My KPI is to sweet-talk three bosses at once.
After transmigrating to Shanghai in 1938, Du Zhou becomes the most overworked spy in history: a rising star at the Japanese Plum Agency by day, the Military Statistics Bureau's ace agent “Night Owl” by night, and an underground courier for the Communist Party in the wee hours.
Three deadly problems:
1. The Military Statistics Bureau wants me to steal the Japanese army's codes. I personally helped the Japanese design their codebook yesterday.
2. The underground party wants me to rescue a comrade. I signed the arrest warrant this morning.
3. The Japanese want me to expose a traitor in their ranks. The first name on the list they've assigned me to investigate is my own.
When all three sides' missions collide on the same day, I pull out a PowerPoint:
“Bosses, let's prioritize. Overtime pay... forget it, let's just stay alive.”
This is a deadly game of survival at the limits of espionage in Republican-era China, played with the savvy of a modern workplace.
