Huang Xi came over in the morning and stayed until noon before leaving, leaving Xu Yan with all kinds of small manuals and materials before leaving, she smiled lightly: "Lieutenant Colonel, these are useful things when you go to Japan, please take a good look at them." ”

Xu Yan's mouth should be "oh oh", but as soon as Huang Xi went out on his front foot, he immediately threw the pile of materials into the trash can - Lao Tzu went to Japan this time, it was to kill demons, not to play with the Japanese bureaucrats.

Early in the morning of the third day, before dawn, Xu Yan and Zhu Youxiang set off from the hotel. The two hurried to the international airport in the capital and met Huang Xi in the waiting room, and the three of them went through the security check and quickly got on the plane. This is an Air China flight, after a flight of more than three hours, about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the plane arrived at Narita Airport in Tokyo, Japan.

In fact, on the plane, Xu Yan had a strange awkward feeling, because about half of the passengers on this plane were Japanese passengers, so whether it was the broadcast of the plane or the conversation of the passengers on the plane, many of them were spoken in Japanese -- whether it was the conversation of the Japanese passengers in the cabin or the Japanese radio on the plane, to Xu Yan's ears, it was purely a "chirping" noise, and he couldn't even understand half a sentence.

Feeling this strange atmosphere, Xu Yanxin was clouded - in the eyes of outsiders, although he was known as the leading anti-terrorism expert in the four bureaus, a master of dealing with F-virus mania, and had a lot of achievements, he knew his own affairs, and most of his deeds were boasted about - most of his invincible reputation was to occupy Zhu Youxiang's light. No matter what he did before, he had the full support of the national forces. to be invincible.

But now, I'm going. It is a completely foreign country, without the support of national power. Without the help of his friends, he didn't even understand the language, and he was tantamount to completing the task of hunting demons alone, which made Xu Yan really uncertain.

He glanced at Zhu Youxiang beside him-she had been closing her eyes since she got on the plane--looking at Zhu Youxiang's calm expression, Yurong was not shocked, and Xu Yan felt a little stable in his heart inexplicably.

Now, this quiet and calm beautiful girl has become the biggest pillar in Xu Yan's heart.

Two o'clock in the afternoon. The plane landed at Narita Airport in Tokyo, and after the plane stabilized, according to his previous habits, Xu Yan took out his mobile phone from his pocket and opened it, but the mobile phone showed no signal. At this time, Huang Xi leaned over to take a look, and she immediately understood, and explained apologetically: "Lieutenant colonel, I'm sorry." I was negligent before I left, and I forgot to remind you, because the mobile phone is different, and our domestic phone number cannot be used in Japan - sorry. It was my negligence. ”

Huang Xi apologized repeatedly, Xu Yan didn't think it was a big deal, he waved his hand: "It's nothing." Let's go down. ”

The group came out of the exit passage, and all they heard was the shrill voice of the Japanese "chirping". Xu Yan's heart was bored for a while. At the exit of the airport, he saw several men and women in suits and leather shoes standing on the side of the road. A young woman held a large Chinese sign in her hand: "Mr. Xu Yan."

Xu Yan led Huang Xi and the others over quickly, waved his hand to a few people over there, and greeted, "Hey, I'm Xu Yan." How many are ......?"

The men and women in suits and leather shoes stood on the other side of the place, some smoking, some looking around boredly. Xu Yan suddenly ran over to greet them, and the gang were stunned on the spot - the woman holding the sign in a white windbreaker looked at Xu Yan with wide eyes, her eyes were full of incredible shock, and the man who was standing by the wall smoking a cigarette, seeing Xu Yan running over to say hello, he sneezed with a "poof", and the cigarette in his hand fell off.

Seeing the strange appearance of these people, Xu Yan was also stunned, and he looked back at Huang Xi: "Huang Xi, I just ...... Nothing rude, right? ”

Huang Xi shook his head affirmatively: "No!" Lieutenant Colonel your table xiàn is normal...... It's weird that they are. ”

Saying that, she stepped forward, crossed Xu Yan, and said to the people opposite in Japanese, and the two sides answered each other in Japanese, speaking quickly and urgently, several Japanese people looked shocked, looked at Xu Yan from time to time, and exclaimed in their mouths: "Oh...... What is asked is Nirvana...... Oh~Boom~~Boom~~"

Being stared at by several pairs of curious eyes, but he couldn't even understand half a sentence of what they were saying, Xu Yan was depressed. If he was in China, he would have run over to ask what was going on, but at this time abroad, he still remembered the advice in the foreign affairs manual: "Always and everywhere remember that you represent the image of the country, and you must be generous and decent, not impatient or impatient", but it was not good to come forward and interject and disturb the other party.

