Espionage: You're tasked with spying, but you'll blow up the Special Higher Police?

"Beep~~~Beep~~~Beep~~~"

"Fire! Fire! Help! Neighbors, hurry, follow my instructions and run that way!"

"Everyone still inside, evacuate immediately! The fire is getting bigger and bigger and is getting out of control. It'll spread over here soon!"

"Team leader, but there are still some residents living upstairs in this apartment building. Do we need to notify them one by one?"

"Nonsense, is that even a question? We're police officers; we can never abandon any citizen or their property!"

Zhou Hongyi and his two colleagues directed and acted in the film, and it's clear that Agui and Fusheng cooperated quite well. Agui strictly followed Zhou Hongyi's instructions, while Fusheng essentially played himself; he was genuinely terrified by the thick smoke.

Zhou Hongyi and his team put on their "part-time firefighter" armbands in advance. He first had Agui guard the apartment entrance, while he went in and asked the first-floor manager which apartment was still occupied and that they needed to evacuate as soon as possible.

The building manager was in a hurry to escape. If Zhou Hongyi hadn't pulled out his pistol, he wouldn't have bothered wasting his time here. In the end, he reluctantly picked up the customer registration form, stuffed it into Zhou Hongyi's arms, gave him an admiring gesture, and turned to run away.

Zhou Hongyi quickly browsed through the list and located the room number of the person he was looking for, which was indeed the same as the one he had seen above Gu Tianbo's head that day.

Zhou Hongyi went against the flow of people. Many of the guests here were disheveled or carrying bags and running downstairs in a panic. Only he was going upstairs.

"Officer, the fire has spread over here, and it's getting more dangerous the higher you go!"

Just as Zhou Hongyi was going against the current, he was stopped by an apartment resident who was going downstairs. The resident asked him this question with concern.

Zhou Hongyi turned his head and saw a foreign girl with a high nose and brown hair. Judging from her accent, she had a strong Parisian accent. Could this be the person he was looking for today?

Zhou Hongyi activated his [Eye of Insight] and discovered that the brown-haired foreign girl was indeed Gu Tianbo's mistress.

He also received some other information from the girl's entry.

It turns out that Gu Tianbo's pursuit of this foreign girl wasn't solely due to his lust; he also maintained a secret business relationship with her brother. This demonstrates that while Gu Tianbo may have been a womanizer, he was undeniably dedicated to the resistance against Japan. He secretly traded medicine and food with the foreigners in the concessions, transporting them to the rear areas. He was a man worth befriending.

Zhou Hongyi withdrew his gaze and strode up to his target floor. At that moment, the bird's nest, now completely ablaze, ignited the curtains above, which in turn set the fire on the other fabric decorations in the room, causing them to burn ever brighter.

Zhou Hongyi didn't dare to delay. He walked to the door of the target room, looked around, and kicked the old-fashioned wooden door, breaking the lock.

This was the room where Gu Tianbo kept his mistress. Zhou Hongyi barged in, looked around the room, and found everything normal except for some choking smoke. He was still in [Eye of Insight] mode, so he took the opportunity to search the girl's boudoir thoroughly.

Before long, Zhou Hongyi found a small box of gold and silver jewelry, which also contained some small yellow croakers. In addition, he found a gun and some bullets in a hidden compartment under the bed.

"It seems this foreign woman knows a bit of martial arts. Well then, I'll confiscate all your things without any hesitation."

Zhou Hongyi stuffed the miniature pistol into his pocket, and the system notification sound in his head finally rang.

[Ding~ Successfully entered Gu Tianbo's mistress's boudoir, activating the skill "Master of Deception".]

[Master of Deception: Every ten days, the "Deception Construction Mode" can be activated once. When activated, the host can briefly master abilities such as toxicology, disguise, tracking, imitation, decryption, and prediction. This ability lasts for twenty-four hours, and the duration and effect of the ability will gradually increase with the user's proficiency.]

As a wave of unfamiliar knowledge flooded his head, Zhou Hongyi shook his head, suppressed his excitement, and walked out of the room, running down the apartment building to meet the firefighters who were rushing to put out the fire.

When he went down to the first floor, he saw Ah Gui nod at him from behind the crowd. Zhou Hongyi understood and climbed out of the window of another room into the backyard. He called Fusheng, who was keeping watch at the intersection, and quickly left the scene.

This time, he used the fire and his part-time firefighter identity to not only complete his daily tasks but also gather some previously unknown intelligence. Based on several pieces of information, it can be basically confirmed that Gu Tianbo, while lecherous, was absolutely righteous, secretly supplying medicine and food to various anti-Japanese armed groups. Of course, no one is perfect; he also cheated many consumers in the business world, otherwise he wouldn't have built such a large business.

Zhou Hongyi looked at Agui and Fusheng and laughed, "Look at the three of us. Now go back, take a shower, change your clothes, and I'll take you to eat something good."

Ah Gui glanced around and leaned closer to ask, "Big brother, have you achieved your goal?"

Zhou Hongyi calmly hummed in agreement and said, "Everything went smoothly. I have an even better plan, but before we actually take action, we need to use someone's blood to sacrifice to the flag. After changing our clothes and finishing our meal, we'll make our move."

A Gui's expression hardened. He knew who Zhou Hongyi was talking about; it must be Wei Zhe, the captain of the third team, with whom he had an irreconcilable feud.

The three returned to the police station, cleaned themselves in the shower room, changed into new clothes, and ate a full meal in the canteen. Then, under the pretext of patrolling, they headed north of their jurisdiction once again.

Zhou Hongyi had already made inquiries beforehand. Today, the Third Police Team would cooperate with the 76th Division and the Military Police to raid a suspected Kuomintang (KMT) liaison point.

The police force was the weakest among these departments, so they were responsible for the outer areas. Wei Zhe and his team were responsible for guarding the entrances to the land and water escape points.

At this moment, Wei Zhe hunched his shoulders, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, chatting idly. They didn't believe the other side could escape the encirclement and capture by the military police and the No. 76 police station. To put it bluntly, their actions were just to make up the numbers; they didn't need to contribute at all.

"Captain, this Sanpaotai cigarette that Young Master Zhou gave me is really good. After smoking so many good cigarettes, I almost spat on that cigarette vendor's face yesterday. Hey, Young Master Zhou has spoiled our palates." A policeman said, exhaling a puff of smoke with a look of intoxication.

Another person strongly agreed with him, saying, "Yes, ever since Young Master Zhou came to our police station, he's been constantly supplied with good cigarettes and tea. You know, the cigarettes and tea we smoke and drink are on par with the chief. In a sense, we're getting the chief's treatment too."

"You two, stop talking nonsense. If someone hears this and reports it to Director Feng, you'll be in big trouble." Wei Zhe glared at his subordinates, ordering them not to speak recklessly, but he himself thought the same thing as the two men.

“But you know what, Young Master Zhou is indeed capable and has money. I think he’s the most likely to succeed Director Feng after he gets promoted.” Another older policeman chimed in.

"I'm telling you, you don't understand. With Young Master Zhou's background, even if he's to be promoted, he won't be promoted in our police station. He'll either go to No. 76 or join the Special Higher Police. I heard that Colonel Shimazu is his teacher."

Wei Zhe exhaled another puff of smoke and continued, "That's why we need to get along well with Young Master Zhou. He's still young, and who knows what position he'll hold in the future. As long as we stick close to him, we might get promoted and make a fortune, and we'll reap the rewards."

Wei Zhe was fantasizing about how to get rich and promoted when he suddenly saw a suspicious figure flash by at the alley entrance.

"Hmm, who is it? Who's there?!"