My spy diary

Chapter 336: A Game Within a Game Within a Game (asking for monthly votes)
The music and applause were overwhelming, and it seemed that the target person was about to appear.

Zhang Yi stood up calmly and adjusted the bandage hanging around his neck, especially the silent pistol hidden in the plaster.

In his sight, Monkey, Qian Xiaosan and a group of reporters also entered the hotel lobby.

The two men had slicked-back hair and powdered faces and were dressed fashionably; if they hadn't had press cards and carried cameras, people would have believed they were gangsters.

Yang Wenxuan was wearing a tuxedo and had a beard on his lips. He was chatting animatedly with a few pro-Japanese elements, and Liu Kui followed closely behind.

After a round of warm applause, Zhang Yi looked carefully and saw a short, slightly balding man with bow legs walking into the banquet hall surrounded by a large group of Japanese soldiers.

His suit looked so out of place among the khaki Japanese military uniforms, and his face had a hypocritical and kind expression, which was very different from those sinister-looking soldiers and the greedy pseudo-government officials.

This guy is always at ease.

Zhang Yi's eyes moved slightly, and he followed Chang and the Japanese officer behind him, but he did not see Li Shijun.

Only Qingqi Qingyin from the Mei Agency followed behind with a few plainclothes officers, one of whom was the fat-faced Wu Sibao.

"Where is Li Shijun?"

While Zhang Yi was thinking secretly in his heart, he signaled to Monkey and his men with his eyes that if Li Shijun did not show up, they would have to change their strategy.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yi's finger was tightly on the trigger and his eyes narrowed slightly. If Li Shijun didn't come, he could kill Chang Zizai, Qingqi Qingyin and Wu Sibao, which would be a good deal.

At this time, Chang Zizai had already stepped onto the podium to prepare for his speech.

Zhang Yi glanced around and gave a look to Monkey and Qian Xiaosan.

The two of them were arranged on both sides of the rostrum with other reporters, a few meters apart, and were responsible for taking pictures of Chang Zizai and the military and political leaders of the new government.

Receiving Zhang Yi's gaze, Monkey took advantage of the Japanese plainclothes officers on guard and bypassed them. He strode over and headed straight for Chang Zizai on the rostrum. He raised his camera and asked loudly:
"General Chang, I am a reporter from Shanghai Shenbao. I would like to interview you. What is the purpose of your visit to Shanghai?"

Before Chang Zizai could react, two Japanese soldiers in major uniforms beside him stepped forward and yelled at the monkey in Japanese. One of them rushed over to take the monkey's camera.

At this moment, the monkey suddenly pressed the shutter of the camera.

The spotlights lit up instantly, and everyone's attention was drawn to this reporter who was desperate to get the news.

After receiving the signal, Zhang Yi immediately pulled the trigger like a hunting leopard.

"Swish" a slight sound of metal scraping through the air suddenly rang out.

Then, Chang Zizai's body shook slightly, a splash of blood suddenly appeared on the white shirt on his chest, the muscles on his face twitched, and he fell backwards on his back.

Before the crowd could even scream, a woman dressed as a waitress threw away her tray, pushed away several guests, fired another shot at Chang Zizai, and then rushed directly to the podium amid the screams of the crowd and shot Chang Zizai two more times.

"What's going on?" Zhang Yi was stunned. There were only him, Monkey and other five people in this operation. Where did a woman suddenly appear?
From the Red Party or the Central Bureau of Investigation?

This sudden appearance of the woman completely disrupted their plans.

But at this moment, we can only make the best of it and adapt to the situation.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yi fired while glancing at the lights in the banquet hall, wondering why Yang Wenxuan and Liu Kui hadn't cut off the power yet?

"boom"

He shot down a Japanese major with one shot. He caught a glimpse of the waitress running into the panicked crowd, but Wu Sibao had already rushed up and aimed at her back. He quickly turned the gun around and shot at Wu Sibao.

Wu Sibao pulled a pro-Japanese element in front of him without hesitation and shot the waitress twice.

Bang, bang, the bullet instantly hit the woman's back. She staggered and fell to the ground, and the panicked crowd trampled over her.

"Keep alive!"

Qingqi Qingyin just rushed out and shouted, Zhang Yi turned around and shot him, "bang" the bullet went through his shoulder.

"Major!"

A few Japanese soldiers were shouting and were about to fire back when the lights in the banquet hall suddenly went out.

In the darkness, no one dared to shoot again. There was chaos and screaming, mixed with Japanese curses.

In the chaos, someone shouted loudly in Japanese at the door of the banquet hall:

"Don't make a fuss. Close the door. No one is allowed to leave here. Follow the plan and make sure to catch all the anti-Japanese elements. Send someone to repair the circuit immediately."

