Chapter 3

Congratulations, master, you have obtained the skill 'Danger Sense lv1'.

Danger Sense lv1: Within a 20-meter range, if any danger arises, the master will receive an advance warning, ensuring the master can survive smoothly in future espionage life.

Upon hearing this reward, Chen Yongren instantly burst into laughter.

Working within the Military Statistics Bureau is like dancing on the tip of a knife.

One never knows which day one might be targeted by Japanese spies.

If one could foresee nearby danger, one could prepare in advance and not lose one's life in a confused mess.

I just don't know how effective this skill actually is…

Chen Yongren was thinking that when the other team members quickly took control of the room.

The middle-aged man on the ground also completely gave up resistance, lying there silent, letting anyone do as they pleased with him.

Zhang Haifeng stepped forward quickly, swiftly stripped off his clothes, and found a household registration card.

The name on it was Wang Seifei,

There was also a hidden layer in the collar; Zhang Haifeng pried it open with a dagger and discovered the white crystalline powder inside.

When held under the nose and sniffed, it was exactly the potassium cyanide favored by Japanese spies.

"Team Leader, thanks to Yongren's quick reaction, otherwise this guy would really have committed suicide!" Zhang Haifeng instinctively wanted to give Chen Yongren credit.

"This is all thanks to everyone's efforts; without the Team Leader's wise deployment and the brothers working together, I alone couldn't have dealt with him." Chen Yongren said with a smile.

Working under the same roof with no foundation, the biggest taboo is taking credit alone.

Indeed.

Upon hearing this, the team members inside the room all showed the same smile.

Lin Dayou was also very pleased with Chen Yongren's words.

This kid.

Well said!

But now, Chen Yongren's attention is entirely on the Japanese spy Wang Seifei on the ground; as soon as he caught him, he activated his insight.

Logically, an exposed spy would never reappear.

Unless…

They are brewing a bigger conspiracy.

As expected.

"You bunch of idiots, you could never have imagined that from the day you first set your sights on me, you've already fallen into my trap!"

"I didn't expect the Military Intelligence Bureau's bunch of idiots to still have such competent agents; it seems we can only execute Plan 2, sacrificing the entire Black Hound Team, to make you believe us."

"Moreover, having high officials from all departments of the Nationalist Government die together makes this all worthwhile!"

"You certainly wouldn't expect us to deceive you with genuine intelligence!"

Holy cow!

This guy named Wang Seifei is not just a smoke bomb; he's also a decoy.

Their true target is actually to assassinate high officials from all departments of the Nationalist Government.

The gall of this group of Japanese spies is truly extraordinary.

Based on what he said, let the officials of the National Government at all levels be buried together.

Chen Yongren immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.

Could it be that those high-ranking officials recently held some secret meeting? Otherwise, how could officials from all departments possibly gather together?

Does this indicate that a Japanese spy planted a mole, lurking inside the government departments, and that he also had the qualifications to attend this meeting?

Upon learning this news, he immediately provided this information to the Japanese, so the Japanese spy wanted to take the opportunity to round them all up.

Even if that mole isn't a high official, he must certainly be a staff member qualified to access secret intelligence.

During this period, the Japanese have indeed infiltrated the National Government like a sieve!

But immediately afterward, Chen Yongren realized another serious problem.

That is, how to state this matter in a convincing way.

Even if you want to present reasoning, you must produce sufficient evidence to support the conclusion of your reasoning…

Lin Daoyou was immersed in the joy of capturing the Japanese spy, crouched down, took out a photo, and carefully compared the appearance.

Although the guy on the ground looked very much like the photo, he didn't dare to hastily confirm it; he immediately arranged a team member to have the intelligence bureau personnel come identify the person, and meanwhile search the room.

The other team members also quickly trussed Wang Seifei up with five-fold binding.

Soon, an intelligence bureau team member hurried over, confirming that the target was indeed the Japanese spy Wang Seifei whom they had previously lost track of and who had suddenly reappeared.

Lin Daoyou was in high spirits; since the last operation to capture the Japanese spy ended in failure, Action Team One suffered heavy losses, and Lin Daoyou had not escaped many scoldings from the Action Section chief, Shen Mingchen.

Now, at least we've caught a Japanese spy, which counts as fulfilling our duty.

At this moment, a team member stepped forward, speaking in a strange tone: 'Team Leader, Yang Jian is dead…'

'Yang Jian?'

Lin Daoyou looked toward the floor.

Yang Jian lay on the floor, staring with a pair of eyes, already cold.

Lin Daoyou gave Chen Yongren a deep look.

He could see everything from behind; Yang Jian seemed to be trying to push Chen Yongren through the door, but Chen Yongren suddenly dodged aside.

'This guy, for the sake of achieving merit, didn't even care about his life.' After thinking a moment, Lin Daoyou pointed at Yang Jian and said in a low voice: 'Let the brothers drag him back and notify his sister.'

'Issue him a bereavement compensation!'

Although Yang Jian had some background.

But who has a deeper background than the Military Intelligence Bureau?

The Action Section just caught a Riben spy and earned great merit—who would dare cause trouble in front of the Military Intelligence Bureau at a time like this?

Besides, in an operation, there's always someone who dies.

It's not bad if only Yang Jian dies.

Let me say something unpleasant…

Can you withstand an investigation by our Military Intelligence Bureau?

Having perceived what Lin Dayou was thinking, Chen Yongren suppressed a laugh, but he quickly calmed down again.

Now is not the time to laugh…

After a thorough search by the Intelligence Section staff, although they didn't find a radio or codebook, they did discover a briefcase.

They opened it and took a look.

Inside were actually photos of the current mayor of Jinling, Ma Junchao, taken from various angles during an event!

Although he knew this was just a bait, Chen Yongren still took the opportunity to glance at it.

Huh?

Chen Yongren suddenly noticed that a face in the photo was very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

"Damn it, these bastards actually still want to lay hands on the mayor?"

Lin Dayou's words interrupted Chen Yongren's train of thought.

He saw him with a grim face, waving his hand and saying: "Quickly send this kid to the Interrogation Division, let them interrogate him slowly—make sure this Riben spy confesses his superiors and subordinates!"

Lin Dayou was well aware that intelligence is time-sensitive.

Once Wang Seifei's superiors and subordinates sense danger and flee, the Military Intelligence Bureau would lose the opportunity to earn great merit.

The Riben spy caught after all that effort would also be in vain.

Lin Dayou then looked at Chen Yongren, patted his shoulder, and smiled: "A Ren, you did quite well this time."

"Afterwards, go to the General Affairs Section to collect 300 fabi—this is your deserved bonus!"

"Keep working hard, earn more merits—our party and state need talent like you!"

As long as Wang Seifei isn't dead, it shows they can continue to dig deeper.

If we can seize this opportunity to capture a spy ring, the Military Intelligence Bureau's merit will only grow greater.

"Thank you, Director Lin, for your guidance; I, your humble subordinate, will surely not disgrace my mission!" Chen Yongren replied solemnly.

While wondering how he could participate in the interrogation of Wang Seifei, Lin Dayou again said: "This is the merit of our Action Team One; during the interrogation, we should also keep an eye on things."

That way, Yongren goes with me, lest the Interrogation Division's bunch of Yama kings, with their heavy-handedness, fail to uncover any important intel and just toy with him to death; then we'd have no merit and would still have to take the blame.