Through the words of Akiko Uguchi, the whole thing became clear.
Why did Ichiro Takeuchi drive away Kunoki Takashi?
Why did Kunoki Takashi insist on avenging Ichiro Takeuchi, even going so far as to violate discipline and act privately?
It all makes sense now.
It's love!
Song Shutang and Zhu Yue looked at each other.
This is indeed something they had not thought of before.
I never thought there was such a relationship.
"This matter was also circulated privately within the Doihara Agency. I thought it was just rumors and not very credible, but seeing that many people said it was true, I felt that maybe it was not groundless." Akiko Kamiguchi also said before.
I didn’t really believe this news, but now it seems to be true.
It’s just that Kunoki Takashi is already dead.
There is no way to confirm this.
Everyone was still waiting for Kamikochi Akiko to continue speaking, after all, the point hadn't been reached yet.
Although the news was exciting, it was not what they wanted.
Kamikochi Akiko continued: "This kind of news is forbidden to be discussed in the agency, but the more it is not allowed to be discussed, the more interested everyone is, so in the subsequent discussion, it went astray.
Others say that Kunoki Takashi likes Takeuchi Ichiro, but Takeuchi Ichiro's favorite is Miki Maiko."
Maiko Miki!
A new character appeared from Kamikochi Akiko's mouth.
"Is this news reliable?" Zhu Yue thought this was a bit strange.
After all, love is strictly prohibited within intelligence agencies.
Everyone knows this.
Moreover, Takeuchi Ichiro is a latent agent, and his identity has not been known to outsiders for many years.
How could anyone know who Ichiro Takeuchi likes and let everyone discuss it?
This is completely unreasonable!
Therefore, Zhu Yue believed that this news was a rumor.
It's just something we can talk about after dinner.
But Kamikochi Akiko said: "Team leader Zhu, please don't forget that all members of the Doihara Agency are engaged in intelligence work, and they will also use clues to deduce."
"Reasoning?" Song Shutang asked.
"When Kunoki Takashi was in Shanghai, he visited Maiko Miki several times, but they ended up on bad terms," Kamikochi Akiko said.
"Through this incident, people in the Doihara Agency judged that Takeuchi Ichiro might like Maiko Miki, so that's why Kunoki Takashi went to find her and broke up on bad terms?" Song Shutang asked.
Don't say it.
You can really reason like this.
It can be seen that this group of intelligence staff in the Doihara agency is also somewhat talented in using their abilities on gossipy news.
"But how did Kunoki Takashi know that Takeuchi Ichiro's favorite was Miki Maiko?" Long Hao was curious about this.
"There is no way of knowing this. Perhaps Ichiro Takeuchi told Kunoki Takashi in order to cut him off from his thoughts." Kamikochi Akiko guessed.
"But Ichiro Takeuchi had already started working latent in his early years. How did he fall in love with Maiko Miki?" Zhu Yue asked.
Kamikochi Akiko explained: "This Miki Maiko also lurked in the early years, and she was in the same batch as Takeuchi Ichiro. The two worked together at the beginning, so now everyone speculates that Takeuchi Ichiro was either Miki Maiko who he liked at that time, or that is
I don’t like Maiko Miki at all, I just want Kunoki Takashi to give up.”
After hearing this inference, Song Shutang thought it was reasonable.
I just didn’t expect that Kunoki Takashi and Miki Maiko would both appear in Shanghai in the end.
This also resulted in the situation where Kunoki Takashi went to find Miki Maiko.
Miki Maiko may not have a good impression of Takeuchi Ichiro at all, and she understands even more that their intelligence staff cannot talk about their children's personal affairs.
She was worried that Kunoki Taka would have a bad influence on herself, or even affect her work, so it was understandable that Miki Maiko had a bad relationship with him.
It's just that Ichiro Takeuchi didn't mention Maiko Miki in the Information Section.
I don’t know if it’s intentional protection.
Still didn't think of this person at all.
"Could it be that the spy team that came to the mountain city this time was led by Maiko Miki, so she brought Kunoki Takashi with her because she wanted him to fend for himself, so as not to ruin her reputation or even affect her future?" Long Hao
Make a guess.
If it were Maiko Miki, it would indeed be possible to do this.
But Kamikochi Akiko said: "Miki Maiko is no longer engaged in latent espionage work. She is now a clerk in the Doihara agency. It is impossible to lead a team here. She was still working in the agency when I left."
In fact, in other words, Kamikochi Akiko believed that Miki Maiko was not qualified and capable to lead the team.
Let alone leading a team.
None of them have the qualifications or ability to join this spy team.