Hearing this, Zhang Yi's heart moved. He blew a whistle, immediately turned around and walked around the rostrum to the back and out of the security door.

He groped his way along the wall in the dark and soon arrived at a house at the end of the corridor.

"Who?" A light from a lighter suddenly appeared a few meters away, and two Japanese military police were seen guarding the door with guns.

Zhang Yi fired two shots without hesitation.

"Plop" the two men fell to the ground.

Then he quietly approached the door of the room and listened attentively.

There were faint breathing sounds and light footsteps from inside. It was obvious that there was someone inside, and he sensed something was wrong and was tiptoeing towards the door.

Zhang Yi sneered, pulled up a Japanese military policeman who was lying on the ground and put him in front of him, then kicked the door open.

At this moment, the lights in the corridor and the room suddenly lit up, flashed a few times, and then went out.

Zhang Yi pricked up his ears alertly, and heard Japanese soldiers loudly scolding the repairman in the distance. It seemed that the circuit repair was not going very smoothly.

But this is actually a good thing for him.

When the light bulb flickered just now, he had caught a glimpse of another "Chang Zizai" wearing a khaki military uniform sitting in the room, accompanied by several Japanese officers with Rendan beards.

"Hatoyama Ichiro, what are you going to do?"

The Japanese officer who was tiptoeing towards the gate with a wary look on his face crouched down, glanced at the military police standing at the door with his head hung, and asked suspiciously.

But before he could finish his words, an arm suddenly stretched out from under Ichiro Hatoyama's armpit, and with a "swish", a flash of light, the officer fell to the ground.

"Enemy attack, protect the general." The room was suddenly filled with the sound of hurried pistol loading and messy footsteps.

Zhang Yi smiled sarcastically, looked for the source of the sound, and "pushed" Ichiro Hatoyama slowly forward, shooting as he walked.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak" "Bang, bang, bang"

After a few screams, the room became quiet again.

Zhang Yi listened carefully and immediately found something wrong.

There was still someone alive in the room, although the person's breath was so faint that it almost deceived his ears.

Zhang Yi pretended to remain calm and dragged the increasingly heavy Hatoyama Ichiro to the corner and leaned against the wall.

Then he sighed, "Reality and falsehood are always at ease? Get up, I have found you."

As he said this, he fell to the ground. Two gunshots instantly rang out at the staggering body of Hatoyama Ichiro. As the body fell to the ground with a thud, a hoarse and arrogant voice rang out:

"The Chinese are like a mantis stalking a cicada."

But before he could finish his words, Zhang Yi, who was lying on the ground, jumped up and fired several shots at the shooting point.

Zhang Yi sneered, took out his lighter and shone it. He saw that Chang Zizai, who was wearing a khaki military uniform, had been shot several times in the chest, blood was gushing out, and his face looked hideous.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of light footsteps outside, and at the same time, the sound of Japanese military boots stepping on the floor came from the distance. Zhang Yi immediately hid at the door.

In the darkness, a strong arm holding a gun suddenly stretched out into the door. Zhang Yi grabbed it and put the gun to his head.

"Stationmaster, it's me!"

In the light of the lighter, Qian Xiaosan's wretched face was revealed, followed by Monkey, Liu Kui and Yang Wenxuan.

“Why didn’t the insurance cut off on time?”

Yang Wenxuan muttered in a low voice:
"I met Zheng Huhe and we almost got into a fight, so that delayed me."

Zhang Yi's mind raced. It turned out that the Red Party was also taking action. This meant that the waitress who was killed was one of theirs.

Liu Kui asked anxiously: "Stationmaster, the Japanese military police are coming soon"

Zhang Yi waved his hand to interrupt him, pointed at the bodies of Chang Zizai and others behind him, whispered a few words, and made a gesture.

A few people understood and immediately took off their clothes and put on the clothes of several Japanese officers and military police.

At this moment, the light above my head suddenly lit up, and the room became bright.

Zhang Yi was startled. The Japanese reacted faster than he expected. They repaired the circuit so quickly. By now, they might have already started checking inside and outside the banquet hall.

Without time to think, Zhang Yi grabbed the phone in the room and dialed a number:
"Army Hospital, Army Hospital, I'm General Koyama's assistant, yes, Shanghai Hotel, the general has been shot, needs an ambulance, immediately, immediately, send the best doctor.

After hanging up the phone, he pointed at Chang Zizai's body and said:
"withdraw."

Zhang Yi was in front, and the four men followed behind carrying Chang Zizai's body. When they stepped out of the door, Zhang Yi stopped, turned back and said:
"If we are exposed after leaving the hotel, I will kidnap an official of the puppet government as a cover to attract the attention of the Japanese. You will immediately blend into the crowd and evacuate separately."

