It was already late at night, and Xu Yan and Zhu Youxiang walked back to the hotel.

Xu Yan went straight back to his room, and when he saw the people in the room, he was stunned: in addition to the original Huang Xi and An Qing Zhizi, there were some more people in the room. Xu Yan recognized that Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Qi, assistant military attache of the embassy in Japan, was sitting on the sofa watching TV, and there were two young companions with flat heads and short hair who were very strong. They watched so intently that they didn't even notice Xu Yan when he came into the house.

Huang Xi was still careful, and first found Xu Yan who entered the house, she stood up and greeted her: "Lieutenant Colonel Xu, you're back—oh, Miss Zhu, you're back too!" ”

Xu Yan nodded: "I'm back—ah, are the comrades from the embassy here?" Assistant Zhang, hello, we meet again. ”

Zhang Qi stepped forward and nodded slightly to Xu Yan, but there was not much smile on his face: "Hello, Lieutenant Colonel Xu." Are you available right now? Let's talk about it, is it convenient for you to look at it? As he spoke, he quietly tilted his head slightly and glanced at An Qing Oriko over there.

Xu Yan knew that there must be something important when the embassy came to look for him so late at night. He nodded and said, "Okay, Assistant Zhang, let's go." ”

Zhang Qi was not verbose, and led Xu Yan out, and the other two staff members of the embassy also followed behind.

Everyone took the elevator downstairs, and when they were taking the elevator, a flat-headed young man with an expressionless face took out a detector probe from his body, and he used this probe to sweep up and down Xu Yan's body several times, like a security detector on the airport - Xu Yan couldn't understand what was going on, so he could only sweep it.

Then, the young man nodded: "Safe - Lieutenant Colonel Xu has not been put on his body." ”

Listen to that. Zhang Qi suddenly looked relaxed, and Xu Yan suddenly realized: It turned out. This is to test whether the Japanese have placed a bugging device on his body.

Make sure that Xu Yan is not being monitored by a bugging device. Zhang Qi's expression suddenly became much more vivid. He patted Xu Yan on the shoulder and smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, Lieutenant Colonel Xu, this is also just in case ......"

"I understand. Do this kind of work, be careful. ”

"Hehe, it's good that Lieutenant Colonel Xu can understand."

The stairs stopped in the lobby on the first floor, Zhang Qi gave an order, the two staff members left, and he himself led Xu Yan into the café in the lobby. I asked for a table by the window and sat down.

The two of them each ordered coffee, and at this time, Zhang Qicai spoke in a low voice: "Lieutenant Colonel Xu——"

Listening to a middle-aged man who was old enough to be his father to speak to himself in this tone, Xu Yan still felt really awkward.

"Assistant Zhang, you and I are both with the rank of lieutenant colonel, just call me Xiao Xu, so I can listen more naturally."

Zhang Qi smiled: "Yes, then I'll be rude - Xiao Xu, tonight." I heard your assistant Huang Xi contact the embassy and say that you have an urgent crisis and want to evacuate immediately? What the hell is going on? ”

Xu Yan smiled bitterly - before, Xu Yan had thought about it. The Ginza incident may implicate him, and he really wanted to retreat back to Japan as soon as possible. But now, after a conversation with Zhu Youxiang. Xu Yan has decided to stay in Japan.

Now, the embassy has been alerted overnight to inquire about the situation. Xu Yan had to explain the reason to the embassy.

