The Japanese Army Wants to Occupy the Chinese Territory

As Lu Chen entered the bathroom, the rats on the floor made way for him, and Rat One and Rat Two carried a piece of paper to him.

Rats are everywhere; they can be found in any crack or crevice. So no matter how well the Japanese hid, the rats found them.

"Let's all go."

Lu Chen took out a bag of pastries and placed it on the ground. Ever since he decided to have the rats help him gather intelligence, he had been carrying pastries with him at all times.

The mice devoured all the pastries, and after they finished eating, they disappeared down the drain.

"What is this?"

Lu Chen took the note from Rat One and Rat Two, and Rat One and Rat Two climbed onto his shoulders.

Inside, there was a single line of text: "Find out the person's purpose in coming to Shanghai, as well as their specific identity and location."

There were also a few pieces of Chinese currency, with a fairly large denomination.

What is your purpose in coming to Shanghai? What is your identity?

Looking at the contents of the letter, Lu Chen frowned. Judging from the scene before him, the man and the Japanese were undoubtedly exchanging intelligence.

The man's identity is intriguing. Was he a colleague or a member of the underground Communist Party?

As far as Lu Chen knew, there was only one person coming to Shanghai recently, and that was Wang Yan.

Could the person in the letter be referring to Wang Yan?

During their last phone call, Lu Chen knew that Wang Yan was coming to Shanghai and his address there.

Regardless of whether it was Wang Yan or not, the men in the dance hall must have been traitors, and moreover, members of the Kuomintang's Military Intelligence Bureau or the underground Communist Party.

"Since that's the case..."

In that case, could Lu Chen use him as a pledge of allegiance to infiltrate the Japanese?

Anyway, he's a traitor, so it won't have any impact and can even guarantee his safety to a certain extent.

"I'll stay here tonight. If he doesn't receive any intelligence, he'll definitely come back tomorrow. He'll bring more men with him then."

Lu Chen decided to do it this way. He didn't quite trust the information Rat gave him when he went out today, so he didn't bring any weapons. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be really important information.

In order to prevent Cheng Jingchuan from coming back after obtaining the information, Lu Chen decided to stay here for one night so that he would not have the opportunity to obtain the information.

"Is this person dead inside? Why hasn't he come out yet?"

It was already late at night, and the dance hall was about to close, but there were still people in the restroom. Cheng Jingchuan paced back and forth anxiously.

"Sir, we are closed for the day. Please come back tomorrow."

Cheng Jingchuan was helpless in the face of the waiter's attempts to drive him away. He had heard that the owner of this dance hall had a powerful background, and he didn't want to offend him.

He stared at the toilet door for a while, gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and stormed off.

Lu Chen felt he had waited long enough for the music outside to stop, so he yawned and then pushed open the bathroom door and went out.

"Sir, we have already..."

The waiter was surprised to find someone in the restroom and instinctively tried to speak.

Lu Chen reached out and stuffed the two banknotes into the waiter's hand, then strode away without looking back.

The military police station was not far from here. Lu Chen arrived at the military police station first. The members of the military police station were basically the scoundrels that Da Hu had found.

They do nothing productive all day but collect protection money everywhere, or play cards and drink in the military police brigade.

As expected, Lu Chen saw several young men playing cards as soon as he entered the room.

"Hey guys, having some fun?"

Lu Chen stepped forward and glanced at it, but he couldn't understand it or what kind of card game they were playing.

The young men only glanced at him and then ignored him.

Lu Chen knew he wouldn't be able to get their help by asking directly; these young men were just reckless.

However, there are things that money can't solve.

"Hey guys, I got yelled at last night, and I'm getting angrier and angrier. This is my salary for the month. Can you guys help me get revenge?"

With anger and conflict on his face, Lu Chen reluctantly took out fifty legal coins and begged the group of young men for help.

When the young men saw that Lu Chen had asked them for help and had taken out so much currency, they forgot all about playing cards.

"Brother, tell me, who is it?"

"There are few people in this Chinese-controlled area that we can't afford to offend. We're now part of the military police. If you insult our boss, you're insulting me."

"Yes, brother, who did you say it is? We'll go take care of him right now."

Seeing the young men getting excited as they stared at the legal tender in his hand, Lu Chen simply handed the tender to them before speaking.

"He's just an ordinary person. Tonight, go to that dance hall on the west side, you know it? Wait for me there, and I'll tell you who he is."

After finishing his sentence, Lu Chen chatted with the others for a few more minutes, then turned around and left the military police station, yawning.

He didn't sleep a wink last night because of this, and now he needs to go back and catch up on his sleep. As for worrying that those young men might not keep their promise?

It's alright. Lu Chen is now a big shot by Huang Dayong's side. Many people in the military police know that he and Huang Dayong are close.

Besides, the money has already been given to them; if they don't agree, I have plenty of ways to deal with them.

When he got home, Lu Xiulian became nervous again. Lu Chen casually said that he had been working overtime and it was too late to come home, and then went into the bedroom, lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

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Lu Chen didn't wake up until it got dark. He ate something at home, told his sister Lu Xiulian that he had something to do that night and had to go to work, and then went out.

Lu Chen walked towards the dance hall. There were fewer refugees along the way; he wondered where they had all gone.

However, Lu Chen didn't care at the moment. After arriving at the dance hall, he immediately saw those few thugs from the military police smoking nearby.

"You guys are here so early?"

Lu Chen stepped forward and greeted them, waving his hand to refuse the cigarette offered to him. He would never smoke, whether in his past life or this one.

He told the men to wait there for a while, then headed towards the French Concession, intending to pass on some information to his superiors.

Upon arriving here, he was astonished to find that all the refugees from yesterday had gathered here, wanting to enter the French Concession.

French troops were maintaining order and preventing these people from entering.

Lu Chen took advantage of the chaos to walk into the phone booth and pass on intelligence.

Before he could even speak, an anxious voice came from the other end.

"Rat, find a way to get into the French Concession. War has broken out, and the Japanese army is going to occupy the Chinese-controlled area. Be careful and contact me after things have calmed down."

After saying that, Zhang Xiaolin hung up the phone immediately. Obviously, he was also in a critical moment and didn't have time to say more to Lu Chen.

"War has broken out? The Japanese want to occupy the Chinese-controlled area?"

After hanging up the phone, Lu Chen was also a little anxious. He himself was not in any danger, after all, he was now a member of the military police, and the military police belonged to the Japanese.

The key issue is his younger sister, Lu Xiulian. Given the heinous crimes the Japanese committed on Chinese soil, he couldn't bear the thought of anything happening to her.

"However, judging from this situation, the Japanese probably won't attack directly today."

There wasn't a single Japanese soldier in sight on the streets yet, so Lu Chen decided to subdue the man first, and then move his sister and Xiao Yao into the French Concession.