Spy Wars: Red Shopkeeper

Chapter 127 Interrogation
Secret Service Headquarters, Reception Room.

Wan Molin was not injured and even had tea to drink, but he didn't move.

Li Shiqun, sitting opposite him, smiled and said, "Excuse me, Mr. Wan, I invited you here today to ask you for a favor: to supply some Military Intelligence Bureau personnel."

Wan Molin first chuckled, then sneered, then burst into laughter, and finally his expression turned serious: "Director Li, are you kidding me? You've come to me with the Military Intelligence Bureau?"

"Is it that funny?" Li Shiqun smiled.

As soon as he said that, Wan Molin started laughing again. "Isn't it funny? Everyone knows that I, Wan Molin, am just a businessman. Director Li dragged me out all the way from the concession. If you're talking about taking advantage of me, I think that's normal. But if you're talking about going to the Military Intelligence Bureau, shouldn't I be laughing?"

"I don't want to beat around the bush in front of an open person." Li Shiqun's smile faded. "In Chongqing, Du Yuesheng was highly valued by both the Dai and Jiang families. He was the president of the Red Cross Society. To put it bluntly, just for transporting supplies, he couldn't possibly not use the Shanghai channels."

He has connections, so Director Dai can't possibly not use them. I've made myself clear enough, Mr. Wan. I don't want to make things too difficult for you. Just name one or two people, and I can let you go.

Wan Molin took a sip of tea, licked the tea leaves between his lips, and then watched Li Shiqun spit it on the ground with a disdainful expression.

Li Shiqun took a breath, a smile appearing on his lips: "Very well, it seems Mr. Wan is going to refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit. Guards!"

Someone walked in immediately.

Li Shiqun's expression changed instantly, and he said coldly to his subordinates, "In the interrogation room, give them a good welcome."

"Yes!"

The men reached out to grab Wan Molin, but Wan Molin broke free of their arms: "I can walk by myself."

In the interrogation room, the interrogation immediately began.

Once you get here, there's no room for sentimentality. Li Shiqun threatened him one last time, but Wan Molin still wouldn't say anything, his righteous and aloof demeanor being particularly annoying.

"start."

The whip, soaked in salt water, quickly lashed out at Wan Molin.

At the same time, the outside world.

The protests from the Municipal Council and the Municipal Works Bureau were quickly relayed to the Japanese Consulate.

Hasegawa Jinchuan had a headache after hearing this. He knew Wan Molin well; he was Du Yuesheng's chief steward and held a high position in the Green Gang.

The fact that the people from the Special Agent Headquarters blatantly broke into the concession to arrest people was something even he found crazy. It was too offensive. How could he explain it?

He then called Li Shiqun to ask if they could come up with a reasonable reason for arresting the person. If not, they should release the person, otherwise it would be even more difficult for them to ease relations with the concession.

But Li Shiqun refused, saying, "Mr. Hasegawa, I have no choice but to go this far. I have intelligence indicating that they are connected to the Chongqing Military Intelligence Bureau, and the Hongkou bombing incident is inextricably linked to them. If you want me to release the person, please have Mr. Yingzu call me. I'm sorry, I am currently interrogating someone and I need to hurry, otherwise the Chongqing elements will all run away once they receive the news. Goodbye."

Li Shiqun refused decisively. Hasegawa was also there that day and knew why Li Shiqun insisted on doing it. He put down the phone and simply called Kagesa directly.

When Yingzu heard about this, he said, "I understand what Hase-kun means. Do you think that arresting Wan Molin will affect the relationship between the concession and us?"

"If I release him, how will I explain the Hongkou bombing incident back at headquarters?"

Now that the news has spread, people from all walks of life have sprung into action.

The first people they targeted were those of Du Yuesheng from the Green Gang.

A group of people organized themselves and protested in front of the city government, the consulate, the public works department, and the municipal council.

Their protests stirred up the reporters' enthusiasm, who flocked to conduct interviews, finding amusement in the fact that even the major government departments dared not show up for interviews, in preparation for the next day's news.

