dmims Chapter 106 Cleansing Operation
Chapter 106 Cleansing Operation
Yan Shuo's eyes sharpened. Instead of rushing downstairs, he turned and walked towards the depths of the corridor. Since he was here, he couldn't just search Matsumoto Takuma's family. He also had to search the offices of Yoshioka and Sakamoto, his two accomplices, as well as the rooms of several intelligence officers nearby.
Using his identity as "Matsumoto Kin'an" as cover, he swaggered around the floors. When he encountered the occasional staff member on duty, he would pretend to be "ordered to check the documents." Intimidated by his rank and discipline, none of them dared to ask any questions.
Yan Shuo moved extremely quickly. At each office door, he would either pry open the lock with a wire or forcefully twist it open. Once inside, he would immediately activate Xiao Zhi's scanning function.
"Intelligence drafts were detected in a hidden compartment of Yoshioka's office desk, and the Strategy Department's action plan was found in Sakamoto's office safe..." Xiao Zhi's report was accurate and efficient. Following the prompts, Yan Shuo put all the classified documents, codebooks, and action instructions into his space, not even letting go of classified stationery with Japanese military markings.
If a safe cannot be quickly cracked, it is taken away entirely to ensure that no valuable information is left behind.
In just ten minutes, he ransacked the key offices on the floor where the intelligence section was located.
After confirming that nothing was missing, Yan Shuo straightened his clothes, pretended to be leaving get off work, calmly walked down the stairs, and smoothly exited the Meiji government office building.
Once inside the car, he immediately pulled out a map, compared it with the location of Namiko Izakaya marked in his memory, and sped off.
Namiko Izakaya is not far from the Umeji Agency. It was bustling with activity at that moment, with red lanterns hanging at the entrance and the sounds of Japanese officers laughing and geisha singing coming from inside.
Yan Shuo parked the car in a secluded spot on the street corner and quietly circled around to the back door of the izakaya.
The back door was ajar, and the sounds of waiters clearing away dishes could be heard from inside.
Yan Shuo held his breath, pushed the door open, covered the waiter's mouth, and instantly slashed the man's throat with a dagger. He quickly dragged the body to the storage room and hid it.
He walked in close to the wall and, through the gap in the paper door of the cubicle, soon saw Matsumoto Takuma and the other two.
They were sitting around a table laden with sake and dishes, accompanied by two geishas, their faces flushed from drinking.
"Drink! To the victory of the Great Japanese Empire!" Yoshioka shouted indistinctly, raising his glass.
"Yoshi! Cheers!" Matsumoto Takuma and Sakamoto responded in unison, completely unaware of the approaching Grim Reaper.
A cold glint flashed in Yan Shuo's eyes as he pulled out two silenced Browning pistols and gently pushed open the paper door.
The three people inside turned around at the sound, but before they could react, gunshots rang out.
With a few soft "thuds," Matsumoto Takuma, Yoshioka, and Sakamoto collapsed to the ground, each with a bloody hole in their forehead and the lingering excitement of drunkenness on their faces.
The geisha who was returning to refill the wine saw this scene and turned pale with fright. Just as she was about to scream, Yan Shuo's eyes turned cold, and he raised his hand and shot her in the neck, breaking her voice instantly. The geisha fell limply to the ground.
The other customers and staff in the store noticed something was wrong and were about to turn around to look when Yan Shuo had already put away his pistol and strode towards the door.
The guards at the door saw him hurrying out and were about to step forward to ask him questions when Yan Shuo pulled out two throwing knives and accurately plunged them into the throats of the two men.
The guard clutched his throat, his face filled with terror, and collapsed to the ground, without even a chance to call for help.
The whole process was lightning fast, taking only a dozen seconds.
After confirming that no one was left alive, Yan Shuo turned and walked into the alley, started the car, and quickly drove away from the scene.
Chaotic shouts gradually rose from the izakaya behind them, but it was too late.
Inside the car, Yan Shuo calmly wiped the marks off his hands, his eyes showing no emotion.
