Since he was woken up, Xu Yan couldn't sleep. He turned on the TV, and he didn't know which news channel it was, and he was still broadcasting the search operation of the Ginza Self-Defense Force.

On the TV news, a news reporter wearing a steel helmet held a microphone and chattered non-stop at the camera, but Xu Yan couldn't understand a word. Behind the announcer, tanks and armored vehicles drove by, and soldiers armed with automatic rifles followed, cautiously as if they were facing a great enemy—if you didn't know, you would think this was some war-torn country in the Middle East.

Xu Yan opened the curtains and looked out the window at the morning view of Tokyo, a beautiful and prosperous city, where high-rise buildings near and far were sleeping in the morning light, and Tokyo Bay was still silent in a quiet sleep.

Xu Yan looked in the direction of Ginza, the dense high-rise buildings blocked his vision, and he could only vaguely see some small black dots circling and flying under the red sky, which were helicopter groups that were guarding and searching in the air.

Xu Yan laughed in his heart: In a place as big as Ginza, the Self-Defense Forces are tanks, armored vehicles, helicopters, and even spy satellites have been dispatched, so after tossing all night, it turns out that the search has not been completed?

At this time, there was a knock on the door behind him, Xu Yan went over to open the door, Zhu Youxiang appeared at the door neatly dressed, she smiled at Xu Yan generously: "Childe, it's early!"

Xu Yan smiled and let go of the door, and said with a smile: "What's the case, Xuan Yun, please come in-you are up so early!"

"yes, it's too noisy to rest. ”

Zhu Youxiang also came to the window and looked into the distance, her eyesight was obviously better than Xu Yan, and she saw the helicopter group in the distance at a glance, she was surprised: "Hey, the Japanese officers and soldiers are still searching!"

Xu Yan walked over to the TV. I turned up the sound, and all of a sudden, the sound of the TV echoed throughout the room. Xu Yan was trying to prevent the Japanese from installing bugs in his room -- the sound of the TV was turned up, and even if the Japanese wanted to eavesdrop on his and Zhu Youxiang's conversation, they would not be able to.

At this time, Xu Yan smiled and said, "Yes, we know that the vampire demon has been killed." However, the Japanese government, they don't know, let them continue to work, hehe!"

Zhu Youxiang frowned slightly, and she said lightly: "Childe, although Japan is not your country, we should be the same in terms of resisting monsters-schadenfreude and beggar-thy-neighbor." I'm afraid it's not a gentleman's doing. ”

Being criticized by Zhu Youxiang for not being a gentleman, Xu Yan was a little embarrassed, but he was not convinced, he said: "Xuan Yun, you are not us Chinese, you don't understand, the grudge between us and the Japanese, you don't understand our national feelings. Historically. Japan is a country that has done us very badly......"

Xu Yan briefly introduced the history of the war of aggression against China to Zhu Youxiang, and talked about the Japanese war of aggression against China. Xu Yan sighed very much: The tragic and many sacrifices in the war are the sorrow in the hearts of every Chinese son and daughter in modern times, and it is the most tragic and painful page of the history of the Chinese nation.

"In fact, historically, the grudge between the Japanese and us Chinese was very deep, and now everyone says that China and Japan are friendly. But the relationship between the two countries is not very good -- well, I should say very bad.

Over the Diaoyu Islands and over the issue of historical understanding of the war of aggression against China, our two countries have often quarreled. In particular, after the new Japanese prime minister came to power, his attitude towards us was very unfriendly. As a result, the relationship between the two countries has deteriorated even more. Because of this relationship, of course, I don't want to help them. ”

Zhu Youxiang nodded, she said thoughtfully: "I see, no wonder I see that Xu Gongzi's attitude towards the Japanese is not very good, and the attitude of those Japanese officials is also like this - although he is polite and can't find anything wrong, he is very indifferent in his bones, and he has a feeling of rejecting people thousands of miles away."

