My spy diary

Chapter 486 Tracking (asking for monthly votes)

"Director Zhang!"

"What's wrong?" Zhang Yi was about to get off the car and follow the direction Nanzō Yunko fled, when a plainclothes man disguised as a rickshaw driver trotted over:
"Director Zhang, Director He has given the order to arrest them immediately."

"Wait a minute."

The plainclothes officer was stunned for a moment: "Well, Director He has already issued an order, all departments must act in unison."

"Wait a little longer. I'll talk to Director He later." After saying this, Zhang Yi immediately chased after him.

He hid at the entrance of the alley and stuck his head out to observe. He saw a figure flash by, but did not follow it immediately. Instead, he counted a few seconds in his mind and then walked out slowly.

Outside the alley was a not very busy street. Zhang Yi calmly walked to a cigarette vendor and bought a pack of cigarettes. While observing the various people on the street, he kept an eye on Nanzō Yunko who was crossing the road.

She crossed the street and walked towards a hotel not far away on the opposite side.

When she arrived at the hotel entrance, she looked back and forth vigilantly, and when she found nothing unusual, she walked straight in.

Zhang Yi was just thinking whether to follow her immediately, when he saw Nanzō Yunko suddenly turn around and walk out again. Zhang Yi's nerves tensed slightly, and he quickly retracted his gaze, pretending to continue choosing cigarettes, and continued to observe through the glass mirror of the cigarette box hanging in front of him.

Nanzō Yunko stood at the door of the Yamashiro Hotel for a while, her eyes fell on a few rickshaw drivers squatting not far from the street corner. She waved to the driver of the first rickshaw.

After she left, Zhang Yi waved towards the alley, and the plainclothes man disguised as a rickshaw driver immediately ran over with his rickshaw. Zhang Yi pointed in the direction Nan Zao Yunzi left:
"Follow me."

However, when they crossed the street and reached the intersection, Nanzō Yunko had disappeared.

"Director Zhang, what should I do? How about I ask the brothers who are watching from a distance?"

"Don't look back, keep going." Zhang Yi sat in the rickshaw and observed calmly. He glanced to the right and suddenly found that the driver who had just carried Nanzō Yunko was squatting under a big tree not far away to cool off, but the rickshaw was empty.

Zhang Yi looked at the empty rickshaw, thoughtful.

For a spy, changing cars midway is a necessary means to hide his route and escape tracking and surveillance.

Perhaps Nanzō Yunko was using this method to test whether she was being followed, or she was participating in an unusually important operation.

If it was the former, she might be hiding in the dark and observing quietly at this moment, so there is nothing we can do at this moment.

Just as Zhang Yi guessed, Nanzō Yunko did not go far this time, but hid in a silk shop opposite, pretending to choose silk, but her eyes were fixed on the rickshaw driver who was squatting under a tree to cool off.

She believed that if someone was following her, they would definitely ask the rickshaw driver where she was going.

However, what she imagined did not happen. After a while, a man dressed as a businessman and carrying a briefcase walked out of the cigar shop next door and waved to the rickshaw driver, who immediately ran over.

Nanzō Yunko finally breathed a sigh of relief, walked out of the silk shop, crossed the street, and walked towards the hotel again.

She walked into the Mountain City Hotel, walked straight through the lobby, went to the elevator and waited. After a while, the elevator door opened and she walked in.

After the elevator door closed, Zhang Yi poked his head out from behind a pillar of the hotel and looked up at the digital indicators on the elevator door.

China's earliest elevator appeared in Shanghai in 1906. Four years later, it was unveiled at the Nanjing Nanyang Industrial Exposition Memorial Tower, causing a sensation and gradually becoming popular.

In 35, Jinling Fuchang Hotel began to use hand-cranked elevators. This type of elevator has a small space and can only accommodate four people. It has sliding doors and adjusts gravity through steel cables and large iron blocks. There is not only someone in the elevator who helps you press the floor button and pull the bell, but there is also someone in a place you can't see who shakes the handrail up and down to control the rise and fall of the elevator.

It was not until 36 that Shanghai Daxin Company installed its first escalator.

Soon after, the newly built Jinling Presidential Palace was also equipped with an automatic elevator manufactured by the American Otis Corporation. It is said that Chang was the first person to ride it.

The exterior of this elevator is dark green, with diamond-patterned glass doors and windows. There is a semicircular arrow like a pendulum pointer on the top to indicate the floor, and a rectangular copper button panel on the right.

With a "ding" sound, the pointer above the elevator door pointed to "3".

Zhang Yi took a look and then quickly walked into the pedestrian stairwell.

