Chapter 159

Morning.

At the Fifth Bureau headquarters, Gwen was awakened by Xu Nan. His eyes bloodshot, he asked, "Did he crack?"

"Chief, I think... we might have made a mistake." Xu Nan wiped the sweat from his face. "Liu Cong might really be with the Qingyi Bureau."

"???" Gwen was stunned.

"We've put him into shock several times, and we've used every method we have, but he still insists that he's with the Qingyi Bureau." Xu Nan paused. "An ordinary person wouldn't be able to withstand my methods, so... he might be telling the truth."

Gwen sat up, picked up his water glass, and took a sip. "Would the Qingyi Bureau call him?"

"Could it be a frame-up?" Xu Nan asked.

"The information was confidential, and the arrest was a sudden operation." Gwen turned his head to look at Xu Nan. "Are you saying... besides Liu Cong, there's someone on our side, with a fairly high rank, who's a mole?"

Xu Nan swallowed. "I... I didn't mean that."

As the two were talking, a member of the Internal Affairs team walked in, saluted, and said, "Report, the Qingyi Bureau is calling, requesting the return of Liu Cong. The reason is that he's a specific informant for the Qingyi Bureau!"

"Bang!"

Hearing this, Gwen slammed his water glass on the table. "Those Qingyi Bureau bastards, they buried a ghost right next to me?!"

Xu Nan hesitated for a moment. "Do you think Liu Cong might be a double agent? He's both with the Qingyi Bureau and with the other side!"

Gwen had just woken up and was already confused by Xu Nan. After a long daze, he asked, "Is that even possible?"

"Who made the call just now?" Xu Nan turned to ask the Internal Affairs team member.

"It was Kang Dinghuang's personal secretary," the Internal Affairs team member replied.

Xu Nan paced around the room like Wolong, and suddenly said, "Chief, do you think there's a possibility that Kang Dinghuang is...!"

Gwen looked at him. "Am I not awake, or are you not awake? Are you trying to say that Kang Dinghuang is a ghost? Are you fucking crazy?!"

"No, no, I mean, the person under Kang Dinghuang who developed Liu Cong as an agent might be a ghost." Xu Nan rubbed his palms excitedly. "Assuming Liu Cong's stubbornness is because he knows the Qingyi Bureau will definitely save him, then it makes sense."

Gwen blinked, his expression also very serious. "Nowadays, military intelligence lines are everywhere. The situation you're describing isn't impossible. We've indeed caught a lot of people recently who are eating from two or three bowls!"

"Then Liu Cong...?"

"Don't hand him over. Tell the Qingyi Bureau that Liu Cong might be with the Huagong Association!" Gwen stood up. "Interrogate him again!"

"Knock, knock!"

A series of knocks sounded, and a military intelligence officer ran in and shouted, "We've got a response from the surveillance on Su Tianbei!"

Hearing this, Gwen immediately perked up. "Let's go, let's go take a look!"

...

Three minutes later.

Gwen arrived at the surveillance room and asked with his hands behind his back, "Did the call end?"

"Yes, it just ended!" Several military intelligence officers stood up.

Gwen immediately ordered, "Replay it!"

With that, Gwen put on his headset.

After a while, a man's voice came from the earpiece, "How are things going on your end?"

"Everything's normal," Su Tianbei replied.

"Proceed according to the planned operation. The Huagong and An-affiliated people will arrive in Man City the day after tomorrow. Be careful to stay hidden and wait for the assembly signal."

"Understood!"

"The hometown sends its regards. That's all!"

"Goodbye!"

The content of the call consisted of only these few sentences, but the information revealed was crucial. After listening, Gwen was filled with excitement and immediately stood up and shouted, "Get Mai You over here, quickly!"

"Yes!" The person at the door ran out.

Gwen rubbed his palms and turned to ask, "What method did Su Tianbei use to communicate with the other party?"

"It's an online chat software." The other party replied softly, "It was Mai You who provided the information. We contacted the operator in advance, which is how we were able to intercept it."

"Very good." Gwen immediately ordered, "Tell the operator to keep their mouth shut, understand?"

"Yes!"

After a while, Mai You was brought in, nodding and bowing as he said, "What are your instructions!"

"Wait for a call!" Gwen bent down and sat down.

Sure enough, after a short while, Mai You's phone rang. Under the instruction of the military intelligence officers, he pressed the answer button. "Hello?"

"The higher-ups called. I estimate you'll receive a message soon as well. The plan remains the same. Prepare the weapons in advance." Su Tianbei's voice sounded. "Also, you need to send us supplies tonight. We're out of food."

"Got it, I'll prepare right away!"

"Sorry for the trouble." Su Tianbei hung up the phone.

Mai You looked up at Gwen. "They definitely didn't notice!"

Gwen pondered for a long time with his hand on his chin. "After the person comes in, you can remove the other teams responsible for logistics work, giving you exclusivity. That way, all three teams will definitely be under your responsibility."

"Yes!"

Mai You responded.

Gwen stood up and shouted to the dozen or so people in the room, "Get ready, we're going to war!"

...

Afternoon.

Brother Qiu led the An-affiliated team members and secretly drove to Man City.

On the way.

Brother Qiu sat in the car, holding his phone and saying to An Qiqi, "I still don't want to meet with the Huagong Association people, right? To be honest, this time they've made me a little distrustful of them!"

"That's fine. Keep something in reserve, don't reveal all your trump cards!"

"Okay, I understand!"

Brother Qiu hung up the phone, stretched, and said, "Oh, may God bless us, may everything go smoothly!"

Next to him, the girl who had given Brother Qiu fruit and snacks said, "Don't worry, nothing will happen. I'll protect you!"

...

Qingyi Bureau.

Kang Dinghuang hung up the phone and walked towards his desk.

"Chief!"

The secretary walked over, frowning and said, "We contacted the Fifth Bureau, but they refused to release Liu Cong!"

"?!" Kang Dinghuang was stunned. "Wasn't it made clear enough?"

"I made it very clear!" The secretary replied with some confusion. "I even told them that Liu Cong is one of our people. But they insist that Liu Cong is very likely working for the Huagong Association."

"Pa!"

Kang Dinghuang put down his phone and cursed with a speechless expression, "Are they stupid! Didn't you tell them that Liu Cong had already been turned a long time ago? And we did a detailed investigation!"

"I told them... but they just don't believe it!"

"Damn it, a bunch of actors!" Kang Dinghuang put his hands on his hips and cursed with a painful expression, "They don't arrest the ones they should arrest, and they're wasting their energy on Liu Cong for what!"

The secretary paused for a moment and immediately added fuel to the fire, "Chief, are they trying to screw us over?! The Central Bureau and we have always been doing our own thing in the competition for the Chamber of Commerce organizations, and we've already started competing secretly. Is Gwen doing this to smear us...!"

"......!" Kang Dinghuang thought for a moment. "Send the action team over! Get the man back by force!"

"Yes!"

Just like that, a battle for Liu Cong was launched under the leadership of two major departments in the First District.