Volume 3: Pre-War Comfort Chapter 9: Heavy Suspicion

  Chen Qi recognized the person who had fallen from the luggage rack at a glance, and immediately became so tense that his face distorted, making it difficult for him to breathe. After taking a few deep breaths, his wildly racing heart gradually calmed down.

  The wooden crow lay on the corridor, staring at its eyes without closing them, and its appearance made people feel cold. The original stretched-out new clothes were wrinkled and wrapped around his body, with a large mouth torn open on the right sleeve, revealing white bones, and fresh blood kept flowing out from inside, filling the ground in an instant.

  Judging from the situation, Chuan Qi knew that a piece of Mu Ya's arm had been cut off, and the "Crow" that represented his special identity was gone. This made his mood worse to the extreme, and he couldn't help but feel infinite sorrow.

  "Rather lose your head than drop your arm." This is the motto of the Crow Team. If a member of the Crow Team drops their arm, they will lose the special emblem of the Crow Team; if they lose the emblem, it's equivalent to the Imperial Japanese Army losing its military flag. The Imperial Japanese Army losing its military flag is equivalent to defeat; the Crow Team losing the "Crow" emblem, painstakingly managed by Toyojiro Tani, as secretive as Unit 731 and as important as the Kamikaze Special Attack Force, will undoubtedly be exposed in broad daylight, with consequences that can be imagined.

  For this, the vanguard specially stipulated: all crow team members who sacrificed must rush back to their bodies; those who cannot guarantee the whole body must rush back to their arms; if it is not convenient to carry their arms, they must cut off the emblem and dispose of it properly. Otherwise, those who executed the task together with the sacrifice will be killed without exception, and the responsibility of the leader's leadership will be investigated.

  It wasn't until now that Chuanji realized from the wound on Muzi's arm that he had made a huge mistake. Didn't Huangque and Jinqiao, who died at Datong Train Station, have their arms intact on their bodies?

  At that time, he killed the golden crow on a whim and even felt a thrill at the death of the yellow crow. Now thinking back, Chuan Qi feels how reckless and foolish he was, unless he finds a regret medicine to cure it.

  Although he himself had narrowly escaped death on the train thanks to his heroic actions at Datong Railway Station, and was still alive under the protection of the father-daughter duo, Kawara knew in his heart that he was already close to death.

  Although the head on his neck would soon no longer be his own, Kawahime still warned himself that he must remain calm, lift his spirits, and absolutely not let the people around him judge from his expression that he had a special relationship with Mokke.

  From the wound on the wood magpie, it can be seen that the murderer was aiming at the emblem of the Crow Team. The fatal wound was between the eyebrows, and a single butterfly dart killed him instantly.

  After joining the Crow Team, Minako received a special lesson on the conventional weapons used by hostile forces. Among them, the ones using flying darts were the Wutai Mountain Anti-Japanese Nun Team and also the first enemy of the Crow Team.

  This flying dart was ordered from Zhang Tiejiang of the Cloud Gate Stone Cave, and its entire shape is a black butterfly, exquisite as if it were real. If you don't look carefully, you'd think that the deceased's body has a beautiful butterfly perched on it.

  Kaneto was constantly smacking his lips as he listened to Mieko's exaggerated description of the butterfly dart, thinking that in today's world where planes and cannons were about to play a major role in strategic warfare, a flying dart that wasn't even considered a cold weapon and could only be used by martial artists as a toy had actually caused the Japanese special agent to change color?

  What made Heiwa even more puzzled was that this fearless and daring Mei Chizuko, who wasn't afraid of heaven or earth but only feared Tofei's phone calls, was actually so terrified of the butterfly darts wielded by the anti-Japanese nun squad from Wutai Mountain?

  Now, the wood magpie that was killed by a single arrow is the best interpretation of Japan's special agent "arrows phobia". Seeing this scene, Kawaji can no longer speak.

  Who is the one who killed Mù Yā with a butterfly dart? Chuán Qí thought to himself that the old woman and Yáng èr had used the "borrowing a tiger to get rid of a wolf" tactic, and after he fell into their trap and left, they took advantage of the opportunity to kill the foolish Mù Yā. Could it be that the old woman was a nun from the Five-Tai Mountain Anti-Japanese Nun Team? She is a nun, so why does she look so similar to that woman in his heart? On the other hand, if the old woman wasn't a nun but her, how could she bear to take ruthless action against her own compatriots? Taking action was a small matter, would she really destroy the "Sending Kin" plan of the Upper Blade? Unless this person had already defected.

  If she has already betrayed and is seeking credit with the new master by slaughtering her fellow Japanese, then killing Kawarada Kojiro would be even more valuable. Moreover, with Yang Er's assistance, she had the opportunity and ability to kill herself as well.

  However, Chuan Qi couldn't believe that this woman would betray her master and seek to survive by any means. Therefore, his thinking still revolved around the Wutai Mountain Anti-Japanese Nun Team to unravel the mystery.

  Why did the old woman want to hide the corpse in the luggage rack? Why couldn't she hide it in any other carriage, but had to hide it in this very carriage where he was beaten? Moreover, under the watchful eyes of everyone, how could they possibly hide such a large person and do it so neatly and quietly that no one noticed? It's just too incredible!

  Why kill the woodpecker and cut off the mark on his arm? Of course, it's necessary to identify the deceased, but what's the point of cutting off a piece of flesh?

  Chuan Qi was really unclear about these complicated problems, so he cast his gaze outside the window, watching the clouds rolling and unfolding at the horizon.

  Early autumn in northern Shanxi is rainy, with clouds on the horizon mostly white with a hint of black. Those clusters of suspicious clouds move slowly, hiding unpredictable storms and heavy rain.

  A gust of cool wind brushed past the window, and the thick clouds suddenly quickened their pace, rolling over and over. Just as a heavy rain was about to arrive, Chuanji brought his gaze back in.

  At this time, the police officer had recovered from his shock and made a decision about the body of Mu Ya. He instructed the conductor who finally emerged from the carriage to hurry to the locomotive to inform the driver that they must stop at the next station, hand over the deceased to the station, and contact the Datong Public Security Bureau to handle the case.

  Due to the occurrence of this terrifying scene, the passengers gradually quieted down. Only the female passenger who was hit by the bullet and the heavily injured man occasionally let out a few groans.

  The train moved forward with a rumbling sound, and when it saw the shadow of the station, it gradually slowed down, whistled all the way, and finally came to a stop with a swaying motion.

  The river rider took advantage of the traveler's shift in space and walked to the window, wondering if he could see the old woman who had been entangled with him.

  However, when Kawari came to the window and took a glance, he saw Kōketsu-chō and Yorozuya's shop boy standing on the platform looking out at the train. He was startled in his heart and hastily withdrew his head. But Kōketsu-chō had already spotted Kawari and waved at him repeatedly.

  These two people have been following me like my own shadow all the way here, what are they trying to do?