The Spy

Chapter 357 Life is like a script

"Yes."

Yan Ming took the order and left. Tiankou had made preparations for this matter a month ago. Tiankou would take some risks in this mission, but the danger was within controllable range.

In the International Settlement, Takeda was watching people on the roadside with Yanwu. He knew it was impossible to find the person this way, and he was just pretending to do it for the section chief.

Arai understood it better than him, but still asked him to do it, mainly to help him cover up.

In the Special Higher Police, Arai is questioning a suspected target.

The two people had the same suspicion, that is, someone talked to them when they went out.

When meeting people on the street who speak normally, such as vendors, they often ask passers-by if they want to buy something. Arai has verified that those are indeed real vendors.

There was nothing suspicious about these two people. They were asked for directions, but the person who asked directions was nowhere to be found.

In fact, this kind of thing is very normal. Shanghai is a big city with a lot of people coming in and out every day, a large floating population, and many people who don’t know the way.

Not to mention those who have just arrived in Shanghai, even if you have lived here for a while, you may not know the way around other areas.

It is normal to ask someone for directions.

Not to mention now, even in later generations when there was no navigation, even in some smaller cities, many people were often asked for directions on the road. It can be said that older people have all experienced this.

"Team leader, he really was just asking for directions, and I said I didn't know, and didn't say anything."

One of the team members being interrogated became anxious. Something had happened to Yan Wu and he was reminded that he wanted to escape. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that someone had leaked the information.

The team leader asked him such a detailed question at this time, and it was obvious that he was suspicious of him.

At this moment, his heart was full of regret, and he even had extreme resentment towards the passerby. Why did he have to ask him for directions when he could ask anyone else?
We are still interrogating in the office. If the team leader does not dispel his suspicion, I am afraid we will have to go to the torture room next.

The Shanghai Special High Police has always had the custom of forcing confessions through torture.

Several section chiefs had done this before, and he didn't want to be the unlucky one.

"You two were going out together, why did he choose to ask you for directions?"

Arai's expression didn't change at all. He knew in his heart that the person in front of him was indeed being wronged, and it was normal for people to ask for directions on the road.

But he had to do this to stabilize Kamei first.

Even if he was wronged, it was because of Kamei, not himself.

After I get evidence against Kamei and bring him down, I will come back to help him get justice.

This team member is not his confidant, but as long as it benefits him, he will do the same even if he knows that the other party is wronged.

Xin Jing has done some research on ancient Chinese culture and really appreciates a saying: Those who achieve great things do not pay attention to trivial matters.

"I don't know, I really don't know, Team Leader. When people go to ask for directions, don't they just go anywhere? Why would there be so many choices?"

The team member was so aggrieved that he was about to cry. He was unlucky because he was closer to the person who asked for directions and was approached by that person.

But he knew that he had a confidential mission, so he just said he didn't know and left in a hurry. Unexpectedly, he still couldn't escape.

"You go down first."

Arai waved his hand and the team member breathed a sigh of relief. As soon as he stood up, Arai's next words made his mood instantly fall into an icy cave.

"I'll give you half a day. Come to me when you've made up your mind. Otherwise, we won't be talking here tomorrow."

What does that mean? He didn't do anything, what is there to think about?
If tomorrow isn’t here, where else can it be?

Obviously, if he doesn't confess today, he will be tortured tomorrow, which means we will meet in the torture chamber tomorrow.

"Team leader, I am innocent. I did nothing. I did not leak the secret to anyone."

The team members hurriedly explained, and Arai waved his hand, signaling the people next to him to take him away.

Being taken back to the separate dormitory, the team members couldn't help but shed tears, feeling fear and confusion about the future.

Being in the intelligence department and being an intelligence officer, he knew very well what would happen to him if he was suspected.

He was a graduate of a military academy and devoted his life to fighting for the empire, but he never expected that this would be the end.

Except for the two suspects, Arai questioned everyone. The others were easier to deal with, so he mainly asked about the performance of these two people.

Everyone understood that they were under suspicion and their fate might be extremely miserable.

If the real traitor cannot be found, these two people will most likely be treated as traitors.

It is not just the Chinese who prefer to kill someone by mistake rather than let him go.

"Section Chief, I have questioned them all, but they have not confessed. I plan to conduct a formal interrogation on them tomorrow."

At the end of the afternoon, when it was almost time to get off work, Arai came to Kamei's office and reported in a low voice.

"Okay, find out who leaked the information as soon as possible."

