February 24, 2006 at 12 noon, Tokyo, Shinjuku.

Night has fallen, but the streets of Shinjuku are still bustling with people.

In the midst of this crowd of people, two foreigners were walking through the streets.

They were burly, gray-haired, each with a hamburger in their hands and a travel bag on their backs, and they walked very leisurely, looking like the kind of Westerners who had retired and traveled to the East.

However, in fact, the two of them were not here to travel, nor were they retired old men, they were KGB.

One of them was Pushkin, and the other was his former subordinate Kutuzov.

Half a month ago, the two of them had already met once, when Pushkin asked Kutuzov for some information, but Kutuzov refused.

The reason for this is that three days before Pushkin made this request, a high-ranking KGB official officially signed an order to expel Pushkin from the KGB, so the KGB said that it was inconvenient for the KGB to provide Pushkin with any help.

When Pushkin heard the news, he relied on his instincts and began to perceive that something was already wrong.

However, Pushkin still found it difficult to believe that Ashikaga Yorimitsu had the ability to influence the Russian KGB.

Even Prime Minister Saimoto doesn't have this ability, let alone Ashikaga Yorimitsu?

Therefore, Pushkin and Oda Yushin began to act on their own.

For politicians, there are often two interpersonal relationship diagrams, one in the light and one in the dark.

In fact, it is often the interpersonal relationship diagram that determines the fate of a politician.

This is especially true in societies where political struggles are more modern.

Politicians are also businessmen, and politics is a transaction, but politicians' transactions can only be carried out in the shadows.

Therefore, a successful politician needs to have a strong dark interpersonal relationship map in addition to a bright interpersonal relationship map with a light.

The connections, the money, the status of the politicians all come from that dark place.

Therefore, if you want to bring down a politician, you must start by understanding his dark interpersonal map.

And Pushkin and Oda Yushin intend to start here.

A relationship chart like this means that a politician's net worth and surname are of course impossible for people to know casually.

However, this is nothing for an intelligence veteran like Pushkin, who is well aware that politicians often have a large overlap between the overt and covert profiles.

Therefore, the first thing Pushkin and Oda Yushin did was to reorganize Ashikaga Yorimitsu's complete picture of interpersonal relationships.

The two of them wrote down all the relevant names on a piece of paper and drew a diagram of their relationships according to how important they were to Ashikaga Yorimitsu.

Soon, the two of them were setting their sights on a man named Katsu Taga almost at the same time.

This person is at the outskirts of this character relationship, and he is not very important to Ashikaga Yorimitsu, but Ashikaga Yorimitsu acts as an officer every time he campaigns.

Moreover, Taga Katsu was detained a few years ago for bribery in order to help Ashikaga Yorimitsu run for re-election.

Election bribery is one of the underground methods of politicians, and since Taga Katsu has been involved in bribery, it means that Taga Katsu is one of the members of Ashikaga Yorimitsu's underground network, but only the outermost member.

Having come to this conclusion, Pushkin and Oda Arinobu immediately began to organize the capture of Tagakatsu.

They had been observing Tagakatsu and learning about his routine, and then intercepted Tagakatsu on his way to the tavern and tried to arrest him.

As a result, as soon as they struck, they were immediately sniped.

At this time, both Pushkin and Oda Yushin realized that Ashikaga Yorimitsu already had strong foreign aid, both in wisdom and strength, and they underestimated his strength.

But at that time, regret was already too late.

In the shootout, Oda Yushin was wounded and captured, while Pushkin narrowly escaped.

So, Pushkin again came to Kutuzov and asked for help.

"Kutuzov, I need your help." Pushkin pretended to take a bite of the hamburger as if nothing had happened.

"I'm sorry, boss, I can't help you, you're not a KGB guy anymore, I don't have the right to ......"

"Kutuzov, I don't want to listen to this anymore...... Give me a few words of human speech. Pushkin turned his face and glared at Kutuzov fiercely, his voice did not rise, but his tone became very sharp.

