Espionage: I became sworn brothers with Zheng Yaoxian at the beginning, and became the Seventh Broth

Chapter 419 Explosion in Progress

French Concession.

Inside a long-abandoned residential house.

Ye Shaohong put down the phone and turned to look at Li Yunlong beside him.

"What's the situation outside?"

"Have the troops stationed in the several concessions moved?"

In front of Li Yunlong was an old telephone. He had just hung up the phone when he heard Ye Shaohong's question.

"No."

"Only the Japanese concession's military police have been mobilized, and they are conducting a large-scale search." Ye Shaohong frowned.

"Didn't you move?"

"It seems we haven't made enough of a commotion."

"Pass the word down: send Fuyuan's wife on her way..."

……

Japanese Concession.

At the entrance of the Wind Chime Club.

A sudden screech of brakes rang out, drawing the attention of passersby on the street.

The car door opens.

A masked man in black pushed the car open with all his might, and a Japanese woman with her hands and feet bound rolled off the vehicle.

Before the passersby could figure out what was going on, the car that had just stopped started up again and drove off into the distance. The puzzled passersby looked at each other, and then two ronin with long swords hanging from their waists stepped out.

They came to the Japanese woman who had collapsed to the ground.

He asked her name.

what's going on.

He was about to start untying the Japanese woman's mouth and hands.

Just then, one of the ronin's gazes fell upon the Japanese woman's arms.

He saw that the woman's arms were also bound with a bundle of objects.

Because of the angle, he couldn't see what it was, and with doubt in his eyes, he took a few more steps forward.

His expression then changed.

"idiot."

"Run! Bomb!" This Japanese ronin reacted quickly; the moment the shout rang out, he turned and ran into the distance.

But no matter how fast his reaction speed was, it couldn't keep up with the blast wave from the bomb exploding.

"boom!"

A deafening thunderclap.

The object held in the arms of the Japanese woman burst into flames, and the scattered flesh, blood, and bone fragments engulfed the onlookers at the intersection.

For a time, the shrill wails and screams continued.

The Japanese woman, abandoned on the road, had been blown to pieces.

The two Japanese ronin closest to her also perished, becoming two corpses lying on the ground.

Six or seven of the Japanese onlookers collapsed to the ground. Some had broken arms, some had broken legs, and many more had wounds on their chests, abdomens, backs, and heads.

Blood spread and caught the eye of passersby a little further away, causing another disturbance.

Shortly afterwards.

A group of Japanese police and a group of ronin rushed over upon hearing the news.

Upon seeing this incredibly bloody scene, the faces of these people immediately turned pale. Some of the more timid ones, who had never been on the battlefield, even had an immediate physiological reaction, turning around and bending over to vomit.

Among the two groups, there were several thugs who had committed murder.

Despite their physical discomfort, they frowned and walked toward the woman at the center of the explosion.

One person crouched down and took a quick look.

"It's no use." "This person is already dead."

After examining the body, the man did not rush to get up, but instead turned to look at his companion beside him.

“I know her; she is the wife of the president of Fuyuan Trading Company.”

"She is the illegitimate daughter of a minor nobleman in the empire."

"How could she...?"

The man's companion tilted his head, carefully examined the corpse for a moment, and then, with some uncertainty, recounted his discovery.

"The wife of the president of Fuyuan Trading Company?"

"This is troublesome. The president of Fuyuan Trading Company is a big shot in the Japanese concession."

"It's said to be a big businessman who can speak directly with the ambassador..."

The Japanese concession police squad leader, who was squatting on the ground examining the corpse, changed his expression. He realized that things had spiraled out of his control.

He then stood up.

"Sugii, since you know this lady, then you should take charge and contact the president of Fukugen Trading Company."

"I stayed behind to take care of the wounded and arrange for people to take them to the hospital."

"Also, arrange for someone to go to the military police headquarters and inform them that someone launched a bomb attack at the entrance of the Wind Chime Club. Tell them to send someone over immediately to investigate the scene and take over the case."

The Japanese concession policeman, known as Sugii, nodded and was about to turn and leave when a junior policeman who was checking on and treating other wounded people walked over with a wooden sign in his hand.

"Captain, we've found something, look..."

"Ok?"

The officer in charge raised an eyebrow and, with a puzzled look, took the wooden sign, which had been blown into two pieces, from the young policeman's hand.

He glanced down.

Upon seeing the line of English written on the wooden sign, his confusion deepened.

"What is this?"

"Where did you find this?"

The young policeman who came to report the news turned around, pointed to the fallen ronin's corpse, and then responded.

"It's in him."

"This wooden plaque must have been blown off the body of the dead lady. After the explosion, the plaque was swept up by the blast wave and pierced directly into his back."

"When I was examining the body just now, I saw some writing on it, so I tore it off."

Upon hearing this, the police officer in charge dared not be negligent any longer. He thought for a moment, then turned around and looked around. "Where's Inukai Kojiro? Come here."

"I remember you know some English, right? Take a look at this wooden sign and see what's written on it?"

Inukai Kojiro, who had been summoned, took the blood-stained wooden sign, broken in two, from the captain's hand and began to read the English letters on the sign haltingly.

After a few words, his hand trembled, and the blood-stained wooden plaque he was holding fell to the ground with a thud.

"idiot."

"You're supposed to be a soldier of the Empire? How dare you?"

"Tell me, what exactly is written on the wooden sign?"

Upon seeing the wooden sign fall to the ground, the officer in charge's expression changed drastically, and he immediately began to loudly curse at Inukai Kojiro.

"Team... Captain."

"This wooden sign... it says, 'This is the first time, not the last.'" Upon hearing Inukai Kojiro's words, the police officer in charge immediately widened his eyes.

He is not a fool either.

He instantly understood. The information recorded on the wooden sign, combined with the events of the day—the kidnapping of the Minister's wife and children, the shooting of the newly appointed head of the Special Higher Police Section, Sakai Mieko—made him realize that something was wrong.

Something big has happened.

This is because there are hostile forces provoking the Eastern Empire, and they have taken action against them.

"asshole!"

“These rebels deserve to die.”

"Sugii, you don't need to inform the president of Fukugen Trading Company. Just stay here to maintain order at the scene and treat the wounded."

"I need to go to the military police headquarters to see Commander Kagesa!"