"Yunko, let me introduce this. This is the Hattori Ichino from the Hattori family." Fujimoto Shizuka brought Hattori Ichino to Takeuchi Ichino.

"Hello, Hattori." Takeuchi Yunko nodded slightly.

"Hello Miss Yunzi, it's a privilege to see you." Hattori Kazuno solemnly put his legs together and bowed deeply to Takeuchi Yunzi.

"Hatbet, you're welcome. I've heard of Hatbet's swordsmanship in Japan. Among the younger generation of the Hatbet family, it's the luck of Yunko to see Hatbet himself today."

"Miss Yunzi is so good at speaking."

"Shizuka, please sit down." Takeuchi Yunko greeted.

"Hayi!"

On the tatami, Takeuchi Yunko sat in the main seat, and Fujimoto Shizuka and Hattori Kazuya sat facing each other.

"Please use tea, this is the new Biluochun tea this year."

"Thank you Miss Yunzi."

"Is there anything wrong with you when you are visiting today?" Takeuchi Yunko gracefully picked up the teacup, took a sip, and asked after putting it down.

"Yunzi, we do have something to ask for your help." Fujimoto Shizuka said slightly.

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"It's ashamed to say that in another operation, I encountered an elite small Chinese army. The number of the opponent was comparable to ours, but their combat effectiveness was very strong. As a result, we paid the price of four casualties, but the opponent left safely." At the signal of Shizuka Fujimoto, Kazuo Hattori lowered his head in shame and explained.

"Oh, when and where?" Takeuchi Yunko was surprised.

"The night before yesterday, Xujiaqiao in the western suburbs of Shanghai." Fujimoto Shizuka said softly.

"Did the other party escape unscrupulously?"

"No, I also injured one of them, and two others died in battle, but all the bodies were taken away by them." Hattori Kazuno said.

"Where are the weapons they use?"

"The bayonet should be the bayonet of the German Mauser 98K standard rifle, but it seems to have been improved and there is no reflection in the darkness."

"Didn't you use a gun?" Takeuchi Yunko was surprised.

"No." Hattori Kazuno said that their mission this time was very confidential. Once they fired their guns, they would inevitably alarm the nearby garrison.

That would be more terrifying than not intercepting this group of enemies, and the other party seemed to have the same idea and fought with bare hands.

Neither side used guns.

Once the strain culture specimens of Vibrio cholerae leaked, it would be troublesome. Therefore, there was almost no news about this battle except for the hotel where the accident happened and the people living nearby.

"Hatsuke, have you seen those people look like?" Takeuchi Yunko asked after thinking for a while.

"I have a little impression of the person who fought with me, mainly because he has a scar about a finger on his cheek." Hattori Kazuna thought for a while.

"If I'm not mistaken, Hattori, you may have encountered the ghost group that has been the most active in Shanghai and surrounding areas in the past six months, and is full of deep hostility towards the Great Japanese Empire." Takeuchi Yunko took a deep breath and said heavily.

"Ghost Group?"

"The Ghost Group is actually what we call them. We don't know what they call themselves inside now. They will not leave too many clues in every action. Everyone who has seen them is dead. Hattori, you actually encountered them and can escape unscathed. You are truly the elite of the Hattori family!" Takeuchi Hattori exclaimed.

After hearing this, Shizuka Fujimoto and Ikor Hattori showed an incredible look of surprise on their faces.

"Yunzi, it's important. We have a group of important things that have fallen into the hands of this ghost group and must be taken back, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." Fujimoto Shizuka said.

"Have you got something in the hands of the Ghost Group?"

"Yes, it's a very important batch of specimens." Fujimoto Shizuka didn't dare to say too much, but she could still trust Takeuchi Yunko. At least she would understand it after revealing a little.

"This is troublesome. This ghost group is elusive. No one knows how many people they have and where their nests are. We have suspected that they may be a group of scattered Chongqing soldiers, but there is no definite news. In the past six months, they have wandered around Shanghai without any rules of activity. Sometimes they attacked continuously, killing soldiers from our great Japanese Empire and officials of the Reform Government, blowing up railway facilities, and burning down our military warehouses. It can be said that they have committed many crimes, but we can never lock them up with the group of terrorists that caused the most headache for us besides the "God of Death" group." Takeuchi Yunko said.

"Miss Yunzi, I met two groups of people, one group is 11 people, and the other group is roughly the same. They are very skilled, and they are proficient in tracking and reconnaissance, and they are very well-organized in combat. Although their personal combat power is not as good as my subordinates, they are good at cooperating. When two or three people cooperate, they can block the attacks of five to six samurai under my command. This is definitely not an ordinary soldier. I suspect that they are likely to be a special team composed of elite grassroots officers in the Chinese army." Hattori Kazuna said.

"This is possible. The Military Control Commission has formed a team called the Loyal and National Salvation Army in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, causing considerable damage to the empire's strategy in central China. The leader of their team is Dai Yunong of the Military Control Commission in Chongqing." Takeuchi Yunko nodded.

