Chapter 34 Tracking
In the shade of a tree on the side of the street, several children are gathered around to watch a teenager weave grasshoppers from weeds. These children are the children of the merchants in this street, and they usually play here, but no one pays any attention to these children. Koji Noto, who goes by the pseudonym Li Hai, appeared at the corner of the street from afar, carrying a bag of fruit in his hand, seemingly careless, but in fact he was secretly paying attention to the surrounding situation.
Koji Noto is an old subordinate of Takenan Takada, and when he came to Chongqing this time, Takenan Takada specially brought Koji Noto, because Koji Noto is thoughtful and has outstanding ability. The street in front of him was still as noisy as when he left, but Koji Noto, who didn't notice anything unusual, was still careful, after all, this was a national area, and if they were not careful, they would face danger and trouble.
Koji Noto's every move was all watched by the young man in the shade of the tree on the side of the street, and seeing that the other party was not paying attention to him, the corners of the young man's mouth slanted up to show a smile. Led Koji Noto past the boy, and among the children who had surrounded the boy before, he immediately got up and jumped all the way behind Koji Noto. Chongqing, which has experienced two crackdowns, has good public order, and there are many children playing in the streets like this, and Koji Noto never imagined that he would be watched by a seven or eight-year-old child.
On the way to the junction location, Koji Noto used anti-tracking methods several times, but he didn't find anything unusual, until Koji Noto, who had a calm face, slowly walked into the bamboo shop on the side of the street, and the child who followed him turned to leave. "Brother Heizi, that person went to the Zhang family's bamboo shop, and I watched that person go to the back hall of the bamboo shop." The child who returned to the shade of the tree squinted into the boy's ear and whispered.
"I'll go to Aunt Yun for two yuan to buy candy to eat, and I'll say I said it." The boy chuckled when he heard this, and while whispering to the child who was talking to him, he handed the grasshopper in his hand to a girl. The boy sitting in the shade of the tree weaving grasshoppers was none other than Kuroko, and among the children who surrounded him to watch the excitement, those who were over seven years old were all children of the old policeman's family of the search team. Kuroko's task today is to keep an eye on the street and determine which store Koji Noto has gone to.
Takada Takenan and the three lived in a small courtyard, and the first person to be targeted was this Koji Noto who was alias Li Hai, but Koji Noto himself didn't know it. Originally, Tang Cheng didn't agree with Kuroko's participation in the search team, but Heizi ran to Tang's mother to cry and complain, Tang Cheng was also annoyed by Tang's mother's preaching, and finally had to agree to take Kuroko with him. Takada Takenan has a lot of background, and it is not difficult to see from the telegram secret order of the military command headquarters that Tang Cheng, who used almost all the manpower, had to send a task to Kuroko.
What Kuroko received was just a chicken rib task, but no one would have thought that Koji Noto, who was closely watched, ended up on the street where Kuroko was watching. After determining the target and entering the bamboo shop of the Zhang family, Kuroko immediately sent someone to deliver a message to the intelligence point on the next street, and about a quarter of an hour later, someone stood at the corner of the street to signal the sunspot in the shade of the tree. Kuroko then got up and followed the person who gave the signal at the corner of the street into an alley in the next street.
Tang Cheng was in the first courtyard of this inclined alley, and when he saw Heizi coming in sweating profusely, Tang Cheng didn't ask immediately, but handed over a bowl of mung bean soup first. Mung bean soup relieves the heat, especially with chilled, a bowl of mung bean soup in the stomach, the heat of the sunspot body dissipates instantly. "Brother, that person did go to the Zhang family's bamboo shop!" Kuroko put the empty bowl on the wooden table next to him, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and without waiting for Tang Cheng to speak, he preemptively said.
Hearing that the target had entered a bamboo shop, Tang Cheng's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and Lao Fu, who had been standing beside Tang Cheng, immediately spoke. "Zhangjia bamboo shop has been on this street for 2 years, the owner's surname is Zhang, and he has a wife who is sick and bedridden all the year round, but few people have seen his wife. The surname Zhang has only one sick wife, no children, and no relatives in the city. Last year, when we were preparing to set up an intelligence point here, our people investigated the surrounding businesses, including this bamboo shop. ”
Lao Fu only introduced the situation of the bamboo shop to Tang Cheng, but his words not only did not solve Tang Cheng's confusion, but made Tang Cheng's brows tighten. "There's something wrong with this bamboo shop!" Tang Cheng, who had been slightly closed his eyes after Lao Fu spoke, suddenly opened his eyes. "Who was investigating this film last year? And who is it that is checked afterwards? Go check, I'll wait for the results here. Tang Cheng's expression looked very serious, but his current attitude was not to have an opinion on Lao Fu, because even if it was Zhang Jianghe, there was no guarantee that everyone at Chongqing Station would have no problems.
