It was still his own bed, after all, and it was just soothing to sleep in, and Elrond didn't get out of bed until the sun was up, which could have been caused by the fact that he hadn't been able to sleep well on the ship.
When Elrond finished freshening up and went downstairs to eat breakfast he found that only his mother, Yang Xiuer, was left at home, everyone else was already out of the house, even his grandfather wasn't in the house, and he didn't know what he was busy with, and Elrond didn't care, and was ready to have a leisurely breakfast before going to the telegraph office to send a telegram to the U.S. and Italy needing to inquire about the current status of the company.
By Elrond's estimation by now the Italian side would have received the US side, a second or even third batch of cigarettes. I wonder what the revenue situation is now.
While Elrond was still enjoying the business situation on the other side of the ocean, Captain Blackwell came to visit with Chief Hodges, as had been agreed upon yesterday, so Elrond rose to greet him without surprise.
After being introduced by Captain Blackwell, Elrond and Chief Hodges came into a warm embrace before inviting each other to sit down at the house.
"Fang, there's something I have to talk to you about, last night we made a move against the Black Dragon Society in the Japanese community!" Captain Blackwell said with a solemn face.
Elrond was shocked, what the hell, Black Dragon Society, is it the same Black Dragon Society I know? On his face, he didn't move, "Oh! Thank you! Man you're so much more than enough, I don't even know how to thank you."
"It was nothing, and I was following Colonel Titch's orders, but we found something else!" Captain Blackwell's eyes glowed with excitement.
"Other circumstances?" Elrond's mind wandered, it couldn't really be that coincidental! It would be interesting if the Black Dragon Society in Brazil was also engaged in espionage like the ones in their homeland. But even if Elrond had an idea in his heart, he couldn't say it, what if it wasn't in this area! Wouldn't it be embarrassing to say it?
"Yes, let's let Mr. Chief Hodges explain this to you! He's the one involved." Captain Blackwell said with a single finger to Chief Hodges.
"Lieutenant Fang, even though this is the first time we've met, you've given me a big gift this time, I must thank you properly!" Chief Hodges laughed out loud.
"Oh! Chief Hodges, I haven't given you any gifts oh! Even if you received something, it would have to be a treasure you found on your own wouldn't it!" Obviously able to hear from the tone of the two that it must be something good, but Elrond didn't want to take any credit from the two, it was better to keep a low profile for now.
Hodges and Blackwell looked at each other and Chief Hodges laughed out loud, ''Alright! Even if I found it myself, I will definitely have a gift to offer when the time comes. Haha..."
Captain Blackwell also spoke up on the side, "This kind of small thing Fang might not care much about, so Mr. Director should stop selling out, or speak up quickly to make Fang happy too."
"Haha .... Last night when we were raiding the Black Dragon Society's clubhouse, we accidentally discovered that this Black Dragon Society is actually a spy organization, but unfortunately, they bribed our police department's people, so that we couldn't wipe them out, and ran away with two leaders."
Elrond heard, really so, it seems that this Black Dragon Society wherever the surface is a gangster, secretly do the Japanese government spies ah.Elrond for the Japanese can buy the police department is no surprise, this kind of infiltration in the latter part of the television and movies to see the big don't too much.
"What these Japanese are even spies, damn it, have the two Japanese who escaped been found!" Elrond said in mock surprise.
"Fang, don't worry! These two Japanese can't escape, now the St. Paul city government is offering a bounty of five thousand dollars for these two Japanese spies, the street is now filled with pictures of the two, believe me, they can't run away." Chief Hodges looked very confident, he believed in the charm of money, with all of St. Paul looking for them, no one could run away.
Elrond felt that Chief Hodges had obviously underestimated the difference between a professional spy and an ordinary citizen, and Elrond was almost certain that these two Japanese spies were not so easy for Chief Hodges to catch. But he certainly can't say that himself, it seems that he has to remind his compatriots, there are only so many Asians in Sao Paulo, and now that the Japanese are definitely being focused on, it's not a good idea to say that these two Japanese will disguise themselves as Chinese and hide among the Chinese.
