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What Kato was going to report was exactly what Ito had expected.

"Director, according to the reports from the spies we placed in the underground party, we can confirm that the underground party is making a unified explanation to all members in Shanghai—"

Ito spoke at the right time:
"They are emphasizing that this is a very ordinary alliance and refuting the rumor that this is all a conspiracy on our side and that we should not trust it?"

Kato was stunned: "The head of the agency is wise."

Ito ignored the flattery and said to himself:
"Zhang Shihao, what on earth are you going to do?"

Kato was stunned again, and asked rather presumptuously: "Chief, what does this have to do with Zhang Shihao?"

Ito picked up the book in front of him:

"Since Zhang Shihao released this part of the content at this time, it proves one thing - he must have other intentions."

"This is the time when we test the waters, and he will definitely give me an answer."

"Look, the underground party's explanation is the answer."

Kato was still a little confused. He thought, this was probably the mutual respect between heroes?

If Ito heard Kato's inner voice, he would probably be ashamed to death. This was not a sign of mutual sympathy at all; it was clearly the experience gained from being tortured so many times.

The reason why he was able to judge that the underground party would "refute rumors" in this way was because he had done multiple deductions and found that only after the underground party adopted the method of refuting rumors would he himself be unsure of the other party's purpose - and if it was a denial or other method, he could make several corresponding inferences.

Only by dispelling the rumors can he be completely confused.

According to the theory of being an enemy of Zhang Shihao, whatever you fear will come true, so it is "natural" for this situation to occur.

[Zhang Shihao also used this opportunity to show that he and the underground party had unified their command. In addition, with this book...what was his purpose?]

Ito fell into a state of thought. Kato waited for a while but saw that Ito did not finish thinking. Seeing this, Kato simply retreated quietly. Because he had been in contact with the insider who had infiltrated the underground party, he had only flipped through the book. Now that Ito was thinking, he planned to take the opportunity to study the book carefully.

After he left, Ito made the same choice as him - he also wanted to find the answer in the book.

This flipping took several hours. After finishing this time, Ito's thoughts were filled with a passage in the book:

After the Jiaobenji attacked the Eagle Sauce Fleet, it captured the Demon City Concession of the Dragon Eagle Kingdom the next day.

[What does Zhang Shihao mean by this sentence? ]

[Tens of thousands of copies of this book were released in the concession. The contents are for everyone to see. The hidden information is not too deep - the only thing related to the concession is this sentence...]

[He wants to organize the Chinese factories in the concession to... evacuate?!]

Ito's eyes lit up and he continued thinking along this line of thought.

The phone suddenly rang. Ito answered the phone angrily after his thoughts were disrupted, but then he became extremely respectful:

"Your Mightiness."

"It's me. I'm reading."

"Okay, I'll be right over."

The call was from Feiyuan, asking him if he had watched "Blue Planet Animal Kingdom". After getting an affirmative answer, he asked Ito to come over - and bring Kato along.

After Ito packed up solemnly, he called Kato and went to the Army Hotel where Doiyuan was staying. The current Ito Agency was the former Doiyuan residence. Doiyuan was supposed to stay here, but his identity had changed at this time. He became a general of the Japanese Army and it was inconvenient for him to stay here, so he stayed in the Army Hotel.

After the two arrived at the Army Hotel, they were taken to the suite where Doiyuan was staying. When they saw Doiyuan, he was kneeling in a kimono, flipping through a book with a very simple binding. There were only five large Chinese characters on the cover:

Blue Star Animal Kingdom.

After meeting Ito and Kato, after the two of them finished their greetings, Tobiyuan gestured for them to do as they pleased, and then said:

"I have always been very curious about the author of this book. During the Battle of Songhu, he accurately predicted that Western countries would not substantially intervene, and he also predicted the events in Nanjing. I have been looking forward to it for a long time, and I didn't expect to finally see the fourth part today."

"Ito-kun, do you know anything about the author of this book?"

Ito said uncertainly: "I have a guess, this person is most likely Zhang Shihao."

Tobiyuan was not surprised: "That coincides with my opinion - Ito-kun, Kato, what do you think of the predictions for this book?"