After the elevator reached the third floor, the sliding door opened with a click, and Nanzō Yunko walked out. She walked through the red-carpeted corridor and came to the door of a room.

Then, he looked back vigilantly, and after finding nothing unusual, he opened the door and walked in.

At this time, Zhang Yi, who was hiding at the corner of the stairs, poked his head out. He waited for a while, then quietly crossed the corridor and came to the door of the guest room.

"Jin Dayong's wife and children are not at home." On the other side, Kuroki, who had just returned, was standing next to Kuroda Tomosuke and reporting to him.

"not at home?"

"Yes, I asked the neighbors and they said they went out early in the morning. Do you think they ran away?" Hei Mu guessed.

Kuroda Chisuke frowned and handed the telescope to him: "Keep an eye on it, I'll call Major Kitagawa."

"Yes." Kuroki took the telescope, but his eyes were fixed on the cold dishes and drinks on the table beside him. "Kuroda-kun, have you eaten?"

"You eat." Kuroda Tomosuke walked over and picked up the phone without turning back.

"Arigato, let me eat!" Hei Mu was so hungry that he grabbed the pork head from the oil paper bag and stuffed it into his mouth ravenously, staring at the telescope while eating.

Suddenly, he was stunned, subconsciously pulled the telescope, and after taking a closer look, his face suddenly changed.

I saw a few rickshaw pullers, vendors and passers-by who were originally inconspicuous downstairs, now all crossed the road and walked quickly towards the hotel.

"Kuroda-kun, something happened!"

What he said was unclear, but Kuroda Tomosuke didn't pay attention and continued to dial the phone until he heard the sound of a bullet being loaded. He turned around suddenly and saw that Kuroki had fired a shot at the downstairs.

"boom"

Hearing the sudden gunshots upstairs, the plainclothes officers downstairs quickened their pace and rushed upstairs.

"Kuroda-kun, run, I'll cover you." Before Kuroki could finish his words, several gunshots rang out from the window. He quickly shrank back and hid in the corner with lingering fear.

Kuroda Chisuke realized at this moment that something was wrong. He took a deep breath and calmed himself down: "Break out, immediately."

"But, the downstairs is full of their people, how can we break out?" "I'll cover you."

Hei Mu was stunned, his face full of surprise.

Without even looking at him, Kuroda Chisuke grabbed a prepared bomb, opened the door and threw it out. Just as the bomb was about to roll to the stairs, he stretched out his arm and fired a shot to detonate the bomb. Then he quickly closed the door, rushed to the window, grabbed the curtain, deliberately pulled it, pretending to check the strength of the curtain, and then turned to Kuroki with a serious face and said:

"Hold on, Kuroki-kun. I'll stay here to draw the enemy's firepower. We'll split up and break out. Come on!"

Kuroki looked surprised. He looked at Kuroda Chisuke who was holding the curtain tightly: "Kuroda-kun——"

Kuroda Chisuke got anxious and yelled, "Baka, if you keep talking nonsense, no one can leave!"

Kuroki didn't waste any words. He looked at Kuroda deeply, said "take care" with gratitude, then grabbed the curtains, put his feet on the window sill, kicked the window open, and slid down while shooting.

Kuroda Chisuke squatted on the ground, holding a gun in one hand and a bomb in the other, and said to him: "Remember that you are a warrior of the Empire of Japan."

Hearing this, a trace of determination emerged on Kuroki's face, and he fired several shots at the downstairs without stopping. Seeing that several plainclothes officers were forced to retreat behind the cover by his shots, he became even more proud. However, at this moment, a bullet hit his leg, and Kuroki, who had just landed, fell to his knees.

He gritted his teeth and dodged left and right, and fired a few more shots at the bunker where the plainclothes officers were hiding, but he ran out of bullets.

He took out a magazine from behind his waist and was about to replace it when he was shot in the shoulder again.

A cloud of blood mist rose up, and Heimu staggered and fell to the ground.

"The Great Japanese Empire" Kuroki, who was lying on the ground in a panic, struggled to shoot again, "bang", another bullet shot over and pierced his ribs directly.

Several plainclothes officers came out from behind the bunker, guns raised, and approached him step by step.

Hei Mu spat out a mouthful of blood, stared with scarlet eyes, struggled desperately for a few times, and suddenly raised the muzzle of the gun. However, before he could pull the trigger, the plainclothes men fired at once, instantly shooting Hei Mu into a sieve.

Kuroda Tomosuke leaned vigilantly against the corner behind the door. When he heard the sudden crackling of gunfire downstairs, his face became even gloomier. Then he leaned out without hesitation and fired a few shots at the corridor. Then he threw two more bombs. After the bombs exploded, he took advantage of the smoke and ran madly through the corridor and upstairs.

