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Sparrow
The plan to lure Sparrow and Rehmannia using the Return to Zero Plan has begun.
Today, Li Xiaonan and Su Sanxing's sister will be going to attend a wedding.
I want you to abduct them.
Liu Meina has an accomplice inside the division. Whoever was missing last night
is a prime suspect.
Tang Shanhai.
If one day, I really double-crossed you, what will you do?
Real brothers are clear in calculating debts among themselves. I will serve you with the best torture methods.
Starting today, Bi Zhongliang is being suspended to undergo investigation.
I feel that the most suspicious person
is...Su Sanxing.
Episode 35
The most urgent matter now is to find
the accomplice of Liu Meina and intercept the 'Return to Zero' plan.
Only then can we beg General Kagesa for a favor
to let Zhongliang live.
This is a very heavy burden.
You must carry it up.
Boss, are you really being made the temporary division chief?
Before, I thought that getting promoted is a good thing. But now, I feel that it's very dangerous.
How many are able to come out of Service Office Mei alive?
Division Chief really is fraught with grim possibilities this time.
Not only him. Even I might go in to.
Why?
You think that being the temporary division chief is easy?
If I am unable to catch Sparrow or Rehmannia, unable to get the 'Return to Zero' plan back,
I will then get dragged by Li Moqun to Service Office Mei to be fed to the dogs.
Boss, let's not be this temporary division chief, okay?
If you go, what about us? We still need to earn a living.
Easier said than done. It would be great if I could refuse it.
If we are unable to catch Sparrow, we really are dead?
These upcoming days, keep watch of Su Sanxing and Liu Erbao.
If they make any movements, report it to me immediately.
Okay. I got it.
Go now.
There must be some trap within this.
It's impossible for Bi Zhongliang to trust Liu Meina that easily
because he clearly knows that Tang Shanhai and Liu Meina had an intimate relationship.
A person that's too smart will usually just focus on the strong opponents
and will instead get defeated by an unknown lowly person. That is also possible.
That's right. Just like a previous unknown person named Su Sanxing.
Team Leader Su, I didn't mean it like that.
I just feel that Liu Meina really disguised herself so well.
I instead feel that the person who really has disguised himself well is Bi Zhongliang.
Erbao, sit!
I won't sit.
Division Chief has a secret mission for you.
Looks like Division Chief getting taken by Kagesa is a strategy to lure the enemies out.
Team Leader Su, you are indeed smart!
But only us two know about this matter.
Even Supervisor Li Moqun doesn't know about it.
What an intricate game of Go.
Division Chief received some new information.
The new liaison of the Nationalist Shanghai District has arrived from Chongqing.
From the news we got, he would make contact at Marsell Coffee Shop
this afternoon to give out the new secret code notebook.
I hope that you
can intercept it.
Congratulations, temporary division chief.
Are you here to mock me?
Why will I do that?
If you are in trouble, will I be in a better state? Won't I understand that logic?
Sorry. I actually planned to convince Li Moqun to let Su Sanxing sit on that position
but he insisted on you.
Thank you, Team Leader Tang.
If it's a blessing, then it's not a disaster. If it is a disaster, you won't be able to avoid it.
This must be something that you left at Liu Meina's house.
Look at what I bought you.
- Do you like it? - It looks nice.
I haven't even bought you any gifts yet and instead you are giving me one.
I owe you another favor.
I really pressed on you this morning. Did I scare you?
Only by pushing me to the brink of death can Old Bi believe my innocence. I understand; you were helping me.
I owe you a lot already.
If you want to return my favors, I have one request.
Say it.
There are two 'Return to Zero' plans: one real, one fake.
It's hard to differentiate which is real and which is not.
Team Leader Tang, you are a very smart man. If the real plan is really in my hands,
it's impossible for you not to ask about it.
I don't know if the one in your hands is the real one or the fake one.
But I do want to take a look at it.
Of course, if you want to look at the one in my hands, I also can let you see it anytime.
Okay.
Thank you, Team Leader Tang.
If possible, let Bicheng bring it to the orphanage to give to me tomorrow.
I also actually want to request something from you.
If you want to get even with me that fast, you will owe me more and more in the future.
Let me owe you then.
Whether I owe you more, or if I have to repay with interest, I still have to say this.
