Cicada Moving

Chapter 817 The source of trouble

 9 o'clock in the morning.

  The printing press in the basement of Houdezhong has long stopped running. Several staff members wearing white work clothes put one meter square paper on the table and skillfully cut it into a stack of French currency.

　　　Minutaka Kusumoto picked up a bunch of banknotes and ran his fingers over the edge. The unique smell of ink from the banknotes hit him, and the sound of paper clattering was particularly pleasant.

He looked up at the armed guard next to him, and when he saw the guard on the other side turned his head, he calmly picked up a few piles and put them into his pocket.

 As the person in charge of the army side of the counterfeit banknote project, he felt that he had an obligation to test whether the counterfeit banknotes could be used for the empire. This was the duty of the Locust ministers.

After quickly stuffing his pockets, Shitaka Kusumoto walked down the stairs to the ground and checked the sentries in the teaching building.

 “Be alert and keep your distance from the window, the Chinese sharpshooters are very powerful.”

He came to a room on the first floor, cautiously stretched his head outside, turned around and gave instructions to the Japanese agent holding an MP18.

 “Hai.”

 The agent respectfully responded to the order.

Kusumoto Shitaka nodded with satisfaction, feeling very confident. There are now dozens of armed men with automatic firepower in this building. As long as the Chinese dare to come, this is where they will be buried.

 Next, he carefully checked all the fire points to make sure there were no problems, then walked into a heavily guarded office and sat down in front of a desk with a phone on it.

Time passed minute by minute, and Yamamoto also came yawning.

 For confidentiality reasons, they must be present at the same time to supervise each other when using this only outside telephone.

Neither of them spoke, they just sat there quietly, waiting for a call to report on Oyama Kyouichi's safety.

The other party is the only person who knows about the counterfeit banknote plan and is operating outside at the same time. Once something goes wrong, it means that the plan is likely to be exposed.

 With such a natural early warning device, one of their most important tasks every day is to answer the phone to decide whether to evacuate.

 “Dang…dang…”

After a while, the wall clock on the wall rang ten times. Kusumoto Shitaka leaned forward slightly and raised his hand to answer the phone. The expression on his face was very relaxed.

Oyama Kyouichi has been safe and sound for so many days, and today should be no exception. After all, counterfeiting legal currency is the top secret of the empire, and the Chinese cannot know it.

But after waiting for a long time, there was no response from the phone that should have rang long ago. Cold sweat gradually broke out on his head, and he looked at Yamamoto with a slight panic.

The counterfeit banknote plan is related to whether the empire's war against China can continue, and everyone is paying attention to it. If something goes wrong, the big guys can make it impossible for them to recover with just a breath of their breath.

At this moment, the phone finally rang. Shitaka Kusumoto picked up the phone and put it to his ear. He slowly opened his eyes while listening to the report on the other side, and finally sat down on the stool.

“Colonel Kusumoto, what happened?”

 Yamamoto asked anxiously, even though he had already guessed the answer, he still didn't want to believe it.

How could Oyama Kyouichi be exposed? He had been lurking in the patrol room for several years and was engaged in the most basic intelligence collection work. There was no possibility of being exposed.

 Could it be that the other party had rebelled? He pondered over it and only came up with one possibility, and secretly cursed Bagayalu.

 On the other side, old spy Nobumoto Sanitaka took a deep breath, quickly adjusted his mood, and solemnly announced a piece of bad news.

“Kyouichi Oyama is missing. At 8 o’clock this morning, surveillance personnel found that the curtains in his room were half open, which means everything is normal.

 The surveillance officers didn't pay attention until the scheduled contact time passed. They felt something was wrong and sent someone to secretly enter the other party's home.

 It is certain that there was no exchange of fire or fighting in the house, and things were placed very neatly, including the bedding.

The neighbors didn't hear any unusual noise last night. Based on the above information, it is speculated that the **** may have defected.

 He knows a lot of information about the counterfeit money plan. It is no longer safe here. Mr. Yamamoto, please inform everyone to move immediately. "

With a look of gritted teeth, Shitaka Kusumoto began to destroy the documents in the office and flipped a switch.

The next second, the sirens in the basement and school flashed silently. The staff and armed personnel were stunned and immediately reacted and evacuated in an orderly manner according to the plan.

 It took less than twenty minutes to move most of the items to the truck, except for the printing press, after dismantling the machine, packing it, and cleaning up the traces.

This American-made groove printing machine weighs more than 20 tons. Even if it is broken into several parts, it cannot be moved in a short time.

 And this is not building blocks. You have to pay attention to which parts are removed first and which parts are removed later. Otherwise, it is easy to cause damage to the parts.

Saburo Shinoda, the counterfeit banknote steward who was responsible for directing the dismantling work, was sweating profusely. When he saw someone forcibly dismantling the banknotes, he immediately shouted angrily.

 “Baga, be careful.”

On the stairs, Shitaka Kusumoto and Yamamoto heard the sound and hurried down, looking at the huge printing press and frowning.

At that time, it took several days to install the machine, but they do not have such time now. The enemy may attack at any time, and they must leave here as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Shitaka Kusumoto made an immediate decision and waved to everyone to help. A group of people carried the parts out of the basement from the **** hand-in-hand and carried them on their shoulders, and loaded them into the truck using pulleys.

Just when they were working in full swing, a Japanese spy attached to the navy ran over quickly and whispered a report in Yamamoto's ear.

 “Nani? Why is he here?”

Yamamoto exclaimed after hearing this.

This caught the attention of Shitaka Kusumoto. Who would come to the banknote printing factory at this time? It sounded like he knew Yamamoto, so he immediately asked. “Yamamoto-kun, who is here?”