"Nonsense!" Kato said bluntly, "This person is spreading rumors just to arouse the ill will of Western countries towards the empire. It is not credible."

Doiyuan did not comment, then looked at Ito, waiting for Ito's answer.

Ito hesitated for a moment and said:
"Sir, I, I suspect he knows something."

Kato looked at Ito in astonishment.

Tu Feiyuan nodded slightly: "How do you think he knew that?"

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It was as if a thunderbolt exploded in Kato's mind. He looked at Fatty in astonishment, unable to believe that this was actually true.

Although Ito was prepared, he couldn't help but feel his heart beating faster and his breathing becoming rapid.

He did not answer the fat man's question, but said in a hoarse voice:
"Sir, do we, do we have no choice?"

Fatty sighed upon hearing this, but did not respond.

But that in itself is the answer.

Japan really has no choice.

Ito murmured: "Why don't we focus all our strength on China?"

The fat guy still didn't answer, but a bitter smile appeared on his face involuntarily.

In the war against China, Japan's strategy of conquest has always been to nibble away at it, a little today, a little tomorrow, but their tradition of the lower class rebelling against the upper class escalated the situation - when the war broke out in Peking, the Japanese government was negotiating a solution with the Nationalist government, but as soon as the negotiations ended, the other side escalated the situation by rebelling against the upper class.

Negotiations had to fail.

This eventually led to the Nationalist government giving up all its illusions and fighting a desperate battle in Shanghai.

At that time, the Japanese government still hoped to resolve the war quickly.

However, from Shanghai to Nanjing, and then to Xuzhou and Wuhan, although the National Government was constantly defeated, its main force was always preserved. After the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese army lost its fighting spirit and entered a strategic stalemate.

Despite occupying a large area of ​​territory, the confrontation and competition on the front line and the rapid development of the Chinese Communist Party's guerrilla forces in the rear made the quagmire bigger and bigger, and Japan was trapped deeper and deeper.

Although Japan gained a huge amount of benefits from China, its money-eating army ate up all of them, and even swallowed up all the wealth accumulated by Japan since the Meiji Restoration.

The compensation is too much!
The Japanese were torn between going north and south, but they ignored the decision to continue betting on China because they saw a desperate future from the Chinese resistance - if they bet everything on China, once they were blocked by the Chinese, the entire Japan would collapse completely in less than a year!
Why give up going north?
It's still the same logic. Once the Soviets hold out for less than a year, they will eventually collapse.

Going north and betting all in on China has a winning rate of less than 10%. The Japanese are indeed good at gambling, but they dare not gamble with a 10% chance.

If the Japanese do not go south to continue to reap huge profits, then they will have no choice but to end the war immediately. But among the powerful people, including the three people sitting here, who is willing to end it?
Going south is the inevitable choice.

Doiyuan skipped the topic, looked at Ito intently, and asked the previous question again:
"Ito, how do you think he knew? Did he leak it? Or... guess it?" Ito quickly adjusted his emotions and said without hesitation: "The latter."

"Why are you so sure?"

Ito asked back: "Sir, do you know the [Zhang Xiao Secret Investigation Report]?"

"Know - you mean this person knows a lot about our country's domestic affairs?"

Ito nodded.

"That's right. How could the author who wrote the story of the Animal Kingdom on Blue Planet not conduct an in-depth investigation on his opponent? Not to mention that he is the leader of an extremely powerful intelligence force."

Doiyuan accepted Ito's explanation, and these words also made Ito breathe a sigh of relief.

Ito's heart was in his throat just now.

Because he realized one thing before:

Secret message book!
Otani's death was caused by the secret code. He behaved like a fool in this matter, but because of the struggle between the navy and the army, the unlucky Otani finally got his death.

But before this secret book, there is another thing related to the secret book:
The theft of the diplomatic secret code book!

At that time, the secret telegram book of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs was stolen, and it was Ito who finally found it. His conclusion was:

Yang Shiquan was killed by robbers who did not know the purpose of the secret book and used it to cover up their crimes.

The matter came to an end, and Ito was rewarded heavily at the time.

But after he fell into the trap of the secret code book, Ito instantly realized how ridiculous his original conclusion was.