Not to mention surpassing Irui Kuike and Takeru Usagawa becoming the captain.
"Then what do you want to say when you say this?" Zhu Yue asked.
"Maiko Miki also has an older brother named Kouta Miki. He is said to be a general under the head of the Doihara Agency. He has engaged in many espionage operations in Fengtian before. He has been active in Manchuria for many years even before the establishment of the puppet Manchukuo. He is better than me.
I arrived in Manchuria much earlier, and I heard a lot about him when I was in Manchuria.
He even played a big role in the establishment of Xinjing and the emperor's dispatch to Manchuria. At that time, he was transferred to Shanghai earlier than me. In fact, I came from Manchuria to Shanghai with the intention of competing with him, but when I arrived in Shanghai
Only then did I find out that he has a younger sister." Both Kamikochi Akiko and Miki Kouta worked in Manchuria.
Therefore, they have been in close contact with each other for a long time.
Maybe it’s just that I’ve known Akiko for a long time.
After all, she is pursuing Miki Kouta as her goal.
Even when I came to Shanghai, I had the same mentality.
It was Kouta Miki who went there, and she also wanted to bring the Eagle Team with her.
It's just that things have changed today.
"Didn't Kota Miki manage other spies before?" Zhu Yue asked.
"He mostly keeps to himself."
"So what you are saying is that he is very likely to be in charge of the spy team this time."
"His ability is completely sufficient." Kamikochi Akiko spoke highly of Miki Kouta.
"Will Kota Miki bring Takashi Kunoki over here?" Song Shutang asked.
Kamikochi Akiko said: "He may not want Kunoki Taka to continue to harass his sister Miki Maiko, so he may agree with Kunoki Taka's idea and bring her to Yamashiro. Perhaps he also wants to use Kunoki Taka to see what you can do.
, he doesn’t care whether Kunoki Takashi is alive or dead, and he can even persuade Chief Doihara.”
Let Kunoki Takashi join the spy team.
Doihara Kenji may not agree, after all, it is an unstable factor.
But if it was Miki Kouta who requested it, it would be different.
Moreover, after Kunoki Takashi died, there was no movement at all from this spy team.
He just doesn't care whether Kunoki Takashi will die or not.
So now based on Kamikochi Akiko's words, we can preliminarily conclude that the spy leading the team this time is Miki Kouta.
It is inconsistent with Song Shutang’s inference.
He thought it was someone who was close to Kunoki Taka who brought him to Yamashiro.
But now it seems that is not the case.
Kamikochi Akiko is able to draw inferences from one instance to another.
"You have worked in Manchuria for such a long time, you should know more about Miki Kouta, right?" Zhu Yue looked forward to it.
After all, it can be considered that I have worked in the same area for a period of time.
Kamikochi Akiko once again regards Miki Kota as her target.
You will definitely know more than others.
"Miki Kouta was previously codenamed 'Pioneer'. I don't know if he will change his codename this time. During the last period of his stay in Manchuria, he mostly engaged in intelligence work in Xinjing and dealt more with people from the puppet Manchukuo regime.
According to what I have learned about him over the years, he should be in his forties by now, and he has a bachelor's degree. His intelligence work does not focus on killing, but mostly on wandering among various forces. He has always been like a fish in water before."
At this point, Akiko paused.
She was just as comfortable as a fish in water when she was in Manchuria, but it was completely different when she came to the mountain city.
I don’t know if this fish, Miki Kouta, would be evaporated dry in a furnace like Yamashiro’s.
Kamikochi Akiko retracted her thoughts and continued: "The whole person's temperament is said to be gentle and elegant. He wears glasses. He is of medium height and has a medium body. His facial features are not obvious but very handsome. Although he is not young, he is still handsome, and may be even more handsome.
Adds charm.”
I want to travel around the time of all forces.
Participate in high-level exchange gatherings.
A good appearance will help you a lot.
It seems that Kota Miki has such conditions.
"The most important point is that Miki Kouta has a very strong accent. This is a trace that will inevitably be left behind when he lurked in the early years, and it is difficult to change." Akiko Kamiguchi has deep feelings about the accent.
She has been changing it very deliberately.
It just doesn't work very well.
After all, in what kind of language environment, the language habits developed cannot be easily changed.
accent.
It is indeed a relatively important clue.
But the entire spy team is still a bit unclear.
It seems that we have got a lot of clues, but they are still very vague.
But there are already directions for investigation.
Zhu Yue said: "Let the members in Shanghai and Xinjing do some research to see if they can collect more information about Miki Kouta. If we can, we will capture the thief first and capture the king first. If we catch Miki Kouta, this Japanese spy team can also
Catch them all in one go.”
this is the best.
