Chapter 17: Return to the Butcher Shop
Seeing the red-eyed companions around him, Captain exclaimed, "The bureau chief is aware of this. The money needs to be handed over, and as for the reward from the bureau chief, we'll have to wait for the outcome."
A collective sigh swept through the group, "No luck again!"
Zhou Lin chuckled, "Isn't this a case of finding corpses but no loot?"
Xiang Zijun quickly suggested, "Captain, how about I do the searching? I've got good luck."
Wang Xi remarked, "A month ago on the battlefield, you searched three; the result was only one Japanese yen. Is that good luck?"
"Those were impoverished Japanese," Zhou Lin retorted, pulling out a smaller bundle from Oshima's body. Upon inspection, it contained film.
Handing the bundle to Captain, Zhou Lin said, "Captain, intelligence is here."
Captain snatched it immediately, without glancing, stuffing it into his pocket.
Everything that needed to be taken out was taken out. Zhou Lin held hope for the following findings.
Oshima was quite wealthy.
Discovered were 527 francs and a gold ring. After the search, Zhou Lin stood up and declared, "This money belonged to Oshima."
Upon hearing Zhou Lin, everyone turned their eyes to Captain.
Captain decided, "Two wounded, each gets a hundred. The rest, split evenly among everyone."
No objections were raised.
Eight people in total, deducting two hundred, left 327 francs. Divided among six people, each received over fifty.
The gold ring was claimed by Captain.
Several dozen kilograms of pork remained in the butcher shop, taken away to avoid spoilage.
Locking the butcher shop's door, Zhou Lin returned to the base with the others.
Xiang Zijun took the meat to the kitchen, planning a celebratory meal. After all, this was the first mission after the re-establishment of the Twenty Team, and it was accomplished!
After the meal, Zhou Lin returned to his quarters, unable to sleep.
It seemed Oshima had ulterior motives.
Zhou Lin had hidden the money well, but Oshima found it, indicating he had been eyeing the money for a while.
If it was Sato, then Sato was in danger. Oshima could claim that the intelligence had already been handed over to Sato after taking the money and committing murder.
Whether Sato would be killed or captured on the way wasn't Oshima's responsibility.
Unfortunately, Zhou Lin was not Sato. Zhou Lin led people to the butcher shop, implicating Oshima.
Oh! Problem.
Zhou Lin noticed an issue. There were no Japanese yen on Oshima.
When Zhou Lin arrived, he had given Oshima 300 yen and over 500 francs. While there were over 500 francs, the Japanese yen was missing.
This meant Oshima hadn't brought his own money.
Excited by this revelation, Zhou Lin immediately said to the system, "System, trace Oshima."
The system responded, "Deducting 100 points, tracing Oshima."
In Zhou Lin's mind, a long scene played out.
Oshima's activities for the day were replayed, excluding routine moments. Two useful scenes remained.
One was Oshima meeting someone in the woods, a conversation unfolding.
Zhou Lin sighed, still unable to see the person's face.
The second scene was Oshima returning to the butcher shop and unlocking the door.
Then, Oshima took out a knife, walked to Zhou Lin's room, and burst in, only to find it empty.
Oshima exclaimed, "Sato discovered I was going to kill him? He escaped."
Oshima searched the backyard but found no one. However, he found the package Zhou Lin had hidden. Delighted, he hugged the package.
Hearing a noise at the front door, Oshima returned to the backyard and then to the front.
At that moment, the front door was kicked open.
Oshima quickly reacted, pulled out a gun, and wounded someone.
After firing, Oshima retreated to the backyard to use the restroom.
Someone rushed from the front yard to the backyard.
Oshima fired again, injuring this person.
Just then, a bullet from a distance hit Oshima.
The scene ended there.
"Yes!"
Zhou Lin shouted in his mind.
So, that's how it happened!
In that scene, Zhou Lin saw something crucial.
After finding Zhou Lin's package, Oshima went somewhere else. That place was where Oshima hid his money.
Arriving there, Oshima smiled. Memories of three experiences flashed in his mind.
In these three years, three people sent from above came, and Sato was the fourth.
Two left with intelligence, but one died in Oshima's yard.
This person had the most money among the three.
At that time, the Sino-Japanese War hadn't started, and the three came to exchange money for intelligence.
The last person refused to pay and tried to forcefully take the intelligence.
So, Oshima poisoned him by adding seasoning to the braised pork he ate.
Thus, the money became Oshima's. As for inquiries from above?
I haven't seen him here!
So, Oshima was wealthy!
Zhou Lin liked wealthy people.
It wouldn't be possible tonight, just returning. Tomorrow is a day off; he'll go to the butcher shop then.
With a satisfied smile, Zhou Lin entered dreamland.
The next day, the entire Twenty Team took a day off.
Zhou Lin took out his share of 50 francs and distributed it to those who didn't participate in yesterday's battle.
Twenty people, two and a half francs each.
Don't underestimate two and a half francs; a dish with meat in a small restaurant is only one yuan.
Accompanying the team members, Zhou Lin left the military camp and dispersed on the street.
Zhou Lin took a rickshaw and arrived at the butcher shop.
The front door was locked, sealed with a military intelligence strip.
If there's a military intelligence strip, it means a spy has been captured.
No one dared to approach the large door of the butcher shop, fearing repercussions.
Zhou Lin didn't go to the front door; he went to the backyard.
When there was no one around, he climbed a tree and then climbed onto the roof through the tree.
After descending from the roof, Zhou Lin quickly jumped into the yard.
Zhou Lin didn't search the yard or the room. Yesterday, several people searched for over an hour and found even a needle.
He arrived at the junction of the front and back yards, took a ladder, and climbed onto the roof's underside.
The roof was covered with blue tiles and had beams and eaves.
In the middle of the beams and eaves, under the tiles, Zhou Lin inserted a green jar.
Zhou Lin took down the jar, opened it, and found several rolls of francs and yen, along with five small yellow croakers.
Carrying the jar, Zhou Lin descended the ladder and returned it to its original place.
Then, he returned to his former room.
Zhou Lin poured out everything from the jar.
After counting for half an hour, he finally finished counting.
There were 3,150 francs with no loose bills, which makes sense; this is the place to store large sums.
There were also 1,200 yen.
In addition to these, there were five small yellow croakers.