By the way, Xu Gongzi, as you said earlier, the Japanese had invaded your country before? However, I think it is very incredible: The Japanese have only a small part of the country, and your country has a vast territory and a large population -- no matter the population, the country, and the national strength, your country is 10 times that of the Japanese, so how could it be that the Japanese invaded your country? How can there be such a reason in the world to bully the strong with the weak? I think that things should be reversed, and it should be your country that wants to annex Japan, and this is common sense. ”

Zhu Youxiang's question made Xu Yan even more embarrassed and puzzled: "Yes, in terms of population, territory, and products, China is 10 times that of Japan! But why, in history, it is we who have been repeatedly and passively invaded? The Battle of Baijiangcun in the Tang Dynasty, the Renchen War in the Ming Dynasty, the First Sino-Japanese War in the Qing Dynasty, the Eight-Nation Alliance, and the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in World War II -- What went wrong in the middle?"

Why is it always Japan that invades China and not China that invades Japan?

Xu Yan is not a student of history, and he doesn't know how to explain this problem -- of course, if it were those who are simple-minded, they would say that it was because "the government was corrupt and incompetent and weak at that time, and the army was greedy for life and afraid of death" and so on -- but now, having experienced a lot of things, Xu Yan vaguely felt that none of these reasons were the real answer.

"After eight years of hard work by our military and civilians, we finally defeated the Japanese invaders and won the victory, but now, instead of apologizing, the Japanese not only refuse to apologize, but also put the tablets of the war criminals in the shrine to pay respects, and also tamper with the historical records of the war of aggression in those years, so of course we refuse to agree!"

Xu Yan said impassionedly, and Zhu Youxiang's reaction was only a faint smile: "Young Master Xu, how long ago was that war?"

The Japanese surrendered in 1945, and it has been almost 70 years since then. ”

"Seventy years...... I'm sorry, Mr. Xu, but I'm afraid my opinion is a little different from yours. I think that the past has passed since it was in the past. The so-called gentleman's ze, three generations and beheaded, that is to say, no matter how great the merit or sin, there are three generations of hard work, and it is almost consumed. Seventy years of hard work is almost three generations. Now I still hold the Japanese accountable for the sins of their ancestors, I don't think it makes much sense.

Xu Gongzi, even if the Japanese offended your country back then, since your country has won, slaughtered their capital, and killed hundreds of millions of them to take revenge, no matter how big the grudge is, it should be dissipated. After 70 years, it is no wonder that the Japanese are now disgusted -- after 70 years, they are still calculating, and your country is inevitably too narrow. ”

Xu Yan was dumbfounded, and he interrupted Zhu Youxiang very impolitely: "Xuan Yun, slow down! You just said that we slaughtered the Japanese in Tokyo." And killed hundreds of millions of their civilians -- what kind of thing is this?"

Zhu Youxiang looked very surprised: "Gongzi Xu, isn't this what you just said? Didn't you say that the final winner of the Japanese war of aggression against China was your country?"

"I said that China was the victor, but we did not massacre Tokyo, nor did we massacre Japanese civilians in retaliation!"

Zhu Youxiang looked puzzled, and she said, "Gongzi Xu, how is this possible? With so many casualties and slaughtering even the capital, how can your country not retaliate with a tooth for a tooth if it has been blessed by heaven and won the war?

Haven't you ever done such a thing?"

Xu Yan touched his forehead and smiled bitterly: "Yes, we haven't done it at all - we haven't slaughtered Tokyo." I have never been killed in Japan. In fact, our troops never landed on the Japanese archipelago at all. Even the reparations of the Japanese were abandoned. ”

Zhu Youxiang was surprised: "What? Neither slaughtering the city nor retaliating? Then, as a victorious country, how did your country retaliate against Japan back then?"

Xu Yan frowned and thought for a while, he really couldn't remember how China, the victorious country, took revenge on Japan, the defeated country. He muttered, "I remember, it seems that the victorious powers set up a Tokyo tribunal at that time. Hanged some Japanese war criminals...... I don't remember if there were a few or a dozen, I can't remember......"

