usatvline Chapter 1920 Security Restriction Protection
Chapter 1920 Security Restriction Protection
Chapter 1920 Security Restriction Protection
After Cheng Qianfan left, Ye Xiaoqing came out of the suite.
"Brother Qun, do you believe what he said?" Ye Xiaoqing poured water into her husband's cup and asked.
“Cheng Qianfan has no reason to lie,” Li Cuiqun pondered. “At least in this matter, he has no reason to lie.”
"So, what about Dean Chen's side..." Ye Xiaoqing frowned.
“Not at all.” Li Cuiqun slowly shook her head. “At least under the current circumstances, Chen Nanhai wouldn’t go so far as to ruthlessly attack me.”
“That is…” Ye Xiaoqing pondered, “a warning?”
"Perhaps yes, perhaps no." Li Cuiqun picked up his teacup, but instead of drinking, he put it down and pressed the bell. "Have Dong Zhengguo come over in ten minutes."
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“This time, the Japanese and Nanjing are forcing you to make a statement.” Ye Xiaoqing said with a worried look, “If you agree to hand over Hu Sishui, it is very likely that some people will spread the word about it.”
“That’s for sure.” Li Cuiqun snorted coldly. “Who does Hu Sishui think he is? He’s coming for me, to weaken and attack me.”
He waved his hand somewhat impatiently, "The problem is, I've thought it through carefully, Hu Sishui not only needs to be caught, but quickly, and I must be the one to catch him..."
"Then..." Ye Xiaoqing couldn't help but frown.
“Go and see Sheng Aizhen. This woman is actually the female strategist behind Hu Sishui. Others may not know where Hu Sishui is hiding, but Sheng Aizhen definitely does,” Li Cuiqun said thoughtfully.
“Sheng Aizhen is very shrewd. It won’t be easy to get information out of her,” Ye Xiaoqing said. Then she nodded, chuckled, and said, “Alright, let’s meet and talk. It will lay the groundwork for your future.”
Seeing that Ye Xiaoqing understood what he meant, Li Cuiqun smiled with relief.
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"Director." Dong Zhengguo rushed over.
“Liang Xiaorou, a senior councilor in the Legislative Yuan,” Li Cuiqun said, looking at Dong Zhengguo. “This person has secretly come to Shanghai. Find her and keep her under secret surveillance.”
"Yes." Dong Zhengguo nodded.
“I need to know everything he did while he was in Shanghai,” Li Cuiqun said.
"Understood, sir," Dong Zhengguo said in a deep voice. Then, he glanced at Li Cuiqun, "Director, is it just... surveillance?"
"No one may be harmed without my order," Li Cuiqun said sternly.
"Understood, sir," Dong Zhengguo quickly replied.
“Let Cao Yu assist you,” Li Cuiqun suddenly said.
"Yes."
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"Liang Xiaorou?" After hearing Dong Zhengguo relay the new mission, Cao Yu handed Dong Zhengguo a cigarette and asked, "This name is unfamiliar."
“I just went to inquire and got a preliminary understanding of this Councilor Liang,” Dong Zhengguo said. “Liang Xiaorou was born in the 25th year of the Guangxu Emperor’s reign in the Qing Dynasty. She had been living a quiet life until Mr. Wang returned to Nanjing. After she was elected as a senior councilor in the Legislative Yuan, she attracted some attention.”
"It seems this person has some connections," Cao Yu said, a thought flashing through his mind.
“Liang Xiaorou is Mr. Ding’s closest friend.” Dong Zhengguo walked over first, pressed the door that was already closed again, then walked back and said in a low voice, “It is said that when Mr. Ding was in trouble, this Councilor Liang generously lent a helping hand.”
"The Legislative Yuan is Speaker Chen's territory, so what about Senior Advisor Liang..." Cao Yu pondered, then suddenly his expression darkened, and he asked.
"Alright, no need to worry about it anymore." Dong Zhengguo flicked his cigarette ash with some annoyance and said, "We'll just follow orders as the director assigns us."
He looked at Cao Yu and said, "I've been thinking about this too. This person has a special identity, and knowing too much about him might not be a good thing."
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“That makes sense.” Cao Yu nodded in deep agreement. “It’s just that having a name is enough…”
Then he saw Dong Zhengguo take out a newspaper.
“This is a newspaper from last September, and it contains a press release from the Legislative Yuan,” Tung Cheng-kuo said, pointing to a photo on a page.
This is a group photo.
“This person—” Dong Zhengguo pointed to one of the people, “This is Senior Advisor Liang Xiaorou.”