"this……"

Yamamoto hesitated for a moment and replied: "It's Ryosuke Hase, deputy director of intelligence at the Imperial Consulate in Shanghai. He led a group of people at the school gate and said he had a business to discuss with Colonel Kusumoto.

The other party is a well-known person in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has many friends in the Admiralty. He has great supernatural powers and has great eyes and hands. I think he may have come on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and wants to get a share of the pie. "

At this moment, Yamamoto was both surprised and happy. What surprised him was how Hasegu knew about the counterfeit money. What he was happy about was that the other party was so generous. He was known as the timely rain in Shanghai, and he might be able to get some benefits.

There is no contradiction between being loyal to His Majesty the Locust and making money. Otherwise, where would the mansions and luxurious lives of the generals come from? Who can say that they are not loyal to the empire?

 Patriotism also requires eating.

 No one lives in a vacuum.

On the opposite side, Shitaka Kusumoto was furious. The counterfeit banknote plan was led by the military and had nothing to do with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The other party dared to take advantage of the situation and rob them. All these **** non-citizens should be killed.

Angry, he immediately prepared to send his men to drive away the people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but under Yamamoto's persuasion, he finally agreed to meet first and listen to what Hase Ryosuke had to say before making a decision.

As a Japanese spy ran to report the news, there was soon a dense sound of footsteps coming from the direction of the door, and then a man laughed and greeted the two from a distance.

 “Konikiwa, Colonel Kusumoto, Yamamoto-kun.”

 Hase Ryosuke was wearing a black trench coat, a suit and a velvet hat. His expensive calfskin shoes were shining and full of style. Behind him were a dozen strong men in black.

I saw him striding forward and bowing slightly: "Simi Masai, Chang Gu took the liberty to come here, you two must not mind, I have a small gift here to express my apologies, please accept it."

After saying that, he waved his hands, and two foreign ministry agents immediately came to Kusumoto Shitaka and Yamamoto, bent down, and raised a small wooden box high.

 "Colonel Kusumoto, Mr. Yamamoto, you might as well see if you agree with me."

 Hase Ryosuke raised his hand, smiled and motioned for the two of them to open it.

Kusumoto Shitaka sneered in his heart, how much can be packed into a small wooden box, and it only costs a few thousand yen if it is full. Do you really think that you are a country bumpkin who has never seen the world?

He casually opened the lid and found that there was only a thin deposit receipt inside, so he picked it up and took a look at it casually, and then his eyes widened.

 “Cough cough cough…”

After a violent cough, Kusumoto Shitaka's expression changed from indifference to shock, and then from shock to ecstasy. He held the deposit receipt in both hands and declined to Hase Ryosuke.

“Mr. Hase, this gift is too valuable. In the Chinese saying, no reward will be given without merit. Please take it back, Mr. Hase.”

 Yamamoto on the side looked at the deposit certificate and his face turned red. The other party was so generous. He just gave away the bearer deposit certificate worth ten thousand dollars. He was worthy of Mr. Hase, who is generous with his wealth.

Hase Ryosuke looked at the two people’s reactions and smiled even more: “You’re welcome, how can the friendship between friends be measured by vulgar money.

 And to be honest, what I dislike the most is money. This is the source of my troubles. You are helping me by accepting it. I should thank you both. "

 Listen, did someone say this?

If you want to return the source of trouble, you would rather bear this kind of trouble for the rest of your life.

 Kusumoto Shitaka and Yamamoto cursed at the same time, and quietly stuffed the deposit receipt into their pockets, their movements extremely skillful.

Not only them, Saburo Shinoda also received a "small gift". The expert, who only had a salary of a few hundred yen a month, almost fainted with excitement, and he quickly pocketed it without hesitation.

In addition, the special agents of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who followed Hase Ryosuke distributed small red envelopes one by one to everyone present, and everyone who came to see them was rewarded.

The originally tense atmosphere suddenly relaxed. People from both sides began to communicate enthusiastically, and the three leaders walked silently to the corner.

Kusumoto Shitaka suppressed his excitement and asked Hase Ryosuke a few questions. After all, it was related to a top-secret plan, and there were some things he had to ask clearly.

“Mr. Hase, I don’t know how you know this place, and why do you come here...?”

 Yamamoto on the side was afraid of angering the sponsor, so he quickly interrupted, saying that they had no other intentions and that the inquiry was just out of duty.

 “Kusumoto Colonel, Yamamoto-kun.”

 Hase Ryosuke raised his hand to stop his explanation, with a solemn expression: "You two, I have some bad news to tell you. Last night, Oyama Kyouichi, the patrol officer of the old gate arrest house in the public concession, was controlled by the National Government.

This traitor provided the other party with a lot of top-secret information, including the army and navy's plan to imitate legal currency, the address of this place, and alternate addresses and many other information.

The secret service responsible for the interrogation plans to feign an attack on Houde Middle School and launch a surprise attack on your retreat. The moat and Hongkou are now full of Chinese intelligence agents.

The mole who broke into the government through the Special High School made an urgent report to me after learning about it. You two, I can help you transfer safely, but there is one condition. "

 His eyes swept over the two of them and revealed his purpose: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is very interested in the counterfeit banknote plan, and we want 20% of the proceeds.

 I know this request is beyond your authority, so we can discuss it slowly after we get to a safe place. What do you think?

 Please rest assured that the small gift just given is just a meeting gift. If the three-party cooperation is achieved, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and I personally will give each other generous gifts. "

Kusumoto Shitaka and Yamamoto looked at each other with a sudden thought, turned around and shouted in unison: "Deal!"

 (End of this chapter)