Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Chapter 86: Deep Reflection in the Second Half of the Night

Since it has been basically determined that Lao Zhao is fine, in order not to worry Fujiwara Mio at home, Chen Jiehua prepared to go home.

But before going home, he still had to go back to the secret room of the pharmacy to tidy up, changed into a new set of clothes, stuffed the blood-stained clothes into the space, loaded the pistol with bullets and loaded it.

Chen Jiehua's pistol is always fully loaded in the space, just in case of emergencies, and he finally used it today!

Chen Jiehua walked slowly all the way to Jessfield Road. The whole street was very quiet. The body of the wanderer was still lying in the dark and no one had discovered it. Chen Jiehua walked all the way back to No. 73, opened the door and went into the house, then locked the door.

Back in the upstairs bedroom, it was already two in the morning! Mio was still awake.

"Aoki, I heard a faint gunshot, the distinctive sound of a Colt 1911A1, along with the 12 o'clock bell! Is that you?"

Chen Jiehua nodded. There was nothing he could do about it. He had tried his best to follow the bell. Fujiwara Mio had good hearing and had heard the Colt's sound many times in Europe. This time, he was close, so it was normal.

Fujiwara Mio brought Chen Jiehua some hot water and helped him take off his coat.

After washing his face with hot water, Chen Jiehua said, "He was a Japanese ronin, a retainer of the Shimazu family. He was very skilled in the art of swordsmanship. I was no match for him. The bell rang, and I was able to defeat him with my gun."

"Uncle's family, why would they kill you?"

"He is an outer retainer. My uncle's retainers, Deadpool and Ronin, both practice Yakumaru Jikanryu Kendo, while outer retainers use Shikanryu."

"I met this ronin on the train back to my hometown in Miyazaki last December. He must have been hired by my uncle to test me."

"This time it was too urgent. Before we could figure out his identity, the second shot was too accurate, hitting him right in the heart. He died before we had a chance to question him."

"Met it once? Your uncle?"

"The Shimazu family has too many retainers outside their family. If they keep the dead servants and ronin, the number will be countless. Logically speaking, the Shimazu family should not know about this matter, otherwise they would have taken action last time within the family. There is no need to let me return to Shanghai."

"But who sent them? Were they on some other mission and happened to run into me, or were they specifically targeting me?"

"This is very troublesome. If he was targeting me, and he died outside, right in front of my house, I would be suspected!"

When Chen Jiehua thought of this, he immediately realized that he had been careless! He quickly took out a suitcase, threw out Bailang Duoxi, and put on his clothes!

"Mio, keep watch for me. I'll bring the body back!"

Fortunately, it was a winter night and the area was a luxury residential area, so there were not many pedestrians. The police also didn't like to patrol this road because there was no money to be made.

The body was still lying there. Chen Jiehua quickly threw the body into the space and climbed over the wall from the other side to go home again.

I'll find a suitable place to dispose of it someday.

"Please be careful these two days and try not to go out. I'll make arrangements here in the next few days, and then we'll notify your family to send someone over."

"Let's see how his family reacts first. The situation is unclear at this point, and we don't know what aroused his suspicion."

"But there's one thing you need to be careful about, Mio. And remind your comrades to be careful. Speak in low voices, especially at night! This time, Lao Zhao and I were talking in the back room of the pharmacy, and he heard it clearly from the window outside!"

"He said he heard Lao Zhao call me Lao Chen!"

"Ah! Aoki, you mean this ronin has good hearing?" "Yes! He decided I was no match for him, and he said it himself!"

"That's easy! Father once mentioned that the Matsukata family in Kagoshima, Kyushu, specializes in training ronin's hearing skills at the seaside!"

"That's it! The Matsukata family is the Shimazu family's first retainer, the head of the family was conferred the title of Duke, and currently controls the Fifteenth Bank! But I don't have any conflicts with them!"

After confirming which family this ronin came from, Chen Jiehua had a direction for the subsequent secret investigation and was no longer in a hurry.

But even though I wasn't in a hurry, I still couldn't fall asleep! Although I was lying in bed, I was replaying the previous scene in my mind frame by frame.

From the moment he chopped the tree with one hand, I should have no problem dealing with it! The only problem was the scalpel's horizontal swing after he successfully bullied me. It should have been a fatal move, but he actually seemed to have anticipated it and directly blocked it with his knife!

