Spy Shadow

Xu Lin is not impatient. He has no task pressure and will not be anxious.

Fang Shiyi left and went to Wuhan to deliver goods. Only he could do this job.

If he doesn't go, the supplies provided to his hometown will not be delivered to his comrades. Ishihara Trading Company has long been accustomed to this. Although Fang Shiyi is Chinese, he joined the trading company relatively early and won the trust of his boss.

Pier, far away.

Jiang Tengkong put away the telescope.

This time, Ishihara Merchant carried a lot of goods, all of which were prohibited and controlled products. These goods could earn Ishihara Hiroshi a lot of profits.

Ishihara Merchant doesn't have any special rules for carrying goods. He only leaves when the goods are full.

At the same time, there is no pattern in their cargo. Whatever is available goes with it, and if it is not available, it will wait for the next time. Gasoline, grain, and alcohol are the main categories at present.

Next are seeds, palm oil, pig bristles and other items.

Ishihara Trading Company is not the only one taking goods, but they have the most goods.

And every time Ishihara Merchant ships goods, other smugglers will follow several ships beside Ishihara Merchant Company. Together with Ishihara Merchant Company's ships, there is no need to worry about anything on the way, and the goods can be delivered safely to the place.

They paid participatory money to Ishihara Trading Company, and Ishihara Hiroshi never objected to their following.

Taking goods together will not only make the fleet larger, but also be escorted by military patrol boats. This escort is not limited to one place. Everywhere they go, patrol boats from the next place will come to take over and escort them alternately.

It is really admirable that the smuggling business has reached such a scale.

Ishihara Hiroshi made arrangements early. The captain of the Shanghai Water Patrol Team is his number one confidant Shuicheng Shun. The water patrol teams in Nanjing, Anqing, Wuhan and other places are all staffed by people from the literary agency.

Except for an incident in Nanjing two years ago, the goods of Ishihara Trading Company have always been flowing smoothly.

That ignorant water patrol captain in Nanjing now has grass growing on his grave.

Jiang Tengkong also investigated the businessmen who were smuggling with Shiyuan Trading Company.

They have a good background, but they are far behind Toru Ishihara.

Among these people, Jiang Tengkong discovered an alternative existence.

Yagyu Trading Company.

The boss of Yagyu Trading Company, Taro Yagyu, is from Osaka. His background is in the Fourth Division and some senior military officials. Compared with others, his background is the weakest.

But he was willing to spend money. He used money to get in touch with Deputy Minister Abe, helped him speak, and joined the smuggling team.

Because he joined late, he was different from other smugglers.

Other smugglers only need to pay 10% of the payment as part of the payment, while he has to pay 20% of the payment.

This is payment, not profit.

In terms of profit, the ratio is even higher, reaching 30%.

It is equivalent to Ishihara Trading Company not having to pay a penny of capital or doing anything. 30% of the money he earns every time he sells goods has to be handed over and does not belong to him.

This is a point that can be noted. If used properly, it can be used as a breakthrough.

Jiang Tengkong was just investigating and had no contact with Taro Yagyu.

If he appeared, Yagyu would definitely recognize him. After all, Hayakawa Ping was Jiang Tengkong's subordinate when he was in Wuhan.

Jiang Tengkong reported all the investigated situations to Tuyuan, including Chu Lingyun, who also made a report.

"Rose found out Fatty so quickly."

After reading the telegram, Chu Lingyun smiled. Fatty Hayakawa Hei was a trap he specially prepared for Saijo and Tuhara.

For other people, let alone gain their trust, I'm afraid you will notice abnormalities if you get close to them.

Hayakawa Hei is different. He is very shrewd and can disguise himself better and protect himself.

"Tuyuan will probably let Rose come into contact with Fatty. It depends on whether Fatty can hide it from Rose."

Loach nodded and said that he knew Hayakawa Ping's identity and Jiang Tengkong's situation.

Jiang Tengkong failed to recognize Hayakawa Ping, indicating that his disguise was indeed in place.

If Jiang Tengkong discovers it, then Hayakawa Ping is unqualified.

Both of them are capable people, and it depends on which one of them has better acting skills.

"The fat man is fine, Rose won't recognize him."

