The Japanese side would not give in to Watanabe Jiro's murder. China's Jingwu Sect had also hired lawyers to not give in. Such cases were repeatedly tried and reviewed, and they had already given face to the Japanese. However, the French came to China to make money. The Chinese's strike had seriously damaged the interests of the businessmen. Even the French Consul had no choice but to bow his head in front of these capitalists.
The lawsuit lasted for a few days. Luo Xiaochuan and the people from the Jingwu Sect did not expect a mere teaching assistant of the dojo to make the Japanese pay so much attention. Luo Xiaochuan even suspected that this guy was the illegitimate son of the Emperor of Japan. Even the highest commander of the Japanese military in Shanghai, Fujita Gang, and the Japanese Consul, Takeda Masao, were trying their best to protect him.
However, the French were not afraid of the Japanese. France's technological strength surpassed Japan's, so they were not worried that Japan would dare to fall out with them for a small figure. However, they were wrong about one thing, and that was that they did not investigate Watanabe Jiro's identity. His brother, Watanabe Taro, was the brigade commander of the Japanese Army's major general. Moreover, his position in the military was not even comparable to that of a major general because his brigade was the only cavalry brigade in Japan. He had even received a saber and a warhorse from the Emperor of Japan. Even the Japanese Army General Okamura Yasuji had taken a fancy to him. Under such a social background, if Takeda Masao and Fujita wanted to live, they had to do their best to protect Watanabe Jiro.
"I hereby announce that Watanabe Jiro is guilty of murder and sentenced to death. He will be executed at 12 noon tomorrow.”The judge finally received the instructions from the higher-ups and finally heaved a sigh of relief.
"Hahahaha, I knew that the Japanese would get their retribution for being so arrogant.”
"Yes, the Japanese always bully us for no reason. It's good that they're dead.”
"Haha, I'm going to buy some firecrackers to celebrate.”
"Tsk, I'm happy today. I'm going to the Drunken Red Pavilion to find a few more girls.”
"Be careful not to die on a woman's belly.”
The people of the Celestial Empire were all very happy and were thinking about how to celebrate.
However, they never expected that someone would dare to kidnap Watanabe Jiro when he was being escorted out.
The commoners, the Jing Wu Men, the French, and even Luo Xiaochuan did not expect that the Japanese would send ninja agents to kidnap a mere teaching assistant. This was not arrogance but madness.
These ninjas were decisive and ruthless. A few of them had been professionally trained. In just two breaths, they had killed a few patrolling police officers. Luo Xiaochuan could not help but admire these professional killing machines when he saw their efficiency.
These ninjas were all trained in killing techniques. Each of them was an assassin who was proficient in cold weapons. They were very familiar with the use of ninjas 'daggers, Kuna, and darts. Moreover, they had a lot of killing intent. It could be said that these ninjas were much harder to deal with than those karate experts. Karate was very powerful, especially Ishida Hidehiro and Fujita Gang, two muscular men. It was not easy to kill them without using weapons, even if they were internal force experts. These ninjas were much stronger than the Japanese soldiers. They should have practiced something like internal martial arts, so their agility and physique were not exaggerated. They could hide well among ordinary people. However, the trickiest thing about them was their qinggong. Such qinggong could not be mastered without more than ten years of hard work. Moreover, their clean killing techniques had already formed muscle memory. It was obvious that they had been trained to kill since they were young. It could be said that every ninja needed to spend a lot of time and energy to train. It was unimaginable that Japan would pay such a price for Watanabe Jiro.
However, ninjas were also made of flesh and blood. There were more than a few French police officers. Although they were caught off guard by the Japanese at first, they had already reacted. Whether it was the Indians, Chinese, or French, when they saw their companions killed by the Japanese ninjas, they decisively opened fire.
It was not easy to hit a Japanese ninja with their agility. However, Japanese ninjas were professional assassins, not professional bodyguards. Sending them to save people was a very stupid move. A ninja was shot into a stopper on the spot in order to cover Watanabe Jiro's car.
The Japanese's brazen killing and kidnapping had angered the French. The French Consul directly exercised his right to mobilize the military and police forces of the entire concession to pursue these ninjas and Watanabe Jiro. The ninjas were exposed to the sun, and their deterrence was greatly reduced. In order to complete the mission, these ninjas had to perform some near-death missions, such as getting out of the car to stop the French pursuers.
For Watanabe Jiro, the Japanese side lost four ninjas. However, after they successfully rushed into the Japanese concession, the French were stopped by the Japanese army. Looking at the fully armed Japanese army, the French military commander did not dare to rush in and arrest them. He could only ask the French Consul.
"Consul Takeda, are you going to declare war on the French Empire?”The French Consul was completely furious. He picked up the phone and roared at the Japanese Consul, Takeda Masao.
"Consul Durko, I don't know what you mean. Our Great Japan Empire has always been friendly with your country, but I just received a report from the military police. Your army wants to break into our Japanese concession. Please give us an explanation on this matter.”Takeda Masao sneered on the other side of the phone.
"Very good, Takeda Masao. You dare to send ninjas to kill and kidnap prisoners in our French concession?”The French Consul knew that Takeda Masao was openly acting like a hooligan, but there was a difference in the military strength of the two sides in Shanghai, so he could not do anything in the Japanese concession.
However, the madness of the Japanese and Takeda Masao's attitude had completely angered this gentleman from France. It was unimaginable what a gentleman could do when he abandoned his principles and etiquette.
In the following days, any Japanese who arrived at the French concession would be interrogated by the police. Their weapons and money would be confiscated. Both men and women would be searched by the police, and even their goods would be detained by the police.
Takeda Masao and Fujita Gang protested to Dulko, but Dulko used the excuse of investigating the kidnappers. Not only did he not restrain himself, but he even became more aggressive. Even the Japanese firm in the French concession was robbed by unknown people, and dozens of Japanese citizens died.
"Consul Durko, are you declaring war on the Great Japan Empire?”Masao Takeda arrived at the French embassy with a dark expression, accompanied by the military commander, Tsuyoshi Fujita.
"Consul Takeda, I don't know what you mean. I'm already very busy with the prisoner kidnapping. If there's nothing urgent, I have to deal with official business.”Dulko sneered, finally letting out a sigh of relief.
"Consul Durko, our citizens were killed by unknown people in your concession. I hope you can give me an explanation immediately, or I will bring my army to the French concession to protect our citizens. With the five thousand Japanese Imperial Army stationed in Shanghai, it is enough to protect our citizens.”Fujita Gang said coldly. He didn't hide the arrogance and intimidation in his tone at all.
"Mr. Fujita, the French concession is our French territory. If your army dares to take half a step in, our army will decisively counterattack. Moreover, we happen to have a batch of naval recruits arriving in Shanghai.”The French Consul, Dulco, had always looked down on the Asian race. Even the Japanese were just yellow monkeys in his eyes. After being threatened by Fujita Gang last time, he applied for additional troops in China. This was why he dared to fall out with the Japanese.
Dulko knew that the Japanese were crazy, but this concerned the face of the French Empire. He had to destroy the arrogance of the Japanese. As a noble of the French Empire, he had to pay back the grievances he had suffered tenfold.
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