kingnovel Chapter 671 Yuan Ye in the Mountain City (4)
Chapter 671 Yuan Ye in the Mountain City (4)
He explained the plan to Li Hong, which would be implemented first thing tomorrow morning. The plan was to divide the people into three groups and have them lie in ambush in the middle of the three roads leading to the intersection. They had to remain hidden, and if they heard gunshots, they had to immediately block the roads and prevent pedestrians from passing through.
He and Li Hong disguised themselves as vendors and stood guard at the intersection, observing the activity behind the big tree. The location of their stall could not be too far away or too close. If it was too far away, they would not be able to see the activity behind the tree clearly, because there was a two-meter distance between the back of the tree and the house, which was a pedestrian path. There would definitely be pedestrians coming and going tomorrow. If it was too far away, it would be difficult to notice if someone took something out of the tree hole.
However, if you get too close and watch too closely, Silver Fox is very cunning and cautious. He would never take something from the mailbox under someone else's nose, and he would easily discover that someone is watching him.
Yuan Ye decided to place it diagonally opposite, about forty or fifty meters away from the big tree. Li Hong suggested that it might be too few people, since it was just the two of them. Yuan Ye explained that the road was rather narrow, and if too many people were arranged, Silver Fox might notice something was wrong and might not go to the Dead Mailbox to take the item.
Li Hong thought it made sense. The two of them wandered around for a while before returning to the Military Intelligence Bureau headquarters. When they arrived at Chu Yuntian's office, Chu Yuntian told them that the Japanese spy had been captured. In order to get a confession as soon as possible, he did not wait for Li Hong and asked Yue Haishan to interrogate him first to see if he could get the Japanese spy to talk. He had already instructed Yue Haishan to be careful and not to let the Japanese spy die.
Chu Yuntian glanced at his watch and continued, "Yue Haishan has been interrogated for almost twenty minutes, but there are still no results. It seems that Detective Xiao will have to step in personally."
Yuan Ye knew Chu Yuntian's feelings; he wanted to find out who the mole was as soon as possible. Interrogating him first wouldn't be a big problem, as long as the Japanese spy wasn't killed.
Yuan Ye nodded and told Li Hong to gather people, assign tasks, and make preparations before he went to the interrogation room.
In the interrogation room, Yue Haishan was at a loss. He tried a lot of effort, using both soft and hard tactics, but Senmu Jifu remained silent. He dared not use too much torture, fearing that he might kill Senmu Jifu and have no way to explain himself. So he could only continue the interrogation while waiting for Yuan Ye to arrive.
When he saw Yuan Ye walk into the interrogation room, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Yuan Ye knew from his expression that the interrogation had yielded no results, which was exactly what he had expected.
He told Yue Haishan to take his men away. After the interrogation room door closed, Yuan Ye slowly walked up to Moriki Takeo. The guy was tied to a pillar, covered in blood, but he had only suffered some minor injuries. He glared at Yuan Ye with an arrogant look, as if to say, "Even if you change people, what can you do to me?"
Yuan Ye stared coldly at him, activating his ability to eavesdrop on thoughts. In less than an hour, Yuan Ye had finished asking his questions and obtained the answers he wanted to know.
Moriki Takeo's subordinate turned out to be Ueno Arashi, codenamed Flower Fox, who used the alias Wang Wenjuan and was working as an English teacher at Yucai Elementary School, living in the school dormitory.
Their intelligence source was Qian Jiacheng, the director of the Department of European and American Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whom they had recruited. Ueno Arashi used her beauty to seduce Qian Jiacheng.
Afterwards, as usual, Yuan Ye gave Moriki Takeo a beating, beating him so badly that Moriki Takeo didn't even recognize his own mother. The fierce look in his eyes was gone, and he screamed repeatedly, his voice growing softer and softer. Yuan Ye saw a hint of fear in his eyes and sneered inwardly, "It's too late for you to be afraid now. I'd rather see you being unruly."
He showed no sign of abating until the bloodied and mangled Moriki Takeo completely lost consciousness, only able to breathe but unable to exhale.
Yuan Ye then stopped, and after a while, he opened the door to the interrogation room and came out. He saw Yue Haishan looking at him expectantly in the corridor. Yuan Ye smiled and said:
"This guy confessed. Let's talk in the office. I have a mission for you."
Upon hearing this, Yue Haishan immediately became excited, thinking, "As expected, Detective Xiao really knows how to handle things." It's a pity that he always interrogated the Japanese spies alone, without allowing anyone else to observe, so he didn't know how he got the information. Moreover, each time, the Japanese spies were tortured to the point of near death; by the time they got their confessions, they were already beyond saving.
Upon arriving at Chu Yuntian's office, Chu Yuntian was overjoyed to hear Yuan Ye say that he had obtained a confession. He had uncovered another mole lurking within the Nationalist government, who turned out to be a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This also resolved a long-standing question in his mind: he had spent a great deal of time and effort searching for Ueno Arashi, but had never been able to find her. He never expected that this female spy was hiding in Yucai School.
It seems I misjudged her. I thought she was pretty and fluent in English, so I guessed her mission might be related to the foreigners from various countries stationed in the mountain city.
Therefore, the search was mainly focused on Yuzhong District, which is home to many embassies and a large number of foreigners. There are also bars, restaurants, and nightclubs frequented by foreigners, as well as privately organized salons.
The direction was wrong, and all the work was in vain. Fortunately, with Yuan Ye's efforts, they finally found her.
The next step was the arrest, but since it involved important government officials, it was necessary to consult and report to the bureau chief.
It was already late at night when Chu Yuntian called Dai Yunong's home.
Dai Yunong had just fallen asleep when she was startled awake by the urgent ringing of the phone. Upon hearing Chu Yuntian's report, she was overjoyed and immediately approved Chu Yuntian's arrest operation.
Chu Yuntian hung up the phone and ordered Yuan Ye to take action. Yuan Ye instructed Yue Haishan to immediately gather his men and split them into two groups: one to rush to Yucai School to arrest the Japanese spy Ueno Arashi, and the other to head straight for Qian Jiacheng's home.
The arrest of Qian Jiacheng went relatively smoothly. After knocking on his door, Qian Jiacheng saw a large number of people rushing in and knew that his plan had been exposed. He did not resist and obediently surrendered.
The arrest of Ueno Arashi was personally led by Yue Haishan. He was very experienced in arresting Japanese spies. After arriving at Yucai School, he found out Wang Wenjuan's dormitory number and rushed to the dormitory building. He did not break down the door immediately, fearing that it would alert the Japanese spies and that if they resisted, it could cause casualties.
He asked the dormitory manager to knock on the door. Ueno Arashi, who had just fallen asleep, was awakened by the knocking and immediately became alert. Then she heard the dormitory manager calling her, saying that there was a phone call for her, and then she heard the dormitory manager's footsteps leaving.
She felt a little strange; who would call her in the middle of the night?
Did the organization have an urgent matter to notify her of?
Thinking of this, she got up, put on her clothes, and opened the dormitory door. As soon as she reached the door, she saw several dark figures rush out from both sides. She knew something was wrong, but it was too late. Several large hands quickly grabbed her and pressed her to the ground. She struggled desperately, but she couldn't move at all.
Her desperate screams shattered the silence of the campus night, sounding particularly eerie.