I am a mouse

However, Lu Chen did not intend to occupy the mansion, but decided to leave it here; he still held onto a sliver of hope.

He wanted to prove his identity. If the organization didn't recognize him, he could go to other anti-Japanese organizations, such as offering the entire Chinese-speaking area of ​​Shanghai as a pledge of allegiance to the underground party.

It was dark now. After Liu Jie finished arranging the things Lu Chen had asked him to do, he drove Lu Chen home.

Lu Chen looked out the window, wondering how he should bring up this matter with Matsumoto Kiyoko when he went to the military police headquarters tomorrow.

After all, Zhang Rongshan was a pro-Japanese element and should be very important to the Japanese army. However, Lu Chen had already killed him and planned to make Liu Jie the leader of the Chinese community so that he would not be exposed.

He had informed Liu Jie about this beforehand, and Liu Jie knew about it. He believed that Liu Jie understood his meaning.

Thinking about these things, Lu Chen returned to the French Concession. After arriving home, Liu Jie got in the car and drove towards his own house.

After Liu Jie left, Lu Chen finally spoke: "Come out."

"Squeak squeak".

No sooner had he finished speaking than the squeaking of a mouse came from the corner. Lu Chen turned his head to look.

A small black figure quickly approached him.

It was Rat Two. Lu Chen had already discovered him when they were still at Zhang Rongshan's residence, but he didn't make a fuss. He only called him out after they returned.

"What did you find?"

Lu Chen squatted down and grabbed Rat Two.

He remembered that he had sent Rat Two to track Shen Ruoqiu, and now that he had returned, there must have been progress, or he must have discovered some valuable intelligence.

"Squeak squeak squeak".

The rat squeaked twice, and Lu Chen immediately understood what it meant: Shen Ruoqiu had met with many people.

"Take me there."

Lu Chen spoke slowly. He had just entered the room, and now he was holding Rat Two as he opened the door and went out again.

This is an opportunity for him. Shen Ruoqiu must have started making contact with people in his organization. Lu Chen now needs to find out which organization Shen Ruoqiu belongs to, whether he can trust her, or whether he should join her.

It was already dark, and there were very few people outside, so Lu Chen simply let Rat Two stand on his shoulders to guide him.

Following Rat Two's directions, Lu Chen made several turns and finally arrived at the edge of the French Concession.

There were hardly any people around, and even very few houses. Lu Chen continued to follow Rat Two's directions and finally turned into an alley.

After taking only a few steps forward, Lu Chen stopped because he heard voices talking ahead.

"Ruoqiu, has there been any progress with the person you've been tracking?"

"No, he was very wary and somewhat defensive of me, and we didn't get any useful information."

"It's alright. Our main objective right now is to avoid the Japanese army's search. They've been looking for our underground party members. Let's get through this period first."

One of the voices was a familiar female voice to Lu Chen; it was Shen Ruoqiu's voice.

The other two voices were male, which Lu Chen wasn't very familiar with; they were probably members of Shen Ruoqiu's organization.

Lu Chen paused, because he had just heard the words "underground party".

Could Shen Ruoqiu's organization be an underground party?

To be honest, Lu Chen felt a strong sense of belonging and affinity towards the underground Communist Party, after all, it was in the future...

Thinking of this, Lu Chen excitedly put on the mask and slowly walked out.

"Who's there?"

Lu Chen had just seen the three people, with Shen Ruoqiu in the middle and the other two men standing on either side. Upon seeing someone suddenly appear, they all raised their guns and aimed them at Lu Chen.

Through the holes in the mask, Lu Chen could clearly see that the two men were both quite young, but very capable.

"I am a mouse."

Lu Chen spoke slowly, but as soon as he finished speaking, Shen Ruoqiu, who had been frowning and staring at him, also drew her gun and pointed it at him.

Shen Ruoqiu still remembered the intelligence she had received before, which said that Agent Rat had betrayed them and should be killed immediately after being found.

She was initially puzzled as to why there was an agent named "Rat" in the organization, but since it was a mission assigned by the organization, she couldn't refuse.

We couldn't find any clues, but now he's actually showing himself.

"I've come to tell you some news."

Seeing that they were all pointing their guns at him, Lu Chen didn't dare to make any rash moves. After all, he was a stranger to them, and if they suddenly opened fire, he would be in trouble.

"Why should we believe you? You call yourself a rat, you big traitor!"

Shen Ruoqiu looked at Lu Chen with disgust, the gun in her hand still pointed at him and she didn't put it down.