Chu Lingyun had confidence in Hei Hayakawa. This was someone he was worried about staying in Wuhan and brought him to the headquarters specially.

He only brought six people with him, which showed how much Chu Lingyun valued him.

Loach's guess was correct, and Jiang Tengkong quickly received Tuyuan's secret order.

Continue to investigate Taro Yagyu, contact him if necessary, but do not reveal your identity to him, observe this person, and investigate this person's detailed information.

French Concession, in front of Yagyu Trading Company.

Jiang Tengkong, who put on a simple disguise, got off the rickshaw.

Yagyu Trading Company is quite famous, and Hayakawa Hei himself is doing well in business. Now that he has joined the smuggling and grain business, he earns even more.

The price of food continues to rise.

The price of rice in Shanghai has risen to 241 shi, and the price per catty has reached 2 yuan.

Ordinary people can no longer afford to eat at home, so they eat other refined or coarse grains.

Only those with a little extra money dare to buy a little, but not much. At most, they can cook porridge.

Eating rice every meal is the life of rich people.

This price is not the highest yet and may continue to rise.

There was no price limit on rice, and the smugglers made back all the money they had lost through rice, and made a lot of extra money.

As for those coarse grains, selling them at a loss would not make them as much as rice.

For every kilogram of rice sold, they can earn back the loss of ten stones of coarse grains. The difference is too big. The small amount of money lost in coarse grains is ignored by everyone now.

Coarse grains are losing money, but smugglers still purchase large amounts of coarse grains and sell them together.

No one dares to disobey Ishihara Hiroshi's orders.

This was also an agreement made by Hiroshi Ishihara and the Liaison Department to ensure the stability of Shanghai and prevent the people from starving and causing trouble.

The remaining smugglers today are all discerning people.

They would not offend Hiroshi Ishihara just for a little profit.

They can't make much more money. If Ishihara Hiroshi finds out, they will lose not only money, but also their lives.

Which is more important, they know very well.

Jiang Tengkong did not enter the trading house, but went outside to inquire about the situation.

At Nohara’s house, lectures were continuing.

Xiaochi left with the fleet and was not in Shanghai. One comrade was unable to come today due to something else, so there were only two people attending the class.

Let alone two, even if it were one, Nohara would be very passionate when speaking.

Outside the window, Ezaki He, wearing black clothes, listened carefully.

He firmly remembered every word Nohara said, and went back to slowly understand it. He didn't dare to take notes. The sound of writing might be discovered, not to mention how he dared to write down such things on paper casually.

The next morning, Nohara went out, and Eszaki quietly entered his home again.

The Red Party books in the extra-high school class were strictly controlled items, and he had no reason to read them. Once he went there, Nanyun would immediately launch an investigation into him.

After listening to it for so many days, he never started listening from the beginning. He always felt that something was missing.

Esaki He guessed that since Nohara could talk so much and memorize so much, he must have this information at home. Esaki He secretly came here just to find his information and 'borrow' it for a look.

Nohara's home was not big, and Esakiga did not rummage through it. Nohara could not put such things in the open.

After coming here for several days, Jiang Qihe already knew the identities and names of these people.

It didn't take long for Ezaki He to find a secret compartment under the bed and dig out a wooden box in the ground.

Opening the wooden box, there were several old notebooks inside, not the books he thought.

As soon as he opened the notebook, Esaki He was stunned for a moment.

Inside are the notes that Nohara personally thanked. They are all theoretical knowledge about the Red Party. He wrote in small words and recorded on both sides, densely packed and very detailed.

This is exactly what Esakiga wants.

He couldn't take the notebook away. After looking at the time, Esaki He immediately began to read it carefully. After reading it for an hour, he put the notebook back. The wooden box was also put back into the hidden compartment and restored to its original appearance.

Although the time was short, he had already seen a lot of what he wanted.

In addition, he had heard some theories of the Red Party before and could understand them together.

No wonder the Red Party can develop and grow. Their concept is indeed very good, one for everyone, everyone for one, and jointly build a peaceful and prosperous age of peace and prosperity.

It was a world where there was no exploitation, no oppression, and everyone had enough food and clothing.

That's so good. He had never thought about this before, but during this period of time, being with those poor people every day, Esaki He had reflected on it many times.

Why do they have to suffer poverty?

