Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Li Ru answered Uchida's questions fluently.

However, Uchida, a veteran spy, suspected Li Ru was suspicious. Wouldn't an ordinary person, under interrogation, become incoherent due to nervousness?

On the contrary, Li Ru's logic was too clear.

Uchida, as if he had caught Li Ru red-handed, sneered, "Hmph, you changed the nurse on duty because you were worried about Shadow having problems? Are you kidding me? Have you always done this?"

But before Li Ru could answer, the Japanese hospital director preemptively replied, "Yes, our Dr. Li is approachable and often covers for others. All the doctors and nurses in these hospitals can testify to that. Mr. Uchida, that doesn't count as evidence!"

Uchida cursed inwardly, "That damned dean, is he Japanese or Chinese? Why does he always speak up for the Chinese?"

However, on the surface, Uchida pretended not to hear and continued the interrogation: "Li Ru, please don't treat everyone else like fools. I've looked into what happened last night. Although the Imperial Army soldiers on duty said they did conduct tests and Shadow was not awake, that doesn't rule out the possibility that you used some special drug on Shadow to keep her asleep!"

At this point, Uchida looked at the Japanese hospital director beside him and said, "You're a doctor too, I think you can do this, right?"

This time, the Japanese dean didn't deny it, but nodded. Then, surprisingly, he looked at Li Ru again.

Li Ru chuckled and said, "What's my motive? Why would I let the shadow remain asleep? What benefit would I gain from her slumber?"

Uchida said, "Because you're a member of the underground Communist Party, you wanted to save Shadow. But you didn't have a good way to do it at the moment. So you deliberately made her pretend to be unconscious to prevent us from taking her away, right?"

Li Ru thought to himself, "Uchida is indeed quite capable, as expected of the Black Dragon Society's leader. He even guessed this."

However, Li Ru also believed that Uchida had no evidence, otherwise he would have arrested himself long ago instead of being interrogated here.

Li Ru chuckled again and said, "Mr. Uchida, do you have any evidence to prove that I am a member of the underground Communist Party? But I can prove that I could not be one. I graduated from Tokyo Medical University in Japan, and immediately after graduation, my teacher arranged for me to work in an Imperial Army hospital. Do you think I had time to do anything against the Imperial Army?"

At this moment, the Japanese hospital director also said, "That's right. Dr. Li's resume is in the hospital's archives. This can be verified. Moreover, Dr. Li's mentor is a well-known doctor in the country. Do you really suspect that he is also a rebel? Mr. Uchida, I don't think there's any need to continue the investigation. Dr. Li is innocent!"

At this moment, Li Ru also said, "Mr. Uchida, your accusations against me are completely unfounded speculations. Shadow is injured and unconscious, and I want her to wake up as soon as possible more than anyone else so that I can understand her injuries and treat her better. My conversation with him was purely for medical purposes and I had no other intentions."

Uchida had no substantial evidence, only his own speculation, so he was somewhat speechless.

However, being a seasoned agent, he quickly found a new breakthrough. "Alright, even if you were in the Shadow room for treatment, why did you want to leave the hospital and go home last night? And Shadow is still unconscious. Doesn't this contradict what you said before? If you really cared about the patient's safety, shouldn't you have stayed in the hospital to watch over her? Why did you suddenly want to go home?"

Li Ru smiled again and said, "Mr. Uchida, let me explain it to you, and you can see if it's correct. I went to check on the patient during the time when she was most likely to wake up and found that the nurse had fallen asleep due to exhaustion. I told her to rest for two hours, and while monitoring her, I tried to wake Shadow up and ask about her injuries."

But my good intentions led to unfounded speculation from the Imperial Army.

Furthermore, the Imperial Army conducted an experiment for me, and the shadow indeed did not become conscious.

At that moment, I realized that Shadow might have fallen into a deep coma due to severe blood loss.

The duration of this coma is uncertain. It could be a day, two days, three days, a month, two months, three months, or even a vegetative state. So, in order to deal with this situation, I asked the hospital director for leave to go home and get some clean clothes, but I was stopped by your people.

Left with no other choice, the dean had his daughter, Ms. Keiko, bring me a change of clothes.

To thank Miss Keiko, I accompanied her shopping. But as soon as I returned, you invited me here.

I wonder if my answer satisfies you, Mr. Uchida?

The Japanese hospital director couldn't help but speak again, "Mr. Uchida, everything Dr. Li said is true. I gave him permission to go home last night. But he didn't go out, and I didn't want to cause trouble, so I had my daughter bring Dr. Li a change of clothes today. And I also gave my permission for my daughter and Dr. Li to go shopping. They are both young people, chatting and laughing together, what's wrong with that? You don't mean to say that my daughter is also a rebel, do you?"

Uchida glared at the dean, thinking to himself, "Can't you just shut up? You keep giving your testimony, how am I supposed to conduct the trial?"

But Uchida did not react, and instead continued to press Li Ru: "Third question, where did you and Miss Keiko go today? Did you leave alone to make contact with the resistance organization?"

Li Ru was secretly alarmed: "That old devil Uchida is indeed no pushover."

Therefore, he was very worried that Keiko would say that she had been in the toilet for a long time.

Because once Keiko reveals that Li Ru went to the toilet and made her wait for a long time, Uchida, with her intelligence, will definitely notice something amiss!

Neither the distance between the teahouse and his home, nor his excessively long toilet breaks, are worth scrutinizing.

But just then, Huizi patted her chest and assured her, "I can vouch for that. Li-san has never left me. We've been shopping the whole time. Do you have any other questions?"

"・・・"

Uchida was speechless, thinking to himself that this father and daughter were truly two idiots who didn't even know where he should stand.

Li Ru is a Chinese man, why are you protecting him?
Uchida stared intently into Li Ru's eyes, trying to find a flaw in his gaze.

Li Ru's gaze was sincere, yet it left him empty-handed.

He remained silent for a moment, thinking to himself that Li Ru was eloquent and his answers were watertight, so it seemed unlikely that he could get any useful information directly from him.

But the most important factor was the dean and his daughter, who had been helping Li Ru all along; otherwise, he would have exposed Li Ru's true colors long ago.

Even so, Uchida wasn't going to let Li Ru off so easily. He stood up and said resentfully:

"Li Ru, don't think you can get away with this. Let me tell you, I will send people to investigate everything you've said. If I find out you've uttered even a single lie, or have any connection with the resistance organization, I will absolutely not let you go!" (End of Chapter)