Chapter 38: The "Bandit" Arrives (Part 1) Fei Ku Wang

  Minami Yoshirō smiled and said: "Vice-Consul, just provide us with the address of this Chinese person's residence. We'll take care of the rest."

  "You think you can handle it yourselves?! What a joke!" Ono Minoru snorted, glancing at Yamaguchi Tamotsu and Nanbu Yoshinori with a sinister smile. "Do you think this is China, where you can do as you please?!"

  Minami Yoshiro's face immediately turned cold and said, "Ono-kun, you are boosting others' morale while destroying your own. Germany may be strong, but they can't defeat our great Japanese Empire. The soldiers of our great Japanese Empire are invincible!"

  "I don't deny that our army is strong. However, offending Germany now would not be in the interest of His Imperial Majesty and the Great Empire of Japan!" Ogawa turned around and bowed respectfully to Imai: "Vice-Consul, I have other business, so I'll take my leave first!"

  Imai Ichiro nodded slightly and saw off Ono Minoru, then said to Yamaguchi Tamotsu and Minami Katsunosuke: "You two have just arrived from the mainland and are not familiar with the situation in Germany. I don't blame you for that. However, I must remind you that force is not effective in Germany. Unless absolutely necessary, I hope you will not use force."

  Minami Yoshirō and Yamaguchi Tamotsu bowed to Imai Ichirō at the same time, as if they had a spiritual connection. Yamaguchi said: "Vice-Consul, penicillin is related to the Empire's holy war, please!"

  Imai Ichiro hesitated for a moment, took a deep breath and said: "Alright! I'll do my best."

  Yamaguchi Tamotsu pressed on step by step: "It's not just doing one's best, but it must be done!"

  Imai Ichirō's eyebrows furrowed immediately, just as he was about to speak, the phone on his desk rang. Imai Ichirō picked up the phone and said, "This is Imai Ichirō..."

  "Imai-kun." Upon hearing the voice of Consul General Oshima Hiroshi on the other end of the phone, Imai Ichiro hastily and respectfully asked: "Consul General, what are your instructions?!"

  Oshima Hiroshi asked: "I heard that two special high-ranking guests have arrived at your place?!"

  "Yes! Your Excellency!" Imai Ichiro said calmly: "They came for the formula of penicillin!"

  Oshima said calmly: "Germany's current relationship with us is very delicate, and we are not suitable to participate in their actions for the time being. You give them the intelligence they need and let them act on their own."

  "Hey! Consul, I understand!" The other end of the phone hung up with a busy tone. Now, Ichiro Imai said to Tamotsu Yamaguchi and Yoshinori Minami: "Just now was a call from Consul General Oshima Hiroshi. Because the current relationship between the Empire and Germany is very delicate, we are not suitable for taking action, so I will give you the intelligence you need, what to do next, you decide!"

  Nanbu Kiichirō slightly raised an eyebrow and asked: "When can you hand over the intelligence we need?"

  Facing the intimidating aura of Minami Yoshirou, Imai Ichirou's already somewhat cold face turned even more unsightly as he said: "Tomorrow at this time, I'll hand over the information you need. I still have things to take care of, so I won't keep you two company any longer!"

  "Thank you for your help, we're leaving!" Yamaguchi Yuzaburo bowed to Imai Ichiro and left his office with Minbu Kinosuke.

  As they walked out of the consulate office building, Minami Yoshirō smiled and asked, "Yamaguchi-san, where are we going next?"

  Yamaguchi Tamotsu replied: "It's still early now, let's go take a look at that so-called rich district. Who knows what unexpected gains we might get!"

  It was just past ten o'clock in the morning when Cheng Zhihao brought Lin Aofeng to the military academy. Sitting in the car, Lin Aofeng gazed at the bustling entrance of the military academy and inadvertently fell into a hazy memory.

  "Afeng, how about we get off and take a walk?" Cheng Zhihao patted Lin Aofeng, who was lost in thought, after finishing his cigarette. Lin Aofeng snapped out of it, smiled and said: "Great! I was just thinking of going for a walk too."

  After walking for a while, Cheng Zhihao suddenly asked: "What were you just thinking about? You seemed so absorbed in thought?"

  Lin Ao Feng took a deep breath and said: "I feel like all of this is just like a dream. Unfortunately, it's not time to be dreaming now."

  Cheng Zhihao smiled slightly and said, "It's not just you who feels like you're dreaming, I also feel like I'm dreaming. When I first arrived in the United States, if I hadn't met Mei Lan, I might have died on the streets a long time ago. Who would have thought that I'd be living such a carefree life today?"

  Lin Ao Feng tilted his head and joked, "Little brother-in-law! You're not very kind! You only remember the good things your aunt did for you, how could you forget what I've done to help you?!"

  Cheng Zhihao glared at Lin Aofeng with annoyance and said, "You didn't say anything before, but now that you've spoken up, I'm getting angry. I really don't know what's going on in that head of yours. Other people have spent years researching something, and you easily figured it out, making me think I'd gotten a good deal by joining your little scheme. Now, even if I wanted to get off the boat, it's not possible!"

  Lin Ao Feng furrowed his brow and asked: "Young uncle, have Japanese people come looking for you?!"