Say it.
I want to personally bury Liu Meina.
Meina,
I never betrayed anyone in my life.
Only you.
Listen.
I indeed like Tang Shanhai.
I just don't want to think of those thousands of men.
I only fell for you.
I deserve it. I indeed was thinking of somebody else's husband. I indeed like him.
If she doesn't treasure you, I won't be courteous with her then.
If she doesn't want you, I want you.
Don't worry. I won't put you in a difficult spot.
If you are someone who will change his heart towards Xu Bicheng just like that,
you will also not be the man that I would want.
I also want to have a guy like you by my side,
who will accommodate my bad habits and say that's it's fine once you get used to it.
These past years, I've saved some money.
Take me to leave Shanghai. Let's go to Hong Kong together, okay?
Do you like it? A Western tie like this
will only suit an elegant lad like you.
Actually,
I know that you were lying to me
but I rather die in your arms than be abandoned by you.
You must think I'm a bastard, right?
Don't say that.
The woman who put her whole heart into me,
the woman who just wanted to be with me forever, was personally killed by me.
You didn't have any other choice, am I right?
I have possibly killed the only woman in this world who loves me.
This is her favorite flower: roses.
If you were given another chance to choose,
what would you do?
You still would not have an alternate choice, right?
When I wanted to rescue Zhou Li, you told me
that our line of work is really just like this.
You can't even save the most important people to you.
It is clearly the person most dear to you,
but you can only watch
as she dies.
Chen Shen told me before:
Once something becomes reality,
we shouldn't keep turning back to look at it.
Put away the grief.
Let's continue fighting. Let's fight together.
Thank you.
Even though I can't feel better,
thank you for consoling me.
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Good thing, you are fine.
I just returned. How could I just die so easily?
Were you the one who removed the corpses of those two special agents that I killed below Liu Meina's apartment?
When I got up from the river, I was afraid that you wouldn't have time to clean up the scene
so I hurriedly went to Liu Meina's house.
After I just cleaned up the corpses, Chen Shen and Bi Zhongliang arrived.
Bi Zhongliang currently is suspended for investigation.
Let us then let them bite among themselves.
Oh, right, the new liaison has already arrived.
This is the new code book.
[Observations on the Current State of Government]
You saw Liu Erbao come out of Su Sanxing's office?
Yes. He was acting so suspiciously like he was afraid of someone seeing him.
The 'Return to Zero' plan got stolen. You must give us an explanation.
Yes. I surely will find the suspect. I surely will get the plan back.
Don't worry. Once you enter Service Office Mei, you'll have the time to think about this matter.
Bi Zhongliang is now being suspended for investigation.
All matters of the Operations Division will temporarily be handled by Supervisor Li of the Central Headquarters.
Could they be sneakily doing some scheme?
Continue monitoring them.
I understand.
Should we send out the 'Return to Zero' plan now?
Let's try to send it out tomorrow night. Right now, we must do another matter.
What is it?
Photocopy the plan that was in our hands but change the important names, place, and time.
Why must we do that?
There were two plans inside the safety box.
Based on Meina's cues, the one with me is the real one.
I gave Chen Shen the other one. But based on his personality,
he surely will suspect that the copy that's with me is the real one.
Didn't you say that you've put the other one in a safe place?
How come it is with Chen Shen?
We all have been fooled by Chen Shen.
You surely couldn't have guessed that he has a copy of Liu Meina's keys all long.
While he was helping us, he actually was using us.
He is really a Communist?
Even if he isn't Sparrow, he would also be Sparrow's subordinate.
Who is in that other car?!
Enemies. We must get them off our tail.
How are you certain that those are enemies?
Sit tight.
Mister, may I ask for the directions to Nanjing?
Chen Shen!
If Chen Shen submits a false plan,
will he suffer any punishment or doubts?
Is that your biggest worry?
Just casually asking.
Bicheng, don't forget.
Our mission is to find the Return to Zero Plan before the communists do.
This means that our leaders don't want the communists to know about this secret.
The partnership between the nationalists and communists is just temporary. Maybe one day, we might become enemies in the battlefield.
I hope that this day will come a bit later.
Okay. I'll change the information.
Tang Shanhai asked me to give this to you.
