Inside the Special High Technology Conference Room.

Operations Section Chief Hidetaka Takahashi took Liu Tong to report the latest intelligence to Akao Hirokazu and Minamizō Keiko, who had just been discharged from the hospital and returned to work at the Special High Technology Department.

"Are you sure what the man named Lin Sanmao said is true?" Akao Hiroichi asked Sheriff Liu Tong.

Liu Tong nodded and bowed hurriedly, "Madam, I guarantee with my life that Lin Sanmao looked like he would rather die than surrender at first, but after we executed him several times in a row, he couldn't take it anymore and told us this news. Based on my many years of experience as a police chief, it's unlikely he's lying!"

"Is there no specific transaction time and place?" asked Keiko Minamizō.

"No, Lin Sanmao is just a member of the underground party's peripheral organization and is still in the probation period. According to his account, he and three other people received the task of organizing workers and tools and being on standby at the brick factory near Zhongshan Road at 12 o'clock tomorrow afternoon!" Liu Tong replied.

Minamizō Keiko turned her head and looked at Akao Koichi.

Akao Hiroichi immediately stood up and said to Liu Tong, "Mr. Liu, take us to meet this Lin Sanmao!"

"Hayi, Hayi!" Liu Tong nodded and agreed quickly.

Ten minutes later, three cars and a truck drove into the yard of the police station. Akao Hiroichi, Minamizō Keiko, Takahashi Hidenaka and others got out of the cars, and more than a dozen fully armed Japanese soldiers jumped out of the truck behind.

Under the guidance of Liu Tong, Akao Hirokazu and others came to the detention room and met Lin Sanmao.

"Are you Lin Sanmao? A peripheral member of the underground party?" Akao Hiroichi asked, staring at Lin Sanmao.

Liu Tong quickly scolded Lin Sanmao, "Lin Sanmao, this is Lady Chiwei. You must answer whatever Lady Chiwei asks you. Don't lie. Tell us everything you know, okay? If you dare to hide anything, I promise to make you wish you were dead, but you can't live!"

Lin Sanmao looked terrified, with a flicker of fear in his eyes as he said, "I, I am Lin Sanmao!"

"You said the underground party purchased a batch of medicines and will be trading them in the Zhongshan Road area tomorrow afternoon, correct?"

"Yes Yes!"

"What about the specific time and place? The time and place you mentioned are not clear. The area around Zhongshan Road is so large, and we don't even know what time it is in the afternoon. What value does this information have? If you want to survive, you'd better provide more accurate information!" Akao Hiroichi said, staring into Lin Sanmao's eyes.

Lin Sanmao said with fear on his face, "Tai-Tai-jun, I-I really don't know the exact time and place. Lao Hu just asked the three of us to organize 20 workers and the corresponding loading and unloading tools each and be on standby at the brick kiln factory at 12 noon. He didn't tell us anything else!"

Akao Hiroichi then asked, "You know Lao Hu and the other two people, right? What are their names? What are their physical characteristics? Where do they live?"

Lin Sanmao quickly said, "The other two are Wang Laosan and Ding Shuitian. I know where they live. Old Hu's name is Hu Jinxi. The three of us were recruited into the organization by Hu Jinxi. I only remember him accidentally mentioning Rose Lane a few times. He should live there, but I don't know the exact lane and number!"

Nanzō Keiko turned to look at Liu Tong and said, "Send someone to check the household registration and rental registration immediately to see if there is anyone named Hu Jinxi in Rose!"

"Yes, Miss Huizi!" Liu Tong stood at attention, saluted, agreed, turned around and ran out.

Half an hour later, he came back breathlessly to report, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I've sent someone to check the household registration and rental registration information in Meiguili, and there's no one named Hu Jinxi!"

Nanzō Keiko then asked Lin Sanmao, "How old is Hu Jinxi? What are his characteristics?"

Lin Sanmao recalled and said, "About 35 years old, with short hair, a thin face, a fair complexion and no beard, high cheekbones, large earlobes, and long arms. Oh, and there's a scar between his right eyebrow!"