"Bai Zhimin..." Yan Shuo murmured the name, his tone icy and chilling, "Since you dare to be a traitor, then be prepared to pay the price."
After leaving the izakaya, Yan Shuo did not linger and drove back to the Mei Agency.
He remembered that there was a special room deep inside the Mei Agency, which was used to detain prisoners or traitors with special status. Bai Zhimin was most likely imprisoned there.
Using his familiarity with the terrain, he bypassed the patrolling sentries and silently infiltrated the privilege room area.
The preferential treatment rooms were a row of separate small rooms, with heavy iron bars on the doors and windows.
Yan Shuo checked each room one by one, peering through the iron bars. He found that all the rooms were empty, with only some discarded clothes and tableware left on the ground, indicating that the place had been deserted.
"It seems Bai Zhimin has been moved." He muttered to himself, his eyes becoming serious.
Yan Shuo immediately pulled out his communicator and dialed Xu Li and Wang Qiang's numbers. His tone was cold and decisive: "Xu Li, Wang Qiang, immediately deploy your men to locate the three secret safe houses of the Mei Agency that have already been discovered, according to the previously marked coordinates. Also, find out the residence of the traitor Bai Zhimin. I want you to monitor him throughout the entire process. Once the target's location is confirmed, immediately begin the purge—whether it's the target himself or the guards, leave no one alive, eliminate them completely!"
"Understood, Captain! We'll move out immediately!" Xu Li's firm voice came from the other end of the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Yan Shuo stood at the door of the preferential treatment room, looking at the lights of the Mei Agency office building in the distance, a ruthless smile curving his lips.
Bai Zhimin, Saeki Shinkai, Ogino Kiyoshi... since they dared to make a move on him and Meng Jia, they'll have to pay a heavy price.
As night fell, a purge targeting Japanese agents and traitors began.
Inside the car, Yan Shuo took out the secretary doll. "Send a telegram to the Military Intelligence Bureau headquarters: Qian Mingyuan's younger brother, from the Fifth War Zone Communications Battalion, was arrested by Saeki Nobuyoshi, the head of the Strategy Section of the Mei Agency, forcing Qian Mingyuan to defect. Saeki Nobuyoshi obtained the codebook. Saeki Nobuyoshi is likely to be promoted to major general soon, and rumors say he's a leading candidate for the next head of the Mei Agency. I'm preparing to silence Saeki Nobuyoshi. Ask the Director, is there any mission to leave him alive?"
"Send another message to Wang Li: Bai Zhimin has been arrested by Matsumoto Takuma, the adjutant to the head of the intelligence section of the Mei Agency. He confessed to the entire military supply transport line from Meng Jia to Wang Li, as well as my supply points. Matsumoto Takuma has been silenced. The two lieutenants from the strategy section involved, Sakamoto Keiichi and Yoshioka Daiya, have also been silenced. The agents who were tracking Meng Jia, Inoue Ichiro and Zhang Cheng, have also been silenced. We are currently searching Bai Zhimin's privileged residence. Report any leads immediately. Urgent!"
After sending the second telegram, Yan Shuo raised his hand to rub his temples, quickly sorting out the current situation in his mind. The Military Intelligence Bureau would most likely agree to silence Saeki Shinkai, and might even offer additional rewards.
After receiving the message, Wang Li will likely immediately investigate any clues around him to help find Bai Zhimin's whereabouts.
As for the cleanup operation, Xu Li and Wang Qiang are always reliable in their work. Once they have located the target, they will be able to complete the task cleanly and efficiently.
His only concern was the forces behind Saeki Shinkai and the large-scale investigation that the Ume Agency might launch as a result.
Yan Shuo took a deep breath, started the car, and stopped heading towards Namiko's Izakaya. There was already chaos there, and there was no need to join in the fun.
He turned the car around and headed towards the temporary meeting point he had agreed upon with Xu Li and Wang Qiang, preparing to wait for news of the cleanup operation while planning the next step: the elimination plan targeting Saeki Shinkai.