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As they were talking, Li Qun, Daiki Kumakawa, Ichiro Sato, Rikuto Kuiike, and captain Takao Osawa, who had just taken over from Taro Yamamoto, all walked into the conference room, and the room suddenly became lively.

After all the meeting participants arrived, General Kimura, Chief of Staff Sakata, and Ichiro Sato walked onto the podium, and General Kimura began an enthusiastic speech, highly praising the success of this meeting of the Cleanup Committee.

In particular, he gave high praise to the rapid resolution of the assassination case of Li Qun.

When talking about happy things, there was constant applause in the meeting hall.

Finally, Chief of Staff Sakata announced that Shinichi Shimabashi, Daiki Kumagawa, and Li Qun would each be rewarded with one thousand yuan!

Then, Jiang Yifan, Li Qun, and Xiongchuan Dahui walked up to the podium and received their awards.

When Jiang Yifan and the other two returned to their seats, General Kimura spoke again:

"Please be quiet! Although our Cleanup Committee has achieved initial results, we still have to see that there is still a long way to go. First of all, the food problem is our primary problem. Secondly, the National Salvation Army and the underground party guerrillas are still the biggest troubles in our base. So I hope that Secretary-General Li Qun, Section Chief Shimahashi, and Chief Xiongchuan will work together and seize the time to continue to expand the scope of the government under the jurisdiction of the Cleanup Committee to ensure the food supply of the imperial army, and cooperate with the Japanese army to completely eliminate the National Salvation Army and the underground party guerrillas to eliminate future troubles."

"Hayi!"

As soon as General Kimura finished speaking, Jiang Yifan, Li Qun, Kumakawa Daiki, and all the participants stood up and answered in unison.

After the meeting, Li Qun returned to No. 76. He had just divided his men into three groups and sent them out to collect grain when the phone on his desk rang!

"Jingle Bell!"

Li Qun picked up the phone casually: "Hello!"

"Secretary Li? I'm Zou Fuhai, the finance director of the Wuhan puppet government. How is the clean-up work going?"

Zou Fuhai's voice came from the phone.

When Li Qun heard this, he couldn't help but frown. This sworn enemy called him at this time, he must have had no good intentions.

He hesitated for a moment and then answered casually:

"It's Director Zou Fuhai! Nice to meet you! How did you find time to call me?"

"It's like this. The finances have been a bit tight recently. Mr. Wang, please take a look at how much tax silver you have collected and transfer some of it to us. We are really struggling here."

Zou Fuhai's voice came again on the phone.

When Li Qun heard this, he felt very angry. Damn it, I almost lost my life yesterday, and no one cares about me. Now that I have no money, you still think of me. How can such a good thing happen in the world?

The Japanese haven't asked for money from us yet, but you are already thinking about it. Do you think that money is blown by the wind?

Although he was angry, Li Qun replied calmly:

"The situation here is just beginning, and everything is not back to normal yet. The Military Control Commission and the National Salvation Army have been causing trouble and sabotage, so tax collection has not started normally. Even if there is a little income, it is not enough to feed and feed these 3,000 people. So, we really don't have money now. Director Zou, please tell Mr. Wang that as long as things get back to normal and there is money, I will automatically transfer it to the government account."

"Okay then! I'll be waiting for your good news!" He said this and hung up the phone.

Wishful thinking! They have not even started to wait for the harvest when they have no regular income yet. Forget it! Even the Japanese have not asked the Cleanup Committee for money yet, but they can’t wait any longer. I have never seen anyone so shameless.

Li Qun was angry and hung up the phone.

Ichiro Sato, Daiki Kumagawa, and Rikuto Kuiike returned to the Military Police Headquarters and looked at Daiki Kumagawa and asked:

"Do you think the assassination of Li Qun has anything to do with lighters?"

Upon hearing this, Rikuto Kuiike knew that Ichiro Sato was still brooding over the assassination of Chief of Staff Shota Matsuda at the headquarters, so he began to investigate the case as soon as he was discharged from the hospital.

Kumagawa Daiki answered truthfully:

"It's hard to confirm this because there's no indication that it's related to the lighter, so there's no way to comment on it."

"It turns out that when Section Chief Tanaka and Colonel Hihara Ryosuke were here, we were able to get some information about Chinese agents. But why is it that now, no matter how hard we investigate, we can't get any information about Chinese agents?"

Sato Ichiro looked at Kumagawa Daiki and asked with a hint of reproach.

"Commander! Compared to before, the activities of Chinese agents in Shanghai have almost disappeared, so it is difficult for us to get news from them."

Daiki Kumagawa looked at Ichiro Sato and answered casually.

When Kuiike Rikuto heard this, he knew that Kumagawa Daiki had not yet understood what Sato Ichiro meant. With this level, he was far inferior to Colonel Hihara Ryosuke, and even Shimabashi Shinichi was far better than him.

When Sato Ichiro heard this, he became a little angry and said:

"What nonsense! Haven't there been enough incidents recently? Apart from the assassination of Li Qun yesterday, which of the previous assassination cases has ever found the murderer?"

At this point, Sato Ichiro gently stroked his blind eye and spoke again:

"Moreover, the focus of Unit 76 will shift to the clean-up work in the future, and the Special High Section is responsible for the espionage work of the Expeditionary Force Headquarters. Therefore, I hope that the Mei Agency and the Military Police Headquarters will take on the work of investigating and arresting Chinese agents. We must not allow Chinese agents to stir up trouble and carry out rampant assassinations."

After hearing this, Kumakawa Daiki understood that Sato Ichiro still wanted to exclude Shimahashi Shinichi and set up a joint investigation team. Needless to say, the purpose was to secretly track and investigate Shimahashi Shinichi.

After understanding this, Kumagawa Daiki stopped refutation and answered casually:

"Okay! May I ask, Commander, who will the headquarters send to join the investigation team?"

Hearing this, Kuiichi Rikuto immediately stood up and said, "Commander, I don't have time to participate in the investigation. If you need me temporarily, I can cooperate."

I thought it would be better to stay as far away from such things that require no effort but yield no benefit as possible.

"Then let Captain Osawa Takao of the Japanese Concession join the joint investigation team!"

Sato Ichiro looked at Kumagawa Daiki and said.

Kumakawa Daiki could understand at once that Shimabashi Shinichi also lived in the Japanese Concession, and this was Sato Ichiro's real purpose.

"Then the Mei Agency should send the captain of the action team, Sakuragi Hanamichi, to participate!"

Kumagawa Daiki looked at Sato Ichiro and answered seriously.

"This matter will be kept secret for now! We don't need too many people, you will be the team leader, and if you find any problems, you can take action at any time. The first person to conduct a secret investigation is Shinichi Shimahashi!"

Sato Ichiro looked at Kumagawa Daiki, then at Kuiike Rikuto, and gave the order.