Catch the team leader first.
Others are easier to catch.
If you want to find out the news in Shanghai, you must start from Maiko Miki.
See if she has any photos of her brother here.
But Maiko Miki is also an intelligence officer, so this process of inquiry needs to be very careful and may take some time.
As for Xinjing, it is to inquire about the puppet Manchukuo regime.
After all, Miki Kouta had dealt with people from the puppet Manchukuo regime for a period of time before, and he might be able to collect more information, so now they don't have very good investigative methods in the mountain city.
We can only wait for clues from Shanghai and Beijing.
But Zhu Yue didn't want to waste time in the mountain city.
So I decided to go out and have a look.
After all, Usagawa Ken and Miki Kouta are known to have some special physical features.
Just try your luck.
Secondly, I also want to show off Akiko on the street to see if it can attract Japanese spies to take action. Although I don’t think Japanese spies will carry out assassinations, but who knows.
It’s okay to give it a try.
If there are assassinations by Japanese spies, catching these spies is also a gain.
To put it bluntly, Akiko was used as bait.
Kamiguchi Akiko made no comment on this matter.
There will definitely be dissatisfaction in her heart, but she has no choice.
She could only be careful and vigilant, thinking that if there was an assassination, she could arrest these people, which would solve her own safety problem and make meritorious deeds in the Intelligence Department.
Song Shutang originally wanted to follow Kamikochi Akiko.
After all, on the one hand, it can prevent her from escaping.
On the other hand, I also want to see if she can attract Japanese spies.
Or maybe she will be lucky enough to meet Ken Usagawa or Kouta Miki directly.
But Zhu Yue did not let Song Shutang follow Shangguchi Akiko.
Because there is a certain risk.
There are risks in encountering assassinations.
But Kang Hao, Bi Sheng and others are also at risk.
Therefore, Song Shutang rejected Zhu Yue's kindness and went to the streets to try his luck with Kamikochi Akiko.
Kang Hao and Bi Sheng also followed.
Long Hao originally wanted to come, but he was busy with other things, so he didn't come with him.
Walking in the streets and alleys of the mountain city, Kamikochi Akiko said with a smile: "It's only today that I can really experience this place."
"Can you really feel it well?" Song Shutang reminded her that she might encounter danger.
But Kamikochi Akiko said: "For me, the real danger is exposure, which no longer exists."
"Doesn't life and death count?"
"It's not that easy to die."
"Was Zhang Dongyi deceived by you, or instigated by you to rebel?" Song Shutang asked this question.
After all, she used Zhang Dongyi to attend parties before.
One possibility is that Zhang Dongyi was deceived.
One possibility is that Zhang Dongyi was incited to rebel and chose to cooperate with the Japanese spy.
"Have you already investigated it?" Akiko Kamiguchi knew that the Intelligence Division had investigated this matter.
"This is not idle chat." Song Shutang naturally knew that he had conducted an investigation, and the result was that there was nothing wrong with it.
After all, there is no need to instigate rebellion by using Zhang Dongyi to attend the party.
It would be unwise to reveal your identity.
But Song Shutang was also worried about unexpected things, such as the former Japanese spy Shimizu Jun.
They are also pretending to cooperate and waiting for rescue.
If Zhang Dongyi cooperates in rescuing Kamikochi Akiko in the future, it is not impossible to escape.
Asking this now is also based on observation of Kamikochi Akiko.
There seems to be no problem at the moment. After all, it is obviously a very unwise choice for the leader of the Eagle Team to directly expose his identity as a spy to Zhang Dongyi.
Seeing the end of Song Shutang's inquiry, Kamikochi Akiko asked curiously: "I heard that Team Leader Song was a member of the Sword Holding Group before?"
"Why do you ask even though you know it?"
Song Shutang's name was included in the previous misleading assassination list of the Eagle Group, so how could it be possible that the leader of the Eagle Group, Akiko Kamiguchi, didn't know his identity.
"The Sword Holding Team is very popular, but we just haven't had a chance to meet the team leader 'Tiangu' yet, so it's a pity that we don't have the opportunity."
"I'd like to see you go down there."
"Team Leader Song is joking." Seeing Song Shutang's reaction, Kamikochi Akiko wisely did not continue the topic.
But when she turned around and continued walking, Kamikochi Akiko said lightly: "It's really sad that the ace team was ambushed."
Song Shutang looked at the back of Shangguchi Akiko and what she just said.
I know she meant something.
But Song Shutang secretly clenched his fist and remained silent.
Don't continue this topic anymore.
Kamikochi Akiko waited for a moment and saw no movement, with a smile on her lips.
