Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Chapter 92: Discovery of an unknown new force

Lao Zhao, what's going on with the two tails outside the pharmacy? "

"There have been a lot of these people in Shanghai recently, always in pairs. I've seen them in several places, but they don't follow others, and we can't avoid them. They don't bother us, and we can't take the initiative to go after them."

There is such a thing!
Zhao Shiyu’s words surprised Chen Jiehua. He knew that there were suddenly so many more people in Shanghai recently, but he didn’t pay much attention to it!

Chen Jiehua decided to catch the two little spies first, but for now, he lacked a secret house nearby. Now this busy street was crowded with people, Lao Zhou was thin and small, and Meixu was a woman, so it would not be easy to deal with him!

"Old Zhao, is the organization planning any major events in Shanghai?"

Zhao Shiyu tilted his head and looked at Chen Jiehua without saying a word. "Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to pry into anything. I'm just reminding you to be careful! You must have been acting suspiciously and frequently recently. You must have revealed some flaws and been targeted by the spies outside!"

"Are you sure the little spies were targeting me? They've been here for three days. They didn't follow me when I left."

"Old Zhao, are you getting a little carried away by the success of your last extermination? Letting your guard down is irresponsible to your comrades! Even Old Zhou out there saw through it!"

"Lao Zhou? Lao Zhou is back?!"

"Old Zhou discovered it outside yesterday, but he didn't dare come in to look for you!"

"Don't interrupt me for now. Think about it again. Where have you been these past few days? Have you seen these two-person spies near those places? They didn't follow you because they were afraid you'd be alerted! But there must be people taking their place somewhere else!"

"The organization does have an important task, but I can't tell you."

"I didn't ask you to reveal the organization's secrets! I don't want to know the organization's secrets either! The key now is that you have to recall which places you have been to. While Lao Zhou and Meixi are outside, we should hurry up and check these locations. If they are all targeted, these positions must be abandoned! The comrades who are targeted must be relocated!"

"Or, just eliminate all the spies and those who planted the spies. Write the important addresses to me, and I'll give them to Lao Zhou and Meixi outside. Have them run separate trips to investigate as soon as possible, otherwise there will be trouble."

"Don't touch the spies outside for now, so as not to alert the enemy. We need to first find out who released them and who is behind them."

Zhao Shiyu recalled the several alternative locations that he and his comrades in the organization had searched for in the past three days, and wrote to Chen Jiehua. Chen Jiehua went out to find Lao Zhou and Meixu and acted separately.

Mio has been hanging around outside a lot recently looking for a house or a store. Many real estate agents in Shanghai and many local tyrants know that this Japanese lady is looking for a house to open a pharmacy.

On the other hand, Lao Zhou is a new face. He came back from America and came to Shanghai to find a place to live. He has all the necessary documents and there is no problem.

After the two of them finished their investigation and returned to 73 Jisifei Road, Chen Jiehua was already waiting at home. After a quick investigation, they found all six locations Zhao Shiyu had given them!

"Mio, do you have an emergency radio for the Organizational Intelligence Department? Send a message as soon as possible to alert the organization. All six locations are abandoned! All comrades who have appeared in these six locations in the past few days must dive deep or evacuate!"

"What should we do, Lao Zhao?"

"I've asked Lao Zhao to post a job posting at the entrance of the pharmacy. You'll go apply for the position of new pharmacy manager later. Have him take you to the location on Chongqing North Road. We'll open our second chain store there!"

"You mean to say that a false signal was sent to the spies outside, and that Lao Zhao has been out looking for the address of a new store these days?"

"Yes, this will gradually eliminate suspicion and prevent Lao Zhao from leaving. I will announce my identity in the next two days and start expanding my pharmacy. I will also open two more stores in these places."

"Then we'll have the Japanese step in and muddy the waters together."

In the afternoon, Chen Jiehua and Fujiwara Mio drove to the Consulate General in Shanghai. Aoki Takashi's status was now significantly different from when he arrived half a year ago. Furthermore, he was already married, making him a legitimate son-in-law of the Fujiwara family. The consulate staff were much more welcoming. After receiving a report from the gatekeeper, and with Chen Jiehua deliberately slowing down, Shigemitsu Mamoru arrived at the staircase in the lobby to greet him.

After a round of hypocritical greetings, the three of them came to Shigemitsu Mamoru's office.

"Mr. Consul General..."

"Hey! We're getting estranged! You're married now! You should just follow Mio and call me Uncle Aoi!"

"Uncle Kui!"

"Hahaha, Yoshi! Aoki, you say."

"Well, Uncle Kui, the joint document from the headquarters and the cabinet should have arrived in Shanghai. I'd like to know how to complete the handover of Tongwen Academy."

"Oh, I've seen the official document. You can go to Tongwen Academy to take over at any time! The relevant requirements have been notified to the principal's office."

"There's also personnel arrangements. Aoki and Mio need Uncle Aoi's support. Please arrange some assistants for us!"

"No problem! Uncle Aoi knows that Aoki prefers classmates and alumni of the NCO Academy. There are currently five people from the Consulate General's NCO Academy, including your classmate Watanabe Watanabe. They've all been arranged for you! The east half of the first floor office and conference room are for your use first."

"Oh! Uncle Aoi is so nice! Thank you so much, Uncle Aoi!" Mio interrupted to express her gratitude at the right time.

Qing Mu Qiao stood up and bowed deeply, "Thank you, Uncle Aoi!"

"Hahaha, Mio, just come to the consulate more often to talk to the old man!"

"Misao will definitely come more often in the future, I'm afraid she'll disturb Uncle Aoi's work!"

"Hey! No need to delay, chatting with Mio is also work! You guys go, the five of them should be ready downstairs!"

"Okay, goodbye Uncle Kui!"

The two men went downstairs, led by Watanabe Watanabe. The five young lieutenants were indeed ready and saluted in unison. The gap was too big, the other party was already a colonel!
"Watanabe-kun! You're too polite. We're classmates, there's no need to be so serious! Come on, fellow warriors of the Imperial Military Academy, let's go to the conference room and make some arrangements."

After arriving at the conference room and having some conversation, it turned out that Watanabe came to Shanghai to be in charge of secret espionage work, and he already had a group of secret spies under him, all of whom were graduates of Tongwen College!

Of the other four Army graduates, two graduated last year and two just graduated this year. They are green hands and perfect for training!

"Watanabe-kun, those people outside my pharmacy are ours, right? Arranged by Uncle Okamura from the headquarters?"

"Aoki-kun, I'm sorry, but we can only follow the orders from headquarters! Please forgive me!"

"Brother Watanabe, you misunderstood. I don't mean to blame you. My uncle had good intentions in arranging his own people to protect the pharmacy. However, these past few days, two unidentified people have been watching my big pharmacy. Have you noticed?"

“There is such a thing!”

(End of this chapter)