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

No. 76 Jessfield Road was an alternate name for the headquarters of the Wang Jingwei regime's secret service.

The notorious traitor Ding Mocun's face turned ashen. He slammed down the phone and took several puffs of his cigarette.

Zhou Hongyi's brother-in-law has a square face, a wide nose, high cheekbones, and very deep nasolabial folds. If you didn't know him, your first impression would be that he's intimidating and unapproachable.

Ding Mocun was once a major general and director of the Third Bureau of the Military Intelligence Bureau. He later defected to the Wang Jingwei regime and served as the head of the headquarters of the special agent organization No. 76. He was an important figure with real power, second only to Li Shiqun.

This time, they finally managed to win over a member of the Communist Party and obtain important intelligence, but unexpectedly, such a big mishap occurred during the operation.

Hu Junhe, that idiot, actually had seven people killed and three injured by the other side alone. This is the biggest humiliation for their No. 76 team in recent times.

What angered Ding Mocun even more was that after so many people had been killed, Hu Junhe and his bunch of idiots couldn't describe the person's appearance clearly when drawing the wanted poster. All they knew was that the person wore glasses and had a beard. Didn't they know that beards could be faked?

Although the operation failed, it also indirectly confirmed that the "Red Party" member who was turned did indeed know a lot of inside information. They wanted to take advantage of the fact that the other party had not yet fully realized the situation and conduct a comprehensive screening of the Red Party underground members in Shanghai, arresting as many as possible.

"Someone, bring Wu Sibao in to see me."

Wu Sibao was the head of the guards at No. 76. He was ruthless and had gathered a group of hooligans and scoundrels under his command. They were notorious for persecuting anti-Japanese fighters and patriots.

Leaving aside the deployment of No. 76, let's talk about Zhou Hongyi's return to the police station and his immediate head to the dungeon.

"Young Master Zhou, you've arrived? I heard that there was a gunfight between No. 76 and the Red Army on Suzhou Road this morning, and more than a dozen people were killed."

Wang Shun was already standing guard outside the dungeon door early in the morning, still holding the cigarettes Zhou Hongyi had given him the night before.

"I heard that Red Party member was an amazing marksman. Luckily, we weren't the ones who ran into him. Oh, by the way, the last one has been cleared of suspicion and can be released. Thanks for your hard work, brothers."

Zhou Hongyi casually released the "Mirror," only saying "Relax" for a fleeting moment as he brushed past the latter.

"Mingjing" gave Zhou Hongyi a deep look, which seemed to contain gratitude, admiration, curiosity, and doubt. But no matter what, his life had been saved by this "Four-Faced Buddha" comrade.

Since the news from the Florence Cafe on Suzhou Road had indirectly confirmed Mingjing's innocence, the director and captain didn't pay much attention after Zhou Hongyi released him.

Moreover, all their energy is now devoted to gossiping about the mysterious man who had a gunfight with the 76th agent in the back alley of the coffee shop.

The rumors about this mysterious man became increasingly outrageous, quickly spawning several versions within the police station alone. Initially, it was closer to the truth: "seven dead and three wounded." Soon after, it became "ten dead and seven wounded." By the time Zhou Hongyi personally escorted "Mingjing" out of the police station and returned, their conversation had shifted to "seventeen dead and ten wounded."

Zhou Hongyi thought to himself, if this gets around to tomorrow, will it become that he killed an entire enemy battalion? That's ridiculous.

While the police officers inside the station were watching the drama unfold, two cars pulled up outside, and several Japanese officers got out and walked into the police station with serious expressions.

The Japanese officer stormed into Director Feng Jinxiong's office and slammed the door shut.

The surrounding police witnessed this scene, and soon the topic of conversation shifted from the mysterious man by the river to the police chief being caught seducing the wife of a Japanese officer, who then came to confront him.

Inside the director's office, Feng Jinxiong, with a hunched back and a broad smile, walked around from behind the desk.

"Hehe, so it's Colonel Kameda. You can just give me a call if you need anything, there's no need to come all the way here."

He reached out to shake hands with the other man, but Colonel Kameda, who looked down on him, completely ignored him, leaving Director Feng feeling very embarrassed.

"Director Feng, I heard that your police station arrested a major from our Special Higher Police and even imprisoned him in the dungeon, subjecting him to severe torture. Since when did a major from the Special Higher Police become someone you can interrogate? I order you to release him immediately!"

