usatvline Chapter 1946 Small Book
Chapter 1946 Small Book
Chapter 1946 Small Book
Seeing Miyazaki Kentaro's aggrieved expression, Imamura Heitaro smiled and said, "Alright, don't feel wronged. It's just that this matter is quite complicated, so I asked you a few more questions."
"Kentaro understands," Cheng Qianfan said. "My teacher has a long-term vision and considers my needs a lot. I won't be ungrateful."
“You!” Imamura Heitaro pointed at Miyazaki Kentaro and laughed heartily.
It's strange, though. This kid complains like this, and even says it in a sarcastic way, but he doesn't get angry at all.
"Alright," said Heitaro Imamura. "Unit 4461..."
As he spoke, he frowned, "I don't like this name. Let's call it the Central China Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department."
As an elite diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he still didn't quite like titles with strong military connotations.
"The Central China Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department?" Cheng Qianfan looked surprised. "Isn't it an Imperial Army unit with a designation?"
"Internally, we call it Unit 4461 (日字4461)." Imamura Heitaro took a sip of tea and said, "For the sake of secrecy, the name 'Central China Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Unit' is used externally."
……
"The epidemic prevention water supply department..." Cheng Qianfan pondered, "Does it provide water purification services to the military?"
“The Chinese don’t pay attention to hygiene, and the water quality in some places is indeed not very good…” As he spoke, he subconsciously shook his head.
"What?" Imamura Heitaro looked at his student with great interest.
He was quite satisfied with Kentaro Miyazaki's reaction.
“It shouldn’t be that simple,” Cheng Qianfan said bluntly. “Otherwise, the Empire wouldn’t be so focused on secrecy.”
“It’s not as simple as just a water purification service,” Heitaro Imamura said. Kentaro was smart enough to guess this immediately, so he wasn’t surprised.
If Kentaro Miyazaki wasn't outstanding, why would I have taken him on as my last disciple?
He was naturally satisfied with such an excellent student who was smart, quick-witted, respectful of teachers, and especially sincere towards them.
……
“Alright, let’s not go into that.” Imamura Heitaro’s brows furrowed, clearly unwilling to discuss the ‘China Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department’ too much. He said to Miyazaki Kentaro, “In short, remember this: the China Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department is a department that the Empire attaches great importance to. It has a very high level of secrecy. Anything involving the China Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department is a top secret of the Empire. Whoever is involved will be subject to a strict investigation.”
He said to Kentaro Miyazaki, "So, don't feel wronged when the military police question you. They're just questioning you, which is already a relatively mild attitude."
Heitaro Imamura said, "It's best to forget about this matter and never mention it again, and never try to find out anything about it."
“Teacher, I’m not a fool,” Cheng Qianfan said. “Knowing that it involves the secrets of the empire and will cause such a big trouble, I would avoid it like the plague. Why would I be foolish enough to inquire about it?”
"Aren't you curious?" Heitaro Imamura asked.
"Curiosity is a normal human trait," Cheng Qianfan said. "However, reason can control the mind."
Heitaro Imamura nodded slightly, expressing his satisfaction with Kentaro Miyazaki's attitude.
……
As he was leaving, Imamura Heitaro suddenly said, "Kentaro, if you're really curious..."
"Teacher, I'm just curious, and I can't help but want to ask you," Cheng Qianfan said with a wry smile. "But I really can hold back. Kentaro knows what's good for him."
Heitaro Imamura laughed heartily, "Alright, you're a smart kid, I'm relieved."
……
"The Central China Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department?" Li Hao thought to himself as he drove. "Brother Fan, I think I have a vague memory of this."
"Think about it carefully." Upon hearing this, Cheng Qianfan's expression changed, and he immediately said to Li Hao.
"Eh."
After a while, Li Hao said, "Brother Fan, I remember now, the vaccination clinic in Hongkou."
"You mean that free vaccination clinic?" Cheng Qianfan vaguely remembered it.
“Yes, Brother Fan, that’s the one,” Li Hao said. “I only heard later that the clinic was run by Japanese people, and it was a free vaccine clinic run by the Ministry of Water Supply and Disaster Prevention.”
He said to Cheng Qianfan, "I just don't know if this 'Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department' is the same 'Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department' that you mentioned, Brother Fan."
……
"Why haven't I heard you mention this before?" Cheng Qianfan asked, frowning slightly.
"If you hadn't asked me about it today, I would have forgotten about it," Li Hao said. "I thought it was just a vaccine clinic, so I didn't take it too seriously."
"If a similar situation occurs again, report it promptly," Cheng Qianfan said.
"Yes."
