In early summer, at noon when the sun is high in the sky, the sun is sparing no effort to emit light and heat, as if it wants to dry everything on the ground. The afternoon sun seemed to have weight, squeezing the hurried passers-by on the street. The sweat that just came out was dried immediately, leaving only sweat stains that clung to the skin. The streets were bustling with people. Although it was already lunch time, passers-by were still in a hurry to make ends meet. On a street that was not considered a main road, a middle-aged man in his early thirties wearing a lake-colored gown was walking forward.
He kept wiping his sweat with a handkerchief and looking at the house numbers on the surrounding buildings from time to time, as if he was looking for some address. There are neither too many nor too few pedestrians on this street. The houses facing the street are basically shops, such as Chinese medicine shops, barber shops, and small restaurants. Everything looks no different from ordinary days. Very normal.
Kadokawa Ryuichi is very cautious. This is Nanjing, the capital of the National Government. It is not his first time in this city, but he must be careful to prevent accidents. As a senior agent, an accident often means the end of life.
According to the instructions given by the section chief of the Shanghai headquarters before departure, the Chinese medicine shop at No. 19 Chengxian Street was his first meeting point. In fact, he had already seen the Chinese medicine shop from a distance through the house number, but he was not in a hurry to go to the store. Instead, he walked slowly pretending to be unfamiliar and wanted to observe the surrounding environment to see if there was anything abnormal. .
The agreed meeting time was 12 o'clock at noon. Out of caution, Kadokawa Ryuichi arrived here half an hour early. This was his usual style. He was very careful every time he contacted the lurking team. This is the discipline that must be observed when doing intelligence work, and it is also the most important reason why he has been able to stay around for many years and eventually become a senior agent.
Chengxian Street is not a very prosperous area, but the small vendors setting up stalls along the road have almost moved their business to the middle of the road, leaving only a narrow narrow road. Occasionally, a rickshaw will appear and wander in the narrow road. . Two patrol policemen, holding wooden batons between their arms, were hiding in the only shade, smoking cigarettes. From time to time they would brush away the broken sophora rice that had fallen on their bodies. At the same time, they looked at the woman on the street with wild and wild eyes. Be bold. All this made Kadokawa Ryuichi suddenly restless. Although there was no cicada chirping, Kadokawa Ryuichi's eardrums were filled with irritating noises.
The Chinese medicine shop at No. 19 Chengxian Street is an old-fashioned two-story building. The ground floor is where Chinese medicine practitioners sit to see patients and dispense medicine. There is a sign hanging on the outer wall of the second floor, with the four characters "hanging pot to help the world" and several windows opened next to it. It should be the living room of the drug store owner.
Next to the window sill in the middle of the three windows, there is a small pot of pink rose flowers. This is a sign that everything is normal, indicating that there are no safety issues at this joint. Kadokawa Ryuichi saw the potted flower from a distance, and his vigilance was slightly lowered. He knew this secret code when he received instructions in Shanghai. It seemed that everything was normal here and the connection could be made.
Kadokawa Ryuichi immediately took out his pocket watch and looked at the time. It was now 11:55, and there were still 5 minutes left before the connection time. He began to quicken his pace, adjusted to a normal walking speed, and walked towards the Chinese medicine shop. Suddenly, the situation changes suddenly! There was only a "clang" sound, and the pot of roses placed on the window sill on the second floor of the drug store was pushed down to the street and smashed into pieces. Then a person jumped out of the window where the flower pot was originally placed. After getting up, he He limped and ran in the other direction of Chengxian Street.
Although the windows on the second floor are not too high, it is still easy to get injured if you jump from them. The person who jumped from the building seemed to have sprained his foot. At this time, more than a dozen people in casual clothes poured out of the shop opposite the Chinese medicine store and inside the Chinese medicine store. They were chasing the man who jumped from the building with pistols. They chased and shouted: "Stop!" Two of them were chasing at a very fast speed. Hurry, you are about to catch up with the fleeing man.
The man who escaped was not running very fast due to his foot injury. He looked back at the pursuers behind him and knew that he might not be able to escape because of his foot injury. So he suddenly felt guilty, grabbed a pair of scissors for sale from a stall on the street, and swung the scissors with his backhand, just in time to prick the arm of a pursuer who was reaching out to grab the back collar of his clothes. The pursuer let out a scream. His right hand was stabbed by the scissors, and he couldn't hold the pistol for a moment and fell to the ground.
Just as the fleeing man went to pick up the pistol that fell on the ground, another pursuer arrived and kicked the man who was picking up the gun without hesitation. The escaping man moved very quickly. As soon as he picked up the gun, he immediately rolled to the side and raised his hand to shoot the pursuer who had just kicked him. There was a gunshot, and the opponent paused for a moment, then collapsed. The gun was very accurate, hitting the heart directly.
