Upon entering the Gendarmerie Headquarters, Jiang Younian kept a tight grip on his firearm, not daring to relax for even a second. The headquarters was a sprawling complex consisting of several different buildings. With no leads to follow, he had no choice but to search them one by one.
The outermost structure was a small, four- or five-story building used as the guard post and watchtower for the Japanese soldiers. Jiang Younian slipped inside through a side door. The guardroom on the first floor was empty, but faint sounds of conversation drifted down from the second.
Jiang Younian moved cautiously along the wall. He tucked his gun into his coat pocket and switched to the dagger Qi Feng had given him earlier. If there were others in the building, using a gun might draw them all to his position; he would have to use the blade.
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