Chapter 41: Lu Yan's Betrayal

Zhang Haifeng then killed ten, personally slit the throats of ten spies, and he also felt an unprecedented excitement.

After cleaning up the spies of the Migratory Bird Team, Chen Yongren and Zhang Haifeng headed home.

Upon returning to the Liu Family Villa, it was already 2:30 a. m.

After A Cai opened the door for them, she immediately reported to Liu Ying that they had returned.

Hearing this, Liu Ying, who had been half-asleep, suddenly became energetic and said somewhat surprised, "They're back?"

"That's right." A Cai nodded.

"Quick, to the secret room!" Liu Ying immediately said.

She really wanted to know what Chen Yongren had done after shaking off the tail.

The two had just entered the secret room.

A Cai then smelled a strange odor in the room and instinctively covered her nose.

Liu Ying beside her jumped, thinking her little secret had been exposed, and feigned calm: "Why are you standing there? Start monitoring quickly!"

Saying that, Liu Ying began preparing the tape.

"Yes!"

A Cai also didn't think much, immediately put on the headset to monitor and picked up a pen to record.

Inside the headset sounded the voices of Chen Yongren and Zhang Haifeng.

"Haifeng, how does it feel?"

"It's great, so satisfying—killing this many spies in a day is enough to make that old devil drink a pot!"

"Think about how many brothers we lost in Gourd Lane—these spies we killed today are nothing; tomorrow we'll keep killing, I don't believe that old devil will always stay a turtle!"

"Mm, I'll follow you, A Ren."

"We came back too late today; rest early, tomorrow we have to go to Hongkou again!"

"A Ren, when do you think we should contact our own people? This can't go on like this, and besides, our two forces are too small."

"We're all our own people; wouldn't clearing things up be enough?"

"A Ren, speak up."

"Sigh…"

After the brief conversation, the headset fell silent again.

"From what they said, it seems they went to kill spies again today; as far as we can tell, they haven't betrayed the country—it's just pure luck that let them escape from Gourd Lane."

A Cai couldn't help but say: "Madam, since Chen Yongren knows he's innocent, why doesn't he contact our own people?"

"With just the two of them, could they wipe out all the spies lurking in Shanghai?"

Liu Ying smiled and said: "That's exactly Chen Yongren's cleverness—they just arrived in Shanghai, the Shanghai Station had an incident, and only they escaped from Gourd Lane."

"Following the Military Intelligence Bureau's principle of 'better to kill by mistake than to let go,' even if Chen Yongren finds our people, it's more likely to be disastrous than fortunate."

"Chen Yongren does things much more ruthlessly; he'll definitely wait for another opportunity."

"An opportunity?" A Cai asked.

Liu Ying nodded, speaking solemnly: "An opportunity to fully prove one's innocence."

At the same time, Liu Ying was also curious: who is the "old devil" Chen Yongren keeps mentioning?

Could it be the Japanese mastermind who planned the ambush in Gourd Lane, the one Chen Yongren remembers?

"Madam, since Chen Yongren is fine, should we keep tailing him tomorrow?" A Cai asked again.

After a moment's thought, Liu Ying coldly snorted: "Continue tailing."

"Yes, Madam." A Cai stopped wasting words.

……

In the guest room.

After cooperating with Zhang Haifeng to perform a play for Liu Ying to listen to, Chen Yongren lay on the bed, doing a debrief.

Although the spies coveting the secret warehouse were all wiped out.

But Chen Yongren still couldn't figure out one thing.

Why did the Marie cargo ship stay docked for two days without leaving port or unloading its cargo?

If they really realized they were being watched by spies, Lin Dayou should also have gotten the news.

Even if the Military Intelligence Bureau didn't intervene, this is still Military Department supplies—could the Military Department just leave this batch of supplies here unattended?

A Ren't they afraid the spies, desperate, would set fire to this ship?

Damn it.

Unable to figure this out, Chen Yongren also couldn't be bothered to think further.

Now Chen Yongren wanted even more to drag out those two—Pangolin and Sakai Mieko—and hack them to pieces.

The Migratory Bird Team was wiped out; as their superior, Sakai Mieko would certainly take action.

According to Nishino Shota's confession, Pangolin and Sakai Mieko had often appeared in Hongkou and the consulate.

This point, Chen Yongren had verified after using mind control on him.

Nishino Shota didn't lie.

Perhaps we should go to Hongkou tomorrow; we might gain something unexpected.

……

Early the next morning.

In the special care ward of a certain hospital in Hongkou.

Lu Yan had already woken up; upon receiving the news, Sakai Mieko rushed to the hospital.

In military uniform, Sakai Mieko stood before a hospital bed, speaking stiff Chinese, and got straight to the point: "Mr. Lu, since you're willing to turn from darkness to light..."

I can give you an opportunity to work for the Locust Army, provided you provide intelligence that satisfies us.

After a pause, Sakai Mieko said again, "In your terms, that's a pledge."

Lu Yan had already awakened from the coma; sitting on the bed, his body trembled slightly.

He once thought himself a tough guy, but after being ambushed in Gourd Alley, Lu Yan realized he was wrong, and terribly so.

When bullets entered his body, being pursued by a group, that feeling of life hanging by a thread.

He never wants to experience that again in this lifetime.

Otherwise, Lu Yan would not have, before losing consciousness, declared himself the squad leader to attract the attention of the Japanese spies.

"Don't kill me, tell me what you want to know and I'll tell you!" Lu Yan grabbed Sakai Mieko's arm, his voice trembling.

"I will cooperate with your work, don't torture me, I beg you."

Lu Yan had used harsh methods on Japanese spies before, knowing ordinary people could not withstand interrogation.

Especially since he had just snatched his life back from King Yama's hands, he was all too aware of his own condition.

Let alone torture, even a single lash could cost him his life.

"Your request, I can consider." Sakai Mieko shoved his hand away, smiled faintly, and lightly placed her thumb on his thigh wound.

Then she pressed down hard.

Sakai Mieko glared, voice cold: "But if you cannot produce useful intelligence, Mr. Lu, I guarantee you will regret being alive in this world!"

Lu Yan let out a howl,

Blood seeped out, instantly staining the bandage on his thigh red.

His body kept twitching, beads of cold sweat the size of peas covering his forehead as he shouted loudly.

"Chen Xing, Chen Xing!"

"I can tell you where Chen Xing is!"

"Stop quickly, stop quickly!"

Hearing that name, Sakai Mieko stopped her action and asked, "Chen Xing? Who is Chen Xing?"

"Station Chief! He is the station chief of the Military Intelligence Bureau's Shanghai Station, responsible for everything here!" Lu Yan panted heavily, hurrying to say.

"Haven't you always wanted to uproot the Military Intelligence Bureau's Shanghai Station?"

"Besides him, I can also tell you the locations of the safe houses where others are organized!"

Desperate to survive, Lu Yan had gone berserk, shouting loudly, "I can help you."

"No, it's us."

"We can destroy the Military Intelligence Bureau's Shanghai Station together!"