Lao Fu didn't dare to slack off, and immediately left the yard with a team member, Tang Cheng arranged for someone to keep an eye on the bamboo shop, and in the originally crowded yard, only Tang Cheng and Heizi were left in an instant. "Rest first, and there will be news in a while!" Tang Cheng dragged two wicker chairs out of the room and handed one of them to Kuroko. "You have heard what I just told Lao Fu, tell me what you think!" Tang Cheng lit a cigarette for himself, and while he had time now, he planned to teach Kuroko something useful.
After Tang Cheng returned to Chongqing from Shanghai, Kuroko often followed Tang Cheng's side, although most of the time, Kuroko stayed in the backyard of the barracks to practice martial arts and guns, but the search team's routines to deal with Japanese spies, Kuroko was also clear. Since Tang Cheng asked at this moment, Heizi couldn't help but answer, and after thinking about the following in his heart slightly, Heizi immediately spoke. "The target we identified, since it is to enter the bamboo shop of the Zhang family, it means that the bamboo shop is problematic."
"You just asked Uncle Fu to investigate who the person who checked this piece last year was because you suspected that when you investigated this piece last year, the person who handled it may have been negligent. Compared to the target who entered the bamboo shop, you are more worried about the problem with your people, and you can find it again if the target is lost, but if there is a problem within the search team, then the harm will be greater. Heizi imitated Tang Cheng's appearance, reaching out and rubbing his chin as he spoke, his pretending to be old almost made Tang Cheng laugh out loud.
The smile on Tang Cheng's face made Kuroko a little annoyed, but he knew that he couldn't beat Tang Cheng, so he had to twist a little face and no longer pay attention to Tang Cheng. Tang Cheng deliberately teased the sunspot to no avail, so he had to cough lightly. "What you just analyzed is not wrong, but it is not comprehensive! I personally selected and screened each of the current search team and last year's special investigation team, and I am 100% sure that there will never be anyone who is in the same boat as the Japanese. ”
"The reason why I explained Lao Fu like that just now was just to remind him intentionally! Finding and hunting down Japanese spies has never been a thing worth bragging about, because the capture of Japanese spies is often accompanied by blood and sacrifice. My words are a reminder to Lao Fu that they should not be careless, and at any time, they must not be careless. What Tang Cheng said at this moment was obviously not the truth, but Heizi didn't know Tang Cheng's true intention to explain Lao Fu.
The news was sent into the courtyard one by one, but Tang Cheng sat firmly in Diaoyutai and did not have the slightest intention of leaving the courtyard. Kuroko had no choice but to stay here with Tang Cheng. About half an hour later, the news came again that the target who entered the Zhangjia bamboo shop had left, and the owner of the bamboo shop followed suit. "Look! They finally can't bear it anymore and are about to show their bigger feet! Tang Cheng got up from the rattan chair, took the pistol handed by his teammates, and put it into the quick-draw holster on his waist. Let's go, knowing that you can't stay, I'll take you to meet the person behind Boss Zhang. ”
Kuroko followed Tang Cheng out of the small courtyard and back to the main street, and immediately someone came over and whispered to Tang Cheng to inform him of the latest news. Koji Noto, who left the bamboo shop, had no intention of going to other prefectures, and followed his team members, judging that the target was the courtyard where he should return to stay. After Tang Cheng heard this, he still followed the previous plan and asked people to closely monitor the courtyard, and then he himself took Kuroko to track down the owner of the bamboo shop.
According to the signs they saw along the road, Tang Cheng and Heizi soon saw the boss of the bamboo shop outside a teahouse. "Brother, there's something wrong with this person! He was obviously about to enter the teahouse, but when he walked to the door, he suddenly left, he was counter-reconnaissance! "The word anti-reconnaissance was learned by Kuroko from the mouths of the two surveillance experts at the Chongqing station. In order to improve and strengthen the action ability of the search team, Tang Cheng specially borrowed people from Chongqing Station to serve as instructors through Zhang Jianghe to give lessons to the members of the search team.
"You're careful to observe, but it's best not to stare at it directly, it will only expose your whereabouts in advance!" Kuroko was anxious to cross the street, but was pulled by Tang Cheng. "Now that you can see that the other side is carrying out counter-reconnaissance measures, at this time, you should learn to act calmly. If the target is lost, just find another opportunity to track it, anyway, we already know where they are. But if you are detected by the other party, you may be surprised and make the target completely disappear. ”
Kuroko didn't know that at the first glance of the owner of the bamboo shop, Tang Cheng had already secretly locked on to the target with his system skills, even if the target was across the street from Tang Cheng, there was no way to escape Tang Cheng's tracking. Kuroko's previous inference was not wrong, the owner of the bamboo shop did do a counter-reconnaissance in front of the teahouse, but did not find that his whereabouts were revealed. So after he had wandered down the street for a while, he suddenly turned around and returned to the teahouse. This time, the owner of the bamboo shop did not hesitate at all, and walked into the teahouse with his feet raised.