My years of espionage

Chapter 2079 The Method to Rescue the Young Taoist Priest
"Xingya Maru?" Cheng Qianfan got up to pour wine for Kawada Atsuto. He was taken aback when he heard Kawada Atsuto recount the 'crimes' confessed by Jing Qingxi and others.

“Yes.” Atsuto Kawada nodded. “Kōya Maru secretly transported gold for the Empire.”

Cheng Qianfan sat down, took a sip of sake, and said, "Since it was a secret shipment, how did Jing Xi and the others find out?"

“According to their confessions, they only knew that the Empire was secretly transporting gold to the mainland, and they didn’t know anything else,” Kawada Atsuto said. “The Xingya Maru was something they later discovered through their own analysis and judgment based on relevant intelligence.”

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“Analysis? Judgment?” Cheng Qianfan frowned. “Du Ren, it’s not that I look down on these three Chinese, but how can guys like them, who only know how to enjoy themselves and don’t even have a proper job, have such abilities?”

“No.” Kawada Atsuto shook his head slightly. “Later, I personally questioned Jing Qingxi and the other two, and this should be confirmed. Among them, Jing Qingxi should be the strategist among the three.”

"That's quite impressive," Cheng Qianfan sneered. "They've got some nerve, daring to set their sights on the Empire's gold."

“Money drives people crazy,” Atsuto Kawada said with a smile.

"Just their own initiative?" Cheng Qianfan pondered, then said, "No one from Chongqing involved behind the scenes?"

"You suspect that Jing Qingxi and others have been won over by Chongqing?" Kawada Atsuto asked thoughtfully.

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“I think we can’t rule out that possibility.” Cheng Qianfan nodded and said, “In fact, according to the intelligence we have previously obtained, Chongqing has never given up on trying to win over Jing Muyun and others.”

“Of course, Jing Muyun reported the Kuomintang agents sent by Chongqing to win him over to the Empire,” Cheng Qianfan said thoughtfully. “But, is this some kind of self-inflicted injury ruse…?”

"A self-inflicted injury ruse?" Kawada Atsuto fell into deep thought. "If it really is a self-inflicted injury ruse, Dai Chunfeng has quite the audacity."

The agent sent by the Military Intelligence Bureau to win over Jing Muyun was Dai Zhiyun, a Major General in the Military Intelligence Bureau, and his status was not low.

“As far as I know, Dai Zhiyun is not a core member of the Military Intelligence Bureau,” Cheng Qianfan said thoughtfully. “He only has a high rank, but he doesn’t actually have much power within the Military Intelligence Bureau.”

He analyzed, "In fact, people like Dai Zhiyun have a high status within the Kuomintang, which in itself may be seen by Dai Chunfeng as an unstable threat."

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"You mean that Dai Chunfeng sent Dai Zhiyun to win over Jing Muyun with the intention of using someone else to do his dirty work?" Kawada Atsuto asked.

“To say it’s a case of using someone else to do the dirty work is perhaps an exaggeration,” Cheng Qianfan said. “From Dai Chunfeng’s perspective, this kind of attempt to win him over is extremely dangerous. If it succeeds, it will naturally be credited to Dai Chunfeng. If it fails, he can get rid of a potential threat along the way. Why not do it?”

“That’s right, that’s right.” Kawada Atsuto nodded repeatedly. “Now that you mention it, there is some truth to it.”

As he spoke, he looked at Kentaro Miyazaki, "Since you have this suspicion, why didn't you mention it before?"

Dai Zhiyun came to Nanjing to secretly contact Jing Muyun in an attempt to win her over, but was later reported by Jing Muyun. This happened a year ago.

“I hadn’t paid much attention to this matter before,” Cheng Qianfan said. “It was only when Jing Muyun came to me to ask for Jing Qingxi that I really noticed this person and started to think about it more.”

……

Atsuto Kawada smiled; he understood what Kentaro Miyazaki meant.

Kentaro Miyazaki discovered the gold stolen by Jing Qingxi and the others, and handed them over to the military police, which can be said to have completely broken ties with Jing Muyun.

Kentaro Miyazaki has always held a firm stance against eliminating his enemies.

Presumably, it was precisely because of this that this guy started thinking about how to deal with Jing Muyun, and then he thought of the Dai Zhiyun incident.

Regardless of whether Miyazaki Kentaro's suspicions about Jing Muyun were intentional, his analysis suggests that his suspicions do have some merit.

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“Very good,” Kawada Atsuto said. “I will report to Commander Ikeuchi and investigate Jing Muyun secretly.”

"I heard that Jing Muyun asked the military police for Jing Qingxi?" Cheng Qianfan asked.

“If it weren’t for the Xingya Maru incident, Jing Xi would still have a chance,” Kawada Atsuto said. “Now that it’s confirmed that these three dared to steal the Empire’s gold, the Empire has an absolutely zero-tolerance attitude towards such behavior.”

“That’s right.” Cheng Qianfan nodded vigorously. “We need to make an example of them to deter unstable elements.”

