Chapter 395

What?

The Operations Section Chief died?

From the other end of the line came the surprised voice of Tengyuan Lao Guizi.

Nie Yu, whom I sent to monitor Chen Yongren and Agent 76, actually died too.

Another person who wanted to investigate Chen Yongren died...

Chen Yongren then said: "Not long ago, I too was attacked by Military Statistics Bureau agents."

What?

Military Statistics Bureau agents tried to assassinate you again? Tengyuan Jintai asked repeatedly: Have you caught the agent who tried to assassinate you?

"That group reacted quickly; seeing the assassination fail, they immediately chose to retreat, and I couldn't catch up to them." Chen Yongren was very helpless.

"How are you?" Tengyuan Jintai asked again: "Are you injured?"

"Thank you for your concern, Director Tengyuan. I'm fine; it's just that bastard threw a grenade before fleeing, and my head still hurts." Chen Yongren said.

"Chen Sang, come to my office right away and report this to me in person…" Tengyuan Jintai promptly added: "And the matter of Nie Yu's death!"

"Yes, Director, I'm going to the office right away!" Chen Yongren hung up, turned to Lin Ke Xin and said: "Secretary Lin, get the car ready immediately."

"Before getting in the car, you must thoroughly inspect it, leaving no corner unchecked; those Military Statistics Bureau agents, since they could sneak into our home to carry out an assassination, might also plant a bomb on the car."

"Yes!"

Lin Ke Xin responded, went back to her room to change clothes, and quickly headed to the garage.

After confirming the sedan was in perfect condition, Lin Ke Xin drove the car into the courtyard, and Chen Yongren was just about to get in.

Gu Yongshan walked over quickly: "Advisor Chen, where are you going?"

"Tengyuan Jintai Agency." Chen Yongren had a dark face.

"You just survived an assassination attempt, and you're already heading out—what if…" Gu Yongshan worried: "What if those Military Statistics Bureau agents set up an ambush along the way?"

I still don't know if there are people lying in ambush for me.

Chen Yongren muttered to himself: "They wouldn't dare even if you lent them three times the courage; if they really dare to come, I'll skin them alive!"

"Advisor Chen, your safety is no small matter—Nie Yu is dead, who knows what crazy thing they might do." Gu Yongshan immediately said to an agent standing by the flowerbed:

"You, immediately arrange a vehicle to protect Advisor Chen's safety along the way."

"If anything happens to Advisor Chen, I will certainly not let you off lightly!"

"Yes!" The named dog agent immediately ran off.

"Director Gu, thank you for your trouble tonight." Chen Yongren made a polite remark and declined no further.

At a time like this, if you choose to refuse, it would instead seem suspicious.

"Advisor Chen, you flatter me; this is merely my duty." Gu Yongshan bowed slightly.

"As for the investigation into Nie Yu, if there's any new development, send it to Director Tengyuan's office as soon as possible." Chen Yongren added another reminder.

"Yes, Advisor Chen." Gu Yongshan bowed a little deeper.

Soon, a truck stopped outside the villa.

"Drive." Chen Yongren told Lin Ke Xin again.

"Yes, Director." Lin Ke Xin responded, started the sedan, and soon arrived at Tengyuan Jintai Agency.

"Wait here for me, don't run around, lest the Military Statistics Bureau agents take notice of you." Chen Yongren gave Lin Ke Xin a reminder, then headed to Tengyuan Jintai's office.

Watching Chen Yongren's departing back, Lin Ke Xin grew increasingly doubtful.

What does the Weasel Squad want to do?

They are not unaware that they have hidden themselves beside Chen Yongren.

If they wanted to take action against him, wouldn't it be more convenient and have a higher success rate to send themselves to carry out this mission?

Could it be that they don't trust me?

Or perhaps they want to stage a self‑injury ploy to gain the trust of that old devil Tengyuan?

Hearing Lin Ke Xin's thoughts, Chen Yongren muttered to himself.

No.

I am merely laying the groundwork for Huang Qifa's accidental disappearance, making his vanishing more plausible.

As I entered the office, that old devil Tengyuan was sitting there.

"Director Tengyuan." Chen Yongren straightened up at once.

"Chen Sang, there are no outsiders here, so drop the formalities—quickly tell me how the assassination attempt happened." Tengyuan Jintai asked urgently.

Chen Yongren straightened up and recounted to him in detail the particulars of the assassination attempt he had suffered that night.

"The enemy used American weapons; aside from those Military Statistics Bureau agents, there was no outsider." Chen Yongren gritted his teeth: "I have already sent people to investigate Nie Yu's death."

"Although it looks like an accident, I feel that this matter is by no means that simple."

"How could Nie Yu possibly have fallen out of the window for no apparent reason?"

Tengyuan Jintai nodded with a grim expression.

"Perhaps…" Chen Yongren seemed to think of something, then hesitated.

"Chen Sang, I've said it—there's no distinction between you and me here; speak directly if you have something to say." Tengyuan Jintai said.

"Yes." Chen Yongren said: "Didn't we previously turn a Military Statistics Bureau agent to our side?"

"Perhaps this is their retaliatory action against us."

"You also know that those Military Statistics Bureau agents always repay grudges; they would never drag it out to the next day."

Tengyuan Jintai nodded in approval.

"Perhaps they are doing this to intimidate other wavering individuals, so that no one dares betray the National Government, otherwise the outcome is death." Chen Yongren gritted his teeth.

"Of course, this is merely my humble opinion."

"No, Chen Sang, your analysis is indeed reasonable." Tengyuan Jintai acknowledged.

The two were speaking when a sudden urgent knocking came from outside the door: "Director Tengyuan Jintai, Director Chen Yongren, the investigation report on Section Chief Nie Yu's death has been compiled."

"Chen Sang, hurry and open the door." Tengyuan Jintai said immediately.

Opening the door, Chen Yongren took the report and handed it to Tengyuan Jintai.

Tengyuan Jintai glanced at the telegram, and his expression suddenly turned grave.

Although Chen Yongren knew what the old devil had seen, he still pretended not to understand and asked: "Director Tengyuan Jintai, what's wrong with this report?"

"Chen Sang, you'll see for yourself." Tengyuan Jintai handed the report to Chen Yongren.

After taking the report, Chen Yongren quickly saw that it stated, according to eyewitnesses, Nie Yu had been attacked by two crows before his death.

Before dying he had been shouting something in Japanese; finally, to avoid the crows' attack, he fell from the window and died on the spot.

"Crows?" Chen Yongren feigned surprise.

Tengyuan Jintai darkened his face, slammed the table hard, and shouted angrily: "This idiot!"

He had thought Songshan Jianyi was thrown off the building by a Military Statistics Bureau agent, but who knew that two birds would scare him into falling off the building.

"Don't bother with that idiot!" Tengyuan Jintai waved his hand impatiently: "Since Nie Yu is dead, you will temporarily command the Action Department, responsible for coordinating all its affairs."

"Yes, Director." Chen Yongren nodded slightly and left the Tengyuan Agency.

After returning home.

Tonight Chen Yongren fired several shots; to ensure the gun's condition, he also had Gu Yongshan carefully maintain the barrel before considering it complete.

Early the next morning.

Arriving at No. 76, Chen Yongren then prepared to hold a military officers' meeting regarding Nie Yu's death.