Under One Person: I, Jiaqian Jushi, work from nine to five.

as expected...

Upon answering the phone, Zhao Fangxu cut to the chase without any preamble:

"Xiao Zhou, you are now in charge of all the staff supporting the Northeast region, North China, and Central China. You will temporarily take over the Northeast region."

"There are two tasks: first, the demon sword cannot be stolen by the Higanbana ninja; second... none of the troublemaking Higanbana ninja should be let go..."

"Since they dare to carry out terrorist attacks in China, they should be prepared to bear the consequences. I have only one request: blood for blood, teeth for teeth."

You could tell Zhao Fangxu was very angry.

He was even more annoyed when he heard that Bihe Ren had carried out terrorist attacks against the masses in Shenzhou.

Since the Gao family reached a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Nadutong, the Northeast region has been managed by the Gao family. Headquarters has maintained a relatively lenient policy towards the Gao family in the Northeast region and will not interfere...

The Northeast region has always been a worry-free place for headquarters, but then this happened.

of course.

He also knew that Gao Lian couldn't be blamed for this.

After all, no one could have predicted that the remnants of the Bihe Ninja clan, hiding in the Central Plains, would grow into such a powerful force...

But if something goes wrong, someone has to take responsibility... As the regional head, Gao Lian certainly can't escape blame.

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the headquarters building, Zhao Fangxu's face showed no emotional fluctuation.

All he could say was that he was fortunate to have planned ahead and sent Zhou Fengliu over there...

So much so that now at least someone in the Northeast region can take over the operation...

If it were truly due to Gao Lian's negligence that Higanbana escaped with the demon sword Hirumaru, then the entire Nato-Tsu would lose all face.

...

Hearing Zhao Fangxu's words, Zhou Fengliu had somewhat anticipated it.

"Boss, this Northeast region is Brother Gao's territory. My direct takeover of the operation... Besides, I'm just here to lend a hand. Wouldn't it be a bit like me overstepping my bounds?"

Zhou Fengliu's words implied that "it's a bit difficult to handle."

"The bonus will definitely be substantial, and you can name your other conditions..." Zhao Fangxu began.

"Mr. Zhao, that's not what I meant..."

Zhou Fengliu stated that he genuinely had no intention of asking for more money this time...

"That's what you mean, how could I not know?" Zhao Fangxu insisted.

He had been dealing with Zhou Fengliu for quite some time. Although he didn't know him as well as Xu Si did, he still had a pretty good idea of ​​him.

"?"

Hearing Zhao Fangxu's confident attitude, Zhou Fengliu raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but think to himself:

"This is slander! He's slandering me!"

Beep—beep beep.

As Zhao Fangxu hung up the phone, Zhou Fengliu felt like he had inherited a mess, but didn't know where to start.

Just as he was feeling frustrated, by sheer coincidence, the Higanbana ninja squad responsible for the ambush jumped out, and he just walked right into their line of fire...

...

"We are under attack and request backup!"

As the communication about the helicopter attack was transmitted through the walkie-talkie, Tao Tao, sitting in the car, poked her head out and looked at Zhou Fengliu, saying:

"Boss, we have news."

"?"

Hearing the commotion, Zhou Fengliu turned back to the car.

"what news?"

"It seems the team escorting the demon sword was attacked and requested backup..." Tao Tao relayed the message from the walkie-talkie to Zhou Fengliu.

"..."

As Zhou Fengliu listened to Tao Tao's account, he also frowned deeply.

obviously.

The attack on their convoy by Higoku was a feint, and a particularly convincing one at that.

The main force of the Higanbana ninja is probably currently focused on besieging the air route that escorts the demon sword.

So here's the interesting question...

Gao Lianxin's newly formulated action plan is, he claims, almost completely secret.

Moreover, the time allotted for planning the new route was less than twelve hours...

However, even under these circumstances, Bihe Ren was able to find out even before the headquarters of Nadutong...

This is clearly a serious problem; the mole in the Northeast region is of a high rank.

Zhou Fengliu stroked his chin.

First the board of directors, then the Northeast region... how did an insider manage to rise to such a high level?

Zhou Fengliu shook his head, then looked at Chen Duo and began to speak:

"Contact Erzhuang and ask her to provide us with real-time location coordinates..."

"oh oh."

Chen Duo responded and then began contacting Gao Erzhuang via mobile phone.

In an instant, after obtaining the real-time coordinates, Tao Tao stepped on the gas and drove towards the location where the helicopter crashed.

...

The scene shifts to Gao Lian, who has also received news of the attack on the third route escorting the demon sword, and he is now deeply suspicious.

The newly formulated action plan is so well-known that you can count the number of people who know about it on your fingers...

Basically, they were either people sent from other regions, or cadres from the Northeast region whom he knew well...

Those cadres from the Northeast region... didn't know the routes very comprehensively; at most, they only knew that there were two escort routes on the ground.

The only source of information about the route where the demon sword was escorted by helicopter...

Besides him, there was only one other person, and that was Zhang Zhitao, who was with the team.

Lao Zhang?

Could Lao Zhang be the mole?

The idea popped into Gao Lian's mind and then quickly became unstoppable.

He had known Zhang Zhitao for over ten years, and during that time he hadn't noticed anything unusual about the other person...

Zhang Zhitao is not only capable, but also very honest. He has a very regular life outside of work, and he is always available whenever there is overtime work.

A veteran employee who has worked in the Northeast region for over ten years, if we were to compare their patience and tolerance... that would be terrifying.

Not only does it possess extremely strong stealth abilities, but it can also endure loneliness...

Chapter 503 The Traitor Exposed, Champagne Served at Halftime? (Second Update)

"Manager Gao, what happened?"

Sitting in the back seat, Tang Miaoxing, the leader of the Tang Clan, looked at Gao Lian in the passenger seat and slowly asked.

"Um, Sect Leader Tang... I'm sorry, I didn't expect to involve the Tang Sect in this..."

Gao Lian came to his senses and first apologized to Tang Miaoxing and the others. Then he instructed the driver to turn around and head to the location of the accident.

...

Just as everyone was heading to the helicopter crash site to provide support, Zhang Chulan and the others who had parachuted landed in the mountains and forests, where they became entangled with the ambushing Bihe ninja.

Although these ninja from the Higanbana clan were not very strong, they had a large number of members.

Furthermore, the fact that everyone jumped from relatively isolated locations made the already small group even more dispersed...

When Zhang Chulan, along with Feng Baobao, met up with Chairman Ishikawa and Aiko and found Ishikawa Ken... Ishikawa Ken was already injured.

The box that was supposed to contain the demon sword Hiruma has also disappeared.

"Mr. Ken, are you alright?" Zhang Chulan asked the injured Ken Ishikawa.

As far as the eye could see, it looked like Ken Ishikawa had been stabbed in the abdomen, with blood seeping out from the wound.

"I'm sorry, the demon sword has been stolen..."

“They disguised themselves as Aiko… I couldn’t see through them,” Ishikawa said through gritted teeth.

"You dressed up as me?" Aiko was somewhat shocked.

"Hmm, not just your voice and mannerisms, even your swordsmanship..."

"what?"