Kamei waved his hands. He was very dissatisfied with what Arai did. Such a good clue actually went wrong.

If it weren't for the fact that he personally selected Arai and they had not been in the Shanghai Special High Section for long, he really wanted to replace this intelligence team leader.

Kamei is obsessed with power. For a person like him, anyone who cannot help him will be ruthlessly abandoned.

"Hay."

Arai responded with his head down. After leaving the office, he quickly went out, changed his clothes outside, and quietly came to the vicinity of the Special Higher Section.

He wanted to monitor Kamei personally to see if he could get evidence of Kamei's guilt.

Even if he is tortured into confessing tomorrow, he will give an explanation to Kamei, so that Kamei's deadline will be ineffective.

Kamei got off work on time, and Arai quietly followed his car until Kamei returned home.

Kamei was a military rank of Colonel and the head of the Shanghai Special High Section. He lived in a nice and large house.

Arai watched patiently outside and saw nothing unusual that day.

"Stationmaster, Arai has taken the bait and has begun tracking and monitoring Kamei."

The next morning, Yan Ming came to Xu Qingyun's office and reported excitedly.

The webmaster is still better at judging people. He said that Arai would definitely do something, and sure enough.

Tracking and monitoring superiors is a taboo no matter where you are.

At the very least, you will be punished, and at worst, you may be dismissed from your job or even lose your life.

"Tell Taguchi to be careful when he's operating, and have the operations team cooperate. If anything happens, come to his rescue. There's no need to force a rescue. If you can, save him. If you can't, retreat immediately."

Xu Qingyun whispered that Xinjing had taken the bait and his death was not far away.

"Yes."

Yan Ming took the order and left. The stationmaster was still nice to Tiankou and at least he did not give up completely.

However, in the stationmaster's mind, Taguchi was obviously no match for them.

This is normal. Only those around them are comrades, brothers, and true family members. Those who surrender, no matter how capable they are, are outsiders.

In fact, not only them, but the Japanese also treated traitors the same way.

These traitors have never been truly trusted by the Japanese, but so many of them still enjoy doing so, preferring to betray their ancestors and become running dogs of the Japanese.

Special High Police, Arai brought over the team member who protested his injustice yesterday early in the morning.

The team member did not respond at all yesterday, nor did he confess to him.

The deadline given to him by Kamei is approaching, and he needs to come up with one to give an explanation to Kamei first.

"Section Chief, don't you want to join the trial?"

Arai did not interrogate him immediately, but went straight to Kamei's office and asked in a low voice.

"That's fine. Has the person been brought here?"

After thinking about it, Kamei nodded. Having a traitor was no small matter, and it would be better for him to personally participate in the interrogation.

But Arai assumed from his behavior that he wanted to completely prove that the team member was a traitor in order to get rid of his suspicion.

If there is a leak, there must be a traitor.

Unable to find the traitor, Kamei was unable to explain to the general manager.

"It has been brought over."

Arai lowered his head in response, and Kamei stood up directly. He drank a sip of warm tea before leaving, and told Honda to keep the water temperature and wait for him to come back to continue tasting the tea.

"Section Chief, Team Leader, I am innocent. I am really innocent."

As soon as the two men arrived at the interrogation room, the tied-up team member shouted with tears in his eyes that he had not slept the whole night before, mainly because he felt wronged and couldn't sleep.

He worked hard to carry out missions abroad, with the sole purpose of catching Chinese agents, and he never did anything wrong.

The results of it?
He ended up like this. If he had known this would be the outcome, he would never have come to Shanghai and suffered such injustice.

"You said you were wronged, do you have any evidence?"

Kamei sat down and asked directly. His appearance seemed to give the team members a glimmer of hope. They nodded hurriedly, "Yes, Section Chief. I was asked for directions by a stranger half a month ago. If I had betrayed the information, Yanwu should have run away long ago."

"What if they know that we are just monitoring and deliberately delayed notification to protect the traitor?"

While speaking, Arai also paid special attention to Kamei's expression. Sure enough, Kamei's eyelids twitched, and it seemed that this point touched his heart.

"Your team leader is right. This doesn't count as evidence."

Kamei said slowly, while Arai thought to himself, "As expected."

"Section Chief, I'm really not a traitor. I had no idea that a passerby asked for directions, and I didn't say anything. How can you assume that I betrayed everyone?"

The team member felt wronged and wanted to kill someone, but unfortunately he couldn't move. He could only keep explaining desperately, hoping that the section chief and the team leader would believe him.