Is it because China is lagging behind?

No, Esaki He understood that the empire was developed, but there were also many people like this in the empire, who had no food to eat, were hungry, and worked hard to survive.

In the end, he was unable to even provide basic food and clothing.

After all the hard work, the result was starvation.

If you don't starve to death, you will still starve.

Esaki is a knowledgeable person. He understands that this phenomenon is not only found in China and Japan, but also all over the world. There are such people everywhere.

Rich people play music every night.

For example, dance halls, casinos and other places in the concession.

People who have no money, in order to survive, try their best to survive, not to mention stealing and robbing, as long as they do not regard stealing and robbing as a profession, Ezaki thinks it can be forgiven.

They are forced to have no choice but to survive just for a little bit.

Unfortunately, the time was too short, and what Ezaki He saw was limited, so he did not dare to copy it. He must not keep such things at home, and even here in Nohara, he must be extremely careful every time he comes.

So as not to cause them trouble.

After Nohara got off work, he went to the newspaper office first.

He will publish a missing person notice every month. If anyone who knows his existence sees this missing person notice, they will contact him.

His boss was dead, and he never confessed to him until his death.

If he had been recruited, he would have been caught long ago and would not be alive today.

He knew very well that the possibility of getting in touch with the organization through this method was very slim, but he only had this method now, and he would try even if there was no hope anymore.

Japan, Tokyo.

In a waste collection factory, a worker laboriously loads the sorted waste into a compressor. After compression, the waste will be sent to the factory and turned into usable items again.

After finishing his work, he went to the messy room next to him to drink water and rest.

There was a pile of old newspapers beside him, and he picked up one at random.

There were a lot of waste newspapers purchased. This turned out to be a Chinese newspaper, but it was written in Japanese and Chinese. This was a newspaper run by the empire in China.

He noticed that the newspaper was from a year ago. Someone must have been to China and brought the newspaper back and sold it as scrap.

There were not many newspapers from China, so he read them with interest.

Soon, a missing person notice caught his attention.

After reading the content, his eyes widened instantly. The method of this missing person notice was a signal for organizational communication.

It’s a call from the bottom line to the top line.

This method was invented by him, and he taught it to several of his closest comrades. Judging from the last name and content in it, this is a joint signal sent by Sawano-kun's downline.

But Sawano-kun had already sacrificed his life two years ago and died at the hands of the Super High School.

Why do such things still appear in newspapers from a year ago?

"Arisawa-kun's comrade lost contact with him and had no way to contact the organization, so he used this method to make a call?"

He immediately thought of a possibility. If he could contact the organization, he would never send such a signal.

He looked at the date again, the newspaper from a year ago.

One year and eighteen days to be exact.

The newspaper was published in Shanghai, China. The comrade must have been in China when he sent this signal.

Before Mr. Sawano was killed, he indeed planned to go to China and lead a few people to find the Chinese Red Party and learn from them.

These offline people had a single line of contact with Mr. Sawano. Mr. Sawano was betrayed by a traitor and was killed. The organization suffered huge losses at that time. Fortunately, the person in charge of the files in the organization burned all the important information with fire.

They died along with the fire.

But again, these comrades who had a single line of contact all turned into kites with broken lines.

No, he has to report this matter to the organization as soon as possible. There is a missing comrade in China, and he has never given up. A year ago, he was still thinking about contacting Mr. Sawano.

He noticed the name of the paper, The Iwai Times.

He couldn't go to the joint now, but he would not be idle. He immediately looked for China's Iwai Times among the scrap newspapers. Unfortunately, their scrap depot was not big, and they only had this newspaper.

He failed to find other identical newspapers.

There is no latest Iwai Times.

"Xitian, why are you here suddenly?"

In the evening, Nishida came to his upline's home. Normally, today is not a day to meet and there should be no contact.

The living environment of the Red Party in Japan is even worse, and the Japanese government has never stopped cracking down on them.

They have also experienced the lessons of blood and fire, and are now able to protect themselves very well.

"Yamasaki-kun, I have an important report. Please read this."

Nishida handed over the newspaper he found today. Yamasaki was stunned when he saw the missing person notice.

Xi Tian is his downline, and he naturally understands the contact signal invented by Xi Tian.

