Shadow of Spies

Propelled headlong into the relentless currents of history, Ji Yu finds himself transplanted to the tumultuous prelude to WWII.

Once an ordinary civil servant in his modern existence, Ji Yu i...

Chapter 481 Reappearance

At this point, Taro Sagawa couldn't help but recall the scene yesterday afternoon when he was summoned to the office of Lieutenant General Naoya Tada, the commander of the garrison, and berated severely. In the eyes of these high-ranking officials, no matter how much you do, it's not worth a single finger from those top-level dignitaries.

"He knew perfectly well that Mr. Otani was present, yet he still continued the entrapment operation, putting Mr. Otani in danger. If it weren't for Shinya Takeshita taking a bullet for Mr. Otani at the last moment, the two of us would have already committed seppuku to atone for our sins!"

After saying that, a chill flashed in Taro Sagawa's eyes. He felt a chill when he thought about it. He had tried every means to curry favor with this powerful person, but he almost burned himself and dug his own grave.

That Iwai nosuke is truly despicable; he almost pushed me off a cliff. Fortunately, things took a turn for the better, Mr. Otani was unharmed, and I gained his forgiveness and approval.

When Yuji Imai heard Taro Sagawa's words, he felt a chill run down his spine. He had also been terrified when he heard Nosuke Iwai's report.

He bowed and said, "The whole thing was indeed very dangerous, but fortunately, it ended happily. Mr. Otani is safe and sound, and all the Chinese agents have been captured. It's something to celebrate!"

“That’s right!” Taro Sagawa said excitedly. His work had been going poorly for some time, but this time things finally went as he wished!

"By the way, I didn't find any account of the Fukuoka warehouse explosion in these interrogation records. Why is that?" Sagawa Taro asked.

The explosion at the Fukuoka warehouse was the greatest loss suffered by the Japanese military in Shanghai since the war. The largest military warehouse, which took a year to build, was destroyed in the fire, along with a massive amount of military supplies, weapons and ammunition. Two army companies were also killed. Such a major case still needs to be explained and concluded.

If he could solve this case and capture these saboteurs himself, it would be like slapping Takashi Uemura, the head of the military intelligence department, in the face. Just thinking about it made Taro Sagawa feel secretly pleased. However, none of the interrogation records mentioned the Fukuoka warehouse case.

Yuji Imai was prepared, and he quickly replied, "Chief, the bombing of the Fukuoka warehouse was not carried out by these agents!"

"What? Do they still dare to hide something? Explain yourself!" Sagawa Taro asked in surprise. In his view, only the agents of the Wuhan government had the capability to blow up the Fukuoka warehouse. Now that all of them had been captured, how could it not be them!

Yuji Imai explained, "The first person we arrested, Cui Guangqi, was a senior agent of the Wuhan government. He confessed that there was another group of Chinese agents active in Shanghai."

"There's one more?"

"Yes, according to his description, the Shanghai intelligence station of the Chinese Military Intelligence Investigation Bureau is different from other stations. It has two branches, which are composed of two groups of people. One of them is the intelligence station led by the station chief Zheng Hongbo, which is the group to which the people we arrested this time belong, with a number of about 160 people."

The other group was led by Ning Zhiheng, the deputy station chief of the Shanghai station. The two intelligence stations were independent of each other and never intersected, so Cui Guangqi was unaware of their personnel, equipment, or other details.

Upon hearing this, a name suddenly flashed through Sagawa Taro's mind. He straightened up and asked urgently, "Ning Zhiheng, is that the name? You're not mistaken?"

Yuji Imai gave a wry smile and said in a deep voice, "Section Chief, it is indeed that name. How could I be wrong? Ning Zhiheng, the former head of the action group of the Chinese Military Intelligence Investigation Department, and now the deputy head of the Shanghai Military Intelligence Station. Cui Guangqi confirmed that it is indeed the same person, and he is also the main target we have been trying to capture before the war. He is our old adversary!"

"It really is him!"