One afternoon in mid-July, a black Mitsubishi car turned down a steep twist and stopped next to a guesthouse near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo.

The middle-aged man left the young man behind him in the courtyard, knocked on the wooden house in the middle of the courtyard, and after a while, he came out and said to the young man, "Momiji-kun, Chief Hashimoto will let you in." ”

"Hey." Geng Chaozhong bowed slightly and walked towards the wooden house.

It was already last night when I came back from Hokkaido.

In addition to paying homage to the grave of Mrs. Date in Muroran Town, Geng accompanied Kako on a trip to the Izu Peninsula, where he met with Kako's aunt and cousin, a dancer in her forties, and her son in his twenties.

The enthusiasm of the dancer greatly released Geng Chaozhong's soul, and the hangover for several consecutive nights and the bizarre singing echoed in his ears, making Geng Chaozhong's face still a little pale, but the moment he pushed open the door, his face returned to that kind of cold and serious expression.

"Momiji-kun, have you had a nice trip to Hokkaido!"

In the room, an elderly man in a kimono sat cross-legged, concentrating on pouring hot tea into the tea bowl in front of him, the silver threads steaming white hot, and the mist was thick.

"Thank you Mr. Hashimoto for taking care of me, it's a great pleasure." Geng Chaozhong bowed politely.

"I wanted to see you before, but it would be too inhumane to delay the time for the wanderer to return to his hometown," Chief Hashimoto raised his head and looked at the young man in front of him, "So, Momiji-kun, I came here today to talk to you about the 'spy training center', Yoshida told you, right?" ”

"Yes, I already know something," Geng Chaozhong was slightly surprised by Hashimoto's straightforward style, "but I still need the consent of Mr. Tsuchihara or Mr. Sato, you know, I am still in the process of carrying out the mission." ”

"That's not a problem," Hashimoto waved his hand, motioning for Geng Chaozhong to sit across from his large desk, "Mr. Tsuchihara, you can follow your heart's wishes." Or would you like to do us a favor with Inspectorate? ”

"Of course I do," Geng Chaozhong replied simply, "It doesn't take much thought, it's our obligation to cultivate more elites for the empire." ”

"Very well," Hashimoto clapped his hands in satisfaction, "you simply surprised me." ”

"From the first time I saw my senior, I knew that my senior was a person who acted decisively and never dragged his feet," Geng Chaozhong's face carried just the right amount of compliment, "So, what to do, please ask Chief Hashimoto for instructions." ”

"Hmm....... What should I do........" Hashimoto's eyes were a little confused, as if he was caught in some strange emotion, and after a long time, he suddenly came back to his senses, and glanced at Geng Chaozhong apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, I was distracted, where did I just go?" ”

"Speaking of what exactly I will do when I go to the spy training center." Geng Chaozhong prompted.

"Oh, this spy training center is to deal with domestic security problems, specifically, mainly Tokyo's international espionage problems." Chief Hashimoto tried to clear his thoughts, "Since the sixth year of the Showa, that is, since the empire occupied Manchuria, dozens of intelligence leaks have occurred in Tokyo every year, especially this year, before the summer has passed, there have been more than 80 such incidents, and the vast majority of the police force in Inspector Town is aimed at local security, and there is no way to resist this kind of espionage methods that are extremely sophisticated in means and skills, so His Majesty the Emperor has instructed us to train a group of capable candidates to deal with the increasingly serious information leaks." ”

"So, I'm mainly responsible for some teaching tasks?" Geng Chaozhong asked.

"Of course, but not all, if there is an intelligence leak, you need to take the students to investigate. In this way, we can reduce the pressure on our police town and develop human resources. Mr. Hashimoto replied.

"Juniors get it." Geng Chaozhong nodded thoughtfully.

"The instructors of the school are mainly from the military, and many of them are retired personnel of the special high school," Hashimoto glanced at Geng Chaozhong meaningfully, "Maybe you will meet some former colleagues, and after you go to the school, the school will arrange teaching tasks according to your strengths......."

Hashimoto briefly introduced the situation of some schools, and Geng Chaozhong listened with a serious face, but Geng Chaozhong always felt that President Hashimoto's mood today seemed to be a little wrong.

"The school address is in Tsukishima, I'll ask Yoshida to take you there," After talking for a few minutes, Hashimoto took out two documents from the drawer of his desk and handed them to Geng Chaozhong: "This is a pass for the school, and it can't be reused for one thing." ”

"Hey, please give me more advice in the future." Geng Chaozhong bowed and took the pass.

"You're welcome, then," Hashimoto pointed to the teacup in front of him, "After we get down to business, let's have a cup of tea before leaving!" ”

The two began to drink tea, Chief Hashimoto seemed to be a taciturn person, and Geng Chaozhong also chose to be taciturn, and after a while, Geng Chaozhong stood up and said goodbye to Chief Hashimoto:

"Senior, I'm fine, farewell."

"Farewell." Chief Hashimoto did not look up.

Geng Chaozhong walked out of the house, and the old Yoshida next to him hurriedly followed, and said in a low voice: "Where are you going?" ”

"Go to Matsudo," Geng Chaozhong handed the pass in his hand to Old Yoshida, "By the way, Chief Hashimoto doesn't seem to like to talk. ”

"His mother just passed away." Old Yoshida said in a low voice.

"Oh," Geng Chaozhong glanced at Old Yoshida in surprise, "I thought that Chief Hashimoto was already very old." ”

"The chief is actually less than sixty, but his mother is almost eighty, and she had a serious illness last winter, but she has been well since the beginning of spring, and Hashimoto is still very happy, and the interest is also very high some time ago, but I didn't expect that the old man passed the winter, but he couldn't survive the summer." Old Yoshida shook his head and sighed.

"It's a pity," Geng Chaozhong also sighed sympathetically, "So, Shunsuke should have already gone to school, right?" ”

"Well, I already went to report three days ago, and I will ask Momiji-kun for more advice in the future." Old Yoshida had a smile on his face.

While talking about some information about Shunsuke Yoshida, the two sat in the car, and soon, black smoke rose from the back of the car and drove towards the "Tsukishima" where the spy training center was located.

Tsukishima is an artificial island, which was completed in 1892 (Meiji 25) based on the "Tokyo Bay Mio (みおさらい) plan", and was completed in Tokyo Bay using the earthwork of the dredge, and was a famous military industrial center of the empire, just south of Tokyo, not far from the Imperial Palace and the city, but because of the sea barrier, it can maintain good concealment, and do not delay the execution of some tasks in peacetime. It can be seen that the upper echelons have put some thought into this location.

After driving for more than an hour, the car finally came to the port, and after checking the pass at the port under the military administration, the two took a speedboat and took about 10 minutes to come to the front of a factory lined with blast furnaces.

Looking at the sign of "Mitsui Iron Works" hanging in front of the factory, Geng Chaozhong couldn't help but look at old Yoshida, Yoshida smiled and said:

"The spy training center is here."