Zhu Youxiang was very shocked, and she lost her voice and said: "Xu Gongzi, are you sure? You have never slaughtered the city, you have never killed, you have never cut off the land, and those Japanese soldiers who committed heinous crimes, did you just let them go home?"

Zhu Youxiang covered her forehead. She made a miserable expression, and then, she shook her head and said, "Childe, let's be honest, you said that your country is the victorious country of Japan...... I don't dare to believe this: A victorious country with tens of millions of dead and wounded soldiers and civilians, and a deep hatred of blood and a sea of blood, actually does not retaliate, does not massacre, does not cede land, does not punish the clan, does not cast a view of Beijing, and does not cede land--can there be such a victorious country in the world?"

Xu Yan was speechless, but in his heart he felt very embarrassed and suffocating his anger -- Yes, is there such a victorious country in the world? It is actually illegally occupied by a defeated country! Such a victorious country can be regarded as a strange thing in the history of mankind.

Zhu Youxiang showed a thoughtful look, and after a while, she shook her head and said: "Childe, in fact, I think that now, your country has been asking the Japanese side to stop visiting the shrine and asking them to face history squarely and apologize, and these demands are actually very meaningless -- the blood feud of tens of millions of victims in your country is just asking the Japanese side to say 'I'm sorry' lightly to end it...... It's hard for me to understand. You must know that what Japan owes you is not an apology, but a blood debt!"

Xu Yan was speechless, and he asked: "Xuan Yun, if such a thing happens in your Ming Empire-uh, if a neighboring country violates you and commits such a crime, then how will you deal with it?"

Zhu Youxiang raised her eyebrows, she said lightly: "If there are really barbarians who dare to offend our Heavenly Dynasty and create such a monstrous blood debt, our Dynasty will plough the court and sweep the holes, destroy its country, raze its clan, behead its men, raise its women and children as slaves, pull out its temple, destroy its society, and then strictly implement the king, and turn it into my Ming territory - tooth for tooth, eye for eye, my dynasty pursues this way!"

Decades later, the barbarian kingdom is gone, the tribe is gone, is it necessary for me to go to their descendants to argue, and ask them to apologize or apologize?"

Listening to Zhu Youxiang's words, Xu Yan only felt a sense of pride churning in his chest: Yes, this is the courage and character that a great country should have! This is the arrogance that Huaxia should have!

In the Han and Tang dynasties of our nation, we once looked down on the world and all nations came to the dynasty! However, in modern times, our nation has lost this courage to look down on the world, and for a nation of birds and beasts that killed tens of millions of of our compatriots, what we ask is only to ask them to "correctly understand history and sincerely apologize to the Chinese people"? And even such a humble request, which the other side rejected with disdain, made us suffer humiliation in front of the whole world?

Xu Yan looked at Tokyo outside the window, Xu Yan clenched his fists tightly and pursed his mouth tightly.

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In the following days, thanks to Wen Xiuzhi's care. Xu Yan lived a carefree and leisure life in Japan.

During the day, Xu Yan took Zhu Youxiang and Huang Xi to the streets to hang out for shopping and sightseeing -- Lieutenant Colonel Xu did this, of course, he was not simply shopping, he was using shopping and sightseeing as a cover to collect clues about the Ginza monster incident -- Xu Yan planned to write a report like this after he returned.

Of course, in order to be worthy of the public funds for those expenditures. Xu Yan still has to do some necessary work.

On February 5, the fourth day after the Ginza incident, when he heard that the blockade of Ginza had been lifted, Xu Yan took Huang Xi and Zhu Youxiang to Ginza to visit the Ginza district after the fierce battle.

Before going, Xu Yan was worried that the Japanese government would block the Ginza district and prevent him from entering. As a result, Xu Yan went over there to take a look, and it was okay. The lockdown has been lifted, but most of the once bustling city center of Tokyo is now in ruins, full of rubble and rubble, many high-rise buildings have collapsed, and only half of the broken buildings remain, and the prosperous scene full of charm can no longer be seen - the devastated scene makes Xu Yan feel that he has come to the site of the ruins after the earthquake.

