Chapter 77: Using a Scheme Against a Scheme

Hu Xingrui glared at Chen Yongren, wishing he could swallow him alive and tear him apart.

"Don't be angry, we'll have plenty of chances to deal with him later." The lackey applied medicine to Hu Xingrui while softly comforting him.

The lackey, having leaked false information, was beaten up afterwards as well, and hated Chen Yongren even more than Hu Xingrui did.

Hu Xingrui nodded heavily.

Chen Yongren and I have always been at odds; if he really cozies up to the Japanese, will there be any good days ahead for us?

After the war ended.

Huajie temporarily retained only a police station, with no chief selected; the acting chief constantly followed the Japanese around.

Hu Xingrui didn't count on the headquarters; he only hoped that once order was fully restored, he could snag a district chief position.

Chen Yongren is a stumbling block on my path of advancement.

I must smash him to pieces!

This damn traitor really got addicted to it?

Chen Yongren originally intended to let him live a bit longer.

But after hearing Hu Xingrui and his lackey's thoughts, Chen Yongren didn't want to waste time; he needed to find an opportunity to pin a black pot on his head.

As he thought, a mental voice suddenly entered his ear.

"You idiot, Major His Excellency doesn't know what madness he's caught."

"He actually sent this bunch of useless lot to catch an anti-Japanese element."

"A bunch of useless police officers, who can they catch?"

"Isn't this giving him a chance to escape?"

……

Huh?

Stubborn anti-Japanese element?

Hearing this mental voice, Chen Yongren instinctively glanced toward the door.

Not long after, a 'Short Mule' in a Major's uniform quickly entered the police station, followed by more than twenty Japanese soldiers behind him.

Seeing this, the police officers in the station all rose to their feet.

The Japanese major entered without a word, speaking in Chinese: "The locust army has discovered a stubborn anti-Japanese element."

"Because of insufficient manpower, we need your police station to assist in the capture!"

"This guy is extremely dangerous, carrying a pistol and even a grenade; he's nothing but a thug."

"This capture operation has only two demands!"

"Alive!"

"No shooting!"

Upon hearing this, the police officers stared at each other.

The anti-Japanese element, armed with a gun and a grenade.

And no shooting allowed.

Those are guys with their lives on the line; not shooting would be seeking death.

Hu Xingrui, however, felt this was an opportunity to claim merit, and immediately said: "Sir, rest assured!"

"Even if we die, we'll drag this guy back!"

Anyway, Hu Xingrui had no intention of going himself; he had decided to command from the rear and definitely not charge forward.

Otherwise, what's the point of being police chief for nothing?

Under the major's leadership, the police officers changed into plain clothes and headed for Spring Come Teahouse.

Chen Yongren pondered various possibilities.

Anti-Japanese element?

Yesterday they blew up supplies inside Songhu Station; today the Japanese agents are already moving?

Could it be that my subordinate has been targeted?

No.

If it really were my subordinate, they'd have gone to a restaurant, not a teahouse.

It could also be the Red Party, or those idiots in the Party Affairs Office.

The Japanese not allowing guns is normal; they surely want to take him alive for interrogation to extract more useful intel.

But…

Chen Yongren just felt something was off.

According to normal logic, the police should be assisting in sealing off the streets, not assisting in the capture.

Chen Yongren had already made up his mind; even if it were one of our own, he must not expose himself.

One must not, for a moment's satisfaction, destroy the painstakingly built intelligence station.

Zhang Haifeng, after several months of growth, has become much more emotionally stable.

Upon hearing they were to capture a stubborn anti-Japanese element, although surprised, he kept his expression under tight control, only praying in his heart that it wouldn't be his own brother.

Soon they arrived at Spring Come Teahouse.

The teahouse is just one story, with affordable prices.

Its main purpose is to give nearby residents a place to pass the time.

It's nothing fancy.

Ordinary folks have few places to hang out, so they like to gather here.

It wasn't yet tea time, and the teahouse only had a few tables of customers.

Their capture target today was the guy sitting in the innermost part of the Spring Come Teahouse.

Under Hu Xingrui's arrangement, the police blocked off both sides of the street outside the teahouse.

However, the police knew that guy had a gun, so they didn't dare approach.

Hu Xingrui originally wanted to mess with Chen Yongren, but knowing the other side had a gun and he couldn't fire, he didn't dare to move around recklessly; instead, he stuck close to his lackey.

Chen Yongren used his Insight together with the Scan Eye, scanning around.

Outside the teahouse there were seven or eight Japanese agents constantly watching the teahouse's movements.

Chen Yongren originally wanted to find out which faction the anti-Japanese activist belonged to.

But that guy sat too far inside, right behind a screen; the Scan Eye couldn't see through, and he was outside the range of Insight.

Just as Chen Yongren thought to get closer, the guy suddenly stood up, walked to the entrance, glanced around, adjusted his clothes, and headed toward the right-hand street.

Seeing him about to disappear into the crowd, Chen Yongren immediately activated his Scan Eye on him.

Result.

The pop-up information, however, left Chen Yongren very surprised.

Name: Pinglu Yilang.

Age: 25.

Native place: Fine Jade.

Code name: Hyena.

Rank: Second Lieutenant.

Current identity: Songhu Special Agency agent.

Hidden identity: None.

Seeing this string of data, Chen Yongren was slightly stunned.

Wasn't it agreed he'd be an anti-Japanese activist? How did he suddenly become a little Japanese?

Damn it!

Chen Yongren immediately understood what was going on.

Surely it was that old Japanese devil Tengyuán Jìntài; after the incident at Songhu Station, he suspected the police bureau had a problem, so he deliberately set up this trap!

Chen Yongren was somewhat surprised.

This old Japanese devil's reaction is surprisingly fast—damn, in less than a day he already suspected the police bureau!

Upon further thought.

Tengyuán Jìntài was inside the police bureau when his subordinates informed him that supplies had arrived at Songhu Station.

If there's a problem, the police bureau is definitely the most suspect.

This is entirely a trap aimed at the police bureau!

Having the pangolin's two consecutive 'dead agent' plans, Chen Yongren is quite experienced in similar situations.

Within 50 meters, he didn't hear Tengyuán Jìntài's inner voice, indicating the old Japanese devil was farther away.

Chen Yongren suddenly realized this was a hard-won opportunity to make Tengyuán Jìntài believe in him.

Since this old Japanese devil likes to act, let's give him a performance!

Meanwhile.

An inner voice sounded in Chen Yongren's ear.

"Although Colonel Tengyuán told me the mission is safe and no one will shoot at me,"

"but I still feel uneasy inside."

"After all, to make things more convincing, they don't know my true identity."

"Why did this unlucky task fall on me?"

Hearing this, Chen Yongren almost laughed out loud.

Pretending to be an anti-Japanese activist, right?

Today, you have to be one too.

Other Japanese agents, seeing him come out, also hurriedly closed in.

Pinglu Yilang immediately sped up; seeing people behind him following too closely, he instantly drew his pistol from his pocket and fired two shots into the air.

The sudden gunfire startled the police, making them jump, and they promptly lay flat on the ground.

The street instantly descended into chaos.

Seeing this, Pinglu Yilang excitedly fired two more shots, turned around, and was about to keep running.

Then he saw a person standing behind him.

"You little brat, are you an anti-Japanese activist?"