gnovel Chapter 1929 Comrade 'Flying Fish'
Chapter 1929 Comrade 'Flying Fish'
Chapter 1929 Comrade 'Flying Fish'
The photo was taken secretly from a distance.
Mizutani Shogo and my grandson Shinta met at a teahouse.
Then my grandson Shinta led Mizutani upstairs.
The photos show that my grandson Shinta treats Mizutani Shogo with great respect.
What caught Qiao Chuntao's attention was a man closely following Mizutani Shogo, who seemed to be carrying a box.
"The box isn't very big." Mao Xuanyi took the magnifying glass, examined it carefully, and said, "Is there any further information about their meeting?"
Qiao Chuntao glanced at Lu Liu.
"I'll go check right away," Lu Liu said.
……
That evening, the intelligence feedback came back.
“My grandson Shinta and Mizutani Shogo met in the private room of Jia San. Besides the two of them, there was another person in the private room,” Qiao Chuntao said.
"Is it the person carrying the suitcase in the photo?" Shen Xi asked.
“Exactly.” Qiao Chuntao nodded. “According to the waiter who brought in the tea and snacks, he saw that the man was carrying a box.”
He looked at Mao Xuanyi and Shen Xi, "I've always felt there's something strange about this box. What do you think?"
"There is something fishy about this," Shen Xi nodded. "Could it be that it contains important documents or intelligence, so it needs to be carried around at all times?"
“It doesn’t seem like it.” Mao Xuanyi shook his head and said, “If it were documents or something, it would be better to wrap them in official packaging. That way, it wouldn’t attract attention, and it would be more discreet than this box.”
"I found out." Just then, Ma Benze came in to report, "Station Chief, according to the recollections of the brothers who were secretly following us, when Mizutani Shogo met with Araki Harima, Mizutani Shogo handed a small box to his subordinate, who then stayed in the car and never got out."
“There’s another strange thing,” Ma Benzai said.
"Speak," Qiao Chuntao said.
“After Mizutani and Araki left, the brothers noticed that the enemy had arranged people around the vehicle, seemingly to protect something,” Ma Benze said. “The brothers suspected that there might be important people inside the vehicle, but since they didn’t see anyone get out, they couldn’t be sure.”
"What do you think?" Qiao Chuntao asked Mao Xuanyi and Shen Xi.
“Two possibilities,” Mao Xuanyi said. “There is indeed an important person in the car, but this person is very mysterious, even more mysterious than Mizutani Shogo, and has not shown up.”
“There’s another possibility,” Shen Xi continued, “that the enemy is actually protecting that box.”
"It was precisely because that box was so important that when Mizutani Shogo later met with my grandson Shinta, his men carried it close to their bodies and dared not let it out of their sight," Mao Xuanyi added.
……
“It seems we share similar views.” Qiao Chuntao nodded. “Leaving aside whether there were any important people hidden in the car at the time, one thing is highly likely to be true: that small box was very important, or at least very special.”
“But a box that you carry and keep with you at all times,” Shen Xi said, “if it’s not for storing important or confidential documents, I really can’t imagine what would be inside?”
"Gold and silver jewelry?" he said, then shook his head. "Unlikely, and there's no need for it."
"Let's not think about that box for now," Mao Xuanyi said. "The mission the Chief gave us is to eliminate Mizutani Shogo and his team. People are our primary target."
He looked at Qiao Chuntao when he spoke.
He was ordered to bring people to Nanjing to support Qiao Chuntao, but at this moment, the one who could really make decisions was Qiao Chuntao, the head of the Nanjing station of the Special Affairs Bureau.
Qiao Chuntao did not speak.
He pondered for a moment and then went into the inner room.
About five or six minutes later, he came out and handed a piece of paper to Ma Benzai, saying, "Call the director immediately."
"clear."
……
"That's strange," Cheng Qianfan said, clinking glasses with Lao Huang and Lu Dazhang.
The three of them arranged to have drinks together, but in reality, it was a secret meeting.
“Police station, military police, Special Higher Police, Special Operations Headquarters,” Cheng Qianfan said. “According to intelligence reports, the enemy’s military and special agencies have all apparently received secret instructions to suspend the execution of prisoners.”
“Especially the Special Higher Police.” He said to the two men, “What I learned from the Special Higher Police is that some comrades who should have been killed by the enemy by yesterday at the latest have disappeared.”
"What do you mean by 'disappeared'?" Old Huang asked immediately.
"It means exactly what it says," Cheng Qianfan said. "The person was secretly moved, and their whereabouts are unknown."
"Could he have been secretly murdered by the enemy?" Lu Dazhang asked.
“It’s unlikely,” Cheng Qianfan said. “I’m quite familiar with the Special Higher Police’s practice of killing anti-Japanese elements.”
Although Cheng Qianfan spoke calmly, Lao Huang and Lu Dazhang could still sense the unease within Comrade 'Flame'.
“The Special Higher Police (TPP) doesn’t need to hide anything when it comes to executing ‘prisoners.’ They will generally choose to carry out the executions at the TPP’s execution ground, which is the small woods behind the TPP’s compound,” Cheng Qianfan said.
“Most importantly, even if the person wasn’t killed in the Special Higher Police’s backyard, but was taken outside and killed, it would still be recorded,” Cheng Qianfan said. “However, this group of ‘prisoners,’ mainly composed of our comrades and Kuomintang agents, disappeared in secret, and there is no record of them in the case files.”
Cheng Qianfan's expression was serious. "This is very strange."
……
"Let me share my analysis and suggestions," Lu Dazhang said thoughtfully.
Cheng Qianfan nodded.
Comrade 'Flying Fish' is one of the most outstanding intelligence officers in the Special Branch's Intelligence Section. His ability to analyze problems is remarkable, and even Comrade 'Flame,' the ace agent of the Intelligence Section, greatly admires him.
"Comrade 'Flying Fish' is an intelligence analysis genius personally praised by Comrade 'Wang Yong'," Old Huang added.
“What we can confirm now is that these ‘prisoners’ disappeared suddenly,” Lu Dazhang said. “Furthermore, the Special Higher Police have no record of their whereabouts, or rather, even if they did, you wouldn’t have been able to contact them given your status.”
“That’s one way to put it.” Cheng Qianfan nodded. “I’ve also considered whether it’s because my level isn’t high enough that I haven’t been able to make contact…”
He flicked his cigarette ash and said, "However, I've thought about it carefully, and there are two possibilities."
"First, this possibility is very small, because there is no need for it. There is no need to excessively conceal or keep secret the execution of prisoners."
"Secondly, it's true that I haven't been able to get in touch with them. That, in itself, indicates a problem. For the Special Higher Police, executing prisoners is a perfectly normal thing. The fact that they've suddenly started to cover it up, regardless of whether these people were ultimately killed or not, is itself unusual," he said to the two men.
“These people disappeared suddenly, and there is no record of where they went,” Lu Dazhang said thoughtfully.
He looked at Comrade 'Flame' and said, "There is one point that might serve as evidence for the investigation."
"These people were arrested and interrogated, meaning they were arrested by the Special Higher Police. Do the relevant case files about their time with the Special Higher Police still exist?" Lu Dazhang asked with a serious expression.
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