When the dozen or so people chasing behind heard the gunfire, they immediately dispersed as if they had heard an order and began to look for a hiding place. The man with a foot injury in front fired two more shots, first killing the man who was stabbed with scissors not far away, and then continued running forward while dragging his injured leg and shooting behind him. Since the gunfire rang out, all the pedestrians on the street began to scream and hid in the shops on both sides of the street to avoid being hit by stray bullets.
Kadokawa Ryuichi was no exception. After the pot of roses fell from the window to the ground, he stopped and prepared to walk into the nearest shop. He understood that there was a big problem at this meeting place, and he had to make his behavior look like it had nothing to do with it. This was a way to protect himself. At this time, if you turn around and walk away immediately, it will be too conspicuous, and it will easily arouse the attention and suspicion of interested people. Walking into a street shop should be a normal behavior that can be explained, and he must conceal his identity.
So when he heard gunshots ring out continuously on the street, he, like everyone else in the shop, looked horrified and squatted on the ground. This is the reaction of ordinary people when encountering a sudden gun battle. He must do this if he wants to conceal his identity. Although he was anxious and wanted to know what was going on outside, in order to protect himself, he could not go out to check.
At this time, there was no one else on the street except the two parties involved in the exchange of fire. The gun battle was fierce and gunshots rang out in bursts. Less than a few minutes later, the gunfire suddenly stopped. People hiding in the shops on both sides of the street still did not dare to come out. No one had the courage to go out to inquire about the situation at this time. Kadokawa Ryuichi was secretly terrified. It was obvious that this meeting point was controlled by the enemy. He had even taken control of the Chinese medicine shop and set up traps waiting to capture the people who came to join him.
Kadokawa Ryuichi was both sad and puzzled at the moment. His coming to Nanjing to perform a mission was a very confidential matter. Why did the enemy know the information so accurately? What's the problem here? Kadokawa Ryuichi was in a mess at this time and had no clue at all. He could only temporarily put aside his doubts and start thinking about how to escape. At this time, the gunfire on the street had stopped for a while, but there was a sound of motorcycle engines and truck brakes.
Along with the braking of trucks and motorcycles, Kadokawa Ryuichi heard bursts of rushing sounds, and it sounded like many people were coming to the street outside. Kadokawa Takashi had the courage to peek out from the window of the shop. After just one glance, Kadokawa Ryuichi suddenly felt that the blood all over his body seemed to have solidified.
What appeared in the streets were a large number of muscular men wearing dark Chinese tunic suits. Kadokawa Ryuichi, who had many encounters with Chinese intelligence agencies in Shanghai, was not unfamiliar with people dressed like this. He knew that these people should be members of the Nationalist Government military. People from the intelligence service.
Like the Special High School Class to which he was affiliated, Kadokawa Ryuichi knew that this military intelligence office was also a secret intelligence department. The Shanghai Headquarters of the Special High School Class had fought against them several times. Although they managed to keep the enemy under control, they suffered heavy losses.
If the Military Intelligence Agency took action, then there would be a normal answer to this sudden change. The other party should have discovered this joint location from some clues, and controlled it in an attempt to use this bait to catch more fish. Unfortunately, things went against expectations, and the people in the junction suddenly rose up. Not only did they destroy the signal that represented safety, but they also used their own lives to attract the ambush monitors around them, and to warn themselves who almost stepped into the trap.
Kadokawa Ryuichi suddenly felt that his eye sockets were itchy. He stretched out his hand to wipe his eye sockets, and a trace of moist heat appeared on his fingertips. Soon, a large number of police officers arrived. Under the instructions of some men in Chinese tunic suits, the hurried police officers began to move along the street and drive out all the people hiding in the shops on both sides. Following the police's instructions, Kadokawa Ryuichi, like everyone else, stood on the street waiting for questioning and screening.
Both sides of the street were lined with people waiting to be inspected. The more than 20 police officers were divided into several waves, starting from the middle of the street, and were careful to check the documents of these people. If they encountered anyone acting suspiciously, they would also ask a few questions. "Your ID!" A voice sounded in front of Kadokawa Ryuichi. The latter subconsciously raised his head and glanced at the other party. While sighing at the other party's youth, Kadokawa Ryuichi's heart, which had been tense, secretly relaxed.
The policeman who appeared in front of Kadokawa Ryuichi looked very young. According to Kadokawa Ryuichi's judgment, this young policeman looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old. If he were in Japan, young people of this age should still be in school. Glancing at the young policeman with a determined look, Kadokawa Ryuichi didn't hesitate at all. He just followed the other party's question and hurriedly took out his ID and handed it to the other party.
