You were allowed to marry into No. 76 family, and you were promoted to director?

Chapter 271 Chess Pieces
Sakata Yamato replied with a wry smile:

"Sir, what do we do now? Should we proceed according to the previously agreed-upon plan?"

Iwai Hisakawa rubbed his temples:
"Proceed according to plan. Although the Cathay Hotel has a group of uninvited guests, the intelligence from this oil exploration report has helped us. I believe that the Cathay Hotel now has not only agents from various countries, but also the Military Intelligence Bureau and the underground party."

Right now, Iwai Hisakawa is only thinking about avoiding those foreigners when taking action, and taking down the Kuomintang secret police and underground party members who are part of the plan.

As for the oil exploration report, Iwai Hisakawa doesn't think it's real.

Sakata Yamato hesitated for a few seconds, but finally nodded. However, before leaving, he asked again:

"Sir, should we head to the Cathay Hotel ahead of time regarding the oil exploration report?"

Iwai Hisakawa gave a cold laugh:
"Ha, what's the use of going there in advance? Since someone dares to use this thing for a transaction, it means he has already contacted a buyer, and even those agents from various countries gathered in the hotel are his buyers."

"However, judging from the current situation, that person has not shown up, or rather, has not revealed his identity or made contact or trade with them. What does this mean?"

Looking at Iwai Hirokawa, who was dressed in a sharp suit, had a buzz cut, and a wolf-like, hawk-like gaze, Sakata Yamato frowned slightly and replied:

"This means the real buyer hasn't arrived yet!"

Iwai Ogawa laughed, his sinister face making him look somewhat terrifying.

"That's right. The real buyers haven't arrived yet. Those international agents gathered at the Cathay Hotel probably only got information that such a transaction was taking place at the hotel. Even these cats that smelled blood haven't succeeded. If we enter the scene too early, it will only add one more variable, and it won't have much impact on the outcome."

"Instead of doing that, we might as well stay in the background for now and see if we can find out the truth. If not, then we'll have a good talk with this group of black cats and white cats when the plan begins."

At this point, Iwai Ogawa suddenly stopped. Under Sakata Yamato's questioning gaze, after a long while, Iwai Ogawa smiled and said:

"Of course, we also need to make it clear to them that our Ministry of Foreign Affairs is indeed at the Cathay Hotel for Prince Tojo's sake."

"Take Li Xiangjun to the Huamao Hotel. Also, find someone clever, preferably someone who can subtly reveal the true purpose of Prince Tojo's visit."

Sakata Yamato was completely bewildered and looked at Iwai Hisakawa with confusion, asking:

"The real purpose? To make a movie?"

Indeed, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received orders from the Cabinet that Prince Tojo had come to Shanghai to find Li Xiangjun to make a movie. This was Prince Tojo's real purpose in coming to Shanghai.

"Baga! Idiot!"

"The real purpose, of course, is the oil exploration report! I want to let the agents of various countries use their imaginations, and preferably make them believe that Prince Tojo is the buyer!"

Sakata Yamato was even more confused after hearing this:
"Sir, if we do this, won't we be covering for the real buyer? Once they complete the transaction, how will we get that report?"

Iwai Hisakawa now feels that he has far too few talented people under his command.

Yamao Yuki is one, but Iwai Ogawa doesn't trust him because he knows that Yamao Yuki is very likely the subordinate of the woman he least wants to see in his life.

However, Sakata Yamato was too rigid; he insisted on giving instructions for everything.

"Can't you use your brain? Do you think those agents at the Cathay Hotel would just stand by and watch them complete the transaction smoothly?"

"I did this so that those who really want to make the deal would also think that their plan is very secretive and that they have Prince Tojo as a cover. In this way, they might delay the deal until at least when Prince Tojo arrives."

As for whether this deal will be brought forward?

Iwai Hisakawa wasn't worried at all. Those foreign agents weren't pushovers. The difficulty of completing a transaction under their noses was unimaginable.

Therefore, if it were Iwai Hisakawa, he would also wait for the most opportune moment, which would be when Prince Tojo arrives in Shanghai and checks into the Cathay Hotel.

As long as the transaction doesn't take place, everyone's attention will be focused on Prince Tojo, to see who has been in contact with him.

And that's when the opportunity arises.

Those who strategize often gain the upper hand. While everyone else's attention was drawn to Prince Tojo, Iwai Hisakawa was confident that he could find the real deal among them.