Atsuto Kawada took a sip of sake, glanced at Kentaro Miyazaki, and said, "You said someone wanted to see me. Where is that person?"

"We should be there soon," Cheng Qianfan said, raising his wrist to check the time on his gold wristwatch.

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"Kentaro, are you alright?" Atsuto Kawada looked at Araki Harima, who had come to see him in a 'secret' manner, pointed at Miyazaki Kentaro, and said with a wry smile, "Araki-kun, if you want to see me, why are you being so secretive?"

Because Kentaro Miyazaki and Harima Araki are good friends, Atsuto Kawada and Harima Araki are also considered friends and often meet up.

He couldn't understand what Kentaro Miyazaki was up to.

"Araki-kun has some confidential matters to report to Atsuto-sama," Cheng Qianfan said with a serious expression.

Seeing Kentaro Miyazaki's serious expression, Atsuto Kawada's expression also turned serious.

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"A young Taoist priest?" Kawada Atsuto looked at Araki Harima and Miyazaki Kentaro and said, "A high-ranking officer under Xiao Mian of the Shanghai Special Intelligence Bureau?"

Araki Harima nodded.

"As far as I remember, this person was once arrested by Li Cuiqun, but was later rescued by the Military Intelligence Bureau," said Kawada Atsuto.

“Young Master Atsuto has a good memory, it is indeed this person.” Araki Harima nodded and said.

Atsuto Kawada squinted at Harima Araki.

The Special Higher Police secretly arrested Xiao Mian's general, Xiao Daoshi, a fact that the military police were unaware of.

The problem is that this is classified information from the Special Higher Police. Araki Harima, as the captain of the Special Higher Police's action battalion, secretly met with him, a lieutenant colonel staff officer from the Military Police Headquarters, and revealed this information to him. Strictly speaking, this is a serious leak.

Why did Araki Harima do this?
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“Young Master Atsuto is unaware of this,” Cheng Qianfan said after exchanging a glance with Araki Harima, “Since taking office, Section Chief Arao has been making things difficult for Araki-kun in every way.”

He sighed and said, "As a subordinate, it is wrong to point out the mistakes of one's superior. However, Section Chief Arao's jealousy and even his attempts to harm Araki-kun are truly chilling."

"Find the dead inside." Kawada Atsuto gave the silent Araki Harima a deep look and nodded.

Kentaro Miyazaki said that Tomohiro Arao had attempted to harm Harima Araki, but he had his doubts about this.

However, even without any assassination attempts, the internal power struggle within the Special Higher Police (STPD) must have reached a near-brutal level.

Although the true details are still unknown, it's easy to understand why Araki Harimaro, the captain of the Special Higher Police's action unit, would proactively contact him and reveal this classified information to the military police:

If Arao Tomohiro manages to pry open the young Taoist priest's mouth, he can then crack Xiao Mian's Shanghai Special Intelligence Bureau in one fell swoop.

Therefore, Arao Tomohiro's position in the Special Higher Police will be firmly established, and he may even advance further.

This is unacceptable to Araki Harima, who has a significant conflict with Arao Tomohiro.

In light of this, Araki Harima simply took this action of leaking information.

……

Atsuto Kawada left.

Araki Harima drank his wine in a sullen mood.

Cheng Qianfan looked at Araki Harima, who was silently drinking, and did not say anything.

“Miyazaki-kun.” Araki Harima put down his wine glass and looked at his friend. “I don’t know if what I’m doing is right or wrong.”

“Araki-kun, you’re doing this to protect yourself,” Cheng Qianfan advised. “If Section Chief Araki hadn’t treated you that way, you wouldn’t have done this.”

Based on the intelligence he had gathered, Arao Tomohiro was in high spirits and planned to purge and cleanse the Special Higher Police once he cracked Xiao Mianzhi's Shanghai Special Intelligence Bureau.

Clearly, Araki Harima, the leader of the action team, was Arao Tomohiro's primary target for elimination.

Cheng Qianfan discovered that Arao Tomohiro intended to send Araki Harima to the Pacific front.

Although this information is difficult to verify, it was enough to make Araki Harima feel a great sense of threat and to make him hate Arao Tomohiro to the core.

In this situation, Araki Harima made a ruthless decision: since Arao knew that Hiroshi was unjust, he would not hesitate to be ruthless.

After discussing it with his friend, the two agreed that they absolutely could not allow Arao Tomohiro to complete the operation to break up the Shanghai Special Affairs Bureau.

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Of course, as loyal agents of the empire, they would never commit such a treasonous act as secretly releasing a minor Taoist priest.

After a secret discussion, they decided to leak the intelligence to Atsuto Kawada, allowing the military police to intervene. This would both ruin Tomohiro Arao's plans and ensure the successful dismantling of the Shanghai Special Intelligence Bureau, preventing the enemy from being allowed to escape. This was a win-win situation.

Among them, the young Taoist priest was a key figure in cracking the Shanghai Special Task Force, and the first thing the military police had to do was to find a way to get him under their control.