Akao Hiroichi then said, "I remember that Tanaka-kun seemed to be able to draw portraits of people based on descriptions. Takahashi-kun, call Tanaka-kun right away and ask him to come over!"

"Ha!" Takahashi Hidenaka agreed, turned around and went out to call Tanaka Daiei on the phone in the police station to explain the situation and ask him to come over quickly.

A quarter of an hour later, Tanaka Daiei arrived at the police station. He drew a portrait of Hu Jinxi based on Lin Sanmao's oral description.

"Mr. Lin, take a look, is this the person?" Akao Hiroichi asked, holding the portrait in front of Lin Sanmao.

After seeing it, Lin Sanmao said in amazement, "It looks like him, very much like him, at least 70% like him!"

"A 70% resemblance is enough! Mr. Liu, you and Mr. Takahashi go to Rose Village with the portrait and find the village chief first, and ask him to identify it. If the village chief doesn't recognize him, then find other residents living in Rose Village. There must be someone who has seen and knows Hu Jinxi. Whether we can catch Hu Jinxi tonight depends on you!" Akao Hiroichi ordered Liu Tong and Takahashi Hideichi.

"Hayi!"

An hour later, Akao Hirokazu, who was waiting at the police station, received a call from Takahashi Hidenaka who was calling from a telephone booth near Rose Lane.

On the phone, Takahashi Hidenaka reported in a joyful tone: "Chief Akao, we have caught Hu Jinxi. When we rushed into the house where he lived to arrest him, he was trying to escape by jumping out the back window. However, we had ambushed people behind the house in advance, and he was caught by our people as soon as he jumped. He tried to commit suicide by taking poison, but I stopped him in time and took away the poison!"

"Excellent, Takahashi-kun, you've performed a great deed this time. I'll definitely recommend you for a reward! Take him back to the Special High Technology Division immediately and conduct a surprise interrogation overnight. You must pry him open before dawn!"

"Hayi!"

The interrogation room of the Special High Technology Prison.

Under Akao Hirokazu's orders, Takahashi Hidenaka sent people to torture Hu Jinxi using waterboarding, forcing him to eat flies and mosquitoes, and using electric shocks.

Although these tortures may not seem cruel, they actually caused immense pain to Hu Jinxi, and these torture methods did not cause any external injuries.

After these torture methods were repeated three times, Hu Jinxi completely collapsed and begged the Japanese to kill him. However, the Japanese would not kill him so easily. They forced him to confess his superiors and the list of underground party members he knew.

The Japanese used these cruel methods to force Hu Jinxi to surrender and confess all the underground party members he knew. At four o'clock in the morning, Akao Hiroichi finally got a list.

This list records the names of eight people on Hu Jinxi's line, the locations of two transportation liaison stations, and the corresponding contact information.

"Hahaha..." Akao Hiroichi was overjoyed after seeing the list.

Takahashi Hidenaka asked, "Section Chief, I'm going to gather all the people on this list right now and take down these two transportation hubs as well!"

Akao Hiroichi was thinking without saying anything. Seeing that he didn't say anything and didn't object, Takahashi Hidenaka immediately walked out.

Before he even reached the door, Akao Hiroichi immediately shouted, "Come back!"

Takahashi Hidenaka walked back and asked, "Chief, do you have any other instructions?"

Akao Hiroshi waved his hand and said, "Don't act for now. The underground party will be receiving the purchased medicine at Tangjia Temple at 1 pm. At that time, there will definitely be a big figure from the underground party who will show up. If we act now, it will definitely alert the enemy and the afternoon transaction will likely be in trouble. Wouldn't that let the giant get away?"

"So what do you mean?" asked Takahashi Hidenaka.

Akao Hirokazu sneered, "Of course, we're going to play the long game. Divide your men into groups now, and assign them to keep an eye on the people on the list and the two transportation hubs. Start arresting them by noon!"

"We'll take another group with Hu Jinxi and Lin Sanmao to Tangjia Temple and have them identify the person. When the underground party's bigwigs and the seller show up, that's when we'll close in!"

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