Monkey and his friends felt their scalps go numb. No matter how perfect the plan was, there would always be unexpected events. If the stationmaster was arrested, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Stationmaster."

"This is an order."

Zhang Yi said decisively, pointing to his collar, "I will choose to commit suicide before I am arrested, so you don't have to worry. The team will be led by Monkey, and we must continue to fight."

"Let's evacuate from the employee passage."

The head of the Mei Agency, Qingqi Qingyin, stood at the door of the banquet hall with his hands on his shoulders and a sullen face. His sinister eyes silently scanned every guest who was queuing at the door and anxiously waiting for inspection.

He had just been shot and the bullet was still lodged in his shoulder blade.

In order to catch Zhang Yi from the so-called special liaison station, he and Li Shijun racked their brains to direct today's scene, but they didn't expect that mistakes would still happen.

As expected, he is Zhang Yi, the guy who gives even the Special High Section a headache.

Qingqi Qingyin covered his shoulder which was bleeding and twitched his nose. He believed that the target was very close and Zhang Yi was hiding among these people.

"Major, something happened. Anti-Japanese elements attacked General Koyama Hitoshi and his entourage. The general was shot and is in critical condition. I received a report that his entourage just left the hotel staff passage." A subordinate ran over with sweat on his forehead and whispered to Qingqi.

"What did you say?"

Qingqi Qingyin was furious. For this scene, he specially prepared a substitute for Koyama Jiufu. How did the Military Control Commission know about it?
"Is the general seriously injured?"

"I just received a plainclothes report"

"Baga, why don't you check it yourself?"

Qingqi Qingyin said, and suddenly his eyebrows jumped:
"Oh no, this is wrong. This is to lure the tiger away from the mountain and attack Wei to save Zhao."

"What do you mean, Major?"

"Asshole, send someone to check the place where the general stayed immediately. The Military Control Commission might have kidnapped the general and disguised themselves as his followers to fish in troubled waters. The rest of you should go to the employee passage at the back door of the hotel and stop them immediately."

A loud "bang" was heard from inside the hotel, interrupting Qingqi Qingyin's words, and everyone turned their heads to look.

Bang bang, several explosions sounded one after another.

Then a Japanese military policeman with blood all over his face stumbled out of the hotel and reported to Qingqi Qingyin.

"Reporting to the Major, there is explosives in the bathroom behind the banquet hall. A large section of the back wall of the hotel was blown open. Someone just threw a homemade bomb in from outside. More than a dozen of us are injured."

Qingqi Qingyin's face suddenly changed. He did not expect that the anti-Japanese elements today would have so many supporters.

Homemade bombs, needless to say, it must be the Red Party that has come. Could it be that the Military Control Commission and the Red Party have joined forces?

"Send a team to check it out, immediately notify the military police for assistance, and then call the Marines to block off several streets around. The rest of you don't have to worry about the Red Party, just work with me to capture Zhang Yi."

But when they reached the staff passage, it was too late.

Qingqi Qingyin pulled over a military policeman who was guarding the gate and asked:
"Where are the people escorting the general?"

"They couldn't wait for the ambulance and drove to the hospital."

"Baga, chase them!" Qingqi Qingyin pushed the military police away and said angrily.

Here, Zhang Yi was sitting in the passenger seat, and the driver was a Japanese military police.

In the back seat were Monkey and Qian Xiaosan. Chang Zizai, who had died long ago, was now lying on their laps, being "carefully cared for".

Hearing the sound of an ambulance roaring in the distance and seeing that the time was ripe, Zhang Yi winked at Monkey, who immediately pulled out a gun, put it to the back of the driver's head and pulled the trigger.

With a bang, the back of the driver's head exploded.

Zhang Yi turned the steering wheel, controlled the car, threw the driver out with the help of the monkey, and drove the car directly across the middle of the road, blocking the way of the ambulance.

The driver of the Japanese Army Hospital stuck his head out and cursed in Japanese, but Zhang Yi got out of the car with a smile and slapped him twice without any warning.

"Baga, General Xiaoshan is in the car and in critical condition. It is inconvenient to move it now. You drive to the hospital immediately."

As he said this, he pulled the confused driver down and pushed him into the car.

At the same time, Monkey and Qian Xiaosan got out of the car and controlled the nurses and doctors, and drove them into the car as well.

Looking at the dying Koyama Jiufu, the doctors and nurses looked at each other in confusion.

But as Liu Kui took out his pistol and pointed it at the driver's temple, the driver stepped on the accelerator and rushed out.

Zhang Yi and his companions looked at each other, abandoned the other car, immediately got into the ambulance, and drove towards the hotel at lightning speed.

Just happened to pass by the pursuers from the Mei Agency.

After getting rid of the pursuers, they abandoned the car again, evacuated separately, and disappeared in the crowd.

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(End of this chapter)