Spy War: My Cheat Code is a Rat

After finishing his meal, Lu Chen got up and went straight back to his room. The floor was clean, and there was no white powder left. The quicklime on the entire wall had also disappeared.

"The mice are small, but there are many of them, so they work really fast."

Lu Chen clicked his tongue in disbelief. He hadn't expected that so much quicklime would disappear in just one day.

All the arrangements have been made. The next step is to find a place for the rats to put the stolen grain in.

Lu Chen could only think of a few locations. Since he planned to do it in the Chinese territory, it had to be in the Chinese territory.

The military police have warehouses, or you can rent one in the Chinese-controlled area, but these are not very secure.

"Squeak squeak".

As Lu Chen was thinking, he heard Rat One's chirping. He turned around and saw Rat One standing steadily on the table.

"Rat One, have you finished everything I assigned you?"

Lu Chen asked, and the mouse squeaked twice. Lu Chen knew that everything was done.

"Call Rat Three and Rat Four back."

After saying that, the rat responded twice and then disappeared. Lu Chen opened the door and went out.

Once on the street, I found a secluded spot, squatted down, and peered into the sewer.

The inside was lined with kraft paper, and the kraft paper was covered with white powder.

"Mr. Lu? What are you doing here?"

Lu Chen was having a good time when he suddenly heard a familiar voice. He looked up and saw it was Ka Jingzhou.

Kajingzhou?

"Mr. Camille, what are you doing here? Where is Miss Camille?"

Lu Chen patted his trouser leg, stood up, and greeted him.

"She's home. What are you doing here so late? Did something fall in there?"

As he spoke, Ka Jingzhou looked down into the sewer.

Seeing that he was about to squat down, Lu Chen quickly spoke up.

"Mr. Camille, it's been a long time since I last saw Miss Camille. Would you have time to pay her a visit?"

Upon hearing his words, Ka Jingzhou stood up and met Lu Chen's gaze, his expression calm.

Does Lu Chen have designs on his daughter?

"Mir has to go to school every day, let's talk about it when we have time."

Ka Jingzhou politely declined, stating that he would never choose a son-in-law like Lu Chen; at the very least, the son-in-law should be wealthy or powerful.

Lu Chen immediately showed a disappointed expression, but then smiled again.

"Okay, Mr. Card, it's getting late, I'll head back now."

After waving goodbye to Ka Jingzhou, Lu Chen turned around and went home.

He was really scared just now. How did Ka Jingzhou suddenly appear there?

He couldn't figure it out, but thankfully he wasn't discovered.

The rats' activities in the sewers can't be kept secret for long; they'll be discovered sooner or later.

If Ka Jingzhou had noticed something amiss just now, and given that I was looking into the sewers, he would definitely have connected the dots.

Fortunately, they weren't discovered.

"Squeak squeak".

Lu Chen had just taken off his coat and hung it up when he turned around and saw four mice—Rat One, Rat Two, Rat Three, and Rat Four—standing on the table looking at him.

"Rat Two, I'm here to monitor Shen Ruoqiu. Has she been behaving strangely lately?"

Lu Chen first looked at Rat Two. He had previously arranged for Rat Two to monitor Shen Ruoqiu. It had been so long, and Shen Ruoqiu had been going out every day while she was in the military police force. He didn't know what she was doing.

"Squeak squeak".

The rat squeaked twice, and Lu Chen immediately frowned upon hearing the squeaks.

What does it mean when they say Shen Ruoqiu's face fell off?

"What do you mean by 'losing face'? Did she do something really shameful?"

Lu Chen looked at Rat Two with a puzzled expression. The rat's brain capacity was still too limited, and he often couldn't understand what it was saying.

"Squeak squeak squeak".

Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Rat Two became excited and kept squeaking.

"I understand. You can continue following her."

Lu Chen ignored Rat Two, assuming it was just that it couldn't express itself clearly, and waved it off to continue following Shen Ruoqiu.

"Rat Three, Rat Four, you continue to lead the rat swarm to move the Japanese army's grain depot, and then transport the grain to the rice shop. Tomorrow I will take Rat One there, and then he will tell you to secretly transport the grain there again at night, and also investigate where the grain depots are in the Chinese-controlled area."

"Squeak squeak".

After Lu Chen assigned tasks to Rat Three and Rat Four, the two rats disappeared, leaving only Rat One standing on the table.

Lu Chen finally decided to temporarily store the grain he had obtained from the Japanese army at the rice shop.

There's a grandfather and grandson there, but the rats probably won't be noticed if they go by at night.

Lu Chen had previously observed that there was a wall separating the place where the grandfather and grandson slept from the place where the door was open during the day.

Lu Chen also planned to obtain grain from the Huajie granary.

After all, relying solely on the Japanese army wouldn't be foolish enough to allow them to become their mobile food supply.

Besides that, he also needs to find a way to farm, since self-sufficiency is the most reassuring thing.

At this time, Shanghai still had a lot of farmland, some of which had been damaged by the war, but a large portion of it was still in good condition.

"Rat One, you'll continue to follow me from now on."

After Lu Chen finished speaking, the rat chirped twice in response, and then he lay down on the bed to sleep.

......

"Xiao Jie, who controls those fields in the Chinese-controlled areas of Shanghai?"

The next day, Lu Chen got into the car and asked Liu Jie.

See who owns the land. If it belongs to those who bring disaster to the country and its people, then use your current status to forcibly seize it; if it belongs to the common people, then buy it.

"It's hard to say. Some ordinary people also have some, but the big landlords, the Japanese army, and the so-called capitalists also have a small share. Ordinary people only have a small share; the majority is in the hands of these people."

Liu Jie thought for a moment before speaking.

In Shanghai, Lu Chen would ask Liu Jie about almost anything he didn't know, since Liu Jie was a native of Shanghai and knew a lot about it.

Landlords, Japanese soldiers...

Lu Chen currently has no plans to move against these two groups, as their own strength is too low. Not to mention the Japanese army, their military is too difficult to deal with.

At this time, landlords who held large tracts of land were undoubtedly major traitors.

Then there's only one: capitalists, which are those businessmen.

Lu Chen also felt that this group was the easiest to handle; as long as the benefits they received outweighed the value of the land, they would agree without hesitation.

Lu Chen doesn't need to go to the intelligence department today. Yesterday, Matsumoto Kiyoko said that she would go with him to the Japanese army's position to keep an eye on the granary the day after tomorrow.

Today's task is probably just transporting grain, which has nothing to do with him. Whether he goes or not is irrelevant.

"Xiao Jie, take me to see the fields in the Chinese-controlled area."

Lu Chen spoke up, intending to take a look first. He knew a bit about this; most farmers' children knew something about it.

Liu Jie steered the car towards the nearest field he knew.

"Brother Chen, this area is Sanwan Yilong, a refugee area in the Chinese-controlled area. The fields are scattered in small, barren plots."

Liu Jie drove to Sanwan Yilong, where Lu Chen first arrived in Shanghai.

This place has changed somewhat from what Lu Chen had seen before. Some buildings have been destroyed by artillery fire, and there are large numbers of refugees on both sides of the street.

In this refugee area, it goes without saying that a car suddenly driving in would attract a lot of attention.

"Kid, go buy some food."

Lu Chen opened the car window, took out a silver dollar, and handed it to a child passing by on the street.

The child was a little scared, crossed his arms over his chest, and suddenly took a step forward, snatched the silver dollar from Lu Chen's hand, and scratched Lu Chen hard with his fingernail.

"Brother Chen, don't do that!"

Seeing that Lu Chen had suddenly shown kindness, Liu Jie immediately closed the window, his face showing great tension.