As the morning light begins to rise, a thin mist gently covers this ancient city.

Xue Linyuan sat at the dining table, holding a steaming cup of soy milk in one hand and a fried dough stick in the other. The morning sun shone through the window onto his young and resolute face. Breakfast at home was always simple and warm, but today's phone call broke the tranquility.

"Chief Xue, please come to the secret service headquarters immediately." The voice on the other end of the phone was serious and urgent.

"Cousin, you eat first. I'm going to work." Xue Linyuan frowned, put down the fried dough sticks in his hand, quickly put on his coat, and walked out of the house.

Li Dayong frowned as he looked at Xue Linyuan who was hurrying out the door, and glanced at the fried dough sticks in his hand.

Tang Xiaoxiao was still sleeping. Xue Linyuan was in a hurry to go out after buying breakfast. He had a bad feeling and he seriously suspected that Tang Xiaoxiao had gone out to cause trouble last night.

When Xue Linyuan arrived at the secret service headquarters, the scene was already in chaos. He saw Director Yang's office door wide open and the inside was a mess. He walked into the office and saw Director Yang, his old boss, lying in a pool of blood, his life gone.

Also killed were Director Yang's secretary Lin Yue, Director Wang's guards Zhang Jinbao and Yang Shan, Deputy Chief of the Intelligence Section Wan Yifu, Telecommunications Section member Huang Meili, and Operations Section Group 2 member Jiang Chenghai.

"What's going on?" Xue Linyuan asked anxiously.

"We don't know either." A colleague shook his head and said, "It was already like this when we arrived at the scene."

Xue Linyuan and the head of the Intelligence Department, Hu Taojun, exchanged a glance and ordered, "Report this to the Special High Technology Department and the Executive Yuan of the Wang Puppet Government. Send people to protect the battlefield and check for suspicious personnel."

"Yes, section chief."

At the same time, a shocking incident occurred overnight in the arsenal of the Japanese Special High Section, a secret base that had been hidden deep in Haizhou City. The mountains of ammunition, firearms, and various heavy weapons in the arsenal mysteriously disappeared, leaving nothing behind. The soldiers guarding the arsenal also suffered misfortune. Their bodies lay in a pool of blood, as if telling the story of this sudden disaster. As soon as the news came out, the whole city of Lanzhou was shocked.

Upon hearing the news, Sakata Ono, the chief of the Special High Technology Division, rushed over and looked at the empty arsenal with anger. The munitions here should have been lying quietly on the shelves, waiting for the country's dispatch. However, at the scene, the entire arsenal was empty.

An investigation team was immediately arranged to check the scene. The investigation team was led by experienced trace expert Fujita Kawau, who quickly rushed to the scene with his team. After carefully observing the environment around the arsenal, it was found that although the scene was cleaned up very cleanly, it was a master.

After some investigation, Fujita Kawauchi found that the lock of the armory had not been damaged, and there was nothing unusual about the entrance to the armory, which indicated that the thieves had probably entered the armory through internal channels.

The security measures of the arsenal were extremely strict, but at this moment they seemed so vulnerable. Experts quickly launched an investigation, carefully checking every corner for possible clues. However, the scene was cleaned up exceptionally cleanly, as if the batch of munitions had never existed.

After a preliminary investigation, experts concluded that the weapons in the arsenal must have been diverted by someone using their own transport vehicles. This method was both cunning and bold, which made people curious about the mastermind behind it.

Doctors from the Japanese hospital were also urgently summoned to the scene. They performed a detailed autopsy on the guards who died of poisoning and found a special poison. This poison actually came from a common herb, which shocked everyone.

In order to find out the truth, the Japanese military police began to search all the Chinese medicine shops and doctors who knew Chinese medicine throughout the city. When the news came out, all the Chinese medicine shops in the city fell into panic.

At the same time, the Wang Puppet Government also sent a special commissioner to investigate the murder of the director of the secret service headquarters. As soon as the special commissioner arrived in Lanzhou, he immediately held an emergency meeting with Sakata Ono.

The theft of the arsenal and the assassination of Director Yang Chunliang of the secret service headquarters were like invisible heavy hammers that hit him hard. He knew that these two incidents were not accidental and there must be a huge conspiracy behind them.

Sakata Ono quickly summoned all the elites of the Special Higher Section, and the atmosphere in the conference room was so tense that it was almost frozen. He scanned the faces of each agent with a sharp gaze, trying to find some clues from their expressions.

"We must find out the truth behind this as soon as possible!" Sakata Ono's voice was low and firm, "This is not only related to the honor of the Special High Section, but also to the safety of the entire Lanzhou City!"

"Mr. Sakata, the missing arms, the poisoning of the guards, and the murder of the director of the secret service headquarters, this series of events was obviously premeditated." The special envoy said seriously.

Sakata Ono nodded, frowning, "Yes, sir. And according to the report of the trace expert, all clues point to the enemy knowing herbs, maybe he is a Chinese doctor or knows Chinese medicine."

"Traditional Chinese medicine?" The special envoy frowned.

"Yes, he used a special herb to make the poison, and the traces at the scene showed that he cleverly avoided all surveillance and entered the armory." said Saburo Tsuruta, the director of the Special High Section's Operations Department. "Last night, our soldiers were on a mission to transport munitions. The enemy hijacked the Imperial Army's transport vehicles to transfer munitions to and from the city, and the guards let them pass without checking."

"Did the defenders see the driver?" asked Sakata Ono.

Saburo Tsuruta said: "He looked carefully and saw that it was the driver who transported the arsenal."

"Nani, Bakayaloo."

"Could it be that our transport soldiers are anti-Japanese elements?" Rina Murakami of the Special High Section Intelligence Department asked suspiciously.

Sakata Ono pondered for a moment, then said, "Now, we can be sure that the arms have been transported out of the city. Murakami Reinako, lead the team to search all the Chinese medicine shops in the city and find the culprit who knows Chinese medicine or herbal medicine. Tsuruta Saburo, go and communicate with the military police and ask them to cooperate in sending people out of the city to look for the missing arms."

"Hey!" Everyone in the meeting room stood up and bowed.

The special high section agent team led by Murakami Reinako launched a carpet search in the city's Chinese medicine shops. They carefully questioned every doctor and checked every herbal medicine record, hoping to find a clue.

Saburo Tsuruta and the military police also launched a large-scale search operation outside the city. They searched along possible transportation routes, hoping to find the missing munitions. However, the complex terrain outside the city, coupled with today's heavy rain, made the search extremely difficult.

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