Inside the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai, a young female staff member in casual clothes said with a smile: "Here you are. These are the two occasions where Chief Mizuno is required to attend today. Please take them."
"Thank you, Takako." Mitsuhide Fukada bowed slightly, took the notebook, took a look at it, and said, "Well, didn't it say that the celebration of Dongzhibao was cancelled?"
Takako looked at this handsome young man, still smiling from the bottom of his heart, and explained: "This is what Consul Arisaka meant. Tozhibao donated some funds to our diplomatic department and the Imperial Army fighting on the front line. Originally Arisaka The consul plans to attend in person, but he has an important schedule today, so he can only ask Chief Mizuno to attend on his behalf."
Mitsuhide Fukada nodded and said, "Okay, please, Takako, I will inform Chief Mizuno right away."
Mitsuhide Fukada turned around and walked towards the office of the vice-consul of the consulate, but his heart was by no means as calm as his appearance. Because he felt that he might be suspected, in the past, the secretary's office would be notified of the itinerary of officials within the consulate four days in advance. However, after the two chamber of commerce presidents were shot and killed, the itinerary was changed to the morning of the same day. .
This is not a random change. Maybe there is suspicion inside? Mitsuhide Fukada has been observing for the past few days and cannot yet make an accurate judgment. This is mainly because there is another possibility, which is to upgrade the security level normally. After all, after this incident, Chinese agents took action again, so the security level of all officials was increased. This is normal.
But in Mitsuhide Fukada's mind, the latter possibility is greater than the former one. After all, he was the one who infiltrated the consulate. As long as there was a slight disturbance, he would think about the worst, so that his safety probability would be increased.
In addition, he behaved bravely that night. When the two traitors walked out of the nightclub, they were polite to Mizuno. Mizuno needed to win over these two people, so he insisted on letting the two traitors go out first, but this accidentally allowed Mizuno to escape the disaster.
When he saw two traitors being shot, he did not hesitate to pull Mizuno, who was also going out, because Mizuno also reacted at that time, and there were already signs in his body that he should go to the side and behind the door. Dodge against the inner wall.
If Mizuno had made this move at that time, the probability of him being killed was actually very small. After all, Mizuno's body had not yet walked out. The attention of the gunmen outside was attracted by the two traitors, so the possibility of killing Mizuno would be further reduced. It would be beneficial to hold him back by yourself, as it would not expose yourself, and it would also make Mizuno feel that he owed him a favor.
After recollecting the situation that night in his mind like lightning, Fukada Mitsuhide had arrived at Mizuno's office. He reached out and knocked on the door. After hearing a voice from inside: "Please come in," Fukada Mitsuhide reached out and opened the door. , walked in.
Just look at the vice consul of the consulate, Mizuno Daisho, who is looking at a document very seriously. Mitsuhide Fukada walked a few steps to the other party's desk, bowed quickly, and said: "Sir, these are the two occasions you need to attend today. Among them, the Dongzhibao Club at noon was personally designated by the Consul General. You attend on his behalf.”
Mizuno Daixiang waved his hand and motioned for the other person to sit down, then took the other person's itinerary and glanced at it, and said, "Don Zhibao is in the jewelry business, right?"
Mitsuhide Fukada said: "Yes, Dongzhibao's stalls have been very large in the past six months. They say they want to fully occupy the Chinese market. They also have sufficient funds. They are in Peking, Harbin, Fengtian, Shanghai, Guangzhou, etc. There are at least three to five branches in every city." Then he paused and said, "I heard from Miss Takako that Dong Zhibao donated a sum of funds to us, part of which was for the Imperial Army, and the other part was for the Imperial Army. Ours. The Consul General takes this matter very seriously, otherwise he would not have let you attend on his behalf."
Mizuno Daixiang said: "Well, the president of Dongzhibao is coming too?"
Mitsuhide Fukada nodded and said, "It should be, it's written on the itinerary."
Mizuno Daisho pondered for a moment, and said with some lingering fear: "Fukada-kun, I haven't been able to get over the last incident, but for such an important occasion, I naturally have to attend. Oh! By the way. That day. , Thank you so much for giving me a hand, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable."
Mitsuhide Fukada bowed slightly and said: "Sir, you're welcome, that's my responsibility. The main reason is that Captain Osawa and the others responded promptly and decisively fired to repel the gunman immediately."
Mizuno Daixiang smiled and said: "You don't have to be polite. Oh, by the way, there may be some personnel changes recently. Mr. Fukada, you are so capable. I want to talk to the Consul General and transfer you from the secretary's office to serve as my Assistant, would you like that?"
After hearing this, Mitsuhide Fukada's face immediately flashed a look of gratitude for less than half a second, and then bowed solemnly and said: "Thank you for your promotion, sir. I am very willing to follow your sir, and try to share your worries."
Mizuno Daixiang said with satisfaction: "Hey, you have such ability, no need to thank me. Oh, by the way, Fukada-kun, you go and tell Osawa and the others now that I will attend the banquet of Tozhiho Club at noon. , let a few of them follow."
"Hi!" Mitsuhide Fukada said, "I'm going now. Sir, I will remind you one hour before the time is up."
"Yes." Mizuno Daixiang also bowed slightly and said, "Sorry, Fukada-kun."
"Please don't be polite, sir." Mitsuhide Fukada said, stood up and walked out of the room. Returned to his office.
What was Mizuno Daixiang's attitude toward him just now? Mitsuhide Fukada took advantage of the fact that there was no one in his office and thought about it carefully. In the end, he summarized several possibilities: First, the other party did not doubt him, after all, he did give him a hand that day. Second, he doubted himself, so he might want to tie himself to him, so that it would be easier to observe himself at close range. Third, he doubted himself, but not as deeply as he suspected.
Finally, Mitsuhide Fukada carefully considered these three possibilities, and then combined with some of Mizuno Daisho's behavior in the past few days, he found that the third possibility should be the highest. Doubtful, but not that deep. This may really have something to do with the fact that I gave him a hand that day. In addition, Mizuno Daixiang has been very low-key and very vigilant in the past two days...
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