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This trip to Japan, because of the secret operation, so Steve's side is very low-key, although he is still a senior official in the CIA, but because of the highly confidential relationship of this investigation, so both countries are very low-key.
But the Japanese arrangement still made Steve feel very satisfied, the team they sent to pick up people was all composed of Lexus, which was obviously the convoy arranged by the Japanese side after careful consideration, Steve felt very satisfied, after all, face is such a thing, no matter which country people will have.
The CIA has been operating in Japan for many years, and this can be regarded as their intelligence gathering center in Asia, which is their top priority, and the CIA sent him a Japanese-American translator named John. Cinda is a Japanese-American mixture.
As soon as Steve got in the car, he began to ask John Cinda about the investigation of the Castle Peak Hospital bombing so far.
"At present, the excavation progress of the site of Aoyama Hospital is very slow, the Japanese side seems to have some work to do not work, although they sent a lot of excavation personnel, and large excavation machinery also entered the site to start construction, but obviously, those guys seem to have received instructions from their superiors, in terms of construction speed, very slow, and the other party will find some lame excuses to slow down the construction progress, all the winds today, tomorrow said there is heavy snow, three days and two ends of the holiday, but so far our on-site excavation progress, has not progressed to a fifth, compared to the original reservation of jihua, the difference is very large. ”
John Shinda grew up in the United States and can speak fluent English, which makes Steve, who is not used to Japanese English accents, sound very comfortable. But from John dealt with the message that came out. But Steve was very dissatisfied.
What's going on? The excavation site also dragged on. With such a slow pace and such progress, when will this investigation be clear?
As soon as he thought of the bizarre death of Hideki Yukawa, Steve suddenly wondered in his heart, could the accidental explosion of Aoyama Hospital be related to these Japanese?
It is also possible that there have been constant trade frictions between Japan and the United States over the years, especially after the Plaza Accord, and the attitude of the Japanese towards the Americans. But not always very friendly.
Although the two countries are now in a state of close cooperation on the surface, the two countries have their own little ninety-nine to calculate, such as this cooperation on the Qingshan Hospital project, the two sides have been arguing for a long time, both seeking the greatest interests for their own side.
Now that the project is in a state of flux, the Japanese have begun to work again, which is worth scrutinizing.
"John, you've been in Japan for so long, and you should know more about the situation in Japan than I do, so can you tell me? Weishenme: Will this be the case with the Japanese side? ”
Steve's attitude is modest, when he first joined the CIA. He worked in Japan for nine years, and then returned to the United States, and another ten years have passed, and although he has always paid attention to the situation in Japan, he is still a little strange to Japanese society.
"I guess it's related to our research project, Steve, you know, what the hell are we working on in the laboratory, and now this hospital has exploded, and those things are very likely to be buried in the ground, but if one of them is accidentally released during the excavation process, then it will definitely be a disaster for Japan, so the Japanese want to never dig up those things, and they will always be buried in the ground."
John Shinda is worthy of being of mixed Japanese and American descent, and he has a clear judgment of this little ninety-nine of the Japanese.
"If you understand it this way, it makes sense, after all, those things have not yet been fully formed, and now they have a very powerful lethality to anyone, and if they spread in Japan, it will definitely be worse for the current Japan, but ......"
Steve's eyes rolled, but the rest of the words didn't come out, in fact, in his opinion, if the virus spread in Japan, it wouldn't be a big deal.
As long as it does not affect the United States, the Americans are very happy to see such a thing as a dead friend and a poor person, not to mention that after the Plaza Agreement, Japan's economy was forced by the Americans to pour laxatives and plummeted for thousands of miles.
But Japan's economic fundamentals are still there, and for many years they have maintained a very large trade surplus with exports to the United States in certain areas that they are very good at.
And it has also crushed a lot of American companies, which has long made the owners of the American manufacturing sector unhappy, so if there is an outbreak of some epidemics in Japan at this time, the predators on Wall Street will definitely come to Japan again to shear sheep.
