Chapter 65: Logging Off

Taking a slight breath, Zhao Xuan communicated with Edith.

(Edith, if there is a roll of film, can you scan and save the data inside it?!)

(Sir, this is very simple, but to extract digitized data, at least a second-generation electronic computer is required.)

(According to the current state of technological development, when second-generation computers appear, Edith will be able to store the photo data onto an optical disc.)

Hearing this, Zhao Xuan let out a sigh of relief. Since this operation was feasible, things would be much simpler.

However, once he obtained the film, Zhao Xuan's first thought was still to hand it over to the Red Party, as it would be far more useful in their hands than in Chongqing's.

Zhao Xuan would never forget how many Japanese war criminals the Chongqing faction had released after the victory of the War of Resistance, just to secure military aid from the Americans.

So what if the film was sent to Chongqing?

As for developing the photos and then handing over the film, stop joking.

If developed photos were sent to Chongqing, anyone there could spot the problem at a glance. When Chongqing inevitably asked where the developed photos were, how would Zhao Xuan answer?

That it was already like that when he got it?

Did they really take the people in Chongqing for three-year-old children?

Therefore, the only thing Zhao Xuan could think of now was to use Edith to save the data first.

As night fell, the No. 76 headquarters building.

A man wearing a black trench coat and a wide-brimmed hat walked down the dim corridor.

One step, two steps, the man stopped.

"Must it come to this?!"

"It was decided from the preliminary selection."

Bang~

A faint gunshot rang out, and the man collapsed to the floor.

The next day, at the apartment on 27 Jessfield Road, in front of the dining table, Dao Ya was drinking milk while occasionally glancing at Zhao Xuan, then blinking at Dao Yan.

"Xiao Ya, are your eyes uncomfortable?"

Dao Yan asked with a cold face, and Dao Ya almost spat out the milk she was drinking.

(Stinky sister, who knows if you changed the brother-in-law's dressing last night? I bought it with so much hard work, and she doesn't appreciate it at all.)

"No, I'm done eating."

"Uncle, brother-in-law, I'm off to school!"

With that, Dao Ya stood up, made a funny face at Dao Yan, and hurried toward the door.

Aunt Liu, watching from the side with a full smile on her face, quickly followed her out.

"Miss, slow down."

At the dining table, Ding Moqun smiled and shook his head.

"This child Xiao Ya, never serious for a single day."

"Ah Xuan, go to my office later to pick up some documents and deliver them to the Special Service Section, and by the way, help me pick up Miss Aizawa Keiko and bring her to No. 76..."

Zhao Xuan was somewhat puzzled, but didn't want to ask too much. Just as he was about to accept, the phone in the living room rang.

Aunt Liu, who had just stepped back inside after seeing Dao Ya off, hurriedly went forward to answer it.

"Sir, it's for you."

Ding Moqun wiped his mouth leisurely with a napkin before standing up and walking over.

"What did you say?!! Good, I'll be right there."

Hanging up the phone, Ding Moqun turned back to look at Dao Yan and Zhao Xuan.

"Come with me."

At the No. 76 office building, when Ding Moqun, Zhao Xuan, and Dao Yan arrived, Ma Shangcheng had already cordoned off the entire building.

In the third-floor corridor, Ding Moqun looked with a gloomy expression at Su Bai, who had collapsed in a pool of congealed blood, his breathing turning somewhat heavy.

As for Dao Yan, upon seeing Su Bai, her heart skipped a beat.

Zhao Xuan, meanwhile, looked with inward astonishment at Su Bai, who had been dead for more than four or five hours.

"Director, the clerks arriving for work in the Intelligence Section were the first to discover Section Chief Su's body."

"I have already conducted a preliminary search, and no suspicious objects have been found so far."

Ding Moqun cast a gloomy look at Ma Shangcheng, swept his gaze across the surroundings, and asked with rising anger:

"Where are those who were on duty last night? Call everyone who was on duty to me."

Inside the interrogation room, as the men on duty were brought in and out one by one, Ding Moqun's expression grew increasingly ugly.

At that moment, Dao Yan walked into the interrogation room with a solemn expression. After whispering something into Ding Moqun's ear, Ding Moqun quickly stood up, waved his hand, and led the people out into the courtyard.

Seeing Aizawa Keiko, who had arrived ahead of time, Ding Moqun stepped forward.

"Miss Keiko, I am truly sorry. I should have sent someone to pick you up."

Aizawa Keiko gave a cold, mocking smile and shook her head.

"There's no need. I heard that Su Bai, the head of the Intelligence Section who had only been in office for two days, is dead? And he died right inside your No. 76 office building."

"Director Ding, the Section Chief is very dissatisfied with this. Could it be that Su Bai is just like Sun Ping'an?!"

The corners of Ding Moqun's mouth twitched slightly as he hurriedly said:

"Miss Keiko, we have already found a lead."

With that, Ding Moqun nodded at Dao Yan, then made a gesture of invitation.

"Miss Keiko, please accompany me to my office so we can discuss this in detail."

"Hmph, it better be!"

Aizawa Keiko walked forward with deep dissatisfaction, following Dao Yan into the office building first.

"Director, we found a lead?"

Ma Shangcheng looked at Ding Moqun in utter bewilderment. Weren't they investigating together? How did a lead suddenly turn up?

Recalling how Dao Yan had whispered into Ding Moqun's ear earlier, Ma Shangcheng narrowed his eyes slightly and cast a distant glance at Dao Yan's back.

Ding Moqun took a deep breath, pointed at Ma Shangcheng, and ordered:

"Take your men to the railway station immediately and investigate whether Chen Jun has entered or left the city!"

"Ah Xuan, take the field agents and search every place you can possibly think of for this Chen Jun!!!"

Inside the director's office, Ding Moqun watched Aizawa Keiko sitting in his own chair, a flash of ferocity crossing his eyes. He then walked over to the desk, turned to face Dao Yan, and said:

"Xiaodao, brief Miss Keiko on the situation."

"Yes!"

Dao Yan nodded slightly, suppressing the endless pain within her, and spoke in an even voice:

"The suspect who murdered Section Chief Su has been identified. It is Chen Jun, the leader of the First Group of the Telecommunications Section, and also my deputy."

"Wang Yiya, who was on duty in the Telecommunications Section last night, said that when she went out to use the restroom, she ran into Chen Jun—even though it wasn't the First Group's turn to be on duty last night."

"I followed this lead to investigate; people have already been sent to Chen Jun's home, and no one is there."

"Judging by past habits, Chen Jun always entered No. 76 before seven-thirty, rain or shine, but today he did not."

After hearing Dao Yan's words, Aizawa Keiko looked at Ding Moqun with a playful smile.

"Director Ding, what do you think?"

Ding Moqun truly had not expected that the one who went rogue would turn out to be Chen Jun.

The reason Ding Moqun had placed Chen Jun by Dao Yan's side was precisely because he trusted him, while also intending for him to keep an eye on Dao Yan.

Yet damn it, someone he trusted so deeply had turned out to be the traitor. This left Ding Moqun deeply annoyed.

As it turned out, people who had saved your life could not be trusted lightly after all.

Ding Moqun took a deep breath and looked at Aizawa Keiko.

"Miss Keiko, please wait a moment. News from the Action Section should arrive shortly."

"We shall wait and see!"