"Well then, congratulations in advance to Chief Hodges for the early capture of these two leaks." He said and gave an arching salute. Both men looked at Elrond's action and froze, not quite understanding what it meant, but Elrond's words were still understood by Chief Hodges.
"Haha ..... These are all trivial matters. My headache now is that Mr. Mayor asked me to find the person who tipped off the Japanese within two days, these damn spies are really abominable, we can have absolutely no experience in counter-espionage, and we have absolutely no idea where to start looking."
Director Hodges first still looked confident, but when he said about the spies within his own people, he just had a headache look on his face. Obviously clueless about catching spies hidden within his own people.
Elrond thought to himself, "Doesn't Brazil have its own intelligence service? How come this kind of thing would need your police department to investigate itself! However, Elrond thought of the obscure Brazilian Intelligence Agency in the latter half of the world, the heart also has a bottom, it is estimated that the current Brazilian Intelligence Agency is not necessarily established it! Even if it was established, it was probably not much different from the police. It is simply difficult to say.
Think about the spy TV, movies, novels that you have seen quite a lot, see if you can help this Hodges director in front of you, if you can maybe be able to harvest a close friend.
"We Chinese have an old saying that three ignorant cobblers are better than a genius? Why don't you tell us the situation at that time and listen to it, and I'll help you think of a solution together with Captain Blackwell!"
"Stinker? A platoon? What's this?" Both of them had black question mark faces.
"You guys don't need to worry about that, it's too much trouble to introduce, just tell us what was going on, and together we'll help you come up with ideas to see." Elrond also had a black line on his face. What Chinese proverbs are you talking to two foreigners by yourself.
Hodges didn't hold back and gave a detailed account of the scene.Elrond and Captain Blackwell listened quietly both began to think.
"You mean, the enemy didn't notice when you arrived on the scene, and it was five minutes after setting up the mission that the lights in the enemy rooms came on one by one, right?" Elrond was the first to speak.
"That's right!" This Hodges remembered very well.
"You're sure you didn't inform anyone else of the mission objective before arriving at the scene, correct?"
"That's right!"
"Then first we can be sure that the spy is among the group of people you have on site right?"
"Why?" Hodges puzzled face.
Blackwell is also a curious looking at Elrond. this makes Elrond simply unable to spit, such a simple reasoning, you need to explain yourself?
"Because the enemy was only discovered in the last five minutes before your operation ah! The others didn't know the mission objective and had no way to warn them!"
"Right! Makes sense, I see!" Chief Hodges said with a slap to his forehead.
Seeing that Elrond didn't continue, Chief Hodges added, "And then what?"
Elrond looked at Chief Hodges, who had an eager expression on his face, and thought he already knew who it was! Only to come up with a then what?
"There are only so many of you on the scene; find out who had the opportunity to leave alone to report the message. Or find out how the Japanese received the message, and won't you find out who notified them?" Captain Blackwell interjected from the side.
Hearing Blackwell's words, Chief Hodges was lost in thought, carefully recalling the situation, and the statement that there was a chance for anyone to be left alone helped him target himself directly to his secretary.
Because at that time, he remembered that his secretary, after setting up the mission, had advised him not to take action against the Japanese seeing that he had indicated that the Japanese had given a lot of favors, and after he had refused, he seemed to say that he was going to do something! And left for a short while.
Now that I think about it, at that time, he should just go to ventilate the message, as for how the Japanese received the message, this is not even need to investigate, because the Japanese are heavily surrounded, it is impossible that someone can rush in to report the message, it can only be on the outside, outside, there is only the phone can also notify the other side, when the time comes to check the Road Telephone Bureau to check it will be aware of it. Thinking of this, Director Hodges rose brightly.
"Fang, I think I know who it is, and I'm going back to catch him now! I'll pay you another visit when I'm done!"
Obviously Director Hodges wasn't stupid, he just hadn't been exposed to this kind of espionage case and didn't have a direction for the case, and after being reminded by the two men he immediately thought of who was the most suspicious.