“This photo…” Cao Yu frowned slightly, “is not clear enough.”
“You know how it is with photos in newspapers, that’s all we can do. But it’s alright, it’s still good enough to identify people,” Dong Zhengguo said. “For people like this, as long as we do our research and find them, it’s easy to confirm their identity.”
“That’s true.” Cao Yu nodded, then looked at Dong Zhengguo and said with a wry smile, “Brother, I’m just unlucky. I’m always the one who gets called on to take on these tricky things with Brother Dong.”
“Brother Cao,” Dong Zhengguo patted Cao Yu on the shoulder and said, “For people like us, we’re not afraid of difficult things, we’re afraid of not having any work for you to do.”
Cao Yu stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray, nodded slightly, and said nothing.
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Special High Section.
Cheng Qianfan got up, picked up the sake bottle, and poured sake into Araki Harima's sake cup.
“This matter is extremely heinous,” Araki Harima said. “Hu Sishui has a history of murdering my Special Higher Police agents, and now he has robbed the Empire’s gold in broad daylight.”
He snorted coldly, "The people at the Special Agent Headquarters are getting more and more arrogant and defying control."
"It seems the Empire's attitude on this matter is very unified and firm," Cheng Qianfan said, taking a sip of sake. "I support it."
He told Araki Harima, "First there was the case of Hu Sishui's alleged murder of Sugita Sanshiro, then the case of Shu Jincheng, and now there's the robbery of Imperial Gold on Sichuan Road. Some of the behavior on Jessfield Road is getting more and more outrageous."
"The attitude is unprecedentedly unified; this trend cannot be allowed to continue." Araki Harima nodded and said, "Hu Sishui must die, and the Special Agent Headquarters also needs to be reorganized."
As he spoke, he glanced at his friend, "Moreover, it seems that Nanjing is not very satisfied with Jessfield Road either."
“It should be.” Cheng Qianfan nodded. “Chu Mingyu sent me a secret telegram, asking me to get involved in this matter as Xiao Tian’s secretary and translator. In reality, it was also a test.”
"After several years of development, the Special Agent Headquarters has reached an unprecedented scale in terms of manpower, weaponry, and its development and infiltration in various places," he told Araki Harima. "It wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe the Special Agent Headquarters as a 'giant'."
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"Dingmutun was ostracized by Li Cuiqun and slunk away to Nanjing, where the Special Agent Headquarters became Li Cuiqun's personal fiefdom." He sneered as he spoke, "Not only do we not trust Li Cuiqun, but I reckon the people in Nanjing don't trust him either."
“I reckon Li Cuiqun’s days will only get harder and harder from now on,” he said to Araki Harima. “Chen Nanhai is clearly also considering taking action against Li Cuiqun this time.”
"No, no, no," Araki Harima shook his head and said.
"Hmm?" Cheng Qianfan looked at Araki Harima.
“The Ume Agency,” Araki Harima said. “Li Cuiqun’s backer is the Ume Agency. As long as Colonel Haruki continues to support Li Cuiqun, he will be safe and sound.”
Cheng Qianfan glanced at Araki Harima first, then nodded and smiled helplessly, "Indeed, as long as Colonel Haruki is still Li Cuiqun's backer, Cheng Qianfan's senior can at least ensure the stability of his base."
“Your relationship with Li Cuiqun can be repaired and deepened through this incident,” Araki Harima said with a smile. “Since Li Cuiqun won’t fall from power anytime soon, and President Cheng and your senior, the director, are still good friends.”
“I will be careful.” Cheng Qianfan nodded. “However, to be honest, Li Cuiqun is a very cunning person. I have to be careful when dealing with him, for fear that Li Cuiqun will find out that I am not actually Cheng Qianfan, but an imperial agent.”
"Don't worry, no, the name Kazuo Miyazaki is a great shield." Araki Harima laughed heartily. "At most, he'll just scold you for shamelessly and wholeheartedly pretending to be a Japanese person in private."
Cheng Qianfan then pretended to be angry and glared at Araki Harima.
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Just then, there was a knock on the office door, and a Special Higher Police agent entered.
"Captain, urgent telegram." Fukushima Renji handed a telegram to Araki Harima with both hands, then respectfully withdrew.
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Araki Harima took the telegram, looked down at it, and his eyes narrowed, his expression turning serious.
Cheng Qianfan picked up the wine cup, took a slow and leisurely sip, seemingly relaxed and carefree, but in reality, he used the corner of his eye to take in Araki Harima's reaction.
