Spy War: My Cheat Code is a Rat

The next morning, Lu Chen, preoccupied with something on his mind, got up early.

"Squeak squeak".

As soon as he got up, Lu Chen saw that Rat Two and the others had returned and were now standing on the table chasing each other with Rat One.

"Rat Two, is the mission complete?"

Lu Chen walked to the table and asked.

"Squeak squeak".

Rat Two, Rat Three, Rat Four, and Rat Six chirped a few times, and Rat Five had also completed the task Lu Chen had given him and had returned.

"Well done!"

Lu Chen clenched his fist, his face full of excitement. He put on his coat, grabbed a few mice and stuffed them into his pocket. After eating a simple breakfast made by his sister, he went out the door.

Lu Chen planned to go to Camille's house later to learn French from her.

After arriving in the Chinese-controlled area, Lu Chen didn't rush to the warehouse he had rented the day before. Instead, he went to the military police headquarters and found Liu Jie.

Through several interactions and observing Liu Jie's attitude towards things, Lu Chen realized that Liu Jie truly entrusted his life to him.

The warehouse can't just be left there; someone has to watch over it, and Liu Jie is a perfect candidate.

Especially last time, on Huang Jinrong's territory, Liu Jie knew exactly what kind of person Huang Jinrong was, but he still stood up for his sister Lu Xiulian because of Lu Chen.

This one thing alone was enough to make Lu Chen trust Liu Jie immensely.

"Brother Chen, what have you been up to lately? I haven't seen you around."

Upon seeing Lu Chen, Liu Jie greeted him warmly and offered him a cigarette.

Lu Chen took the cigarette, lit it with practiced ease, and without replying, hooked his arm around Liu Jie's shoulder and led him outside.

"Xiao Jie, I have a job for you. It's not tiring, and the pay is the same as your salary in the military police. Interested?"

Lu Chen looked at Liu Jie. Even though Liu Jie seemed loyal to him, Lu Chen still chose to spend some money, just to put his mind at ease.

"Brother Chen, I still have to work at the military police station. I don't know how I'll explain this to Director Huang, do I?"

Liu Jie looked somewhat troubled; in his opinion, it was very unfair to receive two salaries at the same time.

Lu Chen hadn't expected Liu Jie, the gang leader, to be so principled, even hesitating to take an extra penny.

"It's alright, I'll talk to Director Huang."

Lu Chen comforted Liu Jie, telling him to relax and that this was a task entrusted to him by a big shot. He only entrusted it to Liu Jie because he saw that Liu Jie's family was in difficulty and that he was honest and had a good relationship with him. Others did not have this opportunity.

"Okay, Brother Chen, I'll listen to you."

Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Liu Jie looked at Lu Chen gratefully and spoke firmly.

"Okay, wait for me, I'll come find you. You can stay at the military police station for now."

Lu Chen patted Liu Jie on the shoulder with satisfaction and returned to the military police headquarters with him.

Upon arriving at the military police headquarters, Lu Chen was summoned to Huang Dayong's office.

"Brother Lu Chen, how's your French coming along?"

As soon as Lu Chen stepped through the door, Huang Dayong immediately asked a question, and Lu Chen could tell from his tone that he was somewhat anxious.

"What kind of business is it that's making Huang Dayong so anxious?"

Lu Chen thought to himself, but still spoke with a smile on his face.

"Brother Huang, it'll be soon. I'm on my way to Camille's house now. Also, Brother Huang, I have something to do. Can Liu Jie come with me first?"

"Okay, very good. Learn it as soon as possible. The French are getting impatient. As for Liu Jie, you can arrange things accordingly."

Huang Dayong stood up. He didn't care at all about a driver; he could just replace him with someone else.

Lu Chen agreed and walked out the door. He found Liu Jie and told him not to forget, that he would come to find him later. He also took a cigarette and left.

Back in the French Concession, Lu Chen first studied French with Camille in the study, and then, seeing Ka Jingzhou in the living room, he sat down next to him.

"Mr. Ka, I've obtained quite a bit of morphine. How are your negotiations with the French army going?"

Lu Chen didn't hide anything and spoke frankly. Anyway, they didn't know where he had put the morphine, and the French army, unlike the Japanese army, still had some human ethics.

"The French army offered 20 francs for a small bottle of morphine, how much did you manage to get?"

Ka Jingzhou stared at Lu Chen; this price was already quite high.

The price of morphine mainly depends on its purity. The higher the purity of morphine, the higher the price. 20 yuan for a small bottle is without knowing the purity. This price was something he had a hard time getting.

After all, the price of morphine is also related to how much money he can make from Lu Chen.

"500 bottles, Mr. Ka, I've got 500 bottles."

Hearing the price, Lu Chen was indeed tempted. He had looked into it and found that the price of those small bottles of morphine was between 15 and 20 French dollars.

Holding up five fingers, he only intended to sell 500 bottles to the French army, because he didn't know how much morphine Rat Two and his men had obtained from the Japanese.

Morphine is not only a strategic resource but also a precious medical supply, so he needs to keep some for emergencies.

"500 bottles? Hmm, that's not bad. I'll pick a time to arrange a face-to-face transaction between you and the French army."

Ka Jingzhou still had the same expression. 500 bottles, 40% profit, not much, but not little either.

After saying that, she ignored Lu Chen and started reading the newspaper by herself.

Lu Chen nodded in agreement, thanked him, and then turned and left.

Lu Chen didn't stop along the way, flagging down rickshaws one by one by the roadside, and went directly to the military police station. After picking up Liu Jie, he had the rickshaws run towards the warehouse.

This warehouse was carefully selected by Lu Chen. It is close to the Japanese concession and is already considered Japanese territory. Moreover, the warehouse has been abandoned for a long time and is unlikely to attract attention.

Another point is that Lu Chen hopes to achieve the effect of "blind spots under the lamp".

"Xiao Jie, this is simple. You just need to keep an eye on this warehouse and prevent anyone else from getting close."

Lu Chen led Liu Jie out of the car and arrived at the warehouse door. The warehouse had two doors, one in front and one in the back, and Lu Chen had the keys.

Liu Jie nodded in agreement. The task was indeed very simple. Brother Chen had taken pity on him and actually assigned him such a good job.

In that instant, Liu Jie felt even more grateful to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen told him to do a good job, took a cigarette, and then, when no one was around, went to the back door of the warehouse, took out the key, opened the door, and went inside.

The warehouse was dark, with warm yellow lights that only illuminated the central part.

"Kuroda actually collected so much morphine?!"

Lu Chen looked at the neatly arranged morphine bottles on the ground in front of him; there must have been at least a thousand, though they were all small bottles.

I never expected Kuroda to have brought in so much morphine. I bet all the morphine in the Chinese-speaking world is here.

Lu Chen circled Morphine several times, nodded, and spoke to the rats in his pocket.

"Well done, you'll get a good reward later."

Lu Chen was very satisfied with the mice's performance in completing their task.

After confirming that it was all morphine, he turned off the lights, locked the door, and prepared to call some laborers to move the morphine into the Japanese concession to report to Kuroda.