34: "Odds change but evens don't. The sign depends on the quadrant...Ah, you are from Dragon Country!"

In Darwin City, Zhao Gang found Fang Le alone.

"Commander-in-Chief, after the previous air raid, we suspected there were American military spies or collaborators hiding in the city, so we conducted a large-scale sweep and arrested a group of people. This is the list; would you like to review it?"

Fang Le took the list, mostly scanning it quickly.

The people on this list were all ticking time bombs; it was best to kill them directly once caught.

However, a few individuals piqued his interest.

"Charles, reporter and editor for the Darwin Daily... This guy was very active before the air raid."

Using his identity as a newspaper reporter, he connected many restless important figures within Darwin City, and the intelligence he provided contributed to the success of the U.S. Military's decapitation plan.

Fang Le stated, "This person is a talent. Keep him; don't kill him yet."

Zhao Gang nodded.

The second person Fang Le focused on was a "familiar face."

Wasn't this the white speaker who had previously led thousands of people to the Municipal Building to petition to meet the former Mayor Cohen?

The information stated that this person was named Jacob, a Southern European immigrant with one-eighth Indigenous Party blood.

Hmm, this person also seemed to be a talent; he would be kept for now as well.

The last person Fang Le focused on was a pure East Asian.

And his name was quite striking.

"Wang Jinlu."

Fang Le pondered the information about this person for a while.

On the surface, this Wang Jinlu was just a laborer from the Dragon Kingdom, the kind with a long-term work visa.

Wang Jinlu was arrested because of his "suspicious behavior."

More precisely, Wang Jinlu had a secret rendezvous with a target person Fang Le had previously ordered to be monitored.

The person being monitored, surnamed Zhuang, was a city councilman and also the leader of the Chinese party in Darwin City.

In the previous mayoral election, Councilman Zhuang was also one of the candidates, and quite popular.

Currently, Darwin City is ostensibly controlled by the Indigenous Party, and Councilman Zhuang leads the Chinese party. It's not out of the question that he might engage in small actions, so not monitoring him would be unacceptable.

However, this Councilman Zhuang has not shown any obvious transgressions since the situation developed.

Until he secretly met with a certain person and allegedly passed on some intelligence.

The person he passed intelligence to was precisely Wang Jinlu from the information.

Fang Le pointed at Wang Jinlu's photo and said to Zhao Gang, "Arrange for a suitable meeting room. Blindfold this person, plug his ears, and bring him over."

"I want to see him."

Soon after.

In a very secluded room, Fang Le met Wang Jinlu.

He was, as shown in the information, in his thirties with an ordinary appearance.

Wang Jinlu was the head chef of a Chinese restaurant in Darwin City, usually making authentic Chinese cuisine. It was said that many ingredients for that Chinese restaurant were transported long-distance from the Dragon Kingdom to Darwin.

Fang Le speculated that Wang Jinlu used his identity as a chef to legitimately contact many high-ranking Chinese individuals in Darwin City, and could also establish contact with the Dragon Kingdom through the cross-border transfer and handover of ingredients, thereby facilitating intelligence exchange in the middle.

Fang Le observed Wang Jinlu, who also displayed just the right amount of panic.

Wang Jinlu struggled uselessly in the tied-down chair, screaming in panic while struggling:

"Who are you people? Why did you arrest me? Where is this? I didn't do anything! Do you want money? I don't have much money in my card; most of it has been remitted home—"

Fang Le watched impassively.

"Mr. Wang, no need to act anymore. There are no outsiders here."

?

Wang Jinlu's body trembled for a moment.

The keyword "no outsiders" seemed to express a certain stance of alignment.

But Wang Jinlu realized this might be a linguistic trap, so he continued to struggle and shout.

"What do you mean? I don't understand. Why arrest me? I haven't committed any crime—"

Fang Le: "Jin, Lu, your father is from Shanxi, your mother is from Shandong. Could your name mean that?"

Uh—

At this, Wang Jinlu's struggles instantly stopped.

But his subsequent reaction was also very quick and reasonable.

"You, are you also from the Dragon Kingdom? That's great, brother, is there some misunderstanding here?"

"I didn't do anything—"

The other side didn't respond.

Wang Jinlu felt uneasy.

Suddenly, Fang Le said:

"Odd changes, even doesn't change; look at the quadrant for the sign."

Ah?!

In an instant, Wang Jinlu was stunned.

This time, he was truly stunned.