He was really wronged.

"Torture him."

Kamei said this alone, and Arai did not hesitate and immediately arranged for people to torture him. As screams rang out, Kamei frowned.

He considers himself an elegant person and likes to taste tea. His second hobby is calligraphy, but Japanese characters cannot be called calligraphy, so he has always written in Chinese.

Chinese writing looks good.

Japanese characters are more like letters, which is weird.

Only the Chinese characters in Japanese look really good when written.

"You try it first and tell me the result."

Kamei stood up. He didn't want to see the cruel scene in front of him, thinking it was a blasphemy to his eyes. Even so, he would go back and write a few words to calm himself down.

"Hay."

Arai stood up and accepted the order, watching Kamei leave. He left as soon as the interrogation began. Kamei knew the final result and there was no need for him to stay here.

At this time, he became more convinced of his guess that Kamei was the biggest traitor in their Special High Section.

With Kamei around, their Special High Section has no chance of accomplishing anything. The chief wanted to be famous all his life, but no one expected that he would choose a scum like Kamei.

But he said nothing. He knew very well that if he wanted to expose Kamei's true face, he must have sufficient evidence.

Without evidence, no one would believe him if he told others about it.

It is impossible to convince the chief section chief with just guesswork and inference; there must be actual evidence.

What Arai needs to do now is to get the evidence.

In the interrogation room, Arai did not hold back any longer. The team member finally could not bear the torture and confessed that he had been instigated by the Chinese.

As soon as he confessed, Arai went to see Kamei in person, told him that he had confessed, and invited him to participate in the interrogation.

Kamei didn't think much and went straight to the interrogation room.

"How did the Chinese turn you against the Chinese?"

Kamei asked directly. The beaten team member was already dying, and his heart was filled with frustration and anger.

He would rather die than admit that he is a traitor.

But here, it is not easy to die. If you don’t follow their requirements, you will be unable to live or die.

He just wanted to suffer less.

Most people simply cannot bear this kind of punishment.

"Two months ago, I went to the concession to do some work and was found by them."

"Why do you work for them?" Kamei continued to ask.

The team member didn't want to continue suffering, and had no choice but to say that he had borrowed a lot of high-interest loans from the casino and could not pay back the debts. The people in the casino wanted to cut off his hands, and it was the Chinese who came forward to save him.

This person is indeed a bit of a gambler, and he really has no other reason.

"Why didn't you confess after you came back?"

Kamei frowned and asked, it is obvious that this is a trap set up by the Chinese. Even if he owes gambling debts, so what? As long as he comes back, the worst that can happen is that he won't go to the concession in the future. Will the people in the concession dare to come to Japanese territory to arrest people?
"I disclosed a lot of information at that time, otherwise they would not let me go. After I came back, I didn't dare to confess again."

Under normal circumstances, if he could come back, he would definitely be able to distinguish the priorities, but he didn't do that at all. He could only try his best to perfect the lie according to his own wishes.

"You don't know much information. If you had come back and confessed, how could this happen?"

Kamei looked very sad, but Arai laughed secretly in his heart. He didn't expect that the section chief had such good acting skills.

There are obvious loopholes in what this team member said.

He does like to gamble some money, but I've never heard of him going to a casino. He mostly plays with his colleagues.

And he didn't play big, but Kamei didn't care about that and simply concluded that he was being turned over in the casino.

Kamei is eager to label him as a traitor.

Since this person is not his confidant, Arai naturally will not help him.

After the team members finished their explanation and signed their names, there was a look of grief and anger on their faces.

He didn't expect that he would become a traitor and would not have peace even after his death.

He hated, hated the Chinese, but he hated Arai and Kamei even more.

Two incompetent guys who can't tell right from wrong.

He was not a traitor, but he was treated as one. Even after his death, he would go to the successive emperors to complain and accuse them of the injustice done to him.

"Section Chief, I never thought that the Chinese are so omnipresent."

Arai spoke first when they arrived at Kamei's office, and Kamei nodded unnaturally: "You are right. By the way, check if any of our people still have this bad habit, so that they will not become the target of the Chinese again."

"Hay."

Arai lowered his head and accepted the order, with an unnatural gleam in his eyes.

bad habits?

It is not a bad habit to gamble a little money. Kamei deliberately reported this person to his superiors. Did he think that he could rest easy this way?

Don't think about it. Arai believes that he will be able to get evidence against Kamei and bring him down.