In Chongqing, Director Dai responded as soon as the telegram from Shanghai arrived.

"Fight first, then talk. Wan Molin must be rescued!"

That evening, some drinking water in the HK area was poisoned. The poison was not serious; it was just a laxative.

Next came the power outage, but this time it wasn't caused by an explosion. Instead, the power lines leading to the HK area were severed, which physically rendered the Japanese maintenance personnel at the power plant ineffective.

Finally, a group of Green Gang members blocked the junction between the International Settlement and Hong Kong, stopping all vehicles transporting supplies and shouting in front of the Japanese military police.

"Listen up, you little Japanese! Release the hostages obediently! If you don't, we'll cut off your water, electricity, and food in Hong Kong. You won't get a single vegetable leaf!"

They spoke with such conviction that the military police dared not take action, after all, there were two ends to the bridge, one of them and the other of the British Royal Marines.

These marines used to be lazy and didn't care about anything, but today they really angered the Public Works Department. The British Royal Marines watched the show from the sidelines, clicking their rifle bolts to show their stance and warning the Japanese military police not to act rashly.

Gendarmerie Headquarters.

The newly arrived Jiro Miura clearly hadn't expected the Shanghai gangsters to be so audacious as to cut off the power to Hongkou.

After experiencing it firsthand, I decided to look for Kagesa.

Yingzuo replied: "Don't worry about it. Tonight, we'll make them cut off the power and vent their anger. I will urge the Special Agent Headquarters to complete the interrogation as soon as possible. As long as we get Wan Molin's confession and he admits to working for the Military Intelligence Bureau, everything will be resolved."

At that time, we can get the Special Agent Headquarters to apologize to the Municipal Council and the Municipal Council. Once they apologize, the matter will be over. Our arrests are considered arrests of anti-Japanese elements, and the reason is very reasonable.

Cutting off our power would be very unreasonable.

If the Municipal Council and the Municipal Workers' Council still do not come forward to repair our damaged power lines, then we will warn them that if they do not repair them, we will send troops into the concession to protect our engineers who are carrying out the repairs.

"Don't worry, with their capabilities, they absolutely won't dare let us send troops in. They'll definitely have the police drive the Green Gang members away."

Special Agent Headquarters. Li Shiqun received a phone call from Yingzuo urging him to get the confession quickly, and went down to the interrogation room.

"how's it going?"

"His shipping company manager has been confessed. They did transport some contraband. He only knows that it came from Chongqing, but he doesn't have a list of the specific people involved. He said it was Wan Molin who instructed them."

Where is Wan Molin?

“He was very stubborn and wouldn’t say anything. I confronted him with the statements of his subordinates, and he said he knew nothing about it and that his subordinates were making baseless accusations and that we had tortured them into confessing.”

"A pampered butler, so stubborn?" Li Shiqun asked, puzzled, as he entered Wan Molin's interrogation room.

Wan Molin was hanging from a rope with his hands raised, his body covered in countless whip marks, his head bowed, clearly exhausted.

"Splash him awake." Li Shiqun said, and his subordinates brought a basin of cold water and splashed it on his face.

It's still January, and if you pour a bucket of cold water on someone, they'll feel a bone-chilling cold.

Wan Molin shivered and woke up from the cold, his teeth chattering uncontrollably.

"Why bother?" Li Shiqun leaned back on the table and said calmly, "I told you, just name two people and I'll let you out. Your men have already confessed. Even if you had just said they were from the Military Intelligence Bureau, wouldn't this matter have been settled?"

Wan Molin glanced at him expressionlessly, but remained silent.

"Use electric shocks," Li Shiqun said.

"Yes." The subordinates stepped forward to untie Wan Molin, and the two of them placed Wan Molin on the electric chair, one on each side.

Each joint is fixed in place to ensure that a single electrical current will cause the whole body to tremble.

