Keiji Tsuchihara never expected that the bombing would also implicate the intelligence agents at the Iwai Mansion.
Keiji Tsuchihara was somewhat troubled. The Iwai Mansion was a high-level intelligence agency exclusively under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Even the Tsuchihara Agency did not have the authority to investigate them. At most, they could only transfer the situation to the head of the Iwai Mansion, namely Consul General Iwai Kenichi. As for how Iwai Kenichi handled it, Keiji Tsuchihara had no right to inquire or interfere.
Japan had too many intelligence agencies in Shanghai, with intertwined relationships, overlapping functions, and each acting independently without respecting the others. Tsuchihara Keiji was quite annoyed by this situation, otherwise he wouldn't have set his sights on Fujiwara Tomohito.
Kitaoka Ryoko said with a sense of helplessness, "Matsudaira Hidemi is indeed suspicious. According to our previous deductions, Bat is a member of our intelligence department. Now that he has appeared on this street, I think he is very likely Bat. However, we have no right to investigate the intelligence personnel of the Iwai Mansion."
Keiji Tsuchihara nodded and said to Li Zhiqun, "I will pass this information on to Consul General Iwai and leave everything to him. However, Iwai Kenji is not an intelligence officer by training, his professional skills are average, and he is stubborn and self-willed, making it difficult for him to listen to others' opinions. I don't think there will be any results. This task still needs to be completed by us."
When Li Zhiqun saw what Tsuchihara Keiji said, he had no choice but to give up the idea of continuing the investigation. Let the Japanese resolve their own affairs!
He continued, "There's one more thing. Sun Xiangde previously revealed that he knew of two undercover locations of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics in the Suzhou-Shanghai area. I originally planned to have Sun Xiangde lead the team back to oversee the arrest operation, but now that Sun Xiangde is seriously injured and unable to get up, I can only leave it to you to handle."
After saying that, he handed a page of notes to Keiji Tsuchihara.
When Tsuchihara Keiji took the document, his face lit up with joy. All the agents of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS) had withdrawn from Shanghai before the war. Now that Sun Xiangnan had betrayed them, it was certain that the CBIS agents in the Suzhou-Shanghai area were hiding in Suzhou. With these two strongholds in hand, this time there might be unexpected gains.
Keiji Tsuchihara nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile, "Well done. I'll immediately send a telegram to the Suzhou Special Higher Police branch and have them carry out the arrests. If we can follow this lead and uncover the entire Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics' Suzhou-Shanghai area, Mr. Li, you've done a great job!"
Li Zhiqun quickly bowed and replied, "Thank you, Chief!"
The conversation went fairly well; Tsuchihara Keiji didn't blame Li Zhiqun too much. After all, it would be difficult for a newly established peripheral intelligence agency to compete with such a formidable opponent as the Shanghai Intelligence Section.
The two bases handed over greatly satisfied Tsuchihara Keiji. After Li Zhiqun took his leave, he left the Tsuchihara Agency and hurriedly returned to the Special Operations Department. He did not notice that a pair of eyes had been secretly watching him all along.
Luo Xingchao stood at the office window, watching Li Zhiqun's figure, his mind racing with thoughts.
He now knows everything that happened today. So many spies have died at once; there's no way to hide it anymore. Everyone is whispering and discussing it.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!"
Cui Yuanfeng pushed the door open and closed it behind him. He came to Luo Xingchao and said in a low voice, "Section Chief, we've found out. A total of ten members of the guard brigade died. Sun Xiangde and another member are seriously injured and are being treated in the hospital."
Then he reported the names of the deceased to Luo Xingchao one by one. When Luo Xingchao heard the name Fan He, he raised his eyebrows and after a moment, he smiled at Cui Yuanfeng and said, "It seems we've met a tough opponent. What can these fools who only know how to cheat and swindle do? You still need to win back our former subordinates. We can't let them fall apart. Let them gather more information. In this world, we still need to be more careful."
Luo Xingchao previously served as the action captain in the Detective Division, and had quite a few Green Gang members under his command. Now that he has come to the Special Agent Department, these people have been transferred to the Guard Brigade. Luo Xingchao decided to recruit these people as well to increase his own strength.
Cui Yuanfeng was his confidant and had always been by his side, so it was perfect for him to handle this matter.
"Yes!" Cui Yuanfeng nodded in agreement, turned around and left.
Luo Xingchao turned to look out the window and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. The intelligence department's operation went smoothly, and they were also very lucky. During the final breakout, they also managed to take care of Fan He, the squad leader.
This saved Luo Xingchao a lot of trouble. When he learned that the Special Operations Department's entrapment operation had failed, his first thought was to eliminate Fan He alive.
To avoid alerting Fan He, he didn't kill him after gathering information. Now that the entrapment operation has failed, he can't guarantee that Fan He won't talk nonsense.
Despite Fan He's repeated assurances that he was willing to provide information to Luo Xingchao, Luo Xingchao was still unwilling to take the risk. He couldn't entrust his safety to a scoundrel like Fan He. Fortunately, that was no longer a problem.
On a street in the southern part of the city, Matsudaira Hidemi, dressed in a long gown and wearing a top hat, strode to the entrance of an alley. He glanced at an old shoemaker at the alley entrance, and after the two looked at each other, they looked away. Matsudaira Hidemi then stepped into the alley.
The old shoemaker looked up and glanced around as if nothing was amiss. Finding nothing unusual, he lowered his head and continued with his work.
Matsudaira Hidemi walked briskly through the alley and soon arrived at the door of an inconspicuous house, which he pushed open and went inside.
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