But the matter was done, and Ito, who luckily survived, gave up the idea of ​​confessing after weighing the pros and cons and chose to go with the flow.

Therefore, it must not be a leak!
Fortunately, Fatty also agreed with his statement.

At this time, Tu Feiyuan saw that the preparations had been completed, and said with a sigh:

"Zhang Shihao, he is using his influence from his many accurate predictions to move the factories in the concession!"

Kato, who had been silent for a while, immediately jumped out:
"We must not let him succeed!"

"These are the Empire's possessions. We must not let him succeed."

Doiyuan was completely disappointed in his student. He didn't bother to pay attention and just fixed his eyes on Ito.

After a long silence, Ito said:
"Sir, the reason you are here this time is..."

He stopped talking halfway, and Tu Feiyuan nodded slightly and said:

"Very important."

The most prosperous city in the Far East is Shanghai. After they occupied Shanghai, a large amount of Chinese capital either went to Chongqing or entered the concessions, forming the distorted prosperity of the concessions.

And because of the privileges enjoyed by foreigners in China, it was easy for foreigners in the concessions to reap huge profits - in the eyes of the Japanese, the current concessions were an enormous gold nugget.

So, it’s very important!
Ito closed his eyes and thought for a long time, and then an absurd idea suddenly came to his mind. However, as he continued to "explore" this idea, he felt that this might be the truth.

He finally opened his eyes. He did not respond to Tu Feiyuan's previous words, but whispered:
"Sir, Zhang Shihao's plans have always been difficult to figure out whether they are true or false."

"And his true purpose is often hidden in a fog. This time, he is almost out in the open - do you think this is his purpose?"

Tu Feiyuan frowned and said:

"Are you saying that Zhang Shihao has other purposes?"

"He is used to using conspiracies and will never let us easily see his real purpose!" Ito said this firmly.

What is the purpose?
Doiyuan fell into deep thought, and when he had no clue, he asked, "Ito-kun, you know him, what do you think his purpose is?"

"Perhaps, this time he used an open strategy."

"Open conspiracy? Why do you say that?"

Ito looked bitter and said softly:

"He...he might be trying to get us to stop his actions."

Kato, who prided himself on being as good as others, was stunned at this moment. He worked so hard to lay out the plan, just for us to stop his actions? !

But Fatty's expression changed.

To stop his actions means to stop the relocation of factories and the transfer of property within the concession.

If blocked, it means:

We are eyeing the concession covetously. These are all pieces of meat on my plate. You are not allowed to move them out!
This also means shouting at the Americans with a megaphone:

We have ill intentions towards you and are ready to take action!
The deliberate attack on the US Navy's Pacific Fleet was the Japanese's top secret, second only to the fact that the Japanese Emperor was a fool. Even the fat man hinted at it vaguely - if the Americans were prepared for this, then what would they be able to steal!
If Japan had had worse luck and was ambushed by the Americans, its national destiny would have been completely ruined!
But if we don't stop it, we'll have to watch the relocation happen!

Just now, Tu Feiyuan also emphasized:

Very important.

His real purpose of coming to Shanghai was to take over the concession. If he only took over an empty shell, he would lose huge profits.

After realizing this, Tu Feiyuan's expression began to change.

This is indeed an open conspiracy, a conspiracy that makes them feel helpless.

Tu Feiyuan asked in a serious tone:

"Ito-kun, do you have a way to break the impasse?"

"You can only make a choice." Ito said unwillingly but had to accept his fate:
“We have to cope, but we can’t do our best.”

To deal with the relocation jointly carried out by the Military Control Commission and the underground party was to prove that they cared, and not doing their best was to show that they had no ill will towards the concession - but this would inevitably lead to the successful relocation of many factories.

But this is also the most helpless choice after weighing the pros and cons.

If they take it too seriously, everyone will know what they are thinking, which is exactly what they need to avoid.

After weighing the pros and cons, Doiyuan thought that Ito's suggestion was indeed the most reasonable solution. Although it would result in a lot of losses, it was still better than alerting the enemy.

"Ito-kun, I'm leaving this matter to you!"

Ito smiled bitterly: "I hope you won't blame me for being cautious when the time comes." (End of this chapter)