The Spy

Chapter 215 A Pillow
Iijima nodded immediately: "Section Chief, that must be the case. This can explain why all members of a team were arrested."

This is an obvious fact and the only explanation. If Mikami had not confessed, the Chinese would not have been able to catch all of his other subordinates.

"Mikami, Mikami."

Kitagawa sighed, and Iijima immediately understood that the section chief was going to put all the blame on Mikami.

They have to report this matter sooner or later, not too late. The chief section chief is in contact with Mikami, and if Mikami does not send a message to the headquarters for a long time, it will also arouse the chief section chief's suspicion.

"The results of the investigation were reported to headquarters, with the emphasis on our timely discovery of the anomaly and the rapid activation of three observers to investigate the situation, which resulted in the loss of one observer."

Kitagawa said softly, and Iijima looked as if he understood. It was indeed the case. The section chief was shirking his responsibility.

Minimize his responsibilities as much as possible.

Three observers were activated. The first one could confirm that something had happened. However, after he was activated, no message was sent back and he disappeared without a trace.

But the second place went smoothly. They found out that there was something abnormal with the Mikami group and they successfully withdrew to Shanghai.

As for the third observer, the observer who reported this time, he cannot come back now and will most likely not come back in the future. The section chief has used him as cannon fodder so that they can give an explanation to the headquarters.

Iijima had no sympathy for him, as he was not someone he brought here.

People at the bottom of society should have the awareness of people at the bottom of society. When you are needed, you should stand up and help your superiors solve problems. This is your greatest value.

"Hay."

Iijima knew what to do and started writing the telegram immediately.

After writing it, give it to Beichuan to read first.

The telegram first said that they discovered an abnormality during routine contact with Mikami's group. Mikami did not send the telegram within the specified time, and they immediately made the correct response.

The first is to take the initiative to contact Mikami, and the second is to immediately send observers to investigate the situation.

Based on the fact that the first observer did not respond, they immediately activated the second observer and gave him the address of the traitor, asking him to actively detect the traitor, and finally check on Mikami's situation.

Once the order is reversed, it is as if the Shanghai Special High Section knew in advance that something had happened to the Mikami Group and continued to make correct responses.

They were not the ones who arranged the Mikami Group. They usually pay great attention to protection. The Mikami Group got into trouble this time and it must be their fault.

As for the specific reasons, their remaining observers are investigating.

In addition, the Shanghai Special High Section will send four more observers to Nanjing to make up for the three previously sent.

Ensure that they have observers in Nanjing at all times to keep abreast of the situation.

These observers know nothing and can prevent other people from being implicated, and their arrest will not cause any other losses.

"Good, just send it like this."

Kitagawa looked at it carefully and nodded with satisfaction. Iijima was his confidant and understood what he was thinking best.

This telegram can minimize the responsibility of the Shanghai Special High Section.

But it is only the smallest, which does not mean that there is no responsibility. The Sankami Group is under the Shanghai Special High Section, and they cannot escape responsibility as long as something happens.

Beichuan is very clear about this.

At the Special High Police Headquarters, Tsuchihara quickly received the telegram.

As soon as he read the beginning, his brows knitted together. Yukio Mikami was his favorite disciple, the kind that he recognized.

Mikami has many important moles in his hands. Through the intelligence of these moles, they can know the military, diplomatic and other situations in Nanjing clearly. Now they know exactly what the Guo Party wants to do, and the Mikami group has made an indelible contribution.

There is an old Chinese saying, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle. They are the eyes and ears of the empire.

The loss of Mikami's group was huge not only for him but also for the empire.

"inability."

After reading the entire content, Tsuchihara cursed angrily. There was no way this telegram could fool him.

It is obvious at first glance that the Shanghai Special High Section did not respond completely correctly, and after the incident with the Mikami Group, it lost another Imperial agent.

As for the agent who is currently on the mission, it will be difficult for him to come back in the future. Beichuan has obviously given up on him.

Imperial agents are all elites and should not be wasted like this.

