Chapter 55: The Seductress of Nanchang (Part 6)
Word Number:230
Author:丹枫书生
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Release Time:2025-10-20
While Yunko Nanzo was interviewing General Ye Zhao of the 66th Army under her cover as a Central Daily Newsreporter, a communications officer hurried into Dai Li’s office. Dai Li took the message and scanned it—the contents left him stunned. It read: “Japanese operative Yunko Nanzo has secretly infiltrated Nanchang and is attempting to obtain intelligence on our military deployments.” Dai Li dismissed the officer with a wave. Alone again, he picked up the message and studied it carefully. This intelligence was a top-secret dispatch originating from within the Japanese Special Higher Police in Shanghai. The source—codenamed “008”—was known only to Dai Li, who maintained exclusive, solo contact. As he sat in silence, Dai Li recalled the report Shen Zui had delivered before leaving Nanchang—the one about the suspicious old woman. He also remembered the twelve agents ambushed and killed the night before. A cold sweat began to form on his forehead. The guard watching Qiu Lili reported that a strikingly seductive woman had presented release documents stamped with Dai Li’s official seal. But how had those papers left his office? Dai Li’s mind raced—then he remembered his adopted daughter, Cai Fangfang, who had stayed with him the night before. “Damn it… Did she steal my seal and forge the documents?” he muttered under his breath. He yelled out, “Someone, get in here