Cheng Qianfan noticed that Li Hao didn't seem to care at all, so he criticized him seriously, "Haozi, think about it carefully. Do you think the Japanese would be so kind as to open a free vaccine clinic and give free vaccines to Chinese people?"
"No." Li Hao replied without the slightest hesitation.
“That’s it,” Cheng Qianfan said. “That means there’s something fishy going on here. Do you still think this is a minor matter that shouldn’t be reported?”
"Brother Fan, I was wrong. I wasn't vigilant enough." Li Hao thought about it for a moment and realized that made sense. He immediately apologized, "Actually, I guess I also felt that there was something wrong with the Japanese giving free vaccines to Chinese people, but I didn't really realize it. I just subconsciously remembered it."
……
"Haozi, remember this: be vigilant about anything that seems illogical," Cheng Qianfan said earnestly. "Even if you think that thing has nothing to do with us, you still have to be careful. No one can say for sure whether it's an enemy's conspiracy."
"Brother Fan, I've got it." Li Hao said earnestly.
"Have some clever brothers check out that vaccination triage point in Hongkou District," Cheng Qianfan said to Li Hao.
"Understood," Li Hao said. He thought for a moment and then asked, "Brother Fan, isn't it a bit sensitive to start the investigation now?"
“No direct contact,” Cheng Qianfan said thoughtfully. “Let’s discreetly inquire about the triage point from the local residents.”
"Yes."
"Be careful," Cheng Qianfan said. "If this vaccine triage point in Hongkou District is really related to the Central China Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department, the enemy will definitely pay close attention to secrecy and prevention. Be careful not to attract the enemy's attention."
“I’ll choose a clever brother,” Li Hao said, then laughed and added, “If Lu Liu were still in Shanghai, that would be great. That kid is both clever and bold yet meticulous.”
……
Cinque de la Cité.
Third floor, VIP exclusive lounge.
This is a suite exclusively for 'Mr. Cheng', with a bedroom, a small living room, and an en suite bathroom.
Li Hao first settled the slightly tipsy Fan Ge in, and then went out.
Before long, Li Hao led back a woman whose face was covered by a veil, but whose figure was still clearly beautiful.
"Miss Feifei, Brother Fan is waiting for you inside," Li Hao said to Taozi with a smile.
"Hmm." Peach held a long, thin Fairy Brand cigarette between her fingers, took a light drag, and pushed open the door to enter.
……
"Are you injured?" Cheng Qianfan glanced at Taozi and asked.
"How did Brother Fan know?" Peach twitched her slender fingers and flicked off some cigarette ash.
"Your perfume is stronger than usual, probably to cover up the smell of blood and ointment from your injuries," Cheng Qianfan said.
"I was grazed by a stray bullet, but it's nothing serious," Peach said.
He deeply admired Fan Ge's meticulousness and thoughtfulness.
"Brother Fan, we found this in the satchel of one of Mizutani Shogo's students." Qiao Chuntao took out a small notebook from her person and handed it to Cheng Qianfan.
“It’s all written in Japanese,” Qiao Chuntao said. “I don’t understand Japanese, but I recognized the words ‘Top Secret Record’ on the first page…”
"Let me see," Cheng Qianfan said with a serious expression.
About fifteen minutes later, Cheng Qianfan closed the small notebook.
His expression was unusually serious, and his eyes gleamed with a calm light.
His brows were furrowed.
Although Fan didn't say anything, Taozi could still feel the anger that Fan was desperately suppressing.
"Brother Fan, what does it say in here?" Taozi asked.
“It should be experimental data,” Cheng Qianfan said thoughtfully. “They are conducting some kind of experiment, injecting something into experimental animals. This is a record of the clinical reactions of the experimental animals at different time intervals.”
"Experimental animals?" Qiao Chuntao asked.
“Yes, laboratory animals.” Cheng Qianfan nodded. “This person used the term ‘cute animals’ to describe these laboratory animals.”
……
"So, that Mizutani Shogo really is a Japanese academic team..." Qiao Chuntao was stunned.
Then he shook his head. "No, if it were just a normal experiment, why would the Japanese be so concerned about the safety of Mizutani Shogo's team? And why would it be marked 'Top Secret'?"
“I just received intelligence that Mizutani Shogo is connected to the Japanese Unit 4461,” Cheng Qianfan said.
"I have never heard of this Japanese unit's designation," Qiao Chuntao said, shaking her head.
"This Japanese unit was officially known as the Central China Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Unit," Cheng Qianfan said.
"Epidemic prevention? Plague?" Peach murmured, then suddenly looked up, his eyes widening, "Brother Fan, you suspect..."
