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

Chapter Ninety-Five: The Only Value

In the dim and damp interrogation room, a dim yellow light flickered on and off.

Under the lamplight, a pot of charcoal was burning.

Beside the charcoal fire was an upright cross-shaped interrogation frame, on which a young man in his twenties was currently bound at the moment.

It was none other than the Nationalist government officer whom the Action Section had arrested at Huiquan Tea House today.

Opposite the interrogation rack was a table.

Behind the table, Ye Shaohong sat quietly, with Yu Manli beside him, and two other people standing at one corner of the table.

It was Li Yunlong and Zhuang Yifan. "Chen Ou, a native of Tianjin, is 27 years old this year. He joined the army three years ago through an introduction and is currently a captain and staff officer in the 3rd Regiment of the 89th Division."

"This must be your disguised identity."

After reviewing the case files in his hand, Ye Shaohong's expression remained unchanged. He raised his head and looked quietly at the person being tortured, as if he were looking at an inanimate object.

"Are you the commander of today's operation?"

"You look quite young, you must be quite old. Let me guess, are you twenty this year?"

When confronted by Ye Shaohong, the young man bound to the rack showed no fear whatsoever. On the contrary, he even asked about Ye Shaohong's identity.

Their attitude was extremely arrogant.

"You bastard, I think you don't want to live anymore."

Before Ye Shaohong could speak in response to the man's provocation, Li Yunlong, who was standing nearby, couldn't stand it any longer. He took a few steps forward, raising his hand as if to slap the young man's cheek. "Wait!"

Ye Shaohong spoke, stopping Li Yunlong from waving.

This scene caught the young man's eye, causing him to immediately raise his head. When he looked at Ye Shaohong again, a look of contempt and mockery appeared deep in his eyes.

Clearly, Ye Shaohong's obstruction made him underestimate Ye Shaohong.

They felt that Ye Shaohong was nothing special.

"Yunlong, you're still too reckless."

"Since he dared to provoke me, it means he doesn't care about ordinary punishments."

“If you just beat him to teach him a lesson, he will not only not be afraid of you, but will also look down on you and me.”

"Save some trouble, just knock all his teeth out." The cold, emotionless words from Ye Shaohong immediately contorted Li Yunlong's face into a ferocious grin.

The young man on the rack suddenly froze.

He clearly hadn't expected Ye Shaohong to act so brutally. Did he not want to know his identity or his mission?

Why torture him so severely the moment we made contact?

Something's not right here.

The young man still wanted to speak up and defend himself, still wanted to use his words to escape the tragic fate that was about to befall him.

But he still underestimated Ye Shaohong's status in the Action Section Group.

They underestimated Ye Shaohong's power even more.

Li Yunlong was recruited into the Special Service Department by Ye Shaohong. He had no connections in the Special Service Department, so it can be said that Ye Shaohong was Li Yunlong's biggest backer.

This will also be Li Yunlong's greatest reliance in the future.

Ye Shaohong has spoken; how could Li Yunlong disobey?

Moreover, Li Yunlong already harbored resentment towards him, and now with Ye Shaohong's instructions, how could Li Yunlong miss this opportunity?

A sinister laugh rang out, followed by a flash of cold light, and then a shrill scream.

The young man, bound to the rack, immediately turned red in the eyes.

Crimson blood began to trickle down the corner of his mouth.

Two perfectly intact molars were pried off by Li Yunlong with lightning speed using the dagger he carried with him.

I know what you want to ask!

"You're probably thinking, 'Am I crazy? Why did I bring you here without interrogating you? Am I insane?'" "You're wrong."

"I am not interrogating you because there is no need to."

Taking advantage of the brief pause when Li Yunlong stopped, Ye Shaohong slowly stood up. He walked a few steps to the rack and coldly looked at the young man in front of him.

With a look of surprise and confusion on his face, Ye Shaohong gently shook his head again.

"I just finished going through your file, and do you know what I found?"

"Your past experiences are too complete."

"Judging solely from the case files, your disguise is perfect; there's not a single flaw to be found."

"But that is precisely where you overlooked something."

Ye Shaohong's cold words, like the murmurs of a demon from hell, immediately captivated the young man's attention, making him almost forget his pain. "Strange?"

"Actually, this is not surprising. You appeared at Huiquan Tea House today, spoke Japanese, and even dared to stop the Japanese spies from the Navy and Army. This is enough to explain one thing."

"You are also a Japanese."

"But the files detailing your disguised identity are so perfect, how did you manage to do that?"

“There is only one answer.”

"You or the Japanese behind you killed that Chinese man named Chen Ou in order to make your disguise more believable."

"Perhaps they even killed his entire family."

"Only this explanation can perfectly reveal the truth behind your perfect resume, despite being a Japanese."

Ye Shaohong ignored the shocked look in the eyes of the Japanese devil. He slowly paced back and forth, and the tone of his voice remained unchanged from beginning to end.

"Now you know why I suddenly kicked you in Huiquan Teahouse."

"Because at that moment, I had basically already guessed the truth."

"And seeing your resume just now has confirmed my suspicions. Knowing that your hands are stained with the blood of my Chinese people, do you think I would be polite to you?"

Do you think I'll tolerate you continuing to provoke me?

"So... it's quite normal that you've ended up like this."

Ye Shaohong resolved the doubts in the Japanese soldier's mind, and also imprinted a demonic figure deep in his heart.

Ye Shaohong then turned his back.

Li Yunlong, being obedient and sensible, didn't continue his attack when Ye Shaohong opened his mouth to speak. Watching Ye Shaohong turn away, Li Yunlong once again brandished his dagger. Blood splattered, and two front teeth, mixed with the blood, were spat out by the tortured Japanese soldier.

"greasy……."

Without the upper, lower, and middle parts of his mouth, the Japanese soldier's speech was slurred and his tone became somewhat strange.

"What's wrong with me?"

"You mean to ask me, I've guessed you're from the East, but I still don't know your origins, right?"

"Actually, it's not hard to guess."

"Now that I know the identities of your two companions, and that they come from your navy and army respectively, does your identity still matter?"

"They're just military or Special Higher Police personnel."

“I also know the intelligence they are going to exchange when they meet. Combined with the nearly 100-year-old feud between your navy and army, your mission at Huiquan Tea House today is self-evident.” “You are here to stop them from fighting, and you are also here to steal the intelligence from that pocket camera.”

Now that I've guessed your identity and the mission you're tasked with, what value do you think you still hold for me?

"Does it matter whether a worthless intelligence agent lives or dies?"

Ye Shaohong sneered, then suddenly curled his lips into an extremely chilling smile.

"Actually, that's not right either..."

"To ordinary people, an intelligence agent like you who has lost his or her usefulness is indeed of no use."

"But I'm different!"

Do you know why I interrogated you first?

“I’m making an example of you. I want to torture you to the point of wishful thinking and make you unrecognizable as a human being in the shortest amount of time. Only in this way will your two companions be afraid of me when they see you in the interrogation room.”

"Only then will they confess the truth to me!"

"That's your only value."