  Cheng Zhihao replied, "The Japanese haven't come to find me, but they have found my agent in the US. However, according to their usual habits and intuition, they must have already investigated me. It's very likely that they are now searching for me all over the world."

  Lin Ao Feng lowered his head and muttered: "Young uncle, if I'm not mistaken, the little devil you're looking for has already arrived in Germany."

  "Hiss......" Cheng Zhihao sucked in a cold breath, and the thought of continuing to stroll with Lin Aofeng also disappeared. Without saying another word, he turned his head and walked towards the sedan that was parked not far away.

  After getting on the car, Cheng Zhihao instructed the driver to go back and then asked: "A Feng, according to your understanding of the Japanese, what will they do?!"

  "What else can we do? Of course, we'll use both soft and hard tactics to force you to hand over the formula for penicillin."

  Lin Ao Feng, who had already known the answer in his heart, heard Lin Ao Feng's words and showed a helpless expression on his face, saying: "I don't worry about anything else, what I'm worried about now is only your grandparents!"

  "Don't worry about this!" Lin Ao Feng said with a smile: "Although the Japanese are now very powerful in Shanghai, their claws can't reach Cixi. Before I came to Germany, my grandfather had already arranged everything. If you don't believe me, go back and send a telegram to Grandfather to ask him."

  The story splits into two threads. At 1:00 pm, when Lin Ao Feng and Cheng Zhi Hao returned to the villa, a black sedan stopped on the highway not far from the villa area. Nanbu Xi Zilang, sitting in the front passenger seat, took out a pair of binoculars from the glove compartment and began observing the surrounding situation.

  After about ten minutes, Minami Yoshirō handed the telescope to Yamaguchi Tamotsu and said: "If you want to enter the villa area, you can only pass through the bridge in front. There are people guarding both ends of the bridge, and it seems that if you want to get past the bridge, you can only think of a way to get a pass."

  "This won't do!" Yamada Tamotsu put away his binoculars with a smile and said, "There's a boat on the river, which means it's safe to cross. We can find a small boat and sneak across the river without anyone noticing, and mix into the villa area."

  "Go West!" Xi Zhi Lang's eyes lit up, and he patted his head with a smile, saying: "How did I not think of that."

  Yamaguchi Tamataro glanced at Minami Yoshinori and thought to himself, "You stupid pig, if you had thought of it, you would have been promoted to lieutenant commander instead of me!" But Yamaguchi's face still wore a smile as he said, "Minami-san, you were just confused by that good-for-nothing Ono Minoru. If he hadn't instilled in us the idea that the villa district was heavily guarded, you would have thought of a solution like I did!"

  "Thanks, Yamaguchi!" Minami Yoshirō asked afterwards: "Yamaguchi, when are we going to take action?!"

  Yamaguchi Tamotsu laughed and replied, "Let's not rush into action for now. Tomorrow, after we get that Chink's address, let's go find him and have a good chat with him. If he's willing to surrender to the Great Japanese Empire and hand over the formula with both hands, then everything will be settled. If he's not willing, then don't blame us for not warning him first."

  "How did you guys get back so early?!" Xīu Měilán, who was sitting in the courtyard sunbathing, saw Chéng Zhìhào and Lín àofēng getting off the car and her curiosity was instantly piqued.

  Cheng Zhihao walked over to Situ Meilan's side and sat down, saying: "Dear, it seems we've run into trouble!"

  "Is it the Japanese who have come to buy the penicillin formula from you?!"

  Cheng Zhihao looked at his wife in surprise and asked: "How did you know?!"

  "Sister Mei Lan took out the telegram that Cheng Zhi Hao had received not long after he left and said, 'Dad and mom sent a telegram, telling us not to worry about them, they have already returned home.'"

  Cheng Zhihao took the telegram and quickly scanned its contents, then let out a sigh of relief and said: "The Japanese haven't arrived yet, but I think Ah Feng and I have guessed correctly that they will be coming soon."

  Cui Mei-lan looked at Lin Ao-feng, who was standing on the edge and staring blankly, and said: "Since I learned about the efficacy of penicillin that day, I have already guessed that the Japanese would come to our door, but I didn't expect them to come so quickly." Suddenly, Cui Mei-lan changed her tone and asked: "Ao-feng, do you have any good countermeasures?"

  Lin Aofeng came back to his senses and said with a serious expression: "Now they are in the dark, we are in the light. We can only fight as we go, one step at a time. But you can rest assured that even if I risk my life, I won't let those little devils hurt you and your uncle!"

  "What kind of talk is that?!" Cheng Zhihao said displeased: "I'm not as despicable as you imagine. Even if I'm no good, I still have the ability to protect my wife and children."

  Lin Aofeng smiled and stopped arguing, then turned to Sutu Meilan with a smile and said: "Auntie, my uncle and I just got back in a hurry, we haven't had lunch yet! Can you have someone make something for us?"

  "Alright, no problem!" Situ Meilan smiled and instructed the servant beside her for a few sentences, then said: "You and your uncle chat slowly, I'll go back to my room to sleep for a while!" After that, Situ Meilan left Lin Ao Feng and Cheng Zhi Hao in the care of the maid and walked away from the garden.