Chapter 642: The Scapegoat Tanaka Tarou, the case can be closed

Anda shook his head slightly, lying: "I don't know this either; the Chief Director only said to go arrest someone, and didn't tell me exactly who."

Upon hearing that, Gangcun Ningci's dog-faced expression darkened.

Anda said: "Commander Excellency, please stay calm, I think…"

Before he could finish speaking, a sudden knocking came from outside the door.

"Uncle Anda, I'm back!"

"Chief Director Sir is back; he must have found out who the culprit is!" Anda said to Gangcun Ningci, then turned to the door and said: "Chief Director Sir, come in quickly!"

The office door was pushed open.

Chen Yongren strode into the office.

Before entering, Chen Yongren knew Gangcun Ningci was also inside, but he still put on a surprised look: "Commander Excellency, you're here too?"

Gangcun Ningci nodded slightly.

"Chief Director Sir, don't waste time—tell us, did you catch anyone?" Anda asked urgently.

"The arrest operation went very smoothly!" Chen Yongren shouted at the door: "Bring the person in!"

Anda and Gangcun Ningci both turned their gaze toward the door.

Tanaka Tarou was dragged into the office like a dead dog; by now he had lost consciousness and fallen into a coma.

Anda had already known it was him, so he wasn't surprised.

But Gangcun Ningci didn't know; seeing his confidant brought back, his heart jolted and he sprang to his feet: "Commander Excellency, what are you doing? Don't you know he's my man? Why did you arrest him!"

Tanaka Tarou's head was split open and bleeding, clearly he had suffered a lot.

"Commander Excellency, don't get angry—I had my reasons for arresting him." Chen Yongren explained his findings.

Upon hearing that, Gangcun Ningci's eyelids twitched twice.

He wasn't stupid either; he could tell Chen Yongren meant that Tanaka Tarou had colluded with outsiders to leak intelligence, causing huge losses to the army.

"Chief Director Sir, do you realize what you're saying?" Gangcun Ningci was sly and didn't admit he had sent Tanaka to the café.

The situation is still unclear, so we can't just take the blame.

"Of course I understand, which is why I brought him to the office instead of prison!" Chen Yongren snapped: "Zhongyuan, bring the stuff over."

"Hai!" Zhongyuan Shen stepped forward holding a money box, opened the lid, and faced Gangcun Ningci.

"So much money?" Anda put on a show of surprise to save face.

Gangcun Ningci knew this money must have been earned by Tanaka smuggling goods for him, but he couldn't admit it outright.

"Commander Excellency, Chief of Staff Excellency, a lieutenant colonel—if he has no gray income, he'll never make money in a lifetime!"

Gangcun Ningci stared fixedly at Chen Yongren.

Is this guy pretending to be stupid or what?

Does he really not know that someone inside is actually making money by smuggling supplies?

"If it's just money, maybe it can't prove Tanaka's guilt, but we also found a diary in his house." Chen Yongren pulled out the diary and handed it to Gangcun Ningci.

"Commander Excellency, since Tanaka is your man, perhaps you could take a look."

"The content is absolutely exciting."

Gangcun Ningci took the diary suspiciously, started from the first page, his expression shifted twice, and he couldn't help but glance at Tanaka Tarou.

He kept flipping pages; the further he read, the more his heart pounded with dread.

The diary is clearly in Tanaka Tarou's handwriting, and the notebook looks aged—its paper is slightly yellowed, not something made up on the spot.

Seeing the later entries, Gangcun Ningci's face blackened as if water could drip from it, and he snapped his head up to stare at Tanaka Tarou.

This guy had actually been selling information for money all along?

Gangcun Ningci also vaguely remembered many of those events; besides the parties involved, no third party could know.

This further proves the diary's credibility!

Especially when he saw the entry about Tanaka Tarou leaking the No. 5 Operation Plan, he could no longer contain his anger; he slammed the notebook on the table and pointed at Tanaka Tarou.

"Send this guy to prison for strict interrogation!"

Anda beside him didn't understand why Gangcun Ningci was angry; he picked up the diary, flipped through it twice, and his eyebrows jumped twice.

No wonder Gangcun Ningci is furious.

There really is a traitor by his side.

Anda looked at Chen Yongren and gave him a thumbs‑up, signaling he had done well.

With Gangcun Ningci's nod, Tanaka Tarou was quickly locked up in prison.

Because the matter is of great importance.

Anda and Gangcun Ningci, two old foxes, also stood by to monitor.

"Pa‑pa~"

The interrogator raised his whip and lashed hard at the unconscious Tanaka Tarou.

"Hiss…"

Tanaka Tarou woke from the pain, looked at the unfamiliar yet familiar surroundings, then at Gangcun Ningci's dark old face, and his heart immediately panicked.

"Commander Excellency, save me, please save me!"

"Save you?" Chen Yongren sneered: "This time even Amaterasu couldn't save you—honestly confess your crimes: how you sold intelligence abroad, ruined our Operation Plan No. 5, and who you met on the way to the café!"

Chen Yongren's rapid‑fire questions left Tanaka Tarou a bit dazed.

He was completely confused, had no idea what Chen Yongren was saying, and his facial expression showed his genuine bewilderment.

But in Gangcun Ningci's view, this was merely Tanaka Tarou's pretense.

"Commander Excellency, what is he saying?" Tanaka Tarou panicked.

"Keep beating him until he talks!" Gangcun Ningci said bluntly.

After several rounds of whipping, Tanaka Tarou had not a single patch of intact skin, and finally understood why he had been caught.

Colluding with the enemy.

What enemy have I colluded with?

But the existence of the diary, and its contents, completely match what happened.

This is hardly a spur-of-the-moment frame-up.

Okamura Neiji had already identified Tanaka Tarou as an insider, having raised an insider beside him, saying that old devil could not possibly not be furious.

This is simply the biggest stain on my military career!

After several rounds of whipping, Tanaka Tarou was on his last breath.

Chen Yongren also took the opportunity to plan to open mental control over Tanaka Tarou.

"Stop hitting me, I'll talk, I'll say everything..." Tanaka Tarou lifted his head, voice weak: "Just as you thought, the No. 5 operation plan was indeed leaked by me."

"I also used the chance to enter the venue early, following the Military Statistics Bureau's request, to set up explosives in advance, aiming to completely destroy the No. 5 operation plan."

"I was still too overconfident; with such a big incident in Northern Peace, if there's no result it could hardly end easily—I should have taken the money and fled immediately!"

"Why, why betray me!" Although he already knew the answer, hearing Tanaka Tarou's admission still dealt Okamura Neiji a heavy blow.

My most trusted subordinate.

"You've all seen the diary, do I need to repeat it?" Tanaka Tarou lowered his head and said: "General Okamura, you are the originator of this situation."

"You are the person I admire most, yet you pushed me into the abyss when I needed help the most."

"I am not wrong, and I will never admit fault; no one dare judge me!"

"Damn it, Yuan Chief, it's all your fault; if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been exposed so quickly!"

"Even as a ghost I will never let you go!"

After saying that, Chen Yongren made Tanaka Tarou bite off his own tongue.

The interrogators nearby panicked, wanting to rush forward to pry open its mouth, but it was in vain.

Tanaka Tarou was already on his last breath; biting off his tongue again caused massive bleeding.

He died shortly after.

Chen Yongren heard another system prompt.