Not many people use this signal.

After Sawano and the others died, this signal was completely abandoned to avoid danger.

The signal that had been disconnected two years ago reappeared on the newspaper, and Yamasaki immediately looked at the time on the newspaper.

Newspapers from a year ago.

"Is this a lost comrade?" Yamasaki raised his head and asked.

"It must be. A year ago, he was still sending signals, indicating that he always wanted to get back in touch with the organization. Unfortunately, I only found this newspaper there, so I can't determine his current situation."

Nishida said regretfully that this is a good comrade. Fortunately, he saw this newspaper today, otherwise he would not know how long he would be out of contact.

"I will inquire about the newspaper. You go back first and wait for my news."

Yamasaki ordered that he would not sit idly by and ignore the signal of the missing comrade, let alone a comrade on his line.

"yes."

Nishida left carefully. Yamasaki was their secretary and had a way to verify whether the signal was still there.

In Shanghai, Xiao Wu sent a new telegram.

It was sent from my hometown, ordering them to collect the Iwai Times from the past year to see if there was a missing person notice.

To keep it secret at this time, Secretary Wang needs to do it himself.

My hometown didn’t say the reason, but specifically told him that the matter was very important and asked him to get it done as soon as possible.

It was not difficult to collect newspapers. Secretary Wang asked Xiao Wu to get a lot of newspapers the next day.

The missing person notice that my hometown specially reminded me of was indeed in the newspaper.

The latest one is today. Secretary Wang checked carefully and found that there is basically once a month. The time is not fixed, but the difference is not too big.

Secretary Wang quickly reported the investigation results back to his hometown.

In Japan, Yamasaki received a telegram from China.

Missing persons notices are always there, and they are here today.

The time is about once a month, never stopping.

This lost comrade has been transmitting signals every month for at least a year, and he has been waiting painfully for two years. No one knows how he got here in the past two years.

But he never thought of giving up. He is still there today, which means that he is still in Shanghai and continues to wait for the call of the organization.

Yamasaki sent a signal to Nishida, and Nishida arrived at his place not long after.

"Xitian, that comrade is still in Shanghai. Make preparations and go to China to bring this comrade back to the organization."

"yes."

Nishida said happily, this is a comrade with perseverance and strong will.

It’s been two years and I never give up.

Such a good comrade must be brought back, and he cannot be allowed to continue to be a kite with broken strings.

In fact, Xitian had nothing to prepare. He simply packed up and bowed, took the money, and immediately bought a ticket for Shanghai the next day.

Nowadays, many people from Japan go to China.

Some of them couldn't make it in Japan and wanted to try their luck in China. Some of them had relatives and friends living well in China and they went to seek refuge there.

Nishida specially brought the newspaper he found.

This was important physical evidence that he discovered the missing comrades.

At the dock, Nishida queued up for inspection.

Japan's customs inspection is very strict, but it only applies to ordinary people. You need to go through all the salutes, and there are also various documents that will be carefully checked.

At the customs checkpoint, Yota Katsumura, wearing military uniform, was looking at the people lining up.

His men were conducting detailed inspections.

They are special agents of the Special High School, specializing in the anti-red operation.

They mainly check entry and exit to prevent anyone from bringing Red Party books into Japan. Exit is also included in their inspection, but it is not the focus.

Nishida quickly moved to the front of the line and accepted the inspection honestly.

There was nothing wrong with the salute he brought, and the specially folded newspaper was also turned out.

The person who checked it just looked at it for a few times and put it back.

This ship is heading to China. Not to mention newspapers, there are many letters sent from China. It seems that this is another person who went to China to prospect for gold. It is very likely that he was deceived by the news in the newspapers.

Many people in the empire believe that when they arrive in China, they will have everything, and they don’t have to worry about food and drink.

This is not the case.

The Japanese are indeed superior to others in China, but you must be capable and able to contribute to the empire.

Those who can't do anything need to rely on relief to survive.

The empire actually doesn't like people like that.

Xi Tian boarded the ship. He bought the worst fourth-class cabin. Many people were crowded into one cabin, the ventilation was poor, and the smell was terrible.

He didn't care about it. He had been in worse environments than this.

This time we were going to find a lost comrade and bring him back. So what if the circumstances were almost different?

