The Spy

Chapter 40 Moment of Weakness
There was no one in the alley and the cart blocked the view very well.

Using his body as a shield, the man reached into the sewer, found a rope at the edge, and pulled it slowly. The slot of the upstream sewer tilted continuously and finally sank into the water.

The garbage that was originally stuck was no longer an obstacle and swam downwards along the flowing water.

The man waited quietly, and soon the tightly wrapped information flowed down from above and fell into the same card slot.

After collecting the information, the man pulled another rope, restored the manhole cover to its original state, and slowly left.

As the sky gradually darkened, Xu Qingyun returned to the surveillance point with a frown on his face.

They sent out the signal in the morning, but by the evening, no one had touched the sewer.

There were people passing by, but no one opened the manhole cover, and there was not even anyone squatting down.

These people were secretly photographed for identification purposes.

"Captain Xu, will he come to pick it up at night because there are too many people during the day?"

Xie Yongshan also waited for a day. When he saw Xu Qingyun coming in, he immediately asked. After thinking for a while, Xu Qingyun nodded slightly: "It is possible. Let the brothers be alert. We can't set up nearby at night. We can only monitor here with binoculars. If anyone gets the information, we will arrest them directly."

What Xie Yongshan said made sense. There were already many people in the teahouse, and opening the manhole cover to get the information would be too conspicuous. Even if you used a hook, people would still see it.

The most likely possibility is what Xie Yongshan said, that when no one is around at night, they quickly opened the manhole cover and took away the intelligence.

But it is difficult to follow him at night, and Xu Qingyun is not omnipotent in identifying footprints. If he really runs away, the loss will outweigh the gain. It is better to catch him directly.

There will be gains if you ask for a confession.

"I'll make the arrangements, Captain Xu. Go and rest first. I'll call you if anything happens."

Xie Yongshan grinned and said that arresting people was the easiest thing for them, and it was easier than surveillance.

"I'm fine, Yan Ming. Did you find anything in the mall today?" Xu Qingyun asked Yan Ming who came back early.

Yan Ming shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Captain. I didn't do it well. There were too many people. The signal was in an obvious location. Even passers-by could see it. I secretly took photos of some people who paid attention to the signal, but I can't guarantee that no one was missed."

There are many people in the mall and the signal is in a conspicuous position, so it is impossible to take pictures of everyone who sees the signal.

"Captain, could it be that Mina Takamoto deliberately deceived us and sent out a signal to alert her superiors that she had been exposed?"

Yan Ming suddenly asked. After he came back and learned that the person did not show up, Yan Ming had this doubt in his mind.

"I've thought about that, but it's unlikely. Her psychological defenses were completely broken. When we threatened her, it was hard to fake her body's instinctive reaction. If that was true, she knew exactly what would happen to her."

Xu Qingyun shook his head slightly. He had thought about this problem a long time ago, but there was no suitable solution at the moment. He could only believe Mina Takamoto's explanation temporarily.

If she really lied on purpose, it can only be said that her acting skills are too good, and she will suffer more pain and torture next.

Moreover, there was the evidence of Takehiko Kawada, who did not look like he was acting. He could not bear it at the beginning, and when he confessed, he wanted to reveal all his ancestors.

"Then I will probably come to collect intelligence at night. I will not sleep tonight and will keep an eye on it."

Yan Ming replied, and after thinking for a while, Xu Qingyun nodded. They have two telescopes here. After all, Yan Ming is from their intelligence team and is better at keeping an eye on people. It is equivalent to multiple layers of insurance. He is not needed in the operation, and he can rest well after catching someone.

When it is late at night and everyone is asleep, you cannot turn on the lights when watching someone, and you cannot look around. It is easy to get tired and sleepy if you keep looking through the telescope.

Yan Ming watched very carefully and hardly stopped all night. Even if his eyes couldn't bear it, he would ask the action team members next to him to keep a close eye on it to ensure that there would be no mistakes.

A rental house in the French Concession.

Kawata Toshiki, who had changed his disguise, walked into the room. This time he looked like a businessman, wearing a suit and tie. He looked very energetic, completely different from the scavenger before.

As a hidden agent of the Special Higher Police and a disciple of Chief Tsuchihara Keiji, Kawata Toshiki is very good at disguise.

He is Mina Takamoto's team leader. Since taking this job, he has been very careful and always puts safety first.

The Chinese are not good at intelligence work, but they are improving rapidly, and some of them have already been arrested. He understands that as time goes by, the opponent will slowly grow stronger, and if he doesn't pay attention now, he will most likely suffer a big loss in the future.

After making arrangements at the door, he entered the inner study and opened the intelligence he had retrieved today.

It was wrapped in the same way as before, no problem. Inside was a stack of photos with neat handwriting on them. The words "Case Closing Report" were written on the first photo.

When he saw the photo, a slight smile appeared on his face.

Mina was good and did not disappoint him, and successfully obtained the information.

This was a task assigned by the chief section chief. The Manchurian Railway Intelligence Bureau and they did not belong to the same department, but they were in the same industry and helped each other in the Northeast. They suffered huge losses this time. The director of the Manchurian Railway Intelligence Bureau was held accountable and they were asked to find out what happened as soon as possible.

The South Manchuria Railway had few personnel stationed in Tianjin and was unable to conduct a personal investigation after the loss, so they asked the Special High Section for help, and the task fell on him.

The handwriting is good, but it's a pity that good handwriting is useless. Kawata Toshiki read the closing report carefully. His Chinese is as fluent as that of Chinese people. In terms of Chinese proficiency alone, he is even better than many Chinese literati.

There was nothing wrong with the previous part. Hu Qi was a wanted man. The Mantetsu Railway had too much confidence in his abilities and thought that the Chinese had long forgotten him after four years. So they asked him to lead the team to carry out the mission. However, he was discovered by the police station and arrested.

This case closing report is fake. It was rewritten by Xu Qingyun in order to protect the informant. The content is about the people directly discovered by the police.

What followed was the process of arresting Hu Qi's men.

This part is completely true and there is no need to falsify it, but Xu Qingyun made some changes in the subsequent arrest process.

He hid the fact that he could read footprints, and attributed the credit of discovering the Japanese agent to his brother, who was found through the description of the flower girl and the portrait of the sea policeman he drew.

Even though the portrait was very different from the real person, the facial shape was the same after all. I then looked for people I knew in the teahouse and finally found them.

"How careless! If you have doubts, why are you still meeting here?"

After watching the whole process, Kawata Toshiki shook his head slightly. If it were him, he would not do that. If he felt danger, he would decisively give up the connection.

After all, it was their arrogance that harmed themselves. Toshiki Kawata once suggested that people should not underestimate the Chinese. They have a 5,000-year-old culture and are very smart. Now is just their moment of weakness. In other periods of history, they would have been extremely powerful.

Unfortunately, the consecutive victories caused pride and arrogance to spread among the Japanese, and the Manchurian Railway Intelligence Bureau suffered a great loss this time.

(End of this chapter)