They're all on our side

As dusk approached, Lu Chen finally got up and went out to find a tailor shop to have a coat with large pockets made inside.

I'm going to work.

After putting the six mice into his pocket, Lu Chen said goodbye to his sister Lu Xiulian and left the house.

The French Concession only prevented people from entering, but it was still possible to leave; however, one had to bribe someone to get back in.

This amount of money is nothing to Lu Chen. The Japanese and Huang Dayong gave him a lot of legal tender, and he now has more than he can spend.

As Lu Chen walked out of the French Concession, he headed towards the military police headquarters. To his surprise, Huang Dayong was there today.

Although Huang Dayong was the highest-ranking officer in the military police, he rarely came over.

"Brother Lu, did you capture this man?"

Huang Dayong looked at Cheng Jingchuan and asked Lu Chen in confusion.

The military police would also arrest and detain people from time to time, mainly those who were unwilling to pay protection money.

"Yes, Brother Huang, he offended me, so I taught him a lesson."

Lu Chen didn't take it seriously, after all, this kind of thing was too common in the military police.

If you don't like someone on the street, you can just arrest them and lock them up in the military police station. That's the tyranny of the military police.

Huang Dayong nodded, unconcerned, found a stool to sit down, and sighed.

"Sigh, the Japanese are about to storm Shanghai. There are hardly any people on the streets. We won't be able to collect much protection money this time."

Now almost everyone knows that the Japanese army is going to invade Chinese territory. Those who have the means can escape, while those who don't can only stay in Chinese territory, hoping to escape this calamity.

Another type of person is someone like Huang Dayong, who works for the Japanese and doesn't need to escape.

"Brother Huang, this kid is dressed well, he must have some money. I'll take him back and make him pay some protection money."

As Lu Chen spoke, he opened the cell door and pulled Cheng Jingchuan out.

"Oh? Brother Lu, you're always translating for me, you must be tired. Let me do it this time."

Upon hearing Lu Chen's words, Huang Dayong's eyes lit up, and he walked over to Lu Chen and patted him on the shoulder.

Lu Chen was speechless. Huang Dayong was really greedy, even trying to steal a little bit of meat. Besides, this was just a lie that Lu Chen made up on the spot.

Based on the evidence Lu Chen currently possesses, Huang Dayong made a considerable amount of money trading arms with the Japanese, yet he still coveted these petty profits.

"Brother Huang, the Japanese are about to invade Shanghai. I don't have much money on me. I also have a younger sister. I sent her to the French Concession, and I have no money left to get her in there."

Lu Chen looked at Huang Dayong with a mixture of embarrassment and hope, implying that he wanted Huang Dayong to help him out.

"Uh... haha, Brother Lu, I also have a family to support and I'm not exactly wealthy, so I'll give you this opportunity."

Huang Dayong gave an awkward smile and waved his hand, signaling Lu Chen to quickly take Cheng Jingchuan away.

Huang Dayong would still need Lu Chen to translate for the Japanese in the future, and it was just a protection fee. He didn't want to spend his own money, nor did he want to give up such a loyal translator as Lu Chen.

Lu Chen curled his lip. He found that Huang Dayong was extremely greedy, but also extremely generous when it came to things that were beneficial to him.

Without time to dwell on these things, Lu Chen expressed his gratitude and led Cheng Jingchuan out of the military police headquarters.

Cheng Jingchuan didn't speak along the way, nor did Lu Chen. The streets were very quiet, and people had closed their doors and locked their windows, staying at home.

Lu Chen led Cheng Jingchuan to the entrance of the Japanese Concession.

"Baka! Who's there?"

Two Japanese soldiers stood at the entrance to the Japanese concession. There were no people clamoring to enter the Japanese concession, since the Chinese knew how brutal the Japanese were.

"Sir, my name is Lu Chen. I have captured an anti-Japanese element. Colonel Kuroda knows me."

Lu Chen's fluent Japanese lowered the guards' ...

"You wait here, I'll go report."

The Japanese soldiers turned and ran into the Japanese concession. Another Japanese soldier stood to Lu Chen's left, not even glancing at him, only raising his gun as a warning when Lu Chen tried to go in.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Lu Chen finally saw the Japanese soldier leading Colonel Kuroda approaching from afar.

"Colonel Kuroda."

When they came up to him, Lu Chen quickly greeted them, then pulled Cheng Jingchuan next to him and dragged him in front of Kuroda.

"Colonel, I've captured an anti-Japanese element."

Cheng Jingchuan looked at Kuroda with a blank expression, while Lu Chen excitedly recounted how he had captured Cheng Jingchuan.

Of course, this whole story was just a lie Lu Chen made up on the spot.

"Yoshi, Lu Jun, you're pretty good."

Kuroda's face lit up with a pleased expression as he led Lu Chen and the other man directly into the Japanese concession.

The Japanese concession was like a giant war machine, with trucks carrying munitions and patrolling Japanese troops everywhere.

Colonel Kuroda led Lu Chen and Cheng Jingchuan to a unique restaurant run by Japanese people.

As soon as Lu Chen entered, he saw a familiar person sitting there: Takahashi Akuta, Colonel Kuroda's translator.

Upon seeing him, Lu Chen frowned instantly. This man had been following him before; it must be Colonel Kuroda trying to test him.

"We're all on the same side, please sit down."

Colonel Kuroda sat down first, and then invited Lu Chen and Cheng Jingchuan to sit down as well.

"What? One of our own? Colonel, he's an anti-Japanese activist!"

Lu Chen already knew that Cheng Jingchuan had betrayed him, but in order to gain Colonel Kuroda's trust, Lu Chen immediately stood up and pointed at Cheng Jingchuan with great emotion.

"Mr. Lu, don't get too excited. Mr. Cheng is one of us too."

Colonel Kuroda reassured Lu Chen. As the highest-ranking officer in the Japanese concession's Special Higher Police, Kuroda was well aware of the identities of these informants.

What he didn't expect was that Lu Chen would actually discover this person, but it wasn't a big problem.

Kuroda naturally knew that Lu Chen had joined the military police, so Cheng Jingchuan only needed to find a pretext to go back to being an inside man.

Lu Chen was a good actor. After hearing Colonel Kuroda's words, he sat down with a skeptical look in his eyes, staring at Cheng Jingchuan with suspicion.

"Hmph, what are you looking at?"

Cheng Jingchuan is very proud of himself now. Lu Chen treated him like that before, locking him up in the military police station for two days and one night, which made him suffer a lot.

"It seems that Lord Lu is very eager to serve the empire."

Colonel Kuroda looked at Lu Chen with a smile. After several tests and this incident, Colonel Kuroda was now convinced that Lu Chen was not an anti-Japanese element.

On the contrary, he secretly wanted to do things for the Japanese.

"Colonel, could you give me this opportunity?"

Seeing that he was about to achieve his goal, Lu Chen suppressed his excitement and put on a serious face.

Lu Chen's goal was not only to infiltrate the Japanese army, but ideally to infiltrate the Special High Command (THAAD) to gather more useful intelligence.

"We'll talk about it later. Mr. Lu, please try this. It's a famous Japanese delicacy."

Colonel Kuroda changed the subject. The table was full of sushi, and Lu Chen picked up a piece and put it in his mouth.

So sour...

This was his first time eating sushi, and it was surprisingly sour—not the kind of taste Lu Chen liked. However, he didn't show it and kept saying how delicious it was.

"Delicious! I've heard about this dish for a long time, but this is my first time trying it. I didn't expect it to be so good."