Chapter 1654: Exposed
He Zhichu looked at Huo Shaoheng fixedly. After weighing the pros and cons in his heart, he finally said, “When our men were clearing the area outside, they killed a few snipers on the spot. Do you know who they were?”
Huo Shaoheng crossed his legs, lowered his head, and took a sip of coffee. He said calmly, “There’s no need to say anymore. They must have been the Soviets, and then they used a soviet-made sniper gun, right?”
He Zhichu clapped for him expressionlessly. “Well said, you guessed right. I’d like to ask Mr. Peter, how did you know what was going on outside without leaving the place? Or did you already know everything about this?”
Gu Nianzhi’s expression also became serious. She said sternly, “Young Master He! You can’t say things like that! Do you know how serious this accusation is? !”
But then again, if she hadn’t recognized Peter as Huo Shaoheng, she would have suspected that he had something to do with this.
However, when she thought about how he had risked his life to save her in the revolving restaurant when his phone signal was blocked, he couldn’t make any calls, and had almost died there, Gu Nianzhi felt that even if she had mistaken him for someone else.., actually, even if he was the real Peter, he wouldn’t have done such a thing.
It wasn’t that Gu Nianzhi was narcissistic enough to think that this man wouldn’t hurt her, but she simply felt that he had no reason to do so.
He Zhichu placed the red wine on the windowsill and put his hands in his pockets. He leaned against the wall by the window and sneered, “So many people have died, so much property had been damaged, and there is such a terrible social impact. You’re telling me that I don’t know how serious this accusation is? Nianzhi, have you already sided with him after not knowing him for that long?”
“I haven’t.” Gu Nianzhi clenched her fists, and her pretty little face was as flushed as the morning sun. “I’m telling the truth.”
“The truth? Then tell me, why are the snipers outside Soviet? And why they used soviet-made weapons? Even the remote-controlled bomb in Luo Piaopiao’s phone is something the KGB is familiar with.”
He Zhichu’s fingers tapped lightly on the windowsill, and he said expressionlessly, “You and I are both law students, so you have to speak with evidence.”
Gu Nianzhi stood up to avoid being overwhelmed by He Zhichu’s imposing manner. She said in agitation, “Yes, you and I are law students, so we need to talk about evidence, but we not only need evidence, but also logic. We need to have sufficient logic to support the evidence, otherwise the evidence won’t stand.”
“You mean, my words don’t make sense?” He Zhichu asked calmly. He picked up the wine glass on the windowsill and took another sip.
“It’s not that it doesn’t make sense, but there’s no logical evidence to support what you’re saying. In other words, it doesn’t lead to your conclusion.” Gu Nianzhi took a step forward and walked around the coffee table in front of her. She stood two steps away from He Zhichu.
“First of all, you said that the snipers were the Soviets. Okay, even if they were really Soviets, does this prove that these snipers who attempted the assassination are related to Mr. Peter?!”
“If this can become a chain of evidence, then the crime of every Huaxia citizen overseas can be blamed on Chinese diplomats abroad, right?”
He Zhichu curled his lips. “Okay, whether the sniper has any connection with Mr. Peter or not, we will still have doubts for the time being. We’ll analyze it again when we have the specific situation.”
Gu Nianzhi continued, “We also need to analyze the soviet-made weapons in detail. Do they belong to the guns the KGB secretly carry, or were they purchased on the black market? If a spy commits a crime with a country’s weapon, that country will be blamed for it. This kind of simple and crude reasoning will only be used to frame other countries!”
In fact, when spies are operating abroad, it’s already a common understanding that they wouldn’t use their own country’s unique weapons.
He Zhichu had also thought of this possibility, so he told the Ace of the Far East about the situation. Otherwise, he could have hidden it from him first and then set up a trap to take him down.
“What about the C-X series of high explosives? Was someone framing you guys? That costs a lot of money.” He Zhichu said slowly while looking at Huo Shaoheng. “Mr. Peter, do you have any ideas?”
Huo Shaoheng smiled and glanced at Gu Nianzhi. “The formula for the C-X series of high explosives isn’t a secret. The difficulty lies in actually making it. We can start from this aspect.”
He Zhichu frowned. “You want to find out where it was made?”
Huo Shaoheng nodded, “I’ll send a message back. The KGB will check to see if any C-X series explosives have been lost in the country. Then, we can use the elimination method. In this world, which country has such strong technical conditions to make such high explosives?”
Gu Nianzhi thought for a moment and added, “Since Luo Piaopiao’s explosion didn’t cause too much of a destruction, I don’t think that the laboratory is very big. If it was the work of the state, Luo Piaopiao wouldn’t be the only one who died.”
The other party probably wanted her to die as well, but they didn’t expect Huo Shaoheng to not only follow them, but also react so quickly and save her.
