Ning Zhiheng stood on the balcony, gazing at the vast sea, a solemn expression on his face.
He raised his hand to check the time. According to the operation plan, the plane should have crashed by now, and Li Zhiqun and the others should have perished at sea. But for some reason, his eyes kept twitching, making him uneasy.
At this moment, Yi Hua'an also pushed open the door and came to the balcony. Ning Zhiheng turned to look at him and asked first, "Do you think a twitching right eye means good fortune or misfortune?"
Yi Hua'an was taken aback. He thought for a moment and replied, "It seems to be said to be a disaster, what's wrong?"
"Disaster?"
Ning Zhiheng frowned, rubbed his eyes, and turned to look into the distance. He said hesitantly, "I feel like something's not right. Do you think it might be that Xu Yongchang's operation has gone wrong?"
Yi Hua'an had never seen Ning Zhiheng show such an expression before. In his eyes, his superior had always been resolute and decisive in his actions, never dragging things out. But the hesitation and wavering he showed today made Yi Hua'an's heart tighten.
"It shouldn't be that bad, right?" Yi Hua'an said uncertainly.
Ning Zhiheng sighed softly. Looking at the distant scenery, he said softly, "Am I being too hasty? Hua An, I don't know why, but ever since I came to Qingdao, I've felt powerless. It's like I'm holding my hands and feet back in everything I do. Every decision I make is made after looking back and forth, hesitant and indecisive. This feeling is not good. It seems we can't stay here any longer. We need to go back to Shanghai as soon as possible!"
Yi Hua'an shared the same sentiment. When he was in Shanghai, he also held great power. Not to mention the Fujiwara Company's overt strength, the intelligence department in the city was also very powerful, with many intelligence agents under his command. He could gather resources from all sides to use for his own purposes, making it easy for him to get things done.
However, after arriving in Qingdao, he was completely clueless and could only act as a telecommunications operator. He even had to rush to the front line and personally participate, which gave him a lot of headaches.
He nodded and said, "I think so too. This isn't really our territory."
Ning Zhiheng said in a deep voice, "The meeting will end soon, I think it will last at most two more days. We cannot take any further action before then. We will rush back to Shanghai as soon as the meeting ends."
As noon approached, the representatives from all sides were still engaged in tense talks in the conference hall when the door opened and liaison officer Hasebe strode in, whispering a few words in Kagesa Hiroki's ear.
Kagesa Hiroki showed no sign of abnormality, nodded calmly, then nodded to the leaders and representatives, suggesting that the morning meeting end here. Seeing that it was almost time, everyone nodded in agreement, and Kagesa Hiroki got up and left the meeting room first.
Back in their room together, Kagesa Yuuki's expression changed, and he asked urgently, "What happened? The plane crashed?"
Hasebe stepped forward and reported, "The preliminary assessment is that it was a crash. According to the pilot of the other plane, the two passenger planes took off together, but an hour after Wang Hanmin took off, when the plane was flying over the Yellow Sea, the plane suddenly slowed down and decreased in altitude, and then caught fire. The plane lost control and crashed into the sea!"
Was Fu Shengyuan also on the same plane?
"Fu Shengyuan and his wife were on the same plane as Wang Hanmin, along with some other people. Some of them parachuted, but we don't know if they survived!"
Have any measures been taken?
"The navy has been notified to search for them. It's said that there are our warships nearby, but we don't know what the results will be."
Kagesa Hiroki frowned deeply. The plane was engulfed in flames? What happened?
Ideally, the navy could find survivors and find out the specific circumstances. Due to the limitations of the times, airplanes did not fly at high altitudes, so there was still a chance of survival if they parachuted.
How could it be such a coincidence? Wang Hanmin and Fu Shengyuan were both traitors to the Military Intelligence Bureau, and were targets that the Bureau was determined to eliminate. Could someone have tampered with the plane?
Suddenly, Kageyama Yuuki remembered something and said with a lingering fear, "If I hadn't kept Li Zhiqun here, would he already be buried at sea by now?"
Hasebe was taken aback. This morning, Kagesa Hiroki had asked him to inform Li Zhiqun to stay behind and handle Su Jiaxiang's case urgently. He hadn't expected that this would pull Li Zhiqun back from the brink of death.
"That's right. If he hadn't been kept, he should have been on the same plane as Wang Hanmin!"
"That was close!"
Kagesa Yuki couldn't help but feel secretly fortunate. Li Zhiqun was his most capable pawn, holding the extremely important force of the Special Agent Headquarters, which was also one of his main means of controlling the Nanjing government.
It would be one thing if Wang Hanmin and Fu Shengyuan died, but if Li Zhiqun dies, that would be a real problem.
"I think it's mostly due to human factors! Their targets are most likely Li Zhiqun and Wang Hanmin, the two directors of the Special Agent Headquarters!"
After a brief moment of thought, Kageyama Hiroki made an accurate judgment: if it was truly man-made, the problem wouldn't lie with the airport, which was heavily guarded, and the flight schedule was uncontrollable; the Military Intelligence Bureau couldn't have reacted so quickly in such a short time.
He immediately ordered, "Immediately detain everyone on the other plane and thoroughly investigate to see if anyone has had contact with the crashed aircraft. If it was deliberate, these people are the prime suspects!"
"Yes, sir! I'll notify the Shanghai side immediately." Hasebe bowed and accepted the order.
Just as he was about to leave, he was called back by Kageyama Hiroki, who then instructed him, "Also, inform Li Zhiqun of this news and tell him to come see me immediately!"
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