The ship started, and Nishida stood on the deck, looking into the distance.

I don’t know who this comrade is, but no matter who he is, he is so perseverant and is a very good young man.

As for whether the agents deliberately set a trap for them, Nishida and Yamasaki made a careful analysis.

Not very likely.

If it was the work of spies, they wouldn't persist for so long and send it out once a month.

Those who use this kind of signal are not important comrades themselves.

Besides, Mr. Sawano has already died. If his comrades are caught and reveal this signal, they will definitely know that the signal has lost its effect.

It must be their comrades who send the signal.

The ship is far away, but the work of customs is not over.

Until evening, without the boat, these people went to the cafeteria to eat together.

"Captain, you are here, sit here."

The people in the special high school class were eating in the cafeteria. Katsumura Yota came over, and a dozen of his subordinates greeted them one after another.

Katsumura Yota sat down in the largest seat they had vacated.

Their work was tedious, requiring careful inspection every day, but the results were good.

He was a captain who was promoted for meritorious service two years ago. He came to work at the Customs six months ago. The Customs seems busy, but it is also easy to make achievements.

Some people, unaware of how stringent their inspections are, bring banned books into customs, thinking they are well hidden.

In just half a year, he discovered four cases of banned books, three of which were Red Party books.

The person carrying the book may not necessarily be a Red Party member, but he must be someone who approves of or sympathizes with the Red Party.

He has already accumulated a lot of credit, and in half a year at most, he will be promoted to team leader.

And according to their practice, they usually work at the customs for a year before being promoted to team leader, so that they can accumulate enough military exploits.

"What happened today?"

"No."

The men all shook their heads. Although some people would bring in prohibited items, this kind of thing did not happen every day.

Four times in half a year, only once every one and a half months on average.

"But today I found a Chinese newspaper. There was an interesting missing person notice in it. The person I was looking for in the newspaper was named Sato Akima. I didn't expect someone to have such a name."

One of the team members laughed, and Katsumura Yota's eyes tightened.

"Please tell me clearly, what is the specific content of that missing person notice?"

Katsumura Yota immediately asked. The case for his promotion to captain two years ago was the arrest of a Japanese red gang member named Sawano. At that time, he had a newspaper with him, and there was such a missing person report. notice.

Sawano did not confess, and was eventually publicly executed. In order to shock others, the incident was even published in the newspapers.

And it became Katsumura’s regret.

Afterwards, he analyzed that the newspaper carried by Zeye must be of great significance, and soon he noticed the missing person notice.

The reason is simple, the name on the missing person notice is weird.

The surname Sato is very common and can be said to be the most common surname in Japan, followed by the name Akuma.

Akumo means devil or beast in Japanese.

Most people would not choose such a name.

Such a name can easily arouse ridicule, and even bring strange looks. The reason why the inspecting agent could remember this missing person notice was because of this name.

"I can't remember the specific content."

The team member replied in a daze. He noticed the name. If it weren't for the ridiculous name, he wouldn't even be able to remember it.

"Go back with me."

Katsumura stood up and immediately took the team member back to the special high school class without caring about eating.

They had sealed all the evidence in the original case, including this newspaper.

Even if the newspaper is gone, there will definitely be photos in the archives.

Soon, he found the photo in the file. After enlarging it, the team members' eyes widened.

"That's it. That missing person notice is the same as this one."

shouted the team member, and Katsumura asked again: "Is it exactly the same?"

"I'm not sure, but the name of the person looking for it must be the same."

The team member shook his head. He did not remember the complete missing person notice. He checked so many things every day, and it was not important, just a newspaper.

"It's okay. Do you remember what newspaper? I'll find someone to verify it right away."

The team members failed to remember, but Katsumura was not upset. Since it was a Chinese newspaper, it must be able to find out.

"I don't remember." The team member shook his head again.

"Where's the date?"

"I don't remember either."

The team members lowered their heads and didn't know anything about it. They just remembered a name and didn't know anything else.

"waste."

Katsumura finally couldn't help but cursed, "Just remember a name, or a date." Then he noticed the ridiculous name.

"That newspaper is in Chinese and Japanese, it's a bilingual newspaper."

