A fierce glint flashed in Takeshita Shinya's eyes, which Kitaoka Ryoko immediately caught.
Takeshita Shinya carefully considered his words before replying, "Team leader, this Gan Tai is really outrageous. A Chinese man, he has repeatedly challenged my bottom line. As a deputy director, he has suppressed Director Wen Hao to the point that he dares not say a word. He interferes in cases everywhere. Not only that, but he was not present when I went to receive reports several times. He treated me as if I didn't exist and bypassed me to report directly to you. This is really too arrogant, so I reprimanded him a few times."
Kitaoka Ryoko frowned. She knew that what Takeshita Shinya said was true, especially in the Japanese military, where military law was strict, hierarchy was clear, and superiors had absolute authority over subordinates. It was true that Gan Tai lacked respect for Takeshita Shinya because he was her confidant.
Of course, this is also partly due to Takeshita's reputation within the Special Higher Police.
This Takeshita Shinya is a well-known lazy guy in the Special Higher Police. He spends his days eating and drinking at headquarters, doesn't care about any cases, never goes on field missions, and spends his free time entertaining friends, drinking and chatting. He has managed to gain a lot of popularity.
However, some agents secretly looked down on him. After all, no matter how popular he was, without solid skills, it would be difficult to convince those capable agents.
Gan Tai was one of them, so he always had a lot of complaints about Takeshita Shinya, believing that he was a parasite in the Special Higher Police and did not deserve his respect.
However, although Kitaoka Ryoko was young, she was very experienced in handling affairs. She knew very well that even if Takeshita Shinya was not very capable, his background was enough to make him rise to prominence in the future. There was no need to make enemies over such a trivial matter.
After a moment's hesitation, she finally spoke: "Mr. Takeshita, the Special Investigation Division has been established for more than half a year, but it hasn't achieved much in terms of work. The Chinese are too cunning; they are very good at deceiving their superiors and subordinates. That's why I decided to place Gan Tai and his people in there to supervise their work. I can give you a heads-up: Gan Tai himself is not Chinese. He is one of our Japanese agents. We made him impersonate a Chinese just to make things easier for him. I hope you can be more lenient with him in the future."
She was terrified that Gan Tai would further anger Takeshita Shinya and be executed by him under some pretext. That would be a huge loss, and she wouldn't be able to say anything in the end. How could she expect Takeshita Shinya to pay for Gan Tai's life? Behind Takeshita Shinya stood the powerful Otani family, a force that even her teacher, Tsuchihara Keiji, was unwilling to provoke.
Upon hearing this, Takeshita Shinya was secretly alarmed. No wonder Gan Tai was so fearless when he arrived at the Detective Division, and didn't even put the division chief Wen Hao in his eyes. It was because he looked down on the Chinese agents in the Detective Division.
Takeshita Shinya thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "I understand. But the hierarchy still needs to be maintained. As long as he doesn't provoke me, I will tolerate Gan Tai to some extent."
Kitaoka Ryoko smiled and said, "Of course. Takeshita-kun is a talent valued by Section Chief Sagawa and is also Captain Akita's student. Gan Tai will not offend you in the slightest."
Both sides were wary of each other and quickly reached a compromise, each taking a step back, and the matter was considered over. However, this also made Takeshita Shinya wary. Kitaoka Ryoko attached great importance to the work of the Detective Agency, so he had to be more careful in the future and not give himself away.
That evening, in the same dimly lit tavern, Ning Zhiheng and Takeshita Shinya—no, it would be more appropriate to call him He Siming at this point—sat in a secluded corner, raising their glasses in invitation.
He downed the wine in one gulp and said excitedly, "Station Chief, you're finally back! You don't know how cautious I've been these past few months, walking on thin ice. Without you supporting me, I felt completely uncertain. I've been waiting for you to come back."
Ning Zhiheng smiled slightly and said, "You know what, I almost didn't make it back this time, but thankfully everything went smoothly and the result was satisfactory!"
Seeing He Siming's surprised look, Ning Zhiheng explained the general situation of his return to Wuhan.
He continued, "Now you are an intelligence officer under the Shanghai Intelligence Section of our Second Operations Division."
He Siming smiled and said, "I see. From now on, I will address you as Chief."
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