As for whether the military police would take any action, both Araki Harima and Miyazaki Kentaro agreed that there was no problem.

Arao Tomohiro wanted such a great achievement as cracking the Shanghai Special Intelligence Bureau, and the military police naturally wanted it too. Or rather, for Kawada Atsuto, it was an irresistible temptation.

Furthermore, if it were someone else, it might be difficult to snatch the young Taoist priest from Arao Tomohiro's hands, or rather, they might not have the ability or confidence to do so.

However, the status of being the young master of the Kawada family clearly gives him a significant advantage over Arao Tomohiro.

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"Miyazaki-kun," Araki Harima asked, looking at his friend, "what do you think the military police will do?"

"The specific actions are unknown," Cheng Qianfan pondered, then said, "However, it is foreseeable that we will have the young Taoist priest under our control."

He looked at Araki Harima and said, "Araki-kun, I heard there's a case in Nanjing that involves Chongqing spies we're trying to arrest. To show how important it is, I suggest you go to Nanjing yourself."

Araki Harima looked at his friend and immediately understood what his friend meant.

This is for business travel, to avoid suspicion.

Meanwhile, when he went to Nanjing on official business, he would inevitably have to bring a lot of people with him, which could also make Arao Tomohiro short-handed in terms of manpower, so as to secretly support the military police's operations.

As for which case in Nanjing required his personal visit, isn't it easy to find a reason?

“You’re right.” Araki Harima nodded slightly. “The matter in Nanjing is very important. I need to go there in person to put my mind at ease.”

The two looked at each other and both smiled.

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“Araki Harima will take people to Nanjing, which will weaken the Shanghai Special Higher Police’s operational capabilities to some extent,” Cheng Qianfan said to Haozai and Li Hao.

"Chief, when will Araki Harima set off?" Hao asked.

“It will probably be within a week,” Cheng Qianfan said. “Specifically, it will be within four or five days. He needs to secretly arrange for someone to make a scene in Nanjing so that he has a reasonable excuse to go to Nanjing.”

“There’s one more thing,” he continued. “We have intelligence from the army hospital that the little Taoist’s life has been saved. Although he hasn’t woken up yet, we estimate he’ll be back in the next few days.”

"I believe the military police will also have this information," Cheng Qianfan said.

The military police would only take action if they were certain that the young Taoist priest was safe.

In this context, Kawada Atsuto's learning that Araki Harimaro, the captain of the Shanghai Special Higher Police's Action Team, had left Shanghai was itself an opportunity and a signal to take action.

"Brother Fan, when do we make our move?" Li Hao asked.

"When the military police make their move, that's when we make our move," Cheng Qianfan said calmly, flicking his cigarette ash.

He looked at the ceiling, his gaze deep and thoughtful.

In order to rescue the young Taoist priest, he racked his brains and came up with a plan to bewitch Araki Harima, create anxiety and hatred in Araki Harima, and thus create chaos and fish in troubled waters. This was the limit of what he could do.

If even this cannot save the young Taoist priest, then it is the will of Heaven that cannot be defied!
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Four days later.

Araki Harima reported to Arao Tomohiro that the whereabouts of Setouchi Gawa, a traitor from the Special Higher Police, had been suspected to have been discovered in Nanjing, and he requested to personally lead a team to Nanjing to track down Setouchi Gawa.

Arao Tomohiro took this matter very seriously upon learning of it.

He agreed to Araki Harima's request to go to Nanjing. At the same time, to show his importance, Araki Tomohiro also arranged for his confidant Yoshimura Shinpachi to lead a team to accompany Araki Harima to Nanjing.

"This is utterly shameless," Araki Harima said bitterly to Miyazaki Kentaro.

"Chief Arao has really gone too far." Cheng Qianfan sighed and shook his head, saying, "Capturing the traitor Setouchi is not only a way to avenge our Special Higher Police, but also a great achievement. He's worried that you, Araki-kun, will take all the credit."

He snorted and said, "See? If we catch Setouchi, then you probably won't get any credit. It'll be Arao Tomohiro who gets the credit."

"Baka yarou!" Araki Harima cursed angrily. "I want to see how Yoshimura Shinpachi tries to steal the credit and how he manages to capture Setouchi Kawa."

Anyway, he fabricated all the intelligence, so it would be a miracle if there was any trace of Setouchi Gawa in Nanjing.

Cheng Qianfan smiled and nodded slightly.

Araki Harima's idea of ​​using the discovery of Liu Bo's whereabouts as a pretext to go to Nanjing was a stroke of genius. Not only did it provide a reasonable excuse, but Arao Tomohiro, eager to claim credit, also sent his confidant Yoshimura Shinpachi to Nanjing, which further weakened Arao Tomohiro's power in Shanghai.

Most importantly, Yoshimura Shinpachi and Yoshimura Shinichi were Arao Tomohiro's true confidants. They were essentially his eyes and ears. Now that one of them had been transferred to Nanjing, Arao Tomohiro was essentially blind in one eye.

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