Chapter 629

Inoue Koji confessed a lot, and his confession could be considered a portrait of the Japanese's surging ambition. Stealing some intelligence from the police station over the years was one aspect, but the main thing was that his position in the police station made it very convenient for the Japanese to do things. Although he didn't have as much power as an Inspector, a team leader only had fifty-plus people, so it was very convenient to do things. Other team leaders in other areas would also give him some face. Over the years, he had facilitated many things for the Japanese, both openly and secretly.

As for Liu Mingjie, who did the transit work and mastered the contact work of the other four people, Inoue Koji hadn't met the others, but according to him, those other four were also police, and he guessed that there might even be people at the Inspector level.

Listening from beginning to end, Mitchell didn't show anything, took the backup confession, beckoned Wang Yan to go out, went to the office upstairs, poured two glasses of red wine, and only then said: "These damn Japanese monkeys are truly insidious and cunning, actually making arrangements so many years in advance. This Fang Yuantu, oh, no, what was his name again?"

"Inoue Koji!" Wang Yan, who was drinking on the side, reminded him considerately.

"Ah, right, Inoue Koji. That silk shop owner he mentioned and the four others—I estimate there are definitely more than these people; there must be even more."

"Inspector General, what do you plan to do?"

"I can't make the decision on this kind of thing; it needs to be reported to the Chief and the high-level officials of the Municipal Council." Mitchell shook his head and let out a long breath: "Wang, you have to hurry up and interrogate that silk shop owner and pry his mouth open. Also, you can't use private torture outside, otherwise, you can't rule out the suspicion of extracting a confession by torture, and the confession obtained won't be credible. Bring that person back. I don't know if your subordinates have caused any big commotion; if it's discovered by the Japanese, that wouldn't be good."

"Inspector General, before you went to the interrogation room, Inoue Koji, fearing I would use major torture, said when he opened his mouth that the Japanese had already received the news and would definitely try to save him. This shows that there are still Japanese eyes and ears in our police station. Also, there is another thing: when I brought Inoue Koji to the underground interrogation room, it was indeed seen by many people. But you are the dignified Inspector General; with so much work, how did this small matter reach your ears so quickly?"

"It was William from the Logistics Department who came to have me sign documents and told me as a joke. You don't mean to say he has a problem, do you?"

Wang Yan shook his head: "I know William; he's a reliable young man, basically impossible to be working for the Japanese. What I mean is, although our police station has many people and eyes, it's impossible for the news to spread so fast. So, before it reached William's ears, someone must have deliberately spread the news in the police station. Otherwise, as the Inspector General, with such busy work, if you wanted to know about this, it would have been noon at the earliest. But don't you worry, my people handle things properly; capturing them must have been a secret operation, and it must have been done before the Japanese transferred them. Even if the Japanese knew, it would be useless. In a while, I'll call and have them bring the person to the police station for interrogation."

"Alright, let's do it that way."

"Inspector General, how to deal with Inoue Koji?"

Mitchell glanced at Wang Yan, pondered for a moment, and said: "Wang, I know your worries and even more your caution, but this Inoue Koji cannot die yet. I will immediately report to the Chief, and the Chief will notify the high-level officials of the Municipal Council. I think they will definitely come over for a second interrogation. Once their interrogation is over, this Inoue Koji will be handed over to you to deal with. I think even the Chief and those people from the Municipal Council will understand you."

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Wang Yan pretended to think for a moment: "Alright, Inspector General, then your actions must be fast. Ruining such a big thing for the Japanese, I estimate the Japanese now wish they could kill me. You also know that I'm afraid of death. Now that I've seen the Japanese's wolf-hearted ambition, you can also understand my choice. The most critical thing is that our business is still being choked by the Japanese. If this Inoue Koji doesn't die, it's very hard for me to act."

"Don't worry, I'm going to report to the Chief now."

"Good, Inspector General, I'm going to do my work."

Responding, Wang Yan drank the red wine in his glass with Mitchell and went out together. Mitchell went upstairs, while he returned to the office to make a call.

It had been over an hour; regardless of whether the matter was handled well or not, the call should have come. Sure enough, he had just reached the second floor when he saw Qi Si guarding the stairwell waiting.

"Brother Yan, a call just came from over there. That silk shop owner Liu Mingjie, as well as Gao Yunchang, and the families of both people have all been controlled."

"What about Zhang Xiaolin's side? Any movement?"