Fortunately, Xu Yan was still a little witty, and he said, "This ...... Something did happen before...... Is it an emergency crisis or not? I can't say it either. Assistant Zhang, it may be that I am inexperienced and have some allergies, and there are also misjudgments. ”

Zhang Qi bowed his head quietly: "Xiao Xu, you say, let's study and study together!" What the hell is going on? ”

"Assistant Zhang, since I checked into the hotel, the Metropolitan Police Department sent two policemen to come over and act as liaison officers for me...... One of the female liaison officers, you've seen it, is the one in my room named Oriko Anharu. ”

"Arrange a liaison officer and surveillance? This is quite normal, and the Japanese have always liked it. Zhang Qi was surprised: "This, is there something wrong?" ”

"When I went out today, another liaison officer followed me out. But we got separated, and he ran to the Ginza district by himself, but he died there for no apparent reason. ”

Zhang Qi was slightly shocked, and he asked in a deep voice: "Your Japanese liaison officer is dead?" ”

Xu Yan nodded and said, "Exactly!" At that time, I may have thought that I was suspicious, but the Japanese police were very unkind to me...... I'm worried that the Japanese will forcibly detain me as a suspect or witness under the pretext of investigating the cause of death of Liaison Officer Ken Kirishima, or ban me from leaving the country and returning home—"

He spread out his hand and made a helpless gesture: "Assistant Zhang, you know, my identity...... Sensitive. I can't just give the Japanese a lawsuit. So, at that time, I had to ask Huang Xi to contact the embassy for help. ”

Zhang Qi nodded, indicating that he understood Xu Yan's concern, and he said sternly: "I understand." Who killed that liaison officer of yours, do you have any news? ”

He said this, but asked Xu Yan silently with his eyes-Did you do this?

Xu Yan pondered for a moment and said slowly: "According to my other liaison officer, the one in the room, Anqing Oriko, there are eyewitnesses who saw that he was killed by the monster that appeared in Ginza tonight. ”

Hearing that it was not Xu Yan's case, Zhang Qi suddenly felt relieved. He laughed, "Since there are reliable documents to prove the cause of the officer's death, there is nothing to worry about." Xiao Xu, don't worry, the Japanese are not so bold as to dare to forcibly detain one of our official visitors without conclusive evidence - if such a thing happens, the country is not a vegetarian, and you will definitely not suffer. You don't have to worry about this, now that the itinerary has been arranged, let's continue as planned! ”

In fact, Xu Yan also felt that he was indeed a little too worried - at first, he was worried that the Japanese police would link him with the vampire and figure out Guò himself to find clues to the vampire. But after tonight's battle, the true face of the vampire has been fully presented to the audience all over Japan, and the Japanese police should have lost interest in themselves. There's no need to forcibly detain yourself with that dirty trick of referring to a deer as a horse.

He said lightly: "Assistant Zhang, since you said so. Then I'm relieved - I'm inexperienced, I'm too nervous. You may have misjudged the situation, so I'm sorry to ask you to come late at night. ”

"Where, this kind of emergency, it really should be reported, and it is the right way to keep communicating."

Zhang Qi took out an envelope from his pocket and said in a deep voice: "Actually, we came to look for you tonight, and there is really something - our embassy has received a telegram from China. There is a confidential telegram that is to be handed over to you by name - please help me sign for it. ”

Xu Yan nodded and signed the receipt of the letter handed over by Zhang Qi. Zhang Qi handed over an envelope, Xu Yan took it, and opened it directly. The telegram was very short, only a few dozen words: "Comrade Xu Yan: Please contact the Japanese police, do your best to collect and investigate the relevant information of the Ginza monster incident, and report it to China."

ps: The superior head asked, similar to the Ginza monster incident. Is it possible in China? If so, what should be done? Comrade Xu Yan is invited to think carefully about this and make a detailed investigation report to me. ”

The telegram was signed as "Wen", and Xu Yan read this telegram once. But he shook his head and smiled, "Our head is really going to send people to work-"

Zhang Qi raised his head and looked at Xu Yan quietly: "Huh? ”

Xu Yan handed over the telegram: "Old assistant." Take a look. ”

Zhang Qi didn't answer: "Xiao Xu, this is an internal message from your intelligence department." I don't think it's suitable......"

