1937: The Storm Rises, Spies Lurk Everywhere

In 1937, the smoke of the Battle of Shanghai shrouded the city. Shen Mobai, a man who transmigrated into this era, became an ace agent for the Military Statistics Bureau, codenamed “Raven,” and infiltrated enemy territory disguised as an envoy from the island nation. Fortunately, he possessed a strange ability: [Trait Reading]. With a glance, he could see other people’s skills, possessions, and secrets, then choose one to use for himself. But it was no all-powerful safeguard. It was a lifeline in a deadly maze. At this moment, he was the Military Statistics Bureau’s “Raven,” the Japanese envoy “Takeuchi Akihito,” and the underground Communist Party member “Crimson.” A triple agent, walking a razor’s edge. Suspicion from the Special Higher Police, tests from the Military Statistics Bureau, attempts by the navy to win him over, and assassinations by a mysterious third party... One wrong step, and he would plunge into the abyss. In this perilous crisis, where every step could be his last, can Shen Mobai avert history’s tragedy? Can the codenamed “Raven” peck through the heaviest darkness before dawn?