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

These agents had no doubt about Zhou Hongyi's words and immediately ran to the backyard of the ward to check all possible escape routes.

Of course, they found nothing, except for the body of the doctor they had arranged in advance.

However, although they were drenched in a cold sweat, the agents breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the assassin's objective had failed, and although Zhou Hongyi appeared to be somewhat injured, his condition was good and he was not in mortal danger. The dead doctor and nurse were of no concern to them.

The agents had the body dragged away, and to be on the safe side, they moved Zhou Hongyi to a different ward and called in other doctors to examine Miss Elizabeth's injuries.

About half an hour later, Li Shiqun arrived at the hospital with his men.

"How are things? Are Mr. Su and Young Master Zhou both in stable condition?"

The agent in charge of guarding them rushed forward: "Director, thanks to timely treatment and the cleansing of their intestines, they are fine except for being a little weak. However... someone just attacked Young Master Zhou right under our noses. Fortunately, we reacted in time and the assassin failed. After killing a doctor and a nurse, the assassin jumped out of the window and escaped."

"What? The attack on Young Master Zhou failed, and a doctor and a nurse died? Where is Young Master Zhou? Take me there immediately."

Led by the secret agent, Li Shiqun, with a dark face, pushed open the door and entered Zhou Hongyi's ward. But as soon as he entered, he saw Zhou Hongyi lying next to Elizabeth, with his back to the door and his upper body bent over, seemingly doing something.

This scene left the accompanying agents dumbfounded, while Li Shiqun paused for a moment before gesturing for them to slowly retreat. After standing still again, he raised his hand and knocked on the door a few times.

Zhou Hongyi winked at Xiao Bei, who then buried herself under the covers and remained silent, while Zhou Hongyi himself slowly got dressed and said, "Come in, Deputy Director Li."

Li Shiqun pushed the door open again, a smile on his face, and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect that even after such a big incident, Young Master Zhou would still be in the mood to... revel in poetry and music. I was being rash."

Zhou Hongyi waved his hand and said, "It was a close call, a close call~ Don't people say that those who survive a great calamity are destined for good fortune? I'm just waiting to see when my good fortune arrives."

Li Shiqun hurriedly asked, "Young Master Zhou, I heard that an assassin just infiltrated the hospital, attempting to harm you. Did you get a clear look at the person's face?"

Zhou Hongyi frowned and said fiercely, "No, he was masked, very tall, wearing a black trench coat, a black top hat, and gloves. The hospital doctors and nurses were about to examine me when that guy suddenly appeared behind the doctor, stabbed him in the neck with something, and then snapped the nurse's neck. He was swift and professional. Luckily, I'm trained too, and I threw my IV drip at him and exchanged a few blows, but I'm relatively weak and suffered a bit of a loss. Fortunately, our people arrived in time. Hearing the commotion, he grabbed the doctor, smashed the window, and jumped out to escape."

"Tall and efficient, a professional... Who could it be? A member of the Communist Party or the Kuomintang? From the Military Intelligence Bureau or the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics? Does Young Master Zhou know why they are targeting you?"

Zhou Hongyi shrugged and rolled his eyes: "How would I know? They're probably just jealous of my talent. I don't think I've offended anyone, at least not to the point of a life-or-death struggle."

Li Shiqun nodded secretly and said with a smile, "Then I won't disturb Young Master Zhou's rest any longer. I'll go to the ward next door to see Mr. Su first."

"Okay, I'm tired after all this. If there's nothing else, please don't come in and bother me. Let me get some sleep."

After Zhou Hongyi finished speaking, he lay down on the bed and gestured to Li Shiqun to turn off the light when he left.

The deputy director of room number 76 closed the door behind him, and his face instantly darkened as he stepped out of the ward. He questioned his subordinates, "What kind of work are you doing? With so many people guarding two wards, how could an assassin still manage to sneak in? Most importantly, you don't even know what an assassin looks like! A bunch of useless idiots!"