"No call, so there should be no movement." Qi Si said: "Brother Yan, Muramoto Ichiro and a bird-feather consul from the Japanese consulate named Omura Akihiro called one after another wanting to meet you. But I said you were in a meeting and couldn't take the call. Muramoto Ichiro said if he couldn't see you today, the matter of the special pass might have some trouble."

"Very well said!"

Wang Yan affirmed Qi Si's approach, returned to his office, called Shi Changxing, and had him immediately bring Liu Mingjie to the police station secretly for interrogation.

Of course, saying it was secret, it couldn't really be kept secret. It was just to avoid exposing their tracks on the way and being attacked by the Japanese, who might rescue the person. After all, the streets were full of Japanese special agents now, with eyes and ears everywhere. And they were probably going crazy now; it wasn't impossible for some accident to happen. Once they reached the police station, there was no need to hide. Because it definitely couldn't be hidden; who knew how many pairs of eyes were staring at it.

Not to mention anything else, as long as he, Wang, dared to leave the police station now, within five minutes, he would be half-coerced by the Japanese to go drink coffee, or tea, or have a meal, always wanting him to give an explanation...

Shi Changxing handled things very reliably. The moment he caught the people, he brought them to the secret warehouse they had in the French Concession. There was no big commotion on the way, and they arrived at the Central Police Station very steadily.

It was also at this time that the high-level officials of the Municipal Council and the police station all came to the Central Police Station, once again interrogating Inoue Koji, and once again listening to Inoue Koji confess everything again. They even sent people to check his injuries and confirm the intensity of the torture. It was very strange; Inoue Koji, besides having an iron rod driven into his fingernail gap, had other injuries that, although looking very serious, were still within an acceptable range. They didn't know how Wang Yan interrogated him, but he made people open their mouths so smoothly?

But soon, they saw it.

Inoue Koji was taken down, and Liu Mingjie was brought up. Wang Yan personally inflicted the punishment. He didn't ask anything, first beat him fiercely, then used a slow and steady language to communicate at this time, while talking about terrifying punishments, gesturing on Liu Mingjie's body, and having people prepare things. In the instant before the terrifying punishment was about to begin, Liu Mingjie couldn't bear it and opened his mouth.

It looked very simple, but it required methods. Interrogation is about breaking the other party's psychological defense and crushing their will to resist. Without a doubt, physical torture is the simplest and most direct method. It's just that for people who have received relevant training, ordinary torture obviously doesn't work well. Wang Yan used verbal intimidation, created an atmosphere, and he really dared to take action. The interrogated personnel had no way to parry; it was just a matter of how much torture to apply and how long it would take.

A bunch of French foreigners watched Wang Yan interrogate from beginning to end. The way they looked at Wang Yan was like looking at a pervert.

Wang Yan had been in the police station for many years, but he had never heard of him having ability in this area. Of course, it was also because Wang Yan had been cautious before and never touched this aspect. The people he caught were all small characters; whether it was a thief who pried doors, a murderous criminal, or those arrogant young masters and hoodlums who feared nothing, when these people were caught by the police station, the whip hadn't even touched their bodies before they said everything they knew. He was even too lazy to pay attention to these small fry.

This time was different. Originally, Wang Yan wanted to implement family law and deal with the traitor, but he didn't expect it to be a Japanese, so it fell into his hands, and he had to do it himself.

For these ignorant foreigners, Wang Yan didn't pay attention. Letting this bunch of people be afraid wouldn't be a bad thing; it could gain him more respect.

Liu Mingjie—no, to be precise, Yoshimura Kenji—revealed shocking news. He wasn't just a simple transit intelligence officer as Inoue Koji had said; in fact, he was one of the officers in charge of this area, directly responsible to the Consul General of the consulate.

It wasn't that the Japanese weren't cautious; before the Battle of Shanghai, there were more secret contact methods. After the Japanese occupied Shanghai, they switched to the current contact and command. It had also been peaceful for so many years, and they had occupied Shanghai, so they were somewhat lax. They thought it was basically impossible to be exposed, and even if they were exposed, ordinary people would fear their prestige and wouldn't dare to talk nonsense, and might even be pulled over by them. It's just that they didn't expect Wang Yan to accidentally destroy them.

