Chapter 145: Chapter 103: China Special Duties Unit
In a top-secret room in Beijing, a young woman sat nervously in front of a computer, with two people standing behind her. One was an ordinary-looking middle-aged man, and the other was a neat young man. Beside them was a row of odd-shaped instruments and computers, with some technicians sitting in front of the computers.
If Yan Fei were in this room, he would have recognized the seated young woman as the female Chinese agent who had entrusted him with a USB drive in Japan, and the neat young man as Duan Hongye from the China Special Duties Unit who had once saved the lives of Yan Fei and Lu Pingping.
On the computer screen in front of them was a PC version WeChat Account named “***.” They saw a message coming in: “It’s me, I’m the person who was traveling in Japan.”
The excited young woman quickly typed into WeChat, “Where are you now? How is my stuff?”
Duan Hongye reminded from behind, “Xiaozhou, don’t rush it, chat with him gently so that we can get back our items! Asking too many questions might annoy the other side.”
The young woman known as Xiaozhou nodded and said, “I understand, I will be careful with my words.”
Just then, a message appeared on WeChat: “Sorry, for some special reasons, I couldn’t wait for you at the agreed place as originally promised, nor could I go to the address you mentioned. However, I have brought the item back to China, and it is now very safe. How should I hand it over to you?”
Seeing this message, Xiaozhou’s eyes welled up with tears of excitement. The mission to intercept the data escape had cost them greatly, and several colleagues had even sacrificed their lives in Japan. Despite such sacrifices, the data, which was seen as more important than their very lives, had not been secured. When she helplessly returned to China, she felt incredibly guilty, as if it was all her fault. Now, seeing the lost item reappear, she was overwhelmed with emotion.
The ordinary middle-aged man beside her handed her a tissue and said, “Xiaozhou, wipe your tears first. Don’t get overly excited, talk slowly to the other party. Since he has taken the initiative to contact us, we have hope of getting our data back.”
Duan Hongye turned to the technicians nearby. They were analyzing data on the computers and then displaying the results on a large screen television in the room. It displayed, “Target location: 1879 meters at Shanghai Beach, Equipment: Huawei mobile phone, Phone number: 13**3838438, Mobile phone owner: Ma Tianya.”
Using the WeChat account that had contacted Xiaozhou, the technicians from the China Special Duties Unit were able to quickly locate the mobile phone connected to the Drone Assisted Intelligent Brain and brought up the owner’s information, demonstrating their powerful intelligence-gathering capabilities.
Duan Hongye instructed, “Encrypt the signal from this mobile phone immediately, and ensure the communication remains clear. No one else should be able to view the messages exchanged between this mobile phone and us.”
The nearby technician swiftly carried out the technical operation, and in thirty seconds, gestured to Duan Hongye to indicate completion. Duan Hongye picked up a phone, dialed a number, and commanded, “Eagle, there’s a new task. The target is at Shanghai Beach, coordinates ****, ****, get there immediately.”
The ordinary middle-aged man laughed, “Eagle, keep an eye on the suspect, wait for further orders. Don’t act rashly or startle the target, to avoid unexpected complications.”
A voice came through the phone: “Understood, Team Leader!”
It turned out that this ordinary middle-aged man was actually the leader of China’s most secretive unit. However, compared to Duan Hongye and Xiaozhou, he seemed too ordinary, attracting no notice, someone people instinctively overlooked.
Xiaozhou thought for a moment and then typed into WeChat, “Comrade, thank you for keeping my item safe. But you are in a very dangerous situation right now, you must hand over the item to me immediately. I have sent a liaison officer. He will contact you shortly, just hand the item to him.”
After a pause, a response came through on WeChat: “I have your item with me, but I don’t know who you are. I don’t know if you are a Chinese person or the one who gave me the item. I know nothing, how can I just hand over the item to someone you mention?”
Duan Hongye looked at the message with a sharp gaze, appearing quite angry. The Special Duty Group had made great sacrifices for the sake of China, bearing scars from numerous battles. But now, to have their identities doubted was infuriating to anyone.
The ordinary middle-aged man quickly said, “Deputy Team Leader Duan, you must stay calm! That person managed to break through the US-Japan Joint Forces’ encirclement and has connections to a mysterious drone, which suggests he is no ordinary person. We can’t act rashly now; otherwise, if we anger him, we could lose the item and that would be a significant loss. Besides, it’s normal for him to have questions – after all, who would trust information from a stranger on WeChat? This is about the ownership of important experimental data. Wouldn’t you ask the same if you were in his shoes?”
Duan Hongye had been angered thinking of his fallen teammates and seeing their efforts doubted. But after hearing the team leader’s explanation, he realized that he had misunderstood the other party and understood their concerns. He immediately said, “Team Leader, I understand. I will control my emotions.”