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Nine in the morning.

The printing presses in the basement of Houdezhong had stopped running long ago, and several staff members in white uniforms put the one-meter-square paper on the table and skillfully cut it into stacks of legal currency.

Mitaka Kusumoto picked up a stack of banknotes and slid his fingers over the edge, a smell of ink unique to banknotes rushed towards him, and the sound of rattling paper was very pleasant.

He looked up at the guard next to him with live ammunition, and when he saw the opposite side turned his head, he calmly picked up a few stacks and put them in his pocket.

As the person in charge of the army of the counterfeit banknote plan, he felt that he had an obligation to test whether the counterfeit banknotes were available for the empire, which was the duty of the locust officials.

After quickly stuffing his pockets, Kusumoto Shilong walked down the stairs to the ground and checked the guard posts in the teaching building.

"Pay attention to vigilance and keep a distance from the window. Chinese sharpshooters are very powerful."

He came to a room on the first floor, stretched his head out cautiously, turned around and warned the Japanese spy holding MP18.

"Hay."

The special agent respectfully returned the order.

Mitaka Kusumoto nodded in satisfaction, full of ambition in his heart. Now there are dozens of armed personnel with automatic firepower in this building. As long as the Chinese dare to come, this is the place where they will be buried.

Next, he checked all the firepower points carefully, and after making sure that there was no problem, he walked into a heavily guarded office and sat down at a desk with a phone on it.

Time passed by, and Yamamoto also came yawning.

For reasons of confidentiality, they must be present at the same time to monitor each other when using the only outside line.

Neither of the two spoke, they sat there quietly, waiting for a call to report Kyouichi Oyama's safety.

The other party is the only person who knows that the counterfeit banknote plan is active outside at the same time. Once something happens, it means that the plan is likely to have been exposed.

With such a natural early warning, one of their most important tasks every day is to answer the phone to decide whether to evacuate.

"Clang...clang..."

After a while, the wall clock on the wall rang ten times. Shilong Kusumoto leaned forward slightly and raised his hand to answer the call, with a relaxed expression on his face.

It has been so many days, and Dashan Kyouichi has been safe and sound, and today should be no exception. After all, imitation of legal currency is the top secret of the empire, and it is impossible for the Chinese to know.

But after waiting for a long time, there was no response to the phone that should have rang a long time ago. Cold sweat gradually broke out on his head, and he looked at Yamamoto with a little panic.

The counterfeit banknote plan is related to whether the empire's war against China can continue, and it is in every aspect. If something goes wrong, those big shots can make them irreparable.

At this moment, the phone finally rang, and Shilong Kusumoto picked up the microphone and put it to his ear, slowly widened his eyes when he heard the report on the other side, and finally sat down on the stool.

"Master Kusumoto, what happened?"

Yamamoto asked anxiously, even though he had guessed the answer, he still didn't want to believe it.

How could Dashan Kyouichi be exposed? The other party has been lurking in the patrol room for several years, engaged in the most basic intelligence collection work, and there is no possibility of exposure.

Could it be that the other party had betrayed him? After pondering over and over again, he only thought of one possibility, and secretly cursed at Ba Ga Ya Lu. …

On the other side, old spy Kusumoto Mitaka took a deep breath, quickly adjusted his mood, and solemnly announced the bad news.

"Kyoichi Oyama disappeared. At 8 o'clock this morning, the surveillance personnel found that the curtains in his room were half open, which means everything is normal.

The surveillance personnel didn't care until the scheduled contact time passed, and they felt that something was wrong and sent someone secretly into the other party's home.

It can be confirmed that there was no exchange of fire or fighting in the house, and the things were placed very neatly, and the same was true for the bedding.

The surrounding neighbors did not hear any abnormal movements last night. According to the above information, it is speculated that the bastard probably defected.

He knows a lot of information about the counterfeit banknote plan, this place is no longer safe, Yamamoto-kun, tell everyone to move immediately. "

Gritting his teeth, Kusumoto Mitaka began to destroy the documents and materials in the office, and pressed a switch.

The next second, the sirens in the basement and in the school flashed silently. The staff and armed personnel were stunned and immediately reacted, and evacuated in an orderly manner according to the plan.

It took less than 10 minutes to move most of the items to the truck, except for the printing press.

This American-made groove printing machine weighs more than 20 tons, even if it is dismantled into several parts, it is impossible to move it away in a short time.

And this is not building blocks, you have to pay attention to what parts to remove first, and what parts to remove later, otherwise it is easy to cause damage to the parts.

Saburo Shinoda, the butler in charge of dismantling the counterfeit banknotes, was sweating profusely. When he saw someone forcibly dismantling them, he immediately shouted angrily.

"Baga, be careful."

On the stairs, Mitaka Kusumoto and Yamamoto hurried down after hearing the sound, and frowned as they looked at the huge printing press.

It took several days to install the machine at that time, but they don't have such a long time now, the enemy may attack at any time, and they must leave this place as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Kusumoto Shilong made a decisive decision and beckoned everyone to help. A group of people pulled the parts out of the basement from the slope and loaded them into the truck with pulleys.

Just when they were working in full swing, a Japanese spy belonging to the navy came running quickly and whispered a report in Yamamoto's ear.

"Nani? Why is he here?"

Yamamoto gasped in surprise.

This caught the attention of Shilong Kusumoto, who would come to the banknote printing factory at this time, and it sounded like he knew Yamamoto, so he immediately asked.

