Keiji Tsuchihara called Ding Mo and Li Zhiqun into his office and carefully inquired about their meeting with Ning Zhiheng in order to ascertain Ning Zhiheng's attitude.
"Fujiwara Tomohito only said not to let you arrest his business partners, did he say anything else?" Tsuchihara Keiji asked coldly.
Ding Mo nodded and reported, "Yes, Mr. Fujiwara himself was very polite and didn't say anything else."
"As for Qin Lechi, the manager of Lehe Trading Company, he said he would explain to you and ask us not to interfere anymore. You know, we are really in a difficult position!" Li Zhiqun also explained from the side.
They didn't get Qin Lechi's confession, and he was released. As a result, they had no confession or witnesses against Su Yue. They were afraid that Tsuchihara Keiji would blame them for not handling the matter properly.
Keiji Tsuchihara didn't blame them. The Fujiwara Company and the Military Police Headquarters had intervened forcefully, so how could a small Special Operations Department dare to stop them? However, Fujiwara Tomohito directly challenged him for his own selfish interests, which made Keiji Tsuchihara very unhappy.
This shows that Fujiwara no Tomohito doesn't really respect his own ideas. It seems that after becoming a direct descendant of the Fujiwara family, he has fewer scruples in his actions.
However, the matter still achieved the desired effect. Su Yue wisely resigned, and Tsuchihara Keiji stopped dwelling on it. He waved his hand and said helplessly, "Forget it. You should stay away from the Fujiwara Company from now on. Fujiwara Tomohito is young and doesn't know his place. Relying on his background, he sometimes doesn't consider things comprehensively and is prone to impulsiveness. If he comes knocking on our door again, the Special Agent Headquarters will become a joke, and our future work will be difficult to carry out."
Ding Mo and Li Zhiqun knew this would be the outcome, so they didn't dare to say anything more.
"But you did a great job this time, the results were pretty good, I heard you caught a big fish," Tsuchihara Keiji then asked.
Ding Mo and Li Zhiqun's eyelids twitched. They hadn't reported the arrest of Sun Xiangde, but Tsuchihara Keiji had brought it up first.
They immediately realized that someone must have secretly reported to Keiji Tsuchihara. Thinking about it, it made sense. After all, the Special Operations Department was an intelligence agency. How could the Japanese not have any precautions? It wasn't surprising that they had Japanese informants around them. At the very least, the intelligence chief, Luo Xingchao, was definitely one of them. As for those in secret, there must be others. They had to be careful.
Ding Mo quickly stepped forward and explained, "We've captured a Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS) agent named Sun Xiangde. He's a veteran of the CBIS and holds a high position in the CBIS's Shanghai-Suzhou region. He has now defected to us, and we're preparing to use him as bait to capture a team of CBIS agents under his command."
Li Zhiqun still concealed the existence of the bat. This bat was too valuable, and he had to capture him personally. Otherwise, if the Japanese got involved, it would be a huge loss.
Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Keiji Tsuchihara said no more. He just wanted these two people to know that their actions were under his watchful eye. They had captured such an important person, yet they hadn't reported back in the past two days. What were these two thinking?
After all, they are Chinese, and their hearts are bound to be different. It is impossible for Tsuchihara Keiji to completely trust them.
Keiji Tsuchihara smiled faintly and said encouragingly, "You don't need to think too much. I'm entrusting this matter entirely to you. The Special Operations Department has only just been established, and you've already achieved such results. I'm very satisfied with your work."
The two men were relieved to see that Tsuchihara Keiji didn't seem to blame them, but they remained secretly wary and knew they should be more careful in the future.
They have no one else to rely on right now, so for the time being they can only depend on the Green Gang disciples under Wu Shicai. As for the special agents from the Investigation Department, they don't trust them. Who knows which of these people is Wen Hao's spy?
However, the Green Gang members only had the advantage of being familiar with the local situation. At most, they were better at gathering information, but in terms of overall quality, they were far inferior to trained professional agents.
These people have too many flaws. They indulge in eating, drinking, gambling, whoring, swindling, and cheating. They are simple-minded, have no sense of secrecy when handling matters, are poor in skills, and have even worse loyalty. If they weren't so short-handed, why would veteran agents like Ding Mo and Li Zhiqun use these people?
Problems have arisen right from the start, giving both of them a major headache. Needless to say, the information must have been leaked from Wu Shicai's guard squad. These Green Gang members only care about money and are willing to do anything; they are mostly greedy people.
This is also why they were so eager to recruit more people and wanted to gather more personnel from the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. So, as soon as Sun Xiangde surrendered, he was immediately given the position of director of the Second Division. They were still short of professional talent!
Ning Zhiheng waited for three days, but the Chongqing headquarters still hadn't sent back any confirmation. He couldn't help but feel anxious. Now that it was certain that the man surnamed Sun was neither one of his intelligence officers nor a member of the underground party, he was very likely a member of the Shanghai station and the assassination team.
After all, with their actions being the most significant, the likelihood of an accident occurring in the city is also the greatest.
Ning Zhiheng said he didn't care about the fate of the Shanghai station, but if something really happened, how could he possibly stay out of it? First of all, Wang Hanmin absolutely could not be harmed. Not only would the Shanghai station be completely destroyed if something happened to him, but he had seen this in himself and knew that if he defected to the enemy, he would pose a fatal threat to him.
As for the assassination team, these people are different from Wang Hanmin's Shanghai station personnel. They are all old acquaintances from the Nanjing headquarters, and some of them must know him. It is a very dangerous matter, and he must do his best to ensure that nothing goes wrong with them.
Finally, Ning Zhiheng could no longer contain himself and ordered Yi Hua'an to inform Mu Yu to investigate the specific situation of this man surnamed Sun as much as possible, otherwise he would really be worried.
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