"If it weren't for the fact that your country's gas pipelines were in disrepair and aging badly, how could a minor earthquake be cracked? If the pipes hadn't been cracked, there would have been no subsequent explosions, so the most direct cause of this explosion was the rupture of your underground pipes. You Britons have been in Shanghai for decades, and you have taken away so much wealth, but you have refused to replace and repair these underground pipes, resulting in the innocent death of our great Japanese warriors. You are responsible for this. Kato said arrogantly.

"Mr. Kato, Mr. Kimura, it is unreasonable for you to say this, after the August 13 incident, the north bank of the Suzhou Creek is the sphere of influence of your Japanese, since you have taken over, then why don't you replace and repair these underground pipelines?" Hawke sneered.

"You are shirking responsibility, everyone knows that the gas factory and water plant in Shanghai are controlled by you British, so you should be responsible for these pipelines." Kimura roared.

"If that were to be said, you should compensate all the merchants along the Suzhou Creek for the damages, if you hadn't set up an arsenal along the Suzhou Creek, how could you have caused such a serious explosion? At the beginning, our consulate strongly opposed your establishment of an arsenal in the urban area, and if something happened, it would cause heavy casualties and property damage. Not to be outdone, Hawke was not to be outdone.

"It was the aging of your gas pipes that caused the gas leakage that caused the explosion." Kimura insisted that it was the British negligence that caused such serious consequences.

"If this is a civilian warehouse, and there is no ammunition stored in the warehouse, how can it cause an explosion, and it is still a martyrdom, you are to blame, we are the victims, and you should compensate us for our losses." Brown also went-for-tat and refused to budge.

"Fart, you British people look like white supremacy, and you don't take our Japanese Empire in your eyes at all, let me tell you British, now you are in Shanghai under the control of our Great Japanese Empire, and there is a saying in China that 'those who know the times are the heroes', if the two of you don't know the times, we are not welcome." Kimura glared at Hawk and Brown.

"How dare you threaten a dignified consul of the British Empire?" Hawke was enraged: "What are you going to do if we don't know what's going on?" ”

"Hehe, it's not good, we still understand the rules, come on, please ask Consul Hawke and Inspector Brown to the lounge to have a good rest." Kato flicked the dust off Consul Hawke's shoulders with his hand.

Four soldiers entered, standing next to Consul Hawke and Inspector Brown.

"You, you want to put us under house arrest? I protest, I strongly protest. Hawke raised his fist and shouted.

"Take them down and have a good rest, and give them the fire to suppress the shock." A sinister smile appeared at the corner of Kimura's mouth.

Hawke and Brown were then taken to the break room next to the torture chamber, where they locked the door, and screams came from the next torture chamber, causing Hawke and Brown to tremble.

"Hawke, these Japanese are demons, madmen, they don't follow international rules, they dare to imprison us, will this group of madmen let us beat us later?" Brown looked at Hawke worriedly.

Hawke's face turned pale and he looked frightened: "They are really crazy, you say, how can we reason with madmen?" ”

"And you're going to agree to their demand for compensation?"

"There is a saying in China that 'people are under the roof, they dare not bow their heads', and now we are in the hands of this group of crazy people, what else do you think we can do?" Hawke shook his head helplessly.

"Alas, we in the British Empire have never been so humiliated."

"Oh, Brown, put away your chivalry, it's imperative to get out of here, this scream is driving people crazy." Hawke spread his hands and shrugged helplessly.

Brown listened, and nodded.

"Open the door, open the door, I want to see your section chief Kato." Hawke yelled out the door.

The guards opened the door and led Hawk and Brown back to Kato's office.

Kato looked at his watch, but after twenty minutes, the two of them could no longer stand it.

"How's it going, Consul Hawke, you figured it out?" Kato had a smug smile on his face.

"Mr. Kato, let's talk about the price code well!" Hawke replied dejectedly.

"Well, good, I hope it's a good start." Kato looked like he was winning: "Mr. Hawke, I have estimated our approximate losses, the weapons and ammunition in the two arsenals are worth about five million pounds, and the pensions of more than fifty soldiers are two hundred thousand pounds, a total of five million two hundred thousand pounds. ”

When Hawke heard this, he stood up from his seat with a "pout", and Kato simply opened his mouth and made naked blackmail: "Section Chief Kato, I can't be sure that you have so many losses, but should you also compensate us for the loss of our warehouse?" ”

"And how much compensation does Consul Hawke want?"

"Five million pounds."

"What is the value of our munitions in your warehouse? Consul Hawke, you're a lion's mouth! ”

"Each other, the amount of materials in the specific warehouse and the value of the materials are unknown, and our negotiations here are completely groundless, so I suggest that the materials in the warehouse be put aside for the time being, and we will talk about the pension of the fifty soldiers." Hawke knew that if he entangled with Kato in terms of the value of the warehouse materials, he would definitely suffer, so he put aside the valuation of the materials for the time being, and talked about the pension of those soldiers first, Hawke did not expect that after these Japanese died, they would finally have to pay for the British.

"Didn't I just say that the pension of more than fifty soldiers is about four thousand pounds each."

"Section Chief Kato, one of our British soldiers died on the battlefield, and the pension we got was only two thousand pounds, is your asking price too high?"

"And how much are you going to give?"

"Well, I'll pay three thousand pounds per person according to the maximum pension standard for our British soldiers, and then our British company will be responsible for relaying all the pipes along the Suzhou Creek. You see, are you okay with this solution? “

Kato thought about it and nodded, in fact, the pension of the Japanese soldiers after the martyrdom is only 1,000 pounds per person, and now Hawke plans to pay 3,000 pounds, much higher, the previous bid is purely to probe Hawke's tone, negotiate the price, there will always be bargaining, in fact, Kato did not plan to give this pension to the families of these unjustly killed soldiers, but planned to fill his own pocket with this so-called pension, so he nodded and agreed to Hawke's suggestion.

"Well, we'll make an agreement on this matter."

Kato reached out to shake Hawke's hand, but Hawke put his hand in his suit pocket and refused to shake Kato's hand, and Kato awkwardly withdrew his right hand.

"So can we go now? Section Chief Kato. Hawke squinted at Kato.

"Okay, please." Kato stretched out his hand and made a respectful gesture.

Hawke sighed, and then left the Extra High School, the terrifying demon cave, with Brown.