Unconditional Obedience!?

The French soldiers hesitated, but for the sake of the French currency, they let Yang Huaiyuan in.

Their monthly military pay wasn't much, and these two stacks of legal tender were equivalent to several years' worth of his military expenses, so naturally he wouldn't refuse.

Standing inside the French Concession, the scene here is completely different from that in the Chinese-controlled area outside.

The people here are living normal lives, without any fear of impending war. All the shops on the street are open, and people are coming and going in an endless stream.

"Lu Chen, thank you."

Yang Huaiyuan looked at Lu Chen and expressed his sincere gratitude.

Without Lu Chen, he wouldn't have been able to enter the French Concession; if he had stayed outside, he would have only been waiting for the Japanese army to arrive.

"But those people... sigh."

Yang Huaiyuan looked back at the people outside the French Concession, a struggle flashing in his eyes, before finally letting out a sigh.

"There are so many people, we can't manage them all. Let's just leave it at that, Teacher Yang. I'll be going now."

Lu Chen knew what he was thinking. Don't be fooled by Yang Huaiyuan teaching Japanese to those who wanted to become traitors; it was out of necessity, and people always need money to make a living.

He still desperately wanted to do something, but ultimately he was powerless to do so.

With a wave of his hand, Lu Chen bid farewell to Yang Huaiyuan. Taking Yang Huaiyuan into the French Concession was all he could do; there was nothing else he could do to help him.

The men and women on the street were all dressed very fashionably. Lu Chen led Lu Xiulian and Xiao Yao around several corners before finally stopping.

This house was arranged for him by Wang Yan. To the left is an old pharmacy, and across the street is a bank. It's a very conspicuous location.

Lu Chen was very satisfied with this location, after all, his sister and niece would be very safe living here.

As for myself, I definitely have to return to the Chinese territory; I still have missions to carry out.

"Sis, take this money. Let me know if it's not enough."

After settling his younger sister Lu Xiulian in, Lu Chen gave her some money.

"I will still have to go to work in the Chinese-controlled area, but don't worry, I will definitely come back safely."

Lu Chen said this, but Lu Xiulian was still very worried. The last war took away her whole family, and she didn't want Lu Chen, her only brother in the world, to have an accident in this war.

Knowing that his younger sister Lu Xiulian was worried, Lu Chen promised her that he would come home early every night from now on and would never stay out overnight, which put Lu Xiulian at ease.

Lu Chen opened his room. His room wasn't big, but it was enough for one person. There was a window in the room, which faced the Chinese-controlled area. From the window, he could clearly see the crowds huddled together on the outskirts of the French Concession.

Lu Chen and his sister Lu Xiulian bought some basic necessities in the French Concession. After returning home and tidying up, Lu Chen planned to take a nap first.

"I didn't sleep a wink last night, I need to catch up on some sleep, I have to go to the Japanese Concession area later tonight."

Still thinking about using Cheng Jingchuan as a pledge of loyalty, he released Rat One and Rat Two.

"Squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak!!"

Lying in bed, just as he was about to fall asleep, Lu Chen suddenly heard the squeaking of mice. The squeaking was very loud, and it was clear that it couldn't have been made by just two mice.

Lu Chen jumped up in shock and immediately noticed several rats standing on the table.

"Rat Three, Rat Four, Rat Five, Rat Six! You're back?!"

Lu Chen had previously sent out five rats to gather intelligence, but only Rat Two returned. He didn't expect the other four rats to return so slowly, only coming back now.

It seems they followed their scent all the way here.

"Where did you go? Why are you only coming back now?"

Lu Chen saw that the four rats were filthy, with their fur matted together, and the third rat even had a small burn on its body.

Where did you go? And why are you injured?

"Squeak squeak squeak squeak!"

The four little ones stood in a row in front of Lu Chen, barking incessantly.

Finally, Lu Chen understood that they had gone outside the city and encountered many people who were different from him, just as Lu Chen had described.

"It seems that Rat One's teaching is quite good; at least they can recognize Japanese and Chinese people now."

Lu Chen was very satisfied. Now, the area outside the city was basically full of Japanese people, which was obvious without even thinking about it.

Although the four rats didn't bring back any useful intelligence, at least they could identify the Japanese, which Lu Chen was quite satisfied with.

However, he found it strange that animals should have a heightened sense of danger that is dozens of times greater than that of humans.

Even if I asked them to gather intelligence, they didn't have to go to such lengths, did they?

Lu Chen suddenly remembered that when he first discovered this ability, the rat actually listened to him and rolled away on the ground!

"Could it be...?"

Lu Chen suddenly had a guess: was it that his orders were something these rats had to carry out, no matter how difficult it was?

"Rat Three, roll over."

With that in mind, Lu Chen immediately decided to give it a try.

Sure enough, without hesitation, Rat Three rolled around on the spot as soon as he heard his words.

Immediately afterwards, without exception, Rat One, Rat Two, Rat Four, Rat Five, and Rat Six stood or jumped, and they carried out Lu Chen's orders completely.

Lu Chen was a little excited, but he still brought over a basin of water and asked the six rats to wash themselves properly. They were with him every day, so how could they not be clean?

Then I went outside and bought a few bags of pastries to feed the little ones at home.

Watching the little ones happily eating, Lu Chen was wide awake, a silly grin on his face.

He used to think that he could only communicate with rats and gather information, which was somewhat useless.

But now that the mouse will carry out its commands no matter what, the scope for this ability to be used has been greatly expanded.

Assassination!

This was Lu Chen's first idea: to use rats for assassination.

Although one, a hundred, or a thousand mice are nothing, they can be killed easily.

But what if there were 100,000 or a million?

If a rat bites a person, and given the abundance of bacteria on the rat, that person will surely die!

Moreover, if someone is bitten to death by rats, no matter how much investigation or suspicion is conducted, it's impossible for them to suspect that it was them.

"I just don't know how many rats I can control to obey me unconditionally."

Looking at the six mice, Lu Chen fell into deep thought again. What if he could only control six mice? Wouldn't that be just as useless?

If it's a few hundred or a few thousand, then it might be somewhat effective.

Lu Chen decided to test his ability first, so that he would be more confident when carrying out missions in the future.

"Never mind, let's try again later. Let's rest first."

Shaking his head, Lu Chen felt like his head was about to explode. He hadn't slept for a day and a night, and even an iron man couldn't withstand this kind of abuse.

After instructing the six rats to stay in the room and not go out, lest they be trampled to death by his younger sister Lu Xiulian, Lu Chen finally lay down on the bed.

Before long, Lu Chen began to snore and fell into a deep sleep.