Colonel Kameda naturally knew that the Special Higher Police major had been imprisoned in the police station dungeon, as he was one of the few who knew the truth. However, he didn't expect that yesterday he would receive news that the secret agents they had sent out had been identified as Red Party underground members and subjected to various forms of torture. This infuriated him, and he felt that the police station was full of useless pigs wasting their time, that the investigation into the Red Party had even reached them.

Last night, Director Feng Jinxiong inquired about this matter indirectly from a well-informed person at a dinner party. The result was to hold back for now, neither interrogate nor release the Special Higher Police spy who had confessed, and let the Japanese army fight it out internally first. Whoever wins will be obeyed.

The shrewd Director Feng knew that Colonel Kameda and Colonel Kondo in the Special Higher Police had the same rank, but belonged to different factions and had differing political views. Colonel Kondo was also closer to Director Ding of the 76th Division on a personal level, and the latter had even arranged for his brother-in-law, Zhou Hongyi, to enter the police force, making their relationship even closer. Therefore, without Colonel Kondo's orders, Feng Jinxiong decided that this Japanese spy absolutely could not be released.

"Colonel Kameda, please calm down. You may not know this, but Major Yoshida of your Special Higher Police has personally admitted that he is the liaison officer for the Red Party. The evidence is conclusive. We have also uncovered an internal traitor for you this time. Even if we have no credit for this, you shouldn't come here to interrogate us like this."

Colonel Kameda was so angry that the veins on his forehead bulged. With a clang, he actually drew the military knife from his waist, startling Director Feng.

"Who? Who's going to draw their knife?!"

Captain Xu Guodong, Director Feng's loyal henchman, rushed in with a gun, followed by Zhou Hongyi.

"Baka yarou! All of you get out! Are you rebelling? Don't forget who you work for!"

Director Feng is a shrewd and calculating man, skilled at cultivating interpersonal relationships and adapting to changing circumstances. With Colonel Kondo now in charge of the Special Higher Police and Colonel Kameda only playing a supporting role, and the traitor being personally interrogated by the Zhou family's son—a direct benefit from Director Ding of the 76th Division—why would he be afraid?

"Colonel Kameda, of course I know who I work for, and our duty is to arrest rebels and underground agents. Why do we arrest these people? Naturally, it's for the stability of our society and the consolidation of our regime. I don't quite understand why Colonel Kameda is coming to interrogate me. Are you trying to protect Major Yoshida, who has already defected? I'll have to call the Special Higher Police to ask him about that."

Colonel Kameda was so angry that his teeth itched, and he wished he could chop the smiling fat man in front of him into pieces right now. However, he also knew that he had kept this operation a secret from Colonel Kondo, intending to take credit for himself. But he didn't expect things to go wrong here.

He would never believe that Major Yoshida was a Red Party liaison. He wondered how these incompetents interrogated him. Did Major Yoshida not withstand torture and confess under duress?

Colonel Kameda pondered for a moment, then sheathed his sword again, gritting his teeth as he said, "Director Feng, I know perfectly well whether Major Yoshida is a Red Party liaison. He's one of my men. I sent him into your cell on a special mission. I'm going to see him now, and I want to ask him everything in person. I want to know exactly how he confessed."

"Want to see the prisoner? No problem, Colonel Kameda, I'll personally lead the way for you."

Director Feng knew that even if he was in the right, he couldn't afford to offend the other party too much, in case Kameda gained the upper hand someday. So he personally led the way, taking Colonel Kameda down to the police station's dungeon.

Zhou Hongyi followed behind and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had already sent out the real liaison officer first, and the timing was just right.

When Director Feng and his entourage entered the dungeon, they saw that there was only one prisoner in the entire dungeon, Major Yoshida, who was tied to a wooden frame with his head hanging down.

"Yoshida? Yoshida-kun! What happened to him? Did you torture him?"

Colonel Kameda looked at Major Yoshida, whose body was almost entirely covered in bruises, and his anger surged up once again.

Seeing this, Xu Guodong quickly took two steps forward, brought his finger close to Major Yoshida's nose and paused for a moment, then quickly stepped back, looking at Director Feng with a bewildered expression and whispering, "The person... the person has already passed away."