That's unusual! He guessed I had a very small, sharp knife! Who have I killed with my scalpel?
The first, Sakurada Takeshi, was not killed with a scalpel;
The second one is Kawamoto Daisaku! Kawamoto threw his body into the sea by himself!

The third one was a Japanese spy in America, who was killed with drugs without even asking his name;
In Japan, no one has ever been killed with a scalpel!
That's most likely Kawamoto's masterpiece!
The Matsukata family runs the Kawasaki Shipyard in Kagoshima!

Did the body just happen to float to the coast of Kagoshima, Kyushu? Did a ronin see it and examine the wounds? Or was it the Kawamoto family who were investigating the cause of death?

There must be things that I didn’t know and details that I overlooked that have been discovered!
With my current identity and no help in Japan, I'm really stuck! Going back and looking for information myself would be time-consuming and laborious, and it would also easily expose me! I'm so confused. I can't sleep.

He said that he had discovered long ago that he was wrong and was an "impostor", and Lao Zhao's "Lao Chen" was just the final confirmation for him!
This is a haphazard process!
Chen Jiehua stood up again and took out the ronin's sword from the space to check if he could find any useful clues.

First, let's confirm that this is definitely a good knife. It's very thick, but not without sharpness! (Of course, Chen Jiehua wouldn't be so foolish as to test the blade with his finger or even drip blood to identify the owner!)
There was only a tiny scratch on the part of the blade that had clashed with his own scalpel. He rubbed it gently with his fingers, and the scratch disappeared!
Chen Jiehua discovered an inscription on the back of the knife: "Senjuin Chokichi".

No, Chen Jiehua has only heard of "Demon Sword Muramasa".

"Senju-in" in Japan should be the name of a temple or a school of sword-forging, and "Changji" is either the master sword-forger or the original owner of the sword.

I didn't find anything else. But anyway, this sword is mine. I just need a sharp sword to kill people. After all, the scalpel is too short and can only be used for sneak attacks.

When dealing with enemies, I never follow any moral principles and always do whatever is practical.

After getting up at dawn, Chen Jiehua had breakfast, drove out, and first went to the entrance of the alley diagonally opposite the pharmacy. When he saw Zhao Shiyu coming to open the pharmacy as usual, he finally put his mind at ease, knowing that Old Zhao was fine.

Next, we drove to the Japanese residential area in HK, found a place to park, and wanted to see if there was any place here suitable for opening a second chain pharmacy.

After a day of running around, Chen Jiehua found that there were indeed a lot of Japanese here. He found a store that was about to be sold. Together with the vacant store next to it, the two stores together would be perfect for opening a large pharmacy. The key point is that the market here is good, and the back door of the store is connected to the living area, which makes it easily accessible!
Of course, Chen Jiehua also discovered that there were many Japanese ronin living here, and through communication, he got to know a ronin group from Kagoshima, Kyushu, the Matsukata family outer ronin.

　"Yaomaru Jiken-ryu" originated from "Shiken-ryu". Its founder "Yaomaru Kanechen" was one of the five major disciples of Togo Shigeita, the founder of "Shiken-ryu". Yaomaru Kanechen improved the "Shiken-ryu" kendo and called himself "Nodachi Jiken-ryu", which was later changed to "Yaomaru Jiken-ryu".

Kanechen Yamaru was also a samurai from the Satsuma domain.

In the later period, the direct descendants of the Shimazu family, the lord of Satsuma Domain, mainly practiced the "Yakumaru Jikenryu" swordsmanship, which was generally not passed on to outsiders, let alone females. Therefore, the predecessor of the protagonist, Aoki Seigen, could not learn the "Yakumaru Jikenryu" swordsmanship.

So the book initially sets him up as practicing the ancient Japanese martial arts "Yin-ryu". This "Yin-ryu" is not the "Yagyu Shin-ryu" that many people are familiar with. As can be seen from the name, the latter originated from the former.

The names given to Japanese kendo are the same as the names given to people. Although they originated from the Tang Dynasty, they have been changed a lot and are difficult to remember or to hear, but these are indeed the names.

Just treat it as unofficial history.

　
(End of this chapter)