"Just do as I say, and don't ask any other questions."

"Hi!"

By evening, the police had withdrawn from the Cathay Hotel, but remained stationed at all the hotel's exits.

Seeing that it was already 7:30, after finishing dinner, Zhao Xuan and Lan Zehuizi, who were standing on the balcony in their room, looked at the convoy heading towards the Huamao Hotel.

"The big stars certainly have a grand entourage."

Zhao Xuan said with a smile, while Lan Zehuizi pursed her lips:

"I've heard that Li Xiangjun was a great beauty."

Zhao Xuan smiled without saying a word; the scanning mode was already activated.

Li Xiangjun arrived under the escort of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but Zhao Xuan was slightly taken aback by the appearance of her assistant.

Su Min!

Previously, the members of Dawn, codenamed Crescent Moon, were partners with Huang Qingzhi.

However, not much time has passed since Zhao Xuan last saw Su Min and Huang Qingzhi, and he still can't figure out how Su Min became Li Xiangjun's assistant.
Moreover, Li Xiangjun had been developing her career in Chongqing, but after the printing factory in Eling was burned down, she suddenly appeared in Shanghai.

According to the intelligence provided by the mountain city, Li Xiangjun is closely related to the Eling Printing Factory incident.

Since that incident, Li Xiangjun's background has been thoroughly investigated.

Her parents are both Japanese, but she was born and raised in China.

Previously, when I was developing my career in Chongqing, the movies I acted in and the songs I sang were generally without any problems.

After arriving in Shanghai, Li Xiangjun immediately became a guest of honor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and also became Tojo Jun's favorite leading lady.

It seems that the Japanese had been in contact with Li Xiangjun for a very long time.

"Yamao-kun!"

Aizawa Keiko was somewhat surprised, not expecting that the person who brought Li Xiangjun to the Huamao Hotel was actually Yamao Jun from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Zhao Xuan naturally noticed Shan Xiongxun's presence as well.

"Keiko, how much do you think Yamao Jun knows?" Aizawa Keiko shook her head. Logically speaking, Yamao Jun shouldn't be here, since his work involves foreign diplomatic affairs.

Clearly, Li Xiangjun was not qualified to be personally delivered by Shan Xiongxun.

"I don't know, but Yamagami sent Li Xiangjun over, probably because of Uncle Tojo."

After speaking, Lan Ze Huizi looked at Zhao Xuan:

"By the way, Kishimoto-kun has also joined the Huamao Hotel. When you went to the restroom after dinner, Kishimoto came to see me and said that a new batch of waiters had been transferred to the Huamao Hotel. It seems that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was not comfortable with the previous waiters and transferred a new batch."

"Ah Xuan, how many of these new waiters do you think are Kuomintang agents or underground party members?"

Zhao Xuan was also very curious about this. He didn't know if there were any Kuomintang agents inside, but he guessed that there were no Kuomintang agents there.

Otherwise, wouldn't all the information I sent out in advance have been wasted?

"The calm before the storm, Keiko. Should we go and explore the possibility with Yamano?"

Aizawa Keiko immediately rejected it:

"No, our identities haven't been exposed yet. Let's try to avoid Yamano Yuki. That way, when Uncle Tojo arrives, we can take the initiative."

"If the Ministry of Foreign Affairs finds out about our visit to the Cathay Hotel too early, Iwai Ogawa will be on guard, so we probably won't achieve the effect we want."

When the police searched the place, Aizawa Keiko tolerated it all; there was no need to expose their whereabouts at the Hua Mao Hotel just to ask Yamao Shun for some information.

Currently, the only person from the Special Higher Police (TAT) officially stationed at the Cathay Hotel is Osamu Kishimoto.

As for Kishimoto Osamu, he was the one Aizawa Keiko used to attract other people's attention.

Before Tojo Jun arrives, Aizawa Keiko doesn't want to reveal herself yet.

Furthermore, Bobby is very likely the one with the oil exploration report. If he knew that the head of the Special Higher Police had arrived at the Cathay Hotel, he would probably hide the report even more carefully.

It will be much more difficult to find it again later.

Thinking of this, Lan Zehui tugged at Zhao Xuan's sleeve:

"Ah Xuan, what do you think are the chances that Bobby has an oil exploration report?"