Lu Chen knew that the current situation was consistent with his previous guess.

There were also traitors in the underground party who were in contact with the Japanese army. A traitor in the Military Intelligence Bureau issued a kill order against him, and then the traitor in the Military Intelligence Bureau contacted the traitor in the underground party.

"I have been framed."

After nearly ten seconds of silence, Lu Chen finally spoke slowly.

Besides that sentence, he didn't know what else to say, after all, he was truly innocent.

"snort!"

Shen Ruoqiu curled her lips and a cold smile appeared on her face.

"You're innocent? Almost every major traitor says that. Are you all being framed?"

"Fine, so you say you're being framed? Then show me the evidence. If you have evidence, I'll believe you."

Shen Ruoqiu looked at them with disdain; she despised these traitors and collaborators.

Even though the country is not yet destroyed, and there are still people fighting for it, they have already defected to the enemy and are working for the enemy country.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

Lu Chen slowly opened his mouth and raised his hand.

His action startled the three men opposite him, who immediately gripped their gun handles tightly, ready to shoot Lu Chen dead at the slightest sign of unusual movement.

Lu Chen ignored them, raised his finger, turned around, and pointed in the direction of Zhang Rongshan's mansion in Huajie.

"I just received news that Zhang Rongshan is dead."

"What?! Zhang Rongshan is dead?! x3"

The three of them were stunned. Who was Zhang Rongshan? They knew him all too well.

He was virtually all-powerful in Chinese-speaking areas; apart from the Japanese, who could control him or kill him?

But now this person in front of them is telling them that Zhang Rongshan is dead. How can they believe that?

And even if Zhang Rongshan really is dead, how did this person in front of him get the news?

Zhang Rongshan was such a big figure, his death would definitely cause a great stir, at least the impact would not be small, it could even be said to be particularly large, and the news of his death would definitely be concealed, so how did this man in front of me who called himself a rat know?

"We'll see tomorrow."

Lu Chen knew that even if he told them the truth now, they wouldn't believe him, since he didn't have any solid evidence; they would only be suspicious.

After saying this, Lu Chen turned and left. The three men still had their guns pointed at him, but they didn't fire.

"What should we do? Let him go?"

The man on the left turned to look at Shen Ruoqiu and asked a question.

"Forget it, since he dared to come alone, he must be confident. Since he said Zhang Rongshan is dead and we'll know tomorrow, let's wait and see tomorrow."

Shen Ruoqiu shook her head. She was still very cautious. After all, anyone would think that a normal person would not appear in front of three people with guns without any precautions.

Since this person who calls himself a rat dared to show up, it means he has a certain degree of confidence.

Shen Ruoqiu didn't dare to gamble, after all, she was pregnant and the slightest mistake could be life-threatening.

Lu Chen went straight home.

On the way, he specifically instructed Shu Er to watch his back to see if anyone was following or monitoring him. Only after confirming that no one was following him did he feel at ease enough to go home.

After returning home, Lu Chen dropped all pretense, filled a bucket with hot water, and then immersed most of his body in it.

"call!"

Lu Chen let out a long breath, and several bubbles rose to the surface of the water.

He hadn't felt this relaxed in a long time. Since Shen Ruoqiu was a member of the underground party, he could prove to them that he hadn't betrayed them and then help them find the traitor.

Lu Chen felt no sense of belonging to the Military Intelligence Bureau, since historically they were still his enemies. Therefore, joining the underground party was what he wanted to do.

"tomorrow......"

Lu Chen closed his eyes, lay in the wooden tub filled with hot water, and thought about tomorrow's plans.

Now that Zhang Rongshan has been dealt with, the next one is Sato Yosho.

If he wanted to frame someone, he would first make Matsumoto Kiyoko and Kuroda suspect him, then he would obtain evidence against him, present it to him, break him down, and make him willingly die.

After all, if someone were to shoot and kill him inside the Special Higher Police (TPT), even without making a scene, his death inside the TPT would definitely attract the attention of Matsumoto Kiyoko and Kuroda.

If that were the case, the entire Special Higher Police would probably be turned upside down, which could put him in danger. Therefore, Lu Chen didn't want to take that risk and preferred to play it safe.

Thinking this, he got up, dried himself off, went back to his room, and as soon as he lay down on the bed, he started snoring.

......

......

The next morning, Liu Jie was already waiting at the door in his car.