"Yamamoto-kun, who's here?"

"this…………"

Yamamoto hesitated for a moment and replied: "It's Ryosuke Hase, the vice minister of intelligence at the Imperial Consulate in Shanghai, and he brought a group of people to the school gate, saying that he wanted to discuss a business with you, Mr. Kusumoto.

The other party is a celebrity of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has many friends in the Ministry of the Navy. He has great powers and hands and eyes. I think he may come here on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and wants to get a share of it. "

At this moment, Yamamoto was both surprised and happy. He was surprised that Hase would know about the counterfeit banknotes, and he was happy that the other party was generous. People said that it was timely rain in Shanghai, and he might be able to reap some benefits.

There is no contradiction between being loyal to His Majesty the Locust and earning money. Otherwise, where did the mansions and luxury life of those generals come from? Who can say that they are not loyal to the empire. …

Patriotism also needs food.

No one lives in a vacuum.

On the opposite side, Kusumoto Shilong was furious. The counterfeit banknote plan was led by the military and had nothing to do with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The other party dared to take advantage of the fire to rob. They really should kill all these damned non-citizens.

Furious, he immediately planned to send his subordinates to drive away the people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but under Yamamoto's persuasion, he finally agreed to meet first and listen to Hase Ryosuke before making a decision.

As a Japanese spy rushed to report the news, there were soon dense footsteps from the direction of the gate, and then a person greeted the two of them with a big smile from a long distance away.

"Konichiwa, Colonel Kusumoto, and Yamamoto-kun."

Hase Ryosuke was wearing a black windbreaker, a suit dress, a velvet top hat, and expensive calfskin shoes, full of style. Behind him were a dozen strong men in black.

I saw him striding forward and bowing slightly: "Smi Masai, Changgu came here, you two don't mind, here is a little gift to express my apologies, please accept it."

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and two foreign ministry agents immediately came to Kusumoto Shitaka and Yamamoto, bent down, and lifted a small wooden box high.

"Master Kusumoto, Yamamoto-kun, let's see if you agree."

Hase Ryosuke raised his hand, smiled and motioned for the two to open.

Mitaka Kusumoto sneered in his heart, how much a small wooden box can hold, and it is only a few thousand yen if it is full, do you really think that you are a bumpkin who has never seen the world?

He opened the lid casually, and found that there was only a thin deposit receipt inside, so he picked it up casually and looked at it, and then his eyes widened.

"Cough cough cough..."

After a violent cough, Mitaka Kusumoto's expression changed from indifference to shock, and then from shock to ecstasy, holding the deposit slip in his hands and refusing to Hase Ryosuke.

"Mr. Changgu, this gift is really too precious. In the Chinese saying, you will not be rewarded without merit. Please take it back, Mr. Changgu."

Yamamoto on the side also turned red when he saw the deposit certificate. The other party was so generous, and he gave away the unregistered deposit certificate of [-] US dollars.

Hase Ryosuke looked at the reaction of the two, and smiled even more: "You are welcome, how can the friendship between friends be measured by vulgar money.

And to be honest, what I dislike the most is money, which is the source of my troubles. You are helping me by accepting it. I should be grateful to you two. "

Listen, is this what people say?

If he is still the source of troubles, then he would rather bear such troubles for the rest of his life.

Kusumoto Mitaka and Yamamoto slandered at the same time, and quietly stuffed the certificate of deposit into their pockets, and their movements were extremely skillful.

Not only them, Saburo Shinoda also received a "small gift". Mr. Expert, who only had a salary of several hundred yen a month, almost fainted from excitement, and he couldn't help but quickly pocketed it.

In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs agents who followed Hase Ryosuke distributed small red envelopes to the people present, and everyone who came to see it had a share.

The tense atmosphere suddenly relaxed, and the two sides exchanged enthusiastically, while the three leaders walked to the corner silently.

Kusumoto Shilong suppressed his excitement and asked Hase Ryosuke a few questions. After all, it was related to a top-secret plan, and he had to ask clearly about some things. …

"Hase-kun, I don't know how you know this place, and why you came here for...?"

Shan Ben, who was on the side, was afraid of angering the donor, so he quickly interjected, saying that they had no other intentions, and the inquiry was just out of duty.

"Master Kusumoto, Yamamoto-kun."

Hase Ryosuke raised his hand to stop him from explaining, with a solemn expression: "You two, I have some bad news to tell you that last night, the arrest of Dashan Kyouichi in the old gate of the public concession was controlled by the national government.

The traitor provided the other party with a lot of top-secret information, including the plan of the army and navy to imitate legal currency, the address here, and the alternate address.

The Secret Service in charge of the interrogation plans to attack Houde Middle School in a feint and launch a surprise attack on your way of retreat. The moat and Hongkou are now full of Chinese intelligence personnel.

The mole who broke into the national government in the super high class made an urgent report to me after learning about it. Two people, I can help you transfer safely, but there is one condition. "

He glanced at the two of them, and revealed his intentions: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is very interested in the counterfeit banknote plan, and we want [-]% of the proceeds.

I know this request is beyond your authority, so we can discuss it slowly after we get to a safe place, what do you two agree.

Please rest assured that the small gift just now is just a welcome gift. If the tripartite cooperation is reached, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and I will give another generous gift. "

Kusumoto Shilong and Yamamoto looked at each other with a heartbeat, turned their heads and shouted in unison: "Deal!"