Chapter 16: Seeing Through

It was late at night, and many of the rooms of the East Prussian Intelligence Service, south of Königsberg, were still brightly lit, and the people here seemed to be sleepy.

In one of the very secret rooms, the man sitting in the dark spoke in a deep voice, "Number 101, please tell me more about today's action!" ”

Standing in front of this man's desk was Trulson, who had just finished his mission an hour earlier, and it seemed that he had a good number, "Yes, sir!" ”

During the five-minute narration, Trulsen had no expression on his face, and he could not read the expression on the face of his enlightenment instructor, the head of intelligence in East Prussia, General Thomas, who was sitting behind his desk.

On the table between the two of them was a fountain pen, a very ordinary pen from the outside, but it was actually a very simple and effective container, with a piece of paper properly sealed inside.

The piece of paper had been sent to the special department for translation, and all that was left on the table was an empty shell.

"Number 101, you are my proudest student, you have the talent and ability to become a top-level spy, and now all you lack is some actual combat experience." Thomas silently lit a cigarette, and white smoke rose in the light of the lamp.

"Sir, all my actions are done according to your teachings!" Trulson said in an angry tone, still in that position.

Thomas's cigarette flickered in the dark, and his grim face loomed in front of Trulson's eyes, which ten years ago was full of vigor and fighting spirit, but now it is much more mature and sophisticated; If ten years ago he was a fierce tiger, now he is a panther hiding deep in the woods.

"Alright! Number 101, I ask you, if you were the leader of that group of North Koreans, would you personally go and contact the contacts? ”

"Report sir, it depends on whether I trust my men enough in their loyalty and ability!" This time, Trulson's tone became a little calmer.

Thomas's left hand holding a cigarette appeared under the lamp, and the cigarette flicked twice on the ashtray, and a piece of soot slowly fell.

"So what about the other North Koreans, based on your observations?"

Trulson's discussion of his rubbing shoulders with the North Koreans and the search of their rooms was "very average, but very vigilant!" ”

"What about female North Koreans?"

"Like me, he never looks back when he walks, and his movements are as nimble and agile as I am."

After a moment of silence, Thomas finally moved his body, "Before this, I had contact with the female North Korean you stalked, and I thought she was a particularly good female spy, or a very witty and tenacious revolutionary fighter. ”

"Sir, I don't quite understand what you mean!"

"According to your account, you entered her room and followed her for several kilometers without her noticing. But it seems to me that the gap between you is not there! ”

"Sir......

"I guess the mystery is on that piece of paper!"

The two men waited silently, and after about half an hour, there was finally a knock on the door.

"Come in!" Thomas's voice was a little hoarse, and it seemed that he was not so used to staying up late.

"General, here's a report on that piece of paper!"

When the officer entered, Trulson turned his face to the open window, the cool breeze refreshing his brain.

"Could it be that I was really tricked by the other party?" Truerson suddenly had a feeling that he had never felt before, a feeling that seemed to be called "chagrin".

After the officer walked out, Trulson turned his face back to Thomas.

Thomas picked up the report and read it, "The words on this piece of paper are written in invisible ink, and there are some Korean characters on it, and the translated content is: The German army will fight the Japanese army, and I implore the resistance organizations in various parts of the country to temporarily preserve their strength, and at the same time actively prepare for the German army's battle." ”

"Did I kill a good guy by mistake?" Trulson was surprised and asked, "Those people are also real Korean revolutionaries?" ”

"Whatever the outcome, number 101, your mission is done! But I hope you understand that taking any opponent lightly can endanger your own life! The other party's purpose today is not you, otherwise I wouldn't have seen you here! ”

Thomas had a strong premonition that that woman would definitely not be an ordinary Korean revolutionary, she looked much more complicated, at least not inferior to the super spy she had cultivated.

After Trulson left the room, Thomas picked up the phone on the table, "Major, all the North Koreans in the military academy are under close surveillance!" ”

The next day, the day before the East Prussian Legion was launched, Chen Tian woke up and learned that Thomas had been waiting outside for a long time.

"Thomas, ...... you" Chen Tian was almost frightened when he came out to see Thomas after washing, although Thomas was strong, but his dark circles betrayed him, and it seemed that he had not slept all night.

"Your Highness, it's about spies!" Thomas's voice sounded faintly tired.

"Although this matter is very important, you don't have to bother staying up late to deal with it yourself!" Chen Tian originally planned to use a witty tone to ease the atmosphere, but when he saw Thomas's very serious appearance, he had to give up.

"Our best spy followed the North Korean woman last night, she slipped out of the military academy, secretly connected with two Asians in a house in Königsberg, and gave them a piece of information, which our spy obtained after killing them!"

"Oh? Is it really her? Chen Tian suddenly didn't know whether to be happy or helpless, and he seemed to have done another thing to lure the wolf into the room.

