Therefore, Zhou Wen pestered Mr. Situ all day long and kept trying to get close to him. He even called people "uncle, uncle" when he saw him. This was considered normal behavior by outsiders.
But in fact, it is not only Zhou Wen who is acting, but also a cautious defensive measure.
Zhou Wen knew that although the Japanese had many ways to assassinate Mr. Situ, it was unlikely that they would do it directly without concealment.
Putting aside the issue of international public opinion, Mr. Situ's identity as an American also makes the Japanese somewhat wary of him.
You openly assassinated an American on an American ship. This is no longer an international dispute. It is a slap in the face of the Americans and the American government. It might be the fuse of a war. Japan No one dares to take this risk.
Therefore, poking at the underground mafia is the most likely method the Japanese will use.
There are many ways to do evil, including poisoning, causing accidents, shooting behind the scenes, using knives and so on.
But the first premise is that you have to be close to Mr. Situ to have a chance to make a move.
Here I have to say the benefit of social hierarchy, which is safety.
As I said before, the first class cabin on the President cruise ship is not accessible to just anyone, but only to those with status and a certain social status.
This identity and status are not blown out by oneself, but are recognized as prestigious people in the United States and internationally, or people guaranteed by prestigious large companies and enterprises, and corresponding identity certificates must be issued.
Needless to say, Mr. Situ's identity was that Zhou Wen was guaranteed by Qi Chang Yang, the largest company in the Far East of the United States, and obtained a full set of identity certificates through the government's connections in Nanyang. Only then was he able to board the third floor of the President.
The reason why the Japanese sent Wang Defa, the ace agent, was because Wang Defa's status and reputation in Hong Kong's business community allowed him to easily buy first-class tickets.
Moreover, the first-class cabin is located on the third floor of the deck, and the restaurants, bars, swimming pools, observation decks, etc. on the fourth floor also serve first-class guests. There are only two spiral staircases connecting the second and third floors, and they are guarded by dedicated personnel so that no one can go up.
As for Mr. Situ and his party, they all lived in seclusion after boarding the ship. They only went to the restaurant when eating, and they never visited the bars or swimming pools, let alone hanging out on the second floor.
The only way to get close to Mr. Situ is the guests who also stay in the first class cabin.
This was one of the reasons why Zhou Wen suspected that something was wrong with Wang Defa's family from the beginning.
Of course, there were more than two hundred guests in the first-class cabin, and it was not that there were no Japanese staying there. When the hotel docked at Kobe Port, there were three Japanese guests who brought their families to the first-class cabin. However, these cabins are either far away from Mr. Situ, or they do not look like spies in age or status. There is even one family with two gray-haired elderly couples and their daughter, which has nothing to do with the spy killer.
Some people would say, isn’t the killer good at disguise? Maybe he can disguise himself as an old man.
It can only mean that you have watched too many movies.
Of course, camouflage can be used, but it can only be used to deceive people at a relatively long distance for a short period of time. If you want to spend a few days pretending to be an old man coming in and out of an environment like a restaurant where you can observe them at close range, in the eyes of experts like Zhou Wen and others with superior perception and observation skills, it is just like the emperor's new clothes. No different.
After careful observation and screening by Zhou Wen, only the Chinese businessman named Wang Defa was the most suspicious. First of all, his first-class room was not far from Mr. Situ's room. There was only Zhou Wen and another Chinese doctor and his wife who boarded the ship in Hawaii.
Speaking of which, the arrangement of the United States in this regard is quite interesting. When there are enough first-class cabins, the shipping company deliberately arranges Europeans and Americans on one side of the ship and Asians on the other side. You can't say whether this is racial discrimination, but that's the arrangement.
Zhou Wen's cabin was also intentional. It happened that a Chinese customer next to Mr. Situ was disembarking in Manila. This Chinese was also a very important figure in the United States and was also a friend of Mr. Situ. He was a security guard specially arranged for the government. To make room.
So the current situation is that the two suites near the bow of the ship are owned by themselves, the third one is an unknown Chinese doctor and his wife, and the fourth one is Wang Defa's family.
After Zhou Wen got on the ship, he did not live in seclusion like Mr. Situ. Instead, he wandered around. He usually spent time in bars when he had nothing to do, which was similar to the habits of a playboy. But as long as Mr. Situ went to the restaurant to dine, he would stick to it like a piece of candy. Mr. Situ's behavior towards Zhou Wen seemed lukewarm to outsiders, as if he felt a little disgusted but could not refuse. But with Zhou Wen as a nugget here, it would be difficult for others to get close to him.
Not to mention, Zhou Wen's seemingly shameless behavior really blocked Oda Junichiro's attempt to get close to Mr. Situ.
Oda Junichiro's original plan was to get close to Mr. Situ first.
With his status in the Chinese business community in Hong Kong, as well as his proven social skills and good conversation skills, he is very confident that he can have a good conversation with Mr. Situ, and it is possible to even become friends with Mr. Situ.
By then, whether it was poisoning or causing an accident, he believed he would always find an opportunity.
But a few days after boarding the ship, the annoying Mr. Zhou was like a firewall, completely isolating Mr. Situ from other people.
Especially today, it was obviously a very good opportunity to go up and strike up a conversation with Mr. Situ, but it was very unreasonably broken by this pretty boy. This made Junichiro Oda feel quite unhappy, and at the same time he began to feel a sense of urgency.
You know, there are only less than 6 days until the cruise ship arrives in Shanghai.
"Baga! Do we have to use the last resort?" Junichiro Oda, who was leaning on the sofa, cursed in his heart.
Although he himself had been engaged in business and intelligence work for many years as a lurker, and the skills he had developed in his youth had long since faded as his body gained weight, he still had the basic vision. He had seen Aida Nami's test of Zhou Wen just now, and he was basically sure that Mr. Zhou was an out-and-out playboy and could not be a master of guarding.
At this moment, Nami Aida and Keisuke Imai also came back from the restaurant.
Imai Keisuke pretended to admire the sea view and stood guard at the door as usual, while Aida Nami came in and sat directly next to Oda Junichiro, saying softly: "That Mr. Zhou is not an action master, he is just an ordinary person, even stronger than ordinary people. It’s even worse.”