Although the Ginza district is no longer as prosperous as it once was, there is one thing that remains the same -- there are still many people! In addition to the sanitation workers and firefighters who cleaned up the rubble, the people who appeared here. Most of them are reporters from various countries with long and short lenses.

There are so many journalists here, in the tens of thousands, that Xu Yan believes that at least one-third of the world's media professionals are gathered here, otherwise there would not have been so many people. Interestingly, in the crowd of reporters, Xu Yan also saw a group of reporters carrying CCTV logo cameras.

Journalists across countries are doing similarly. All of them looked energetic and curious, holding cameras to shoot east and west, and even a knocked over garbage can and a broken tree could be photographed by them several close-ups. Whenever they saw a panting two-legged animal walking by, they would rush up and shout, "Hello, can you interview us, can you tell us what you think about the Ginza monster incident? We won't waste a lot of your time." A few minutes at most!"

Xu Yan led the two girls all the way over, he had been intercepted and harassed by these reporters many times, and then there was no way, Xu Yan simply retaliated, whenever someone with a camera and a microphone approached, he immediately preemptively shouted: "Hey, man, can you talk about your feelings? What do you think of the Ginza monster incident?"

Seeing that Xu Yan is peers, the other party will generally leave disappointed, and Xu Yan has gained some clarity.

Xu Yan's purpose in entering Ginza was to find the corpse of the monster that night -- Zhu Youxiang said that she burned it, but Xu Yan did not give up: What if there were a few bones that were not burned clean? If you can take a few photos or pick up a few pieces of wreckage and go back, it would be good to go back and see Wen Xiuzhi. But when he arrived in Ginza, he was immediately discouraged when he saw such an overwhelming group of reporters - so many reporters gathered here, not to mention the corpse of the monster, even a dinosaur had already been divided up by everyone.

Xu Yan led the two girls for a walk, but in the end they found nothing. There was no way, in order to go back and have something to deal with, Xu Yan could only follow the example of other reporters, holding his mobile phone and taking pictures of the broken tiles and broken wall ruins - no matter what, this is also on-site information!

Huang Xi was careful, and she reminded Xu Yan to be careful of the reporters here. Many of the journalists here are not real journalists, but intelligence officers sent by various countries to gather intelligence. They used their identities as reporters to disguise themselves, but they actually came to find out the news.

Xu Yan let out an "oh", he looked at the reporter over there, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that everyone is really a peer!"

It took two hours to walk around Ginza, Xu Yan and Zhu Youxiang had achieved success in cultivation, but they didn't feel anything, but Huang Xi already felt a little unbearable. In order to take care of her, Xu Yan chose an open-air café on the side of the road to sit down and rest. This café is set up on the side of the road, covered with tarpaulins to block the sun, and the tables and chairs are placed in the greenery, which looks very relaxed.

Xu Yan, Zhu Youxiang and Huang Xi were chatting casually, when suddenly a girl behind him said to him in English: "I'm sorry, this gentleman and the two young ladies, can they take up a few minutes of you?"

Xu Yan didn't need to look back to know that it must be a reporter from which country he came. He didn't even bother to raise his head, and said lazily: "Huang Xi, ask this guy, what do you think of the Ginza incident that night?

Before Huang Xi could speak, a cry of joy came from behind him: "Ah, so you are Chinese! Are you also media practitioners?" -- this time, the other party spoke in pure Chinese.

For those foreign devils, Xu Yan can be arrogant, but when it comes to his compatriots, Xu Yan is not so arrogant. He turned his head to look over, and saw a beautiful tall girl with bright eyes and clean teeth and a ponytail standing behind him, looking at his group with a smile.

She laughed and said, "This gentleman, and these two ladies, are you also journalists? I don't know which media you are from? Do you want to interview me? Well, I am very welcome, and I am glad to be interviewed by you - but you will have to treat me to a cup of coffee!" (to be continued......