I used the Mo Dao (a type of long-handled sword) to fight the Japanese.

Neither Zao Hua nor Professor Song slept well that night. All of Professor Song's questions were answered when he saw his family. The family gathered together and had endless things to talk about. The longing, excitement, and relief of surviving a near-death experience left the professor deeply moved and unable to calm down for a long time!

Zao Hua was shocked to learn that the thugs her father hadn't hired were not at all! If her father had hired someone, all she needed to do was pay a fee, and although the price was high, her family could easily afford it. But her father hadn't been seen at all; all she had done was send someone to rescue Professor Song's family from thousands of miles away, and even rescued her and Professor Song from the Japanese camp overnight.

How could she repay such a debt of gratitude? Should she repay it with her body? This question tormented her all night, keeping her tossing and turning, unable to sleep!

……

The next morning, in the military police compound in the county town, Nagano Yokoo, upon arriving at his office, immediately began browsing the *Yudu Morning Post*. The newspaper's exposure of the base incident had made him set aside his arrogance and pay close attention to its updates daily, afraid of missing any important information.

He was furious as soon as he opened the newspaper and read a headline on the front page!

"The people of Tianjin held a demonstration to protest against the Japanese army's use of live human experiments to develop chemical weapons, but the demonstration was brutally suppressed by the Japanese army! Countless people were murdered, and the streets were filled with blood..."

In addition to text, there are also a large number of pictures, each showing the ugly faces of the Japanese invaders atrocities against the demonstrators, which are so disgusting that they make people's scalp tingle and they can't bear to look at them!

This is a huge problem! The base's affairs were exposed from their side, and the crackdown was only a few days ago. Now, the forced suppression has erupted again, and Yudu is likely to be in turmoil once more!

Sure enough, the phone on the table rang at that moment.

"Moses Moses!"

"It's me, Daiken Yamazaki!"

"Colonel Yamazaki!"

Did you read the newspaper this morning?

"I just saw it! How could something that happened in Tianjin be reported in Yudu? This newspaper should be shut down immediately!"

"The newspaper has moved to the underground jade capital area, but we haven't found the exact location yet. How's your situation? Have you found any clues about the culprit who bombed the base?"

"Not...not yet! I've searched every blacksmith shop in the county and haven't found a knife like that..."

"Baka! It's been over ten days already, your efficiency is too slow!"

"Yes! Your subordinate is guilty!"

"Being guilty is useless. If the murderer isn't found, we can't explain it to the military! The demonstrations are escalating across the country, and this crisis can't be resolved without finding the murderer! Do you understand?"

"Yes, sir! Understood!"

"If we can't get through this with Zhan Dao, we can think of other ways. We should work on the cause of the explosion and gather information, and work with the military to produce an accident investigation report as soon as possible."

"Yes, sir! I'll take care of it right away!"

"Go! And be quick!"

"Hi!"

After hanging up the phone, Nagano Yoko was in a real bind. The base had been destroyed and the culprit still couldn't be found. Wave after wave of demonstrations and protests were putting immense pressure on the entire military. As the garrison commander in charge of the area where the incident occurred, he was undoubtedly responsible!

"Someone, prepare the car and head to the base!" Nagano Yokoyuki rubbed his temples and decided to go to the base.

At the Wangjiagou base, Takahashi Mieko and her two companions had been working there for over half a month. At this time, piles of cleared debris lay scattered across the base's ruins, while the contaminated corpses had been burned to ashes and stored in urns awaiting repatriation.

"Ms. Mieko, you've worked hard these past few days! Have you made any new discoveries?" Nagano Yokoo asked directly.

“Nagano-kun, I may have to disappoint you! We found a lot of debris and corpses while cleaning up the ruins, but we didn’t find any clues about the murderer that you were looking for! The identities of the bodies near the warehouse and throughout the base have been confirmed. Just as you said, these are all Imperial soldiers. They couldn’t have been convicted by the Empire!” Mieko said, handing him a stack of lists.

"So the cause of the explosion really was an operational error, as the newspapers said?" Nagano Yokoo asked doubtfully.

“That possibility cannot be ruled out, but how do we explain the wounds on the corpses on the main road?” Mieko asked.

“During this period, I investigated all the blacksmith shops in the county, and none of the blacksmiths had ever seen a knife like that. In other words, the murderer may not even exist. The knife may just be a piece of iron from the explosion. The soldiers were poisoned and, unable to bear the pain, committed suicide with the iron piece!”

"Moreover, the location of each person's wounds highly overlaps with the location of the seppuku suicide!" The more Nagano Yokosuke spoke, the more likely it seemed, and he couldn't help but feel a lot more relieved.

“Nagano-kun, these are all just your guesses! To confirm them, we need to find that piece of iron!” Mieko poured cold water on his enthusiasm.

……

Mancang and the others also knew about the news published in the newspaper! Early in the morning, Manxiang barged into Mancang's room with the newspaper, shouting and yelling.

"Brother, brother, look! Isn't this the roll of film we brought back?"

"Uh... what the heck? They're not even up yet, what are you yelling about?" I finished arranging things for Zaohua and the others at 2 a.m. last night, and they still haven't gotten up!

"Look! This must be that roll of film!" Manxiang exclaimed excitedly.

“So be it…” Man Cang took the newspaper, glanced at it briefly, and froze! Jincheng, Zhang Jingya, that long-haired girl, news published the very next day…

All of this combined confirms that the message originated from that roll of film! In other words, he had unintentionally caused the Japanese another considerable problem!

"Good! We're happy as long as the Japanese devils are unhappy! Fighting the Japanese devils isn't just about killing a lot of people; it's also about thwarting their plans!"

"Hahaha, so the four of us have done another great service this time! A really great one!" Manxiang said excitedly.

"Four? What do those two young girls have to do with us?"

"Yes! How can it be unrelated when you've already written a love letter? She didn't agree, but she didn't object either, right?"

"Hmm?...Brother, do you know someone named Ah Q?"

"Ah Q? Who is Ah Q?"

"You two are the same kind of people. I'll introduce you when I have the chance!"

……

"You filthy scoundrel! What are you planning to do..." Just then, Jujube Blossom Girl pushed open the door and entered, only to be met with the sight of that guy wearing nothing but a small triangle of clothing! She was rendered speechless!

"You pervert! What time is it? Get up now! I'm waiting for you outside. I need to talk to you!" Zao Hua quickly left the room and called out from outside.

"Huh?..." Completely speechless. You're the one who barged in, aren't you? Who's the scoundrel here?

"Alright! I'm not in your way anymore! Bro, keep it up! Don't forget your domineering aura!" Seeing this, Manxiang quickly grabbed his newspaper and made a hasty retreat! Looks like he's going to have a sister-in-law soon!