“Also, judging from the dead snipers and the captured soviet-made weapons, the other party decided to frame the Soviets. It’s just that Mr. Peter happened to be with me at the time, so the situation became even more complicated. Man proposes but God disposes.”
He Zhichu wasn’t so easily convinced. He sneered and said, “It’s not impossible to frame yourself as a guise. As for when he was with you, you can say that he intentionally excluded himself as a suspect, just like how a suspect can intentionally create an ‘alibi’.”
The difference was that Huo Shaoheng’s situation could be considered an ‘alibi’, or it could also be said that it was a trick of ‘deceiving the enemy by hurting oneself’.
Gu Nianzhi saw that He Zhichu wanted to accuse Huo Shaoheng and said in anger, “Framing oneself also requires a motive. May I ask what Mr. Peter’s motive for framing himself would be?”
“We can only ask Mr. Peter, right?” He Zhichu’s inquisitive gaze swept across Huo Shaoheng’s face.
Huo Shaoheng, however, remained unmoved. He said slowly, “Do you think I would need such a big show if I were to make a move? If I wanted someone to die, it would be a matter that could be solved with a bullet. Why would I need a phone remote-controlled bomb?”
Gu Nianzhi suddenly came to her senses and quickly said, “That’s right! The person who could install the remote-controlled bomb in Luo Piaopiao’s phone is most likely someone she knows!”
Of course, if Luo Piaopiao wasn’t a very cautious person, it was also possible that a stranger could have tampered with her phone, but the possibility was very small.
Modern people’s phones were just like their second identity — it was very difficult for strangers to get their hands on them.
“The key is that the other party installed such a strong explosive in Luo Piaopiao’s phone. Even if the dosage was very small, they still had the intention of killing two birds with one stone.” Huo Shaoheng averted his gaze from Gu Nianzhi, “The perfect outcome of their plan was to have Miss Gu and Luo Piaopiao perish together.”
Or rather, perish together in ashes.
Gu Nianzhi’s legs suddenly felt weak and she almost lost her balance. This time, she felt the deja vu fear of being chased by an unknown assailant in the other world, back in Germany.
At this moment, her heart skipped a beat. She suddenly looked up and said, “I have a feeling that this person, or this group of people, is an old acquaintance of mine.”
It was probably this group of people who had pursued her when they were in the opposite world.
She tried her best to resist the urge to look at Huo Shaoheng. She fixed her gaze on He Zhichu. “Young Master He, can I have a few words with you in private?”
He Zhichu was a little surprised, but he still nodded. “Okay, follow me.”
He led Gu Nianzhi to his bedroom next door.
Huo Shaoheng: “…”
He Zhichu closed the door and leaned his back against it. He asked indifferently, “What is it?”
“Mr. Peter was there just now, so I couldn’t say it.” Gu Nianzhi paused for a moment and lowered her voice, “Young Master He, do you remember when I was hunted down in the German Alps in that world? Reinitz once said that they never wanted to kill me. They only wanted me as a sample for their genetic experiment.”
“But you know, there was another force that really wanted me dead that time!”
“For example, Luo Jialan paid for it, and Aiko Yamaguchi carried it out, but whose idea was that? Maybe it had something to do with this world!” Gu Nianzhi grew more and more excited as she thought about it. “The people who really wanted me dead should be in this world!”
Because of that case, the trail of the investigation on Aiko Yamaguchi went cold.
This person had created multiple death scenes in an attempt to convince others that she was dead.
The first time, it was under the name of Yoko Yamaguchi. She had caused a car accident in Japan, and had died under the name of Yoko Yamaguchi.
The second time, it was under the name of Aiko Yamaguchi. She had put on a show with Gu Yanran in the Caribbean Sea in an attempt to convince everyone that she had jumped into the sea and died.
The third time, she was being tailed by Huo Shaoheng and Yin Shixiong at the Shimizu Temple in Kyoto, Japan. When they were about to capture her, the woman named Aiko Yamaguchi was attacked from behind and killed.
Speaking of which, was the Aiko Yamaguchi who had died in front of Huo Shaoheng and the others the third time the real Aiko Yamaguchi?
He Zhichu’s brows gradually furrowed. “Then what evidence do you have to prove your hypothesis?”
Gu Nianzhi spread her hands out. “That’s the problem. It was just my speculation. I don’t have any objective evidence, only an analysis of their methods and something I’m familiar with. But…”
Gu Nianzhi’s eyes flashed. “They used this method to get rid of Luo Piaopiao, which gave me a new hypothesis.”
She took out a small transparent plastic bag containing Luo Piaopiao’s hair and said calmly, “Young Master He, this is actually the main reason I went to have a meal with Luo Piaopiao today.”