spy cloud

Back home, he went down to the basement and found Xiaoju, who was curled up on the bed with a rather interesting expression on her face.

His body was trembling instinctively, clearly shaken by the massive explosion that had forced him to sit up and try to run away.

"Xiaoju!"

Hearing Zhang Tianhao's soft call, Xiaoju looked up at him and burst into tears.

Then she threw herself into his arms, her face full of sorrow.

"Brother, I'm scared, I'm scared!"

"Brother, I'm sorry, I'm scared!"

"Alright, alright, it's all over now, really all over. We can get a good night's sleep and go upstairs. I didn't expect that the Japanese wouldn't come here to cause us trouble this time."

"really?"

"Let's go upstairs to sleep. I haven't finished what I promised you."

"No way! You can leave now, I'll sleep here!"

Upon hearing this, Xiaoju blushed immediately and almost lowered her head in embarrassment.

"Okay, we'll sleep here, is that alright?"

"Hey, I'm ignoring you!"

……

Meanwhile, inside the Hefei headquarters.

The commander reluctantly rushed from home to headquarters, and after listening to his subordinates' report, he was completely distraught.

"Baka, baka! The airport was bombed, with heavy casualties. Also, the Changfeng project was botched. A large amount of explosives were planted in the entire Han Street area, blowing the whole area up. How could you do such a big thing and still fall for it?"

"And what about the airport? Why are the planes gone, and the airport itself bombed? Who did it? Who was it?"

"Baka! Are you all useless? A whole squadron of us couldn't even defend the airport! The airport was bombed! What's left of Hefei Airport? Nothing! This airport is now just a name without substance!"

"Baga, Baga!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and slapped his subordinate across the face.

"Snapped!"

"You're all so useless that you can't even handle such a small matter. The airport has fallen, and the planes have been bombed!"

"Snapped!"

"You're all a bunch of useless trash. There are so many people at the airport, a whole squad of Imperial Warriors, and they're elite, yet you still couldn't hold it. Elite my ass."

"Snapped!"

"Such an important matter as Changfeng County was entrusted to you, and you've botched it again. The higher-ups will definitely send you to a military court. You're all useless. Utterly useless!"

"Who are you trying to impress with this? You've really messed up this time!"

"Snapped!"

"Now you're all in trouble. The higher-ups will definitely send people down to investigate. This time, you can just wait to die. I, the commander, will also be sent to a military court, and so will you."

"Clap clap clap!"

The lieutenant colonel's face was swollen like a pig's head, but he still kept his head down, his voice trembling.

He was clearly terrified of the beating; even speaking was difficult for him. "They're all trash, utter trash!"

"Hi!"

Seeing that the beating had almost ended, the commander stopped, sat down to the side, and smashed the cup hard on the ground.

"Baka! Find out who it is! Find out which organization did this! I want them all dead! They all have to die!"

"Commander, how do we report this to our superiors now?"

Despite being beaten, the lieutenant colonel still wore a bitter expression, clearly indicating that this incident might lead to his immediate resignation as the lieutenant colonel and head of the intelligence section.

"Baka! Figure it out yourself!"

……

Sanyo returned to his military police unit, his face also looking quite grim.

"Major, at the scene, 331 Imperial warriors were killed in the bombing, including 234 dead. The rest are all seriously injured and probably won't last much longer. As for the lightly injured, there's simply no time to count them!"

Ogawa walked up to Sanyo, his face extremely pale. It could even be said that this incident had completely shattered Sanyo's worldview.

Who could have imagined that someone had planted so much explosives there, blowing up half of Han Street and killing so many Japanese soldiers? They never expected that.

"Everything's fine there, isn't it? The Empire has people planted there too, so how could this happen? This is a problem with their intelligence department, not a problem with our Changfeng County!"

"I'm sorry, Major, this time something big might happen. Although I don't know why, the Empire is obviously taking Changfeng County, especially the situation in Han Street, very seriously. Otherwise, the higher-ups wouldn't have sent a whole battalion of warriors to support us."

"But we've messed up now. Nearly one and a half companies have died. If this continues, the Hefei headquarters won't let us off easily, really."

"It's not just over there. With such heavy casualties this time, it's very likely that we'll be charged with inadequate supervision, and then we won't be able to explain ourselves!"

"Ugh!"

Sanyo was also having a headache, after all, one strange thing after another had happened in Changfeng City recently, it was clear that someone was retaliating.

"Xiao Chuan, do you think this might be because someone from the Chamber of Commerce caused some trouble and is now retaliating against us?"

"Major, do you think this trouble was caused by the Itō Trading Company?"

"Yes, I recently summarized it and found that apart from the hospital incident, everything else is related to the Chamber of Commerce. Or rather, the hospital's drug malfunction is very likely related to the Chamber of Commerce. Do you still remember when Dr. Wang was forced to leave?"

"What's up with him?"

"He pleaded with Chairman Ito, and then trouble struck. Medicines, tools, and even the Chamber of Commerce were all involved. This is clearly a warning, a warning to Dr. Wang. Then they took action against the Ito Chamber of Commerce. I suspect this is deliberate retaliation, really!"

"As for the south of the city, things have been peaceful and there have been no major changes. The only change is that everyone in Han Street has fallen ill. We don't know what the connection is."

"The only thing that can be confirmed is that it's not an infectious disease. Now that almost everyone in Han Street is dead, it's extremely difficult to investigate this matter. Moreover, without any reason to investigate, perhaps only those above us would know!"

"Then tell me, how do we resolve this matter? But since the surveillance is inadequate, we can only bear the consequences."

Sanyo was well aware that he didn't have much talent, but he was definitely not a good friend either.

"Major, we need to present the investigation report truthfully before discussing anything else, right?"

"Ok!"

"I'll send Captain Xia to investigate in a bit, and then we'll find out exactly what happened on Han Street so we can have a better understanding."

The two men discussed their options, but both knew they were acting solely to protect themselves; they had no other choice. Things had come to this point, and they had no other option. (End of Chapter)