Fresh ink scent.
Tang Shanhai asked you to make this at the last minute to fool me, right?
I feel that I am like a toy top.
All day, smart people like you
play me until I lose my sense of directions.
How can there be such a beautiful top?
I finally understand your secret now.
That's why when we were escorting Prime Minister,
you were acting strange along the way.
And also, it's why you fainted when Prime Minister died.
Tang Shanhai said that you have been using us.
to be able to find the 'Return to Zero' plan.
But I understand
that you two are the same kind of person.
Who among you can really use the other person?
Right now, I only want to know: if you were the first one to get the 'Return to Zero' plan,
will you share it with us?
I will.
What if we went against our words?
Personally, I think that people who are sincerely resisting the Japanese
all have honorable souls. Their lives are similarly precious.
If uncovering this plan can save a lot more people,
then why not take it out and share it?
Moreover, our citizens have currently reached the most dangerous state.
I know that you must have nonnegotiable orders from your organization superiors,
but at this time, all Chinese should unite to resist the Japanese.
Resisting the Japanese isn't just a slogan but a determination to meet death.
No matter if I'm still alive by tomorrow,
it is our duty to drive the Japanese out
and save our compatriots
Tang Shanhai doesn't know about this.
I also don't know if what I'm doing is right or wrong.
But I know that if this will lead to less people bleeding,
what I'm doing is worth it.
[Annex: Personnel sent by each army group]
[Details of how to carry out the Return to Zero Operations]
[Second Army Group]
'Observations on the Current State of Government'.
In the government,
no matter what monster you are, you surely will show your true self sooner or later.
[Observations on the Current State of Government]
The code books that Dai Li chooses still are full of connotative meanings.
When Team Leader Su does things, it is always a sure success.
Team Leader Su, Chen Shen seems to have noticed something.
On my way here, Bian Tou kept following me.
It wasn't easy to finally get him off my back.
It's good to continue being careful.
[Observations on the Current State of Government]
Very good. So good.
Mr. Zhongliang, I am getting more and more confident with you.
Thank you, General Kagesa.
You can now send out the telegraph detector vans.
From my assessment, now that we have the new code book of the Nationalist Government,
if this fake 'Return to Zero' plan
is really in Rehmannia's hands,
then what he should be doing now
is to try his best to communicate this plan out.
That's why, right now, we can start raising the net.
- Mr. Zhongliang. - Yes.
Chinese people are really making me curious.
Sometimes, the way you think is very weird.
Are you sure that you don't want to move into
a larger and cleaner room?
General Kagesa, there's really no need
for you to worry about this.
What I need now is silence.
This place allows me to think in silence.
I already followed for three blocks but carelessly, I lost him.
Zeng Shu used to be the powerful governor of the Nationalist Shanghai District.
Liu Erbao also has followed Old Bi for so many years.
These people are experienced and skilled. It's just normal to lose them.
Acting so suspiciously the whole day...
Don't know what secret dealings these people are doing.
Old Bi got arrested yet they are not panicking.
What have they been doing the whole day?
Boss...
What they have is called the quality of a secret agent.
Your secret agent qualities aren't that bad, either.
How come you look preoccupied everyday?
With my relationship with Old Bi,
how could I act the same as others?
Anyway, I feel that something isn't right.
Look at Secretary Qian. He immediately went to Supervisor Li to fawn.
That's normal behavior.
Others are worrying about their job.
It's only Su Sanxing and his team
who are steadily on the fishing platform. Don't know what they are being busy about.
Don't you find that strange?
How about this? Don't monitor Su Sanxing anymore.
Keep watch of that Ah Qiang. He is not as smart as you. He surely will be easier to follow.
Boss, you mean that I'm a weak prey, so I should bully prey even weaker than I?
Animals are all over the place.
They are either prey or predators, so why insist on going against the predators?
You're right. I'll get going now.
Come in.
I came to drink some tea with you.
Okay.
The last time you came here for tea, you said you need to burn some incense for Buddha
and pray for Bi Zhongliang to live a long life.
If his life is indeed shortened, it's not because Bodhisattva hasn't blessed him,
it is because he brought it upon himself.
Now that he is not around anymore, the sky has not collapsed, either.
Sooner or later, I also will walk his path.
