"Okay, we keep quarreling." Mieko was very dissatisfied when she saw Kogoro and Hashimoto quarreling and stopped them.
"Team leader, there is nothing to eat in the hotel right now. I really don't know how I will survive in the next few days." Hashimoto muttered as he picked up a small half of a dry apple on the plate on the table.
Liu Changchuan didn't want to deal with a few people. He was thinking about how to end it. Although he only found one piece of film, what would he do if Xu Ping confessed to him over time?
If the Japanese searched his room and couldn't find the film, they would definitely suspect him. The matter cannot be explained at all. If you tell them that you don't know where the film is, who will believe it? No one will believe it.
This hole must be blocked. Do you have to find a reason to change rooms? No, if you change rooms for no reason, the Japanese will still suspect you even if they can't find the film.
…
Masago Yoshimoto's mouth was so anxious that he couldn't even eat.
After a whole day of searching, nothing was found. The entire hotel was almost evacuated, but the result was unsatisfactory and nothing was found.
"Senior, Mantetsu is really unwilling to send Xu Ping's family here." Masako Minamizo looked very unhappy.
She interrogated the eight suspects who had killed the cleaner again that day, but she found no results as before.
In fact, Masako Minamizo knew that the film found on Yaroslav's body by the special high school investigation team had proved that the murderer of the cleaner was Yaroslav.
But the problem is that this guy is already dead. Only Yaroslav may know the whereabouts of the other films. All the suspects in the interrogation room except Xu Ping may have been wrongly accused.
"Masako, Xu Ping's family is in trouble. Colonel Shimizu requested the dispatch of troops to come forward, but Mantetsu is very tough. They understand our urgency to find the film, but they also hope that we can produce evidence that Xu Ping is a Soviet spy. Just a little bit will do. "Yoshimoto Masago said helplessly.
"Senior, Xu Ping herself is from Ice City, and the contents of the film on Yaroslav's body are related to the Kwantung Army. Aren't these enough?" Minamizo Masako slammed the table angrily.
Yoshimoto Shogo didn't blame Minamizo Masako for being rude, but the film incident made everyone angry.
"Masako, you have to understand the unspoken rules of the intelligence agency. No one wants to see a spy in their department. This is why Mantetsu requires us to produce evidence. Once it is confirmed that Xu Ping is a spy, there will be many people in the Mantetsu Investigation Department Implicated." Masago Yoshimoto stretched out a finger and tapped the table lightly.
Of course Minamizo Masako understood what Masago Yoshimoto meant. It was not that Mantetsu was unwilling to hand over Xu Ping's family, but they did not dare. They were worried that Xu Ping was really a spy. If so... Mantetsu's Investigation Department did not know how many people would be arrested. If the incident was affected, they preferred to quietly take Xu Ping back and dispose of it secretly, without letting outsiders know the details.
Masako Minamizo was in an extremely bad mood. After leaving Masago Yoshimoto's office, she was about to go back to her room to take a rest when she saw Koyuki Araki running over in a hurry.
Did something happen?
"Section Chief." Araki stepped forward and said hello.
"Is something wrong?"
"Wang Tiande returned to Shanghai from the mountain city the day before yesterday. I only know now because of the hotel blockade." Araki said cautiously when he saw no one around.
"Wang Tiande was sent back so quickly by the military commander for a reason." Masako Minamizo pursed his lips and chuckled. Wang Tiande is the trump card in his hand, which will be of great use in the future.
"How did you know that Wang Tiande was back?" Minami Masako glanced at Araki Koichi suspiciously.
"Xiao Lin-kun just came over from the military police for support. He told me."
"That's it." Minami Masako nodded.
It was indeed her order to come to the hotel to support Mr. Xiao Lin. There was no way. The Baisheng Hotel was now seriously short of manpower. Without looking at the special high-level courses, except for the key secret code team, which had already been deployed, there was not even a single one left in the intelligence team.
"Does Wang Tiande have any requests?" Minami Masako glanced around, pulled Araki aside to a private room and asked in a low voice.
"Yes, he received a mission from the military commander, asking him to try his best to sneak into the Baisheng Hotel to find out the news."
"How is this possible?" Minami Masako shook his head.
Nowadays, the Baisheng Hotel is all owned by its own people. Even the people from No. 76 who came to support are being closely monitored by the Special High School Investigation Team.
Wang Tiande is an agent who has returned from a mountain city, a newcomer who can't even speak Japanese. He will definitely be closely investigated by the Special High School. If something goes wrong, he may die, and he may not be able to protect him.
"Section Chief, Wang Tiande was sent back from the Military Command Headquarters. We have to help him no matter what, otherwise he will not be taken seriously by the senior military commanders in Yamacheng in the future." Seeing that Minami Masako was in trouble, Araki nodded quickly.
"What you said makes sense. Let's do this. I'll call him and ask him to come over tonight and do a "screening" by the way." Minamizo Masako nodded in approval of what Araki said. Wang Tiande's current identity is very important, and it is a key part of her preparations to implement the plan.
Araki Hōzhi felt bitter in his heart. What a damn lucky thing Wang Tiande was, to be able to be favored by Miss Masako, screen him, and go to bed to "screen him", right?
How great it would be if I were "screened" once too!
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At 9 o'clock in the evening, Liu Changchuan was lying on the bed thinking about something. He already had a piece of film in his hand, but he didn't know what the film contained. He could only gamble on his luck and choose one of the two. Bet that the film in his hand was Jinling City. That little devil's murder film.
As for where the other piece of film is? There was nothing he could do.
All signs indicate that the film was taken away by Yaroslav and Xu Ping, but Yaroslav is dead and Xu Ping is under close guard. It is impossible to find another film. There is only so much he can do.
Sorry, I tried my best.
The next day, in Shogo Yoshimoto's office, although Liu Changchuan was not of high rank, he was called over because he was valued by the section chief, Shogo Yoshimoto. However, what surprised him was that Colonel Shimizu did not attend the meeting today.
"Everyone, Colonel Shimizu has made an agreement with the people from the Manchuria Railway Investigation Department. Xu Ping's family will be sent over by a Kwantung Army transport plane tonight. I believe that the film will be found by then."
"Senior, Mantetsu actually changed his mind. Why?" Minamizo Masako looked unbelieving.
"Hahaha, Colonel Shimizu directly sent a report to the Kwantung Army headquarters, telling the story of the leak of the Kwantung Army's northern fortress defense map. The Kwantung Army commanders took it very seriously. They hope we can find out the Kwantung Army's insider." Masago Yoshimoto said proudly. laughed.
After listening to Yoshimoto Shogo's narration, Minami Masako understood the reason. The film of the Kwantung Army's fortress defense plan on Yaroslav's body was very important.
It is not something that ordinary people can get at all. If the Kwantung Army wants to find out the mole, it needs the cooperation of various secret service agencies in Shanghai, so it pressures the Manchurian Railway Investigation Department to get Xu Ping's family over.
