Spy Wars: Get the Predator equipment at the beginning

Chapter 917 I can't figure it out even if I rack my brains.

"The car exploded as it left the base? Did the sentries see anyone throw a bomb or grenade at the car?" Sakata Tadayoshi asked after listening to the report from the lieutenant in charge of the crime scene investigation at the Military Police Headquarters.

The lieutenant shook his head and said, "We questioned the sentry. When the car came out, everything was normal around there. No suspicious people or vehicles were found. The car suddenly exploded while it was in motion. The explosion started from under the chassis, and a ball of flame shot into the sky. The car was blown more than ten feet into the air before crashing down."

"We have examined the car wreckage, and based on the location of the explosion, we can conclude that someone planted a bomb under the car beforehand, rather than someone throwing a bomb and a grenade into the car to cause the explosion!"

Sakata Tadayoshi frowned after hearing this: "So the person who planted the bomb was an insider from the 8th Military Police?"

The Japanese lieutenant thought for a moment and said, "If no outsiders have infiltrated, the only person who could have planted the bomb is someone from the 8th Military Police. I've already asked the sentries at the gate, and no outsiders have visited today!"

Sakata Tadayoshi then asked, "I heard that the Englishman Gander, who was secretly placed here for protection, suddenly disappeared here?"

"Yes, Your Excellency. Right after the car explosion, the two guards watching over Gander were attracted by the sound of the explosion and the fire at the scene. They left the doorway of the room and ran to the middle of the yard. When they returned, Gander had suddenly disappeared from his room. Less than two minutes had passed!"

“We’ve sent people to dig deep inside the camp, but we still haven’t found Gan De. There are no signs of climbing or rummaging through the surrounding houses and corners of the walls, which is very strange.”

"Now we can be pretty sure that the killer's real purpose was not to kill Shichibu Saburo, but to use the explosion to attract the attention of all the guards in our 8th Military Police Corps. Once the guards were distracted, the killer would immediately sneak into the room and rescue Gan De!"

To everyone's surprise, Sakata Tadashi shook his head after hearing this and said, "I disagree with your point that the murderer's purpose was to rescue Gan De. Gan De has already been stabbed once at Pudong Hospital. The murderer's purpose should be to assassinate rather than to rescue him, right?"

The lieutenant in charge of the investigation at the military police headquarters retorted, "But if it was an assassination, why is Gan De's body missing? Did the murderer intend to take Gan De out before killing him? Isn't that pointless and unnecessary?"

Sakata Tadayoshi also felt that his conclusion did not make sense, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong. He asked again, "Are you sure Gan De has been rescued? And is he not at the base?"

The Japanese lieutenant pointed to the gate of the 8th Military Police Headquarters and said, "The garrison is only so big, and there aren't many rooms. We've mobilized everyone we can and searched for two whole hours, practically digging three feet into the ground. If Gan De were still here, there's no way he could have hidden himself."

Sakata Tadayoshi's forehead was creased with three horizontal lines that could trap a mosquito. He turned to Ito Kakubun, who was dressed in a soldier's uniform, and asked in a low voice, "Master Ito, can you figure out what's going on here?"

Ito Kakufumi was also completely baffled, unable to understand the situation. A traitor hated and wanted dead by the Blue Shirts and the British gentlemen had vanished. Had he been rescued, or was he still hiding in the military police headquarters?

But being rescued is almost impossible. Who would come to his rescue? Now, apart from the Imperial Army who still think Gan De has some use and are willing to protect him, I'm afraid no other force is willing to expend so much effort to rescue him.

Ito Kakufumi thought for a moment and whispered to Sakata Tadayoshi, "I think whether Gan De is dead or alive, it's impossible for him to still be in the garrison. Someone made such a commotion, so it must be to take him away. Assassination has been ruled out, because an assassin wouldn't be stupid enough to kill someone first and then take the body away. It's almost impossible to take a body out of the heavily guarded military police station. Even if the captain of the military police station here wanted to take a body out, it wouldn't be that easy, would it?"

Sakata Tadayoshi nodded involuntarily.

Ito Kakufumi said, "So Gander can only have been rescued. As for how the rescuers were rescued, that's something we can't possibly figure out, otherwise someone would have figured it out long ago!"

Sakata Tadayoshi had to admit that Itō Kakubun's analysis made some sense, but he still couldn't understand: "But now, apart from us being willing to provide him with shelter, almost no one cares about his life or death. Which faction would send someone to rescue him?"

Ito Kakufumi said, "Section Chief, that's not necessarily true. What if Gan De is a double agent, or even a multi-agent? Or what if he has several loyal subordinates? If they find out that we're hiding Gan De here, and then come to rescue him, isn't that perfectly normal?"

The military police commander, who had been listening to the two men's hushed conversation, immediately turned around and asked, "The Seventh Division Lieutenant requested 30 yuan for defection funds from me two hours ago. Go check if this money is in Gan De's dormitory!"

A sergeant stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Sir, we searched that room thoroughly and found no money. We also didn't find any ashes from burned coins in the car."

This result seems to confirm Itō Kakubun's inference.

Ito Kakufumi continued, "Now we can draw a conclusion. It must have been someone Gan De truly served or a loyal subordinate he trained who rescued him. He is now being hunted by the Blue Shirts and the British, but he doesn't quite trust us. So he offered to provide more information about British intelligence agents in exchange for a reward of 30. He has also secretly worked with his liaison to devise an escape plan, and will immediately begin the escape once he gets the money."

Sakata Tadayoshi pondered the analysis and deduction carefully, then nodded in agreement. He then said to Sato, "Commander, given the current situation, it seems that this is the only logical deduction that can be made!"

After considering for a moment, Sato said, "This case will be temporarily shelved as an unsolved case. As for Gan De, unless we see the body, we cannot conclude that he is dead!"

"The 8th Military Police will maintain a state of martial law for 7 days, allowing only entry and no exit. Regardless of whether they are officers or soldiers, each person will be given a daily ration of food and water, and they can only collect it themselves from the mess hall; no one else can do it for them!"

"If Gan De is still hiding in the 8th Military Police, I will starve him to death and let him die of thirst!"

At this moment, a Japanese surveyor in a white coat came over and reported: "Commander, officers, we found a burnt briefcase inside the vehicle. There was a document inside, but it has been severely charred by the high temperature. If we take it out now, it will be almost impossible to preserve; it will immediately crumble into ashes. However, if we use advanced technology, it may be possible to read the text on the document."

"We can only identify this one list at the moment, which is very likely the list of British intelligence agents that Gan De confessed to in front of Shichibu Saburo."