Fortunately, after a while, Huang Xi finally finished negotiating with these people, and she first introduced a person in a dark suit to Xu Yan: "Lieutenant Colonel Xu, this is from our embassy in Japan, and Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Qi - Lieutenant Colonel Zhang is the assistant to the military attache of our embassy, and he came here to greet us." ”

Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Qi is about 30 years old, and his waist is very straight. He is not very old, has short haircuts, has a temperament that does not smile, is not angry but mighty, and his expression is very strict. He looked at Xu Yan seriously, and solemnly stretched out his hand to shake hands with Xu Yan: "Hello, Comrade Xu Yan, I am Zhang Qi, and I am the assistant of the military attache of our embassy. Senior Colonel Wang Li, the military attache of the embassy, was originally going to come to greet you, but there was an important foreign affairs event temporarily, and Senior Colonel Wang could not get out, so he could only entrust me to greet you on his behalf. ”

On the way to the university, Huang Xi had already explained to Xu Yan some simple rules of foreign affairs: when important leaders in China go abroad for business, our embassies abroad generally have to receive them according to etiquette -- at least take the plane to eat, help arrange accommodation, and even help arrange a guide or something. However, according to the unwritten rule, to be able to enjoy the standards of the embassy's reception, the so-called "important leaders" generally have to be treated only by leading cadres at or above the vice provincial and ministerial level -- otherwise, if so many domestic delegations go abroad with public funds, if they have to entertain those sesame mung bean officials at the section and department level all day long, it will not be enough for the embassy to turn into a travel agency.

But here comes the problem again. Embassies generally only accept leaders at the provincial and ministerial levels, even if Xu Yan mentions the deputy regiment of lieutenant colonel. But it's still 108,000 miles away from this level, and you can't enjoy this treatment--the mystery. It was Huang Xi who explained to Xu Yan on the road: Xu Yan's level is at most a deputy director level at the local level, and it stands to reason that he is not eligible to enjoy the pick-up treatment of the embassy. But the problem is that Xu Yan's unit is the Intelligence Department of the General Staff Department, and the military attachés of embassies abroad are also under the control of the Intelligence Department of the General Staff Department, so everyone is actually their own people. In this way, when the military attache of the embassy comes to pick up Xu Yan, it is his own person who comes to pick up his own unit, so he doesn't pay attention to what level.

Of course. Although it is said that it is not about the level, it is actually still exquisite. Although Assistant Zhang Qi kept saying that the military attache Colonel Wang was temporarily free and therefore could not come over to pick up Xu Yan, everyone knew in their hearts that this was just a beautiful sound, in fact, it was no different from lying to his face, and the real reason was that Xu Yan's level was not enough - he couldn't let a colonel come to greet a lieutenant colonel, it was too unruly.

Xu Yan said politely: "I'm tired of Assistant Zhang, you have worked hard to go, we are very sorry not to go." ”

Zhang Qi smiled and said, "Lieutenant Colonel Xu, you said so. Then see the outside. Speaking of which, we are all a family, and since we are in a foreign country, we are even more of our own people. ”

He smiled. He said in a deep voice: "Lieutenant Colonel Xu, the country has given us news, you are here to carry out the mission-----" When he said a few words about the exchange task. Zhang Qi accentuated the pronunciation, and he looked at Xu Yan with deep meaning. It seems to convey some ambiguous meaning with the gaze.

Xu Yan also knew the profound meaning of Zhang Qimu's eyes -- the Fourth Bureau was usually responsible for security and counter-espionage work, and this kind of work was a work. Want to come to Japan to talk to the little devils? Hehe, everyone is their own, then it is tacit. Most of this assistant Zhang Qi decided that Xu Yan came to Japan to perform a confidential mission.

"Lieutenant Colonel Xu, we don't know what mission you want to perform. However, the country has also greeted our embassy and asked us to assist Lieutenant Colonel Xu in your actions as much as possible. So, Lieutenant Colonel, if you need any help, just tell us. Whether it's a car or someone or other assistance, we'll do our best to help. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Zhang said very politely, and Xu Yan also said politely: "There is Assistant Lao Zhang." At present, there is no need for the embassy's assistance - by the way, I would like to ask, can the embassy collect any information about the murder in Japan at this time? ”

Listening to Xu Yan's questioning, Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Qi was slightly surprised. He groaned and replied, "Lieutenant Colonel Xu, the news of the murder demon is the most concerned news in Japan, and our embassy naturally pays attention to it. However, the focus of our attention is on Japan's political and military movements, such as the movements of Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the US military stationed in Japan, as well as Japan's domestic political and military movements.