"Nothing, this works. I still need the assistance of your embassy. ”

Zhang Qi hesitated and took the telegram. He looked at it again, a look of surprise on his face, but his brow furrowed deeply. Then, he read the message again very seriously, shook his head, and handed the message back to Xu Yan.

He lowered his head and drank his coffee slowly, but he didn't speak for a long time, as if he was seriously thinking about something.

After a long while, Zhang Qi raised his head, his expression looked a little frightened, and he said in a deep voice: "Xiao Xu, what do you mean...... Could it be that something like this in Ginza tonight could happen in our country? ”

"The world has changed. Such a thing can happen in any country on the planet. ”

Zhang Qi glanced at Xu Yan seriously, he was surprised by Xu Yan's composure - it seems that this Lieutenant Colonel Xu seems to know a lot about this matter?

Zhang Qi couldn't help but ask, "That monster, where did they come from?" Why did it pop up all of a sudden? It's illogical!

A whole new species, that can't appear out of nowhere. Any kind of living creature has undergone hundreds of millions of years of evolution to form its current appearance - oh, Xiao Xu, I forgot to tell you, I am a student of biology, although so many years have passed, but there is still a bit of a foundation - the monster suddenly appeared in the center of Tokyo, but before tonight, no one had ever seen this kind of monster, and there was no record of its existence in any classics, why did it suddenly appear?

So where did the monster live before? ”

Xu Yan couldn't answer Zhang Qi's question, he turned his head to look at the brilliant sea of Tokyo lights outside the window, and his imagination flowed.

In the future, mankind will finally wake up, and tonight in Ginza, Tokyo, will not only be a night that shocks the world, but also a night that divides the era.

On the evening of February 1, 2014, the monsters from another world showed their true colors in front of humans for the first time, letting the whole world know about their existence, and it was also the first head-to-head confrontation between the regular armed forces of humans and the invaders of another world.

After tonight, a lot of things are going to be completely different.

A new era has begun.

Seeing that Xu Yan silently did not answer, Zhang Qi hesitated: "Xiao Xu, this kind of thing, does your intelligence department know something?" ”

Xu Yan looked at him with a helpless wry smile.

Seeing Xu Yan's smile, Zhang Qi was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "I understand, state secrets, can't be leaked - when I didn't say hello." ”

After the business was over, the two sat silently opposite each other for a while, and then, it was Zhang Qi who spoke first, and he apologized for his bad attitude this afternoon - at that time, because Xu Yan insisted on staying at the Hilton Hotel, Zhang Qi misunderstood that Xu Yan was a gentleman.

But after a thrilling night tonight, Zhang Qi faintly realized that the young lieutenant colonel in front of him. I'm afraid it's not as simple as I expected.

He realized that this Lieutenant Colonel Xu. I'm afraid that he really came here with the heavy responsibility of the country. He refused to stay in the embassy, even if it was for his own personal reasons. It's not so simple to be greedy for pleasure, I'm afraid that I have misunderstood him - Zhang Qi even has a faint feeling that this monster incident is inseparable from the lieutenant colonel in front of him.

Hearing Zhang Qi's apology, Xu Yan smiled faintly: "Assistant Zhang is polite, there is some misunderstanding, it's nothing." ”

After Zhang Qi apologized, the two of them seemed to be much closer. Zhang Qi said: "Xiao Xu, what you are doing is confidential. I'm not good at inquiring. But if you need any help from the embassy – whether private or public, you can do so.

After all, we have been rooted in Japan for many years, and we have accumulated a little bit of contacts - this ghost place in Japan is still very particular about connections, and it is always more convenient to have acquaintances to do anything. For example, if you negotiate with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, you can also tell me if you need to, I also have a few acquaintances there. ”

Xu Yan thanked Zhang Qi. The two of them talked about tonight's incident in Ginza, Tokyo. Zhang Qi told Xu Yan that tonight, in addition to the personnel who stayed on duty in the confidential room, including the ambassador. Their entire embassy gathered in the conference room to watch the live broadcast as a group. Seeing the ferocity and strength of that monster, everyone felt shocked.