By then, the position of Chief of Shanghai Special High Section will belong to him.

As for the other man, Kamei, he didn't say anything, so Arai briefly interrogated him for a while and then took him away.

The most crucial person is Kamei. He will keep an eye on Kamei until he finds evidence.

Takeda had been taking Yan Wu to the International Settlement, but as you can imagine, he never found Yan Ming.

It's like looking for a needle in a haystack to find someone by pure luck. Now that people know their situation, it's even more impossible for them to come out. There's no such luck.

It's like playing rock-paper-scissors, if you win you can win a big prize.

Even if I give you 10 million, you can't win.

The reason is very simple. When playing rock-paper-scissors, you make the first move and then the other person makes the next move. How can you win?

In the Japanese Concession, near the Special High Section, Taguchi had disguised himself and arrived here. Although he had worked in the Special High Section, no one in Shanghai had ever seen him. With a good disguise, the possibility of being recognized was very low.

But he was still very careful.

After get off work in the afternoon, Kamei went home on time. Unless there were special circumstances, he never worked overtime in the Special High Section.

This is different from Ishida. Ishida is a workaholic and often stays in the Special Higher Police for a long time before going back.

Sometimes I even sleep in the office.

Arai, as usual, followed carefully behind.

Taguchi was already prepared. When he noticed Kamei's car approaching, he immediately rode his bicycle to the front of the car.

The driver braked hastily.

"Is this Section Chief Kamei's car?"

Taguchi walked over to say hello with a big smile. His Japanese was very standard and since he was Japanese, there was absolutely no problem with his accent.

"who are you?"

The driver was very alert. He was a driver and also a bodyguard, and his hands were already on his waist.

Kitada, who was sitting in the passenger seat, made the same move.

If the other party had not spoken Japanese, he would probably have drawn his gun.

"It's nothing. Someone brought this as a gift for Section Chief Kamei on my behalf. Please accept it."

Taguchi went over and handed over a package, then quickly rode away on his bike. The package was not heavy, and the driver glanced at Kamei behind him.

"Give me."

Kitada took the package and checked it carefully. The package did not look like a bomb. If it was a bomb, it would not be so light.

There was a letter stuck on it, so Kitada carefully took it off, made sure there was no danger, and read it to Kamei.

"Kamei, my friend, long time no see. A friend of mine happened to come to China, so I asked him to give you a gift. I hope you like it..."

The last signature is Osawa.

"Daze, let's go back first."

After listening to Kitada reading the letter, Kamei smiled. Osawa was a good friend of his in China and they had a good relationship.

Ozawa is not in the army, he is just an ordinary person, but the two grew up together, and Ozawa has sent him gifts before, so Kamei didn't think much about it at this time.

All of this was noticed by Arai.

He took out his camera and took careful pictures. Unfortunately, he was alone and could not track the man who had just stopped the car. However, he always felt that the man was familiar.

Seems like I've seen it somewhere.

When he returned home, Kamei took the letter. It was indeed in Japanese, but it was not handwritten, but typed.

Noticing this, Kamei smiled even more brightly.

Ozawa worked as a clerk. Maybe he had just got a typewriter, so he typed a letter to himself. He was still the same.

Typewriters had already appeared and were popular in Europe, mostly manual typewriters. At this time, this kind of thing also existed in Japan.

Kitada was very cautious and he opened the box carefully.

It contains a kind of tea from Japan, which was Kamei's favorite variety when he was in China.

"Da Ze still remembers my hobby, that's thoughtful."

Noticing that it was something he liked, Kamei no longer had any doubts. He brought the tea to the study and wrote a reply letter to Osawa.

Xu Qingyun bought all the information of the Special High Section members from Osaka, and the first one was Kamei.

This information worked again and successfully confused Kamei.

It takes a long time to write a letter to Japan and wait for it to come back.

This period of time is enough for Xu Qingyun to complete his plan.

Arai observed for a while and immediately returned home, as he had tools for cleaning photos at home.

After developing the photo, the more I looked at this person, the more familiar he seemed.

He immediately took out his other photos and compared them one by one.

Soon, he saw a photo, and when he noticed the person in the photo, Arai's body was shocked.

It was him who informed Yan Wu to leave.

Although they are not wearing the same clothes, it can be determined that the two belong to the same person through their hairstyle, figure, and physical features.

He is Chinese.

Why did you come to deliver something to Kamei, and do it so openly?
Arai was a little excited. His guess might be wrong. Kamei not only betrayed himself, but also dragged the people around him into betrayal.

