What Zhang Yunfei said wasn't wrong.
If they could find those Nine Chrysanthemum Sect yin-yang masters in Mountain City themselves, they wouldn't have needed Third Master Zhang to contact me and have us gather information in private.
There could only be two reasons. Aside from those yin-yang masters being skilled at disguise and concealment—
The Dragon Group, and even the Secret Bureau, still wasn't clean inside.
Just as Zhang Yunfei had said earlier, they had activated an informant within the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect to obtain Mitaka Kojiro's photograph.
The word "activated" explained everything.
They would only be useful at specific times; ordinarily, they were merely hidden pieces on the board.
The Dragon Group had hidden pieces, so the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect might have them as well.
That was an uncertain factor...
I nodded slightly without saying anything.
Zhang Yunfei spoke again:
"The Nine Chrysanthemum Sect's base in Mountain City has collapsed.
At present, aside from me, the team leader, and certain superiors, no one else knows about it.
Nor do they know that you were the ones who found them.
This is already classified as top-secret within the organization.
Although I trust my teammates, our superiors have begun investigating every member of our team.
That can only mean there may be some problems within our organization."
Zhang Yunfei's meaning was obvious. She was also admitting that their organization might not be clean.
The investigation certainly wouldn't progress very quickly.
So she was telling me not to place too much hope on it. We might not find Mitaka Kojiro anytime soon.
Had being in that organization for too long made them all talk in such roundabout ways? Couldn't they just say it plainly?
I nodded directly and said:
"Understood! Just contact me directly if you get any information."
Zhang Yunfei nodded...