Ning Zhiheng looked at Su Yue in surprise. The Shanghai mayor, who usually had a refined demeanor, was full of fear today, showing a completely different side of himself!

"Mayor Su, you've lost your composure! Tell me what's going on slowly!"

Ning Zhiheng gestured for Su Yue to sit down, then turned around and poured Su Yue a cup of tea, placing it in front of him.

Su Yue calmed himself down and began to recount what had happened that morning.

It turns out that this morning, a group of special agents stormed into Lehe Trading Company, arrested General Manager Qin Lechi and several senior employees, and also found some controlled Western medicines in the warehouse. So, both the medicines and the people were taken back to the Special Agent Department.

The remaining employees immediately informed Su Yue of the incident. Su Yue was furious that someone dared to arrest his people and rob his goods. He immediately called the Special Operations Department, demanding their immediate release. However, he was met with a cold shoulder. Ding Mo, the director of the Special Operations Department, completely disregarded him and bluntly stated that Qin Lechi and Lehe Trading Company were involved in smuggling military-controlled supplies and were suspected of having ties to anti-Japanese organizations. They were currently under interrogation, and if Su Yue wanted Qin Lechi released, he would have to ask Chief Tu Yuan to speak on his behalf.

Although Su Yue was furious, he was not a reckless person. He did not know the background of this newly established special agency, so he called the Military Police Headquarters to find his old classmate, Takashi Katsuta.

As a result, Takashi Katsuta told him that the Tsuchihara Agency was a high-level intelligence agency in China composed of the Army, Navy and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The head of the agency was Lieutenant General Keiji Tsuchihara, who was sent by the General Headquarters and whose status was far higher than that of Takashi Katsuta. The Special Operations Department was a subordinate unit of the Tsuchihara Agency.

Ning Zhiheng frowned upon hearing this. Lehe Trading Company? Qin Lechi? This was a member of the Shanghai underground party. Ning Zhiheng couldn't be sure if Su Yue was an underground party member, but Qin Lechi definitely was.

Now that he has been arrested and interrogated by the 76th Special Agent Department, the problem is serious. If Qin Lechi cannot withstand the severe torture of the 76th Special Agent Department and reveals the situation of Su Yue or the underground party, then it will be troublesome.

Ning Zhiheng remained outwardly calm, but his eyes carefully observed the subtle changes in Su Yue's expression. In the end, he judged that if Su Yue was not an award-winning actor, then this person should not be related to the underground party. It seemed that he had to rescue Qin Lechi in time, otherwise it would easily trigger a crisis.

“I’ve heard about it too. It’s nothing more than the Special Operations Department wanting to gain some benefits. Mayor Su just needs to send someone to spend some money to ransom them,” Ning Zhiheng said.

Su Yue smiled bitterly, "That's what I thought too. These people from the Special Agent Department have the backing of Director Tu Yuan, so I can only accept my bad luck. But what surprised me was that Ding Mo actually said that everyone else can be redeemed, but my cousin cannot!"

"What?" Ning Zhiheng was shocked. Had the Special Operations Department already discovered that Qin Lechi was a member of the underground Communist Party? Or had Qin Lechi been unable to withstand the torture and confessed?

Su Yue quickly explained, "I asked Katsuta-kun again, and he used his connections to inquire again, and that's how I found out that these people really were after me."

It turned out that Takashi Katsuta had revealed to him that the arrest of Qin Lechi and Lehe Trading Company was actually aimed at Su Yue!

The reason is that the new government organized this time covers a vast area of ​​the Japanese-occupied territories, including Shanghai, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangsu and other places. Among them, Shanghai is of paramount importance, and the position of mayor of Shanghai is a very important one, which has already been reserved for a key member of the new government.

Therefore, Takashi Katsuta told Su Yue that this operation was very likely designed by the Tsuchihara Agency, with the aim of making Su Yue bow down and voluntarily relinquish his position as mayor of Shanghai.

Takashi Katsuta said he could speak on Su Yue's behalf, but the chances of success were slim. Su Yue would eventually have to relinquish his position as mayor of Shanghai, otherwise he would have a hard time getting through this.

But Su Yue had finally reached such a high position, and over the years he had reaped so many benefits from it, so how could he possibly give it up?

Finally, Takashi Katsuta gave Su Yue a suggestion: he told Su Yue that there was only one person in Shanghai who could help him, and that was Tomohito Fujiwara, the chairman of the Fujiwara Company.