"Proletarians of the world, unite!"

This is the last and most famous sentence of the Communist Manifesto!

Mihara Boming wrote this sentence on the back of this group photo, and the meaning is naturally different, obviously, the people in the photo should be like-minded comrades with him.

Yushi Imai pointed to the last man in the photo and asked, "Has the identity of the other person been found out?" ”

"No, we spent a lot of time and energy, and we couldn't confirm the identity of the last person, so it seems that we can only find this person from his mouth after capturing Takasugi Hitoki."

Ono Matsunaga shook his head, and continued: "It should be noted that Takasugi Hitoki's identity is relatively special, he was admitted to the East Asian Tongwen Academy when he was a teenager, and after graduation he entered the newspaper office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during which he was sent to work in the Chinese mainland many times, and after the Songhu War, he was sent to China, and now he is under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ”

When Imai Yushi heard this, his face suddenly changed, and he said in surprise: "This person is an intelligence officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?" ”

Ono Matsunaga's East Asian Tongbun Academy, others don't know, but as a veteran spy, Imai Yushi naturally knows that this is the earliest spy academy set up in China by Japan.

This academy was founded in the early years of this century, and the school was located in Shanghai, and it was initially carried out under the guise of promoting Sino-Japanese goodwill and in the name of an educational institution, but from the beginning to the end, it was a spy agency for the Japanese side to collect Chinese intelligence and train new forces.

The members are all Japanese teenagers, who study Chinese, Chinese literature, Chinese history and geography in this school, and have a comprehensive understanding of the politics, economy, communications, industry, products, transportation, geography and customs of various parts of China.

After graduating, half of the students of the academy stayed in China and served in various localities in the Japanese invasion organs or puppet regimes at all levels, all over Northeast China, North China, Central China, and South China, and their occupations were also different, including government officials, literati and scholars, military translators, newspaper reporters, and so on, but basically they all served the intelligence agencies of Japan's major departments, and they all had the background of intelligence officers, and they became an important force among Japan's intelligence personnel lurking in China, that is, many of the spies captured by Ning Zhiheng graduated from this academy.

Now Takasugi Hitoshi is naturally in this situation, which makes Imai Yushi a little hesitant at the time.

Although the intelligence department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has a low sense of existence and does not have a high level of secrecy and authority, it is not something that can be arrested at will by a special high school, and if the matter is leaked and a dispute arises in the end, he is absolutely unwilling to bear this responsibility.

When Ono Matsunaga saw Imai Yushi's expression, he knew what the other party thought, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Your Excellency, we think this is the most effective way, as long as you start to hide and disappear a reporter in China, it will not attract attention, and when we interrogate the real situation and confirm his identity as a red element, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will know about it and cannot object!" ”

"You take it for granted, Nanjing is not North China, and it is not our turn to be in charge of the special high school, and now Nanjing's work is presided over by the military department."

Imai Yushi's face was cold, of course he didn't want to carry this black cauldron, and then said: "I can't specialize in this matter, I need to ask the North China Headquarters, if the head of the Tsuchihara Division agrees to do this, then I will carry it out, if I can't get the order of the head of the Tsuchihara section, then I can only say I'm sorry." ”

The situation of the Special High School is quite special, they were only the police department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs before, but later they developed rapidly in China, and in the hands of Keiji Tsuchihara, they quickly transformed into a quasi-militarized, large foreign intelligence department, so the headquarters of the Special High School is in North China, and the Tokyo Special High School is only a branch of its subordinates, and it has no right to forcibly order Imai Yushi.

Ono Matsunaga and Abe Rikuyama glanced at each other, they had already expected the current situation before they came, after all, doing this kind of thing, you can't say it on the surface, no one will take this risk in vain.

Ono Matsunaga nodded and said, "Before we came, the headquarters had already reported the situation to the head of the Tsuchihara Division, and I think you will be able to receive orders from the headquarters in the near future." ”

"Then wait until I receive the order from the headquarters, and then go in and arrest!"

Imai Yushi's face softened slightly, but he had another idea in his heart, if Takasugi Hitoshi was indeed a real red element, then he had stayed in China for such a long time, and it was very likely that he had already had a connection with China's red elements, that is, the underground party, so that he could not follow this clue to find the traces of the underground party?

During the period of waiting for orders from headquarters, I could just monitor and track them, and if I could gain something, wouldn't it be a good thing.

The more Imai Yushi thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense, he looked at Ono Matsunaga and the others, his face softened, and he said with a smile: "In this way, before I get the message from the headquarters, I will send someone to monitor the target, and if you two are not at ease, you can also participate in this work." ”

"That's great! Everything is arranged by His Excellency Dazuo! Of course, Ono Matsunaga nodded in agreement, he was even more nervous about Takasugi Hitoshi, for fear that the other party would be out of his sight and control, and he could monitor it from time to time, of course, it was the best, if he could find something, it would naturally be the icing on the cake.

