunity and preparing for a grand battle, was sent back to his hometown.
What kind of operation was this?
Yin En didn't play coy and directly told him what happened today.
This morning, Zhang Jingxu and his group met up with Shima Mitsuhiro and went to a separate villa near the Shimazu Residence. This villa was originally used by the Shimazu Family to entertain visitors from other families, but because it had been neglected for many years, the cost of renovating this villa was more expensive than building a new one with a larger scale. Plus, in recent years, the interactions between different families in the Island Nation have not been close. Even if there were outsiders visiting the Shimazu Family, they preferred to stay in hotels in the center of Kagoshima City. After all, it was much more convenient there.
Adults, times have changed.
So Shimazu Nakano waved his hand and directly sealed this villa, only arranging for some servants to clean it up during holidays.
The reason why Shimazu Nakano arranged to meet in this place was because there was another “Shima Takeshi” in the Shimazu Residence, and this “Shima Takeshi” still had quite a few people under him.
After meeting, Shimazu Nakano and Shima Mitsuhiro seemed to have a tacit understanding and didn't mention Shima Takeshi at all. So they quickly formulated a plan - Shima Mitsuhiro would go to persuade them to surrender.
This plan seemed a little unreliable, but everyone knew that Shima Takeshi and Shimazu Nakano were actually the same person. Therefore, everyone knew that this seemingly dangerous surrender mission was actually not dangerous at all, because Shimazu Nakano had already arranged for those who surrendered in the Shimazu Residence.
Most importantly, Shimazu Nakano gave the opportunity to persuade them to surrender to Shima Mitsuhiro. The implication here was to let Shima Mitsuhiro gain prestige and win the favor of those Shimazu Family members in the Shimazu Residence. This could be seen as paving the way for Shima Mitsuhiro's future position as the head of the family.
Naturally, Shima Mitsuhiro didn't refuse. And what happened next could be said to be logical - the “Shima Takeshi” in the Shimazu Residence, upon hearing that Shima Mitsuhiro was coming to persuade them to surrender, chose to open the door and surrender without hesitation. He even brought out a flag that France had used during the Bourbon Dynasty's restoration.
I don't know where they found such a precious historical relic.
Ahem, today's legal practice is complete.
Back to the main topic, the work of reclaiming the Shimazu Residence went very smoothly. The “Shima Takeshi” and his subordinates were directly incorporated into the Shimazu Family. After all, they were originally members of the Shimazu Family… But just then, Kitano Masakazu arrived with his subordinates. After seeing the news of Shima Takeshi's assassination, he realized that something was wrong.
Although Kitano Masakazu didn't need to give face to Shima Mitsuhiro, he still dared not act rashly in front of Shimazu Nakano. So, after receiving verbal thanks from Shimazu Nakano and a trade contract that was already prepared, Kitano Masakazu reluctantly chose to return to Hokkaido.
As for the Ii Trio in Kagoshima City, they were also “invited” back home by Shimazu Nakano. After all, an important member of the Shimazu Family was assassinated at this time, it was already good that they didn't detain the members of the Ii Family.
The Ii Family also expressed great understanding.
So, everything in Kagoshima City seemed to be back to normal.
Of course, Shima Mitsuhiro is currently having a closed-door meeting with Shimazu Nakano, so Zhang Jingxu and the others, who have been busy all day, finally have time to chat with Liu Xing.
When they entered the Private Room, Yin En complained, “Why did this Side Quest take so long to build up, and then it ended suddenly in one day? I feel like it's like France during World War II. Everyone thought that France could at least hold off Germany for a year or two, but it ended up not lasting even two months.”
“Stop, stop, stop, Yin En, you are starting to talk about legal practice. You know that France has actually lasted quite a long time. A bunch of neighboring countries didn't last even a month. Denmark surrendered just a few hours after the war began… Of course, I remember that France had a territory belonging to India that didn't declare war. France directly handed it over to Germany, which was the fastest surrender during World War II.” Zhang Jingxu said with a smile.
Liu Xing and the others couldn't help but smile knowingly.
Indeed, nothing is more enjoyable than talking about legal practice. If there is, it's talking about legal practice repeatedly.
“Okay, back to the main topic. Now that Kitano Masakazu and the Ii Trio have been sent away, I think you guys haven't told Shima Mitsuhiro and Shimazu Nakano about Ii Naoyoshi, right?” Liu Xing asked.
Yin En sighed helplessly and said, “Yeah, we don't know whether we should tell Shimazu Nakano and Shima Mitsuhiro about this now. Because this matter is of great importance, it may affect the Warrior Faction's future plans, so we're calling you, Liu Xing, to listen to your thoughts.”
Liu Xing didn't even think twice and said directly, “I think we should tell Shima Mitsuhiro and Shimazu Nakano about Ii Naoyoshi. Because that unknown Great Old One, we have to be on guard. So the Shimazu Family and the Warrior Faction need to prepare early, lest we suffer a major loss later.”
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