On the second floor of the second floor, it was originally a conference room for the management personnel of the Mitsui Iron Works, but now it has been changed into a student cafeteria. Some are sparse silver-haired, over the age of sixties, and at first glance they are elegant and easy-going scholars. As for women like Kako, it was very rare, except for a middle-aged woman who looked to be close to forty years old, there was almost no feminine air in the entire venue - especially a young and beautiful woman like Kako.

Xiangzi's appearance made the eyes of all the men present light up, her slightly neutral dress not only did not damage her feminine temperament, but added a strange sense of closeness in this male jungle, even Geng Chaozhong couldn't help but admire Xiangzi's grasp of clothing and hats, but Xiangzi didn't seem to realize the eyes of others, and quickly found her goal, and sat down in front of the middle-aged woman with glasses.

Geng Chaozhong and Yun Wei sat in a relatively hidden corner at the corner of the conference table, looking around, more than a dozen seats were almost full, it seemed that the teaching management of the "Spy Training Institute" was probably so many people.

"Date kun, it seems that those old people are professors at those universities in Kyoto, and those who are straight should be action instructors with firearms." Yun Wei muttered quietly.

"Not necessarily." Geng Chaozhong smiled.

Although most of you here don't seem to know each other, you are obviously faintly divided into a few small circles, judging from the eyes of those old people, they obviously know each other, and between several young adults, there are also two or three people who have eye contact.

However, Geng Chaozhong's gaze stayed on an elderly man in a suit and wearing toad glasses, but the old man was unaware, just looking down at a thick leather book in front of him.

"You actually came, there seem to be a lot of acquaintances......." Geng Chaozhong sighed silently.

After only three rounds, the whole venue was quickly filled with people, and at this time, another orderly walked in and put a seat sign in front of each person's seat, but it was not everyone's name, but some code names such as "A One" and "B Four".

"This seat number seems a little strange." Yun Wei muttered again.

"Hmm."

Geng Chaozhong was noncommittal, and looked at the seat card in front of him - "癸五", which sounded a little weird.

As soon as the seat card was finished, there was a cough at the door, Major General Sato walked in with a smile on his face, he walked to the top of the conference table, first looked around and greeted everyone, and when the scene was quiet, he cleared his throat and said:

"Colleagues, welcome to the 'Spy Cultivation', I am the head of the training institute, you can call me 'Tiangan'."

"Heavenly stem?" Everyone looked at each other.

"That's right," Sato smiled, "In view of everyone's different identities and coming from all over the world, many people still need to keep secrets, so the names of our teaching team do not use real names, but use the combination of heavenly stems + numbers, now, please take a look at the number in front of your seat, and we will call each other this way in the future." Note that the seat cards are scrambled and meaningless, so there is no need to speculate. ”

"It seems that I will be the fifth in the future," Geng Chaozhong muttered, and then glanced at the code names of the people around him, Yun Wei was "Ren Liu", and Xiangzi was "Xin Yi".

"Before the meal, I'll give you a short meeting," Sato saw that everyone had adjusted to the surrounding situation, and continued to speak: "The original intention of the empire to establish a spy training center, I think everyone has already understood, I myself will not repeat it, I will only talk about the basic discipline today, and the discipline is also very simple - all actions are carried out in accordance with the twenty-seven articles of the school regulations, and the discipline provisions will be issued to everyone later." ”

Everyone nodded, and this Major General Sato's speech was very concise, without the slightest kind of bureaucratic drag.

"In addition, everything that happened in the cultivation center, after you return to your own unit, you must completely forget it, just as if this experience did not happen at all, and when you meet your colleagues and students in the future, you can only treat it as if you don't know each other, do you understand?" Over there, Sato continued.

"Hey!"

Everyone present agreed in unison, only a few silver-haired elderly people showed a look of disapproval on their faces.

"Everyone," Sato was keenly aware of the expressions of several silver-haired old men, but the smile on his face became more and more cute, "Among you here, there are many seniors who have joined the secret service during the Meiji or Taisho periods, many of them have worked in China and even Europe for many years, and among the rising stars, there are also many elite talents who have made outstanding contributions in recent years, so I hope that your Excellency will maintain respect for each other, this is the key to the success or failure of cultivation, I hope you will understand!" ”

After speaking, Sato bowed again, and his eyes fell on the gray-haired old toad mirror man that Geng Chaozhong had just noticed.

The elderly man, who was in his sixties, seemed to have a little cloudy eyes, and he hesitantly raised his head and glanced at Sato, a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

Sato bowed slightly, looked at the old toad mirror man with respect on his face, and said, "Everyone, now I would like to ask the seniors of the Meiji period, Lord 'Tianqi', to say a few words. ”

"Hehe, it seems that the old man is still useful in maintaining unity!" The old man stood up tremblingly, bowed to everyone, and said, "Everyone, I am what Tenkan-sama said, the seniors who joined the spy work in the Meiji period, and my sparse hair can prove this," After speaking, the old man laughed quite self-deprecatingly, causing everyone present to laugh too, the old man paused, and continued:

"At the time of the first day, I was still a young man, and I also participated in the holy war against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but the current affairs have changed, and now the Manchu Emperor has become our friend again, so personally, I will never disrespect anyone, because Mr. Toushan Man said: Enemies and friends can be transformed at any time, some are fast, some are very slow, but as long as you live long enough, you will always see this. Therefore, one of the golden words of this old man is: even if we have different positions, it is necessary to maintain respect, and only in this way will we not look so embarrassed when we change our positions. ”

Everyone laughed again, but they all felt a pang in their hearts about Toushan Man mentioned by this old man - Tou Shan Man was the founder of the Black Dragon Society, an early Japanese spy organization, and this old man mentioned his words, obviously implying that he was an important member of the Black Dragon Society and an old qualification who had participated in the Sino-Japanese War against China!

Thinking about it this way, everyone turned their eyes to this old man, and they couldn't help but have a little respect - the old-timers of the Meiji period, this conversation style is indeed extraordinary!

"Everyone," the old man continued to speak slowly, "During the Meiji period, the empire determined the status of the first power in Asia through the Sino-Japanese War; During the Taisho period, the empire established its dominance in the Far East through the Russo-Japanese War. Now, the Empire's gaze will no longer be on a corner of Asia, but on the whole world, and it will take responsibility for the world. ”

Speaking of this, the old man in the toad mirror suddenly raised his head, his cloudy old eyes shot a terrifying light, he waved his arm violently, and the whole person became extremely excited and infectious, and said sharply:

"And this is what requires all of you to work together, and perhaps, you will soon see the day when the Holy War flag will be searched all over the world!"

"Long live the Empire!"

The scene of this old man's emotional and bearded hair infected everyone present, even the cold-hearted spies, and everyone stood up and applauded enthusiastically.

"Meiji's old-timers are really unusual!"

Geng Chaozhong heard a person next to him sighing.