Chapter 553

鈥淢r. Takeda, Commander Nishio wants to invite me to dinner?鈥� Cheng Mo was surprised that Takeda Takeo had actually come to invite him to dinner.

鈥淵es, to thank Mr. Cheng for his help today, Commander Nishio has specially prepared a table of wine at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel for you.鈥�

“Just me?鈥�

鈥淔or now, it’s just you.鈥� Takeo Takeda didn’t dare to be too sure, after all, when Teruzo Nishio told him, he didn’t say he was inviting Cheng Mo alone.

鈥漈hen let me get cleaned up, I don’t look very presentable.鈥� Cheng Mo thought about it for a moment and agreed, but he hadn’t done anything since last night, and especially hadn’t shaved, so it would be rude to go to dinner like that.

Nishio Teruzo was a stickler for appearances, and since he was going to take advantage of the situation, he had to put on a good face.

鈥淥kay, how long will it take Mr. Cheng?鈥�

鈥淎 quarter of an hour, but this is a hospital, and I don’t have any suitable clothes, so I’ll have to go back?鈥�

鈥淭hat’s okay, I’ll go with you.鈥� Takeo Takeda was not at all displeased, but politely agreed.

“Thanks.鈥�

Cheng Mo drove, and Takeshi Takeda followed, and the two returned to their home on Pingwang Street. The move had actually already begun, but not everything had been moved.

After all, it was close to the hospital, and Xiaoyu still had to commute every day to cook for Su Mo’er and move some items that were not needed for the time being.

Everything had been sent over, including the radio that had been hidden in their bedroom on the second floor. This had been arranged by his sister Cheng Hua herself, without any help from others.

After a quick shower and a shave, he changed into more formal clothes for the banquet.

More importantly, he asked Lei Gang to come over and act as his driver. It would be inappropriate for him to go to the banquet and then drive himself, what if he drank too much and couldn’t drive back? Naturally, preparations had to be made in advance, and this was still a banquet hosted by the Japanese.

Although it wasn’t a trap, right?

But this banquet was definitely not a good one. The person who invited him to dinner was the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Expeditionary Army in China. Even if he had helped him capture Miura Saburo, he would not have invited him alone. There must be a reason for this.

Tonight, he actually had to get through this.

It was around 7 pm.

Cheng Mo and Takeo Takeda drove together to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

Xiao Zhi had made arrangements in advance, and Takeo Takeda quickly led Cheng Mo to a private dining room on the second floor of the restaurant. With such a big incident,

Xiyu Teruzo didn’t want to put on a show either, and directly checked into the Japanese-run Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Although the Ritz-Carlton was not as good as the Cathay and the Astor, it at least made him feel at ease.

In addition, he also deployed a team from the Shanghai garrison to protect his safety. After all, he was the commander of the dispatch army.

Except for Itagaki, the chief of staff from Jinling, he didn’t meet with any Japanese military officers from Shanghai. Even the person in charge of the Mei Agency, Kagezawa, was rejected.

Obviously, he was really angry. You are in Shanghai, and Miura Saburo is trying to get rid of you behind your back. You don’t even know about this situation. What is your intelligence agency for?

Even if your main responsibility is to guide and supervise the Wang puppet government, you are also in Hongkou, and your intelligence officers have not noticed at all? Kagezawa was the supreme leader of the Wang puppet government, but he did not dare to express any dissatisfaction in front of Nishio Teruzo. He was a major general, and you were only a major general.

In terms of seniority and merit, he is far above you. Even if he is not well-liked, he is now the commander-in-chief of the Japanese occupation forces, so shouldn’t he lose his temper?

Whoever has just been stabbed in the back will feel a chill in their heart. If it were an enemy who assassinated him, that would be fine, and it might even be talked about as a glory. But now it was someone from his own side who wanted to kill him.

Although the guy Miura Saburo is already dead, apparently he was silenced, and I’m afraid this was the first thought.

If Miura Saburo, this madman, is launched to kill himself, it will be fine. Everyone will reap the benefits together. If it fails, Miura will be killed directly, and all the blame will be put on him. Since he is dead anyway, he cannot implicate other people. Those who participated in or knew about this matter will be safe.

Nishio Teruzo does not know how many people participated in planning this matter, but the seriousness of this matter is enough to affect the Sino-Japanese war situation.

Therefore, he immediately summoned Chief of Staff Itagaki.

He pushed the evidence found and the gold and silver wealth obtained from the family home in front of Itagaki and said, 鈥淚nvestigate this matter and give me an explanation when you find out.鈥�

Itagaki was also shocked when he saw the evidence. The dispatch army in China had such a serious incident of 鈥渟ubordinates overthrowing superiors鈥�, and someone had to bear the responsibility.

Should Nishio Teruzo bear the responsibility? Obviously not. He was almost killed, he was the victim, and he has to bear the responsibility for his own assassination.

Who is going to bear the responsibility? It’s still going to be him. He’s the one doing the actual work, and he’s also in charge of the intelligence work of the dispatch army, as well as the military police…

This is just digging a grave for him!

If Saburo Miura were not already dead, he would have wanted to shoot him again.

If this news reached the home base, it would cause a furor, and even His Majesty the Emperor might issue an edict of punishment.

If this matter is not handled well, many people will suffer.

Teruzo Nishio shirked his responsibilities and hid himself away at the Ritz-Carlton, and decided to return to Jinling the day after tomorrow.

If he hadn’t wanted to invite Cheng Mo to dinner to express his gratitude, he would have probably handed the case over to Itagaki and slipped away himself.

Cheng Mo was the only person invited to dinner that night.

He had to put on an expression of being 鈥渇lattered鈥�, but he was afraid of overdoing it, so he had to keep it in check.

Of course, Takeo Takeda was there as his companion.

With a third person present, many things can be said better.

Nishio Teruzo was suspicious. Why was Cheng Mo able to appear in time and quickly take control of the situation with his men, subduing Miura Saburo?

If he hadn’t been prepared in advance, how could he have done it?

Could it be that a small concessionary inspector general was more powerful than his own intelligence system, and could see through Miura Saburo’s conspiracy? If even outsiders knew, but his own people didn’t, then that meant that he, the commander, had been sidelined.

This is a very serious matter, because everyone below him is opposing him. Otherwise, why didn’t he receive the slightest hint beforehand?

He even suspects that Itagaki, the chief of staff, is involved. Do these people feel that they are in his way and must get rid of him?

Therefore, he wants to invite Cheng Mo to dinner, and there is only one other person. He wants to get the answer from him directly, otherwise, even if he returns to Jinling, he will not feel at ease.

Cheng Mo naturally analyzed the reason why Nishio Teruzo had asked him to have dinner alone, and he also understood Nishio’s current situation, which was a bit awkward.

Therefore, he didn’t hide it and said directly that he had not discovered Miura Saburo’s plan. However, the date of July 7th was too special, and suddenly there were students taking to the streets. Naturally, he had to arrange for the secret police to maintain order along the way, so that they could deal with and suppress at any time. And the assassination of Miura Saburo was also a pure coincidence.

Of course, it wasn’t a coincidence. This student taking to the streets was also secretly instigated and arranged by Miura Saburo, with the aim of framing the concession area afterwards.

In the end, it backfired.