Although Pushkin is no longer a member of the KGB, in any case, Pushkin is Kutuzov's old commander and once took him from birth to death. So, when Kutuzov saw that Pushkin was really furious, he had to tell the truth, "Boss, I'll be honest with you, it's not that I don't want to help you." It was because someone in Moscow sent a telegram to tell us that if you showed up in this and asked us for help, we would never be able to provide you with any help. And ......"

"And what?"

"And the Moscow side also said that if we learn that you have arrived in the city, we will hold you back and report your whereabouts immediately."

"What...... Is it? Pushkin couldn't believe his ears, "What does this mean?" ”

"I don't know, but I was very unhappy when I heard Jakov talk to me about it. He was very skeptical of this telegram and was already secretly complaining to Moscow through his channels. Kutuzov said this, looking at Pushkin, "When you contacted me, Yakov asked me not to report this to anyone. That's already a big help for you. ”

Yakov was the head of the KGB in terms of the Pushkin, and the relationship between the two had not been very good.

"I didn't see it, it turns out that this bastard Yakov is not a bastard. And then what? Half a month has passed, what have you learned? ”

"I don't know very well, but I've heard Yakov say that the order signed by Moscow to dismiss your officer, and the order issued to our side asking us to report your whereabouts is entirely his personal opinion. He is now being investigated in connection with the matter. ”

"This bastard must have been bought." Pushkin angrily took a bite of the hamburger, "What kind of person is it that has such a great ability to bribe our high-ranking officials of the KGB?" ”

"Huh." Kutuzov smiled and spread his hands, "Your words are exactly the same as Yakov's, not a word is bad." ”

Speaking of this, Kutuzov turned his head, looked at Pushkin, and said: "Although I don't really believe that anyone has the ability to buy high-ranking officials of the KGB, but since my two commanders said so, then I believe that this must be the case." ”

"Boss, Jakov told me before I came. He doesn't know what you're here for, and he doesn't want to know what you're here for. However, he advises you to leave the book first, avoid the limelight, and when the matter in Moscow is settled, he will find a way to help you. ”

"The problem is that I can't wait now, my best friend has been kidnapped now. For every second of delay, he has the possibility of losing his life. ”

"Boss, then I'll really ......" Kutuzov shrugged helplessly.

Pushkin looked at Kutuzov and sighed, "Forget it, I'll do it myself." ”

After Pushkin finished speaking, he turned around and left.

After watching Pushkin walk a few steps alone, Kutuzov snorted, quickly chased after him, and grabbed Pushkin by the hand, "Boss, I can't help you transfer people privately." ”

As soon as he heard this, Pushkin immediately understood what Kutuzov meant, and he smiled with satisfaction, "I only need equipment and intelligence, and in addition, I need a safe hiding place." ”

"Equipment and hideouts are fine, but intelligence, you know, my level is limited, and I can only get you limited information."

"That's enough." Pushkin patted Kutuzov on the shoulder, "Thank you." ”

"Alright, Boss, you saved my life, it's nothing. Let's go, I'll take you to a safe place now. ”

"No, I also called a helper, I've been waiting for him for days, tomorrow is the last day, I'm sure he will arrive, I have to find a way to contact him."

"Alright then, I'll go with you." Kutuzov thought for a moment and said.

"No!" Pushkin reacted almost instinctively.

After Pushjand said this, he felt that he did not seem to be very polite in saying this, so he explained: "Kutuzov, it's not that I don't believe you, but because this person has nothing to do with my matter at all, and is purely here to help out of friendship, and I don't want too many people to know his true identity." ”

Speaking of which, Pushkin, like Oda Yushin, began to regret involving Duan Tianwolf in this matter, he didn't expect things to be so complicated at the beginning.

In addition, Pushkin is also consciously glad for one thing, that is, before he took Duan Tianluo to the training camp, Pushkin had already disguised him, although everyone knew that he was an Oriental, but they did not know his true identity and appearance.

"Okay, then you go by yourself and be careful." As an intelligence officer, Kutuzov knew deep down how important secrecy was, so he understood Pushkin's move.

(To be continued)