Unless, I rat you out.
We are all ants on the same rope.
What good will it bring you to rattle me out?
Then tell me an idea where we all will benefit.
If you are the temporary division chief, how will you give Kagesa an acceptable explanation?
Of course, look for a scapegoat.
Don't tell me you didn't think of that.
I did. But I don't know if we are thinking of the same person.
When Zhou Li and Lü Ming died, Bicheng was so in pain.
I promised her...
Also, one more thing: the person who was unusually frantic
in torturing Zhou Li and Lü Ming this time was Secretary Qian.
One day, I surely must take revenge for them.
Okay. I promise you.
I will ask them to pay for this debt sooner or later.
Sooner or later, we will seek vengeance for them.
I understand.
Looks like you have the same thoughts as mine.
For this scheme to be implemented perfectly, I will still need you
to cooperate in the best way you can and to provide me with some information.
You are being courteous. Isn't helping you, helping me?
While cooking, wearing this kind of clothes, is really quite uncomfortable.
Do you remember everything that Chen Shen told you earlier?
Yes. That... When I see Secretary Qian, I will tell him
that I came from his hometown. I am Zhang Guilin, the younger brother of Zhang Guishan.
During 1931,
Zhang Guishan and Secretary Qian transferred to the
Third Brigade of the National Army from the troops of the warlord Feng Yuxiang.
Later on, this Zhang Guishan died while saving Secretary Qian.
Are you sure that the person that Old K is going to portray
is someone that Secretary Qian has never seen before?
I'm sure of it. Zhang Guilin and Tang Shanhai were previously from the same department.
After Zhang Guishan died,
Secretary Qian gave Zhang Guishan's remnants to Zhang Guilin.
Afterwards, Secretary Qian transferred to serve the Reorganized Government. Zhang Guilin also died after that.
It was Tang Shanhai who received the items that Zhang Guilin left.
He was sure that the two never saw each other.
And also, Secretary Qian doesn't know yet that Zhang Guilin has died.
That's great then.
- Old K, be more quick-witted. - Yes.
Don't get exposed.
Sure. Brother Chen, I guarantee that I will complete my mission.
You surely can do it. Do it well.
[Qingfeng Tea House]
Brother Qian!
I can finally meet you.
You are Zhang Guilin?
Yes. Look.
This is your picture with my older brother.
You mailed this to me during the year of 1931.
You still kept this picture?
Of course. This is the only picture of my older brother.
I have always brought it with me.
Brother Qian, come and sit.
Drink some tea.
Guilin, these past years, you must have been in Chongqing training camp, right?
Just earning for a living. I don't want to be promoted nor be some hero.
I just want to live longer.
Who else is left in your family?
Just me. Initially, other than me and my older brother,
we had one little sister.
But she contracted small pox and died.
It was around the year of 1930.
It happened soon after you and my older brother went to the Third Brigade of the National Army.
That's right. That time, your older brother wasn't able to rush back home to see your little sister one last time.
He was even depressed for several days.
I remember that your little sister seems to be called...Guihua?
Brother Qian, you really have a good memory.
With my relationship with your older brother, how could I forget such things?
Oh, right, you came to Shanghai this time to...
Brother Qian, to tell you the truth, I am about to get married. But I am a little short of money.
I thought of coming to Shanghai and see if I can get an opportunity
to earn money from you.
So you're trying to say...
There is one whose code name is Rehmannia
that has infiltrated your division. Do you know about that?
Of course, I know.
The whole division has almost been turned upside down, but we are still unable to find him.
I have information about him.
Is that real?
The Nationalist Government wants to rebuild their district here in Shanghai. The newly appointed governor
will be secretly meeting with this Rehmannia.
Is your news reliable?
Reliable. I swear on my life.
If not because I need money fast, I also don't want to do such things.
How much money do you need then?
Two little gold bars?
No. Big gold bars.
Wishful thinking. So expensive.
Brother Qian, you won't be able to catch the wolf if you cannot bear to put your children in danger.
Think about it. How many skilled individuals are within the Special Agents Department?
They were all unable to catch this Rehmannia.
If you are able to catch this Rehmannia guy,
then won't you rapidly go up the ranks?
How much big golden bars will that be worth, isn't it?
I actually planned to look for Su Sanxing.
