Upon hearing this, Uehara Junpei frowned. These three men were the heads of Japan's intelligence agency in Nanjing. Why were they all here so late? What major event had occurred?
The Military Police Headquarters was a military intelligence department directly under the command of Junpei Uehara. Other intelligence departments, after the outbreak of the full-scale war, were also consolidated under the Military Intelligence Department under the military's orders and were subject to Uehara's control. The Special Higher Police and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were the same. Therefore, if a major incident occurred that could not be resolved independently, they could only request instructions from the military and have Uehara handle it.
Uehara Junpei was discussing something with Ning Zhiheng when he was interrupted. A look of displeasure crossed his face as he asked, "Do you know what it is?"
Araki Tetsuya, who is Uehara Junpei's liaison officer and usually responsible for collecting intelligence for him, is very well-informed. He nodded and said, "Two hours ago, there were sporadic gunshots in the East District. I guess it's related to this."
Without any specific information, Uehara Junpei had no way of making a judgment, so he could only signal to Ning Zhiheng to wait a moment, and then stood up and walked outside.
Although Uehara Junpei was very close to Ning Zhiheng and did not avoid him when handling intelligence matters, Ning Zhiheng tried his best not to get involved in them in order to avoid suspicion.
When he heard Araki Tetsu mention the words "United News Agency," his heart tightened immediately. He recalled the incident yesterday when he sent a warning signal to the Nanjing underground party organization, exposing the target as the chief reporter of the United News Agency, Takasugi Hitoshi. Could the fact that three intelligence chiefs from Nanjing came to report today be related to this matter?
Uehara Junpei left his study and went to the reception room. At this time, the three guests were sitting on the sofa. Imai Yuji and the other two were glaring at each other, while Koda Kanan looked rather helpless. Seeing Uehara Junpei enter, she quickly gestured for silence, stood up first, and bowed to Uehara Junpei: "Shogun, please forgive me for disturbing you so late at night!"
The other two realized what was happening and quickly stood up respectfully.
Uehara Junpei, his expression somber, sat down in the main seat and gestured for them to sit down before asking in a low voice, "What happened? Why do all three of you need to report?"
Yuji Imai looked indignant and preemptively reported, "General, our Special Higher Police Section was on a mission today when we were suddenly attacked. Two of our intelligence officers were killed and one was wounded. However, the attackers were personnel from the Military Police Headquarters. Therefore, I request that you preside over the decision!"
Before he could finish speaking, Koda Kanan quickly explained, "General, this is a complete misunderstanding. I received a notification from President Ihara that there were Kuomintang agents planning to assassinate senior officials of the United News Agency, so I set a trap to ambush them. However, I did not expect that these people were actually Special Higher Police officers. During the arrest, some accidents occurred, and in the ensuing conflict, some people were accidentally injured."
Yuji Imai said angrily, "Accidental injury? It was entirely your sudden attack that prompted my intelligence officer to retaliate. Besides, after my intelligence officer identified himself, you still detained personnel and injured one of your team members. Why is that?"
Taichi Ihara, standing to the side, also expressed his dissatisfaction: "Imai-kun, put aside everything else for now. I just want to ask, why are your Special Higher Police personnel monitoring and tracking our news agency's high-ranking officials? Why didn't you communicate with us beforehand? What are you trying to do?"
Yuji Imai was speechless. He had no intention of informing the United News Agency about this operation. He was just waiting for the headquarters' order to secretly arrest Takasugi Hitoshi. However, he did not expect that the tracking operation, which had only been planned for two days, would be discovered by the other party. They simply played the villain and made the first move to attack the tracking personnel, which ultimately caused him to suffer a great loss.
Uehara Junpei was bewildered by the cacophony of their conversation, so he slammed his hand on the table and shouted, "What exactly is going on? Koda, you speak first!"
Everyone was startled by Uehara Junpei and immediately fell silent. Upon hearing this, Koda Kanan quickly straightened up and respectfully reported the whole story.
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