Chapter 85: Gaining a New Skill: Golden Finger

Hai!

Two Japanese military police stepped forward, obeyed the order, and dragged Hu Xingrui's corpse out.

After rooting out the insider in the Police Bureau, leaving Gao Liuxiuji to handle affairs, Tengyuán Jìntài returned to his villa again.

Although the insider hiding in the Police Bureau had been rooted out.

But Tengyuán Jìntài dared not relax just because of that.

After all.

As the situation in Songhu gradually stabilized, the Police Bureau would inevitably need to expand outward.

Then, what if spies from the Military Intelligence Bureau, the Party Affairs Bureau, or the Red Party tried to sneak in again?

We must think of a way to supervise them.

Just then, the phone on the desk rang ding-ling-ling.

It turned out that the agents sent by Tengyuán Jìntài to investigate Chen Yongren and Zhang Haifeng had made new progress.

They inquired with teachers and classmates from the same cohort, and confirmed that the Zhejiang-Shanghai Police Academy indeed had these two people; they were not fabricated out of thin air.

"Yoisho, you did a great job on this!" Tengyuán Jìntài nodded in satisfaction, offered a few words of encouragement, then hung up.

He performed outstandingly, had no identity issues, and harbored hatred toward the anti-Japanese elements.

He was practically a model citizen.

Although Hu Xingrui was gone,

but we uncovered this reliable guy, Chen Yongren.

With him helping the locust army, we'll surely get things done splendidly!

What would be good to promote Chen Yongren to?

Tengyuán Jìntài stroked his chin, thinking seriously.

Dang dang dang~

A knocking sound came from outside the door.

"Father, it's me. Are you busy now?"

"Youzi?" Hearing his daughter's voice, Tengyuán Jìntài couldn't help but laugh: "Come in, Youzi!"

As his words fell, the door opened, Tengyuán Youzi walked to Tengyuán Jìntài's side, and coquettishly said, "Father."

"Youzi, what's wrong?" Tengyuán Jìntài laughed.

"Um..." Tengyuán Youzi pondered, then said, "Father, Youzi has a request."

"Oh?" Tengyuán Jìntài found it a bit strange.

"Father, could you arrange a new job for Chen Sang?" Tengyuán Youzi whispered, "He seems unhappy working at the Police Bureau."

"His superior is targeting him again."

"Did Chen Yongren ask you to give him work?" Tengyuán Jìntài asked.

Tengyuán Youzi shook her head: "This is my own idea."

"Superior?"

Tengyuán Jìntài immediately understood who it was.

Hu Xingrui.

This guy is an agent of the Military Intelligence Bureau; it's normal for him to target Chen Yongren.

"Youzi, Father will certainly not shortchange him; Chen Yongren is an outstanding young man, exactly the talent the Empire needs." Tengyuán Jìntài laughed heartily.

"Then could Chen Sang serve as Mother's Chinese teacher?" Tengyuán Youzi asked again.

"You're not looking for a Chinese teacher for Mother, so why not use Chen Sang?"

Upon hearing this, Tengyuán Jìntài pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Lìnài was indeed bored at home alone; we need to find something for her to do.

The profoundness of Chinese culture is just right to divert her attention.

Chen Yongren is likewise so loyal; he really is a good choice.

Seeing Tengyuán Jìntài agree, Tengyuán Youzi felt delighted: "Tomorrow, Youzi will arrange this!"

This way, the two of them will have more opportunities to meet.

"Besides your mother, some relatives of Father's subordinates also want to learn Chinese; if Chen Yongren teaches well, I can consider introducing him to more people." Tengyuán Jìntài looked at Tengyuán Youzi indulgently.

"Mmm!" Tengyuán Youzi nodded firmly: "Youzi guarantees that Chen Sang will be an excellent Chinese teacher!"

"Father, Youzi won't disturb your work."

"I'll go tell Mother this good news first."