“The Japanese wouldn’t be so secretive about normal experiments; they would classify them as top secret,” Cheng Qianfan said. “Mizutani Shogo died in Nanjing, and because of my close ties with Araki, I was even investigated by the military police in Shanghai.”
He told Qiao Chuntao, "Although it was a close call, both Kawada Atsuto and Imamura Heitaro repeatedly warned me that Unit 4461 is a top secret and I must not inquire about it out of curiosity."
……
Cheng Qianfan's expression was extremely serious as he looked at Qiao Chuntao. "Although I also find that idea and speculation too outrageous, considering this little notebook, and the Japanese army's emphasis on Mizutani Shogo and Unit 4461, my view is that we should never hesitate to assume the worst about the Japanese..."
“The Japanese are all inhuman beasts. Judging and speculating on them by the standards of beasts might make sense,” Cheng Qianfan said.
“But…” Qiao Chuntao gritted her teeth, “‘The lovely animals’…”
Then he gritted his teeth and stopped talking.
The scene of his master, mistress, junior brothers, sisters and senior sisters dying tragically reappeared in his mind like a movie, making the inhuman and beastly behavior of the Japanese obvious.
……
“I’ll leave this here and secretly investigate this matter,” Cheng Qianfan said.
“Brother Fan, I request to stay in Shanghai to participate in the investigation,” Qiao Chuntao said.
“No, you can’t stay in Shanghai. You have to go back to Nanjing,” Cheng Qianfan said.
"Brother Fan..."
"Don't forget, Mizutani Shogo also stayed in Nanjing for several days," Cheng Qianfan said in a deep voice. "And judging from the records in this notebook, the handwriting is very fresh..."
"I understand." Qiao Chuntao's expression changed. "I'll go back to Nanjing tomorrow."
"Be very careful," Cheng Qianfan solemnly warned. "The Japanese are shameless and unscrupulous, yet they value their public image above all else. They are aware of the terrible impact that such despicable behavior would have if it were exposed. Therefore, they are extremely protective of anything related to Unit 4461. Any action that might touch upon this secret could arouse the Japanese's vigilance."
"Don't worry, Brother Fan, I'll be careful." Qiao Chuntao nodded and said, then pointed to the small booklet in Brother Fan's hand and asked, "Brother Fan, can this be used as evidence to accuse them?"
“It’s difficult.” Cheng Qianfan slowly shook his head. “On the surface, it’s just a perfectly normal experimental record.”
As he spoke, he gritted his teeth, his eyes reddening, "This person even used 'cute animals' to describe the test subjects."
“Moreover, the enemy could easily claim that we forged this booklet; it’s just a single piece of evidence,” Cheng Qianfan said. “A single piece of evidence has no effect.”
"I understand." Qiao Chuntao nodded vigorously.
……
After fussing around for half an hour, "Miss Feifei" emerged from "President Cheng's" private suite, looking utterly exhausted, and walked away as if swaying like a willow branch.
Li Hao escorted Taozi away safely and only returned after confirming her safety.
"Brother Fan." Seeing Brother Fan sitting on the sofa smoking, and there were already more than a dozen cigarette butts in the ashtray, Li Hao immediately realized that something might have happened, and it was something serious or very troublesome. He couldn't help but say worriedly.
Cheng Qianfan waved his hand, signaling Haozi not to disturb him.
Li Hao immediately shut up.
Cheng Qianfan smoked his cigarette in a sullen voice.
If it were someone else, upon seeing the lab notebook that Peach brought back, they probably wouldn't have thought much of it, or at least wouldn't have immediately considered such a terrible possibility.
However, the more Cheng Qianfan interacted with the Japanese, and even more seriously he tried to understand and study them in order to impersonate them well, he discovered that many Japanese, many Japanese who had been brainwashed by Japanese nationalism, were simply not human, no, to be precise, not human at all. No matter how inhumane they were, no matter how cruel or inhumane they seemed to normal people, the Japanese were capable of doing them.
In addition, he immediately thought of the free 'anti-epidemic vaccine' triage point that the Japanese had opened in Hongkou, which Haozi had mentioned. Cheng Qianfan immediately had bad associations and speculations, and did not hesitate to speculate on the Japanese's behavior with the utmost malice.
However, the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt, and he felt extremely stifled and depressed.
……
“Haozi,” Cheng Qianfan said.
"Hey, Fan-ge."
"Come out with me and stretch your arms and legs," Cheng Qianfan said.
"Huh." Li Hao paused for a moment, then nodded.
He didn't know what had provoked Fan Ge; all he knew was that the Japanese were going to get their comeuppance.
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