The next morning, at the Futian Hotel near Nanjing's special high school, He Siming washed up, changed into a brand-new white suit, deliberately pinned a dark red handkerchief in his left breast pocket, raised his hand to look at his watch, counted the time, opened the door, and listened to the movement outside.

After a while, I heard movement outside, so I stepped out of the door, and just saw Ono Matsunaga and Abe Lushan next door coming out of the room, the two of them were still dressed in ordinary casual clothes, not tall, and looked very inconspicuous.

He Siming was the first to say hello: "Ono-kun, how did you rest last night?" ”

Ono Matsunaga saw He Siming, and quickly showed a smile, from the attitude of Imai Yushi to this Takeshita liaison officer yesterday, he also noticed an abnormality, the background of this liaison officer was by no means as simple as he thought before, and then he did not have yesterday's cold attitude, and replied with a smile: "Takeshita-kun, thank you for your concern, we have a good rest." ”

He Siming was still full of smiles, not at all concerned about yesterday's events, and said enthusiastically: "Ono-kun, this is the first time you have come to Nanjing, this is the most famous ancient capital in China, today I made an appointment with my friends, I want to visit all over Nanjing, why don't you go and have a look together?" ”

Ono Matsunaga was stunned for a moment, he saw that He Siming was so enthusiastic, and couldn't help but reluctantly excuse himself: "I'm sorry, Takeshita-kun, Imai Daisa arranged a task for us, I'm so sorry!" ”

He Siming showed regret on his face, spread his hands, and said, "Okay, anyway, I'm going to stay in Nanjing for a few more days, and I will have a chance in the future." ”

Ono Matsunaga and Abe Lushan also agreed in succession, and the three of them talked as they walked and walked out together.

As soon as the figures of the three people walked out of the hotel gate, several eyes immediately swept by, and a voice came out secretly: "It's them, the two people next to them in white suits are the target!" ”

At this time, Wen Hao had already driven to the Tomita Hotel, and had been waiting outside the gate, and when he saw He Siming going out, he hurriedly greeted him, and made an appointment today, and the two of them were going to visit Fujiwara Tomohito's mansion together.

Ono Matsunaga and the others saw that someone was coming to pick up He Siming, so they waved their hands and parted ways to leave, they didn't notice that several figures followed them from a distance.

Ono Matsunaga and the others first rushed to the special high school, and then Imai Yushi dispatched a team of personnel to them, and the group came to the United News Agency, arranged separately, and began to track and monitor the target Takasugi Hitoki.

In Ning Zhiheng's residence, Wen Hao and He Siming came to visit, Wen Hao carefully prepared a few antique treasures, Ning Zhiheng was naturally very happy, and praised Wen Hao, He Siming was also kind for him on the side, the three of them talked very happily, and finally Ning Zhiheng nodded and agreed to his request, seeking a ministerial title for him in the Nanjing government, which made Wen Hao very happy, and repeatedly expressed his heartfelt vow, swearing to be Mr. Fujiwara's minions, and the horse is the first to look forward!

On the morning of the next day, Yi Dongan reported to Ning Zhiheng on the tracking situation of the intelligence group yesterday.

Yesterday morning and at noon, they stayed in the vicinity of the United News Agency, rented a house near the gate of the news agency, and set up a monitoring point, and at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, they followed a car that came out of the United News Agency, and they followed it all the way to the Shimonoseki District until the vehicle entered the Japanese military camp, and Ono and others were guarding outside.

At about five o'clock, the sedan left the barracks and arrived at a hotel in the east of the city, a middle-aged man got out of the car, and the sedan drove away, Ono Matsunaga ignored the car, and just continued to follow the middle-aged man, this person should be the target they were looking for.

The middle-aged man seemed to have made an appointment to eat in the restaurant, and our people didn't dare to get too close, so the person who ate with him, we didn't see it, but just wrote down the room number where the meal was eaten, and then at about eight o'clock in the evening, the middle-aged man left the hotel, called a rickshaw, and returned to No. 53, Taiping Street, Chengzhong District, which is an independent apartment, and most of the surrounding residents are Japanese expatriates. The people who dined with him at the restaurant last night were a man and a woman, both of whom were about thirty years old, because there was a shortage of people at that time, and Kang Xuezhi did not arrange to follow him, so the specific identity still needs to be investigated. ”

"Hitoshi Takasugi?"

Ning Zhiheng had some doubts in his heart, according to the information provided by He Siming, Ono Matsunaga and the others came to Nanjing from China to arrest the red elements, it stands to reason that their target should have been determined a long time ago, but now they have not been arrested immediately, and it seems that they are not very sure about the identity of the target.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, they want to find the members of the Nanjing Underground Party who are in contact with him through Takasugi Hitoki, which is preparing to cast a long line to catch a big fish!