"Then is this team also affiliated with this system called Tadaichi National Salvation Army?" Hattori Kazuno asked in confusion.

"It's not clear. The ghost group is alone. Although they occasionally have contacts with some organizations, most of them don't know their specific situation. We now only have a contact person, code name: Little Devil."

"Little kid, this code name is quite unique."

"Every time this person comes out, he wears a mask of a little ghost, so everyone calls him a little ghost, maybe he is alone, but maybe he is not the same person every time." Takeuchi Yunko said.

"I didn't use the people they contacted to find this little devil?"

"Of course, however, the little kids have always contacted them. They don't have the little kid's contact information, so even if we know that they have such a contact person, we cannot trace the location of the ghost group." Takeuchi Yunko sighed helplessly. The special high school class has suffered a lot in the ghost group, but she is not responsible for tracking the ghost group.

A silence.

"The Ghost Group has no rules to find when doing things. The places they appear in the surrounding areas of Shanghai, and after taking action in a certain place, they will not appear in this place for a second time. They can always break through the blockade line we set up in the shortest time and disappear without a trace. This is why we call them the Ghost Group." Takeuchi Yunko said.

“None once?”

"They should not only be well-trained, but also have superb camouflage ability, including language and body, and should not have obvious professional characteristics. Even if they encounter it, they will not be able to identify their identities. They have strong tracking and counter-tracking ability and wild survival ability, which is very similar to Hattori." Takeuchi Yunko said.

"If they don't gather together, they are indeed very similar to the ninjas of our Hattori family. No one will think they are an elite team." Hattori Kazuno nodded seriously.

"So, it may be difficult to get the lost bacteria sample back." Takeuchi Yunko said, "I'd better think about how to deal with it."

"Thank you for Yunzi's advice." Fujimoto Shizuka nodded. The problem was a bit tricky. Although he knew who the other party was, it was useless to know.

"Thank you Miss Yunzi."

"Hatbet, please be polite." Takeuchi Yunko stood up and saw them off.

...

Public and Directors Bureau Building.

"Dr. Lu, Mr. Tan is invited!"

"Thanks."

"Dr. Lu, hello." The general manager Tan Yuti stood up and walked over, shook hands with Lu Xiyan and said, "Congratulations on being elected as Director Hua."

"Thank you, General Manager Tan. I'm here today. First, I want to visit some general managers. Second, I have something to discuss with General Managers." Lu Xiyan sat down and explained his intention.

"Dr. Lu, please speak." Tan Yuti sat down and waved his hand frankly.

"I was elected Director Hua for the first time. I feel that I have a great responsibility and I really want to do something for all the people in the French Concession. I have an idea and hope to get the support of the General Office."

"uh-huh?"

"It is said that as far as we know, there has been a clear consensus on opium in the international community. In addition to medicinal use, private cultivation, production and sales are prohibited. In the past, the French Concession had to compromise with some gang forces due to some historical reasons. However, in order to protect the health of the people, the authorities also tried their best to correct their mistakes. They even banned Sanxin Company, which made huge profits by selling opium, and prohibited those local businesses from selling opium in the French Concession... Today, on behalf of the four Chinese directors and many representatives of the Chinese Tax Payment Association of the French Concession, I submitted an initiative letter!"

If it were just Lu Xiyan, Tan Yuti might not take it seriously, but if it was nominated by four Hua Dongs, then we had to consider it seriously.

"Dr. Lu means that the Public and Directors Bureau will order the ban on Yan Zi Ke?" Tan Yu was shocked.

"Yes, these swallows illegally attack opium and other drugs to the people in the concession, which endangers the health of the people, because opium is easy to cause hallucination, and people lose their money, which easily leads to a series of social security problems. More importantly, they use the money they earned to bribe officials and police, but do not pay a tax to the Public Directorate Bureau, which has caused the credibility of the Public Directorate Bureau to decline and the public does not trust it. Such a social cancer will not be banned, and the safety of the lives and property of hundreds of thousands of people in our French Concession will not be guaranteed!" Lu Xiyan said heavily.

Tan Yuti was frightened when he heard this. This was not an initiative. It was about to detonate a powder barrel.

"Dr. Lu, I support the smoking ban, but I can't be so rushed. If all swallow nests are banned, it will inevitably cause turmoil. This is not a joke." Tan Yu cried.

"So, I came to discuss with you and formulate a proper plan, first choose a district, and if it is done well, then promote it to the entire French Concession." Lu Xiyan said.

"Does Mr. Oki know about this?"

"Of course, if I didn't get Mr. Oqi's approval, I wouldn't come to you." Lu Xiyan nodded. The French couldn't get involved in the opium business, so they did not have any psychological pressure on smoking bans, but they also made a lot of money from it in the past.
Chapter completed!