These spies kept their heads down, not daring to voice any objections when their superiors scolded them, especially since it was indeed a dereliction of duty on their part.

"Director, before the assassin's operation, a group of drunkards got into a fight below the hospital. Fearing something might go wrong, I sent men down to stop them and drive them away. Afterwards, I thought... could those people have deliberately appeared below the hospital to attract our attention?"

Li Shiqun glared, took a deep breath, and pointed at his subordinate with his index finger, saying, "Nonsense! Of course they're with the assassins. That's why I call you useless. You should have arrested those drunkards instead of chasing them away! Hmph~ I'll go check on Mr. Su first, and then I'll deal with you when I get back."

Although they were scolded by their superiors, the agents weren't too worried, since their mission was to protect the patients undergoing treatment. Since both patients were fine, the others were minor issues.

However, when Li Shiqun pushed open the door to Mr. Su's ward, he almost instantly sensed something was wrong.

Because this man surnamed Su was lying stiffly on the bed, his face somewhat distorted, his mouth slightly open, and his chest not rising or falling. He stared at him for a while, then hurriedly placed his hand below the other man's nose, and a thunderbolt seemed to explode in his mind.

"died?"

Yes, he's dead. The Red Party traitor "Fireworks" is dead. His contorted expression clearly shows he must have suffered greatly before his death.

"What happened? What happened? Didn't you just say that they had both had their stomachs pumped and were fine? How could he die?!"

Li Shiqun also had some professional knowledge. Judging from the color of the corpse's lips and the degree of bleeding in the fundus, it was clearly a case of death by poisoning.

The agent guarding the door was dumbfounded. He stammered, "Director, really... we just saw him and he was perfectly fine, completely alright. He was even reading a magazine. The doctor examined him and didn't say there was anything wrong. How could... how could this happen?"

"Idiots! Have this entire hospital sealed off right now! I don't care what methods you use, search every ward, interrogate everyone! I need to know who entered this ward during that time, and where the medicine, food, and water he was given came from! Find out everything clearly!"

"Yes!"

The agents, as if struck by lightning, panicked completely and turned to run away. At that moment, Zhou Hongyi appeared at the door, wearing a coat, and peered inside.

"Deputy Director Li, what's wrong? Mr. Su... what happened to him?"

Li Shiqun, his face dark, squeezed out two words through gritted teeth: "Dead."

"What? Dead?! Mr. Su~~~ Oh, my dear Brother Su~~~ Although we haven't known each other for long, we hit it off immediately. We were just enjoying drinks together, how could we be separated by death in the blink of an eye? Alas, heaven is jealous of talent, heaven is jealous of talent~~~~! Who did it? Who did it? I, Zhou Hongyi, will never let him get away with this!"

At this moment, Zhou Hongyi's acting skills exploded. He rushed up and threw himself on "Fireworks'" corpse, crying and shouting, and vowing to avenge the other party. In reality, he just wanted to personally check whether the target was really dead and whether the mission had been successfully completed.

After confirming repeatedly, Zhou Hongyi was certain that the Communist traitor codenamed "Fireworks" was dead and there was absolutely no chance of saving him. His first mission after joining the Red Party was perfectly accomplished, although something went wrong at the crucial moment of the operation, but fortunately the outcome remained unchanged.

Seeing Zhou Hongyi crying and wailing, Li Shiqun felt inexplicably irritated. He had someone help the latter out to rest, and then immediately reported the situation to the commander-in-chief for the night—Kondo Ryunosuke.

As for Kondo, he is currently interrogating all the guests who attended the banquet overnight, including Colonel Shimazu, the current head of the Special Higher Police.

Upon hearing the news of Mr. Su's death, he immediately pulled out a pistol and killed the spy who had brought the message.

"You useless piece of trash! You can't even handle this simple task. What use are you? Pass on my orders: have your portraits drawn and issue a city-wide manhunt!"