Chapter 478: Intelligence and Politics
Chen Miao's tough attitude surprised Sakurako Ikeuchi, and she realized that No. 76 might be different under Lin Shiqun's leadership.
But what will become in the end, she can't find a suitable word to describe it for a while.
The "Truth Elixir" is effective, which makes Sakurako Ikeuchi extremely excited, if the number of potions is limited, it can only be used on a limited number of people, she wants to use it on a large scale for interrogation.
One thing is certain, that is, the relationship between Chen Miao and Chen Mingchu is not as antagonistic to each other as they were in front of people, and their previous relationship may have been a play in front of people.
So could 'King' be one of them?
The next step is to interrogate Liu Guoxing, perhaps, there is more to be gained from his mouth, and when she thinks of this, Sakurako Ikeuchi feels that she has the key to unlock the secret, and she is about to catch this cunning opponent.
Ikeuchi Sakurako did not immediately interrogate Liu Guoxing, but took the relevant confessions and files to study, and Chen Miao didn't want to ask too much.
It can only be left to its own devices.
Xiao Qi is back.
"The news has been passed to him, it's up to him to react."
"Well, Ikeuchi Sakurako will not be interrogated for the time being, but I can't say for sure, this 'truth elixir' is really a bit of a doorway, one needle down, whatever you ask, Zhu Shanyuan will answer, not a word of lie." Chen Miao said.
"So powerful?" Xiao Qi couldn't help but smack his tongue.
"Well, what's going on with Itomori in the hospital?" Chen Miao asked.
"I can get out of bed, and I guess I will be discharged from the hospital in a day or two." Xiao Qidao, "Yes, his suitcase is stuffed under the hospital bed, and Sakurako Ikeuchi also sent two Japanese plainclothes agents to protect him, and it is difficult to get close." β
"Forget it, wait until he is discharged from the hospital, I feel that he will not let me go easily." Chen Miao smiled.
"What's your idea again?"
"It's hard to say now, help me make an appointment with Tang Keming, and say that I will invite him to dinner at the Jinjiang Hotel in the evening." Chen Miao commanded.
"Just him?"
"Hmm."
"Okay, I'll go find him first." Xiao Qi nodded, Tang Keming, the Minister of Intelligence, would not honestly go to work on No. 76 step by step, he spent most of his time outside.
The people who can find him are all people he absolutely reassures, and Xiao Qi is one of them.
Regarding the matter of the "truth spitting elixir", of course Chen Miao had to report to Lin Shiqun, if he didn't report it, Lin should doubt his loyalty.
You don't have to go in person, just make a phone call, and it's not a particularly important secret.
Lin Shiqun was naturally very interested in the 'truth spitting agent', he said that he had heard about this kind of thing when he was studying in Soviet Russia, but this thing was made by the Americans, and once this kind of narcotic that can make people tell the truth was discovered, it was banned from being exported.
At that time, he had never seen the real thing or the effect of using it on people.
The Japanese can get it, but it is estimated that there will not be too many, and if No. 76 wants to get it and use it, I am afraid that it will be very difficult.
Lin Shiqun hopes that Chen Miao can have a good relationship with Sakurako in the pond, maybe he can send one to No. 76 to use, and it will be of great use when he encounters particularly important criminals in the future.
Maybe he can even make a meritorious service.
If there is a chance, Chen Miao himself also wants to get two to test it to see if he can find a way to deal with it, after all, the potion is dead, and the talent is alive, as long as the willpower is enough, it should still be possible to crack this 'truth elixir'.
Chen Miao originally thought that Sakurako in the pool would interrogate Liu Guoxing soon, but a phone call from Mei's agency called the person away.
Something must have happened, Chen Miao speculated in his heart.
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Hongkou District, Tiyu East Road, where Mei Organ is located.
Sakurako Ikeuchi was a little upset that Kagesa Zhenzhao called her back on the phone, but she was a subordinate, so how could she dare to have a trace of dissatisfaction with her top boss.
What's more, Ying Zuo is still the head of the secret service in Shanghai.
"I'm in a hurry to call you back and delay your work, right?" Kagesa Zhenaki greeted Sakurako Ikeuchi with a smile on his face.
"The subordinates don't dare."
"I'll show you something." Kagesa pulled one out of a pile of papers on the table and handed it to Sakurako Ikeuchi.
"What is it?"
"Takeo Imai and the minutes of the peace talks on the Kiri work they carried out in Hong Kong." "The last thing attached is the peace opinion put forward by the Chongqing side. β
"General, someone also mentioned Tong work to me today." Sakurako Ikeuchi looked through it, and her heart couldn't help but move.
"Oh?" Kagesa Zhenzhao was surprised.
"He said that the reason why the Chongqing side has secretly contacted and negotiated with us in private is only to deliberately delay the time for us to promise that Wang will return the capital to Nanjing, or in other words, to prevent us from acknowledging the new government that Wang is about to form in Nanjing." Sakurako Ikeuchi said.
"Who is he?" Kagesa asked curiously.
"Chen Sanshui."
"Oh, no wonder, he doesn't think it's strange that he said something like that." Ying Zuozhen smiled, "Think about it, what kind of background did he come from in the past?" β
"Intelligence Editing." Sakurako Ikeuchi seemed to understand something, and sometimes, she really ignored Chen Sanshui's past identity.
