The Japanese squad leader pulled the two old men in front of him and shouted, "Come out! I know you're here. Aren't you itching to shoot? Shoot! You kill one, we'll kill two. Let's see who kills more!"

Seeing this, Zhang Yunhe, who was squatting on the rooftop diagonally opposite, couldn't help but curse inwardly: "You beast, this won't just end like this!"

Seeing no response from the surroundings, only the soft sobs of the captured women, the Japanese military police squad leader immediately shouted again, "Come out here! Let us see who you are, you bastard!"

A dozen seconds later, no one showed up.

The Japanese military police squad leader roared, "If you don't come out now, I'm going to kill someone!"

After waiting for another ten seconds or so, the Japanese military police captain, seeing that Zhang Yunhe still hadn't shown up, immediately said to a military policeman next to him, "You come here, listen to my orders. I'll tell you to fire, so you fire and kill one!"

After saying that, he hid behind several Japanese military police. The Japanese military police who were called over pressed a rifle against the back of an old man's head, their fingers pointing at the trigger, ready to shoot at any moment.

The squad leader, hiding behind several Japanese military police, shouted, "I'll ask you one more time, are you coming out or not?"

A few seconds later, the Japanese squad leader roared, "Fire!"

With a "bang," the old man, whose head was pressed against the back of his head, was shot in the head and fell to the ground.

Just then, a "whoosh" sound came from the air. The Japanese military policeman who had just shot and killed the old man looked down at his chest and saw that the shaft of an arrow was trembling violently.

A sharp pain shot through his brain, and he let out a scream: "Ah—!"

His mind went blank, and he fell to the ground.

"What's going on? What exactly happened?" the Japanese squad leader shouted upon seeing this. "Quick, someone go and check it out!"

A sergeant stepped forward, examined the fallen military policeman, and immediately shouted, "He was shot dead with a crossbow!"

"Baka, baka yarou!" The Japanese squad leader was so angry that he drew his gun and fired wildly at the roof in front of him, but he only hit the tiles.

"Fire! Fire again! Kill a few more!" the Japanese squad leader roared.

The other Japanese soldiers were now somewhat frightened and dared not fire at the hostages, fearing that they too would be the ones to be retaliated against. They hesitated and dared not step forward.

"Baka! You're all cowards! Where's your courage? Has it all been scared out of your wits by this damned ghost?"

The Japanese squad leader cursed and raised his pistol, firing two shots at the two hostages in front of him: "Bang! Bang!"

Two hostages were shot and fell to the ground, while the other dozens of hostages screamed in terror and huddled together in a ball.

"Come out, come out! If you don't come out, I'll kill them all!" the Japanese squad leader threatened loudly.

Seeing that the Japanese soldiers were almost going crazy, one of the terrified hostages cried out, "Come out! Come out now! Don't drag us innocent people into this! What does your war have to do with us? Why are you dragging us into this?"

"Yes, come out! Otherwise, we'll all be killed. You can't be so selfish!" another hostage cried out.

In an instant, the hostages began to cry and beg Zhang Yunhe to show himself and not implicate them, the ordinary innocent people.

A few minutes later, the Japanese squad leader, seeing that Zhang Yunhe still wouldn't come out, lost his temper and fired another shot at one of the hostages, killing him instantly.

Seeing yet another person shot dead by the Japanese soldiers, the other hostages could no longer hold back. Before, they had only been crying and begging Zhang Yunhe to show himself and not implicate them, but now they were all shouting and cursing.

"You coward! What kind of hero are you? If you're so afraid of dying, then don't go against them!"

"You bastard, you want to kill us all? It's fine if you die alone, but why do you have to drag us down with you!"

"You are a cold-blooded beast, watching so many of us being killed one by one by the Japanese devils without doing anything. You are an executioner, a demon!"

"Go to hell! If you die, none of this will happen!"

When their own lives were at stake, these hostages disregarded everything else, uttering the most offensive and vicious words imaginable.

The weaknesses of human nature were on full display at this moment.

Zhang Yunhe remained calm and unmoved, and quietly left, returning to the teahouse.

Seeing that Zhang Yunhe still hadn't shown up, the Japanese squad leader was about to fire again, but Fujita Shin stopped him: "Wait a little longer."

"What are you waiting for?" the Japanese squad leader roared.

Fujita Shin said, "Didn't you see what happened just now? The other side doesn't care about these people's lives at all, but he won't kill these civilians. If we kill all the hostages, he will have no scruples!"

The Japanese squad leader angrily asked, "Then what do you suggest we do?"

"Wait three more minutes. If they don't kill any of our people after three minutes, it means they're gone, or they'll never show up again. Then we'll leave immediately!" Fujita Shin said.

"...Alright, I'll trust you this once!" The Japanese squad leader thought for a moment and agreed.

Three minutes later, the hostages were still cursing. In order to survive, they had to show their anger towards Zhang Yunhe in front of the Japanese soldiers and try their best to curse Zhang Yunhe out.

"He won't come out. Let's retreat. Take these hostages with us and retreat until we get back to the Special Higher Police and Military Police headquarters!"

The Japanese spies and military police finally returned safely to the Special Higher Police and military police headquarters with the hostages.

The squad leader said to Fujita Shin, "Fujita-kun, we're safe now. Should we kill all these hostages? They... after all, witnessed our humiliating actions. If word gets out, the dignity of the Imperial Warriors will be damaged."

Fujita Shin immediately objected: "No, these hostages cannot be killed. Since they are hostages, they are still useful. Lock them up!"

"What? Lock these hostages up? They're no longer useful, why keep them? So many people take up so many cells and need so much food every day!" the Japanese squad leader said discontentedly.

Fujita Shin lit a cigarette, took a few puffs, and said leisurely, "Do you really think the Special Higher Police and the military police's bases are safe? We just deployed seventy or eighty men inside and outside that warehouse, and not only did we fail to harm them, they killed so many of them!"

"If he could kill so many of our people inside and outside the warehouse, why couldn't he infiltrate the Special Higher Police and military police headquarters and continue killing our people?"

“This place might be a den of dragons and tigers for ordinary Blue Shirts agents and underground party members, but for that ghost, it’s probably just like his own vegetable garden. You don’t think those guards at the gate can stop him, do you?”

Upon hearing this, the Japanese squad leader broke out in a cold sweat.

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