On the other side, several plainclothes officers quietly appeared in the stairwell on the floor where Ichiro Kitagawa was. The leading plainclothes officer glanced at his watch and ordered:
"Do it."

As soon as he finished speaking, the four men at the stairs, including the plainclothes officer in charge, pulled out their pistols.

Several people walked quickly and silently to the door of the room where Ichiro Kitagawa was.

The leading plainclothes officer looked up at the number on the doorplate, nodded, and went to the left and right of the gate with the other two plainclothes officers to take charge of guarding. The other plainclothes officer held his breath, put his ear to the door and listened, then swiftly took out a thin wire, inserted it into the keyhole, and gently moved it up and down a few times.

Click, the door lock opened.

The door was opened silently.
In the room upstairs, the plainclothes officer wearing headphones looked at his watch and said excitedly to his companion, "Should we start the action?"

Another plainclothes officer also glanced at his watch: "Right away."

After thinking for a while, he asked, "What is the venomous snake doing?"

"He should be sitting on the sofa. There has been no movement." Just after he finished speaking, he suddenly frowned, "What's that sound? Oops, it sounds like a bullet being loaded. Quick, notify them to be careful."

Before he could finish his words, he heard a gunshot, followed by a scream.

Downstairs, as soon as the door was pushed open, Ichiro Kitagawa, who was sitting on the sofa, raised his hand and fired a shot.

A cloud of blood suddenly splashed on the chest of the plainclothes officer who opened the door. He grimaced in pain. The plainclothes officers who were lying in ambush on both sides immediately opened fire to cover him and tried their best to pull him back.

"Bang, bang, bang" bullets flew everywhere, making the cotton wool in the sofa explode like snowflakes. Kitagawa Ichiro leaned back, used the inertia of his waist to flip over suddenly, and then used the sofa as a cover to shoot at the plainclothes police at the door.

On the other side, Zhang Yi stopped at the door for a while, then put his ear to the door and listened carefully. He faintly heard the sound of water splashing coming from inside the house.

Taking a shower?
Zhang Yi thought about it, took out a thin iron wire, inserted it into the keyhole, and gently poked it up and down, and the lock opened. Then he gently turned the door handle, and after the door opened a gap, he held the door handle with one hand and lifted the door slightly with the other hand, slowly opening the door, then tiptoed in, and finally closed the door again.

Only then did he stand up straight, take out the pistol in his arms, and carefully observe the environment inside the house.

I saw Nanzō Yunko's coat and hat hanging on the coat rack at the door, next to it was a black gauze dress that looked like a corset, and underneath it were leather shoes.

There was a small stool at the door of the bathroom, on which were neatly placed a plain pajamas and a white bath towel. Through the mist on the stained glass, one could see a figure standing in the bathroom taking a shower.

Zhang Yi chuckled and his eyes fell on the coffee table and window in the living room. The curtains were drawn tightly, and there was an ashtray on the coffee table with a cigarette butt outside the ashtray.

He thought about it, crouched down, tiptoed through the bathroom, and hid behind the curtains.

He thought that after Nanzō Yūko finished her shower, she would definitely come to the living room, and maybe even smoke a cigarette. She would definitely have her back or sideways to the curtains. At that time, he could launch a surprise attack and subdue this heinous female spy without any effort.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yi took a deep breath, adjusted his breathing, and hid behind the curtains motionlessly.

After a while, the sound of water running in the bathroom stopped.

Then, the door of the bathroom was opened, Nanzō Yunko hummed comfortably a few times, and then there was a rustling sound of someone getting dressed.

Then, Nanzō Yunko walked from the bathroom to the sofa in her slippers and lit a cigarette.

It's now!

Although Zhang Yi couldn't see, he could tell from the sound and breath that the other party was facing him sideways, just as he expected, and his defense was the least relaxed.

He raised his pistol slightly and was about to draw aside the curtain and rush out when the phone suddenly rang.

Nanzō Yunko picked up the phone, paused for a moment, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Hello?"

I don't know what the other person said, but she leaned forward, sat up straight, and said with some surprise:

"You're back? Great! I wanted to see you, too. The same place? Okay, I'll leave right away."

After hearing what Nanzō Yunko said, Zhang Yi thought of what she had said to Kitagawa Ichiro, and suddenly realized that the person on the other end of the phone was probably not an ordinary person, and perhaps an important part of Nanzō Yunko's plan, otherwise she would not have used such a surprised tone.

Zhang Yi thought about it and changed his mind. He wanted to see who this vicious female spy was going to contact.

(End of this chapter)