After saying that, he continued, "Did Shadow often send out this much funding before? I think there's at least around $100,000 here."
Xia Deyan nodded and said, "This is quite common. Over the years, he has transferred no less than three hundred thousand US dollars to the Party. This is a huge sum of money that ordinary people cannot imagine. I really don't know how he raised it!"
Lin Hanwen was taken aback. He sighed softly, "We members of the Red Party only care about the greater good, not our own families. Which one of us wouldn't sacrifice everything, even our lives, for the country!"
He had previously received a telegram from headquarters saying that an extremely important intelligence agent was coming to work in Shanghai, and that a liaison officer had been sent to take charge of the case. The organizational affiliation was temporarily transferred to the Shanghai underground party, which he found somewhat strange at the time.
For a single intelligence agent, a liaison officer was specially assigned. This level of treatment is only reserved for intelligence agents with extremely high levels of secrecy.
Later, when Xia Deyan came to Shanghai to hand over his work, he learned that this intelligence officer had never shown his face, so all contact with him was one-way. He only knew this one intelligence officer, and if it was someone else, this important intelligence officer would be out of contact. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation in his many years of intelligence career.
Now it all seems worthwhile. Just those $100,000 can do so much for the organization. Just a couple of days ago I was worried about how to raise enough funds to buy that batch of smuggled drugs, but now it all seems to be solved.
In addition to medicine, they can also purchase other supplies needed by the troops on the mountain to help them get through this period of blockade.
"This money came just in time. We were short of funds to purchase medicines that the troops in the mountains of southern Jiangsu urgently needed, and it has solved our immediate problem!" Lin Hanwen continued.
Xia Deyan smiled slightly. The underground party is always short of money because there are too many things to do. This situation is the same everywhere.
"By the way, didn't I say before that we should try to establish two-way communication with him? So, have you spoken with him yet?" Lin Hanwen asked.
Xia Deyan shook his head regretfully and replied, "Shadow's situation is rather special. When we first made contact three years ago, his introducer suddenly sacrificed himself, and we couldn't gain each other's trust. That's how we made contact. Later, we tried to establish two-way communication with him many times, but we never had the chance to explain things clearly. This was mainly because his whereabouts were too mysterious, so we didn't succeed. Therefore, this method continued. However, after several contacts, we initially judged that Shadow should be a high-ranking agent within the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (Zhongtong), so he had the opportunity to access Zhongtong's top secrets. Several times, he saved the Nanjing underground party organization at critical moments, and he can be said to have made great contributions!"
But when Lin Hanwen heard Xia Deyan's words, he frowned and asked, "Are you sure Shadow is a member of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics?"
Xia Deyan was taken aback when he heard Lin Hanwen's words. He could tell that Lin Hanwen had a different opinion.
"What? Isn't that right? When we were in Nanjing, several of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics' operations against us were thwarted by Shadow. If he weren't a high-ranking agent of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, he would have no way of knowing those classified intelligences," Xia Deyan said with certainty.
The guess about the shadow was made by Xia Deyan and Fang Boyi after multiple encounters with the shadow. If it weren't for the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics' agents, many things would be inexplicable and illogical.
Lin Hanwen shook his head again and said, "I can give you some news. Just a month ago, the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics' intelligence team in Shanghai was raided by the Japanese military police. The entire team was wiped out. According to the timeline you mentioned, Shadow arrived in Shanghai more than two months ago, so he should not have escaped. But how do you explain this box of US dollars and the note? In other words, Shadow was unharmed in this arrest. Therefore, I judge that he should not be the so-called agent of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics!"
Xia Deyan couldn't help but be utterly astonished!
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