That evening, Lieutenant Colonel Sasawa Ogura of the Shinkyo Branch of the Investigation Headquarters, Colonel Nozawa of the Military Police, and Lieutenant Colonel Noda of the Police Department once again gathered in the office of the city government.
Not only these people, but also Colonel Yamashita, the commander of the garrison unit outside, and almost all the senior Japanese officials in Xinjing were present here.
"Everyone, everyone knows about the theft of the city hall. If it was just an ordinary theft, I would have nothing here. But a top-secret document has been stolen. This is a three-month plan of the Chinese government's resistance. Although
It’s just a summary of the meeting in a few words.”
"But if the Chinese government can get some important information from it, then it will definitely be prepared to a certain extent, which will cause heavy losses to the empire. If you want to order, everyone should contact their superiors, and the whole city will find me
The agents from China come out.”
"In addition, I have checked. This time, the minutes of the meeting here were stolen. No one knows about such a document except me. I am still thinking about where the news was leaked. Let's think about it and discuss it."
Ueda sat directly in the middle, looking at the people on both sides. Although his voice was calm, he suppressed the boundless anger in the city, but could not express it.
"Mayor, I would like to ask, are you the only one who knows about this document?"
"Now there are me, Qiandao Iwayuki, and Kono Kouko. Before it was stolen, in addition to knowing the content, Kouko only knew that there was such a meeting minute, but did not know the content."
"Mayor, you said Xiangzi knew there was such a meeting minute. Is it possible that the information was leaked?"
"No, this meeting minute is the same as the usual meeting minutes. She has no right to know this document yet." Ueda said loudly immediately. At the same time, he frowned, thinking about whether Xiangzi might be a spy.
After thinking about it for a while, he rejected it directly.
If Xiangzi wanted to steal it, he would have done it earlier. After all, Xiangzi had the right to enter his office. There was no need to expend so much effort to let Sun Sihai enter the office building, come down from the roof, and then steal this document.
"If Xiangzi wanted to steal it, it would have been stolen long ago. After all, she is my secretary and has the right to enter my office."
"Is it possible that Xiangzi accidentally leaked the news? After all, she seems to have been getting along very happily with the Chinese in the German office!"
"I asked, since the last time we had a meeting in Dalian, she did not drink alcohol or kept a certain distance from the Chinese man when she was drunk. Apart from drinking and eating, she did not do anything.
Any confusion."
"The most important thing is that Xiangzi doesn't know the content of this meeting minutes. I have always kept it. I only have the number to register the meeting minutes."
"If this is the case, and the situation on Xiangzi's side can be ruled out, then it is not very likely that the meeting minutes will leak from us."
"Mayor, I would like to ask, have you ever said anything about the contents of this summary or any fragments of it inadvertently?" Colonel Qianjima asked seriously, with a serious look on his face.
"No, I am a very self-disciplined person. Even at home, I never talk about work-related things, let alone such important documents." Ueda shook his head.
A self-disciplined person is quite difficult to deal with.
Ueda looked at the four people and smiled bitterly.
"But this time the problem lies within the city government, and the location of the document has been accurately determined. Although there are traces of someone else moving in the room, I also know that there is a problem with our city government, and this person is still quite concerned about my personal habits.
Only those who are familiar with it can accurately steal the documents from my office."
"Mayor, this can only show that the internal personnel are cooperating, just like Sun Sihai. By the way, mayor, does Sun Sihai understand his habits?"
"Most people are aware of my behavior in city government."
Ueda also smiled bitterly. His habits have always been rigorous, responsible, and serious, but he did not expect that this time it would also lead to this result.
"I understand, this Sun Sihai knows your habits and is involved in such an important matter, so his supervisor must have received such news. Regarding this meeting, Mayor, are there any places that would know about it?
"
"The Kwantung Army Headquarters, the Investigation Headquarters, and I, the mayor of Xinjing, are also the mayor responsible for allocating supplies throughout Manchuria."
"It's such a high level of confidentiality. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any possibility of leaking the information, and the investigation headquarters may not be able to get the information. The headquarters doesn't even think about it. I can only bring my ideas to you.
Mayor, I suspect someone at the headquarters has leaked the information."
"Well, I also suspect that the headquarters leaked the information. After all, only people in a few places know about it. You are the only one here in Xinjing, and the investigation headquarters only has the head of Honjo. The only headquarters may have a lot of people, and it may be known by others inadvertently.
Only then did the Chinese agents know the news. Maybe the headquarters had no way to get it, so I thought of it here."
"Well, let all parties take action, especially those in Nanjing. We must find out which force stole the documents!" Ueda sighed. After all, if such important information was leaked, he could not do much in his political career.
It's been a long time.
"You can check it now and I will explain this matter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After all, I have not done a good job of confidentiality here."
When Ueda thought about this, he seemed to have aged a lot. After all, several events in a row made him feel depressed instantly.
Frustrated, it is estimated that he will be transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to report on his duties soon, and his political career is probably almost over.
"By the way, today's meeting must be kept confidential. At the same time, any suspicious persons will be investigated. Even Xiangzi can be investigated if it is deemed necessary. But there must be evidence."
"Hi!"
Several people immediately realized something and left the meeting. After all, there were only five people in the meeting. There were no records and no secretary. Only the five of them knew the content.
As the meeting ended, the guards outside were withdrawn, and Kono Koko was sitting in the office, her brows frowning. She could not imagine why anyone would know that the city government had such important documents.
She knew that there was going to be a war years ago, but she didn't know the specific content. This was something she heard during the last meeting in Dalian, and she didn't know anything else.
But when she recalled it, she couldn't think of anyone to whom she would say such things.
"It seems that I really haven't said that, not even when Qin Jun was together." She shook her head, her brows were anxious, and the pen in her right hand was tapping lightly on the notebook.
"Did the mayor leak the news?"
Thinking about it, she also felt that it was impossible. After all, Ueda's life was quite regular, and it was basically impossible to leak the news.
She sat there, thinking for a long time, never thinking that the news had leaked out from her. It was that time in the basement when she had a fever and talked in her sleep that Zhang Tianhao thought of the possibility of the meeting minutes.
If she knew, she would probably be ready to chop Zhang Tianhao to death with a knife.