"No, Your Highness! Let's take a look at this information first! Thomas said as he handed over the document from yesterday to Chentian.

Chen Tian glanced at Thomas, took the piece of paper and quickly skimmed aside.

"This ......" Chen Tian read it word by word.

"This looks like it's just a piece of information sent to the underground revolutionary organization in North Korea!" Thomas said in a deep voice, "At least literally! ”

It took a while for Chen Tian to hand the piece of paper back to Thomas, "Can the two killed people be identified?" ”

"We raided there in the morning, and judging by their documents and the books and ornaments in the room, they were Japanese!"

"Japanese ......" Chentian felt that this matter was developing towards complication, and the contact person of the Korean revolutionary aspirants was actually Japanese.

"So those North Koreans in the military academy ......"

"It's been secretly monitored! If they are really just Korean revolutionaries, then we can only express regret; If they are Japanese spies, then we have nothing to hesitate about! Thomas said calmly.

Chen Tian sat down on the sofa next to him and began to ponder, he silently sorted out everything, from the time he met this Korean princess in Japan, everything seemed to have some kind of inexplicable connection.

"Thomas, do you remember what happened in Japan five years ago?" Tatsuten was referring to the 1909 Tokugawa kidnapping in Japan and the subsequent coup d'état, which was not well known in Germany, and even in Japan, the Japanese government tried to cover it up, especially the deaths of the army generals, which were not disclosed to the public until much later in the name of an accident.

"Of course, in those days, I was restless, I didn't think about tea and dinner, and I couldn't sleep one after another, lest something happen to you!" Thomas replied without hesitation, and it seemed that he was indeed very impressed by this incident.

"Then do you remember the results of our initial investigation into the identity of this Korean princess?"

"We found out that there is indeed such a princess as Li Xianyun, and she is also the youngest daughter of a prince in North Korea. However, after the Japanese completely annexed Korea, this so-called royal family also declined, and as for whether she was the princess herself, we have no way to verify! Thomas was also frustrated by the findings, "After all, most of the family is separated, and we can't find a witness to confirm her identity." ”

Chen Tian carefully recalled, "Because of this, we don't mind her identity anymore, but treat her as an underground revolutionary!" But now it seems that we have to question her original identity, and Tokugawa's motives for trapping her! "I remember that it was she who explained that she had gone to Japan to raise funds for the revolution, but she accidentally fell into the hands of Tokugawa, who forced her to cooperate with them and help them carry out their assassination activities, but she refused to agree, and ended up trapped there!"

"It is not for nothing that Tokugawa used a Korean revolutionary to assassinate his opponent!" After Chentian brought the Korean princess back to Germany, Thomas and others also analyzed the matter, and did not find anything wrong at that time.

"But now that I think about it, there seem to be a lot of suspicions in it! First, assassination requires good skills, according to her explanation, Tokugawa must already know her ability, but how can she expose her strength if she only raises money? ”

"So she's being caught by Tokugawa because she's on some other mission!" Thomas joined the speculation with a frown.

"Yes, it was either spying, or assassination, and then being captured by that terrible wild plain!" Chen Tian suddenly felt that he was really too immature 5 years ago, so that he didn't see the clues at all.

"If she was just a North Korean revolutionary, she had no reason to spy on or assassinate a person who did not have military or political power! Could it be that she has a personal enmity with Tokugawa? ”

"It's possible to assassinate because of family hatred, but there's no need for her to hide it from us!" Chen Tian denied one possibility after another in his mind, "If she is a spy of the Japanese government and goes to spy on the Tokugawa family, only to be discovered and detained by Tokugawa, all this makes sense!" ”

Thomas first came to his senses, and then said with a look of self-reproach, "Oh my God, it turns out that we missed such an important thing back then, it seems that my intelligence department and I need to reflect on it!" ”

"Who can be perfect? I think it's important that I just got out of the crisis, so I didn't care too much about anything else! Chen Tian didn't mean to blame, and after taking a deep breath, he said slowly:

"Looks like this matter is going to end today! Invite the North Korean woman to my office in a moment! ”

Two hours later, the garden-like civic center.

Chentian sat behind the desk, a chair was added to the front and back of the desk, Thomas sat on the chair behind Chentian, the Korean princess sat silently on the chair in front of the desk, Rainey stood straight behind Chentian, and the four soldiers with loaded guns were still standing on the side of the door in the room.

The air in the office seemed to be suppressed by a strange atmosphere, and there were things that everyone knew but didn't know who should pierce the veil first.

"Li ......"

Chen Tian was the first to speak, and after experiencing the lessons of blood and tears, he had personally understood the truth of the phrase "those who achieve great things are not informal", and Aglini taught him a very vivid lesson.

Those who are trapped by reason and human affection will never become kings.

