Chapter 461: Closed-Door Isolation Was How Many Years Ago

The interrogation process was much faster than Yu Dazhang had expected.

Barely an hour had passed before someone came to notify him that the interrogation was already over.

This forced him to admire the efficiency of the Ministry of State Security.

That guy had looked like a tough nut to crack, yet in the hands of the Ministry of State Security he'd spilled everything within an hour.

What method works so well?

Did they pinch his funny bone?

No matter what, this was absolutely good news for him.

As long as the Ministry of State Security got the key information, they could cast the net on the remaining people, and this matter could be wrapped up as soon as possible.

Arriving once again at that two-story building, Yu Dazhang was led into a meeting room.

Li Mingzhao sat at the head of the table, with seven men and one woman seated around below him; among them were two he had seen before.

They were precisely the man and woman who had impersonated guards and researchers inside the test area.

The moment he stepped through the door, he sensed the atmosphere was unusual; everyone present was staring at him with a strange look in their eyes.

"Let me make the introductions."

Li Mingzhao beckoned Yu Dazhang over, and only after he came to his side did he continue:

"This is the outside help I've invited. Don't be fooled by his young age—he's very experienced, and quite well-known in the Songhai police force."

Yu Dazhang then gave his own name and exchanged a few polite words.

Next, Li Mingzhao introduced the people present to him.

"The Ministry of State Security has seven special operations teams in total. Everyone here is a member of our Team Four. Apart from those who were injured and couldn't attend, the rest are all here."

He pointed at a young man on his right and said:

"This is Xiao Yi…"

He then introduced each of the members present to Yu Dazhang one by one; every time a name was called, the person would stand and greet him.

After going around the circle, the few people seated on the left voluntarily gave up a spot.

Anyone who could work in a Ministry of State Security special operations team was bound to be proud and high-spirited.

After all, these people had been hand-picked from thousands, so naturally they had the capital to be arrogant.

Yet today they had been given a lesson by this utterly unremarkable Fatty standing before them.

The Ministry of State Security hadn't caught a single live one of them in over two months, and yet this Fatty had done it within a single day of arriving.

When Li Mingzhao told them, everyone had been skeptical of his words and simply hadn't believed it was true.

At a distance of 1500 meters, he could actually see through the other party's disguise—was that something a human could do?

If they hadn't actually caught someone, they would certainly have taken it for the biggest joke imaginable.

And it wasn't just them—even the captured enemy agent couldn't believe his own disguise had been seen through.

"These are the identity information and confession materials of the person captured earlier."

Li Mingzhao took out several documents and gestured for everyone to pass them around:

"If you have questions, raise them quickly."

After Yu Dazhang got the documents, he flipped through them quickly.

Wang Ze, 29 years old, originally from Qingtian City, D Province. After serving five years in the Foreign Legion, he took the nationality of the country he was stationed in.

He retired last June, and afterward joined a foreign private military company.

That company provided services such as security, military training, and intelligence support, and was active in multiple conflict zones around the globe.

Three months ago, the company received a commission requiring three military personnel with Huaxia faces to carry out a secret mission for them.

The company then dispatched Wang Ze and two other company members to come to the country.

According to Wang Ze's confession, the other two members, like him, were originally from the country; in both appearance and language they were indistinguishable from locals, so they wouldn't draw any particular attention.

Seeing this, Yu Dazhang realized this was actually the last page.

"He only confessed this much?" Yu Dazhang asked, looking at Li Mingzhao.

What followed was Wang Ze's description of the other two members; as for anyone else, it was a blank—no record at all. At first he thought Li Mingzhao had hidden part of the confession, but a moment's thought told him that wasn't the case.

Everyone present, apart from himself, was a member of their team; there was no need to hold anything back.

If it were to guard against him, they wouldn't have called him over to attend the meeting.

"What is recorded above is the entire content of the confession."

Li Mingzhao looked somewhat depressed, his complexion not too good either:

"According to Wang Ze's confession, the leader, judging by his appearance, is also from the country, but as for which country specifically, he wasn't clear."

A note of helplessness crept into his voice:

"They have an internal rule that doesn't allow them to reveal their identities to one another, nor to inquire about the specifics of this mission."

"These hired agents only need to obey orders and follow instructions."

"This Wang Ze doesn't even know how many people the other side recruited in total."

Yu Dazhang listened quietly, his face showing little change in expression, merely nodding once in a while.

Upon hearing the last sentence, his brow furrowed slightly, as if somewhat puzzled by the situation.

But he quickly realized that this seemingly absurd approach was, in fact, the one that best fit the actual situation inside the country.

Within the country, it was simply not permitted to establish similar military companies.

It was even less possible to allow anyone to form a private army.

At the slightest sign, it would immediately be regarded as endangering public order and undermining social stability.

The outcome went without saying.

Therefore, to quickly assemble a batch of agents with military training, one could only hire people from foreign military companies.

The hired personnel must also possess legal identity and a domestic background.

Only in this way can the risk of exposure be minimized to the greatest extent.

"Doesn't the Ministry of State Security exercise any control over these foreign personnel who have served in the military abroad?" Yu Dazhang asked.

He felt this was the biggest problem.

Those people had even changed their nationality; allowing such people to enter the country was itself a risk.

So in his view, the Ministry of State Security should exercise strict control over this aspect.

But the moment his question left his mouth, everyone present cast him strange looks, as if they couldn't understand why he would say such a thing.

"It's 2015 already — how can you still come out with something so thoughtless?"

Li Mingzhao explained with a frown:

"Isolationism was ages ago. Nowadays, as long as someone has legal status and abides by the law, even if they've served in the military abroad, they can enter the country normally."

The other team members, though they said nothing, all nodded in agreement.

Clearly, the Ministry of State Security had a deeper understanding of this area.

This also reminded Yu Dazhang of a former-life internet celebrity: Half a Fox.

He had started livestreaming while serving in the Foreign Legion.

Later he even changed his nationality.

But that didn't stop him from returning to the country and continuing as an internet celebrity.

Just as Li Mingzhao said — as long as one had legal status and abided by the law, no one really did anything to him.

Later he even became a top internet celebrity with tens of millions of fans, spending every day online educating his fans about mercenary knowledge.

This stuff can't be explained by words alone — there are real-life examples.

"This is getting a bit troublesome."

Yu Dazhang rubbed his temples, looking somewhat headache-ridden:

"If the other side has channels and isn't short on money, couldn't they just keep hiring people from abroad endlessly?"

"If it's really like this, we can't catch them all either."

(End of this chapter)