Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Kenji Doihara pushed two more junior agents out the door, then rushed out himself, only to be shot in the left shoulder by a sniper rifle. He screamed and slumped against the wall.

The two ronin guards who followed behind were eager to protect their master and were instantly killed by crossfire.

As the first group of agents followed them out the back door, the second group had already blocked Kenji Doihara's path.

This spy, known by the Kwantung Army as "Lawrence of the East," is attempting suicide by shooting himself.

A quick-thinking Chinese agent kicked his pistol away and said in fluent Kagoshima Japanese, "Lord Doihara, the general is waiting for you at the port. If you die, it will be our dereliction of duty."

Kenji Doihara was bound hand and foot and put into a car, which headed towards the port.

At this moment, the North China Garrison Army located at Haiguang Temple had just received news that two groups from the Aoki Agency and the Doi-man Agency had started fighting and drawn guns!
"Nani?"

In the eyes of the officers at the North China Garrison Command, the intelligence agencies on both sides were Japanese, so it didn't matter how much they fought, right?
So everyone just took it lightly; they were used to their constant fighting. The feud between Aoki Seigen and Doihara Kenji had a long history, and it wasn't appropriate for us to get involved; getting involved with either side wouldn't be good.

Why would Doihara's organization have so few people in Tianjin?

Because the agents of the Bansai Agency had received a secret order from Bansai Keiko, they all withdrew to the agency's headquarters in Beiping before Yang Dengying launched his operation.

As required by secret orders, the agents of the former Bansai Agency secretly took control of Aoto Nana and brought her to Beiping.

People from the Bansai Agency are not allowed to enter Tianjin, nor are they allowed to interfere in the feud between Kenji Doihara and Seigen Aoki.

Chen Jiehua's timing was impeccable. The telegram was sent after the fleet arrived in the Yellow Sea. Yang Dengying's surprise attack was swift. By the time the fleet reached Tianjin Port, the trucks escorting Doihara had also arrived at the port.

"Yang-kun! How did things turn out like this? Didn't we tell you to properly invite Doihara-kun?"

"General Aoki, please let Tōei explain. We were going to invite him, but as soon as we entered, Doihara-kun's guards drew their swords and rushed over. We don't know whose gun went off accidentally, but then a melee ensued, and that's how it ended up like this."

"Oh, what a pity, Mr. Yang. Your command was flawed. Even if Mr. Doihara betrayed the country, he is still a general of the empire before he is tried."

"Go back and punish yourself with three months' salary, then stand facing the wall in repentance!"

"Hi!"

“Shibayama-kun, look, since things have come to this, why don’t we invite Doihara-kun to the flagship first?”

Kenji Doihara was hit in the left shoulder by a heavy bullet from a sniper rifle, and the blood kept flowing. He was in excruciating pain and had no time to care about the charade that Aoki Seigen and Yang Dengying were putting on.

"Aoki-kun, what did you say? I betrayed my country? You're the one who betrayed my country!"

"Slap!" Aoki Seigen slapped Doihara's fat left cheek.

"Bullshit! I already have evidence of your treason, and you still ordered your guards to go to Shanghai to arrest me, imprisoning and torturing me for more than half a year!"

"Slap!" Aoki Seigen slapped Doihara's fat right cheek again.

Finally, it's symmetrical.

"Wait, something's not right, it's asymmetrical."

"Slap!" Aoki Seigen delivered another slap.

Feeling relieved now.

Shibayama Masao watched from afar, thinking to himself, "Sigh, it seems that Aoki-kun has really suffered a lot. Let him slap him a few times to vent his anger."

"Baka! Aoki Seigen, you're talking nonsense. I didn't catch you! I ran into you in Tianjin in June, and you blew me unconscious with your grenade." *Slap!* Another slap.

"Bullshit! If I had knocked you unconscious with a grenade back in June, would you still be alive today?"

"Doihara-kun, you're just making this up. Wait until we get to Tokyo, then we'll see how you try to deny it."

"Slap!" Chen Jiehua slapped him again. "Sorry, it's asymmetrical again."

"Yes, it's symmetrical now. Lord Chaishan, Qingxuan has a bit of OCD. He just doesn't like looking at swollen faces. If he has to look at them, then both sides must be symmetrical."

"Aoki-kun, please do as you please. Masaki didn't see anything."

On the flagship, after everyone else had left, only Chen Jiehua remained in the cabin where Doihara was imprisoned.

Looking at the disheveled, fat man in front of him, Chen Jiehua lost interest and suddenly lost all interest in torturing and humiliating him.

Whether due to historical reasons or memories from past lives, it was quite natural for the two to become rivals, tacitly accepting each other as rivals.

However, most of the time it was Chen Jiehua who was scheming against Kenji Doihara, gradually leading him into his trap.

"Senior brother, we've been fighting for ten years now. Can you tell me the truth? Why did you have to target Qingxuan back then?"

"Back then? Perhaps your behavior back then was too abnormal. Although you were a new recruit in the Kwantung Army, you were a lieutenant colonel. Even if you wanted to open a pharmacy, you didn't need to curry favor with those Chinese military police."

"Is that why?"

"You're trying to curry favor with the Chinese military police without considering the gains or losses. You're running a pharmacy with no profit, and you even have to lose money. Where will your funds come from? Master Aoki can't possibly leave you a lot of money."

"Master Aoki's death was also very suspicious."

"Grandfather didn't leave Qingxuan any money, but he gave Qingxuan brains and skills. The Qingmu family all followed Grandfather's arrangements and devoted themselves to their respective fields, you know that, right?"

"I didn't know before that. I only found out after talking with the head of the Aoki family."

"But, senior brother, do you know? It was because of your intervention that Qingxuan lost control over penicillin!"

"These resources were supposed to be brought back to the Empire after they matured, but because of your interference, the American government found out about them, and the American military eventually intervened and took away the formula! If Qingxuan hadn't gone to receive them in time, the Empire might not have even gotten the formula!"

"Hehehe, who knows who you'll give the formula to after you get it?"

"Senior brother, you're just out of your element. You think that after following Grandfather for so long, you've achieved less than a little kid like me, right? Don't deny it!"

"That's true to some extent. But that happened later."

"You don't have to commit treason just to strike at Qingxuan!"

Upon hearing this, Doihara suddenly realized, "Oh, I see! This kid was recording!"
"Hehehe, Aoki Seigen, or rather, are you Chen Jiehua? Trying to trick me? I'm not falling for it. Or how about this, tell me who you really are? Then I might reluctantly cooperate with you."

If the bedbugs don't fall for it, it's fine. The first part has already been recorded; we can just delete the later part.

“It’s alright to tell you. Back then, Chen Jiehua talked to me, we had a conflict, and I accidentally strangled him to death.”

"I really didn't intend to kill him. Later, I had no choice but to bury him by the river near the school. I know that Nagatomo Tsugio later conducted a secret investigation, but his approach was fundamentally flawed." (End of Chapter)