"It seems you still doubt my identity, are you thinking of waiting for your superior to arrive and then confirm my identity again?" Murong said faintly.
The woman hastily lowered her head and replied in a low voice: "I don't dare, it's just routine."
"What's your name?" Mu Yang said in a very casual tone, no longer in a hurry.
Liao Yahui.
"Do you have a Japanese name?"
The woman looked up and glanced at Muyang before answering: "Tanaka Chiye."
Muyang nodded and didn't say anything else.
Mu Yang only guessed part of it, Liao Ya Hui is now very conflicted in her heart. She's afraid she made a mistake, and also afraid that Mu Yang really is a high-ranking Japanese military officer, which might lead to her being punished, or even Mu Yang's revenge.
However, if the other party is fake, then she will be credited with a meritorious deed, so she has not given up. After taking out the certificate from Muyang's body, she also had a sudden flash of inspiration and used her eyes to signal her subordinates to hurry up and report back.
But now she has to put herself in a position of acknowledging the identity of Mu Yang, because she doesn't dare bet on whether she is right or not. If she offends this officer again, she doesn't know what the consequences will be.
Before long, the iron gate was opened again. Mu Yang's gaze shifted from the mottled wall to see several people walking in at the entrance. The leader, a man in his 40s, wore glasses and had his hair combed neatly, trying to present a refined appearance. However, his date kernel face and those triangular eyes hidden under his eyes betrayed him - this person must be a cunning and treacherous individual.
"After this person came in, he slightly bowed to Muyang and said: 'Sir, can you show us your documents again? We are doing this to better complete our work and take responsibility for the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere.'"
Muyang directly threw out the military ID, and coldly said: "You can look, or notify the Army Department to verify my identity. It's just that you have to be quick, I don't like it here, especially the smell of this place, filled with a stench of death." Muyang said very rudely.
The middle-aged man's face also looked bad, but he didn't dare to make a move, even if he said something, he didn't dare, if the other party was really a Japanese army lieutenant, then he must have caught the wrong person.
After flipping through Muyang's documents, nothing unusual was found. It was a very standard military ID card, and the steel seal, photo, and everything matched the person in front of him. The other party's Japanese language skills were also strong evidence of his identity. Adding to that, the calm and nonchalant attitude made the middle-aged man 70% convinced.
However, such a big thing, he did not dare not to notify the Japanese side. After all, this is led directly by the Japanese, and catching a wrong Japanese military officer is considered their work mistake, they also do not dare to conceal it.
The middle-aged man smiled and said: "Colonel, please calm down, the smell here is indeed bad, but my office air is relatively fresh, come to my place for a cup of tea, I think it won't take long, the army department will send someone to pick you up."
Murong nodded ambiguously as the middle-aged man entered his office.
"I, Li Shiqun, am the deputy director of the Special Operations Department of the Central Executive Committee of the Nationalist Party. I apologize for the mistake today. My subordinates are a bunch of fools who mistakenly thought you were an agent of the Military Bureau, which led to this error. Please accept my apologies. Would you like to have a cup of tea first?" Li Shiqun said as he personally brought over a cup of tea and placed it in front of Muyang.
Muyang didn't show any expression, he just casually glanced around at the furnishings in the room.
Li Shiqun ate a dumb, can only quietly stand by, because Muyang did not sit down, he was also embarrassed to sit down, and could only deeply measure this suddenly emerged Japanese Army Headquarters Lieutenant Colonel behind Muyang.
To know, the ID card of Mu Yang is from the Japanese Army Headquarters, not the Shanghai Army Department. The difference here is that this guy came directly from Japan Headquarters and is not a Shanghainese. What did he come to Shanghai for?
"Major, you have your tea." Li Shiqun reminded him once again.
"Since you've already informed the Shanghai Army Department, I'll just wait for them here. But now, don't say anything more, I want to be quiet for a while."
Mu Yang had his hands behind his back and was staring at the calligraphy in front of him, without even turning his head, when he suddenly said to Li Shiqun, "You're just a coward who only knows how to bully others." Li's face changed color as he choked on these words. He had never been treated like this before, but now he really didn't dare to lose his temper and could only endure it silently.
Standing like this for nearly half an hour, Mu Yang was getting a bit tired and thought to himself, "Why are the Japanese so slow? I misjudged them. It would be better to sit down and rest instead." And just like that, he stood there for half an hour.
At this moment, the wooden door was knocked on, and Li Shiqun hastily opened the door. Mu Yang still didn't turn his head back, but only heard the sound of leather shoes hitting the ground, and it wasn't just one person.
A man walked up behind Muyang and said in a low voice in Japanese, "Excuse me, are you Lieutenant Colonel Kurihara Akira? I am Jiang Tingdao, senior staff officer of the Shanghai Army."
"Ah, nice to meet you, Lieutenant Commander Kato. I'm Kurita Akira."
"Ah, I'm truly sorry to have caused you distress here. It's the Shanghai Army Department's dereliction of duty. We will definitely discipline strictly and severely punish those responsible for this incident." Jiang Tingdao said with extreme respect, even with a hint of humility.
Those present, Li Shiqun and Liao Yahui were there, as well as several other figures from the 76th row, but when they saw Jiang Tingdao's attitude towards Muyang, everyone was stunned.
What's going on, they all know that the Japanese military is very particular about hierarchy and rank, with a difference of one level being enough to crush someone. Now, this Commander Jiang Tingdao is actually speaking to a Lieutenant Colonel in such a lowly and humble tone, it's really subverting their understanding.
"Who else knows about this?" Muyang asked somewhat mysteriously, but Jiang Tingdao understood and quickly replied: "General Takada Koushirou knows, so he sent me over. As for others, they haven't been notified yet." Jiang Tingdao answered cautiously.
"I know, what are you going to do now?" Murong Yang asked another question that left others bewildered.
"It all depends on Mr. Kurihara's will, but General Takaoka hopes you can go to his place for a visit, of course, mainly just to meet and have tea, no other meaning." Jiang Tingdao's words made the people present feel like they were petrified, now these people didn't even dare to breathe.
Everyone here is a sharp person and can naturally guess that this Lieutenant Colonel Kurita must have a very big background, so big that even General Takaeda's chief of staff wants to get in touch with him.
Muyang raised his hand and looked at his watch, saying: "It's still early now, just in time to go to General Okada's place for a cup of tea, let's go."
Muyang arrived in the yard surrounded by more than a dozen people, but just as they came out, a large truck drove in.