Zhang Qi sighed: "Xiao Xu, when I was outside the airport this afternoon. You asked me for information about the recent strange events in Japan. When I get back, I'll arrange for someone to collect it. An afternoon to read the materials. It really scared me, I really didn't know if I didn't see it, I was shocked when I saw it, in just half a year, just the news reported by the public media, there were nearly 1,000 supernatural cases of various murderers, vampires, etc., this number is really terrifying.

I looked, this place in Little Japan, there is really an evil spirit, strange things and murders come out one after another, murderers, vampires, and all kinds of messy monsters have come out, like Taishang Laojun's alchemy pot has leaked to the bottom, and all kinds of demons and monsters have descended to earth - Xiao Xu, we are in China, there are not so many messy things, right? ”

Xu Yan smiled - according to the regulations, the domestic F madness incident still has to be kept secret, but Xu Yan knows that these things have been conveyed to the level of county-level public security, so it can be seen that the secrecy will not be strict. Zhang Qi was an assistant to the military attache at the embassy, and the diplomats were all in the guò political trial, so he should be qualified to access such secrets.

So Xu Yan didn't have any scruples: "Domestically, this kind of thing has happened a lot these days. But fortunately, our country is large, things happen more scattered, and our government has a relatively strong ability to control the situation, so we can control the situation quite well, unlike the Japanese, who are just a little place, and when something happens, the whole country is shocked. ”

Zhang Qi nodded and sighed: "That's the truth, after all, we are a big country, with a large land and a large population!" In this extraordinary time, a big country can withstand the toss and withstand the wind and waves! No matter how much the Japanese jump, their land area is here, no matter how much they jump, they are all small countries, and their ability to withstand risks and crises cannot be compared with ours.

Hey, Xiao Xu, after watching this live broadcast, I always pondered one thing: Japan's Self-Defense Forces are also well-equipped and well-trained elite soldiers in Asia, and they can be regarded as the number one in the world. What would happen if what happened in Ginza today happened in a different place, in another country, in a small country with a small population and a small army?

You say, is it possible, with such a toss, these small countries will have to be wiped out if they don't do it? ”

The two chatted for a while, and Zhang Qi revealed his intention to say goodbye, Xu Yan hesitated, but still stopped him: "Assistant Zhang, I want to ask, are you alone in Japan?" Your family came with you, right? ”

Zhang Qi didn't pay attention, and said casually: "My daughter came with me to study in Japan, but my lover is still working in China...... What's the matter, Xiao Xu, why did you suddenly ask about this? ”

Xu Yan took a deep breath, and he looked at Zhang Qi: "Assistant Zhang, I think you should send your daughter back to your sister-in-law in China." And Brother Zhang, yourself, if possible, quickly transfer back to China - or transfer to other countries. Japan is not a place to live for a long time. ”

Zhang Qi frowned, and his expression became stern: "Xiao Xu, what do you mean by this?" Do you mean that the shape of the Japanese side will become more severe, and there is even a danger of getting out of control? ”

Xu Yan shook his head - at this time, Xu Yan felt that his identity as an intelligence officer was really cool, and if there was anything inconvenient to say, he could just take out the words "state secret" and block it.

"I'm sorry, Brother Zhang, I told you everything I could say, and I can't say anything else."

It can be seen that Zhang Qi, the military attache assistant of the embassy, is a very calm person, although he was very shocked in his heart, he did not show it at all, but picked up the cup and asked the waiter to come over and help refill the cup.

He didn't say a word, he lowered his head and groaned, he drank this cup of coffee for five minutes before he finally drank it with his head held high. He put down the cup, nodded solemnly to Xu Yan, and said seriously: "Thank you!" Xiao Xu, I have this advice in mind. Thank you very much! If you work in Japan, you need to take care of yourself – feel free to contact me! (To be continued......)