"Once she knows, she'll definitely be very happy!"

Tengyuán Youzi left the room excitedly.

Watching his daughter's departing back, Tengyuán Jìntài smiled, shook his head, and seriously pondered how to better arrange Chen Yongren.

Although Chen Yongren's identity is fine and his performance is very loyal,

but he is ultimately a Huaxia person.

Trust is possible.

but we must keep some reservations.

How to better leverage his value is a serious question.

……

Chen Yongren returned home and seriously tallied the gains from this operation.

Together they eliminated eighteen Japanese agents.

Among them, 12 were cash rewards and 6 were skill rewards.

The Photographic Memory skill was directly upgraded to level 3, allowing the number of days that can be remembered to increase to 30 days.

The Scan Eye skill also rose to level 2, enabling the scanning of a target's second hidden identity.

Looking at the level‑2 Scan Eye, Chen Yongren wore a satisfied smile.

With the level‑2 Scan Eye, even if he encountered someone with multiple identities, he need not worry about being unable to see through them.

The Danger Sense skill rose to level 6.

This time, the system was unusually generous, directly raising the early‑warning distance to 100 m!

Within 100 m, anyone who harbored ill intent toward Chen Yongren could be precisely detected and located by him.

He was just marveling at the system's generosity.

Another system prompt tone sounded in Chen Yongren's ear.

【Kill‑with‑a‑borrowed‑knife mission completed】

【Personnel losses: 0】

System reward: 【Kato Taka's Finger】

Cannot be upgraded.

Huh?

Chen Yongren's head slowly filled with several question marks.

How did this damn system start getting unserious?

But after carefully reading the skill description, Chen Yongren realized he had overthought it.

Simply put, this skill improves stealing technique.

A thief's stealing.

Using two fingers, he can easily pilfer items hidden in a target's pockets or bags without the target noticing, and conversely he can also conceal items on the target's person.

Chen Yongren immediately realized how formidable this skill was.

In the future, framing and entrapment will become much simpler; as long as he can get close to the target, he can pin any crime he wants on them, depending only on his mood.

Chen Yongren opened the panel as usual.

Name: Chen Yongren.

Age: 20.

Native place: Fenghua.

Rank: Major.

Position: Station Chief of Songhu Station, Military Intelligence Bureau.

Subordinate: Zhang Haifeng (Piao Lu).

(The remaining characters are collapsed; the master can expand them if needed.)

Medals: Fourth Class Cloud Banner Medal, Sixth Class Precious Tripod Medal.

Weapons: Belgian‑made Browning pistol, Walther pistol (system reward, 100 rounds of ammunition), Ka‑Bar 1214 combat dagger, army version (system reward).

Existing skills:

【Insight Lv5】, 【Insight Lv2】×1: awaiting upgrade.

【Danger Sense Lv5】, 【Danger Sense Lv1】×1: awaiting upgrade.

【Ultimate Acting Expert】 (enhanced), 【Dagger Mastery】, 【Divine Makeup Art】, 【Captive Binding Technique】

【Mind Control Lv3】, 【Full Concentration】 (enhanced), 【Photographic Memory Lv3】, 【Kato Taka's Finger】

Warehouse: Help Baby ×10,000, black tear‑resistant stockings ×1,000, gag ball, A San Shen Oil ×20, Military Intelligence Bureau radio, 30 kg TNT (including Military Intelligence Bureau pine).

Private vault: 1.3 million taels, 70 large yellow croakers, 120 small yellow croakers, 280 francs, $1,000, £2,000, ¥2,000.

(Including Zhang Haifeng's 600,000 taels and 50 small yellow croakers.)

Heh.

Even the damn system knows the franc is depreciating, so its rewards are all hard currency.

Looking at those skills in his skill bar, Chen Yongren felt a stir.

It's time to give himself a hidden identity.

A hidden identity that even the Military Intelligence Bureau wouldn't know about!