kingnovel Chapter 669 Yuan Ye in the Mountain City (2)
Chapter 669 Yuan Ye in the Mountain City (2)
Upon arriving at the Military Intelligence Bureau, Yuan Ye locked Nomura Jiro in the interrogation room. It was already past six o'clock in the evening. After having dinner in the canteen, Yuan Ye went to Chu Yuntian's office, intending to report the situation and then immediately interrogate Nomura Jiro.
Chu Yuntian hadn't seen Yuan Ye for almost two days. When he saw Yuan Ye walk in with a beaming smile, he thought to himself, "This kid has rested for two days, has he already come up with a solution?"
The two sat down on the sofa, and Chu Yuntian smiled and said:
"How was your rest these past two days?"
Yuan Ye smiled and said:
"Chief, you told me to rest, but I can't sleep at all. I've been out searching for Japanese spies for the past two days, and I've finally made some progress. Just before dinner, we caught a Japanese spy named Nomura Jiro. He's a member of the Silver Fox Group. We've brought him back and locked him in the interrogation room. We're going to interrogate him in a bit."
Upon hearing this, Chu Yuntian was overjoyed. He hadn't expected that this kid hadn't rested at all these past two days and had managed to capture a Japanese spy without making a sound.
He asked curiously:
"Team Leader Yuan, how did you catch the Japanese spy?"
Yuan Ye took a chance and went to the Tuojiang Hotel to find out more about the situation. Unexpectedly, he accidentally discovered Nomura Jiro's whereabouts and eventually caught him at Zhengxing Auto Shop. He gave a brief account of the whole process.
Chu Yuntian secretly admired him. Of all the people who hadn't thought of it, only Yuan Ye thought of going to the Tuojiang Hotel to find out the situation. His thinking ability was truly beyond that of ordinary people, so it was not surprising that he was able to capture the Japanese spy. He was once again glad that he had called Yuan Ye back to the mountain city.
He praised:
“You did a fantastic job. In my opinion, your abilities are second to none in the Operations Department, and that’s no exaggeration.”
He changed the subject.
"But that's precisely why I have to criticize you for going alone to capture Japanese spies. It was too dangerous. If anything happened to you, it would be a huge loss for our Military Intelligence Bureau. You can't do that again."
Yuan Ye knew this was Chu Yuntian's way of showing him care and protection, and smiled:
"Chief, you know this situation is very important. It could be the breakthrough point for cracking the Silver Fox Group, so we cannot afford to lose it."
It's not that I don't trust my own people, it's just that Japanese spies are very cunning. If anything goes wrong, it will alert them and cause all our previous efforts to be in vain. This situation is quite special, so I feel it's safer for me to handle it personally.
Thank you for your concern, Director. Your reminder is correct; I will definitely pay attention next time.
Chu Yuntian knew that Yuan Ye's words made sense, and he hoped that Yuan Ye would listen to his advice. Yuan Ye was his most capable subordinate, and he did not want to lose him. He owed his current position to Yuan Ye to a large extent.
He smiled helplessly and said:
"I hope you've taken this to heart. From your report just now, the person who went to ask the hotel owner about the situation wasn't in those photos. What's your take on that?"
Could this person be Silver Fox? Based on the information you provided, Silver Fox is very skilled at disguise, so I think it's highly likely.
Yuan Ye nodded and said:
"That's what I think too. Regardless of whether it's him or not, we'll interrogate Nomura Jiro later to see if we can find out anything about Silver Fox."
This person's cover identity is a rickshaw puller, but he's likely also acting as a liaison; if so, he should know some important information.
Yuan Ye stood up after he finished speaking.
"Your analysis makes sense. Okay, then let's hurry up and try to get him to talk."
Chu Yuntian knew that Nomura Jiro was a breakthrough point, but whether he could really become a breakthrough point depended on whether he could confess. Japanese spies were quite stubborn, and it was not easy to get a confession out of them. He was still very worried as he watched Yuan Ye's departing figure. If he could not get a confession out of him, all his previous efforts would be in vain, and he would have to start all over again.
He couldn't help Yuan Ye now. He knew that Yuan Ye didn't want to be disturbed when interrogating prisoners, so he could only stay in his office and wait for the results.
However, waiting alone was rather boring, so he called Yue Haishan and Li Hong. When they heard Chu Yuntian say that Detective Xiao had captured the Japanese spy Nomura Jiro, they were both surprised and admired him even more. Why didn't they think of this and go to the Tuojiang Hotel to find out more?
Chu Yuntian told the two to be prepared so that they could immediately begin arresting people once Xiao Shentan gave a confession.
Yuan Ye arrived at the interrogation room, dismissed all irrelevant people, and began interrogating Nomura Jiro alone. He walked up to Nomura Jiro, who was tied to a pillar, head drooping, looking dejected. He couldn't understand why he had been exposed and what went wrong.
Yuan Ye immediately activated his ability to eavesdrop on thoughts and began questioning Nomura Jiro. Although Nomura Jiro remained silent, every question resonated in his mind and was heard by Yuan Ye. An hour later, he had asked all the questions and obtained many interesting things.
Just as he expected, this Nomura Jiro was indeed Silver Fox's liaison, playing a role in relaying information up and down within the group. However, he did not know where Silver Fox lived. He would put the intelligence he received into the agreed-upon dead mailbox, mark it, and Silver Fox would take the intelligence from the dead mailbox when he saw it.
This dead mailbox is located at an intersection next to a vegetable market in Yuzhong District. There is a big tree there, and there is a small hole in the tree about a meter high on the back of the tree. This dead mailbox is quite hidden and not easy to find.
Silver Fox will also put a note with the instructions written on it into the Dead Mailbox. After Nomura Jiro gets the instructions from the Dead Mailbox, he will pass them on to his subordinates.
His subordinate was the owner of the Sanqing Teahouse, Moriki Takeo, who used the alias Wu Tianming. However, after being exposed by Chen Zonghua, the head of the Japanese section of the Asian Division, who had been turned against him, he fled the Sanqing Teahouse in advance, changed his name to Sun Defeng, and opened a general store near Yucai School under the instructions of Silver Fox. This Sun Defeng had an important source of intelligence and was often given intelligence, but he did not know where this source of intelligence came from.
Yuan Ye guessed that it must have come from an important official who had been recruited by Japanese spies. Whoever he was, capturing Sun Defeng would make things clear.
Yuan Ye also solved a mystery: why was Nomura Jiro at the Tuojiang Hotel and stayed for a day and a night? It turned out that Silver Fox had sent him there to monitor No. 54 Ganquan Road. Silver Fox also went to the Tuojiang Hotel that night to see Nomura Jiro. After learning that everything was normal, he met with Hirota Naoki.
Yuan Ye already had a plan in mind. The plan consisted of two parts: first, to capture Sun Defeng, and to try to capture him alive, so as to find out who the mole who provided him with intelligence was.
The second plan was to lure Silver Fox into a trap. False information was placed in the dead mailbox, marked, and then captured when Silver Fox came to retrieve it. Given that Silver Fox was extremely cunning and skilled in disguise, Yuan Ye decided to capture him personally.
Yuan Ye then tortured Nomura Jiro to the point of near death until he was on the verge of passing out. Then he went to Chu Yuntian's office and, under the expectant gazes of everyone, told Chu Yuntian that under his severe torture, Nomura Jiro had finally confessed.