Although he cursed, Tsuchihara did not do anything to Kitagawa.

First of all, Beichuan’s response was not wrong. As soon as the Mikami group got into trouble, they noticed it keenly and sent people to investigate the surface situation.

In addition, they are also investigating the reasons. This is the heart of doing things and cannot be blamed.

But the method is wrong.

Tsuchihara quickly wrote a reply and had someone send it to the Shanghai Special High Section.

Iijima had been waiting in the communications group, and as soon as the telegram was translated, he took it to Kitagawa.

Kitagawa breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the general manager called back.

The chief section chief did not blame them, but ordered that not only one observer should be sent to investigate the cause, and that another team should be immediately activated to conduct a detailed investigation using Chinese moles.

But we must be careful and never let the Chinese notice us again.

In addition, they were asked to verify whether all moles were caught, especially the most important ones.

Every member of the Mikami team must ascertain the current situation. This task can be handed over to the observer. There is no need to ask, just observe closely. If no one shows up at their home or workplace, regardless of the reason, it is believed that something has happened to them.

Find out these clearly before dealing with them.

"The chief is not satisfied."

Beichuan sighed. Although there was no criticism, the chief section chief had interfered with the work of the Shanghai Special High Section.

Tell them exactly what to do.

He also knew that there was nothing wrong with the chief's arrangement, and that it was the safest method. He just had to put pressure on the observer to complete an impossible task in order to report to his superiors.

"Section Chief, this is actually in our favor. Think about it from another angle. If we carefully follow the orders of the Chief Section Chief and investigate thoroughly, we will also be rewarded. If we fail, the biggest responsibility will not be on us."

Iijima replied in a low voice, and Kitagawa was slightly startled, then he immediately understood what Iijima meant.

Since the chief section chief is in charge, they become the ones who do the work.

If they succeed, the credit will naturally go to them. If they fail, they will be held responsible for strictly following the orders of the chief section chief.

Of course, the chief section chief would never admit that he was wrong.

But the punishment will not be too harsh on them. They are the ones taking the blame, and the punishment by the section chief will never be too severe.

"That's it."

Kitagawa nodded and said, Iijima was right, it was a good thing that the general manager was involved, at least his pressure could be relieved a lot.

The observers had no radio, so they needed to make calls.

The first call did not find anyone, which was not surprising to Iijima. This observer had a mission, and according to previous regulations, once they were activated, they had to return to Shanghai after completing the exploration mission, which was equivalent to giving up their previous identity.

Now the observer is busy, he can't be anywhere near home.

"Captain, there's activity on that phone."

At the Military Intelligence Department, Li Yuanjie's men came to report that they already knew about the man named Iijima as soon as he made the phone call.

The Japanese spy was captured by them, but he was carrying out his mission and nothing about him changed. Xu Qingyun even asked Li Yuanjie to let the Japanese spy go home every one or two days.

But the main purpose of following him is to show my face in front of others.

As for the injuries on your body, if you wear more clothes and a hat on your head, most people won’t notice them.

There were no injuries on his face, including his fingers.

After we caught him, we knew he had a mission, so we paid special attention to this when we tortured him.

The walking posture is a little bit awkward.

This has little impact. If you are not an agent, most people will not care about so many details. If there are really agents around him and they discover him, Xu Qingyun will have no way to deal with it.

They can only arrange it as best as possible, but cannot make it perfect.

"what did you say?"

Li Yuanjie asked immediately. He didn't pay much attention to the call at first. It was the team leader who said that he would go to Team Leader Xu for advice after the person was caught. At that time, Xu Qingyun was still the team leader.

Team leader Xu suggested that he continue to keep an eye on the phone and radio. The Japanese obviously did not ask him to evacuate in a hurry and would definitely contact him in the future.

He doesn't have a radio, so this is the only way to communicate. It's necessary to keep an eye on him.

Looking back now, Deputy Section Chief Xu was completely prepared for a rainy day, and everything he did had a profound meaning, even if it was a small thing like this.