As for why Chinese people send gifts, it must be because of an emergency.

Otherwise they could pass on the information through dead mail or other means.

The photo was a very important piece of evidence, so Arai didn't dare keep it at home. He took both the negatives and the photos out and hid them in a safe place.

Arai was even more excited to come back.

He finally got hold of Kamei's handle.

The identity of this person is crucial. Next, he will try to find this person. As long as he is caught, Kamei will be powerless.

Moreover, this person must belong to the Shanghai station and may even have an important identity.

"Team leader."

The next day, Arai came to the International Settlement, and Takeda brought Yanwu with him to look for someone there.

He and Arai knew very well that it was impossible to find Yan Ming. Although they had the same understanding, their reasons were very different.

"How's it going? Did you find any clues?"

There were other people around, so Arai pretended to ask, and Takeda immediately shook his head: "No."

"Forget it, let's go back first. It's too difficult to find someone this way. Let's think of another way."

On the way back, Arai deliberately asked Takeda to ride in the same car with him, so that there were only the two of them in the car.

"Takeda, keep these two photos. No matter what method you use, you must find this person. He is the key to our victory."

In the car, Arai had no hesitation and immediately took out the photo he had hidden close to his body and handed it to Takeda.

"Who is he?"

Takeda had never met Taguchi and did not recognize the person in the photo.

"It's not clear yet. Your mission is to find him. Even if you can't find him, you must find out his true identity."

Arai shook his head. Takeda said nothing more and took the photo: "Don't worry, I will find out his identity and find him."

"I trust you to do your job well. I promise that you will be the leader of the intelligence team."

Arai smiled and nodded. If they could find the person, he and Takeda would both be the biggest winners.

This guy Kamei didn't allow them to bring their trusted aides because he wanted to limit their power.

Is it okay to just not allow them to bring it?

He can also recruit new confidants. After he becomes the section chief, Takeda will become the first person around him, and then he can recruit a few more confidants. By then, the Shanghai Special High Section will be completely under his control.

The future is bright and Arai is very satisfied.

"Thank you, Section Chief."

Takeda chuckled, Arai was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately remembered that there were only two of them in the car. Now that he had obtained evidence that Kamei had defected to the enemy, it wouldn't be long before he would officially become the section chief.

"You, haha."

Arai couldn't help laughing, and listening to his laughter, Takeda felt full of contempt.

Poor guy, he doesn't know what's going on even when he's about to die.

The Chinese will not target Kamei. Comparatively, Arai is a greater threat and easier to deal with.

As long as he makes the right choice, he will still be the leader of the intelligence team after Arai is gone.

Arai was in a good mood. Yanwu's mission to find someone was completed, and Takeda continued to look for other people at the Shanghai station.

Looking for someone is fake. Takeda’s main task now is to find out who the person in the photo is.

No matter what method is used or how much money is spent, this task must be completed.

For this purpose, Arai specially helped Takeda apply for one thousand oceans of operational funds. When handling cases within the concession, oceans are the best hard currency.

Takeda brought his men to the International Settlement and left quickly.

He had good reasons to leave. On the surface, he was investigating Chinese agents, and secretly he was checking the person in the photo. The Chinese must know the identity of this person and would make arrangements for him later.

Instead of spending this much time, you might as well go find Yingzi and have some fun.

At the Shanghai station, Yan Ming came to report again.

Takeda was very honest and confessed everything, except for Hashimoto. Now they have two insiders, one in the operations group and one in the intelligence group.

The Special High Police cannot hide anything from them.

"Stationmaster, Takeda has already started investigating. This is a great move of yours."

Yan Ming sincerely admired his own webmaster. Everything seemed to be arranged by the webmaster himself. The enemy was like a fool, following the script provided by the webmaster step by step.

"Reply to Takeda and ask him to wait two days before reporting back. Ask him to patch the source himself in advance."

Xu Qingyun smiled and nodded. After all, Takeda was a professional intelligence officer, so it wouldn't be difficult for him to make up a lie that could be justified.

Three days later, Takeda came to Arai's office.

"Team leader, we have found the person in the photo."

"Really, who is he?"

Arai immediately stood up, walked to the door, took a look, closed the door and asked in a low voice.

He had checked the office before, and after knowing that Kamei was unreliable, he checked it very carefully to prevent the office from being eavesdropped.

What he did must not be known to Kamei.

