Having low qualifications and being an outsider who joined the government halfway through his career, he had no connections and suffered many setbacks with the new government. Fortunately, with the support of Hiroki Kagesa and Masayoshi Haruki, he has finally gained a foothold.
Qingqing Zhengliang leaned back and said arrogantly, "Don't worry, with our introduction, he will value your performance. It will be very beneficial for you to get to know him better."
Upon hearing Qing Qingzhengliang's assurance, Li Zhiqun beamed with joy. He stood up, bowed respectfully to Qing Qingzhengliang, and thanked him again, saying, "It is all thanks to your support that I am where I am today. From now on, I will serve you without hesitation, even unto death!"
At this point, Li Zhiqun had lost all sense of shame and kept groveling to Qing Qingzhengliang to express his loyalty.
Qingqing Zhengliang looked at Li Zhiqun and nodded in satisfaction. He then said, "This time, I also mentioned Ding Mo to the head of the Yingzuo Agency. Mr. Wang agreed to give Ding Mo the position of Minister of the Social Affairs Department. You will be in charge of the Special Agent Headquarters independently. However, this matter can only be announced when the new government officially returns to Nanjing. For now, you can focus on your work. You don't need to worry too much about Ding Mo."
"Thank you so much for your care, Colonel! I am so grateful!" Hearing this, Li Zhiqun finally felt reassured. Before long, he would be able to oust Ding Mo and take control of the Special Agent Headquarters on his own. He would finally get what he wanted.
At this moment, he couldn't help but feel emotional. He was just an ordinary clerk in the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics back then, but now he held real power, commanded a region, and had thousands of agents under his command. This feeling was something he had never experienced before, and he felt that the pinnacle of life could not be more than this.
Haruki Masayoshi continued, "However, Mr. Li, you must understand that our Shadow Agency is your true supporter. The work of the Special Agent Headquarters must be under our supervision. I hope you understand this!"
"Of course, of course, this humble servant will certainly follow your arrangements and the arrangements of Chief Kagesa!"
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" Li Zhiqun said.
The door was pushed open, and Secretary Zhuang stepped forward to report, "Director, Luo Xingchao, the head of the intelligence section of the First Division, has come to report to you."
Li Zhiqun immediately frowned and reprimanded in a stern voice, "Didn't you see that Colonel Qingqing and I were talking about something? If he has work to do, he should report to Zhang Mingshi. He doesn't understand any manners at all."
The Zhang Mingshi he mentioned was the head of the First Division of the Special Agent Headquarters, and also a former head of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS) who defected to the CBIS. After witnessing the establishment of the puppet government, he could not bear the hardships and dangers of the undercover work behind enemy lines, and directly sold out his team members, radio, and codebook to the 76th Bureau. Ding Mo and Li Zhiqun were naturally delighted to welcome him. Wen Hao, who was in charge of the First Division, volunteered to go to Nanjing to set up a branch of the Special Agent Headquarters, and the position of head of the First Division became vacant. Ding Mo took it upon himself to arrange the position for Zhang Mingshi.
Zhang Mingshi was new to the Special Agent Headquarters and unaware of its true strength. He originally thought Ding Mo was the head of the Special Agent Headquarters, so he immediately tried to curry favor with Ding Mo. However, he did not expect that the one who actually held power in the Special Agent Headquarters was the second-in-command, Li Zhiqun. Now, Li Zhiqun was quite dissatisfied with Zhang Mingshi and was just waiting to drive Ding Mo away so that he could eliminate all of Zhang Mingshi's subordinates.
Just as Li Zhiqun was about to reprimand him, Qing Qingzhengliang waved his hand to interrupt him and said, "Mr. Li, I invited Section Chief Luo here. He has some things to discuss with you."
Upon hearing Qingqing Zhengliang's words, Li Zhiqun was startled; Luo Xingchao indeed had close ties with the Japanese.
Li Zhiqun was aware of Luo Xingchao's situation. This man was originally an agent of the Military Intelligence Bureau's Shanghai Station. Later, the Shanghai Station was cracked by the Japanese Special Higher Police, and Luo Xingchao defected to the enemy and joined the Special Higher Police's Special Agent Investigation Department, becoming Wen Hao's subordinate. Later, he followed Wen Hao to the No. 76 Special Agent Headquarters.
This man's resume was originally unremarkable; Li Zhiqun had plenty of such people under his command. However, for some reason, he caught the eye of the former head of the agency, Tsuchihara Keiji, who personally promoted him to the position of head of the intelligence section. From then on, Li Zhiqun paid special attention to him. Later events unfolded as he had predicted: Luo Xingchao was indeed Tsuchihara Keiji's spy planted at the Special Agent Headquarters. Because of this, Li Zhiqun specifically warned his subordinates to be wary of this man. Later, after Tsuchihara Keiji left, Li Zhiqun knew that Tsuchihara Keiji and Kagesa Hiroki were at odds, and he assumed that Luo Xingchao would also fall out of favor. Therefore, he treated Luo Xingchao with indifference. Several times when Luo Xingchao came to report on his work, he was casually dismissed. Now it seemed that he had been too hasty; this Luo Xingchao was not as simple as he had thought!
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