Dark Cave - part 7 - Chapter 31
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” What? ”
” Like me, the military doctors and technicians under me, although our military status is preserved, no one knows where we are, including our family members – my newlywed wife, who remains at the Kwantung Army headquarters. We are unknown and underground. You can probably imagine how confidential this plan is! ” Anzaki Munemitsu said with a serious expression.
” I have sworn an oath of secrecy under the guidance of Kuroki-kun. I will keep my oath with my military honor. ”
Anzaki Munemitsu led Yamashita Masahiro into the courtyard of the ” Greater East Asia Pharmaceutical Management Bureau ” and pointed forward: ” Look, I said we are ‘ underground ‘ , and I was not lying . ” There were hundreds of strong men working hard in the cold wind in the courtyard. Almost the entire courtyard had been dug up, and the digging was very deep into the ground, as if they were building an underground palace.
” Because of the confidentiality, all our activities will be carried out underground, ” said An Qi Munemitsu . ” How is it? It’s a grand scale. Of course, we are building a lot here and we don’t want the outside world to know too much. After all, we are just a medicinal material import and export company in name. So during this period, there are electrified barbed wires on the walls. ”
” As the Chinese saying goes, there is no wall that is impenetrable. After these strong men complete the construction and return to the outside world …” Yamashita Masahiro has found the answer from the cruel look in Anzaki Munemitsu’s eyes: none of these strong men will be able to get out alive.
After entering the army’s main office in the building, Anzaki Munemitsu introduced Yamashita Masahiro’s private office, and met with three other section chiefs to discuss some business arrangements.
After the meeting , looking at the neatly arranged pens, ink and papers on the table, Yamashita Masahiro’s slender fingers twitched involuntarily. To this day, every time he sees stationery, he has an urge to create haiku, waka and his favorite Chinese bold and unrestrained ancient poems and rhythmic lyrics.
How could there be such leisure and ease in an era of war? But didn’t the heroes of all ages also have surging poetic feelings after fierce battles and in dangers? He finally couldn’t restrain the urge to create and began to write on a piece of letter paper.
Kikuno Yuji pointed his gun at Yamashita Yuji and said, ” I have no choice but to silence you . Before that, I’ll give you one last chance. ”
” If you don’t hurt us, you can start over. But if you kill someone, it’s a capital crime! ” Yamashita Yuji persuaded calmly .
” That’s easy to say! ” Kikuno Yuji was almost furious. ” I worked in your boring laboratory for three years just to have a chance to get those stolen pottery. You want me to give up and return empty-handed? It’s just a dream! If you think those pieces of pottery are more valuable than your life, then I will help you. ”
Kikuno Yuji suddenly changed the direction of his pistol , aimed at Yasaki Sachiko, and pulled the trigger. The gunshot went through the silencer, making a ” pop ” sound, but it hit the top of the wall of the first floor. It turned out that Guanjian pounced on Kikuno Yuji with incredible speed , knocking him down on the ground floor on the broken glass, and shouted: ” You guys go! Go, I’ll hold him back! ” Kikuno Yuji still held the gun tightly in his right hand, and he couldn’t aim in the dark for a while. In a hurry, he pulled the trigger, and the bullet shattered the bricks and mud on the wall.
Yasaki Sachiko said, ” No, let’s go together. ” and rushed forward. Yamashita Yuji also rushed towards Kikuno Yuji.
Kikuno Yuji leaned his back against the broken glass. He turned over with pain and raised his left fist, hitting Guanjian hard in the face. Guanjian lost his balance because his hands were handcuffed, and was pushed to the ground. He was also pierced by broken glass all over his body. He still grabbed Kikuno Yuji’s left foot and shouted, ” Hurry up and leave! Don’t be confused! ”
Kikuno Yuji, his hands freed, lowered his gun , aimed it at the key holding him tightly, and pulled the trigger again. Yasaki Sachiko and Yamashita Yuji rushed forward with all their might, although they knew it was too late to save the situation.
But no gunshots were heard.
Kikuno Yuji pulled the trigger , his fingers suddenly lost strength. Then, his whole body lost strength and he fell limply.
