Chapter 518.

“Mr. Cheng, what exactly do you want to do?” Qin Chi couldn’t help but open his mouth and ask after he understood the crux of the matter.

“What do you think I am trying to do?” Cheng Mo asked.

“My subordinate doesn’t know.”

“If this case involves an internal power struggle within No. 76, then it’s not something that our patrol room can intervene in.” Cheng Mo said.

“You mean, give up the investigation?”

“For now, it basically doesn’t make much sense to look for clues from the victims, the only way to figure it out is from that shooter.” Cheng Mo said.

“Then why didn’t you just look for clues from the shooter in the first place?”

“There are too few clues on the gunman, although there are quite a few people who have seen him, but the descriptions are all different, there isn’t much information other than tall, short, fat and thin, he took advantage of the chaos to escape, and after the patrol room responded to the police, the person fled, and Paramount didn’t have the first time to control the scene, which is undoubtedly a huge problem for us to solve the case… …”

“What about the gun, can we find out the source of the gun?”

“Finding the source of the gun, unless the selective arresting room’s own gun, which is documented, it is simply impossible to find out, we can only determine now whether a certain two bullets were fired from the same gun, other than that, it is difficult to do.” Cheng Mo said.

“The gunman killed someone and left with a gun, he has a lot of guts, he shouldn’t be a novice.”

“I don’t know about novice, but the shooting skill is definitely not good.”

“Mr. Cheng, what should I do next?”

“You go and check the gunman, as much information as you can.” Cheng Mo thought for a moment and ordered.

“Yes.”

“Hiroshi Kinno agreed to meet, okay, the time is tomorrow morning at ten o’clock, the place is Broadway Mansion …… “Returning to the old gate arrest room, Cheng Mo received a call from Chiyoko.

“Mo, be careful.”

“Don’t worry, I’m there to talk, not to fight.” Cheng Mo promised.

“Senior, I judged the murder of Paragon dancer Chen Manli to be a manslaughter caused by infighting at No. 76.” Cheng Mo left work and drove to Wen Qiu’s cab company office.

It made sense for him, the boss, to see the manager of his own name company.

“What makes you think that?”

“I called Lin Shiqun to force Peng Nian to come out for our questioning, but Lin Shiqun arranged for Lin Zhijiang to accompany him, seemingly to protect but actually to supervise, Peng Nian isn’t one of his people, and he’s afraid that Peng Nian will say something he shouldn’t.”

“Peng Nian is also a senior member of No. 76, how could Lin Shiqun not feel at ease with him?”

“In my analysis, Lin is guarding against Peng being involved with me, or perhaps, Peng Nian knows something that he doesn’t want us to know.” Cheng Mo said, “This can be glimpsed from Qin Chi’s reaction to Peng Nian’s questioning after I sidetracked Lin Zhijiang.”

“What was Peng Nian’s reaction?”

“Nervousness, when Qin Chi told Peng Nian about the hypothesis that the gunman might be rushing towards him, he started to get nervous and showed resistance to answering Qin Chi’s questioning, and in the end, he even left in a hurry and didn’t even stay to eat the table prepared by Pan Sansheng.”

“You’re speculating from this that he had something to do with Chen Manli’s murder?” Wen Qiu said, “Then could it be that Chen Manli was killed by the gunman under his direction, after all, there are many people who like to go to the scene to make sure that the task they set out to do is completed?”

“What about the motive?” “Didn’t Chen Manli say that she might be a member of the Junta’s peripheral organization?”

“Even if Chen Manli was a member of the Junta organization, would Peng Nian have to kill someone if he knew about it?” Cheng Mo asked rhetorically, “Unless, he has a handle on Chen Manli, but according to my investigation, Chen Manli should not be a member of the military junta.”

“Not from the military junta?” Wen Qiu gave a surprised cry.

“Although the military junta doesn’t pay much attention to the origins of the people joining, those from the three religions and the nine streams, as long as they are willing, are all fine. Chen Manli is indeed a very outstanding dancer, and with her talent and sociability, it would definitely be a good thing if she could be used by the military tutelage, but, some of the things she says are too out of the ordinary, and the military tutelage can’t recruit her even if they like her more.” Cheng Mo analyzed.

“You mean, the matter of her saying to the public that she would never dance with the Japanese?”

“Yes, although I don’t know why she said that, but such ‘anti-Japanese’ inclined remarks are definitely not suitable for our line of work, if she wasn’t a popular dancer, she might have been retaliated by the Japanese long ago.” Cheng Mo said.

“Then Chen Manli’s death could also be due to Japanese retaliation?”

“If the Japanese were to retaliate, they could just kill someone, why would they choose to do it inside the Paramount Ballroom?” Cheng Mo said, “Is this the time to make trouble in the Concession and test the attitude of the British?”

“As long as they have such an idea, the British are bound to be alerted, and the subsequent miscalculation is not something they can afford.”

“What miscalculation?”

“The Japanese don’t want to follow the Germans in declaring war on Britain and France just yet, at this time, the slightest spark could trigger a violent conflict, of course, the death of a dancer isn’t a thing, but what if this is just the beginning?”

Wen Qiu had to admit that his sensitivity to politics was not as good as Cheng Mo, his senior brother, who thought much deeper in his head than he did.

“I asked Lu Le to check Jin Yehong, recently he didn’t go to the Paramount Ballroom, if he was trying to avoid suspicion and plotting to kill someone, he intentionally didn’t go during this period of time, which makes sense, but Jin Yehong himself is a lustful and flirtatious person, he shouldn’t be able to kill someone for the sake of a Chen Manli, which won’t help him at all, and he will still be suspected.”

“Your analysis makes sense, then if it’s really as you speculated, what do you plan to do next?” Wen Qiu asked.

“Utilize Peng Nian and put a nail in No. 76.”

“You want to take in Peng Nian to use for you?”

“Utilizing only, I want to establish a channel of contact with Ding Mo Chuen as well.” Cheng Mo nodded, “I’m doing this in addition to provoking the relationship between Ding and Lin, there’s also not letting Lin Shiqun have a chance to drive Ding away, once Ding is gone, it’s not good for No. 76 to have Lin Shiqun all to himself.”

“You want them to fight internally, consume internally, and have no time to worry about external affairs.” Wen Qiu heard Cheng Mo’s idea now.

“This can only be influenced, it’s not certain if it can be done or not, but once Lin Shiqun is allowed to take full control of No. 76, it will not be favorable for us.” Cheng Mo said.

“Your analysis makes sense, but can Peng Nian be used for you?”

“I just want to use Peng Nian to hook up with Ding Mo Chuen, I don’t intend to use him for anything special, of course, depending on the follow-up.” Cheng Mo said.

“Didn’t you plant someone around Ding Mochun?”

“That one was a dark line, this one is open.” Cheng Mo said, “Lin Shiqun knows more or less about my identity on the Japanese side, so he is jealous of me, that’s why he has been hoping that Wu Sibao can reconcile with me.”

“Then can you and Wu Sibao really reconcile?”

“Reconciliation is impossible, Wu Sibao this kind of unscrupulous thing, how would I reconcile with this kind of person, but at this stage, as long as he doesn’t come to actively mess with me, I won’t intentionally target him either, both sides maintain a balance of well water offending the river water.”

“Not to be swayed by personal grudges, and to keep everything in the big picture, you are right.” Wen Qiu nodded.