Lu Chen went out and asked Liu Jie to take him to the Japanese concession. He then asked Liu Jie to arrange matters concerning the military police, take over Zhang Rongshan's businesses, and handle the matters he had instructed him to do the day before.

After explaining these things, Lu Chen turned and walked into the Special High Estate.

This time, he didn't go to the intelligence section, but went directly to Kuroda's office.

Lu Chen knocked on the door and heard Kuroda's voice from inside before he went in.

The moment the door opened, Lu Chen's expression instantly changed from calm to fawning and longing.

He almost forgot his current identity: a traitor. He had to appear greedy and ambitious in front of the Japanese. Otherwise, what was the point of his traitorous act? Was it just to coast along in the intelligence department? That would be too easy to arouse suspicion.

"What's wrong? Why did Lu Chen suddenly decide to look for me today?"

Kuroda put down the documents in his hand, looked at Lu Chen who walked in, frowned, but quickly relaxed and smiled.

Lu Chen rubbed his hands together, took a few steps to Kuroda's table, and looked at Kuroda as he spoke.

"Colonel Kuroda, you see, I've been with the Special Higher Police for quite a while now, and I've even made a couple of contributions, but this lowly clerk position is really limiting my abilities. You see..."

Kuroda tapped his fingers on the table, looking at Lu Chen with a smile. After a few seconds, he slowly shook his head.

Lu Chen was taken aback for a moment, then felt a wave of disappointment, but he had already expected this situation.

As a Chinese person, how could the Japanese possibly allow me to hold an official position in the Special Higher Police?

He only came to see Kuroda to make himself seem less unusual.

What Lu Chen didn't expect was what Kuroda said next.

Kuroda shook his head and sighed.

"Sigh, Lu Chen, it's not that I don't want to help you."

Kuroda stood up, put his hands behind his back, walked to the window, looked down at the street, turned around and spoke again.

"In your intelligence section, all personnel changes are decided by Miss Kiyoko. It's no use coming to me."

Lu Chen frowned. He knew that Matsumoto Kiyoko's status was extraordinary, but this was too extraordinary.

Logically speaking, the Special Higher Police (THD) is one of the main intelligence agencies of Japan in China and one of the most important places. How could Matsumoto Kiyoko be able to interfere in things here at will?

Lu Chen even suspected that if Matsumoto Kiyoko wanted to take Kuroda's position, she could easily obtain it without Kuroda's consent.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen became even more curious about Matsumoto Kiyoko and decided to go find her later.

"Colonel, this is the person Miss Kiyoko asked me to follow these past few days. I discovered that Sato-kun has been in contact with him..."

Seeing Kuroda sit back down at his desk, Lu Chen immediately took out the photo and placed it in front of Kuroda, as if to claim credit.

Kuroda picked up the photo with one hand and touched his chin with the other.

"Sigh, even if Lu Chen wants to rise to power, you don't need to frame Sato-kun, do you? Sato-kun is so loyal."

"Don't worry, as long as you serve the Empire well, you certainly won't stay a clerk forever."

As he spoke, Kuroda stood up, walked around the desk, came to Lu Chen's side, patted him on the shoulder, and nodded to him encouragingly.

Lu Chen was speechless. He really wanted Kuroda to be wary of Sato.

But he didn't expect Kuroda to trust Sato Yosho so much, and it seemed that he also trusted him a lot.

His lips twitched, and he said he understood. Lu Chen then took the photo and walked out of Kuroda's office.

He originally wanted to go to the intelligence department to find someone to sign a written document, but after going around in circles several times, he couldn't find anyone and gave up.

"Where did all these guys go?"

Lu Chen scratched his head. Not only was Matsumoto Kiyoko not there, but Sato Yosho was also nowhere to be found. Lu Chen had originally wanted to look for Sato Yosho to test him, but unfortunately he couldn't find him.

Why?!

Lu Chen suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Since Sato Yosho wasn't in the intelligence department, could he be in that little tavern?

After all, that man couldn't possibly actually give Sato money, could he? Lu Chen saw that such a large batch of supplies; even at wholesale price, it wouldn't be a small sum.

That man couldn't possibly give Sato Yosho, a Japanese man, so much money. He must have the same idea as me: to get the Japanese army's supplies for free.

Correct.

Lu Chen nodded, quite certain that Sato Yosho definitely hadn't received the money and the goods were gone, so he must be very anxious now, probably in that little tavern.

Thinking this, Lu Chen left the Special Higher Police Department and headed towards the small tavern in the Chinese territory that he remembered.