Spy War: My Cheat Code is a Rat

"Cough cough."

In the middle of the night, Lu Chen coughed twice and woke up completely. The cough caused his shoulders to shake, making him wince in pain.

When I opened my eyes, I found myself in a white room.

"Where is this?"

Lu Chen struggled to get up, but the sharp pain in his shoulder made him unable to exert any strength.

"The wound has just been bandaged, don't move around."

A chilling voice came from the side. Lu Chen, lying on the bed, turned his head to look in the direction from which the voice came.

It's Kiyoko Matsumoto.

She was sitting with her legs crossed, holding a book in her hand. When she saw Lu Chen wake up, she stood up and went to the bedside.

Just as Lu Chen was about to speak, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his shoulder.

"Aha!"

Kiyoko Matsumoto pressed her thumb directly on it, her eyes icy and her voice chilling.

"Lu Chen, you're very scheming."

"Team leader, what...what do you mean by that?"

Lu Chen was so frustrated that he could barely speak. Suddenly, he had a feeling that it would be better to shoot him than to torture him like this.

"what!"

Seeing Lu Chen's innocent expression, Matsumoto Kiyoko released her grip and frowned.

Am I overthinking things?

A feeling of guilt rose in my heart, but I quickly buried it away.

"Now that Shanghai has been occupied by us, your military police can interrogate and arrest anti-Japanese elements. Whatever intelligence you obtain, you must report it to me."

After saying these words coldly, Matsumoto Kiyoko turned and walked out of the ward.

The ward quieted down, with only one bed inside and Lu Chen alone.

"Damn it, one day I'll fuck you to death!"

Watching Matsumoto Kiyoko leave the ward, and seeing the red blood seeping from the bandage on his left shoulder, Lu Chen spoke angrily.

"call."

Letting out a long breath, Lu Chen finally relaxed.

Based on this incident and Matsumoto Kiyoko's earlier probing, he should already be trusted; otherwise, such great power wouldn't have been entrusted to him.

"fine."

A sense of relief welled up inside me; thankfully, the blow landed on my shoulder, not on any other vital area.

Now that he has obtained such great power, Lu Chen doesn't need to rely on others to deal with Zhang Rongshan.

He could easily take care of Zhang Rongshan himself.

"Rat One?!"

Lu Chen noticed that he was wearing a white and blue striped hospital gown, while his other clothes were hanging to the side, his pistol was on a nearby cabinet, and there was also that cat mask...

His face darkened. Lu Chen knew he couldn't use the cat mask anymore. If the Japanese saw it, he would be in danger.

"Squeak squeak".

The mouse squeaked twice and crawled out of the coat pocket.

Seeing that the rat was unharmed, Lu Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief and lay back down on the hospital bed.

The tension in his nerves and the pain throughout his body made Lu Chen feel sleepy shortly after he lay down.

He closed his eyes and fell asleep completely a few minutes later.

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......

"elder brother."

In a daze, Lu Chen heard a crying sound beside him. The voice was very familiar to him. Wasn't that Xiu Lian's voice?

When he opened his eyes, he saw Lu Xiulian lying by the bed, tears streaming down her face, while Liu Jie stood behind her.

"Ouch, ouch."

"Sis, that hurts, stop shaking me."

Lu Chen cried out twice, and Lu Xiulian grabbed his arm and shook him. Waves of pain spread throughout his body, making Lu Chen feel as if he was being hit by water repeatedly.

Seeing Lu Chen's face gradually turn pale, Lu Xiulian stopped what she was doing, but she couldn't stop the tears from flowing.

"It's nothing, just a minor injury. The doctor said it will heal in about two weeks."

Seeing Lu Xiulian crying without saying a word, Lu Chen didn't know how to comfort her and said something indifferent.

"Yes, Xiulian, Brother Chen is alright, isn't he? So stop crying, don't hurt yourself by crying."

Seeing Lu Chen give him a meaningful look, Liu Jie squatted down and put his hand on Lu Xiulian's shoulder to comfort her.

"Oh right, brother, I made you some fish soup, you should drink some quickly."

Lu Xiulian stood up and wiped away her tears with the back of her hand. She then took a large bowl from the table next to her, which was filled to the brim with white fish soup.

Liu Jie quickly went to the other side and carefully helped Lu Chen sit up.

Lu Xiulian then used a soup spoon to feed Lu Chen fish soup spoonful by spoonful.

Having not eaten for a day and a night, coupled with his injuries, Lu Chen quickly finished a bowl of fish soup with fish.

Lu Xiulian took the bowl and said she was going to wash it.

After Lu Xiulian left the ward, Lu Chen looked at Liu Jie.

"Xiao Jie, how's the second rice shop opening going?"

"Brother Chen, just like the first one, business is good, but the food... is a bit insufficient."

Liu Jie explained that with such cheap grain, one rice shop could barely manage, but even with two rice shops, there wouldn't be enough grain.

"What about the fields?"

Currently, there is only one place where we can get grain, and that is Zhang Rongshan's granary.

He has been entrenched in the Chinese territory for so many years, and he has made a lot of money. Lu Chen took a quick look at the granaries last time and there was a lot of food in them. It was probably enough to feed all the people in the Chinese territory for several months.

"The situation over there is very good. I don't understand it, so I left it all to the two Chen brothers."

"Xiao Jie, do you know any of the thugs around here?"

Lu Chen narrowed his eyes. Since the Japanese army had given him so much power, he might as well make good use of it. It was time to make Zhang Rongshan step down.

"Some they knew, some they didn't, but no matter who they were, they all had to give Zhang Rongshan a silver dollar every month."

Liu Jie looked up and thought for a while before speaking.

Lu Chen nodded; he had anticipated this situation.

At this time, these people in high positions exploit the lower classes without any bottom line. No matter what your status is, if you are not as powerful as them, you have to pay tribute.

"Xiao Jie, here's what you do. Try to contact them and tell them that by following you you not only won't have to pay tribute but you'll also get a share of the money. When they ask who said that, just say it was me, the head of the military police."

Previously, the military police were merely nominal, possessing no real power; to put it bluntly, they were just high-class thugs.

But now that the Japanese army has occupied Shanghai, the military police have extraordinary power. They can interrogate and arrest people. With Matsumoto Kiyoko backing them, they are not afraid to confront Zhang Rongshan head-on.

At worst, we can resort to the same old trick and falsely accuse Zhang Rongshan of treason and betraying the Japanese army.

"Okay, Brother Chen."

Liu Jie nodded without hesitation; he obeyed Lu Chen unconditionally.

Even if Lu Chen asked him to single-handedly split into two groups to take down Zhang Rongshan and Huang Jinrong, he wouldn't hesitate and would go immediately.

"Um."

Lu Chen responded softly, telling Liu Jie to put him down and lie back down.

This is why he was kind to Liu Jie, willing to promote him, and even willing to entrust his sister to him—all because Liu Jie would unconditionally obey him no matter what.