You even know Su Sanxing?
I know him.
His best friend used to work in the logistics section of our Training Camp.
Because I considered the fact that you and my older brother were really good friends,
I came to you first.
If you don't want it,
I can only let Su Sanxing benefit from it then.
But I will ask him three big gold bars for it.
Don't. Just two big gold bars.
Thank you, brother.
You're welcome, Brother Qian. We are all friends here. I'll toast you with tea in place of wine.
Okay.
From now on, if you have any information, give it to me first.
No problem.
Rehmannia will be
meeting with the newly appointed Nationalist Government Shanghai district governor tonight?
Yes. They are meeting at 9pm tonight in Jiading.
Is that information reliable?
It probably can't be fake.
That person is my past subordinate.
He just came from Chongqing and needed some money so he sold this information to me.
More importantly, his older brother and I
were really very close friends.
Supervisor, in order to buy this information,
I spent two big gold bars.
A very close friendship...
and he even made you spend two big gold bars...
Secretary Qian, it seems that this friendship of yours didn't mean much.
O-One must hoard good that are in short supply, right? H-He also had to bear a lot of danger...
Looks like you also were able to earn a lot these past two years.
Supervisor, you misunderstood.
How can I have so much money? You are just joking...
These money, I...borrowed it.
They were all lent to me by my friends, Supervisor.
Supervisor, you don't know. Initially,
I wanted to let you personally chat with him.
Won't that save me a lot of trouble, right?
But he said that he doesn't know you.
He insisted to ask from me. I really had no other choice.
And so I went to gather money and buy this information.
I am not interested in these.
Make sure that the information is true.
Once you've fulfilled this mission, I can request the superiors to reward you.
Thank you, Supervisor Li. This news is surely real.
Hello, Sister Lanzhi, I'm Xiaonan.
I wrapped some zongzi for you and plan to bring them there. You won't be going out today, right?
Xiaonan...
Sister Lanzhi, what's wrong? If there's anything, just say it slowly. Don't cry.
Zhongliang was taken away by the Japanese.
What?! Division Chief Bi got take away by the Japanese?
Chen Shen didn't tell me about it.
What should I do?
Okay. Okay. Don't cry first. Just wait for me to get there and we'll talk.
These signals are from commercial stations. They are registered.
The telegraphic code that we just discovered originated from number 389, Tianwentai Road.
It is also a commercial station.
It is really quite powerful.
[Fushou Shop]
Take care.
This van is moving so slow. Is it up to something?
Supervisor, is the source of this information reliable?
You have to ask Secretary Qian about that.
Team Leader Chen, what do you mean by that?
Are you suspecting me of giving Supervisor false leads?
Please call me Division Chief Chen.
Although it is just temporary, it was still conferred by Supervisor.
I'm already used to it. I can't change it anymore.
Hey, Secretary Qian, you must hurry and change how you address him.
Yes.
Division Chief Chen, the person who gave me the news personally assured me that it is true.
But with the times right now, it's really hard to understand what people are thinking.
I also can't guarantee that this information is true.
But since we've known of this information,
we should give it some attention, right?
Supervisor, what do you want me to do? Just give the instructions.
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♫ Fly, fly towards the bright light. ♫
♫ Fly past the endless confusion. ♫
♫ At worst, you’ll hurt your wings. ♫
♫ At least you’ll still have some remaining hope. ♫
♫ Fly, fly towards the sun, ♫
♫ even if your ultimate destination is death. ♫
♫ At worst, you’ll lose your clothes. ♫
♫ At least you’ll still have your original faith. ♫
♫ I shake off the bitter cold in my body. ♫
♫ I only want to rest in your harbor. ♫
♫ You should know that this is the biggest longing in my life. ♫
♫ But my home is in devastation. ♫
♫ I can’t cower to safety. ♫
♫ Forgive me. Allow my last rallying cry. ♫
♫ I will become brave, ♫
♫ bravely breaking through the prison bars. ♫
♫ The distant road is long. ♫
♫ For freedom, I am willing to be pierced through the chest. ♫
♫ I have already become brave, ♫
♫ bravely charging into the darkness. ♫
♫ The dimming fire and lights of home in the distance ♫
♫ are my ultimate faith. ♫