Chapter 674: Meritorious Deeds Imminent

Chen Yongren deliberately used a solemn tone: "Village West Sir, something has happened."

"What happened? What's going on? Could it be that you didn't pay, causing the boss to track you down to the military department?" Cunxigong put away his smile and asked.

At the same time, his brain was racing.

Just after finishing the conversation, he called me to say that this matter certainly had the approval of Gangcun Ningci and Anda ershisan.

"Village West Sir, I'm not joking." Chen Yongren said impatiently: "I can't make it clear over the phone; can you come to the office now?"

"No problem, I'll be right away!" Cunxigong said immediately; after hanging up, he promptly went to the Special Investigation Squad office and found Chen Yongren.

At this moment.

Chen Yongren sat before his desk, his expression solemn, looking as if facing a great enemy.

Seeing his expression, Cunxigong silently thought to himself, "Surely something major has happened."

Otherwise, the Yuan Chief could not have such an expression.

"Village West Sir, you've come?" Chen Yongren looked up at Cunxigong.

"Chief Director Sir, what exactly happened, calling me to the office so late at night?" Cunxigong pulled over a stool and sat opposite Chen Yongren.

Chen Yongren took a deep breath and recounted the whole story in detail.

Although he felt excited inside, Chen Yongren's current words were fierce; he wished to devour alive the person who did this.

"What?" Cunxigong's expression showed disbelief: "Chief Director Sir, what are you saying?"

"Someone inside is selling military supplies to the local Eighth Route?"

Cunxigong felt for the first time that his ears might be malfunctioning.

"Who has the gall to dare do this?"

"The embezzlement of military funds inside has already become this serious; otherwise, who would be so foolish as to go buy and sell arms, courting death?"

"Or perhaps…"

"Or is this another trap deliberately set by Okamura Neiji?"

"The goal is to make me reveal my identity…"

Thinking of this, Cunxigong's heart stirred.

"This is no trivial matter; since they let me know about it, A Ren't they trying to get me involved as well?"

"Something's off; just recently we finished some performance, and now this trouble pops up—it's too coincidental. I must be careful and never act rashly."

With the previous experience, Cunxigong became even more cautious.

Seeing through Cunxigong's inner thoughts, Chen Yongren muttered to himself.

"First look after yourself; I don't need you to fish for me."

"Having Cunxigong's lot follow beside me is also because I want to keep an eye on him at all times; if he tries to cause trouble, or if the higher-ups are about to fall into a trap, I can quickly lend a hand."

After all.

At this point, Cunxigong had already met with Chen Yongyi; protecting Cunxigong is protecting Chen Yongyi.

"Village West Sir, you haven't misheard; this is the fact!" Chen Yongren glared, slammed the table hard, and said: "We have a worm inside, using his position to sell supplies to that bunch of local Eighth Route!"

"Now they dare sell guns; later they'll dare sell cannons, even tanks of the locust army!"

"If left unchecked, they might even dare sell the heavenly locusts!"

"That would be better—directly eliminate a major scourge; the heavenly locust, a historical poison, should have long been swept into the trash heap."

Chen Yongren expressed approval of Cunxigong's sentiment.

"So, I, your humble self, will from now on have to reluctantly become a six-star heavenly locust."

"Village West Sir, I have already applied to Okamura Neiji to transfer you to the Special Investigation Squad to help; from now on, we must work together to root out this damned bastard!" Chen Yongren said through gritted teeth.

"Hai!" Cunxigong laughed: "Since it's the Chief Director Sir speaking, I will naturally give my all; however, Chief Director Sir, do you now have a direction for the investigation?"

Hearing Cunxigong's words, Chen Yongren laughed: "Village West Sir, are you testing me?"

"Chief Director Sir, you overpraise me; how could this be a test?" Cunxigong laughed: "Since it's an investigation, we certainly can't blunder about like blind flies."

"It's quite simple; this matter has only two possibilities." Chen Yongren laughed.

"Please enlighten us, Chief Director Sir." Cunxigong laughed.

"First, we have multiple people, at least regimental-level officers, simultaneously defecting, selling their supplies to the local Eighth Route." Chen Yongren laughed.

"Oh?" Cunxigong responded casually.

"But this is impossible." Chen Yongren laughed: "Never mind the likelihood of multiple regimental-level officers being turned."

"Just the disappearance of a large quantity of weapons would inevitably draw attention."

"But we cannot overlook this possibility; we must investigate the weapons in/out records of various units in North China, as well as the repair workshop's records…"

"This is quite a huge undertaking."

Speaking of this, Chen Yongren pretended to have a headache, pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Unraveling the thread step by step to uncover the truth is our job." Cunxigong laughed: "Chief Director Sir, what's your second possibility?"

"Logistics." Chen Yongren said in a low voice: "Our logistics department has a problem; they take advantage of their position, using the pretext of supplying the locust army, to wait for an opportunity to sell supplies to the local Eighth Route."

"This also explains how the local Eighth Route could obtain these supplies without anyone noticing."

Cunxigong nodded, speaking softly: "We must catch these fellows as soon as possible to avoid greater loss."

Chen Yongren pondered: "Starting tomorrow, first let Zhongyuan Shen investigate the situation of various units; we will investigate the logistics department."

"Since they dare do this, they must have a way to avoid being discovered."

Cunxigong deeply agreed and nodded.

"It's already late, Village West Sir; go rest first, we'll investigate again tomorrow morning!" Chen Yongren glanced at his watch and said in a low voice.

Cunxigong nodded.

Seeing Cunxigong off, Chen Yongren finally put away his solemn expression and broke into an excited smile.

Finally, there's another chance to really give those little devils a hard time.

By the way, we can also find out exactly where the little devils have hidden their arsenals, and then we'll sweep away all their supplies!

Let them stare at the empty warehouses and piss themselves!

Chen Yongren doesn't believe that this bunch of logistics-playing devils are clean.

Although they wouldn't go so far as to sell weapons and equipment, they will definitely secretly sell some food supplies, smuggle some scarce items, and seek personal gain.

As long as we pull out this little braid of theirs, what they end up selling won't be up to them!

The next morning.

Okamura Ningji then had someone send the relevant information of the logistics department to the Special Investigation Office.

After the Special Investigation Office members had gathered, Chen Yongren immediately called a full meeting and briefly recounted yesterday's events.

After listening to Chen Yongren finish speaking

All the members showed looks of astonishment, and then immediately became excited.

If we can really solve this case, wouldn't we be able to earn another great merit?

"Nakahara-kun, Ishikawa-kun, Ando-kun, go to the General Affairs Section and investigate the reports on armaments compiled by each department!" Chen Yongren looked at the three members of the Intelligence Section.

Then he looked at the three members of the Operations Section: "You three go to the stations of each department to conduct investigations!"

Finally, Chen Yongren said to Muranishi Isao: "Muranishi-kun, come with me to first investigate the nearest warehouse!"