Ten minutes later, a large number of police officers arrived at the scene.
After all, human life is at stake. Regardless of whether Hashimoto Kenju commits suicide or homicide, until the case is concluded, the patrol office will naturally take it extremely seriously.
Hashimoto Kenju's body was put down, waiting for the forensic doctor to conduct an injury assessment.
Detective William asked: "Master He, have you found that person?"
He doesn't speak Chinese, and he has a translator accompanying him when he comes to investigate cases.
Master He hurriedly stepped forward: "I haven't reported to Inspector William yet."
William said in a deep voice: "Send more manpower immediately and be sure to find that person!"
"Yes!" Master He retreated.
Zheng Zheng felt puzzled in his heart. According to what Master He said, they and Kobayashi Hikoro were just in front of each other, so how could they let people escape?
Following Inspector William's order, several plainclothes patrol officers, including Zheng Zheng, followed Master He to the river to continue the search.
The group of people came to the river, looked around solemnly, and said, "Lao He, what is the name of this river?"
Master He said: "Where did Xiaohegou get its name?"
"You call such a wide river a small river ditch?"
"When I was a child, the river was not so wide. Later, several schools were built here, and the playgrounds were high and uneven, so they came to the river to collect soil. Over time, the small ditch was dug wide...
"
"Take soil wherever you want? No one cares?"
"At that time, there wasn't even a patrol room, and the Ministry of Industry Bureau couldn't control it even if it wanted to. The Yihe Cotton Factory opposite was even more serious about borrowing soil. I don't know what they would do with so much soil."
Master He is a native of Shanghai and is quite familiar with this place.
More than a dozen uniformed patrol officers, plus four or five plainclothes patrol officers, searched the riverside for more than ten minutes, but still could not find Hikobayashi Hikoro.
"That's weird, where could he go?" Zheng Zheng murmured to himself.
A plainclothes policeman nearby said: "Seriously, do you know Li San, the Swallow in Peking?"
"I'm from Tianjin, so I definitely know more details than you. What do you mean, Li San came back from the dead and came to Shanghai?"
"I mean, if that person had Li San's ability to jump to the other side? We would definitely not be able to find him."
"Do you think Li San is a god? A river more than four meters wide? No matter how hard he jumped, he would only end up falling into the river..."
Half of what I said solemnly? I couldn't help but feel something in my heart. Although people can't be hidden on the shore, people can certainly be hidden in the river.
Both sides of the nameless river are covered with various unnamed aquatic plants, and of course there are also sparse reeds.
Seeing him carefully observing the water, Master He stepped over and said, "Don't look at it, it's been such a long time. There's no way that guy is hiding in the water, unless he is a bastard who has become a spirit."
He squatted down solemnly and slowly, stared at the river attentively, and said in a low voice: "Lao He, have you seen that reed?"
"What reed?"
"The moving reed."
Following his solemn gaze, Master He took a closer look and saw that there was indeed a half-cut reed on the river, moving towards the other bank at an extremely slow speed.
Master He was stunned for a moment. He suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "I understand? That guy was hiding in the water and breathing through hollow reeds!"
He smiled solemnly and said, "That's right."
"Quick, quick, quick? How many people will come and go into the water to pull out the reed!" Master He ordered loudly.
Is Kobayashi Hikoro hiding in the water? When he heard the patrol behind him and was chasing after him, he immediately broke a hollow reed and dived into the water.
He was anxious to discuss the matter with Ito Zhenggang. If he was taken to the patrol room by the patrol, he would be detained for at least a day and a half. He couldn't bother the consulate to come and pick him up just because of such a trivial matter.
I thought that the police would disperse if they couldn't find anyone, but I never thought that because of Kenju Hashimoto's death, the nature of the case would escalate, and there would always be two police officers patrolling the river.
Hearing Master He mention reeds, Kobayashi Hikoro knew that he would no longer be able to hide it, so he unabashedly quickened his pace in the water.
He solemnly frowned: "Lao He, what are you yelling about? Send someone to quietly catch him in the river. It's easier."
"It doesn't matter. The opposite courtyard wall is so high. Let's see how he flies over..."
Master He turned around and said, "Daping, bring that boat over."
It seems that people often come to Wuming River to fish. There is an old and dilapidated small fishing boat hidden in the reeds on the shore.
Although the boat was small, it would not be a problem to accommodate two or three people. Zheng Zheng boarded the boat first. He wanted to find an opportunity to get rid of Hikobayashi Hikoro.
According to the internal regulations of the patrol room, during the process of arresting a suspect, if the suspect is shot and killed, there must be a reasonable explanation.
Master He also got on the boat, turned around and said: "Da Ping, come up and row the boat, the others will stay where they are!"
Daping looked at the dirty wooden boat and said with a grimace, "Brother, why is it me again?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? You are the youngest, not who you are. Hurry up!" Master He urged.
Among all the Chinese prisoners, Daping is indeed the youngest and is often shouted around by his colleagues.
"Look, that guy has landed!" a patrolman shouted.
Kobayashi Hikoro climbed ashore, and without wasting even a minute, he snaked his body and ran towards the wall of the Ichiwa Cotton Factory.
Zheng Zheng immediately took out his pistol and was about to shoot, but Master He stretched out his hand to suppress the muzzle of the gun and said: "Zheng Zheng, why are you anxious? We will chase him right away. Are you still afraid that he will run away?"
"I'm worried that this guy climbed over the wall and escaped." He explained solemnly.
Master He said: "If he attempts to climb over the wall, we will shoot him at that time. It is reasonable and legal. Besides, he can't climb over such a high wall."
Zheng Zheng had no choice but to put away his gun. Fortunately, he quickly crossed the nameless river.
Master He picked up the rifle in his hand, pulled the bolt and loaded the gun with a clatter, pointed the gun at Hikobayashi Hikoro's legs, and shouted: "Stop! If you run away again, I'll shoot!"
Kobayashi Hikoro suddenly dwarfed and disappeared into the grass that was half a man tall.
Master He smiled and said: "Seriously, did you see that? As soon as he heard that we were going to shoot, this guy's legs were so frightened that he became weak."
He said solemnly and casually, but he knew very well that a professionally trained agent could have weak legs at this time.
When the three of them came closer, they were completely dumbfounded. There was no trace of Hikobayashi Hikoro, and not even a rabbit could be hidden in the grass.
"Weird things happen every year, but not as much as this year. Where has this guy gone? Has he escaped?" Master He was a little angry, and started smashing the butt of his gun in the grass.
Bang!
The butt of the gun hit a hard object.
He squatted down solemnly and reached out to push aside the lush grass, revealing a half-meter-square cement pipe under the base of the wall.
"It seems to be a sewage pipe..."
Daping on the side looked at it for a while and suddenly said: "Oh, I understand, he must have climbed in through the pipe!"
No one would have imagined that there would be a sewage pipe here unless they saw it with their own eyes.