Chapter 16

He heard.

Feng Hua Lianzi had wanted to tell a lie, but recalling Chen Yongren's earlier whisper in her ear, her body shuddered involuntarily; she dared not hide anything and spoke truthfully.

"Fu Shu, that is Huang WenZheng, told me that your internal departments will hold a joint conference, at which all senior officials will come to attend the meeting."

"All senior officials of the National Government gathered together for a meeting; there is nothing more exciting than this."

Saying this, Feng Hua Lianzi grew a bit excited: "The Butterfly Team definitely cannot do it, and I don't know how to awaken other spy teams either, so I can only send a telegram to my superiors."

"After receiving the reply from our superiors, we began preparing for the assassination."

"I just didn't expect your reaction to be this fast; my worst plan was that you would detect my radio signal but couldn't discern my intention."

Chen Yongren let out a cold laugh and did not respond.

Feng Hua Lianzi looked at Chen Yongren, gritted his teeth and said: "It's a pity, the plan failed completely, all because of you, you bastard!"

"If it weren't for you, this operation would definitely succeed."

"We don't need to defeat your army on the front lines; your internal turmoil will erupt first, then the imperial forces can swoop in and destroy you within three months!"

"The name of Red Butterfly and the Butterfly Team will also echo throughout the intelligence world!"

But shortly after, Chen Yongren's words shattered Feng Hua Lianzi's beautiful dream.

"You can become famous now if you want."

Seeing the wolf-dog lying beside Chen Yongren, Feng Hua Lianzi finally realized her situation, hurriedly shook her head, and continued to recount what she knew.

Under Feng Hua Lianzi's account, the recorder Zhang Haifeng was also listening with his heart pounding.

According to Feng Hua Lianzi's testimony, Huang Wenzheng leaked many important military secrets to the Japanese by exploiting his position.

Each piece of military intelligence was enough to turn the tide of battle.

Just recording the leaked information, Zhang Haifeng filled up the interrogation sheets and had to go get another stack before returning.

Feng Hua Lianzi continued to spill the information she knew.

From the Butterfly Team's roster, to how to contact other teams, and the lists of other moles and wavering elements.

Just a few of those moles, if you casually throw one out, could trigger a major earthquake.

"A Ren, with this testimony we don't know how many hidden spies we could catch!" Zhang Haifeng handed the folder to Chen Yongren.

Now we just need to arrest people according to the list.

After finishing her confession, Red Butterfly slumped, head in her hands, eyes vacant as she crouched in the corner.

Through observation, Chen Yongren also confirmed that everything that could be dug up had been unearthed, and he couldn't be bothered to deal with Feng Hua Lianzi any further.

Zhang Haifeng grew ever more curious: what punishment had Chen Yongren used to make this Japanese senior agent so obedient?

He was just about to ask.

The door of the interrogation room was opened.

Lin Dayou strode in and asked, "A Ren, I'm done over there—how's it going here? Did you get any useful intel?"

"For your first interrogation, don't go easy on her just because she's a woman; when dealing with this bunch of damn Japanese spies, you can't treat them as humans—beat them like livestock and they'll behave."

"Even if our brothers are captured, the Japanese won't…"

Lin Dayou still thought Chen Yongren couldn't handle Red Butterfly, this kind of senior agent, so he came to help.

"It's all been extracted." Chen Yongren handed the folder to Lin Dayou.

"What did you say? It's all been extracted?"

Lin Dayou's expression turned to shock; he hurriedly flipped through the folder, his eyes widening, his shocked gaze fixed on Chen Yongren.

"How did you manage that?" Lin Dayou was utterly puzzled.

In the Military Intelligence Bureau, the director's office.

Because the matter was of great importance, Shen Mingchen was personally reporting to Boss Dai at this moment.

A man in his early forties, wearing a colonel's uniform, sat at the desk; his appearance was nothing remarkable, the sort you'd lose in a crowd.

Yet he possessed a deep, solemn aura that commanded respect even without anger.

Shen Mingchen held him in great respect, not daring to raise his voice when speaking.

He was the highest-ranking official of the Military Intelligence Bureau, the director.

Because he knew how to make money, his subordinates liked to call him Boss.

"What did you say?"

"You caught Red Butterfly?"

"Is Huang Wenzheng a traitor?"

"Has he already leaked the details of the joint conference?"

After hearing Shen Mingchen's report, Boss Dai could no longer stay seated.

He never imagined that the Japanese army had just made a move on Beiping, then quickly turned its sights on Jinling, targeting the entire city's high-ranking officials.

Boss Dai never expected the problem to lie within the Executive Yuan.

A secretary in a key position had been turned by the Japanese into a traitor, secretly leaking confidential information to them.

Especially Red Butterfly, a senior agent of the Butterfly Team.

She had once assassinated multiple high-ranking officials of the Nationalist government, causing considerable social upheaval.

Her capture was surprisingly simple?

"These bastards are getting bolder and bolder!" Boss Dai's eyes flashed: "I told the old man long ago that there might be a traitor inside, but he wouldn't listen!"

"And yet he said I was just alarmist; fortunately we caught it in time, so no major trouble arose."

As a trusted aide, Shen Mingchen also lowered his head at this moment, pretending not to hear Boss Dai's private complaints.

"Boren, your discovery is extremely important!" Boss Dai exclaimed excitedly: "This could very well be the biggest spy case our Military Intelligence Bureau has ever cracked since its founding."

Recently the battle has reached a stalemate; the Japanese army is surrounding us from multiple sides, trying to nibble away at us. Remember, no matter the cost, you must extract more information out of Red Butterfly's mouth.

Dig out her network, eradicate the Japanese spies' intelligence system in Gold Hill, and root out the moles they have planted inside us.

Yes, boss! Shen Mingchen straightened up firmly.

The boss couldn't help touching the colonel's insignia on his collar.

The old man worried that once the Military Intelligence Bureau became too powerful to control, promotions within the party would be extremely difficult.

But this time.

The boss had a feeling that before long he could be promoted to major general, and perhaps the Military Intelligence Bureau could become completely independent, no longer subject to that director.

Thinking of this, the boss immediately picked up the phone.

Shen Mingchen, being tactful, withdrew and went to the Interrogation Division again.

He had thought that interrogating Hongdie would be a protracted struggle, requiring at least two or three days.

But Shen Mingchen didn't expect that, in just the two hours he went to report to the bureau chief.

Chen Yongren would have extracted everything that could be asked.

Looking at Hongdie curled up in the corner, trembling, Shen Mingchen even wondered, 'Is this still the senior agent who has given the Military Intelligence Bureau such a headache?'

But Shen Mingchen was quickly captivated by Hongdie's confession.

After a moment of silence, Shen Mingchen said, 'I'll go report to the boss again.'

Less than half an hour later, Shen Mingchen knocked on the boss's door again.

'Anything else?' Seeing that it was Shen Mingchen at the door, the boss was somewhat surprised.

Shen Mingchen handed the statement to the boss and said, 'Hongdie has confessed everything; this is her deposition.'

'That fast?'

The boss quickly regained his composure, perusing the statement, his expression growing increasingly grave.

He could be certain that this deposition would be enough to cause a major upheaval within the National Government.

After pondering for a long time, the boss finally said in a low voice, 'Arrest them!'