Espionage: Mastering the Ten Cruelest Tortures of the Military Intelligence Bureau from the Start

"Boom boom boom..."

"Enter."

Lieutenant Kitagawa walked into the office carrying a folder, bending at almost a right angle, and presented it to Shigeru Kurokawa with both hands.

"Section Chief, this is a secret telegram from Special Envoy Kawase to you. According to regulations, the communications team does not have the corresponding codebook and is not authorized to translate it. We would appreciate your help."

Furthermore, the head of the Kagesa branch of the Ume Agency is requesting an audience, but is currently being blocked by guards at the Special Higher Police entrance.

Kurokawa Shigeru nodded and said:

"Have Major Karasuno bring Chief Kagesa here, and tell him it's my order."

"Hai."

Only after Kitagawa Hara left did Kurokawa Shigeaki say:

"I must say, Mr. Tian Ping, your judgment is indeed excellent. I have been observing him for a long time. He is calm and capable, and handles things flawlessly. You have truly promoted a capable person."

Kitagawa Hara Yoshio was originally just a common soldier. If it weren't for Su Mingzhe's opportunity, he would have had a hard time ever reaching the threshold of becoming an officer.

This is also a common tactic of Su Mingzhe. Now that Watanabe Kazuya has been transferred, he can no longer know a lot of information in real time, so he has to cultivate confidants in the Special Higher Police. Kitagawa, who has no nepotism or background, is the only choice Su Mingzhe can make.

Don't assume that the Japanese military's promotion system was particularly enlightened during that era. To climb the ranks, you either needed a good father, a good father-in-law, or a high alcohol tolerance.

Without these three things, it would be a pipe dream to stand out in the Japanese military officer system, which was even more corrupt than the Kuomintang army at the same time.

First, someone has to say you can do it; second, the person who says you can do it has to be capable themselves. Whether you can do it yourself is secondary.

However, everyone's attention was drawn to the formidable fighting power of the Japanese army, and few people paid attention to this aspect.

"Section Chief, you flatter me. No matter how calm and capable Lieutenant Kitagawa and I are, we are still your soldiers. It is all thanks to your excellent training."

Flattery never fails, and even though Kurokawa Shigeru knew that Su Mingzhe was just complimenting him, he was still in a good mood.

The coded message was opened, and inside was a blank piece of paper.

Kurokawa Shigeru took out a lighter from his pocket, heated it on the paper for a while, and then several lines of telegram text appeared. Kurokawa Shigeru stared at these lines of cipher text and fell into deep thought.

This text is written with "invisible ink," which only becomes visible at high temperatures and remains invisible at room temperature.

This was a special order from Shigeru Kurokawa: no one in the communications group was allowed to decipher any coded telegrams or distribute codebooks to them.

Even during the process of transcribing telegrams, the scribes had to use "invisible ink" to prevent others from memorizing the contents of the coded telegrams and deciphering them.

Every outrageous rule is followed by an even more outrageous story, which can be considered a safety precaution.

The ability to remember everything at a glance is nothing new in an intelligence agency like the Special Higher Police, so even Shigeru Kurokawa has to be wary of a mole within his own ranks.

Kurokawa Shigeru himself has a photographic memory; he can recite almost all the codebooks currently in use by the Songhu Special Higher Police. Back then, he was one of the people involved in compiling these codebooks.

Of course, Su Mingzhe, who was sitting opposite him, should also have a photographic memory, even though he had cheated.

Without needing to translate the codebook, Kurokawa Shigeru quickly deciphered the contents of the letter, relying on his familiarity with the codebook.

"Tsk, this is going to be difficult."