"I didn't say anything. I just asked the shopkeeper to tell him to call back after he saw the person."

"I see."

Li Yuanjie immediately stood up and went to He Rongtang's office first, and soon came to Xu Qingyun.

The order He Rongtang gave him was very simple. Since it was Deputy Section Chief Xu's order, he should go and report to Deputy Section Chief Xu. This would be a good opportunity to get in touch with Deputy Section Chief Xu.

"Did you call?"

After listening to Li Yuanjie's report, Xu Qingyun smiled. The Japanese spy indeed had a follow-up. As for why he called, there was no need to guess. Just let the Japanese spy call back.

This Japanese spy is now very honest and can help them temporarily provide false information to the Shanghai Special High Section.

"Yes, Deputy Section Chief Xu, what should we do?"

Li Yuanjie nodded. Xu Qingyun did not allow others to call him Section Chief Xu directly, and the word "deputy" must be added.

"Take him to fight, fight him later, and then see what orders are given to him."

The Shanghai Special High Section took the initiative to contact him, which must be to inquire about something or to issue new orders. He was currently on a mission and had reported before, so it was unlikely that he would continue to ask questions. It was probably a new mission.

Let him make the contact and he will know what the Japanese want to do.

"Yes, I'll go right away."

"No rush, let him call back later."

The other party just called, so there is no need to reply at this time. If you reply later, it will create the illusion that the Japanese spy is working hard to investigate outside, and the Japanese will believe it more.

"Okay, I'll go to the party later. Deputy Section Chief Xu, can I ask Deputy Team Leader Yan for help?"

"Okay, go find him."

Xu Qingyun readily agreed. Li Yuanjie has become smarter recently and knows how to get Yan Ming involved.

Bringing Yan Ming along won't take away much of his credit, but it will make his mission more secure and less likely to make mistakes.

"Thank you, Deputy Section Chief Xu. I'll be there right away."

Li Yuanjie left happily, while Xu Qingyun lowered his head and continued to look at Fang Laibao's investigation results.

It has been confirmed that Shi Liping's son does have problems. His expenses are obviously inconsistent with his income. Shi Liping did give him some money, but Shi Liping's own income is not that high.

The Supervisory Council has power, but it is tightly controlled by the old man.

He is not in the law enforcement team or the investigation department, so what he can earn from the outside is limited. At most, people will look for him when they want to smooth over relationships, and the other options are gifts from his subordinates inside.

There weren't many people in the confidential room, so he couldn't collect much.

This is actually a bit similar to the Military Intelligence Department. Although the Military Intelligence Department has so much power, it is actually very strict. Many things must be reported to the old man before they can do anything. Even if it is the military and police they supervise, they can handle small people by themselves, but if it involves slightly bigger people, such as the head of a regiment or the director of a general bureau, they cannot easily take action without evidence.

They are not yet the Military Control Commission of the future.

However, it is very easy for the Military Intelligence Department to get hold of something on them. The Military Intelligence Department has made more and more contributions and has a very good impression on the old man. For some small matters or matters that do not involve the real big shots, they can just execute them first and report later.

Especially if someone has committed a treacherous act, you can arrest that person first.

The old man hates traitors the most.

Fang Laibao focused on investigating whether Shi Liping and his son had the watch bought by Mikami. The current results of the investigation show that there was no such watch.

But it cannot be confirmed that it was sold by Shi Liping's son.

Fang Laibao is investigating secretly. Now that he is sure that there are problems with the two people, he will definitely investigate them thoroughly.

Fang Laibao is a steady person, and Xu Qingyun is very relieved when he goes to investigate.

Now Fang Laibao is the leader of Group 4, and this case is in the hands of Group 4.

An hour later, Yan Ming and Li Yuanjie took the Japanese spy out together.

This Japanese spy was very obedient.

Yan Ming even had an idea. Since they had captured so many Japanese spies, could they pick out a few absolutely obedient ones to work for them?

These people are all agents and they know the Japanese very well.

If they are willing to help, it will be of great help in finding Japanese spies.

