Chapter 692: A tremendous boost, an opportunity to win people's hearts

Huh?

Mission completed?

Chen Yongren felt a surge of joy; this feeling was great, and it wasn't in vain to have gone through all the trouble these past few days.

【Congratulations, Master, your upgradable skills will be randomly raised in level】

Upon hearing this reward, Chen Yongren's eyes lit up.

As skill levels kept rising, each upgrade required synthesizing skill materials, and this greatly increased the difficulty of skill upgrades.

Being able to directly upgrade skills would save a lot of effort.

Immediately after, a series of skill upgrade sounds rang out one after another, but for now he still had to deal with Okamura Neiji, that old Japanese devil, and had no time to check exactly how many levels each skill had risen.

Looking at Chen Yongren before him, Okamura Neiji's eyes lit up.

'Yuan Chief' is indeed clever and quick-witted; I merely hinted slightly, and he immediately grasped my meaning.

"Chief, they are serious criminals; how could you make such a mistake? What am I supposed to do?" Okamura Neiji sighed helplessly.

Chen Yongren bowed his head: "But given the superior's reprimand, Chief harbors no resentment."

"Considering this is your first offense, let it not set a precedent," Okamura Neiji said, putting on an act.

"Hai!" Chen Yongren replied casually.

For now the matter here was temporarily settled; Chen Yongren and the other Special Investigation Squad members also followed Okamura Neiji back to the North China Military Headquarters.

Although the supplies were burned, the warehouse still had plenty of arms, and Okamura Neiji reassigned a company to protect the warehouse's safety.

As for the blame for burning the warehouse, Chen Yongren directly pinned it on that Japanese sergeant who couldn't even pee; if blame is to be assigned, blame his bad luck and his foul mouth for insisting on calling out to Chen Yongren.

Even if they let that unlucky bastard identify each person one by one, they couldn't find the soldier he mentioned; now no one wanted to hear his excuses, and Anteng Zhongsi settled him with a single shot.

With so many incidents happening tonight, Okamura Neiji found it hard to digest everything at once, especially judging from the testimonies of Yuesheng Huzhu and Jingshang Junxiong.

This matter involves too many people; if we arrest them one by one, the sweeping forces are likely to fall into chaos.

If we let it go unchecked, A Ren't we just indulging this bunch? Before long, similar incidents will happen again.

Okamura Neiji ordered the summoning of all personnel involved in the case holding the rank of lieutenant colonel or higher.

Many are stationed elsewhere; at the earliest they can arrive at headquarters tomorrow noon.

Okamura Neiji sat in his chair with a cold gaze, thinking of how to devise a method that would warn these people without affecting the upcoming sweep.

Anda Ershisan looked worried: "General Okamura, the warehouse was suddenly burned; the stored supplies need to be reallocated, and the number of people involved in this case has already…"

Two major generals and one colonel have already died; if we continue investigating, there's no need to sweep the Eighth Route Army—the internal turmoil will start first.

Having nothing else to do for the moment, Chen Yongren lounged on the sofa, checking which skills the dog system had upgraded.

Insight had risen to level 10, allowing him to freely listen to the inner voices of anyone within a 200-meter radius and simultaneously lock onto five targets.

Danger sense and holographic projection map also reached level 10.

The perception range expanded to 550 meters, and the map projection range also reached, centered on himself, a radius of 10 kilometers.

The mental control skill reached level 8, enabling control of up to eight targets, with an effective range extended to 50 meters and its cooldown reduced to 16 hours.

The photographic memory skill reached level 5, allowing him to remember all details occurring within the past 60 days.

The memory extraction skill reached level 8, allowing him to extract memories from up to 24 days before a person's death (the time of death must not be more than four hours ago).

The medical skill also reached level 9, enabling him to perform more complex surgeries such as craniotomy.

The scan eye reached level 9; its original functions remained unchanged, with added distance-measuring capability, allowing him to instantly see the distance to any visible target.

The wind‑ear skill reached level 5, enabling him to hear everyone speaking within a 300‑meter radius.

The animal control skill reached level 6, allowing him to manipulate animals within a 5‑kilometer radius, and the number of animals he could control simultaneously reached level 7.

The heavenly eye skill reached level 5, enabling him to view the positions of all spies within a 3‑kilometer radius.

Furthermore, it could categorize spy types; agents of different factions would display different colors, greatly saving the time Chen Yongren would need to physically go to a location to distinguish them.

Chen Yongren felt that he had become stronger again.

This time it really was a huge improvement~

Chen Yongren looked toward Okamura Neiji and Anda Ershisan.

The scan eye indicated that the current distance to them was about 5.3 meters, precise to the decimal point; perhaps it could produce unexpected effects in an unimaginable place.

The two old Japanese devils were muttering about how to handle things, looking constipated.

Obviously, they were troubled by the plan for dealing with the relevant personnel.

"Chief, what do you think about this matter?" Okamura Neiji suddenly turned to Chen Yongren and asked.

Chen Yongren had performed outstandingly tonight; he might be able to offer some constructive suggestions.

After all, he is a young man, his imagination runs wild.

Anda Ershisan also looked at Chen Yongren, his eyes carrying a hint of encouragement.

Since the old Japanese devil had asked, Chen Yongren no longer held back, sat up straight, and said: "This matter is of great importance; if we just let it slide lightly, it will surely inspire some to imitate."

"Our momentary soft‑heartedness will only make some people think we are compromising."

Okamura Neiji nodded; that was exactly what he worried about.

Once someone imitates, do we arrest them or not?

"If we arrest them, it will surely cause a great upheaval in North China; at the very least, our upcoming sweep will definitely not proceed smoothly."

After a pause, Chen Yongren looked at Okamura Neiji and said: "General, you will also leave an impression of being unapproachable within the army, which will affect your future career."

These words sank deep into Okamura Neiji's heart; he nodded and said: "So, what is your opinion?"

This matter is no ordinary affair; it could even serve as a model for handling such cases.

Chen Yongren pondered and said: "Let them go, but we must also make them understand that some things must not be done, and at the same time it can motivate them to fight more bravely."

He certainly understood that directly killing a chicken to scare the monkeys—wiping out this bunch of Japanese devils altogether—would be the best.

But he could not do that, otherwise it would only bring additional suspicion upon himself.

「Commander Gangcun, leave these matters to me; believe me, after tomorrow's meeting ends, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer. 」 Chen Yongren remained calm and composed.

This is also a good opportunity to win people's hearts; Chen Yongren must make this bunch of damned things understand exactly who saved their miserable lives, and from now on they must wag their tails begging for bones to gnaw.

「You? 」 Gangcun Ningci frowned: 「What plan? 」

「Hai! 」 Chen Yongren full of confidence: 「The plan? Just keep it secret for now. 」

「General Gangcun, Chief Director Sir's imagination has always been different; perhaps we can let him try it out. 」 Anda 23 said.

Gangcun Ningci thought for a moment, then nodded and said: 「Alright, Chief Director Sir, I'll leave this matter to you to handle; don't let me down! 」