Because the three leaders of No. 76 were all veteran agents of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS), No. 76 was initially identical to the CBIS in terms of organizational structure, operational methods, and means.

The interrogation room at No. 76 was designed entirely by Li Zhiqun, and the torture instruments and methods inside were copied from the interrogation room of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.

Back when he was still a member of the underground Communist Party, he was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics and suffered all kinds of torture, so he was very familiar with this method.

These instruments of torture are almost always effective on ordinary people, making it impossible for them to withstand the torture and obtain any kind of confession they want.

There are even harsher punishments for dealing with real agents. The last resort is the electric chair, which directly destroys the prisoner's nerves and will until they are turned into an idiot.

The man who was captured by Wu Shicai also failed this test. Two hours later, he finally spoke.

It turned out that he was Sun Xiangde, the leader of the undercover team that the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS) had just sent to Shanghai. After the previous undercover team was arrested by the Military Police Headquarters, the CBIS Shanghai Party Headquarters sent a new undercover team. They had just entered Shanghai and had not yet started working when they encountered this sudden large-scale search and arrest.

This large-scale search in the city was so thorough that it yielded great results.

Sun Xiangde and others were targeted by No. 76 because they hadn't had time to obtain their good citizen certificates, and the officers planned to arrest them and take them back for further investigation.

If they were caught and taken back, it would be difficult for them to escape the subsequent screening. Left with no other choice, they could only fire their guns to resist arrest, resulting in two deaths and one injury. Sun Xiangde's words were a great relief to Wu Shicai, who quickly reported to Ding Mo and Li Zhiqun.

"Sun Xiangde?"

In the office on the second floor, Li Zhiqun was immediately excited when he heard Sun Xiangde's name. It turned out that he and Sun Xiangde were quite good friends when he was in the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. He never expected that Sun Xiangde would fall into his hands today.

Li Zhiqun turned to Ding Mo and said, "Director, this Sun Xiangde is an important figure from the former Shanghai Party Headquarters. He was the action team leader of the former Shanghai Investigation Office. He's a big fish. Now that he's made a move, we should bring him in as well. With him, the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics' arrangements in the Shanghai area will be completely under our control. This is a rare opportunity!"

Ding Mo's previous position in the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS) was far higher than Li Zhiqun's, but he was not familiar with these mid-level key personnel. However, he urgently needed to expand the strength of the 76th Bureau, and the CBIS agents were much worse than the Military Intelligence Bureau agents in terms of loyalty and willpower, making them good targets for recruitment.

Ding Mo nodded and said, "Since he's an old friend of yours, you should go and talk to him. Now that he's started talking, he has no bottom line. You need to get all the valuable information out of him. If he's willing to come over, we're short-handed right now and can arrange a good position for him. You decide what to do!"

Wen Hao, standing to the side, remained silent. His current position was rather awkward because Ding Mo and Li Zhiqun had worked together in the early days, and Ding Mo had always been Li Zhiqun's superior. This time, it was only after Li Zhiqun defected to the Japanese that he managed to win over Ding Mo, so the two of them were essentially in cahoots.

However, Wen Hao had never dealt with them before and had no connection with them whatsoever. This time, the Detective Division was transferred to the Special Agent Department. If it weren't for Taro Sagawa's intervention, Wen Hao probably wouldn't have even gotten this deputy director position. More importantly, many of the former Detective Division agents that Wen Hao brought with him were already his confidants. This made Ding Mo and Li Zhiqun quite suspicious of Wen Hao, so they were always on guard against him.

The three were outwardly united but inwardly scheming against each other. At present, Ding Mo and Li Zhiqun clearly held a dominant position because they had the support of Tsuchihara Keiji. Although Wen Hao had the support of Sagawa Taro, he was still subordinate to him, so he generally did not offer any opinions.

Under Li Zhiqun's arrangement, Sun Xiangde, who had already submitted, was brought to Li Zhiqun's office. Looking at his former colleague, Li Zhiqun comforted him gently and quickly extended an olive branch.

"Brother Xiangde, it's been a long time. I didn't expect to meet you here again. I won't waste any more words. Mr. Wang is currently organizing a new National Government and is in dire need of people. Brother Xiangde, you've come to join us. Working together is also serving the country and Mr. Wang. We're all just starting out and we're in need of a department head position. What do you think, Brother Xiangde?"

Now that Sun Xiangde had spoken, he naturally lost his confidence. He would do anything to save his life, especially when tempted by high-ranking positions and generous salaries.

This is when the harmfulness of Wang Tianhai's betrayal of national interests became apparent. He used his position as the second leader within the Kuomintang to divide the country, giving these wavering traitors an excellent excuse. He subtly changed the concept, claiming that the choice was not between China and Japan, but between two Republic of China governments with different political views. He argued that betrayal was merely a roundabout way to save the country, which gave many traitors a reason to betray their country.

It was precisely for this reason that, after the establishment of the puppet government, many people who were not valued or were unsuccessful in the Kuomintang government, as well as many wavering elements who could not endure hardship, took the initiative to flee Chongqing and join the puppet government in Nanjing. Their excuse was to find a new way for the country to survive, and they even called it a roundabout way to save the country.

Sun Xiangde immediately nodded and agreed without hesitation, saying, "Brother Zhiqun, things have come to this point, I will follow your arrangements!"

Li Zhiqun laughed heartily. He had long anticipated this outcome; he knew exactly what kind of people the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (Zhongtong) agents were.

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