Xu Qingyun cannot make the decision on this matter, and neither can Xu Zhanjie. It must be reported to the director, who has not responded yet. It is not impossible to use the Japanese, but one must be cautious to ensure that they have no ulterior motives and will not defect easily.

Otherwise it will have a great impact on them.

Xu Qingyun was not in a hurry. Even if these Japanese surrendered, he would not give them important tasks. What they could do was to help incite those who were captured later and look for their kind in Nanjing.

They had worked in the Shanghai Special High Section and were likely to have seen the people sent later.

They are much more accurate in finding people than by portraits.

"Is the arrangement ready?"

Yan Ming asked Li Yuanjie if this phone number was the public phone used to notify the Japanese spy, so he specially asked the Japanese spy to change one to make the call.

They didn't have any bugs.

But they had to know what they said, so Yan Ming asked Li Yuanjie to find a way to lure the shopkeeper away first, and leave unimportant people or children in the store, and their people pretended to buy things and pay, and listened to what they said on the side.

When Japanese people make public phone calls, they don't speak Japanese and can only communicate in Chinese.

Just listen carefully to what they say.

Even if you can't hear clearly, there is still the telephone exchange, which has recordings. Besides, they will most likely continue to give orders via the radio and won't say it clearly on the phone.

"It's all set up."

Li Yuanjie nodded immediately. Yan Ming didn't say anything else and asked a team member with good hearing to take the Japanese spy to return the call.

"Go."

Yan Ming said softly that he was here to help and the case belonged to Group Two.

However, he was the highest-ranking person at the scene, and He Rongtang had specifically instructed that Li Yuanjie should focus on Yan Ming and maintain a proper attitude.

The call ended quickly and there was indeed nothing useful in it.

The other party was just giving him a hint to go back and receive new orders.

After returning with the Japanese spies, Yan Ming took them all directly to the conference room, put out the radio, and placed the dictionary and code book aside, waiting to receive instructions.

Soon, digital voices began to come from the radio.

The Japanese spy sat aside, and Li Yuanjie's men were responsible for recording and translating. Soon all the new orders were received.

“Verify these places?”

When Yan Ming saw the content, he was stunned for a moment, and then a look of ecstasy appeared on his face.

"Captain Li, please translate another copy. I'll take this one first. You have made a great contribution this time. I will ask the higher-ups for credit for you."

After saying that, he hurriedly left with the translated content. He knew that the team leader suspected that San Shang had personally instigated the rebellion, and was asking Team Leader Fang to investigate.

This information is equivalent to pointing them in the right direction.

There are not many people available in Shanghai Special High Section in Nanjing. Since this observer had sent back intelligence before, he should be able to receive intelligence if he can be contacted.

However, to complete this mission, he must be evacuated.

Everyone knew that he couldn't find out the specific cause of the accident, so there was no need to waste time.

Yan Ming's guess was correct, Tu Yuan did give such an order.

The greatest role played by this Japanese spy was only in these few days.

"Chief, we just got an important clue from the Japanese spy..."

When Yan Ming arrived at Xu Qingyun's office, he immediately shouted that Xu Qingyun did not allow him to call him section chief directly. However, the boy did not listen and said that he could only call him that when they were alone.

It would never be like this at other times.

He even said that he had reported this to Xu Zhanjie and Xu Zhanjie agreed.

Xu Qingyun had no choice but to let him do it.

This kid is usually careful and careful, but why was he so reckless this time that he actually went to find Xu Zhanjie just because of a title?

However, the reason he found was not bad. He was Xu Qingyun's absolute confidant. It was not good to keep calling him deputy section chief like others did. At least he could give him a chance to show closeness when they were alone.

Xu Zhanjie agreed immediately.

The title of deputy is the same throughout the Guo Party. Unless it is a formal occasion or the principal is present, the word "deputy" is generally not used.

When Miao Feng was around, many people called him Section Chief Miao even when he was present.

He didn't care.