News from the Killer...... I thought it would be a social message, and it wasn't the focus of our attention, so we didn't pay attention to the search...... Lieutenant Colonel, if you ask us for information on this, I am afraid that in a hurry, we will only be able to provide you with some public information - all public information that can be obtained from newspapers, television, and radio, and may not be of much use. ”

"The public information is all right, I'll take a look at it first...... Especially the previous information about vampires, this is the point, and I need information about this as well. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Qi frowned slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Lieutenant Colonel Xu, we will sort out the information you want, and we should be able to give it to you tonight." But with all due respect......" He glanced sideways at the people behind him, and whispered, "You should ask them for this information rather than ask us for it." In their hands, they should have more and more comprehensive information. He tilted his head slightly and glanced at the person behind him.

Looking at Assistant Zhang's mysterious appearance, Xu Yan also lowered his voice, he leaned closer and asked in a low voice, "Who are they?" ”

"They are from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, criminal officers from the Criminal Investigation Division 2, the Alienation Incident Countermeasures Headquarters...... They claim to be so. But I doubt that there should be someone from the Public Security Division of the National Police Agency, or someone from the Public Security Department of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and you yourself should be more careful when dealing with them, Lieutenant Colonel. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Qi approached Xu Yan, his face was smiling, but his words were very strict, in the eyes of outsiders, it seemed that the two of them were talking something very intimate and whispering, and everyone was embarrassed to get too close.

Xu Yan thanked Zhang Qi for his reminder, and he quietly glanced at the men and women in suits and leather shoes behind Zhang Qi, and bowed slightly: "I understand-Assistant Zhang has anything else to instruct?" ”

Zhang Qi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Lieutenant Colonel Xu is polite, you are an expert from China, how dare I instruct you." The order given to me is to assist you, Lieutenant Colonel, in every possible way—uh, the Japanese over there seem to be waiting impatiently, shall we get acquainted?" ”

The two of them were about to move over, Xu Yan suddenly thought of something, he stopped and asked Zhang Qi in a low voice: "Assistant Zhang, I won't be surprised if I ask you something, right?" ”

Zhang Qi bowed his head calmly, and said calmly with the reserved and reserved attitude unique to diplomats: "Lieutenant Colonel Xu, please speak." ”

"So I took the liberty of it: when I came here just now, I noticed that you and the Japanese seemed to be surprised, and I wonder why? Is there something rude on my side? ”

After listening to Xu Yan's question, Zhang Qi showed a surprised expression on his face, as if he didn't expect Xu Yan to ask this kind of question. Xu Yan said uneasily: "Assistant Zhang, if my question involves something that is not easy to say, then I didn't ask ......."

"Ah, there's nothing bad to say," Zhang Qi showed an embarrassed expression: "Speaking of this, it should be rude for us."

Because the news came from China that the Ministry of Internal Intelligence would send you, and when it came to your information, the country informed us that you had solved many difficult cases of abnormal affairs, that you had a deep knowledge of handling such cases, that you were a very experienced expert, and that you were a highly decorated lieutenant colonel officer -- when we saw that information, we and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department thought that you were at least thirty or forty years old, and some even thought that you were a very old man.

Because on the side of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, their practice of seniority is very strict, and the promotion rate of their officers is very slow, and they can generally become officers at the rank of second lieutenant -- oh, their second lieutenant colonel -- those who can become officers of this level are generally in their early forties, and you are still an 'expert' in this field -- on the Japanese side, they have to rank seniority in everything they do, and their so-called 'experts' also need seniority and seniority, and no one in their forties or fifties is embarrassed to be called an 'expert'.

So, Lieutenant Colonel Xu, since you are a lieutenant colonel in the army, and you are also called an 'expert', then we and the Japanese are preconceived, thinking that you should be a -- uh, an old comrade of the old Dexun, everyone is also dressed neatly and strictly to greet you, but unexpectedly, suddenly a young man came running over and told us that it was you - you are so young, you look like a college student who has not graduated, so ...... Hehe, of course, this is a rare and strange misunderstanding that we have, sorry, you don't have to mind, lieutenant colonel. ”

Xu Yan touched his nose in distress, he really wanted to tell the Lieutenant Colonel Zhang in front of him, in fact, he was really a college student who had not graduated. He smiled awkwardly: "Actually...... Hehe, this, it's better to blame us for coming in too much of a hurry and not communicating well in advance. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Qi smiled very respectfully, he led Xu Yan over, and led him to introduce several police officers of the Metropolitan Police Department -- I can't help but praise him, the Japanese still did a good job of superficial politeness, and when Xu Yan and Zhang Qi were talking, several Japanese waited quietly and motionless, standing up straight, and rarely even talking to each other. (To be continued......)