In a separate room, Matsui listened to Tanaka Daiei's preliminary investigation of the case, and he already knew in his heart that this was most likely done by Zhang Yunhe.

He just told Zhang Yunhe the whereabouts of the 17 girls yesterday afternoon. At night, everyone in the Hainai family was killed, and even the 17 girls were missing. More than a dozen women also disappeared. If you say that this matter has nothing to do with Zhang Yunhe, he would not believe it even if he killed him.

But he couldn't say it, nor did he dare to say it.

Let Tanaka Daiei investigate this matter, and find out as much as he can.

Thinking of this, Matsui said to Tanaka Daiei, Ding Mo, and Li Qun, "This case has too many casualties, including 14 high-ranking officials. The impact is extremely serious. I want you to get to the bottom of this as quickly as possible!"

"Hello!" The three of them quickly bent down and nodded in agreement.

"Do your best. I'll be waiting for your good news!" Matsui said and got up to leave.

The three of them hurriedly stood up and sent him out.

Matsui emerged from the room and addressed the officials present: "Gentlemen, I have decided to hand this case over to the Special High Technology Division and Unit 76. Do you have any objections?"

Everyone expressed no objection.

Matsui heard everyone say this and immediately said, "Okay, if you want to know about the progress of the investigation into this case, please contact Tanaka Daiei."

After saying this, he turned and walked out, and the other officials followed him and watched him get into the car and leave.

After Matsui left, officials from other departments also left one after another.

The on-site investigation was completed and the bodies were taken away. Tanaka Daiei and others stayed at the scene to look for other clues, and then returned to the Special High Technology Bureau.

The autopsy results came out that afternoon and were quickly delivered to Tanaka Daiei.

"Mr. Tanaka, most of the deceased were shot in the head, all with Colt 1911 ammunition. Only three were shot in the chest or back, but the bullets all hit their hearts!"

"This shows that the murderer is a professional killer with extremely accurate shooting skills and decisive actions!"

"And these three bodies were killed by cold weapons. The cause of death was massive bleeding from pierced livers and spleens. The wounds were on the right side of the abdomen, and the puncture was from the bottom up. I remember that in the cases handled by our Special High Technology Division over the past two years, there were several cases where the victims' wounds were caused by this type of double-clawed blade!"

Tanaka Daiei took the autopsy report and began to read it. When he saw the three photos of the bodies killed by cold weapons and the shape of the wounds on the bodies, his face suddenly changed. He gasped and said with trembling lips: "It appeared again!"

"Who?" asked the coroner.

Tanaka Daiei said with a serious face, "I call it 'ghost'. The files of those cases are still kept in the archives. Come with me to retrieve them and compare them to see if they were caused by the same murderer!"

The autopsy officer agreed.

The two immediately went to the archive room on the third floor. With the help of the archivist, several archive files were quickly delivered to them.

When the photos of the bodies from the previous case files were placed on the table for comparison with the photos of three of the victims this time, the autopsy officer said with absolute certainty, "Mr. Tanaka, the shape and size of the wounds are exactly the same. I can assure you with my professional ethics that from a professional perspective, these people were killed by the same weapon!"

Matsui immediately stood up and said, "I'm going to check the files of all the dead and missing persons to see if there is any connection!"

After returning to the office, Tanaka Daiei handed the matter over to the special agent department.

The inside and outside of Hainai's house had been searched several times by the Special High Technology Bureau and No. 76 personnel, and the information of all the staff and service personnel inside had been taken back to the Special High Technology Bureau.

In the Special High Technology Bureau's meeting room, seven or eight agents were looking through the files of the deceased, looking for common points and suspicious residences. Photos of the deceased were posted on the wall.

"Mr. Tanaka, the information on the 14 high-ranking officials who were killed has also been obtained from the departments where they worked." The head of the Special Affairs Section, Tsutomu Kumamoto, walked into the meeting room holding a large stack of file bags.

After a while, pictures of all the dead were posted on the walls.

"Kumamoto-kun, do you see any connection between the deceased?" Tanaka Daiei asked, folding his arms as he looked at the photos of the deceased on the wall.

Kumamoto Tsutomu shook his head and said, "Sir, I don't see that. I don't think this case is an assassination, or the murderer's purpose is not to go to Kaino's house to assassinate a high-ranking official or all high-ranking officials!"

"Why?" asked Tanaka Daiei.

Kumamoto Tsutomu said: "If it was an assassination, the murderer would not have had to rescue those women or make them disappear! From our investigation of the scene, we concluded that those women must have been rescued by the murderer, because there were no signs of them being killed at the scene, especially in the rooms of the 17 girls in the backyard who were sent there a few days ago. There were no signs of killing."

Tanaka nodded, then asked, "You just said that 17 of the missing or rescued women were sent to Umino's house a few days ago? What's going on here?"

Kumamoto Tsutomu replied, "Yes, I found a list in the drawer of the room of Sakashita Yuzo, the owner of Umino House. After investigation, I learned that the girls were sent there by the expeditionary force headquarters to be trained by Sakashita Yuzo, and they were specially prepared to entertain high-ranking guests. Moreover, these girls were captured from the front line and escorted here from Yuzhang."

"Where is the list? Let me see it!" asked Tanaka Daiei.

Kumamoto Tsutomu opened a folder, took out a list and handed it to Tanaka Daiei.

After taking the list and looking at it, Tanaka Daiei found that there were originally 18 names on the list, but one name had been crossed out with a pen. However, the crossed-out name could still be clearly seen: Liu Yun.

"There should be 18 people on this list. Why was Liu Yun's name crossed out?" asked Tanaka Daiei.

"This... I don't know about this!" Kumamoto Tsutomu said, touching the back of his head.

Tanaka Daiei thought for a moment and ordered, "To be on the safe side, go to the expeditionary force headquarters and find the person in charge of receiving these 17 girls to verify the situation!"

"Hayi" Kumamoto Tsutomu agreed and turned away.

Tanaka Daiei called in Naomatsu Harano, a team leader from the Intelligence Section, and instructed him, "If the missing girls are not missing but have been rescued, I just calculated that there should be 30 girls. It is not easy to take so many girls away without attracting the attention of those nearby."

"The murderer must have taken them away in a truck with a covered carport. Go check the nearby checkpoints immediately to see if any suspicious trucks passed by last night!"

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