novelaction Chapter 674 Yuan Ye in the Mountain City (7)
Chapter 674 Yuan Ye in the Mountain City (7)
He was standing in the crowd, his eyes fixed on Yuan Ye standing in front of him. He had actually arrived around nine o'clock in the morning. He passed by here every morning and was very familiar with the road with the dead mailbox. When he came here again, he found that the situation was a little different today. There were two more vendors on the roadside diagonally opposite the big tree. There were usually not many vendors here, only two or three. He came often, so he was familiar with their faces. The sudden appearance of two unfamiliar vendors today made him feel uneasy.
Although the two vendors were thirty or forty meters away from the tree, they could still see the situation there very clearly. Silver Fox also noticed the circle on the wall, indicating that there was intelligence in the dead mailbox.
The two vendors seemed normal enough, so he thought about it and decided not to make any rash moves. He decided to come back later to collect the intelligence, hoping that the two vendors would have already packed up and left by the time he arrived. After all, it's always better to be safe than sorry. He had been a special agent for so many years, and it was precisely because of his caution that he had never made a mistake.
As a secret agent, one must never take chances; a mistake could lead to utter ruin, a fact he firmly believed.
Ideally, the sooner the intelligence is obtained, the better. For safety's sake, he waited until dark before arriving near the dead mailbox. He found that the two unfamiliar vendors were gone, and there was nothing suspicious nearby. So he walked to the big tree, took a piece of paper from the tree hole when no one was looking, put it in his pocket, drew a vertical line on the circle on the wall behind him, and quickly left. After reaching the fork in the road, he turned into the left-hand road. He had only walked a dozen meters when he heard a gunshot. The gunshot seemed to come from not far behind him, as if it came from the road he had just come from.
Could this sudden gunfire be related to him? Silver Fox couldn't tell for a moment, and it was best to leave as soon as possible. He immediately quickened his pace and walked forward. He had walked less than a hundred meters when he found that the road ahead was blocked by more than a dozen armed men in black. Many passersby were being driven over and soon they were in front of him. He wanted to hide in a nearby shop, but when he saw that the men in black were also driving the people out of the shop, he had no choice but to follow the passersby back, feeling a little uneasy.
Upon reaching the intersection, they discovered that pedestrians from the other two directions had also been driven over by armed men in black. Everyone gathered at the intersection, surrounded on three sides by the men in black.
Silver Fox stood in the crowd, deciding to observe the situation first and see what was going on before making any plans.
Then he saw a head pop out from the front of the crowd and start calling out. Under the streetlights, the person looked familiar, and then it dawned on him. This person seemed to be the shoemaker he had seen that morning. Because two unfamiliar stalls had appeared, he had paid special attention to them.
He began to suspect that this might be related to intelligence gathering, but when the person was gathering intelligence, he had already left, including the dried goods vendor next to him. How did he discover that he had gathered intelligence?
When he heard the shoemaker say that there were Japanese spies in the crowd, it seemed to confirm his suspicions. It seemed that the dead mailbox had been exposed. Could it be that something had happened to Nomura Jiro?
But how could that be? Even if Nomura Jiro were arrested, he would never confess; he was a man of great determination.
The shoemaker suddenly called out the name Silver Fox, and a chill ran down his spine. This completely shattered his illusions. Nomura Jiro must have been arrested and had given up on the dead mailbox and his own code name. He couldn't think of any other reason. Only he and Nomura Jiro knew about the dead mailbox.
He immediately sensed danger and nervously considered what to do next. His top priority was to get rid of the note in his pocket; otherwise, if the Military Intelligence Bureau searched everyone's place, the note would expose him.
He believed the Military Intelligence Bureau didn't know what he looked like, because Nomura Jiro hadn't seen his real face either. The description he gave to the Bureau was definitely not his true appearance, and the man disguised as a shoemaker's shout was likely a bluff.
He took the note out of his pocket, held it in his hand, and when no one was looking, secretly put it in his mouth and swallowed it.
After finishing with the note, he heard that he would have to check everyone's identification and ask questions one by one. He decided to wait and see how things went before making a decision.
So he joined the long queue with the people in front of him. He saw the person at the very front walk up to the shoemaker, take out his ID and hand it to him. He checked the ID, looked closely at the man's appearance, asked a few questions, and then let the man go.
The same thing happened next. Several people didn't have their identification, but the shoemaker checked their appearance, asked them a couple of questions, and let them go. This put Silver Fox at ease a little. It seemed that the Military Intelligence Bureau mainly identified people by their appearance, based on the appearance Nomura Jiro had seen when they met before.
He had met Nomura Jiro several times, and he always presented a different, fixed face, with a full beard. Nomura Jiro was unaware that he could disguise himself and thought that was his true face.
He soon received confirmation that a man with a full beard was quickly taken into custody by the Kuomintang agents, which reassured him considerably, as it seemed he had a chance to escape.
An hour later, it was finally his turn. He pretended to be calm as he walked up to the man dressed as a shoemaker, smiled, and handed over his identification, but he was still a little nervous and hoped he could get through smoothly.
Yuan Ye glanced at Silver Fox expressionlessly, then activated his ability to eavesdrop on thoughts. Through Silver Fox's thoughts, he confirmed once again that this person was indeed Silver Fox.
I was secretly delighted. I've finally waited for you. This time, you won't be able to escape!
Yuan Ye reached out to take the documents, but suddenly grabbed Silver Fox's arm, pulled him forward with lightning speed, and twisted it sharply outward. Silver Fox was shocked and had no time to react. He felt a sharp pain and let out a shrill scream as his arm was dislocated and he lost all strength.
Yuan Ye stretched out his other arm and quickly grabbed Silver Fox by the neck, throwing him backward to the ground. Li Hong, who was standing nearby, didn't think much and immediately stepped forward, pinning Silver Fox to the ground and grabbing his other hand to prevent him from moving.
Silver Fox realized he had fallen into a trap. What he had seen before was all an illusion. The Military Intelligence Bureau was waiting for him to come to them. They had already locked onto their target and knew that he was Silver Fox. But how did they know?
He was now in utter despair. He tried to bite his collar, where a highly poisonous potassium cyanide pill was hidden, but his neck was tightly bound, and he couldn't stick his head out at all.
He couldn't even shout, like a wild beast trapped in a trap, only able to utter desperate whimpers.