Speaking of interrogation equipment, the director suddenly remembered something and asked, "Zhiheng, when I inspected your interrogation department a few days ago, the conditions weren't very good. There were only a few cells, and they were all crammed in. This time, you've arrested the Songshan Group and the Rose Group. Can you manage to arrange everything? The interrogation work must be completed as soon as possible. Are there enough interrogation rooms?"

As soon as the director spoke, Ning Zhiheng knew things were going badly. He hadn't done his job well, and someone might take advantage of the situation.

He quickly said, "Everything is fine. The cell renovation is almost complete, and the interrogation room has been expanded. I will complete the interrogation as soon as possible and make this case final. There will be no backsliding."

But things didn't go as planned. The director didn't let this go. He stood up with a smile and said, "Let's go to the interrogation department. We can take a look at what that Secretary-General Wang looks like. Zhiheng, this person is very important. You mustn't hurt him."

It seems the Director doesn't trust Ning Zhiheng's skills and is afraid he might go too far and ruin this important prisoner.

Ning Zhiheng secretly groaned, but his face remained impassive. He merely glanced at Huang Xianzheng and gave him a subtle wink, but Huang Xianzheng also stood up as the bureau chief did, failing to notice Ning Zhiheng's signal.

Ning Zhiheng could only force a smile, gestured, and quickly led the way. Everyone left the conference room and headed towards the interrogation department.

Soon we arrived at the lobby of the interrogation department, where we saw a group of interrogation staff busily setting up the newly expanded interrogation room and placing the electric chair inside.

Bao Hong, who was standing to the side, had been waiting impatiently. He kept urging Wei Jiamu to set up the torture instruments and adjust the electric chair as soon as possible. Wei Jiamu did not dare to offend him, so he had to swallow his anger and not argue with him. Only when he saw the director and his entourage did Bao Hong shut his mouth and stand respectfully to the side.

When the director and others saw this scene, they couldn't help but chuckle. Due to special reasons, the Second Operations Division was the largest division in the Military Intelligence Bureau in terms of both strength and scale. The number of personnel and the completeness of equipment far exceeded those of the First Operations Division.

In particular, the General Affairs Section's weapons, firearms, military equipment, and various supplies were the best in the Military Intelligence Bureau, and were even famously abundant in Chongqing. As a result, Huang Xianzheng, the deputy director of the Military Intelligence Bureau and the direct superior officer, was nicknamed "the Treasure Boy." In comparison, the interrogation section seemed too meager.

Huang Xianzheng frowned slightly but didn't say anything. The bureau chief glanced at him but ignored him, then turned and asked, "Where is Wang Hongcai?"

Ning Zhiheng quickly went to the door of an interrogation room, pushed it open, and invited the director to enter.

At this moment, Zhao Jiang finally finished the interrogation. Holding the organized interrogation records, he saw the bureau chief and others enter, quickly stood at attention, saluted, and awaited instructions.

The other interrogators in the room also stepped aside. The bureau chief stepped forward, looked at Wang Hongcai, and finally, after confirming that the man was not in mortal danger, he felt relieved.

"Interrogation records!" The bureau chief turned to look at Zhao Jiang.

Zhao Jiang quickly stepped forward and respectfully handed the interrogation record to the bureau chief. The bureau chief opened it and looked through it for a while, finally nodding in satisfaction. With this confession, plus so many witnesses and physical evidence, Wang Hongcai's case was considered closed.

He handed the interrogation record back to Zhao Jiang, turned and left the interrogation room, asking again, "Take us to see the people who were arrested. So many were arrested at once, are there any important figures among them?"

Ning Zhiheng had no choice but to lead them upstairs, replying, "Apart from Wang Hongcai, they are all mid-level cadres from various departments. Although their positions are not high, they all wield real power and have collected a lot of intelligence for the Japanese."

As they walked, some people said that fortunately, the second floor had been renovated and some prisoners had been locked up inside, so it was still passable for the time being.

But when they reached the third floor, the truth could no longer be concealed. The bureau chief and his men looked at the busy workers and turned to Ning Zhiheng, asking, "Didn't you say you arrested thirty-eight criminals? Where are the other twenty?"

Seeing that he couldn't hide it any longer, Ning Zhiheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "It's because our preparations weren't done well. We didn't expect so many people to be arrested. The prison renovations aren't finished yet, and many prisoners are still being held temporarily by the operations department. However, I've already told them to hurry up and work through the night. The prison renovations will definitely be completed by tomorrow morning, and the interrogation work won't be delayed."

These words stunned everyone. They hadn't expected that the interrogation department of the Second Division didn't even have a place to detain prisoners.

It should be noted that, apart from Operations Division One, both intelligence divisions have their own independent prisons, which can hold far more people than Operations Division Two.

Gu Zhengqi, being the most thick-skinned, was the first to react and immediately said, "Why go through all this trouble, Zhiheng? You can lock him up with me. Our Second Intelligence Division's interrogation section has plenty of empty cells that we can provide for you, right?"

Ning Zhiheng knew this would happen. He glared at Gu Zhengqi in annoyance and explained to the bureau chief again: "We have already detained the main members of the Japanese Rose Group. We will interrogate them first. Only the traitors who have been turned will be temporarily detained. They are basically under passive control and have no value. They can go to prison tomorrow. I guarantee that there will be no problems."

Huang Xianzheng, who was standing to the side, also said, "Yes, I think these are minor matters. Do you think they can escape from all these guards?"

As soon as Huang Xianzheng expressed his opinion, the Director and Gu Zhengqi gave up their plans. The Director solemnly said to Ning Zhiheng, "Zhiheng, you still have to take care of the internal affairs of a department. I told you last time that your Second Division's interrogation section needs to be rebuilt as soon as possible. With so many people locked up together, it's not easy to supervise them. You have to take this matter seriously."

Like Ning Zhiheng, the Director is an extremely assertive person who hates it most when people disregard his orders or even outwardly comply but inwardly defy them. This is only possible because of Ning Zhiheng; if it were anyone else, they would have already given him a severe scolding, and might even have punished him severely.

Ning Zhiheng had no choice but to sincerely agree, promising again to correct the mistake immediately and never let such a thing happen again, and only then did the director let the matter go.

With this, the Director's inspection tour finally came to an end. The group left the Second Division with the radio and codebook and rushed back to headquarters.

Huang Xianzheng stayed behind. After seeing off the bureau chief and others with Ning Zhiheng, he turned to Ning Zhiheng and said helplessly, "It was supposed to be a good thing to show off, but it ended up backfiring. What was wrong with Jian Zhengping? I had already instructed him."