Takeuchi looked at Kato's behavior in disbelief. Kato smiled and said: "Since Beibei said that it has never appeared, then let's let it disappear completely! As for whether it is strange or not, that is not what we should understand."
"Okay..." Takeuchi also nodded firmly. The burn was already burned, and there was nothing to save, so it was better to just do it.
Seeing this, Kato said: "I remember that before the assassination team, there was a strange new equipment reported to the intelligence office. How are you going to deal with this?
The investigation of the Puxi Road ambush also showed traces of the use of those equipment. Judging from the feedback, these equipment are quite useful, especially for our intelligence department."
"Well..." Takeuchi pondered for a while and then replied: "When we find out, we will directly report the situation to the country and let the country handle it."
"Putting your hopes on the country? This is not a wise choice! Those weapons design experts and arsenals all revolve around the landing navy. The southern style they came up with for us has a mess of performance. Not many people are willing to use it. We can't even hire them.
Forged a batch of Browning pistols for our Lurker, and found that not many of them were usable, and the cost of making them was more expensive than outsourcing..."
Kato complained bitterly about this situation. Takeuchi was also aware of this situation and explained: "The data returned to the country are for business purposes. If this equipment is really useful, please give us a copy of it in the north."
That is, the technical level of those arsenals left by the Northeastern Army is still pretty good."
Kato nodded, confirming Takeuchi's countermeasures. After thinking about it, he continued to ask: "Then how are you going to investigate? The current situation of your intelligence network in Nanjing is not optimistic, right?"
"More than pessimistic? The losses have already been heavy. I have entrusted my colleagues in Hangzhou and Nanjing to investigate the matter for me."
"Is Nanjing's power loss so great? Do you have any plans in the near future to send additional manpower to supplement it?"
Takeuchi shook his head and said: "I am not going to replenish it in a short time. Instead, I will slowly select a group of elites and send them to Nanjing to try to avoid the previous situation."
After explaining, Takeuchi looked at Kato. He didn't believe that the other party was just asking about arrangements, so he said: "Your Excellency is asking about this..."
Takeuchi seemed hesitant to speak, but how could Kato not know what he was thinking, saying: "I got a message that Nanjing is preparing to provoke a dispute, and I want to see if you want to get involved?"
As for Nanjing, Takeuchi knew that he was not referring to the Nanjing National Government. The government now only dared to deal with them in private, so they must be the ones to stir up trouble. But why didn't he receive any news about this kind of thing?
Seeing this, Kato took the initiative to explain: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for the plan this time, and the Special High-Tech Department belongs to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It's normal that you can't get the news. What's more, this time they are cooperating with the Navy, and you belong to the Army.
The news I got was from a good friend of mine from college who works at the Consulate in Nanjing. He happened to be at the consulate office in Shanghai a few days ago and revealed the news to me."
After hearing this, Takeuchi thought carefully and still refused. It was not that he really lost his power in Nanjing. In fact, there were many left, and they were all elite.
It's just that he really can't muster the energy to stir up trouble in Nanjing. He even feels a headache when he thinks about Nanjing. Besides, he can't bear the responsibility of losing again. That's right! At this time, Takeuchi has already tacitly accepted that he will fail if he stirs up trouble in Nanjing!
Seeing that Takeuchi didn't want to get involved, Kato stopped mentioning it. Of course, he wouldn't get involved either. The purpose of his coming to Shanghai was not to achieve any merit, it was just for the sake of the woman. The purpose of bringing up this matter was to sell Takeuchi a favor.
Favor.
"Takeuchi-kun, I believe you should know the purpose of my coming to Shanghai in person..."
Although Kato's words were accurate, they put great pressure on Takeuchi. After all, the moment these words came out, they broke the tacit understanding between the two.
Takeuchi was silent for a long time, and finally said bravely: "Please reveal some inside information, otherwise I dare not take the risk."
Akizuki Haruko, Takeuchi had paid close attention to this person after the case of the trading company. After Kato arrived in Shanghai, he conducted a detailed investigation.
The Qiuyue clan is a Japanese Chinese, a former Kyushu daimyo clan, and is now also a prominent aristocrat in the country. However, Qiuyue Haruko was only born in a branch of the Qiuyue clan. Her father died before she was born, and her mother was born in the same family.
He also died in depression when he was young.
Akizuki Haruko is different from Takeuchi. Takeuchi originally worked in the Army Intelligence Department. In order to facilitate the work in China, he was assigned to the Special High-Tech Section. However, Akizuki Keiko is an out-and-out Special High-Tech intelligence agent.
