Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Chapter 131 The Launch of the Heart-Questioning Project

"These stores all changed management around May, right? Have you compared the cash flow statements before and after? What changes have occurred?"

"The amount of money received has decreased, but many other stores have also seen a decrease in money received since June, some even more so than these stores. Higuchi said it might be because the medicine reserves of families in Shanghai have reached a saturation point, which is a normal phenomenon, so I didn't pay much attention to it."

"Come on, show me the intelligence gathered by the two intelligence lines over the past year."

Are other stores also reducing their stock? Is it a stockpiling saturation point? Higuchi actually knows this? Or has the trap I set already taken effect? ​​This is too fast!
Chen Jiehua couldn't find the information he was looking for in the intelligence classification register that Meixu had brought out.

"Did Higuchi Keishiro compile, register, and report these to you?"

"Yes, what exactly are you looking for?"

"I can't say, but I have a feeling that a storm is brewing. This year, the intelligence network of pharmacies in Shanghai has been too complacent. Those few claps of thunder just now reminded me that beneath the calm night, a huge bomb could explode at any moment! But I can't find any clues at the moment."

"Could it be because Higuchi-kun's focus on intelligence is too biased towards the army and the economy, neglecting other areas and missing some seemingly unimportant but potentially important information?"

Where did you keep the original intelligence?

“They are all in the warehouse of Nishi Honganji Temple. They will be archived and stored in chronological order according to your request. Anything older than one year will be destroyed.”

"The organization was established last December, which means that the warehouse currently stores complete, original intelligence that has never been destroyed, right?"

"Tomorrow is New Year's Day, Higuchi probably won't go that early. When you go and see him, ask him to find out all the information that the fast runners have gathered from these stores over the past year."

"I'll arrange for someone else to audit the accounts."

"You suspect that the managers sent by these organizations are problematic?"

"What are you thinking? A few shopkeepers can't cause any real trouble. Do you remember when I told you to find an organization, leave the red team, and try to avoid certain people?"

"You mean Mr. Gu?"

"Yes, just now downstairs, I closed my eyes and looked at the sky, thinking through all sorts of things. When I got to his name, my heart was pounding! So I still think there's something seriously wrong with him! My intuition is usually very accurate."

Chen Jiehua could only make up a reason, tell a small lie, and attribute the source of his suspicion to his intuition.

"You suspect that Mr. Gu will betray us?"

"Mio, I'm not suspecting anyone, but my intuition is bad right now. I'm looking for the root cause, for clues. I want to integrate the fragmented information, make a comprehensive judgment, and find the most likely point in advance!"

“I understand what you mean. Since we met, you have told me to avoid Mr. Gu from the beginning, but he is, after all, a superior, and he also directly led our Red Team. There are many things that cannot be avoided.”

“But ever since you told me, I’ve been paying special attention to Mr. Gu’s intelligence. All the intelligence I’ve gathered about Mr. Gu this year is here. Organizational principles don’t allow comrades to spy on each other, so these are just some trivial matters that I’ve collected quickly.”

Fujiwara Mio pulled a metal box out from under the bed! Looks like we still need to communicate more!

She had been keeping it hidden all along, and was planning to go to Nishi Honganji Temple tomorrow to slowly look for clues, but Mio had already collected them here!
Where can you find such a treasure of a wife!

"Mio, you really are..."

"You take care of external affairs, and I'll take care of internal affairs! I'll do a good job with the logistics to reduce your burden."

"Then I won't say anything more. Come on, help me categorize and lay everything out. I think we can start my 'Questioning My Heart' project now!"

"Operation 'Question Your Heart'?" "Yes, ask your own heart, ask his heart, ask the organization's heart!"

"So you were thinking about this when you were downstairs just now?"

"I guess so. There's always been a knot in my heart that's holding me back and preventing me from giving my all. So I'm going to start this 'Questioning My Heart' project."

“Let’s call our people the Red Phoenix Group. I’ve arranged for Lao Zhao to go to the Northeast. Things there are very important, and time is of the essence. He won’t be back for a while.”

"I transferred Liu Junze back to arrange other important tasks; Lao Zhou is in the United States, and his mission has also reached a critical stage. It won't work if there's no one to lead it there."

“Mr. Ozaki is in charge of providing support and collecting first-hand intelligence at headquarters, which is also very important. He can’t leave, so the two of us have to take charge here ourselves.”

"I think Teng Qi is worth training. He has an ordinary appearance, but he is very agile, quick-witted, and obedient. I think he is worth training."

"We won't use these maids right away; they haven't finished their quarantine period yet. There are only seven left now. I plan to keep two by my side, send two to Nanjing, send two to the organization as spies, and send one to Wuhan. We'll never have enough manpower."

"Can I ask my family for a few?"

"Whether we decouple from our family or not, there will be trouble. My father-in-law is not simple. I've thought about it before, and it's better to be cautious. But we can't use it right now, so we won't consider it for the time being."

"Meixu, now that you've been keeping track of Gu Shunzhang's information for a year, can you quickly identify any instances of his behavior in Shanghai that violate organizational principles?"

"I believe the biggest problem lies here: No. 802 Weihaiwei Road, British Concession, the Gu Mansion."

"Gu Mansion? He's a head of the Red Party's Special Branch, naming his residence Gu Mansion? Didn't any of the other comrades in the organization object?"

"I don't know if they raised any objections, since I'm not qualified to attend the organization's meetings, but judging from intelligence, Number 5 is very opposed to this, and there have already been conflicts between the two sides?"

“I knew it. How could the organization allow such blatant corruption? I don’t want him to use the money I worked so hard to earn for corruption.”

"The origin of this house is also a big problem. It originally belonged to a local wealthy businessman. Two years ago, the gang framed the businessman, and the house was occupied by the Green Gang. Mr. Gu rented the house in the name of the organization."

"Wait a minute, Gu Shunzhang rented this house from the Green Gang in the name of the organization? That means he used public funds to rent the house, and then what? He used public funds to renovate and decorate it? And then named it Gu Mansion?"

Yes. That's basically the direction it's heading.

"Is Gu Shunzhang on good terms with the Green Gang?"

"Mr. Gu..."

"Stop calling me Mr. Gu, it makes me uncomfortable. Just say my name!"

“Alright. Gu Shunzhang is from the Green Gang, and he is sworn brothers with two big shots from the Green Gang, Gu Zhuxuan and Gu Xingxuan, who belong to the Tong generation.”

"He joined the organization, but are they still entangled? Or have they never truly severed ties?"

"The lotus root hasn't broken! It turns out there are members of the Green Gang in the Red Team. Some time ago, Gu Shunzhang even organized the Red Team to help Gu Xingxuan kill his enemies and seize territory!"

"Damn it! This is utter nonsense!"

(End of this chapter)