"It's Taguchi."

"Who is Taguchi?"

Arai was a little surprised. They had investigated the Shanghai station and now, except for the people transferred by Xu Qingyun later, most of the names of the people in the previous Shanghai station were known.

Japanese intelligence agencies are not useless.

"He was the deputy leader of the Wuhan Special High Section Operations Group. He failed in his mission to assassinate Xu Qingyun and later killed many Japanese in Wuhan."

Takeda replied quickly, and as soon as he said it, Arai knew Taguchi's identity.

Xu Qingyun captured a lot of their agents. Taguchi was the one that the chief hated the most. Not only did he betray the empire, but he also helped the Chinese to target them.

The higher-ups had already issued a wanted warrant for Taguchi.

"It's him, great."

Arai said happily that he didn't know where Taguchi was, but he was definitely Xu Qingyun's man. Everyone knew that Taguchi surrendered after being captured by Xu Qingyun?

"How did you find him?"

Arai asked casually. Takeda had already prepared for it and said immediately: "After you gave me the task, I didn't dare to neglect it. I found a well-informed thug in the Shanghai Green Gang, nicknamed Bao Gossip, gave him the photo, and asked him to find the person."

"Later he said that the man in the photo had a fake beard, and after removing the beard, he found out his identity from other channels."

"Fake beard?"

Arai was stunned for a moment, then immediately opened the drawer and pulled out a photo.

This was the photo they took when they were monitoring Yan Wu. Arai took out a magnifying glass and took a closer look, and found that his beard was indeed not very natural.

"You did a great job. Can that gossiper help us find the person?"

Arai raised his head and asked happily, Taguchi is not important, but he is Xu Qingyun's man now. As long as the chief section chief knows that Kamei has had contact with Taguchi, he will surely die.

Takeda had already prepared his words and immediately replied: "I asked him, and he said it's expensive to find someone, and I don't have that much money."

"How much does he want?"

"Three thousand dollars."

Three thousand dollars is indeed a large amount, which would be equivalent to seventy or eighty taels of gold.

But this money must be spent. As long as he can become the head of the Special High Section, it will be worth twice as much.

"It's really expensive."

Arai nodded and sat there in a daze.

He suspected that Kamei was a traitor and it was impossible for him to report to Kamei. Even if Kamei agreed to approve the funding for him, the Chinese would immediately know that Taguchi was exposed and would definitely hide Taguchi.

By then, don’t even think about finding the person even if you pay 3,000 or 30,000 dollars.

But he had to look for him, because Taguchi was the key to overthrowing Kamei.

"I will find a way to raise the money. You need them to promise to help us find the person."

"Don't worry, they are very powerful. There is no one in the concession that they can't find."

Takeda immediately promised, Arai thought about it for a moment, and then nodded.

These gangsters are indeed very powerful and well-informed within the concession. Things that they cannot do are very easy for them to do.

Three thousand dollars is not a small amount. Although he has saved some salary over the years, he is still short of half of it.

He can only borrow this money.

He was a lieutenant colonel and the head of the intelligence team, and his rank was not low, so it was not a big problem for him to borrow this little money, but he could not borrow it within the Special High Police Department to avoid being discovered by Kamei.

This money can only be borrowed.

After finishing the report, Takeda looked back at Arai's office as he left.

This office will soon belong to him.

That night, Arai called Takeda to his home and gave him a box.

"Here are ten gold bars and more than a thousand dollars. Tell them to find the person as soon as possible, no more than a week. Also, don't give them all the money at once. Give them the dollars as a deposit, and give them the gold bars after they find the person."

Arai whispered instructions, and Takeda kept agreeing.

As he walked out with the money, Takeda almost laughed out loud.

He didn't know how to evaluate Arai. He knew that he should pay a deposit first, but he gave him all the money at once?

It seems that Arai really trusts him and treats him as his confidant.

Unfortunately, he is a traitor and works for the Shanghai Station. No matter how good Arai is to him, he can't be loyal to him.

Carrying the heavy box, Takeda felt a little regretful.

It’s a pity that with so much money, I can’t own it all.

He must do as the Chinese ask. If he fails to do so, neither the Chinese nor the Japanese will forgive him.

He had already seen Xu Qingyun's methods and had no intention of betraying him.

This person is terrible.

In fact, Takeda has never met Xu Qingyun. He has only met Yan Ming at the Shanghai station and his liaison officer. He still doesn't know what Xu Qingyun looks like.

(End of this chapter)