In the early days, THIKO only carried out activities within Japan and was responsible for safeguarding the emperor's rule and suppressing opposition that threatened the emperor. This kind of privileged department naturally attracted many Japanese clans to deploy personnel. What's more, to maintain the emperor's rule, many times,
It is also to safeguard the status and interests of these clans.
However, the secret service itself is easy to be criticized. Clan that is inferior will arrange for people from the branches of common people to join. For more prominent clans, it will arrange a few... There is no need to arrange it. If you offer an olive branch, there will be many people vying for it.
climb.
From these, we can clearly see how low the status of Qiuyue Haruko, who was assigned to the special high-tech department, was! An orphan from the side branch was thrown into the special high-tech department, and was obviously treated as a pawn and tool by the family.
Even if one of the members of this side branch had a smooth career and was promoted to a high-ranking government official, it would not be the case that Akizuki Haruko's concubine, Kato, worked hard to get credit for her and then came to rescue her at all costs after being caught.
Not to mention that Akizuki Haruko is just Kato's lover. During this period of time, her colleagues also understood that Kato was not an infatuated person at all, and the only thing she was confused about was power.
Takeuchi can only think of one explanation for Kato's various abnormalities. There is definitely a secret in Akizuki Haruko, and it is a secret that allows Kato to save Akizuki Haruko at all costs.
It stands to reason that Kato, who has a higher status than Takeuchi, can do anything for Akizuki Haruko, and Takeuchi should have nothing to doubt, but Takeuchi is really carrying too heavy a burden at this time.
In recent times, it can be said that things have not gone well for Takeuchi. First, the trading house that was about to become a new transportation line was uprooted, and three teams investigating Nanjing intelligence were also arrested.
Then banknotes caused turmoil in Shanghai, causing heavy losses to Japanese overseas Chinese and banks in Shanghai. Years of Japanese construction in Hongkou were also burned to the ground. Even though Sakai took the blame, it left many black spots on him.
Then, the team sent to Nanjing to snatch the goods was ambushed, and the secret materials entrusted for transshipment in the north fell into the hands of the enemy.
Then, the old transportation lines were uprooted, and when they failed to lure and annihilate their opponents in Shanghai, they were ambushed instead, resulting in heavy casualties and making Japan the laughing stock of other forces in Shanghai.
Speaking of these two things, it was enough for him to die as an apology. He can live in peace now. The first thing is that for some reasons, Beifang did not want to pursue the case vigorously, so as not to let the other party realize the importance of those things.
As for the second incident, firstly, it dragged Kato into the water, and secondly, it was probably too close to the previous incident, so I was concerned about the previous incident, so I held him accountable without any pain.
The last thing is that recently, the retaliatory team sent by the Army and the assassination team they sent have all disappeared. The reason why they handled it in a low-key manner is because there are people from the Army who do not want to be affected by this matter, and the second reason is that the assassination team
They have always been rejected by them, and many people are happy to see them disappear.
Each of these piles are huge rocks that are pressing down on Takeuchi. If something goes wrong again, he will definitely die without a burial place.
In fact, rescuing Qiuyue Haruko was not an opportunity for him? But he really didn't dare to gamble. He estimated that Qiu Qiu would settle accounts for a while and would not come yet. He would delay the transfer of the relationship with the former commander back to the country.
Saving his life is not a problem.
If he gets involved in rescuing Qiuyue Haruko and gets into trouble again, and can't escape before Qiu Qiu settles the score, then he's really doomed, but he's not willing to give up everything now, as long as Kato is willing to give him some reassurance, he's still willing.
Give it a try.
Kato weighed it for a long time before making up his mind, but he still said first: "As long as you rescue Haruko, your previous affairs can be wiped out. As long as you participate, you can escape unscathed."
After hearing this, Takeuchi did not express his position and just waited quietly. Seeing this, Kato felt a little helpless. It seemed that he could not be fooled, so he could only reveal some shocking information.
"Haruko's father has type O blood, her mother has type AB blood, and Haruko has type AB blood?"
Takeuchi was confused after hearing this. Didn't I ask you to talk about secrets? Why are you talking about blood types? What does this have to do with anything?
Seeing Takeuchi's expression, Kato couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It seems that people who have never been exposed to medical common sense would not be able to figure out the secrets involved. It was because his mother was a hospital nurse that he had been exposed to it since he was a child, so he discovered the fishy nature.
