Xu Siqi came out of the building and saw Asano Hidejo standing on the street from a distance, looking at him expressionlessly. There was a silver-gray car parked behind him.
"Asano-kun, are you here to see me?" Xu Siqi walked over.
Asano Hidejo was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "Aren't you afraid that I'm here to kill you?"
Xu Siqi smiled, took out a cigarette, lit one, and said, "I must be scared, but I believe you wouldn't do this."
“…”
"When you were at Etajima, the school must have given you a lot of promises. Otherwise, you wouldn't have been the one to challenge the school's fighting champion. Unfortunately, you found out afterwards that you were just a fighter being used.
The chess piece. You are a smart person. How can a smart person make the same mistake?"
"Having said so much, I can only think that you are also afraid of death!"
"Some people don't want to live, but no one is not afraid of death. There is nothing shameful about being afraid of death."
"That's quite the truth."
"I have always been frank when it comes to life and death. Besides, this is a concession. If you dare to assassinate the inspector of the patrol house on the street, it will not be so easy to get away with it easily."
Asano Hidejo clenched his fists, and the muscles on his face twitched a few times. He was obviously trying his best to control the anger in his heart, and said slowly: "Thanks to you, I finally left the prison unscathed!"
Xu Siqi looked at Asano Hidejo for a while, then suddenly said: "I finally understand why there are so many students in Etajima, but you were chosen to be the chess piece."
"Why?" Asano Hidejo couldn't help but ask.
Xu Siqi said: "Although you are very smart, you cannot treat the problem objectively."
Asano Hidejo was silent for a while and said calmly: "Subjective or objective, that depends on your point of view. If you say something like this, you are not objective."
Xu Siqi thought about it seriously and said with a smile: "Asano-kun, your idea is unique and it sounds reasonable."
A smile finally appeared on Asano Hidejo's face. He opened the car door and said, "Please get in the car."
"Where to go?"
"Aren't you going to work? I happened to be on your way."
"Thanks."
"please."
There was no one else in the car, Asano Hidejo drove the car himself.
"Xu Siqi, where is that camera?"
"lost."
"lost?"
"At that time, you and Sun Wuyang were chasing me and I had no choice but to hide in the water. The camera must have fallen into the river."
"It's hard for me to believe what you said."
"Do I need to lie? If the camera is still there, why don't I contact the National Government and sell it for a price that would make me laugh in my dreams."
Asano Hidejo's eyes flashed: "How do you know that the camera will be sold for a big price?"
"Could it be that the things you have worked so hard to get are worthless waste?"
"If it's just for money, you can definitely trade with us."
"I told you that the camera fell into the water. Believe it or not, you might want to go to Suzhou River and try. If you are lucky enough, you might find it. In addition, I want to make it clear that although I represent the concession
interests, but I don’t want to be a traitor who gets poked in the back!”
"Hmph, a Chinese who keeps claiming to represent the interests of the concession, what else is he but a traitor?"
"Whoever takes care of his job must speak for him. This has been true at all times and in all countries."
"Don't you think it's contradictory to say this?"
"That's your opinion. Mr. Asano, I'm curious, who are you working for now? Chief Inspector Stewart said that you are from the Japanese Marine Corps Command."
Asano Hidejo was silent for a moment and said slowly: "He is right. My current identity is a captain in the Imperial Marine Corps."
Xu Siqi nodded: "It's no wonder... Congratulations, Mr. Asano, your military rank has been promoted to captain, and you are only one step away from being an assistant officer."
As he spoke, he glanced at the rearview mirror and saw a black Citroën sedan following him at a close distance.
Asano Hidejo also saw it, and he sneered: "Xu Siqi, it seems that the patrol room really pays attention to you, and even sent a special person to protect you secretly."
When Xu Siqi heard this, his heart moved. From the tone of Asano Hidejo's words, it seemed that the people in the car behind him had nothing to do with him. Who could they be?
Are they following Hidejo Asano, or themselves?
Asano Hidejo continued: "Don't worry, I came to you today mainly for reconciliation, without any malice."
——If you want to gain a foothold in the concession, you must have a good relationship with Xu Siqi.
These are the original words of Hideaki Shibuya.
At first, Asano Hidejo was not very convinced, thinking that Shibuya Hideaki was too low-profile. With the empire's powerful deterrence, even the Ministry of Industry had to give face, so what did little Xu Siqi mean?
Just now near Shenjiang Apartment, Asano Hidejo was interrogated three times by police officers in just half an hour, including a mandatory body search.
Normally, as long as it is within the jurisdiction of the concession, no one is allowed to carry firearms privately except for those who patrol the house.
Asano Hidejo secretly rejoiced that he didn't have a gun on him, otherwise he would have been taken to the police station, which would have been another troublesome situation.
Through this incident, it also confirms Shibuya Hideaki’s words.
If you want to make a difference in the concession, you really can't offend Xu Siqi. After all, he is not an ordinary patrol officer. He is the only Chinese detective in the public concession.
Xu Siqi is also well aware of this. He recently issued an order to strictly investigate all Japanese who act suspiciously.
The purpose of this is to force the Japanese to compromise. If they don't show a tough side, the other party will not feel the pressure, and they will face great danger.
"How do you plan to reconcile?" Xu Siqi asked.
Asano Hidejo slowed down the car, reached back and took a leather bag from the back seat, and said, "There are one thousand silver dollars in it. As long as you accept this money, the grudge between you and me will be wiped out!"
"Then what?"
"Then, I hope we can live together in peace. To use the words of the Chinese, we can never offend each other."
Xu Siqi said seriously: "Asano-kun, I'm sorry. I am a law enforcer first. If you kill people and set fires in the concession, it will be difficult for me to live in peace."
Not far ahead was the Hongkou Patrol Room. Asano Hidejo parked the car on the side of the road and said, "Xu Siqi, you are overthinking. What I can guarantee is that as long as you don't deliberately target us, we will just treat each other as peacefully coexisting!"
Xu Siqi knew that with his current status, he had to leave room for many things, and there was no need to get too stiff with the Japanese.
Especially this Asano Hidejo, a person whose mind is full of fanatical militaristic ideas, can often do extreme things.