Espionage: I became sworn brothers with Zheng Yaoxian at the beginning, and became the Seventh Broth

Chapter 598 The Traitor

Xu Heng's urgent shouts brought the interrogation room to a sudden silence.

Chi Tiecheng stopped wielding his long whip.

Li Yunlong, who had already reached the door of the interrogation room and was about to open it to leave, suddenly stopped in his tracks.

All eyes were on Ye Shaohong.

They were all waiting for Ye Shaohong's reply.

What about Ye Shaohong at this time?

He did not respond immediately, but sat in the interrogation seat, frowning as he carefully examined Xu Heng on the rack.

After a while.

Ye Shaohong opened his mouth to speak.

"You're not Japanese?" Upon hearing Ye Shaohong's question, both Li Yunlong and Chi Tiecheng showed surprise on their faces.

They couldn't understand how Ye Shaohong could make such a judgment before Xu Heng had even spoken.

Ye Shaohong did not explain to them.

His gaze was fixed intently and coldly on Xu Heng, who was on the torture rack.

"Sir, you have great insight!"

"That's right, I'm not Japanese, I'm Korean!"

When Xu Heng, who was on the rack, heard Ye Shaohong's probing words, he was slightly stunned at first before he readily admitted it.

"I see!"

"Alright, you can continue. Tell me your true identity, your specific position, and the mission you are tasked with infiltrating Jiangcheng!"

Ye Shaohong nodded knowingly, casually picked up a cigarette from the table, took one out, and lit it. "My name is Park Ji-yong!"

"I'm from Gyeonggi Province in Korea. I joined the Special Higher Police Section of the Ministry of the Interior in 1928. Initially, I was mainly stationed in the vicinity of Gyeonggi Province, gathering intelligence and searching for resistance fighters for the Special Higher Police Section!"

"At the end of 1931, I was ordered to transfer to Harbin and, as a member of the Korean ethnic group, joined the Special Service Section of the Harbin Police Bureau, where I was responsible for secretly monitoring defecting Han Chinese."

“In early 1933, I was selected by Gao Mu, the head of the Special Higher Police's Investigation and Prevention Group in Bingcheng, and was ordered to infiltrate Jiangcheng under the identity of Xu Heng.”

"My current position is Second Lieutenant, Special Higher Police Section, Ice City!"

"The mission carried out in Jiangcheng was mainly to secretly contact and recruit pro-Japanese elements under Xu Heng's cover, while also undertaking the transfer of funds."

Park Ji-yong is very cunning.

He seemed to have truthfully revealed his identity, but he deliberately concealed a lot of important information between the lines. For example...

During his time in Korea, what was the reason he joined the Special Higher Police of the Ministry of the Interior, and what merits did he make that led to his transfer to Harbin, following closely behind the Japanese, after the September 18 Incident?

What did he do in Harbin that caught the eye of Takagi, the head of the Special Higher Police's Investigation and Defense Group in Harbin, who exceptionally assigned him to join the undercover spy team?

Furthermore, he deliberately concealed the process by which he successfully infiltrated Jiangcheng under the identity of Xu Heng.

As for the task that Park Ji-yong mentioned, he seemed to be telling the truth, but Ye Shaohong couldn't completely believe him.

"You're not being honest."

“I gave you a chance to surrender and save your life, but you didn’t cherish it.”

"In that case, we have no choice but to continue!"

In a brief moment, Ye Shaohong saw through the hidden message in Park Ji-yong's words, and his eyes narrowed immediately. He turned slightly and looked at Chi Tiecheng again.

The implied meaning doesn't need to be explicitly stated.

Upon receiving Ye Shaohong's instruction, Chi Tiecheng did not hesitate or delay. He raised his arm, ready to swing the long whip in his hand again.

"and many more!"

"Sir, I've already told you everything. There's really nothing I'm hiding."

"What else do you want to know? I'm willing to confess anything I know. Please, please stop hitting me."

Park Ji-yong was indeed a Korean. He possessed the cunning and weakness common to Koreans. While Ye Shaohong had no intention of taking action against him again, he was still secretly hoping for the best.

He arrogantly believed that the information he was hiding would not be discovered by anyone.

But when he heard that they were preparing to continue torturing him, Park Ji-yong immediately panicked; he was terrified. He shouted loudly, sobbing and begging Ye Shao-hong for forgiveness.

"Humph!"

"You ignorant fool, do you really think I'm easy to deceive?"

"Tiecheng, don't just stand there. Give this Mr. Park a break and make him remember that if he dares to cheat us again, he'll pay the price."

Ye Shaohong would not tolerate these two Korean devils. Although their country, like China, had suffered from the invasion of the Japanese devils.

But these Korean traitors have almost no concept of country or nation in their minds.

After being invaded and occupied by the Japanese, most Koreans decisively gave up.

They then began to seek to become part of the Japanese.

In order to become loyal lackeys of the Japanese, many of them voluntarily joined the Japanese army, and then launched an invasion of China.

Their numbers number over 300,000.

In Northeast and North my country, the armies formed by these Korean traitors were even more ruthless and vicious than the Japanese invaders.

They burned, killed, and looted; they massacred cities and destroyed villages; their crimes reached a level that aroused the wrath of both gods and men.

They are the loyal lackeys of the Japanese devils.

Ye Shaohong had no sympathy for them.

Amidst the sharp crack of the whip, Park Ji-yong let out another piercing wail.

After another three or four minutes of continuous beatings, Ye Shaohong finally raised his hand to stop the interrogation when Chi Tiecheng's breathing became increasingly heavy.

Looking at Park Ji-yong now, his upper body and chest were soaked in blood. There were also three open wounds on his face.

It made him look somewhat ferocious.

"Park Ji-yong, do you still dare to argue?"

"Tell me, what are you hiding from me? Don't make me point it out to you."

With a flick of his finger, Ye Shaohong tossed the cigarette butt he was holding onto the ground before finally asking a question.

"I...I said!"

“My name is indeed Park Ji-yong, but I also have a Japanese name, Yamamoto Ji-yong. My family is a powerful clan in Korea.”

"During our time in Korea, we cooperated with the Japanese to investigate and arrest many anti-Japanese elements. It was because of these achievements that I was specially allowed by the Japanese to change my name to a Japanese name."

"At the end of 1931, after I was transferred to Bingcheng, while working in the Special Affairs Section of the Bingcheng Police Bureau, I unexpectedly discovered a spy group from the Party Affairs Investigation Department. After assisting the Special Higher Police in solving the case, I was appreciated by Takagi, the head of the Special Higher Police Investigation and Prevention Group in Bingcheng. That's why he specially assigned me to join a short-term spy training course. After graduating from the training course, I was ordered to infiltrate Jiangcheng!"

"After settling in Jiangcheng, I was worried that my identity would be discovered, so I secretly observed and chose Xu Heng, who looked quite similar to me. After secretly killing him, I went into hiding under his identity."

"As for the mission I carried out in Jiangcheng, I didn't actually deceive you. I just concealed from you a list of defectors that I had!"

"I was indeed secretly acting as a channel for the Japanese to transfer funds."

"But this channel has probably been abandoned by the Japanese long ago after I was arrested..."

See it.

Ye Shaohong knew that these Korean traitors were inherently cunning, treacherous, and cowardly. With just a little intimidation and ruthless methods, Park Ji-yong obediently confessed everything he had been deliberately hiding.

This interrogation, though conducted under torture, yielded some results.

The manager had him find clues and traces of Japanese espionage activities in his new position in Jiangcheng.

Next, we will use Park Ji-yong's life trajectory as the center to further expand our operations and find more hidden Japanese spies...