A dark figure came out of the door, the flashlight came on again, and a female voice in Japanese said: ” It’s so dangerous ! ”
It was Chiba Fumika who saved the three people! ” Dr. Chiba! ” Anzaki Sachiko shouted excitedly. Yamashita Yuji, who was always serious, also sighed and said softly: ” Fumika, you are really careful, how come you …”
” It was the last experiment tonight. After it was over, I was actually sorting out the materials in the office. When I was almost done, I just went out and saw Kikuno coming out of your office with a gun. I hid in the dark and watched. I followed him underground and felt something was wrong, so I ran back to the lab to get a tranquilizer gun. I learned how to use a tranquilizer gun when I was doing wildlife research in Africa. ”
Yamashita Yuji said: ” Fumi, there must be a key to open the handcuffs on Kikuno Yuji’s body or in his bag . ”
After a series of key sounds, Chiba Fumika finally seemed to have unlocked Yamashita Yuji’s handcuffs. Guan Jian said to Anzaki Sachiko: ” Sachiko, please go up first, take my phone, and call Officer Tomoe. ”
In the darkness, Anzaki Sachiko responded, but very softly, and then called out again: ” The key . ” The voice was even softer .
Chiba Fumika dragged the key bunch over, making a clattering sound. Guan Jian suddenly felt a little uneasy, but he couldn’t tell why.
Perhaps it was the silence of Sachiko Anzaki and Yuji Yamashita.
” Dr. Chiba …” Guanjian suddenly remembered that Chiba Fumika didn’t understand Chinese. But she answered and put a pair of handcuffs on Guanjian’s ankles! Although the handcuffs were retractable, the ankles were much thicker than the wrists, and Guanjian felt a sharp pain.
” Let me go! Dr. Chiba … Chiba Fumika, are you crazy? ”
Guan Jian immediately understood that Sachiko and Yamashita Yuji must have also been knocked down by Chiba Fumika with a tranquilizer gun.
What is she going to do? Chiba Fumika slowly walked to the door and said something softly. Although I couldn’t understand the key, I felt creepy. Her figure in the darkness was like a ghost, and gradually merged with the darkness.
Chiba Fumika said before leaving the cottage were not scary at all: ” I’ll be back soon. ” But if you only know a little Japanese, you will still feel a chill down your spine after hearing these words.
Teacher Hiroyoshi Inamoto’s lifelong dream can finally be realized.
It has not been easy along the way. When she first heard that Yamashita Yuji was going to form a team to come to Jiangjing to find Jianjian for experiments, she volunteered to go with him, but Yamashita Yuji did not plan to bring her to China due to limited funds and other excuses.
But she still achieved her goal. Yamashita Yuji was not a real lecher, but a man with flaws. Once he made a mistake, he would not have eternal regrets, but his whole body would be soaked. Chiba Fumika was the water on his body that could not be dissipated or squeezed dry.
arriving in Jiangjing and the experiment began, she gradually became Yamashita Yuji’s real deputy. She had backed up all the experimental data. She had followed Inamoto’s instructions. The only thing she hadn’t done was something she didn’t think she would have the chance to do, but she could finish it today.
She was pushing a small laboratory cart with some equipment in it. On the bottom shelf was a bag and a light suitcase. In the bag was a ticket to fly to Hong Kong and then to Rio de Janeiro at any time – she had been preparing for the trip these days, and as soon as the time was right, she would complete this last ” job ” and be able to travel light.
And this opportunity is right before her. Thinking carefully, this opportunity was not entirely due to ” luck ” , but the result of her careful observation for many days. She observed that Guanjian and Anzaki Sachiko often disappeared mysteriously together after the experiment, or gathered on the backyard lawn. Tonight, she saw the two of them dating that strange man from a distance, and then went back to the building together, still sneaking around.
She hid in the darkness, watching Guan Jian and Anzaki Sachiko fiddling with the small boxes on the wall. At this moment, she heard footsteps coming down the stairs. Kikuno Yuji and Yamashita Yuji walked into the underground passage!
Careful and patient, the cicada and the mantis burrowed into the ground one after another, and she, the oriole, easily filled her stomach.
She didn’t have a big appetite at all, and she didn’t even care about the artworks that Kikuno Yuji kept talking about, which were said to be worth over a million dollars. In her eyes, the real top-notch artwork was the handsome boy underground.
She calmly started the elevator. The small car moved through the darkness, and the small wheels made a slight ” squeaking ” sound, reminding Chiba Fumika that she was the only one in control of this darkness. This feeling was not just ” stimulating ” or ” exciting ” to describe. Just think about it, she was going to do a unique feat among billions of people, a feat that changed the world and changed humanity.