Chapter 525: Frame-up

"Baka!"

"A special agent who was happily eating slapped the table and stood up when he saw the door pushed open."

"Who's there!"

"Bang bang bang~"

"Chen Yongren didn't hold back, directly spraying bullets and killing the three Japanese special agents inside."

"First, a shot pierced their chests, then he fired several more bullets at them for cover."

"The sudden gunfire immediately caused a commotion inside the restaurant."

"The customers who had been drinking quickly and adeptly ducked under the tables, while those near the door simply fled."

"Each had their own way of surviving."

"Want to watch the excitement?"

"Can you watch the excitement at a time like this?"

"After taking out those three Japanese special agents, Chen Yongren hesitated not at all, hastily fleeing the restaurant and even knocking over the tables and chairs in the hall."

"It was exactly the sort of panic that only an untrained novice would show."

"……"

"Jinmen Special Agency."

"Baka!"

"Chi Mu Chengping's dog eyes widened as he barked at a second lieutenant before him."

"A bunch of good-for-nothings!"

"You didn't guarantee that the Military Statistics Bureau agents in Jinmen had been completely scattered and basically incapable of organizing any decent operation, did you?"

"Just yesterday at the meeting, you proposed guaranteeing Jinmen's safety and stability."

"As a result, problems arose that very night."

"Hai!" the Japanese devil second lieutenant exclaimed, standing at attention."

"Any special findings?" Chi Mu Chengping asked impatiently."

The Japanese devil second lieutenant stood at attention and said: "According to eyewitnesses, when he finally fled the restaurant he was in a panic, almost as if he didn't choose his path…"

"Major His Excellency, based on the shell casings left at the scene, the bullet heads indicate the gun is very new, a Browning M1911 pistol."

Hearing this, Chi Mu Chengping frowned and muttered to himself: "Isn't the pistol most favored by the Military Statistics Bureau?"

"Could it be that the Military Statistics Bureau's Jinmen station suffered severe damage, so they could only send a novice?"

Thinking that his own agents might have been killed by a freshly recruited rookie, Chi Mu Chengping felt increasingly absurd and all the more determined to root him out.

Ask witnesses along the way, judge his approximate location from where he last disappeared, and find this bastard's whereabouts!

We must take care of this guy before the envoy arrives!

"Hai!" the Japanese devil second lieutenant replied and hurried away.

Chen Yongren stood to the side, silent.

"……"

That night.

On the way home after working overtime, the secretary to the mayor of the Jinmen puppet government was assassinated and died on the spot.

Comparing the shell casings and bullet heads, it was exactly that Browning M1911 pistol.

The next morning.

A clerk of the Jinmen puppet government was assassinated and killed on his way to work.

The murder weapon was still that Browning M1911 pistol.

At night.

During a verbal spat with his newly taken concubine, a collaborator committee member of the Jinmen Chamber of Commerce had his brains blown out by a gunman on the spot, and his diamond watch was also snatched.

The murder weapon was still the Browning M1911 pistol.

But because he had killed several people in succession, the shell casings gradually showed wear, further confirming Chi Mu Chengping's suspicion.

This agent is just a novice.

To root out this agent, the old Japanese devil nearly turned Jinmen upside down, yet found nothing.

Chi Mu Chengping even suspected that this novice agent had put all his talent into learning how to slick his feet.

Otherwise, how could he be as slippery as a loach?

The puppet government suffered successive assassinations of its officials, leaving the Jinmen puppet government's staff in a state of panic.

The envoy is about to arrive; isn't it deliberately causing trouble at a time like this?

But just as Chi Mu Chengping was searching everywhere to catch the gunman...

Yet the gunman mysteriously vanished, as if he had never appeared, leaving only the forensics department's shell casings and inspection report to prove he had been here…

Chen Yongren actually deliberately used a new Browning pistol.

Because ballistic inspection technology had existed in the United States since 1915, and after nearly thirty years of development, the technology inevitably made some progress.

The rifling is like a person's fingerprint, making it nearly impossible to produce identical marks, let alone this being a Browning pistol favored by the Military Statistics Bureau.

In Jinmen, the target is already quite obvious.

Using a new gun makes post-event inspection and framing easier.

Finding a gun in the vast sea is not easy, but if you simply give them the correct answer, there's no need to worry about getting the question wrong.

With the skill of mind control, one can afterwards find a poor wretch who, unable to withstand torture after arrest, will confess to his crimes.

The patrols also kept watch day and night, and all departments strengthened their defenses.

The old Japanese devil Chi Mu had even suggested temporarily halting the trip to Jinmen, but how could an already set itinerary be easily changed?

During that period, Chen Yongren also managed to find an unlucky guy.

A Chief of the Patrol Division who was recuperating at home due to illness.

Yang Xiang.

While helping Chi Mu Chengping organize security personnel files, Chen Yongren found this guy, who, due to illness, had his duties carried out by the deputy chief.

After some investigation, it turned out that this guy's ability wasn't great.

But he was good at running away; whenever danger arose, he could always bolt first, which exactly matched Chi Mu Chengping's guess about gunmen.

This traitorous dog was originally a rascal and scoundrel; after the Japanese entered Jinmen, he became a guide for them, relying on Japanese backing to commit all kinds of evil in Jinmen.

Since he wasn't at the scene, no one could provide an alibi for him—letting him take the blame would be perfect; it would also rid the populace of a menace, and it would be as if his ancestors' graves were smoking with pride.

After using his skill to put him to sleep, Chen Yongren dug a new hole in the wall of his house and stuffed inside the Browning handgun, the lost diamond watch, and over two hundred dollars.

The last day of the year.

Originally, the city should have been enthusiastically celebrating the New Year's arrival, but due to several previous assassination attempts, the atmosphere in the city became grim.

But Chen Yongren still managed to get some fireworks.

Rules have never applied to them.

Inside the courtyard.

Whoosh~

A streak of light shot up into the sky.

Crackle~

It then burst open in the night, the fireworks blazing brightly.

Inside the villa, the servants held sparklers and chased each other playfully.

Chen Yongren and Lin Ke Xin stood in the courtyard.

"You don't have a wish?" Chen Yongren joked.

Lin Ke Xin looked at Chen Yongren, her expression seeming to say: "You don't know?"

"I will definitely marry you." Chen Yongren said solemnly.

Lin Ke Xin gave Chen Yongren a sideways glance, raised her head to watch the continually bursting fireworks, not knowing what she was reminiscing about.

Seeing out the old and welcoming the new, another year passed.

The next morning.

Chen Yongren then received a call from Chi Mu Chengping.

The special envoy had arrived; he went out early to meet him, showing respect.

Chen Yongren also didn't waste time, washed up, changed into a splendid kimono, and took a car to Jinmen Airport.

Chi Mu Chengping wore a crisp colonel's uniform, a command sword at his waist, and gazed ahead with a solemn expression.

Behind him were the Japanese of the Special Agency, ranked by military rank; besides the Japanese of the Special Agency, Jinmen government officials were also present.

There were also newspaper reporters waiting to take photos.

"Uncle." Chen Yongren walked up to Chi Mu Chengping's side.

Chi Mu Chengping remained expressionless and nodded.

Half an hour later.

In the distance, a passenger aircraft appeared among the clouds, gradually lowering its altitude and finally landing at the airport.