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Please make it more obvious! So Kato continued: "Haruko's mother was born into a noble family in Tokyo. Before getting married, she fell in love with a civilian student from the Imperial Japanese Army.
However, her family looked down on the civilian student, broke up the two, and quickly married her into Lianyan, a branch of the Qiuyue clan, and gave birth to Qingzi nine months after the marriage.
Her father died before she was born, and she was born prematurely. Her mother also passed away before she was one year old. The surrounding families thought she was unknown and rejected her. There was only one cousin, who was currently enjoying a smooth career.
He always took care of her and once saved her life from a gangster."
Although Kato still spoke in fragments, Takeuchi understood this time that Haruko was an illegitimate daughter, and her biological father was a civilian student who graduated from Rishi, while the high-ranking political official from the branch of the Akizuki clan had a smooth career.
Apparently...
As he thought about it, Takeuchi's thoughts became vivid. It was obvious that someone who could support a disciple from a side branch to rise to the top and allow Kato to cling to him at all costs must have a high enough status.
However, Army Corps is the highest academic institution of the Japanese Army. I don’t know who the generals are from it. Takeuchi couldn’t figure out who this person was for a moment. However, they both belong to the Army. As long as he... then the future will definitely be...
Looking at Takeuchi's face, Kato knew that the matter was done, but he then reminded: "Takeuchi-kun, just a reminder, don't check it out. Once you get out of this door, just pretend you haven't heard anything, and never mention it to anyone.
Once the news gets out, for that person, it will be harmless at most to add some tidbits, and the Qiuyue clan, who has lost face, will not trouble that person for this matter. Who will they take out their anger on? I don’t need to say more.
!”
Takeuchi, who was immersed in fantasy, suddenly had a clever idea in his heart, and quickly nodded in agreement. To be honest, he regretted it now. This secret is really a hot potato! But...
"Your Excellency Kato, the way of using force to rescue Miss Haruko is too unrealistic. Let's not say whether the person was imprisoned in the headquarters of the Intelligence Agency, but the place of detention must be in Nanjing. There was a head-on conflict with the Intelligence Agency in Nanjing. I really didn't
Confident enough.”
Kato nodded and said: "Force can only be used as a last resort, let's think of other ways!"
"Hmm..." Takeuchi nodded, thought about it, and replied: "The second way is to use a public method and use diplomatic means to directly negotiate with the Nanjing government and let the Intelligence Department release our people. You are at the Nanjing Consulate
There are relationships……"
"This won't work..." Kato accepted Takeuchi's suggestion and said angrily: "Have you forgotten the mission Haruko performed? When she was arrested, the information she collected must have fallen into the hands of the Intelligence Department.
We can use diplomatic means to force the Nanjing government to release her, and then they can also use that information to prove that Haruko is engaged in espionage activities, and then there will be no room for maneuver."
Takeuchi hurriedly reviewed and said that he had not considered this point, and continued to talk about the third method. But did Takeuchi, who had been engaged in front-line intelligence work for many years, really not think of this point? Or...
"...We have to force the intelligence agency to trade with us privately, but the premise is that we have to have bargaining chips, whether it is money or other things, just money..."
As soon as the first two methods were rejected, in the third method, Takeuchi finally revealed his purpose and threw the money problem to Kato. He was really short of money.
After Kato heard this, he glanced at Takeuchi dissatisfied, but he also knew that money was a big problem and Takeuchi really couldn't solve it, so he didn't say anything more.
After thinking carefully for a moment, Takeuchi said: "I will solve the money problem. As long as it's not too outrageous, it's not a big problem."
"Don't worry, sir, the price shouldn't be set too high, otherwise it will make those people think that Miss Haruko is a rare commodity, which will cause problems."
"As long as you know it, I have a way to solve the money issue, so how are you going to force the Intelligence Department to do a private deal with us?
The funds they seized, plus his role in the banknote run that night, and the information we have, they are not very short of money, will they let him go for a small ransom?"
Hearing this, Takeuchi smiled and said: "Your Excellency Kato, the Intelligence Department in Nanjing is difficult to deal with, but the other party's Shanghai Station, currently, most of them are just a bunch of idiots busy making money. If we put on a show, we will kill the Intelligence Department's
The forces in Shanghai have been wiped out in one fell swoop, do you think the Nanjing Intelligence Office will compromise?"
"Shanghai is the economic center of China and a gathering place for the forces of various countries. If the intelligence agency's forces in Shanghai face destruction, it is possible to force the intelligence agency to compromise, but are you sure of destroying them?"
