Chapter 171.

Hongkou – Tiantong Road food court.

Inoue Public House.

“Your Excellency, Agency Chief, it’s your turn.” With a humble smile on his face, Inoue Nichiaki said towards a middle-aged Japanese man wearing a kimono across from him.

This short, slightly affluent Japanese man with a bit of a small beard was none other than Major General Mitsuru Nanmoto, the head of the Central China Dispatch Army’s secret service agency in Shanghai (there were records that said he was a lieutenant colonel).

This guy also has an identity, that is, the Black Dragon Society Shanghai Branch President.

It is clear that Japan’s war of aggression against China was a national policy of the top and bottom of the country, and even the triads acted as the vanguard, as did the common people.

“Inoue-kun, the War Ministry gave you so much money to fund your investigative activities in Shanghai, you’re a disappointment this time!” Nanaki Mitsuru picked up a black stone and gently dropped it on the chessboard, saying.

“Your Excellency Agency Chief, victory and defeat are commonplace in the military, one failure is just one, not to mention that this is just one hand in my layout.” Inoue Nichiaki did not have a trace of panic and responded lightly.

“You have other layouts?”

“This person Ji Yunqing, has Your Excellency Nanaki ever heard of him?”

“This is natural.”

“I think that if I can rope this person into cooperating with me, with his position in Shanghai Bund, then even if we lose a ‘dog team’, it’s nothing, not to mention that the ‘dog team’ is something that we can retrain at any time, it’s just a matter of consuming some manpower and material resources.” Inoue Hinako said.

“Are you sure about that?”

“He suffered a big loss in Huxi this time, he lost three generals, and his territory was swallowed quite a bit by Xing Xing Bao and the others, how can he be willing to do that, if we give him support, then it’s only normal for him to fall to us.” Inoue Nichiaki said.

“This person, we have always been in contact before, it’s just that his attitude is ambiguous, I didn’t expect that this incident actually led to him cooperating with the empire, but it’s also a blessing in disguise.” Nanaki Shirataka said.

“Your Excellency, I have inquired that Ji Yunqing is looking for a channel to purchase tobacco soil, if we can provide him with enough tobacco soil, this will be a good opportunity, as long as we control the trade of tobacco soil in Shanghai Tang, then this underground Shanghai Tang will be ours.” Inoue Nichiaki said.

“Well, but this needs to cut off their tobacco soil smuggling channels to work, otherwise, we won’t be able to achieve our goal of control.” Nanaki Mitsuru nodded.

“That’s easy, dump it at the bottom price.”

“Yancy, Inoue-kun is really a good plan.” Nanaki Mitsuru gave Inoue Nichiaki a thumbs up, “How do you need to cooperate?”

“I need a large amount of tobacco soil, and a secret warehouse to store it.”

“I’ll take care of that, you’ll need to prepare the money, no money, no goods.” Nanaki Siloon considered for a moment and nodded his head in agreement.

“Thank you, Your Excellency Nanaki, the money earned from this will not be less than your share, Your Excellency.” Inoue Nichiaki hemmed and hawed and laughed out.

“I heard that the British gave Nojiri’s case to that Cheng Mo?”

“Yes, this Cheng Mo is very difficult to deal with, he used to study in the Empire, his studies were quite excellent, before the Sino-Japanese Incident, he returned to Shanghai, first worked in a bank, and later entered the police department of the Bureau of Public Works through a relationship, and according to our investigations, he may have a background in Wuhan.”

“Wuhan background?” Nanaki Mitsuru frowned slightly, “The Blue Clothes Society?”

“No, this background is just a relationship, his sister is the third aunt of Yang Hu, the former Songhu Police Command, however, after the defeat of the Chinese army, Yang Hu left this third aunt to run away first on her own, Cheng Mo’s entry into the Bureau of Public Works should have been due to Yang Hu’s relationship, when Yang Hu hadn’t left yet.” “An aunt’s brother, interesting.” Nanaki Shirataka grabbed three or five black chess pieces and played with them in his hand, “I think I may have even met this person.”

“Your Excellency has met?”

“Oh, it must have been around December last year, the secret negotiations between the Empire and the Bureau of Public Works, he participated in the negotiations as an interpreter, but it seems like he didn’t participate in the most important signing ceremony later on.” Nanaki Mitsuru explained.

“So that’s how it is.” Inoue Nichiaki said, “This person’s identity and background is complicated, we also tried to contact and utilize it, but he refused, then he was arranged by the British to go to Hong Kong for special training, and when he came back he was promoted to Deputy Detective, and now he is very much used by the British.”

“And his attitude towards the Empire?”

“Not too friendly.” Inoue Nikiaki said.

“How is that so?”

“An operation that the Special High Division once conducted in the Concession was sabotaged by this man, letting an American reporter go to take away key film materials, causing serious repercussions to the Empire’s international reputation.” Inoue Nikiaki explained.

“Was it that American reporter Frank from the Chicago News?”

“Yes, Your Excellency.”

“That one can’t be counted against him, our men revealed themselves and were discovered, even if it wasn’t for him, the British wouldn’t have given us a chance, he was just fulfilling his duty, that can’t be considered unfriendly.” Nanaki Mitsuru said.

Inoue Nichiaki said, “But it was because of his intervention that Frank was let go, causing a bad impact on the Empire.”

“What do you want to do about it?”

“General Miura has always wanted to intervene in the affairs of the Concession, with our current relationship with the European and American powers, it is impossible to get them to give up their interests in the Far East, especially in Shanghai, and since the hard way won’t work, we can only come up with the soft way, and by putting pressure on the authorities of the Concession, we can force them to compromise with us little by little, until the Concession is captured in our hands without bloodshed! ” Inoue Nichiaki made a gesture of grasping his hand as he spoke with excitement.

“You want to use Nojiri’s case to put pressure on the Bureau of Public Works?”

“Yes, we are concerned about the safety of the Imperial Japanese expatriates living in the Concession, especially in relation to the injustices they have suffered and the ‘anti-Japanese’ atrocity activities that the Concession authorities have allowed to go unchecked …… ”

“No, this excuse just gives the tenancy authorities an excuse to ask us to move Japanese expatriates into Hongkou, and in the future, if Japanese expatriates live and live in the tenancy for their safety, they will be treated equally, but if they want to be protected individually, that’s impossible.” Nanaki Mitsuru shook his head.

“But Your Excellency, this is an excellent opportunity ……”

“We can express our concern for the safety of Imperial expatriates working and living in the Concession, but to intervene in the affairs of the Concession with this kind of pressure would only be counterproductive, and would create unnecessary trouble for our own entry into the Concession.” Mitsuru Nanaki said, “We can only express our dissatisfaction with the high number of assassinations in the Concession, especially the connivance of the ‘anti-Japanese’ terrorists who are responsible for such vicious cases, especially those led by the ‘Blue Coat Society’ thugs, and that’s what we really want to do. is what we really want to do.”

“Your Excellency means to point the sword at the ‘Blue Coat Society’?”

“Is that not what Inoue-kun thinks?” Nanaki Mitsuru smiled faintly, “The Blue Coat Society’s terrorist activities in Shanghai have seriously affected the empire’s strategy towards China, it must be thoroughly suppressed and eliminated, and the Concession is a place we can’t control, if we want to go in there, we have to get the consent of the European and American powers, this case is a breakthrough, if it can be proved to be the ‘Blue Coat Society’ ‘ is responsible, then it will give us a wonderful excuse.”

“Your Excellency Nanaki is truly insightful!” Inoue Nichiaki said in a “sudden realization”.