Standing at the top of the food chain, a top Japanese nobleman who had dominated East China for many years and controlled a vast business empire, was actually a Chinese intelligence officer? What did this secret mean? He knew all too well. After all, he was Japanese. From his perspective, although he was filled with fear of Ning Zhiheng and had gone to great lengths to hide under an assumed name for many years, he was even more afraid that Fujiwara Tomohito really was that Chinese intelligence officer, a genuine Chinese spy. If this were true, the harm to Japan would be enormous.
In the end, Seiji Yasuda overcame his fear and persisted in secretly investigating Tomohito Fujiwara's true identity, and soon found compelling evidence.
It turned out that during his investigation, he visited many people who had contact with Fujiwara Tomohito. During a visit to the Japanese calligrapher Ito Hiroki, he saw a scroll hanging on the wall of the living room, which immediately caught his attention.
The scroll was entirely written in Japanese, in small regular script, with elegant and beautiful characters that were upright and natural. The writer's signature was Fujiwara no Tomohito.
After inquiring, Yasuda Seiji learned that it was a gift personally written by Fujiwara Tomohito and presented to Ito Hiroki.
It is worth noting that when Yasuda Seiji first met Ning Zhiheng, he was deeply impressed by Ning Zhiheng's fluent Japanese and outstanding Japanese literary skills. Even his confession was written in Japanese by Ning Zhiheng. Therefore, he had a very deep memory of Ning Zhiheng's handwriting. By comparing the two, he finally confirmed his previous judgment.
He quickly reported the situation to his superior. Of course, in his account, Yasuda Seiji concealed his previous experiences, only saying that he had met Chinese intelligence officer Ning Zhiheng by chance.
All Japanese intelligence agencies operating in China knew the significance of the name "Ning Zhiheng." As the most important intelligence chief and spy chief in China, countless Japanese spies died directly or indirectly at his hands, and he was always regarded as the number one enemy by the Japanese intelligence agencies.
Because the matter was so important, his superior did not dare to neglect it and went directly to Lieutenant General Kobayashi, who had succeeded Uehara Junpei as the new head of intelligence, to explain the situation.
At this time, Ning Zhiheng had lost his two major backers and was in a difficult situation with enemies on both sides. Lieutenant General Kobayashi was one of the people secretly watching him. However, since Fujiwara Tomohito's status was so noble, Lieutenant General Kobayashi had some reservations and did not immediately take action against Ning Zhiheng. Instead, he ordered a secret investigation into Fujiwara Tomohito and was ready to make a move at any time.
Fortunately, this news was unexpectedly learned by Chiemi Tanikawa, who was working undercover in the military intelligence department. She immediately informed Ning Zhiheng. Upon hearing this news, Ning Zhiheng knew that his undercover career had come to an end, because his identity was too important and could not fall into the hands of the Japanese.
Therefore, Ning Zhiheng made a decisive move, painfully abandoning the identity of Fujiwara Tomohito that he had cultivated for many years, and orchestrated an assassination operation. In the end, he left behind a corpse with a blurred and unrecognizable face, and then used the "golden cicada shedding its shell" strategy to hastily evacuate East China.
Because of Ning Zhiheng's exposure, the Fujiwara Company, this vast business empire, collapsed instantly. All industries that had any connection or interaction with the identity of Fujiwara Tomohito were forced to abandon their operations. The losses were so great that they were incalculable. The work of the Shanghai Intelligence Section was also almost completely interrupted. Due to the lack of intelligence and the shortage of supplies, this indirectly led to the complete defeat on the main battlefield. Changsha, which had been defended for seven years, also fell in this battle, with extremely significant consequences.
Meanwhile, Chiemi Tanikawa, who had tipped off Ning Zhiheng, also faced the danger of being exposed, so she retreated to Chongqing with Ning Zhiheng.
Because of Tanikawa Chiemi's outstanding performance, and her timely tip-off that saved Ning Zhiheng's life, Ning Zhiheng trusted her completely after this incident and had no more doubts. After returning to Chongqing, he formally recruited Tanikawa Chiemi into the Second Operations Division of the Military Intelligence Bureau, making her one of Ning Zhiheng's confidantes.
After the Japanese surrendered, the Shanghai intelligence department learned that the Japanese had deployed a large number of spies to infiltrate before retreating back to Japan. Given that Chieko Tanikawa was very familiar with the Japanese intelligence agencies, Ning Zhiheng ordered her to take charge of the comprehensive crackdown.
And Chiemi Tanikawa lived up to Ning Zhiheng's expectations. With her outstanding work ability, she uncovered several Japanese undercover teams and arrested a large number of undercover agents in the past six months, achieving remarkable results. All of this made Ning Zhiheng very satisfied.
But today, he specifically called Chiemi Tanikawa to his office, which clearly had a deeper meaning.
At this moment, Chiemi Tanikawa finished reading the interrogation record in her hand and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, because the entire record did not mention anything about her. She believed that her plan was meticulous and that she had done her job cleanly without leaving any loopholes.
"Chief, I have reported to you before about the situation of this 'Nine Dogs' intelligence group. A month ago, when I cracked the 'Mitani' intelligence group, I obtained information about 'Nine Dogs'. Unfortunately, we arrived too late. Nine Dogs had escaped without a trace, and the group she led could not be investigated. We missed such a good opportunity."
Ning Zhiheng raised his eyes and carefully observed the subtle changes on Tanikawa Chiemi's face before saying after a long while, "In your previous report to me, you said that you got information about the whereabouts of 'Nine Dogs' from 'Mitani'. Her cover identity is Guan Peiling, the female accountant of Yonghua Textile Factory. When you led people to arrest her, her house was already empty. So, the investigation into the 'Nine Dogs' intelligence team came to an end, right?"
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