It was Yan Ming who came to report such a small matter, which proved that Xu Qingyun cared about these details, and he was even more satisfied.

"What clues?" Xu Qingyun asked.

"Look."

Yan Ming handed over the translated content. He did not tell Li Yuanjie why he took these things away. Investigating the mole was the task of their group four, not group two.

But Group 2 helped them get the clue, so he said something to ask for credit for Li Yuanjie.

Yan Ming has been with Xu Qingyun for a long time and doesn't care so much about some of the credit. They have too many credits and sharing some of them will not have any impact at all.

He will never steal the credit from his brothers.

Those who belong to the second group will definitely be given it.

"That's great! Li Yuanjie and his team have made great contributions."

Noticing the above content, Xu Qingyun was slightly stunned. Ma Shan happily said that he was investigating the mole that Mikami had instigated, and the Japanese then sent the pillow over.

This Japanese spy also made great contributions.

"I told them that I would help them get credit."

Yan Ming replied with a smile, there was a lot of content this time, they asked the Japanese spies to investigate some of the people above who were treating the guests. In addition to the traitors they found out, there were three other people who were not arrested.

In fact, the Japanese spies were very cautious and only mentioned the unit and department.

No name was mentioned.

However, having these is equivalent to pointing them in the direction. They just need to investigate these places. There is no need to worry if there are no names. As long as they are given the scope, they will definitely be able to find out who it is.

What surprised Xu Qingyun was that there was no Supervisory Commission inside.

Wasn’t Shi Liping instigated by the Japanese to rebel?

Xu Qingyun would not jump to conclusions easily. Shi Liping's biggest role was to provide Mikami with their secrets. He did not need to do anything. These secrets could help Mikami make screening decisions. Regardless of whether Shi Liping was a traitor or not, the investigation into him would not stop.

Anyone who has suspicious issues must be investigated.

And he would not be his comrade, so Xu Qingyun had no burden.

His son spends his days drinking and carousing, keeping mistresses outside and winning over a group of thugs. Even if there are undercover agents in the organization, they would not be so indifferent.

Moreover, they have done a lot of bad things, which have been discovered by Fang Laibao.

"Yan Ming, go check these places immediately. I will report it to you. Please ask the Director to ask the Supervisory Council to open up some confidential information to us."

Xu Qingyun ordered that they could check the things in the Supervisory Commission's archives room, but not the things in the confidential room.

Virgo mentioned this to them, but they rejected it.

This book involves scandals involving many important government officials, and there is no way the old man would agree to let them look through it casually.

However, if we have targeted certain places and only ask for the personnel information of these places, the old man will not refuse.

The reason is still the same, the old man also hopes to catch these traitors.

A traitor is a traitor who has violated the old man's bottom line.

"Yes, I'll go right away."

Yan Ming left happily, while Fang Laibao was called back to the office by Xu Qingyun.

Shi Liping still needs to be investigated, but it is no longer the most important thing. Let Dai Jieying check it. He and Yan Ming will verify these three places together.

The Japanese don't know it yet, and because of their mistakes these people have been exposed. The sooner they are found out the better.

These three places are extremely important.

Two are in government departments, and they are important departments, and one is in the military department, and his level is also very high.

Beichuan was indeed careless.

But he didn't have any better solutions. First of all, he was certain in his heart that Mikami had confessed and all these moles were likely to be caught. What he had to do was to verify, not to protect them.

Secondly, he doesn’t have that many people in Nanjing.

Observers have the lowest status and are most suitable to conduct verification. If undercover intelligence personnel are activated, they will most likely be exposed.

What's more, they also have a mission, which is to find out the details of Mikami's accident through other channels.

Of course, there is also the reason that Beichuan does not pay much attention to the Chinese.

These Japanese officers always believed that the Chinese were inferior and would not truly treat them as their own people.

That's what traitors are like, they can't get along with anyone.

They serve the Japanese like dogs. How many of us would treat dogs as human beings?

Moreover, this dog came to us later, so its loyalty is not that high, and it is completely different from the one I raised myself.

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