Today is the day when Chentian breaks out of the cocoon.

"During last night's assault, we killed two Japanese spies in the city of Königsberg, and we found out that you have a connection with them, and I hope you can give a reasonable explanation!"

Chen Tian said as he placed the pen on the table, his tone very firm and tough.

Li had never heard Chen Tian speak to herself in such a tone, and she was stunned at first, but after glancing at the pen on the table, she quickly turned back to her usual expression.

"Your Royal Highness, I did go to them last night, but they are only our liaison with the underground resistance groups in the country! They are just using their Japanese identity to disguise themselves, thinking that Japan's communication network around the world is incomparable to that of North Korea! ”

"You're lying!" Chen Tian stared at the eyes of the North Koreans, she did not mean to avoid them at all, but her eyes were full of sadness and helplessness.

"We have provided you with a very good communication channel with North Korea, so how can you go to the trouble of establishing a line of contact yourself?"

The Korean princess did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "Your Royal Highness, I think you should already know the contents of that piece of paper!" ”

"A meaningless piece of paper!" Chen Tian said disdainfully, "You just want to make us think that you are in contact with North Korea through this piece of paper, and you have nothing to do with Japanese spy organizations, am I right!" ”

The Korean princess was silent all of a sudden, her expression was very aggrieved, and she almost began to sob.

It's a pity that she is no longer facing the amiable, unscrupulous "musician". Perhaps, this is the majesty of a German prince.

"We regard you as allies and actively help you restore your country, but you repay us with betrayal, is this you Koreans?" Chen Tian's tone was very heavy, but he didn't look angry at all, more precisely, it was a manifestation of a strong man's anger.

Surprisingly, the North Koreans did not justify anything, "Your Royal Highness, I am very disappointed and sorry for your distrust!" ”

"Princess Li, I don't know if you are really a Korean princess, and I don't know why you became an eagle dog of the Japanese government, but these don't matter anymore! I'm afraid you, and all the companions you have brought, won't live to see the sun tomorrow! Chen Tian didn't leave the North Koreans any room for negotiation, "There is no need for trial and justification, you can still enjoy the last lunch!" ”

Li looked at Chen Tian in a daze, without torture, without coercion, without persuasion, he and his subordinates were all sentenced to death. All this was very unexpected to her, and all the explanations and excuses she had prepared had lost their meaning.

"Your Royal Highness, is this your hospitality?" The North Koreans asked in a very indifferent tone.

"I'm sorry, but you're not our guest anymore!" Chen Tian also responded coldly.

"You're so arbitrary, even if there are spies among my people, you should investigate carefully before dealing with it! This is too unfair to the majority of unsuspecting revolutionaries! We did not die at the guns of our enemies, but at the hands of our allies who once trusted us! ”

Looking at the innocent look of the North Koreans, Chen Tianmeng stood up and said word by word in Chinese: "It is better to kill a thousand in vain than to let one go!" ”

Li was still trying to stay calm, and she also responded in Chinese: "Ruthless, is this really you?" Ji Anluji. His Royal Highness William! ”

"Yes!" Chentian unequivocally spat out a clear Chinese character.

Everyone present remained silent, from the beginning to now, only Chentian and Princess Li were talking, and now they were talking in Chinese that no one else could understand.

This is a confrontation that belongs only to these two people!

Thomas watched all this with cold eyes, and in his opinion, the psychological defenses of the North Koreans were far from crumbling, but she was gradually beginning to waver, which is a very favorable sign, and it is likely that there will be special gains if it continues. For a super spy, this kind of vacillation is far beyond what a very human can do.

A strange Chentian, a powerful version of Chentian.

Perhaps, we should thank Mr. Agrini for everything he has done, because Chen Tian is a person with great learning ability.

"My people and I don't want to die so inexplicably, if I can, I can cooperate with you to find the spy hiding among us! Wouldn't everything fall into place? And, I'm sure you can get some useful information from spies too! "North Koreans feel that people always try to extract confessions from spies and then induce them to cooperate with them, rather than beating them to death with a stick like Chentian.

"I said it at the beginning, you're the spy! As for what you know about the Japanese government and the military ministry, I have no interest at all! With our German military strength, it is easy to set foot in Japan! Chen Tian looked at the so-called super spy on the other side with a mocking expression, "I'm not afraid to tell you that we will soon defeat France and England, and Russia is now in the midst of a civil war." In less than two months, we will be free to deal with Japan, and by that time the Entente will have no strength to come to Japan's rescue! After 5 years in Germany, how do you think Germany's economic and military strength compares to Japan's? We want Japan to destroy the country and the nation, and leave no one behind! We want to wipe Japan off the face of the earth! ”

"Dream on! How could you possibly defeat the Great Japanese Empire! ”

When Lee said this, even she herself was stunned.