Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Chapter 93 Flood washed away the Dragon King Temple

"Indeed, I discovered this as soon as I arrived at the pharmacy today. I'm of course okay with the Imperial soldiers being around, but there were also unidentified people staring at me. I had to figure this out first! I think you know that I encountered the same situation at the big pharmacy in Manchuria!"

"Aoki-kun, don't worry. We'll make arrangements right away. We'll arrest those two spies and interrogate them secretly, and we'll find out!"

The agents arranged by Watanabe Watanabe were very efficient. With six people and two cars, they dragged the two well-disguised spies to a secret base near Nishi Honganji Temple in just one hour.

Watanabe Watanabe and his team also rented a three-story building near Nishi Honganji Temple on Zhapu Road. To be specific, it should be a four-story building. The basement was a temporary prison and interrogation room, equipped with all the interrogation equipment such as electric chairs, hooks, stoves, crosses, etc.!
Nishi Honganji Temple is not far from the Consulate General. Chen Jiehua took Mio and Watanabe Watanabe from the Consulate General and drove for 10 minutes. When they arrived at the interrogation room in the secret building, the two young spies had already been hung on the cross.

"Mr. Aoki, the equipment here is all newly developed by the Empire. They have been shipped here but haven't been used yet!"

"That's perfect, let's eat them first!"

The two men spoke loudly in Japanese, and the two young spies trembled all over when they heard it, shouting, "Commanders, whatever you want to ask, whatever you want to know, we will confess everything we know!"

"Watanabe-kun, the prisoners need to be interrogated separately. These two are arguing so much!"

The two little spies were quickly separated, and one was dragged out into another room.

"Mio, this isn't a good place for you. Go up and sit for a while."

"Come on, tell me who sent you here, and what are you doing in front of my pharmacy? Two of you will be questioned separately. If there's even one point where they disagree, we'll both beat you together until you agree."

"Commander Aoki, we have no ill intentions. We are from the Party Affairs Investigation Division, and our special envoys are friends with many of the officers at your consulate general!"

"Hey, you even know my name is Aoki!"

"Commander Aoki, seriously, we're not lying. We're from the Party Affairs Investigation Division. Our special envoy's surname is Yang. You can ask. The head of the Consulate General knows everything!"

"Mr. Aoki, it seems there's this guy in the Republic of China. He's very good at socializing, speaks Mandarin very well, has good relationships with all the superiors, and often treats us to drinks."

Watanabe whispered in his ear.

"Special Envoy Yang? You have a good relationship with the officers at the Consulate General, right?"

The little spy nodded quickly.

With a "slap!", Qing Mu Qiao slapped him, and then slapped him again with his backhand. After two standard Japanese slaps, Qing Mu Qiao continued, "He has a good relationship with the head of the consulate, and sent you to watch my pharmacy? He doesn't know who I am? Did he want to take medicine? Or did he take the wrong medicine?"

The young spy was stunned and didn't come to his senses.

"Let's go ask the other one. If the answer is different, it won't be a slap in the face!"

Chen Jiehua thought to himself, damn, the Party Affairs Investigation Section is just the predecessor of the Central Bureau of Investigation. They're specifically targeting our organization. They're so servile and cowardly towards foreigners and Japanese, but they're even more ruthless than anyone else in arresting our comrades. Let's beat them up first to vent our anger! Turning to the other room, it was actually two underground interrogation rooms connected together. Chen Jiehua had just left the door open while questioning and slapping people. The guy next door heard it all. This Aoki is so fierce, he even slapped people! The young spy was so scared that his legs were shaking and he couldn't stand.

Seeing this scene, Chen Jiehua became even more angry and started the fight with two slaps.

The little spy finally finished his story, trembling. The content was similar to the previous one. Special Agent Yang just asked them to keep an eye on the pharmacy, count the number of people entering and leaving, and see who came in and out repeatedly every day. If they found anyone behaving suspiciously, they should go back and report.

"What's this trick? Counting the number of people? Looking for repeat customers? Is it suspicious if they come to buy drugs every day?"

"Watanabe-kun, I can't figure out the reason why Special Envoy Yang did this. Why don't you just invite Special Envoy Yang here and ask him face to face?"

"Ha!" Watanabe Watanabe led the team personally and went out without driving. The Party Affairs Investigation Section's Shanghai office is located in Dadeli, North Sichuan Road, only a mile away on foot. Watanabe Watanabe knew the location.

After Watanabe led the team away, Chen Jiehua returned to the first floor and found Mio. "It's a bit strange. It's from the Republic of China Fruit Party's Party Affairs Investigation Section. They said it was instructed by a special commissioner named Yang to measure the number of people entering and leaving our pharmacy every day!"

Because there were outsiders and it was a strange place, Mio nodded without saying anything.

Chen Jiehua sat in the hall, waiting and thinking, "What's going on with this Party Affairs Investigation Section? Counting heads? Aren't they just following Lao Zhao? If they're not following Lao Zhao, then what does it mean that someone is also following Lao Zhao at the other places he went? This special envoy has a problem with his brain!"

Chen Jiehua sat in the lobby on the first floor for less than a quarter of an hour when Watanabe Watanabe came back with his team!
Following behind Watanabe Watanabe was a middle-aged man with a standard square face, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and a popular 2:8 side-parted hairstyle. He was dressed like an elite. Aoki Qiao frowned and stared at him.

Watanabe walked up to Aoki Qiao and whispered in his ear, "Aoki-kun, this is Mr. Yang. I asked him on the way, and Mr. Yang said he was commissioned by the headquarters, Mr. Okamura, to count the number of customers at your pharmacy."

This classmate Watanabe Watanabe actually spoke up for the special envoy and even brought him here without resorting to any trickery! It seems he's benefited a lot from him.

"Mr. Aoki, I'm sorry. I'm Yang Dengying, a graduate of Waseda University. I'm a good friend of Mr. Okamura Neiji. Mr. Okamura even mentioned you when he was in Shanghai!"

Yang Dengying started off by greeting people in fluent Japanese, first bringing up General Okamura Yasuji, and then hinting that Okamura Yasuji had mentioned you during his time in Shanghai.

"Mr. Yang speaks Japanese very well!" Chen Jiehua responded in Japanese without picking up his words.

"Mr. Aoki, thank you for your compliment. I studied and lived in the Empire for many years, and after returning to Japan, I also worked for Japanese institutions, so I use Japanese quite a lot. I am truly sorry for my rudeness this time. Please allow me to explain."

"Please!" They had already mentioned General Okamura Yasuji, so they couldn't let him stand and talk all the time. Aoki Qiao pointed to a chair and asked Yang Dengying to sit down, and hinted to Watanabe to go and pour some water.

Since this person was a good friend of Okamura Yasuji, and he said that Okamura had mentioned him to him, it must be true. At that time, he was still in the Army Academy, and it was normal for Okamura to come to Shanghai specifically to say goodbye, so it was normal for him to mention himself to him.

"Mr. Aoki, this is what happened. Not long after your pharmacy opened, Mr. Okamura sent me a telegram asking me to help look after it. I was so busy at the time that I forgot about it!"

(End of this chapter)