According to Yoshimura Kenji's confession, an Inspector at the Malan Police Station, a team leader at the Betang Road and Xiaodong Sect police stations each, and a squad leader at the Xiafei Road Police Station—very coincidentally, one of Liu Yitong's newly appointed subordinates—were all Japanese. Besides these being Japanese, there were also some patrolmen who had clearly defected to them. These were all won over over the years, especially after the Japanese occupied Shanghai, which made many people lose confidence and defect one after another.

Most critically, this Yoshimura Kenji also revealed the foreigners from the Municipal Council who cooperated with him; they were all bought off with huge sums of money. The faces of the bunch of foreigners participating in the interrogation turned very ugly. The Chief of the police station's face was even uglier; after all, this happened under his command. He hadn't discovered it before, which meant he was incompetent; now that he had discovered it, it was his chance to make up for his faults.

The French knew all the circumstances, encouraged Wang Yan, took away all the documents, and transferred troops to pick up Yoshimura Kenji. They did give Wang Yan three parts of face and left Inoue Koji for him to deal with.

Looking at Inoue Koji, who was brought over again and sat on the dark red solid wood interrogation chair, Wang Yan beckoned to Qi Si: "It's handed over to you; play with him as you like. Before lunch, kill him for me."

Qi Si grinned and stepped forward, rummaging through the pile of torture tools placed on the side. Inoue Koji struggled frantically: "Wang Yan, aren't you afraid the Great Japanese Empire will settle the score with you? Huh? You dare to kill me? You dare to kill me? Wang Yan, you won't die well!"

"I am indeed afraid of you Japanese. Precisely because I'm afraid, you have to die." Wang Yan looked like you really had no brain: "If you don't die, and later the French can't withstand the pressure and let you go, and you say how abominable I am and call me an enemy of Japan, what should I do if the Great Japanese Empire really comes to settle the score with me? Only by destroying the evidence can I survive. At most, I'll say some messy things to deal with it, and then I can live. At worst, I'll just act like a grandson and bleed some money. It's not a big problem; I, Wang, don't have such a hard bone and can kneel down. A-Si, gag his mouth for me; I don't want to hear him fart.

And you few, keep your mouths shut from now on. If you like to drink and brag, quit drinking; if you like to talk in your sleep, then sleep during the day. Don't let me know that you few are telling today's news to others as fun."

Wang Yan's cold gaze swept over He Shaohong, Zhang Xian, Qi Si, the patrolmen responsible for interrogation, and the patrolmen guarding the door: "I know my reputation for being greedy for life and afraid of death has always been bad, and you all secretly laugh at me. But now, let's see who can still laugh? The Japanese are so insidious, did you see? Just him, usually looking the same as a Chinese, who knew which sentence was said wrong and was remembered by him, and later told the Japanese, waiting for them to come and settle the score with us? I warned you repeatedly, wasn't it for the sake of your little lives?

You all know the character of this little Japanese; he does things in a rush and has a huge temper, but such a person is a Japanese agent. If he didn't say it, would any of you have seen it? From now on, be more careful and keep your mouths shut; don't say what shouldn't be said. If one day the Japanese come to settle the score with me, I don't know if they can kill me, but I can definitely kill you first. Whoever doesn't let me have a good time, then nobody have a good time. But if you keep secrets for me, I definitely won't treat you badly. You all know Shi Changxing under my command; from now on, every first day of the month, you few go to that rickshaw shop of mine on Beile Road to collect money.

Now the prices in Shanghai are high, and it's hard to live. You are all not young anymore, and behind you are a whole family to take care of. The money I give you is a subsidy from me; eat well, drink well, take good care of your parents, and educate your children well. This is what's real."

He was naturally talking to the patrolmen responsible for interrogation and guarding the door. As for Qi Si, he was reassured. He Shaohong and Zhang Xian were even more sensible, and he was doing business with them, so they had quite a few dividends and were all happy.

Giving a stick and then a date, seeing that those few small patrolmen had taken his words to heart, Wang Yan left the underground interrogation room and went to Aige to complain bitterly. Many of his words could be spread out through Aige.

And in the basement, Qi Si pulled out the rotten cloth from Inoue Koji's mouth, and under the guidance of others, took various torture tools to test them on Inoue Koji one by one.

The world is difficult; the silly kid came out early and had seen many dead people, so at this moment, he was still very excited about torturing others, especially a Japanese who had slapped him and almost killed him.

As for cruelty, the kid didn't have that feeling. He had seen too many miserable things, and torturing people with torture tools was no big deal...