He put down his wine cup, picked up a piece of sashimi, dipped it lightly in wasabi, put it in his mouth, chewed it slowly, and even squinted his eyes, revealing a satisfied look of enjoyment.
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Araki Harima folded the telegram, got up, opened the drawer, put the telegram inside, closed the drawer, and locked it.
"Araki-kun, is something troubling you? Is there anything I can do to help?" Cheng Qianfan glanced at Araki Harima, who had a furrowed brow, and asked. "Or is it some confidential matter that's bothering you? If so, I'm afraid I can't help you. I'll take my leave now."
"You're still the same as ever, unwilling to get involved in anything confidential." Araki Harima glanced at his friend, shook his head with a wry smile, and said.
“The higher the level of secrecy, the greater the trouble, and the greater the danger from any perspective,” Cheng Qianfan said with a smile. “Araki-kun, tell me, why would I needlessly get involved in trouble and danger?”
“If what you said were to be…” Araki Harima said.
"It's only in front of you, Araki-kun, that I dare to speak the truth," Cheng Qianfan said, taking a sip of his drink and pointing at Araki Harima.
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Araki Harima laughed heartily.
"Miyazaki-kun, a toast to our sincere friendship," said Araki Harima.
"Cheers to the sincerest brotherhood!" Cheng Qianfan said happily.
Then he looked at Araki Harima and said, "If Araki-kun really has something to attend to, then I'll take my leave."
"Well, it's not something that can't be said at all," Araki Harima said, waving his hand.
The telegram was a secret telegram, or rather, given the level of secrecy of the telegram, Kentaro Miyazaki at his current rank would not have the right to know about it.
However, Araki Harimaru would never do something like 'driving away' a friend right after the two had just raised their glasses to toast their friendship.
Fortunately, judging from the contents of the telegram, although it was classified, it was not an absolute secret. At least, given Miyazaki's status as an outstanding agent loyal to the Empire, even if he knew about it, it wouldn't be a big deal.
He was still sensible about this.
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“A research team led by a professor from Kyoto University will be arriving in Shanghai soon,” Araki Harima said. “The telegram was forwarded to me from Section Chief Arao, instructing me to prepare security measures for this research team.”
"Ha." Cheng Qianfan chuckled and shook his head. "It's not another group of rich kids coming to the Far East to eat, drink, and have fun on public funds, is it?"
Just a month ago, a Japanese newspaper exposed a study tour group that came to Shanghai, pointing out that the group members were mostly spoiled rich kids who came to Shanghai under the guise of research and study. Moreover, Shanghai was just the first stop, and they planned to use Shanghai as a starting point to travel around the territories occupied by the Japanese Empire.
Furthermore, arrangements were made for the Imperial Locust Army to provide protection and lavish hospitality along their route.
The newspapers criticized this as corruption, a stain on the glorious achievements of the Locust Army's bloody battles.
Of course, the matter was immediately censored as soon as it was reported, and the newspaper office was sealed off.
However, as a secret service agency, the Special Higher Police had heard rumors, treating them as mere gossip.
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“It shouldn’t be.” Araki Harima shook his head. “The telegram requested that Shanghai arrange safe and secure accommodations for them, and that strict security restrictions be implemented.”
"Security restriction protection?" Cheng Qianfan couldn't help but show surprise upon hearing this.
“Yes, security restrictions and protection.” Araki Harima nodded.
The so-called security restriction and protection aims to protect the protected object, which is a natural principle. However, the word 'restriction,' while seemingly mild, actually means:
If the safety of the person being protected cannot be guaranteed, the first thing the Special Higher Police will do is to kill the person without hesitation; this is their top priority!
“It seems that this professor from Kyoto University is very important,” Cheng Qianfan said with a serious expression. “Or rather, his status dictates that he cannot fall into enemy hands.”
“I think so too,” Araki Harima said, shaking his head. “Security protection is the last mission I want to be involved in.”
Cheng Qianfan nodded in deep agreement, his gaze towards his friend carrying a hint of sympathy.
While the principle of 'safety restriction protection' dictates that in a critical situation, the top priority should be to decisively and proactively kill the protected individual, for Araki Harima, who was tasked with the protection mission, this meant that the mission had failed.
The requirement of 'safety restriction protection' is understood by Kentaro Miyazaki and Harima Araki as follows:
The protection is extremely difficult and cannot be compromised.
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"Our section chief seems to have great faith in Araki-kun," Cheng Qianfan remarked. "The more important and difficult the task, the more likely he is to entrust it to Araki-kun first."
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