eurekapd Chapter 173 Deciphering the Secret Telegram
Chapter 173 Deciphering the Secret Telegram
"Your Excellency, please open your box."
"We need to conduct a routine check..."
After entering the cabin, Military Police Major Shiro Ono bowed slightly and then looked at Li Changfeng and said.
Li Changfeng frowned, then opened the box and pushed it over.
Several Japanese soldiers examined the contents of the box one by one, even using flashlights to inspect them carefully.
Then they put the things back.
"I apologize, this is Mr. Takeda's order. I apologize for disturbing the special envoy."
Seeing that nothing had been found, Ono Shiro lowered his head slightly.
He then left with several Japanese military police officers.
Li Changfeng closed the door expressionlessly, then lay down on the bed and activated his listening skill.
After everyone boarded the ship, Kenjiro Inukai from the Mei Agency led a group of men to escort a fair-skinned foreigner onto the ship.
Japanese General Kagesa Yoshiaki also entered the cabin under the protection of a group of Japanese spies.
"Heh, it seems there's more to Project Zero than meets the eye."
Li Changfeng curled his lip, stood up, leaned against the window of the cabin lounge, and sneered inwardly.
He then turned his gaze to the foreigners who had just entered the cabin and activated his scanning eye.
[Colonel Vladimir of the Russian intelligence agency was arrested 24 hours ago.........]
Upon seeing the results from the scanning device, Li Changfeng was immediately taken aback.
This foreign devil is actually a spy from the Russian bear country.
It seems that the Japanese Project Zero was not simply about cracking a second-generation cipher machine.
This was likely an operation targeting Russia.
........
Half an hour later, the Zero frigate set sail.
Inside the ship's command center.
Japanese General Kagesa Yoshiaki looked at his assistant, Shimizu Tosan.
"Shimizu-kun, it has been 24 hours since we captured Vladimir."
"If we can't decipher that coded message in the next 24 hours, the Russians will find out."
"According to our inside sources, this person sends a coded telegram to the intelligence agency every three days."
"Only by deciphering the contents of the coded message can we break down his psychological defenses."
"So my first task for these cryptographers was to decipher the coded message from the Allied forces."
Kagesa Yoshiaki said very seriously, his expression gradually becoming solemn.
Shimizu Tozo, the assistant standing to the side, immediately bowed slightly.
"Hayi!"
"I will contact Fujita-kun immediately and distribute the task."
"However, should we inform the Special Envoy?"
As Shimizu Tosan spoke, he remembered that Takeuchi-kun was also on the ship, and then asked about it.
Kageyama nodded.
"Have him cooperate with Fujita-kun to translate for the cryptography experts."
"Not a single word of the rest is to be revealed."
"This person gives me a strange feeling; he's not as simple as he seems on the surface."
After thinking for a moment, Yingzuo Zhenzhao said.
I always felt a slight distrust towards this special envoy.
"I will take care of it immediately..."
As Shimizu Tosan spoke, he immediately walked out with a folder in his hand.
A few minutes later, everyone in the cabin gathered.
I was called to a conference room.
"Your Excellency, General Kagesa has assigned you to the translation work."
"We'll begin immediately..."
Fujita Yoshimasa bowed slightly to Li Changfeng, then led his men into the conference room.
Li Changfeng immediately followed.
"Gentlemen, the König II cipher machine is the mainstream cipher machine of the Allied forces."
"But before that, we need to test your strength."
"This is an Allied telegram deciphered by headquarters. Please provide results within one hour."
"Only those who provide the correct results are qualified to participate in the subsequent cipher machine decryption."
Fujita Yoshimasa looked at everyone and spoke in Japanese with a serious expression.
Then he took out a deciphered document and placed it on the table.
Li Changfeng immediately began translating.
Several agents immediately passed the document to everyone.
Fujita Yoshimasa cleared his throat, then his expression turned cold.
"Those who successfully decipher the code will be invited to formally join the Mei Agency and will receive a cash reward of 50,000 yen."
"As for those that cannot be deciphered, I will sink them to the bottom of the sea and turn them into fish food."
As soon as the words were spoken, the expressions of the eight cryptography experts, including Gu Xiaomeng, immediately turned grim.
Two members of the No. 76 cipher group, who were posing as cryptography experts, were trembling with fear.
"It's 2:30 PM now. Decryption begins..."
Japanese advisor Fujita Yoshimasa glanced at his watch, then turned and walked out.
Li Changfeng glanced at everyone but did not leave.
Instead, he found a chair in the corner and sat down.
He waved to Kenjiro Inukai, the captain of the Mei Agency's operations team, who was standing to the side.
"Inukai-kun, prepare a bottle of red wine for me."
"I really enjoy this feeling of racing against time."
"Stay here and keep an eye on them..."
"Let's have a drink together and relax a bit."
The task of monitoring everyone was originally to be carried out by Shiro Ono of the military police together with him.
Upon hearing that Takeuchi-kun was willing to stay, his face lit up with joy.
"Okay, I'll go ask the kitchen to prepare some more pastries."
"Let's eat and chat here."
A short while later, Ken Inukai had someone bring over a table.
Ono Shiro nodded and took the initiative to sit opposite Li Changfeng.
Kenjiro Inukai sat next to Li Changfeng and personally poured him a full glass of wine.
If the two of them were to drink here, they would surely be punished by General Kagesa.
The Takeuchi-kun in front of me is the Emperor's special envoy, so it's a different story.
"Come on, Ono-kun, let's toast Takeuchi-kun."
"I thought monitoring them would be a boring job, but I didn't expect there would be alcohol involved."
"It's all thanks to Takeuchi-kun's invitation."
Ken Inukai raised his glass with a smile, while Shiro Ono's expression changed.
He stood up, holding his wine glass.
"Takeuchi-kun, I apologize for my rudeness just now."
"I'll drink first as a sign of respect..."
With that, the sixth man downed a glass of red wine in one gulp.
Ken Inukai, who was watching from the side, shook his head.
"Ono-kun, this is not baijiu (Chinese liquor)."
"That's not how you drink red wine..."
Li Changfeng, however, just pursed his lips and clapped his hands.
"Ono-kun is a true hero, and I like straightforward people like him."
"Inukai-kun, fill Ono-kun's cup."
Seeing that Li Changfeng had smoothed things over for him, he even politely asked Inukai Ken to pour him a drink.
Ono Shiro, standing to the side, was so moved that his eyes welled up with tears.
“Takeuchi-kun, you are the most sincere person I have ever met.”
"If you need anything in the future, just let me know."
"In Chinese terms, we are... brothers."
Upon hearing Ono Shiro's words, Li Changfeng immediately grinned.
He cursed inwardly:
"Bullshit, why would I be brothers with a little Japanese devil like you?"
"If you drink too much, I'll send you to meet the King of Hell."
As he spoke, he raised his glass directly.
Following Ono Shiro's example, he downed a glass of wine in one gulp.