: Is Wang Yan coming?

Lu Chen hailed a rickshaw on the street and happened to see Colonel Kuroda's translator staggering out of another house.

Lu Chen only glanced at it twice before urging the driver to hurry to the central area of ​​Huajie. In order to speed things up, Lu Chen paid double the fare.

With the money in hand, the driver was full of energy and regularly took Lu Chen to his destination.

After getting off the bus, Lu Chen saw that Huang Dayong's building was already crowded with young people, with Da Hu standing at the front looking unhappy.

"Luckily, it's not too late."

Lu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, wiped away non-existent beads of sweat from his forehead, and walked over there.

"Lu Chen, didn't I tell you to come early? Look at the time!"

Upon seeing Lu Chen join the group, Da Hu began to reprimand him without any politeness, his voice so loud that it could be heard throughout the entire street.

Lu Chen ignored him. Da Hu was on his first day in office and wanted to show off his authority.

Da Hu spoke for nearly ten minutes straight, mostly about Lu Chen.

"Alright, everyone follow me."

After saying that, Da Hu waved his hand, and some people walked noisily toward the east side of the central area of ​​the Chinese territory.

Lu Chen mingled in the crowd; this group must have been sent by Da Hu.

These colleagues who were laid off were all quite young, some even younger than me, and it was obvious at a glance that they were all street thugs.

"It makes sense that the Japanese military police were looking for these people; the Japanese are known for their unreasonable behavior."

Lu Chen shook his head. In any case, he only joined the military police to better gather intelligence, and nothing else mattered.

The destination was not far from Huang Dayong's home, and they arrived quickly. The military police unit, which originally belonged to the Chinese-controlled area, had been disbanded by the Japanese.

Don't want to leave? That's simple, it's just death.

This place is now the territory of the Japanese military police, specifically the military police unit led by Lu Chen.

"We're all off today. Everyone's back at work tomorrow morning at 8:00!"

As soon as he entered the gate of the military police headquarters, Da Hu couldn't wait to find a military uniform to put on and even took over an office.

Then he spoke to Lu Chen and the others in a majestic manner.

"understood."

The crowd responded in unison, and then swarmed out of the military police headquarters.

Once outside, Lu Chen decided to go home first. The translator shouldn't be with him anymore, and his younger sister at home must be worried sick about him since he hadn't been home all night.

In fact, Lu Chen had always felt that the Japanese army was a bit strange. Logically speaking, the Japanese army was now launching a large-scale invasion, so why were they spending so lavishly?

"That's strange."

Unable to figure it out, Lu Chen stopped worrying about it. As long as he could make money, he was fine with it. He could deal with other things later.

I'll go home and see my sister first.

When he got home, the situation was pretty much as Lu Chen had expected. It was like this almost every day. His younger sister waited for him to come back every day, afraid that he would leave them both behind if he didn't come back one day.

"Why didn't my brother come home all night last night?"

Upon seeing Lu Chen enter, Lu Xiulian, who was holding Xiao Yao, hurriedly stood up from the sofa, her worry and exhaustion instantly vanishing.

Judging from her appearance, her younger sister must have stayed up all night, waiting for him on the sofa.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen felt a warmth in his heart and casually made up an excuse to get out of it.

"I had something to do last night, and it was too late to disturb your rest, so I didn't come back."

"By the way, business is getting worse and worse these days, so I found a job. I'll be starting work tomorrow at eight o'clock."

After saying that, Lu Chen told Lu Xiulian to take Xiao Yao to rest. He didn't know how the mother and daughter had gotten through the night.

After watching Lu Xiulian and Xiao Yao enter the room, and waiting for a while until he guessed that the two had fallen asleep, Lu Chen tiptoed out of the room.

Arriving at the garden near the French Concession, Lu Chen didn't find anyone following him this time, and the little mouse in his sleeve didn't give any warning.

Seeing that the surroundings were relatively safe, Lu Chen walked into the phone booth and dialed the contact number.

"Feed..."

After exchanging the code, Lu Chen immediately reported on his actions over the past few days and Huang Dayong's movements.

"Huang Dayong asked me to join his military police. Colonel Kuroda seems to be testing me as well. He even sent someone to follow me yesterday, but I managed to evade him."

"Rat, you've done a good job. Keep an eye on them. Your team leader will be coming to Shanghai in a few days. I'll give you an address later. You can go see him in a few days."

Wang Yan? What's he doing here?

Upon hearing that Wang Yan was coming, Lu Chen simply gave a calm "hmm" and then pointed out the strange things about the Japanese army.

"Yes, you're not the only one who discovered this issue with fiat currency; the organization has too. There's a lot more fiat currency appearing in the market than before. I suspect it's the Japanese again. Keep a close eye on them, and report back to me immediately if anything comes up!"

After saying that, the other end of the phone hung up. After hanging up, Lu Chen looked around, and seeing nothing amiss, turned and walked away into the distance...

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"Takahashi-kun, how was your tracking of Lu Chen yesterday?"

In an office of the Japanese Special Higher Police Bureau in the Japanese Concession, Colonel Kuroda sat in the main seat, while the translator, Takahashi Akuta, stood in front of the desk.

"No problem. Yesterday he went to the red-light district on the edge of the Chinese-controlled area. I spent the whole night there and didn't find anything wrong."

Takahashi looked up at Colonel Kuroda, but immediately looked away.

He was also attracted by the women there last night, staring at Lu Chen, but he had long forgotten about it.

But he dared not say it, because everyone knew that Colonel Kuroda was the head of the Special Higher Police Intelligence Section in Shanghai, and also the most ruthless.

If I told the truth that I wasn't watching Lu Chen last night but did something else...

Takahashi Akuta stared at the Japanese samurai sword on the wall for a long time, his legs trembling.

He'll probably be forced to commit seppuku!

He wasn't a Japanese soldier with that so-called Bushido spirit; he was just an ordinary Japanese translator.

"Hmm, you did a great job. You're the one in the school who knows the Empire best."

Colonel Kuroda looked at Takahashi Akuta with satisfaction, but that kind gaze was terrifying in Takahashi Akuta's eyes.

The school... was where he worked as a Japanese language teacher in China.

After being discovered by the Japanese army, everyone else was killed. They even said that he had insulted the empire and demanded that he commit seppuku. In the end, they only spared him to serve the empire because they found that he spoke fluent Chinese.

"So it seems Lu Chen really is just an ordinary small businessman. In that case, it's not like we can't take advantage of him..."

Colonel Kuroda stood up and paced back and forth in the Japanese-style office.

Takahashi Akuta didn't say anything, he just kept saying "Hello."

"Colonel, regarding your order to produce legal tender..."

Just as the room fell silent, a Japanese officer suddenly burst in and reported to Colonel Kuroda.

"Takahashi-kun, you can leave now."

Colonel Kuroda glanced at Takahashi Akuta and gave him a smile.

Takahashi Akuta knew that this was not something he could know, so he immediately stepped out of the office, still panting heavily.