Chapter 43: You Deceive Me and I Cheat You

  "Squad leader, we're being followed!"

  Miura's subordinate had just caught up with Luo Xiao and others when he was discovered by Sun Dong, who then reported to him in a low voice.

  "Don't call me Captain outside, call me Boss!" Luo Xiang reminded Sun Dong in a low voice not to reveal his identity because of the way he addressed him. "I've seen that guy before, I reckon Sanpu won't easily believe us!"

  "Big team... boss!" Sun Dong said halfway, and hastily changed his words to "Boss, what do we do next?"

  "What's wrong? Cold dishes!"

  Luo Xiang let out a cold laugh, and silently thought to himself, "Wanting to tail us? That's not like practicing big sword moves in front of Guan Gong's gate! Since you want to follow, then just follow to your heart's content!"

  So Luo Xiang led Sun Dong and others to walk slowly along the main street, occasionally entering shops to ask questions in a pretentious manner, sometimes even haggling over prices, anyway, they made a big show of it!

  Watching Luo Xiang's flawless performance, Sun Dong and Lang Peng couldn't help but wonder if their captain had graduated from the drama department back in the day. His acting skills were so refined that they suspected they would have been deceived by him too if they hadn't known his true identity!

  All the way forward, Luo Xiang went along Dongdajie to Beidajie, then to Xidajie, and finally turned around the North Market, basically turning around the old city of Fengtian.

  That subordinate had been following them all the way, and was already exhausted. Moreover, Luo Xiang's excellent acting skills made him believe that these people were indeed merchants who sold strategic materials, so when Luo Xiang and others went up to the tea house to drink tea, he quietly left and returned to report!

  After the people who were staring at him left, Luo Xiang finally let out a sigh of relief and relaxed. He was also exhausted from this trip. For the first time, he realized that acting was actually so tiring. It seemed that those actors didn't have it easy either!

  People occupied the two tables close to the window, then sat around in a circle. The shopkeeper carried a large copper kettle and came over, filling each tea bowl with water. Then he placed a plate of melon seeds, a plate of peanuts, a plate of walnuts, and a plate of fried pine nuts on the table before retreating!

  "Just walked a while, and the terrain inside Fengtian City is basically clear. Now there are only a few places that can't be figured out!" Luo Xiang looked around and saw no one nearby, so he said in a low voice, "The first is the Japanese Fengtian Garrison, it's heavily guarded, and it's impossible to get in during the day. I'm afraid we can only try at night!"

  "The second one is the Japanese Consulate General in Mukden, and the guard is much more relaxed!"

  "The third one is Kyoto Shanghang today, and the batch of fabrics purchased by the Second Division of the Kwantung Army needs to be clarified when it will arrive, when, and through which channel!"

  Everyone was quietly listening, no one spoke, thinking about what to do next!

  After Luo Xiang finished speaking, he paused for a moment, looked at the special forces members, and then said, "Now I'm assigning tasks. I'll take Sun Dong to Japan's Konpi Garrison tonight to see if we can gain anything; Jiang Da Hai and Han Yang will go to the Japanese Consulate in Fengtian; Lang Peng, you and two team members will go to Kyoto Business Firm, be careful not to alert the enemy; the rest of you stay on standby!"

  The team members all nodded in agreement and the plan was set, just waiting for implementation tonight!

  After wandering around for a whole morning, Luo Xiang also felt thirsty. He picked up his tea cup and was about to take a sip of water when suddenly a commotion came from the street outside the teahouse window, accompanied by a woman's crying voice!

  Luo Xiang's position was close to the window, he twisted his body down to look out, and found that on the street under the tea house window, a group of people were surrounding, seemingly because something had caused a dispute!

  He didn't want to interfere at first, but a string of Japanese words floated in through the window, and the insolent language made him uncomfortable. So he stood up and shouted to the waiter, "Hey, bring a pot of hot water!"

  The waiter hastily ran over and placed a kettle of boiling water on the table where Luo Xiao was sitting!

  "Let me go, you Japanese devils!" A woman's cry suddenly rang out from downstairs, as if she was being harassed.

  Luo Xiang stretched out his hand to grab the kettle, took a step forward and reached the window, raised his arm, and the boiling water in the kettle drew a bright rainbow in the air before falling down to the floor below!

  As the boiling water fell, a mournful cry like a ghostly howl came from downstairs, and someone shouted in Japanese!

  He poured all the boiling water from a copper kettle, then stretched out his hand to push against the window frame and leapt out of the window into mid-air, falling towards the ground amidst the shocked cries of the tea customers upstairs.

  "Hoo-hoo-hoo" sounded in succession, Sun Dong and other special forces members closely followed Luo Xiang's back and jumped out of the window, also falling down to the floor below. The height of this second floor was still a big gap compared to their initial training height, but for them, it was not difficult at all!

  The servant heard the noise and ran upstairs. At the table where Luo Xiang and others were, there was no one left, only the banknotes on the table for paying tea money!

  On the street under the tea house, Luo Xiang stood with his hands behind his back. Behind him were Sun Dong and other special warfare team members. In front of him was a group of Japanese ronin wearing kimonos with samurai swords at their waists!

  This group of Japanese ronin had their faces and necks bright red, with blisters in some places, apparently scalded by the hot water poured down from the second floor by Luo Xiang earlier, now glaring at Luo Xiang!

  A young girl poked her head out from behind Luo Xiao, her eyes filled with anger and fear, her arm merely grasping the corner of Luo Xiao's clothes, a dependent look on her face!

  "Mind your own business, Chinaman!" As the Japanese army's activities became more frequent, even these Japanese rascals became arrogant, and on Chinese soil, they were even more overbearing than the Chinese themselves.

  "Oh, you little devils, it seems you've forgotten whose territory this is!" Luo Xiang crossed his arms over his chest, gazing calmly at the Japanese ruffians. "Let me warn you once: if you continue to be arrogant, your fate will be miserable indeed!"

  "Hah! You want to meddle in other people's business? Then let me show you the power of a Japanese samurai!" The ronin shouted, drawing his katana from his waist and charging towards Luo Xiang.

  Luo Xiang stood still, not moving, and shouted at Sun Dong and the others, "Teach these bastards a good lesson, just leave them with a breath of air!" He didn't even want to take action against these people now. If it weren't for considering that he still needed to be active in the city, he would have let Sun Dong and the others kill them directly.

  When the captain gave the order, Sun Dong and others were overjoyed. When entering the city, only Luo Xiang took action alone, which had made them itchy for a long time, and they couldn't wait to go forward together. Now they finally have the opportunity to exercise their muscles and bones, which really excites them!

  Although they were holding Japanese war swords, compared to these killers who had crawled out of the bloody battle, the Japanese ronin seemed like children who had just learned to walk. After three or two moves, they all lay on the ground, with even the lightest ones having their hands and feet broken, while the seriously injured ones were left with only a breath, unable to utter anything but painful **screams**!

  "Big deal, boss! These guys can't even take a beating. A few hits and they're down for the count. What a joke!" Sun Dong flexed his wrist, looking unfulfilled, and then gave one of the guys a vicious kick in the waist. The guy's eyes rolled back and he passed out cold.

  The girl in the white dress poked her head out from behind Luo Xiang, saw that the Japanese men who had been harassing her earlier were all knocked down, and was overjoyed. She clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Great! Let you bully me? Now you know what it means to be afraid, serves you right!"

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