Li Shiqun said, "Mr. Wan may be seeing this for the first time. Before you use it, I would like to remind you that it will be very painful. Even if thousands of ants were biting you, it would still be only one-thousandth of this pain."

Even more serious is that whipping injuries can heal, but electric shocks can damage your internal organs and your brain. Once this damage is caused, it can never be fully recovered.

After you've endured this kind of torture, even if I release you, you might cough up blood from time to time, which means your lungs are damaged; you might experience back pain, which means your liver is damaged; and you might experience headaches, which means your brain is damaged.

You might become an idiot, a mentally challenged person. You might be punished and forget your own name, and simply tell me everything I want to know. For me, the result is the same, but for you, the difference is huge.

I really advise you, there's no need to take the blame for others. Just say a couple of names, and I can tell others that it was your subordinates who confessed. Wouldn't that settle the matter?

You should go back to being your head steward, living a comfortable and healthy life, right? You've helped Chongqing enough; it's time to think about yourself."

What he said made a lot of sense and was very tempting, but Wan Molin sat with his legs wide open and didn't say a word.

Li Shiqun waved his hand, and his subordinate came down to the power switch and pressed the switch.

In an instant, Wan Molin's body stiffened!
The next day, newspapers all over Shanghai were reporting on the reckless actions of the Secret Service headquarters.

Furthermore, because Wan Molin had not been released for a long time, the Green Gang members had turned their protests into vandalism and looting, and Shanghai was in chaos again.

Judicial Department.

Gu Yansheng received a call back from Boss Dai last night.

He was urged to lend a helping hand and rescue Wan Molin.

So he suggested to Boss Dai that the Green Gang should create chaos in Shanghai, the more chaotic the better.

Saving people isn't impossible, provided that Wan Molin hasn't betrayed them.

Yesterday's intervention was inappropriate; today is more or less the right time.

Gu Yansheng went to find Ling Xianwen.

Upon entering, he complained, "Secretary-General, what's going on with the Special Agent Headquarters? The situation in Shanghai was just starting to improve, so why are they stirring up trouble again?"
I just discussed the compensation amount for the foreign company with my staff, and now it's been vandalized again, so we have to pay more. Do they have too much money to burn?

"These people are idiots!" Ling Xianwen cursed without any restraint. "At this critical juncture, they don't even know how to restrain themselves! Of all people to mess with, they had to mess with Wan Molin! Do you think he's someone to be trifled with?"
Everyone in Shanghai knows that Du Yuesheng is loyal and generous; he would even give two silver dollars to a beggar on the street. It would be strange if the Green Gang didn't cause an uproar if they didn't deal with his head steward!

I've noticed that every time things seem to be getting better, something unexpected always happens. These people are deliberately making things difficult for us.

You're right. The municipal government's focus on economic development naturally puts it at odds with the military and police.

Gu Yansheng sighed and frowned, saying, "So what do we do now? We can't just throw away 20 million and then have to throw away another 20 million. How are we going to explain that to Lieutenant Colonel Kobayashi?"

Ding-ling-ling. Ding-ling-ling.

"Hello." Ling Xianwen answered the phone, hummed a few times, "Okay, meet me downstairs."

After hanging up the phone, Ling Xianwen said, "Fu Xiao'an couldn't sit still either. He wants us to go to the Military Police Headquarters to find Lieutenant Colonel Kobayashi. If we're talking about the person who cares most about Shanghai's economy, it's definitely Kobayashi. If he doesn't show up, then don't blame us if Shanghai gets smashed. You're coming with me."

"Okay, I need to talk about this properly, it's too much trouble."

Gu Yansheng was a little surprised that Fu Xiao'an had the same idea as him; he had come to find Ling Xianwen for this very reason.

The only way to deal with a powerful force is to be a powerful force. This incident will cause internal conflict among the Japanese. Kobayashi and Kagesa have different interests in the military police headquarters, not to mention the consulate. Hasegawa will be worried sick. Just take advantage of this.

But it's rare that Fu Xiao'an would take the initiative to step forward.

(End of this chapter)