The team member suddenly looked up, Katsumura was stunned for a moment, and finally provided him with an important clue, a bilingual newspaper, it must be from the Imperial Newspaper Company, there are not many such newspapers.

And most of them are in Shanghai, and that person is on the ship bound for Shanghai.

"Send a report to the Shanghai Special High School and ask them for help. Search all the bilingual newspapers in Shanghai. Don't just limit yourself to the past few days. Check more newspapers in the past to see if there is such a missing person notice."

Shengcun came to the telecommunications team and asked someone to send a report, asking people in Shanghai to help investigate.

"Captain, if he has a problem, can we contact the ship and ask them to help us detain the person."

The team member whispered, and Katsumura glared at him again.

There is just a missing person notice right now, and there is no evidence. Why should they arrest someone for them?

Do you really think that their special high school can be lawless and can order anyone?

Fortunately, he didn't say anything about letting the ship come back. Otherwise, he would have transferred such an idiot immediately and couldn't keep him around to harm himself.

It doesn't matter if you can't detain people. They are on the ship now and it will take a few days to get to Shanghai.

If he can find out what kind of newspaper it is, he can ask people from the Shanghai Special High School to help him keep an eye on the person first, and he will go to Shanghai in person to find this person.

Besides, he still had doubts.

How could a Shanghai newspaper appear in China?

The most likely possibility is that someone sent this signal, and people from China went to Shanghai to find someone. If this is the case, he may have caught more than one red party member this time, at least two.

Really catching two red men would shorten the time it takes for him to be promoted to team leader.

In Shanghai, the assistance message sent from China was delivered to Nanyun.

A team leader sent it without saying the reason, so he asked them to help check the newspaper, but there was no name, no date, only a missing person notice.

what is this?

Nan Yun was not interested in this matter, but he was a domestic citizen after all. Since he had made a request, he could not sit idly by and ignore it.

"Ishida, if you ask for help in the country, go check it out for them."

Nanyun handed the message to Ishida Koyama. This matter was not important. She did not want to trouble Jiang Tengkong. Although she had been warned by the teacher, she still had an instinctive dislike for Ishida.

It's just that I don't look for trouble everywhere like before.

"yes."

Ishida took the order and asked his men to go out to find newspapers. He did not need to move.

It didn't take long for various bilingual newspapers to be retrieved. Soon, they found the missing person notice they were looking for in the Iwai Times.

"Call back to China, find out what they said, and relay the content to them."

Ishida asked the telecommunications team to send a report and ignored the matter.

"Found it, was it there yesterday?"

Katsumura didn't expect that Shanghai Special High School would find something for him so quickly, and it would be published in yesterday's newspaper. No wonder they found it so quickly.

There are not many bilingual newspapers, so you can definitely buy yesterday's newspaper.

But why was there such a missing person notice in yesterday's newspaper? The newspaper in the hands of the man who left by boat was definitely not this one.

Unless you use a plane, newspapers like this cannot be delivered to Japan in such a short time.

And the team member said that it was an old newspaper.

"Please do us a favor from Shanghai Special High School. Find the Iwai Times from the past two years and see how many such missing persons notices there are."

Katsumura sent the telegram again. After sending the telegram, he carefully read the contents of the previous telegram.

In the missing person notice, the names of the people they are looking for are the same, but the sponsors are different. They are two people.

He still doesn't know the specific reason, but as long as he catches the person, he believes that he can know the truth of the matter.

Katsumura wants to go to Shanghai personally to catch the fish that slipped through the net two years ago.

"Still looking for it?"

After getting the telegram, Ishida frowned. He was just a captain, and he had done his best to help find the missing person notice.

What do you think of their Shanghai special higher education courses?

"Go to Iwai Mansion and check their newspapers."

After thinking for a while, Ishida decided to help. After all, it was a domestic request for help, but he would not send many people to buy newspapers. Now that he knew what newspaper it was, he could just go to the newspaper office and ask.

The Iwai Times is the newspaper published by the Iwai Mansion.

After giving the order, Ishida would no longer care about this matter.

After Nohara published a missing person notice in the newspaper, he did not report any hope. No one contacted him for such a long time, and it is impossible for anyone to come now.

He still gave lectures to his friends every day, but he didn't know that there was always an extra student outside the window, and he listened very carefully every day.

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