Ning Zhiheng watched as Chen Yanqing first laid out the six photos one by one, arranging them in a row, and then placed one, two, or three copies of materials under each photo.
Ning Zhiheng picked up a document from under a photograph, opened it, and began to read through it.
Chen Yanqing and his team did a very thorough job. Based on the photos provided by Ning Zhiheng, they selected all the people who resembled those in the photos. One of the Japanese spies had a very ordinary appearance, and as a result, they found three people who looked very much like him. Chen Yanqing also conducted detailed investigations on each of these three people.
"So, you identified twelve suspects based on these six photos, and you even investigated them?" Ning Zhiheng asked, somewhat surprised.
He truly hadn't expected that Liu Datong and Chen Yanqing could do such a meticulous job; it was beyond his expectations.
Hearing Ning Zhiheng's question, Chen Yanqing said somewhat nervously, "It was all my presumptuous decision. Your task for us was simply to find their hiding place, but I was a bit impatient and ordered people to investigate them anyway. As a result, during the investigation, one of the targets..."
After saying that, he picked up a document from the table and continued, "This is the person. After we found him, we followed and investigated him for half a month, but he suddenly disappeared and we still haven't found him."
Ning Zhiheng frowned. His original orders to Liu Datong and Chen Yanqing were simply to find the target and not to alert them. He was waiting for him to take over the investigation because he was worried that their lack of experience might alert the target during the investigation. Now it seemed that a problem had indeed arisen.
However, he also knew that Chen Yanqing was always meticulous in his work and always wanted to do things to the best of his ability, so he didn't blame him.
Ning Zhiheng waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I'm already very satisfied with what you've done. Were the other targets not alerted?"
Chen Yanqing explained, "No, after this incident, we realized that with our experience and skills, we were still far from being able to deal with real Japanese spies, so we stopped all tracking operations. Therefore, these investigation materials are not detailed."
“This is already very good!” Ning Zhiheng took the investigation materials. If nothing unexpected happened, the target must be the Japanese spy. He picked up the corresponding photo, turned it over, and saw the words “Yoshida Ryusuke” written on the back.
These Japanese spies were all He Siming's colleagues, so when describing the portrait, they also told Ning Zhiheng their names, and Ning Zhiheng wrote their names on the back of the photo.
The investigation materials show that the person's name is Ji Yongyan, 32 years old, and he was hired as a teacher at Huanan Elementary School in September of the 27th year of the Republic of China. He is single.
The materials included a photograph taken from a distance of a man in a long robe, holding a book and walking down the street. His appearance was indeed very similar to that of Yoshida Ryusuke, except that he wore a pair of black-rimmed glasses.
Ning Zhiheng then looked at another file folder on the desk and asked, "What's in this?"
"These are some photos we took while tracking our target. However, after we gave up tracking, we stopped taking photos, for fear of alerting the target again."
Chen Yanqing took out the photos from inside. There were twelve stacks in total, each bundled with thin rope and labeled with a name, corresponding to each target. It was clear that Chen Yanqing had put a lot of effort into it, categorizing the information and photos so that Ning Zhiheng could see them clearly at a glance.
A lot of photos were taken, totaling about two or three hundred, with an average of twenty or thirty photos taken of each target.
Chen Yanqing explained, "These photos not only contain pictures of the targets, but also many pictures of people who came into contact with them. We secretly took pictures of them, and we made markings and notes on the back of the photos, recording the time and place of the photos, so that we can conduct investigations later."
Ning Zhiheng couldn't help but exclaim, "Well done, Yanqing! You really should join our Military Intelligence Bureau. Such meticulousness and thoughtfulness are essential qualities for a secret agent!"
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