The Bravest

More than ten minutes later, the shrill sound of sirens was heard, and a large group of Japanese military police surrounded Li Shiqun's mansion. Gangcun led his men and bodyguards into Li Shiqun's mansion and took control of all of Li Shiqun's men, including Ye Wulian. Only then did Li Shiqun, who had already awakened, relax.

"Li-san, has the assassin been caught? What exactly happened?"

"Mr. Gangcun, Xiaojie is one of us. Let him come over and report to you what happened at that time. Madam, please take Wu Lian down to rest first." Li Shiqun regained his usual calmness.

Soon, two Japanese military police brought in Lin Jie, whose hands were tied. Gangcun looked at Li Shiqun and saw him nod slightly, so he deliberately scolded him.

"Asshole, why are you tying up Deputy Team Leader Lin Jie? Untie him immediately."

"Yes, Captain."

The two military police let go of Lin Jie, stepped back, closed the door from the outside, and stood outside on guard.

"Come here, Xiaojie. I'm sorry to have wronged you. Come and sit here." Li Shiqun waved gently.

"Report to the director. I'm not wronged. This is the normal process of security."

"Okay, sit down and report the situation to Captain Gangcun."

At this time, Lin Jie was already terrified, his face turned pale, and his legs were still shaking slightly, but he could only force himself to remain calm. Facing Li Shiqun's question, he did not dare to really sit down, so he stood opposite the two of them, tried to straighten his back and answered:

"Yes, Director, Captain Gangcun, this is what happened. At noon, Ms. Ye Wulian and I came to visit the Director. When I was reporting to the Director, Deputy Captain Zhang of the Action Team arrived. He held a wooden box in both hands. The box was about one foot long and wide. He stood at the entrance of the hall to report to the Director. Then he saw me on the sofa on the right and greeted me. Then Captain Zhang started to walk forward. It seemed that he walked two or three steps. When he was about three steps away from the coffee table, I blocked him and took the wooden box when he was not prepared."

"Lin, wait a minute," Gangcun interrupted Lin Jie and asked after thinking for a while, "Why did you stand in front of him, and why did you take the wooden box, or why did you snatch the wooden box? What did you know in advance?"

"Captain Gangcun, I don't know why, I, I just reacted instinctively, I really didn't know it in advance, you have to believe me, I, that was taught in school before, that, that security plan is like this, really, Captain Gangcun, we have practiced it in school before, you know..."

Lin Jie had never been to a police station in his entire life. This was the first time he was questioned. His heart, which had just calmed down a little, suddenly became nervous again and his speech became incoherent.

"Don't be nervous, Xiaojie, tell me what you were thinking at that time, just say whatever you want to say." Li Shiqun spoke gently, but his eyes were fixed on Lin Jie's face.

Lin Jie took a few deep breaths, recalled the situation at that time, and organized his words: "Director, I felt that Captain Zhang, oh, that assassin's behavior was strange, so I couldn't help but want to take the box. Yes, the assassin's behavior was abnormal, so I stopped him and took the box. The process of protecting VIPs taught in school was like this. Captain Gangcun knows it. Captain Gangcun, you have to help me prove it."

"Mr. Lin, there is nothing wrong with the procedure, but you need to tell me what is wrong with the assassin."

"Director, Captain Gangcun, it's like this. First, the assassin is a visitor, and the gift should be handed over to the servants. Second, the assassin's box was held in both hands instead of in his arms."

"What's the difference?" Li Shiqun interrupted and asked.

"That's right, Director. According to psychology, people unconsciously stay away from dangerous things. On the contrary, safe things, especially valuable things, will be close to them. For example, when serving tea or boiling water, most people will stretch out their hands to take it, but they will definitely hold the gold ingots in their arms, for fear that others will snatch them."

"Oh, that's good. Anything else?" Gangcun asked.

"Captain Gangcun has been involved in many assassination attempts by the Military Control Commission in the past six months. You know I'm a bit timid. I was bombed last time and I was a bit paranoid. I saw the assassin holding the box and pulling it back, as if he was going to throw it out, so I couldn't help but want to stop him. This is a habit I got from school. It's called a conditioned reflex."

Lin Jie did not hide it. He really did not think much about it at the time. It was all a conditioned reflex of his body.

"Oh, you reacted quickly and did the right thing. The question is, as a hostess, if you didn't know in advance, why did you pay attention to the guest's tiny movements from the beginning? You need to explain clearly."

At the end of his speech, Gangcun's voice became sharp and serious.

"Ah, that Gangcun captain, the director had a visitor, and I was going to avoid him, but the director said no, it wasn't a work report. But when the assassin saw me, he looked at me strangely, as if he was surprised. Isn't it normal to have guests in the living room during the holidays? Why did he look at me like that, but he quickly avoided me? I'm his subordinate, why would he avoid me? Right, so I was confused for a moment and kept looking at him. Oh, and it seemed that after he reported, the director didn't even reply, but he walked away. As a subordinate, this is very rude and abnormal."

Lin Jie was startled by Gangcun and quickly explained, "Director, you said that person didn't look like a visiting guest at all. He was in a hurry, so I paid more attention to him."

"Xiao Jie, don't be nervous. Captain Gangcun just wants to understand the situation."

Perhaps because Lin Jie saved his life, Li Shiqun felt that there was nothing wrong with what Lin Jie said, and his tone became much better.

"Lin-san, this is just a routine. Don't be afraid. You did very well. You are worthy of being a top student of the Tokyo Police Academy. But you still need to improve your courage. Keep working hard."

At this time there was a knock on the door.

"Report, Captain Gangcun, the bodyguard's preliminary confession is out. The on-site identification is also out."

Gangcun saw Li Shiqun nod and called out, "Come in."

The military police came in and handed Gangcun a thick stack of papers. Gangcun took it and handed it to Li Shiqun.

"Xiao Jie, go down first and help me comfort Wu Lian. We will have dinner here tonight." Li Shiqun didn't read the report and asked Lin Jie to go down first.

"Okay, Director Xie." Lin Jie knew that he could not leave Li Mansion, so he saluted honestly and left.

After Lin Jie closed the door, Li Shiqun gave part of the report to Gangcun, and then exchanged them after they had read it.

Half an hour later, the two of them finished reading the report.

"Okamura-kun, what do you think?"

"Lin Jie should be fine. He handled the situation very professionally and reasonably. The opposite is unreasonable. The other thing is that your security guards here need to be strictly investigated. What do you think, Director Li?"

Li Shiqun closed his eyes and leaned back on the sofa. After a while, he spoke: "Method of elimination. If there is something wrong with Lin Jie, there is no need to save me. The two injured bodyguards have guns in their hands and have plenty of opportunities to take action. Or there may be something wrong with the guard. I will find out. The other bodyguards did not show any abnormalities during the chaos, so there should be no problem. But is there any news about the investigation outside?"

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