Chapter 19 Missing
Mato Hirota is gone.
The house was not big, Bai Shier walked around and confirmed it.
In his opinion, Mato Hirota, who had been saved twice by him, would definitely trust him extremely, disappeared.
Did he not find the tail behind him? After he left, Hirota Mato was captured by the other party again?
Or did Mato Hirota detect his identity and escape quietly?
Or maybe Mato Hirota saw that he had not returned for a long time, so he was worried and took the initiative to go out to find him?
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Sitting on the chair, Bai Shier was in the dark, thinking about various possibilities in his mind, but even the most optimistic thought still made Bai Shier unable to feel at ease.
In his next further investigation into the plan of Takahara Zongdo, Mato Hirota was a very critical piece. This is even more so in the plan to kill Su Wo Liangzheng and eliminate the crisis of his identity leakage.
If Hirota Mato accidentally gets arrested again, whether it is the Jinyiwei or the mysterious organization, his plan will undoubtedly stagnate and even go bankrupt.
And if Hirota Mato was suspicious of him for some reason and so he fled, then he could almost completely abandon his current identity now.
Thinking of this, Bai Shier couldn't sit still anymore, stood up, lit the oil lamp, and began to carefully check the room where Mato Hirota was placed before.
He hopes to see if he can infer the real reason why Mato Hirota left through the clues found.
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Bai Shier checked it very carefully, for fear of missing every detail.
It seemed that because of his serious attitude, God did not make things difficult for him too much. In the house where he placed Mato Hirota, he discovered some interesting situations.
He was anxious to find the whereabouts of Hirota Mato before, so he did not pay much attention. At this time, he calmed down. After opening the door, he found the white cotton cloth placed on the ground.
Although the white cotton cloth looks no different from being discarded at will, Bai Shier still found the difference after careful examination.
This cotton cloth should have been 90% folded by Mato Hirota and placed neatly on the ground. However, it was kicked later, so it became like this.
The evidence is on this cotton cloth, which is obviously a trace formed by dragging on the ground. If it is just discarded at will, there should be no other traces except for some dust and soil stains.
Why did Hirota Mato fold this white cotton cloth and put it on the ground?
Bai Shier felt in his heart that he had grasped the key.
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Semiplegia.
The suicide method that Japanese samurai "loved" is.
This white cotton cloth should be the one that Mado Hirota came to put a septum knife.
Bai Shier thought about this in his heart and began to search carefully in the room again.
Sure enough, the dagger that Mafu Hirota snatched from the enemy was gone.
After investigation, Bai Shier was able to infer everything.
Mato Hirota was arrested for so long, and considering that after he was arrested, news about the Sword of Eternal Life was spread all over the place. If there was no contact among them, Bai Shier would not believe it.
‘After cleaning it, Mato Hirota felt ashamed and knew that he had a serious guilt, so he decided to cut off his guilt and shame. I thought he was the wrong person.’
Bai Shier squatted there, his eyes closed slightly, and put himself in Mato Hirota's state of mind, thinking and speculating.
‘However, because of my delay, the courage that he had finally plucked up in his heart passed away bit by bit. Finally, when the fear of death suppressed the last remaining courage, he finally escaped timidly and wanted to continue living in the world.’
Thinking of this, Bai Shier couldn't help but show a silent sarcastic smile on his face and muttered to himself.
"Oh, the so-called warrior was finally timid under the threat of death."
Standing up, Bai Shirley walked out of the room and no longer worried about the impact of Mato Hirota's departure on him.
Although these are just his speculations, even if they are reasonable, they cannot be believed completely as facts until there is enough evidence to prove it, but Bai Shier is still full of confidence.
So, what he wants to do next is to make good use of this.
However, just in case, he needs to add another protective net at the end.
A protective net to prevent Mato Hirota from meeting Su Woliangzheng and then expose his identity loopholes.
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In a dilapidated temple outside Ningbo Prefecture, Mato Hirota, who seemed to be no different from the beggars around him, was still in a mess at this time.
He made a decision to cut off his guilt and shame after impulse, but after a long wait, he was finally taken away by death and was almost forgotten how he escaped from the house that was supposed to be the safest place to live.
Because at that time, his whole heart was filled with fear of death, and there was no other thought in his mind except for the idea of escaping, and his whole body was in a daze.
And when his mind finally returned to tranquility again, he found that he was already here.
Based on the instinct of escaping, the choice he made was the safest, which made him wonder whether he should be proud or ashamed.
Was he born a person who is greedy for life and fears death?!
Mado Hirota has no answer in his mind.
However, what he knew was that he could no longer go back.
From then on, he could only be helpless like these beggars.
No, he is not as good as these beggars.
At least the beggars and fellow villagers can still use their familiar names. However, he can only change his name and wander alone on the land of this foreign land before being caught or killed by his former companions.
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I don’t know that Mato Hirota, the former team leader, had betrayed the first team at this time, had already escaped, and became one of the beggars, and had informed everyone of the news that Mato Hirota was rescued.
The Japanese people, who had been worried but were powerless to do anything about this for a long time, undoubtedly breathed a sigh of relief after learning the good news.
After rescuing Hirota Mato, they can leave and return to Hakushima. As for the original mission, they have already left behind.
When many people from the rivers and lakes gathered in Ningbo Prefecture, and Ningbo Prefecture became the focus of the Jiuzhou Prefecture, how could they dare to complete the task?
Thank you for being able to escape unstoppably.
However, for Su and Liangzheng, this is obviously not the case.
He only cares about when he will meet his long-lost cousin Su Wozhixiong.
Chapter completed!