My years of espionage

Chapter 1816: Tengchuan Yongren's suspicion (Leader [Super Large Cup Iced Mocha Without Ice] 4 more chapters and 4 more chapters)

"After preliminary investigation, we found that Chai Yixin was from Hangzhou and came to Nanjing to live with her relatives. She was a distant relative of the owner of Xiangyun Bookstore." Ogasawara Ritsu said, "After working at the bookstore, Chai Yixin led a very regular life. She was either working at the bookstore or reading books and newspapers at home. Sometimes she would play cards with some ladies, who were also female customers of Xiangyun Bookstore. We didn't find anything suspicious."

Yuto Tengchuan did not speak, but was in deep thought.

"Come and look at this painting." Yuto Tengchuan pointed at the painting on the table and said to Ritsuko Ogasawara.

"Hai."

Ogasawara Ritsuki bent down to look at the painting carefully. He even moved the desk lamp on his desk and turned it on so that he could look at it more carefully.

He naturally knew that the major would not let him see a painting for no reason.

Tengchuan Yuto was not angry at Ogasawara Rikusuke's unruly behavior, but was very satisfied instead.

Ogasawara Ritsuki is serious about his work and is a pure subordinate. He admires such subordinates who work steadily.

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"This is Mr. Oizumi's copy of Hokusai Chiba's painting." Ogasawara Ritsu said, "I have also inquired about it. Mr. Oizumi really respects Hokusai Chiba and he does copy Hokusai Chiba's paintings in his spare time."

"Hmm." Tengchuan Yuto nodded. "If you were our enemy, what would you think of when you saw this painting?"

Ogasawara Ritsuki was stunned for a moment. He didn't quite understand what Tengchuan Yuto meant.

Ogasawara Rikusuke is a very serious person and is good at thinking. Although he doesn't understand something, he doesn't ask questions but thinks about it carefully.

enemy?

enemy!

Ogasawara Ritsuke's heart moved.

The enemy that the major was referring to was most likely the one who attacked Kazubayashi's residence and abducted Oizumi Takaya.

Mr. Oizumi Takashi was only an official of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the Imperial Cabinet, and he did not hold an important position in the Empire. Under such circumstances, Mr. Oizumi Takashi became the target of the enemy's attack. There is only one answer:
The enemy is coming for the 'Octopus' plan.

Ogasawara Ritsuki only learned about the confidential information of the "Octopus" plan from Major Tengchuan after the incident at the Kazubayashi residence.

As a captain-ranked agent of the Special High Police and a close confidant of the major, he knew nothing about the "Octopus" plan before, which shows the confidentiality level of this secret. So, how did the enemy know about the "Octopus" operation and target Mr. Takaya Oizumi?
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Thinking of this and looking at the painting again, Ogasawara Rikusuke already had some ideas in his mind.

Mr. Oizumi Takashige copied the painting of Mr. Chiba Hokusai.

A genre painting from the Edo period.

His Excellency Chiba Hokusai...

Among the paintings of Mr. Chiba Hokusai, genre paintings actually do not account for a very large proportion. Speaking of genre paintings, the most famous genre painting of Mr. Chiba Hokusai is the painting "Octopus and Ama".

Thinking of this, Ogasawara Ritsu's heart skipped a beat.

"'Octopus and Ama'!" Ogasawara Ritsuki exclaimed, "Major, what the enemy meant is that the enemy may have associated Mr. Hokusai Chiba's 'Octopus and Ama' with this painting, and then confirmed that Mr. Oizumi was related to the 'Octopus Project'?"

Tengchuan Yuto's eyes wandered back and forth between the paintings on the desk, and he did not answer Ogasawara Ritsuki's words.

No answer is almost equivalent to acquiescence.

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"Major, I thought of 'Octopus and Ama' and then the 'Octopus' plan based on your suggestion," said Ogasawara Ritsu. "It was because you gave me the direction to think that I came up with this answer."

Tengchuan Yuto glanced at Ogasawara Ritsuki and said, "Go on."

"It is a special case that my subordinates can associate the painting with the 'Octopus Project'," said Ogasawara Ritsu. "How can the enemy associate the painting with the 'Octopus Project'? This is incredible."

"Yes, it's incredible, almost like a fairy tale." Tengchuan Yuto nodded, "But the more fantastic the thing is, the more people in our job have to pay special attention to it."

"Major." Ogasawara Ritsuki said after hesitating for a moment.

"You say." said Tengchuan Yuto.

"I still find it unbelievable." Ogasawara Ritsuki thought and said, "Not to mention that the 'Octopus Project' is an imperial secret, even the possibility of the name of this project being leaked is extremely low. Suppose the enemy knows about the 'Octopus' project, and they try their best to get intelligence..."

He glanced at Yuto Tengchuan and continued, "Put yourself in their shoes. If you were the enemy, and they knew we had such an extremely important 'Octopus' plan, they would be more likely to suspect it was military, or weapons, or even special ammunition..."

"For example, I would never think that the Empire would print currency or other currencies," said Ogasawara Ritsu. "So, what I don't understand is why the enemy would target Mr. Oizumi Takashi and even suspect that he has something to do with the 'Octopus' project."

"What you said makes sense." Tengchuan Yongren said, "Not to mention you, even I, before I knew the inside story of the 'Octopus Project', would never have thought that the Empire was targeting Chongqing's financial and economic aspects."

He looked at Ogasawara Ritsuki and said slowly, "But what if the enemy has learned that our 'Octopus Plan' is aimed at attacking and destroying their economy?"

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"How is this possible?" Ogasawara Ritsuki exclaimed in surprise, "Such a confidential plan, with such a high level of confidentiality, how could the enemy know about it?"

His face became extremely solemn, because if what the major said was true, the source of the information leak was within the empire, and it was the most core department of the empire.

This problem is too serious.

"Of course, this is just my assumption, and the possibility is extremely low." Tengchuan Yuto said, "But there is one thing that cannot be denied."

He said to Ogasawara Ritsu with a serious expression, "Through Mr. Oizumi's imitation of Mr. Hokusai Chiba's painting, it is indeed reminiscent of the painting 'Octopus and Ama'."

He murmured, "Octopus...octopus."

Tengchuan Yuto said to Ogasawara Ritsu, "You know, the name of the 'Octopus Project' was chosen by Mr. Oizumi Takashi, and it was approved by Lieutenant Colonel Noguchi Musashi of the Ninth Research Institute and reported to the Office of the Minister of the Army for approval."

"What?!" Ogasawara Ritsuki exclaimed.

He really didn't expect that the name of the 'Octopus Project' would be like this.

"In other words, Mr. Oizumi might have come up with the name 'Octopus' on a whim because of the painting 'Octopus and Ama'?" asked Ogasawara Ritsuki.

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