"The secret negotiations broke up unhappily, Imai Jun is still so naΓ―ve, he wants to solve the China problem by himself, if we don't have the Wang card in our hands, will Chongqing talk to him?" Kagesashi sneered.
In fact, there have always been disputes within the Japanese military over how to deal with and resolve the China issue, and even in the faction of using China to contain China, Kagezo and Imai have different opinions.
Based in Shanghai, the Ying Zuo faction supported and supported the Wang clan to form a loose government and then divide and rule China in order to maximize profits.
The faction led by Takeo Imai believed that the Wang clan was simply a dou who could not afford it, and that if Japan wanted to quickly end the protracted war against Japan in China and withdraw its limited forces to deal with the threat from the powerful Red Empire in the north, only Lao Chiang in Chongqing would have the prestige to do so, and Lao Chiang's attitude towards the Red Empire was also disgusted, and this could be agreed.
If it uses China's resources to develop and strengthen itself, instead of continuing to consume Japan's national power in China, once there is a change in the European battlefield, Japan will not be able to join in this feast of dividing up the world and miss the opportunity to become a world-class empire.
Kagesa and Imai have been fighting each other in the open, hoping that their plan will win and eventually make themselves the heroes of Japan.
"Although Chongqing has released goodwill, this Chen Sanshui is right, they just want to delay the establishment of Wang's new government through secret peace talks, I called you back because I want you to help us confirm a person."
"Your Excellency General, please."
"That's this person, Sakura, you used to work in the Xiaotangshan Hot Spring Hotel in Nanjing, and you know a lot of officials and upper-class celebrities of the National Government, I know that you have an extraordinary memory, if you look closely, can you recognize this person?" Kagezo Zhenzhao took out a photo from the drawer and handed it over, only half of the face of the person in the photo was still sideways, and the angle of the shot was very problematic, it should have been taken secretly from the crack in the door.
Sakurako Ikeuchi tried her best to recall in her mind the people she knew, especially the various dignitaries and nobles she had seen during her time in Nanjing, to see if anyone in them coincided with the face in the photo.
It's like there's a photo projector in my brain, and I've put it one after another.
Suddenly, a person jumped out, but she didn't think it looked like it right away, so she didn't dare to confirm it right away, so she took a closer look at the photo with a blurred edge of her face.
Kagesa Zhenzhao didn't give a hint, so he waited quietly to see if it was possible for Sakurako in Ikeuchi to recognize it, and if so, who would he recognize?
"Your Excellency General, I have some vague impressions of this person, but I'm not sure if it's him, because I've only met him once or twice."
"Say, who is it?" As soon as I heard Sakurako Ikeuchi say that she had seen it, Kagesazhen said that it was a boost of energy.
"This person's surname is Song, he is not very old, it seems that he works in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing, and he is the director of the department, I don't know the specifics." Sakurako Ikeuchi struggled to recall.
The director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this position is not low, no matter how many people boil their heads, they may not be able to be a section chief, and the director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs must at least have the experience of studying and working abroad.
"Little Master Song, do you think it looks like it?"
"He, I haven't seen him, I don't know." Sakurako Ikeuchi replied very honestly, she knew who the little son of the "Song" family that Kagezo was talking about, but she really hadn't seen it, she was just a small front desk waiter at the time, and the number of people she could contact was quite limited, so it would be good if she was lucky enough to see it.
"Sakurako, the photo is for you, you try to help me investigate, someone over there at 76 may be able to recognize it." Kagesazhen said.
"General, is this appropriate?"
"This person is one of the representatives who negotiated with us secretly in Hong Kong, and we still need to confirm it in order to ensure that the negotiations are real and effective." Kagesa explained.
"I see, but it is estimated that there will be no result on the 76th side, and they still can't get in touch with such a high-level figure." Sakurako Ikeuchi said.
"Try your best." Kagesazhen said.
"Hay!"
The "Tong work" was carried out in secret, and the empire did not want the Wang family to know about it at the beginning, but after all, the Wang family has an inextricable relationship with Chongqing, not to mention that this kind of secret peace talks, as long as one party deliberately leaks some rumors, it cannot be regarded as a secret.
Of course, the Japanese side still wanted to keep it secret at first, because once it was made public, the Chongqing side might face pressure from all sides to directly cancel the peace talks.
But after a few rounds of contact, even the most secret game becomes less secretive.
Wang knew all about the existence of the "secret peace talks," otherwise he would not have rushed to demand a date for the return of the capital, but the Japanese side was still delaying and prevaricating, obviously trying to use this as a bargaining chip to reach a certain stage of agreement with Chongqing.
As for Kage Zuo Zhenzhao, of course he hoped that the negotiations would break down, after all, he was the driving force behind Wang's new government, and if he contributed to Wang's establishment of a new government in Nanjing, his political capital would inevitably rise, and at that time, his status in the military circles would inevitably rise to a higher level, and he could even be awarded a medal by His Majesty the Emperor himself.
This kind of high-level power struggle, Sakurako Ikeuchi is unwilling to get involved, but she is in the middle of it, and it is impossible to completely avoid it.
Intelligence and politics cannot be separated.