Chapter 170: Gained a New Skill

You're not feeling well, are you?

Young master, I can only reluctantly stir up some trouble to make your damned mental state even worse.

Hold a banquet?

I damn well want you to organize a memorial service.

Playing with people's minds is what I'm best at.

Chen Yongren began ordering his subordinates to track the daily movements of Japanese officials, agents, officers, and traitors in Songhu, and started planning assassination operations against them.

Also, have the radio signal appear from another location.

Relying on just one person definitely couldn't accomplish this task, so Chen Yongren thought of Hua Lei.

Having Hua Lei carry the radio around the world isn't realistic; if anything went wrong, it would be disastrous, so she can only be the operator.

Another day passed.

Chen Yongren placed the radio in a house he rented, and incidentally sent a message to Boss Dai containing an internal telegram from a higher-level Japanese spy.

Night.

"Hua Lei." Chen Yongren said.

"What's up, Brother?" Hua Lei looked up at Chen Yongren.

"I need you to do something for me." Chen Yongren said.

"Hmm." Hua Lei didn't waste words.

"Tomorrow at 9 a. m., go to Room 23, South Hua Road." Chen Yongren pulled out a bunch of keys: "After you go in, you'll see an iron box."

"You just need to plug it into a socket, heat that little spoon for five minutes, then unplug it."

"Okay!" Hua Lei nodded.

She didn't ask what the iron box was, nor why Chen Yongren wanted it done this way.

Who cares.

Whatever Ren Ge tells me to do, I'll do it.

The next day.

Hua Lei also went to South Hua Road No. 23 as Chen Yongren requested.

Chen Yongren didn't go to the police station but went straight to the Songhu Special Agency.

Section 9 was about to be formed, so these two days Chen Yongren also had good reason to meet Tengyuan Jintai to ask about work matters.

Chen Yongren's diligence and eagerness to learn also pleased Tengyuan Jintai.

While Tengyuan Jintai was teaching Chen Yongren how to manage his subordinates,

the office door was knocked.

"Come in." Tengyuan Jintai said.

A lieutenant carrying a folder walked in excitedly, saw a stranger in the room, and immediately chose to stay silent.

Chen Yongren had already known through insight that this Japanese devil had come to report the discovery of the radio signal.

"Chief Tengyuan, I'll wait for you outside." Chen Yongren walked out of the room.

The Japanese lieutenant opened the folder, excitedly saying, "Major His Excellency, the signal—we've found that radio's signal again!"

"What?" Tengyuan Jintai immediately took the folder.

He briefly summarized the contents.

The radio signal had shifted location, and it seemed to be sending some telegram outward within those five minutes.

Tengyuan Jintai couldn't help but look toward the doorway.

Outside the door was Chen Yongren.

This made him even more certain that the radio had nothing to do with Chen Yongren.

"Determine the radio's location and find a way to decode the signal's content." Tengyuan Jintai casually issued an order, then continued teaching Chen Yongren how to manage Section 9 well.

These two days, Chen Yongren studied by day and went to receive the radio by night, meanwhile changing its location to conduct reconnaissance near the consulate.

Hua Lei operated the radio in the morning; their division of labor was clear.

Chen Yongren also only continued this for two days.

Other team members weren't idle during this period either, uncovering the movement trails of many Japanese agents, traitor lackeys, and so on.

Chen Yongren didn't hesitate and immediately decided to launch assassination operations against them.

These days the streets of Songhu were also quite lively.

Japanese agents, prominent traitors, and Japanese officers were all assassinated.

The assassins acted cleanly and decisively, shooting on sight, so fast that victims couldn't react; after a successful hit they vanished into the crowd.

They used the cheapest flintlock guns on the street, making traces hard to follow.

Or they used homemade earthen bombs that blew up the vehicle as soon as someone got in.

In those four or five days, already eight people had died in the assassination incidents.

Almost two per day.

Among them were not only high-ranking officials of the Great Dao Government, but also notorious traitors, and likewise agents working in the Special Agency.

The sudden surge of assassinations left Tengyuan Jintai scrambling frantically.

"Bah, this is entirely a targeted assassination campaign, and you guys actually have no clues at all?" Tengyuan Jintai angrily slammed the table.

In these days, two lieutenant colonels from the action teams have met their jade-shattered end on the way home.

Yugong Heren likewise had a dark face.

Because he too had lost two captain-level officers.

The air in the conference room felt heavy.

The department heads inside the agency on both sides of the long table also kept their heads down, not daring to speak.

After ordering increased vigilance, Tengyuan Jintai hastily concluded the meeting.

Because there were still more important matters to attend to.

"Amagi-san, what does Section Chief say about the banquet?" Tengyuan Jintai said with a dark face.

Although the two don't get along, assassination incidents have been frequent lately.

What if something unexpected happens to Xichuan Gong Xiuzai at the banquet? What would we do then?

Hearing that, Amagi Heren's face drooped: "Section Chief said the banquet must proceed normally, otherwise those assassins would really think we're afraid."

Now is no time to be disheartened—Tengyuan Jintai frowned, about to speak, but was cut off by him.

"I've tried persuading, but it's useless." Amagi Heren shook his head and briefly updated on Xichuan Gong Xiuzai's recent situation.

Recently frequent assassination incidents, plus the investigation has turned up no leads.

This worsens the already poor mental state of Xichuan Gong Xiuzai.

He originally needed to take two sedative sleeping pills each night to fall asleep, but has now increased to four.

Hearing this, Tengyuan Jintai's face grew even darker: "In that case, we can only strengthen security at the consulate."

Both of them also need to attend that banquet to protect the consulate's safety, which is likewise protecting their own safety.

Time quickly arrived at the night of the consulate banquet.

Chen Yongren returned home from work as usual, teaching Tengyuan Linnai Chinese.

Tengyuan Linnai's level kept improving, and her regular script became ever more beautiful.

On paper as white and delicate as milk, she wrote dark black regular script.

It looked quite artistic.

To better record the progress of learning Chinese characters and correct errors, Chen Yongren also took many photos as keepsakes.

Having learned new knowledge, Tengyuan Linnai's spirits kept improving, and she reluctantly bade farewell to Chen Yongren.

His subordinates killed the Japanese puppet agents, and having successfully completed the assassination mission, Chen Yongren likewise reaped rich rewards.

Besides large amounts of cash such as US dollars, francs, and British pounds.

Chen Yongren's Level 1 Memory Extraction Skill also successfully upgraded to Level 2.

From being able to extract a target's memories from one day before death, it increased to two days.

The Level 3 Scanning Eye also upgraded to Level 4, allowing one to view the target's fourth hidden identity.

However,

Who would a normal person have so many hidden identities?

After thinking about his many alternate accounts, Chen Yongren immediately chose to take back those words.

Those who work as agents wouldn't dare to have just a few identities; going out, they'd be embarrassed to greet people.

Besides the two skills that were upgraded,

Chen Yongren also obtained a new skill.