At dusk, in the backyard of Azhen's fabric store.

Zhang Yunhe, Azhen, their son and daughter were eating dinner together around the table.

"The prices are getting higher and higher, and I don't know what will happen in the future!" Ah Zhen looked worried while eating.

Zhang Yunhe comforted him, "There's always a way, and the war won't last forever. It will eventually end! By the way, during this time, you should put the shop up for rent. If you can rent it out, rent it to someone else. If no one wants it, leave it empty. But be sure to keep the deed safe and don't lose it!"

"I still have some shops and houses that are now rented out, but I feel that this concession may be lost. The Japanese will sooner or later break through the bottom line and rush into the concession. So I plan to find someone to manage these shops and houses for me!"

"Then our family will leave here and come back after the war is over and the Japanese are driven away!"

Ah Zhen asked, "Where are you going? Jiangzhou?"

"Well, let's go to Jiangzhou!"

Just after dinner, a phone call came.

Zhang Yunhe immediately walked out and answered the phone in a secluded place.

The call was from Matsui: "Sir, the three locations where the funds were stored in Fengtian, Beidu, and Yangcheng have been found. They are respectively..."

Zhang Yunhe said after hearing this: "Got it! Any other information?"

"15 billion French francs from the 9th Scientific Research Institute were swapped with 30 billion Central Bank Notes within the Special High Section. The Special High Section and the 9th Scientific Research Institute wanted to conceal the matter temporarily and were secretly investigating. Since they didn't report it, I didn't personally inquire about it."

"Also, two years later, the bank vault was robbed again. Besides gold, silver dollars, and currencies from various countries, there were also 30 billion Central Bank notes. According to the investigation by the Special High Section and the Military Police Command's Special Branch, the 30 billion Central Bank notes stolen from the bank vault were the same batch that appeared in the Special High Section!"

"Keep keeping an eye on all sides and report any intelligence immediately!" said Zhang Yunhe.

"Hayi!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yunhe returned to the house and said to Ah Zhen, "I have to leave tonight!"

Ah Zhen's lips curled up so much that a soy sauce bottle could be hung on them when she heard this: "Leaving again? You've only been back for two days!"

"There's no other way. I have to make money. If I don't make money, what will you and the children eat and drink?" Zhang Yunhe said.

Ah Zhen sighed, walked over to Zhang Yunhe and stretched out her hands to straighten his clothes. "I'm not stupid. Although I don't know what you're doing, I know you're doing the right thing. I just hope you'll always be well. Our child can't be without a father. The child and I will always be waiting for you to come back!"

Zhang Yunhe felt warm in his heart when he heard this, and he gently embraced Azhen in his arms.

……

Gendarmerie Headquarters.

"Commander!" Nakano Nagakuni and Onizuka came to Sato's office together.

Sato put down his pen, leaned back in his chair, looked at the two of them and asked, "Why are you two here together? What's going on?"

Section Chief Onizuka immediately gave a detailed report on the progress of the investigation into the bank vault theft case, and after finishing, he looked at Nakano Hisahisa.

"Ahem!" Nakano Nagisa took over and said, "Commander, not long ago, Mr. Yamamoto from the 9th Scientific Research Institute asked us from the Special High Section to cooperate with them in implementing a backup plan for Plan C. However, we didn't expect the Chinese to use the method of killing one thousand enemies and injuring eight hundred of our own, which ruined our plan!"

Sato nodded: "I know about this. What exactly do you want to tell me?"

Nakano Nagakuni quickly got to the point. "After the plan failed, we took the 15 billion French francs back from the traitors and stored them in a row of buildings in the Special Higher Police Department. We assigned a small team to guard them day and night. Just this morning, Yamamoto-kun brought someone to retrieve the money, but when we opened the vault and untied the sacks of money, the French francs had turned into Central Bank notes, which looked like waste paper. The 15 billion French francs had been quietly swapped for 30 billion Central Bank notes!"

"After investigation, it was found that the 30 billion Central Bank notes were the ones stolen from the bank vault!"

When Sato heard this, he seemed to have thought of something and his face turned extremely pale.

He picked up the phone and dialed a number. When the call was connected, he said, "Go to the archives and get the top secret file No. 3!"

"Hayi!"

Not long after, Sato's adjutant knocked on the door and walked in with a file bag.

"Commander, here are the files you requested!"

Sato pointed at Nakano Nagakuni and Onitsuka and said, "Look, two years ago, before you were assigned here, there were several bank vault thefts in Shanghai. The first was the underground vault of Citibank, which was emptied overnight. The guards patrolling on the first floor were all knocked unconscious, while a dozen or so bank guards on the third floor were playing cards, completely unaware of what was happening. It wasn't until their shift change that they discovered the unconscious man on the ground. By then, the bank vault had been emptied!"

"At the time, the Concession Police Station investigated and concluded that the theft was committed by the bank's employees. However, after a long interrogation, the bank's managers and employees refused to confess and would not explain where the stolen property had been taken. To this day, they are still being held in Tilanqiao, and the stolen property has not been recovered!"

"Six months later, the vaults of our empire's ten banks here were robbed overnight, and all the bank guards were killed. However, no traces of gold, silver, or banknotes being moved were found at the scene, nor were there any signs of strangers!"

"After the incident, the Expeditionary Force Command instructed the Military Police Command and the Special High Section to form a joint investigation team. However, after more than three months of investigation, even the Shanghai gangs were mobilized, and still no useful clues were found. The stolen property has disappeared without a trace!"

"After listening to your investigation into the recent bank vault theft and the Special High Police's 15 billion French franc swap, I feel the methods used in these two cases are similar to those from two years ago!"

A few minutes later, both of them finished reading the file.

Nakano Nagisa frowned and said, "The police station hasn't closed the two cases from two years ago. The Citibank vault theft case remains an unsolved case, but they speculate that it was a coordinated crime by multiple people, likely a gang!"

"And six months later, ten banks in the empire were robbed. All the guards were killed, and the vaults were looted. However, the head of Citibank and the employees involved in the case were still imprisoned. So they definitely weren't the perpetrators. Why haven't they been released?"

"Citibank suffered such a huge loss, someone needs to be held accountable for this matter. Of course, someone needs to take the blame, so those people have been locked up!" Sato said.

Sato said to Nakano Nagisa, "Your Special High Section's archives should still have those files from that time. Go back and look for them. Maybe you can find some clues!"

Nakano Nagao smiled wryly and said, "Sir, there have been several fires in the Special High Section's archives. All the files from six months ago have been burned. There are no archives left at all!"

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