You must know that it is not only the Japanese who have had a bad time over the years, but the economic situation on the part of the Americans is not very good, although the war in Afghanistan has been going well, but after so many years, all Americans know that Bush is not a good president who is good at the economy.
Although the war in Afghanistan has made the U.S. economy begin to recover and prosper, if some windfall profits can be cut from the Japanese and returned to the United States, it will still be of great benefit to the U.S. economic development.
Of course, these words can't be said in front of his subordinates and the Japanese, but Steve already has an idea, and plans to depend on the situation, if there is really an accidental leak of the virus during the excavation process, then he will definitely contact his friends on Wall Street as soon as possible, and by the way, he will also make a fortune in Japan.
Steve insisted on not going back to the Haode Hotel that had been booked for him first, but insisted on going to the excavation site of Aoyama Hospital first, John Xinda, of course, would not dismiss Steve's will from his superiors.
The convoy turned a corner on the road and headed straight for the port area, and soon arrived at the excavation site of Aoyama Hospital.
Now the excavation site area of more than ten kilometers near Aoyama Hospital has been designated as a forbidden area by the Japanese government, fortunately, there are not many aborigines in this area, otherwise the demarcation of this forbidden area alone will definitely attract countless protests and journalists.
From afar, you can see that the small hill where Qingshan Hospital was originally located has been flattened in half, and the car is winding up the mountain, but when it is halfway up the mountain, there are still 500 meters away from the ruins of Qingshan Hospital, and it can't go up, because the road surface has been destroyed by the shock wave of the explosion.
So the group had to get out of the car, and when he got out of the car, Steve couldn't help but shiver, and he also felt a little strange, you know, although he is not young, but he has been insisting on exercising, and his physical fitness is usually okay.
But I don't know Weishenme today, he will feel afraid of the cold, maybe it has something to do with the sea here, the sea breeze is more cold, Steve thought to himself, and then tightened the wool tweed coat on his body, followed behind John, and walked towards the excavation headquarters with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
The excavation headquarters at the site was set up at the entrance of the original Qingshan Hospital, and not far in front of it was a piece of ruins, and several excavators were working with weak energy.
The Qingshan Hospital, which was originally very magnificent, now has a flat land left at the entrance, so several container offices have been transported here first.
The on-site excavation and investigation command center is located here, and this time the Japanese side is in charge of the head of a certain group of their Maritime Self-Defense Force's special high division.
It was a short, sturdy Japanese named Takayama Shinkuma, and when he saw Steve, he gave him a Japanese etiquette, a big bow, and then grabbed Steve's hand and shook it hard.
Then Steve began to inquire about the excavation of the site of the Alpine Bear, who looked short and strong, but he was a guy with a delicate heart.
When Steve scolded him about the slow progress of the excavation, this guy began to talk about him, for a while, the weather conditions in Japan were abnormal, and then he said that the Japanese workers would not talk about dedication as before, and that such ghost weather made them come out to work, and their wages were very high, which was not something that the Japanese side could be responsible for.
After a while, he said that there was an earthquake in the northeast of our country, and the earthquake also caused avalanches and earthquakes, so the Prime Minister's Office paid more attention to the disaster relief in Sendai, so it did not pay enough attention to this side.
However, I would also like to invite you to understand, Mr. Steve, that after all, Japan is a small country with a poor economy, and it is not comparable to you and the United States......
After talking nonsense, it didn't make Steve stunned, but it made him feel even more angry in his heart, what is it, isn't this obviously perfunctory?
After the end of the war in Afghanistan, the CIA began to plan to take action against Iraq, and the charges for Saddam Hussein had already been prepared, and the military and the oligarchs and predators in China had also been contacted, and after he was ready, he was going to use force in Iraq.
But I didn't expect that there was an accident on the side of Aoyama Hospital, and these Japanese people were so uncooperative for such a little thing.
If this delays the work of the president, without the president's appearance, there are a thousand ways to kill himself on the military side alone, and when the time comes, let alone the throne of the future CIA chief, it is a luxury to be able to save his own life.
Steve suddenly felt dizzy and his eyes went dark...... (To be continued......)