Zhao Xuan laughed upon hearing this:

“During dinner, I went to the restroom and checked the room reservations. Before Prince Tojo arrived, there were no foreigners among the reservations, so there’s a high probability that the oil exploration report is in Bobby’s hands. At least, as it stands, that report could only be in his possession.”

Aizawa Keiko breathed a sigh of relief:

“That’s what I think too. Bobby’s identity has been investigated. He’s an information broker who travels all over the world. Judging from his past transactions, the information Bobby has sold has never been wrong.”

"I think everyone should now focus their attention on Bobby. Agents from Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom have all entered Bobby's room to some extent."

"But for a seasoned intelligence broker like Bobby, his skill in hiding things is beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and since he's come to the Cathay Hotel, the buyer must be here too!"

Upon hearing Lan Zehui mention this matter, Zhao Xuan's heart stirred.

No way! No way!?
Zhao Xuan suddenly remembered that Dao Ya had said she would invite a buyer to the Hua Mao Hotel to discuss business, and that she would bring Sato Ai along.

Could this buyer be Bobby?
No, Bobby is clearly the seller!
"Ah Xuan, what are you thinking about?"

Noticing that Zhao Xuan was in a daze, Lan Zehui asked him curiously.

Zhao Xuan smiled and shook his head:
"It's nothing, I just feel that the situation at the Hua Mao Hotel is complicated right now, and it's very dangerous for Prince Tojo to come here."

Upon hearing this, Aizawa Keiko sighed with deep concern:

"Yes, Iwai Hisakawa had already caused enough trouble by attracting the attention of the underground Communist Party and the Military Intelligence Bureau, but an intelligence report on oil exploration has made the situation even more complicated."

At this point, Aizawa Keiko's expression became even more serious:

“There’s one more thing, Ah-Hsuan. Didn’t you mention those Koreans who live on the same floor as us before? I’ve already had the Special Higher Police investigate them, but they’ve only found out the identity of one of them.”

Seeing Zhao Xuan looking over curiously, Lan Zehuizi continued:
"It's Lee Jik-jae, who lives in room 308. He's an agent of the South Korean provisional government. To put it bluntly, his identity is similar to that of the Military Intelligence Bureau."

"We couldn't find any clues about the other three people, but we can be sure that they weren't there for the oil exploration report, because they didn't have that intelligence at all."

Zhao Xuan already knew this, which is why he had the nanobugs keep an eye on these Koreans.

Their presence at the Hua Mao Hotel presents even greater uncertainty than Tojo Jun's arrival, because even now, Zhao Xuan still doesn't understand what they're planning to do.
"Huizi, if that's the case, then aren't we enemies with Lee Jik-jae? Will it be okay to let him go out there?"

Aizawa Keiko smiled, her lips pursed.
“Ah Xuan, you probably don’t know much about the nature of these people from South Korea. They are arrogant and conceited to the core, and hopelessly stupid.”

“Our Great Japanese Empire has ruled South Korea for many years and knows them inside and out. I can probably guess why these people are at the Cathay Hotel.”

Zhao Xuan's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Lan Zehui really guessed it?
As soon as the dialysis session started, Aizawa Keiko stated frankly:

"Their target might be Uncle Tojo."

Zhao Xuan's lips twitched slightly. Four people, and they've already been exposed. What do they have to kill Tojo Jun?
Rather than believing they would assassinate Tojo Jun, Zhao Xuan was more inclined to believe these people wanted to kidnap Li Xiangjun.
The sudden idea stunned Zhao Xuan.

These Korean guys, do they really want to kidnap Li Xiangjun?

will not!

In an instant, Zhao Xuan made a judgment.

To them, Li Xiangjun was of no value whatsoever.

Moreover, that assassin named An Ruoxian was prepared with a carbine. Using such a weapon, she was definitely going to assassinate someone. What's the big deal about killing Li Xiangjun?
Moreover, Li Xiangjun has already entered the Huamao Hotel, but those Koreans are still doing their own thing in the room, completely uninterested in Li Xiangjun's arrival.

In this complex situation involving multiple forces, Zhao Xuan can now confirm five points.

The first group of Americans, Toles and Jenny, the Russians, Gammalev and Sofia, and the British, Churchill and Bobby, were all there for the oil exploration report, and they had already identified Bobby, the intelligence broker who checked in at noon today.

The group from the second country has ulterior motives, which are not yet clear, but it is certain that they are after someone, and that person is already inside the Cathay Hotel.

(End of this chapter)