Genius Agent

Chapter 22 3 Offline Users

Hu Bang'an was shot and seriously injured; his current condition is unknown.

Mizuno was furious. He had made the arrest behind the section chief's back. If Hu Bang'an died, he would be in big trouble this time.

"Team leader, it was Hu Bang'an who fired the first shot."

[Slap]

Mizuno slapped him across the face, roaring angrily, "Even if he fired first, you can't kill him. He's important, extremely valuable, you understand?"

"Hai."

The intelligence team member who had been slapped lowered his head, straightened up, and replied.

"Where is the radio operator?"

Mizuno took a deep breath. Thankfully, the doctors were trying to save Hu Bang'an; perhaps he could be saved.

As long as the person is alive, everything is negotiable.

"The arrest of the radio operator went smoothly, and he has been escorted back to the Special Higher Police."

Captain Endo Takumi hurriedly replied that they had captured two people in this operation: one was Hu Bang'an, and the other was Hu Bang'an's radio operator.

They also seized their radio and codebook.

"Let's go back."

Mizuno turned and got into the car, while Endo Takumi's eyes widened: "Team leader, we've injured one of our brothers."

"I know the doctor will save him and take him home."

Endo's words only made things worse; as soon as Mizuno got into the car, her legs involuntarily tightened.

He took everyone with him, and only one person was injured.

The injured player was very unlucky, as he was hit in the groin.

Bullets don't have eyes; it was his own fault for rushing too fast. Hu Bang'an fired the shot as he fell, and it hit him right there.

This player is not married yet, and has no hope of getting married in the future.

It's already a great stroke of luck that the person was saved.

"Hai."

Endo Takumi replied helplessly that Mizuno was a team leader sent by headquarters, and he was not Mizuno's confidant.

The injured team member was one of his trusted subordinates, but unfortunately Mizuno did not value him.

Special Higher Police, Torture Chamber.

Ma Jin, who was hanging up, couldn't help but swallow hard.

He had only been in Shanghai for a little over two months, and he didn't expect to be exposed and arrested so quickly. Seeing the Japanese signs here, he knew very well who had arrested him.

"Team leader."

Mizuno walked into the interrogation room and immediately sat down at the interrogation table. His cold gaze terrified Mazu.

Seeing Majin's appearance in front of him eased Mizuno's mood somewhat; this was the normal reaction of a Chinese person who had been arrested.

Things had been going wrong before, but thankfully this time we finally made some progress.

Ma Jin was Hu Bang'an's radio operator. Hu Bang'an's communications with the Special Service Department all went through him, so he must have known many secrets.

By getting him to talk and obtaining more information, even if Hu Bang'an dies, he will still have made a contribution this time.

"Give him a beating."

Mizuno gave a direct order; he was ruthless, and any Chinese people he captured, regardless of their identity, would be tortured as soon as they were brought in.

This will better deter them and prevent them from taking any chances.

"Stop hitting me, I'll talk."

A few minutes later, Ma Jin could no longer endure the torture and confessed.

He came from the Secret Service headquarters, but he wasn't a frontline agent; he was just a trained communications officer.

His only task in Shanghai was to help Hu Bang'an liaise with headquarters.

Hu Bang'an was a man planted by the Special Service in the police station of the International Settlement. He had been in Shanghai for a longer time, but before that, Hu Bang'an mainly promoted himself, and he made other arrangements himself.

Previously, no specific work had been assigned to Hu Bang'an.

Later, Hu Bang'an developed three subordinates, which gained the attention of his superiors, and that's why Ma Jin was sent to be Hu Bang'an's personal radio operator.

Who are the three people he recruited?

Mizuno immediately perked up. Hu Bang'an had already recruited three people?

Arresting these three people is tantamount to uprooting Hu Bang'an's entire network.

The battlefield for secret agents is never on the front lines; he has no psychological burden when it comes to making arrests in secret.

The more Chinese spies he eliminates, the greater his achievement will be.

"I have no idea."

Ma Jin shook his head. He was just a radio operator. Hu Bang'an was his superior, and all three of them had been recruited before he arrived. Ma Jin did not know their identities.

"you do not know?"

Mizuno's eyes widened, clearly showing anger.

These three are key. Knowing their identities and capturing them is crucial to achieving great success this time.

Ma Jin, however, said he didn't know.

"I really didn't know. I haven't been here long. I was only responsible for sending telegrams for Hu Bang'an. I was arrested after sending three telegrams."

Ma Jin quickly shook his head. Hu Bang'an was a professional agent who did a good job of keeping secrets. He hadn't said a single thing that he shouldn't have known.

"Keep hitting him."

Mizuno gave the order, but Mazu was not honest and said he didn't know when asked the key questions, so it seems that the torture was not intense enough.

"Stop hitting me, I really don't know."

Mazu screamed in agony, but no matter how much he begged for mercy, Mizuno remained motionless.

These pleas for mercy were useless to him; he only wanted the result.

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything..."

Half an hour later, Ma Jin, unable to bear the beating any longer, uttered three names.

However, he had only been there a short time and knew very few people. The two he mentioned were subordinates of Hu Bang'an from the Hongkou Police Station, and the other was a street vendor he knew.

Upon receiving the list, Mizuno frowned deeply.

Was Hu Bang'an a subordinate recruited by the police station? And did he recruit two more?

That's possible, but if someone like that is being developed, why would the Secret Service value him so much and send him a radio operator?

The people Hu Bang'an recruited overlapped with his work, making him more like a recruitment assistant.

"Take him away first."

Mizuno did not continue the torture. Mazu was seriously injured. Mizuno liked to use heavy-handed torture to quickly pry open the mouths of those being interrogated.

Back in the office, Mizuno worked overtime through the night.

He produced Ma Jin's confession, which included a list of three people and three telegrams he had sent on behalf of Hu Bang'an.

Of these three telegrams, two were related to the Empire, and both contained valuable intelligence.

This includes the death of Fumihiko Kobayashi.

Hu Bang'an pointed out that Kobayashi Fumihiko was likely killed in an accident while carrying out a mission. The case of Xie Hanzhang's murder in the French Concession was very likely committed by the Japanese.

The Kuomintang also disliked Xie Hanzhang; they were only interested in who killed him.

It was because of this telegram that the Special Higher Police found Majin.

"wrong."

Mizuno suddenly slammed his hand on the table. Two of the intelligence reports were in the French Concession, while Hu Bang'an was in the International Settlement.

These two intelligence reports about the French Concession must have been obtained by Hu Bang'an through his network of contacts.

However, all three people Ma Jin mentioned were in the International Settlement, especially Hu Bang'an's two subordinates. They rarely went to the French Concession and wouldn't know about these things. Even if they did, they wouldn't know such details or how quickly they could have done so.

Hu Bang'an must have developed a network of contacts in the French Concession; Ma Jin deceived him.

"Men, continue the interrogation of Ma Jin."

Mizuno will never let go of anyone who has deceived him, no matter what their reason is.

Anyone who dares to deceive him will have to pay the price.

In the French Concession apartment, Su Yuncheng was already asleep.

In his dream, Su Yuncheng appeared in a study.

The study was luxuriously furnished, with a large desk and bookshelves, as well as various things that Su Yuncheng had never seen before.

The study has glass walls, and outside is a garden.

His gaze quickly fell on the desk, where a book lay open.