On September 5, a Nakasa appeared outside the prison cell of the police station where Kita and the students who were accompanying him, and he glanced at Kita Kazuki condescendingly with a slightly contemptuous gaze, and then said to the soldiers next to him, "Release them." ”

Kita Yihui thought that he would sit through the prison, but he didn't expect to be released so soon, which was really unexpected by him, and he didn't expect that it was actually an army lieutenant who came to release him.

"In Shimo-Obata Toshiro, Hoku-kun you have been released." Toshiro Kobata said unkindly.

"Ohata-kun, do you have anything to eat?" In the past few days, Bei Yihui and others have only half a rice ball a day, and he and the students who were imprisoned together are starving.

Toshiro Obata was a little stunned, but seeing that Kita Yihui and the others came out of the prison with little energy, he turned his head and said to the orderly, "Give them a few rice balls." ”

After sharing the rice balls with the students, the students were released on the spot, and Kita Ichiki was taken away by Toshiro Obata. This is not a low salary, there is even a car in charge of the pick-up.

The prison is terrible, but the inside of the prison is still normal. As a result of the heavy-handed tactics of the army and police, criminals caught were summarily executed, and no new criminals were sent to prison. And the criminals in the original prison were also dragged out and executed outside the police station, and the police also knew that Bei Yihui was not a criminal criminal, but was caught for not acting well. It's even a bit of a credit for disaster relief, so I didn't do anything about them. It's not so sad to be in an empty prison.

Kita Ikki leaves the prison and enters into a shocking ruin. At the time of the earthquake, I was not in the mood to care about so many things from afar, and Tokyo was still burning on the day I was arrested, and the flames were a strange and strange thing, even when the flames were raging, it gave people a sense of vitality. Now that the fire that has been burning Tokyo for three days has finally been extinguished, Kita Ikki sees the devastation of the fire. Most of the things that were once buildings were burned down, and it was as if the vitality that once existed had been completely exhausted, and what remained was the characteristic charred black and broken. As far as the eye can see, the mid-rise buildings have disappeared cleanly, and the sky over Tokyo seems to be a lot taller. In low, dilapidated Tokyo, there are "streets" full of charred objects barricaded by soldiers and police. Although he couldn't see clearly from the car, Kita could probably notice that the people in the victims' gathering area were dirty and their faces were ugly. Recalling the lively scene in Tokyo before the earthquake, Kita Ikki couldn't help but gasp.

The raging flames passed, but the killing among humans did not end. Kita Yihui saw a lot of ordinary young people with strips of cloth tied to their heads, escorting a lot of guys who had been beaten to the gathering point of the victims. I thought it was some thieves or something. But after a few more looks, Kita Kazuki realized that something was wrong. The expression on the faces of the Japanese youths was not hatred, but an indescribable excitement and distortion as they punched and kicked the rope-bound men and drove them to the stricken areas like cattle. The military and police on the side of the road turned a blind eye to this.

"Who are those?" Even though it was the first time he saw Toshiro Obata for the first time, Kita Ichiki couldn't help but ask.

"It's North Koreans." Toshiro Obata replied coldly, with a very impatient feeling in his expression.

"What are you doing with so many North Koreans?" Kita Yihui was very puzzled by this.

"Beijun, you don't want to think about yourself now, which North Koreans do you care about." Toshiro Obata was even more impatient.

"I have nothing to care about. At this time, the army had taken control of Tokyo, and they could deal with me as much as they wanted. Is it useful to care about this? "Kita didn't want to put any thought into such meaningless things. When he was first imprisoned, the unknown Nakasa said that he would kill dozens of people if he killed them, the so-called extraordinary means in extraordinary times, and at that time Nakasa ordered people to kill Kita Yihui and kill them.

At this time, Toshiro Obata also had some respect in his eyes when he looked at Kita Ikki, even if it was not for an organization like the Japanese army that advocated bushido, ordinary people would easily be in awe of such a realistic attitude.

The car sent Kita Ichiki to a military camp where I don't know where, and in a place where there were not many people, Kita Ichiki was taken down, but I saw that it was Okamura Ninji waiting outside. When Kita Ichiki was surprised, he saw Toshiro Obata and asked in surprise, "Okamura-kun, you're back!" ”

"I was ordered by His Highness to protect the Emperor, but when I arrived, I was driven back." Okamura replied calmly.

Ordered someone to bring Kita Ichiki in first, and Toshiro Obata began to communicate privately with Okamura Ninji in a low voice outside. Okamura Ninji asked first: "Why is there a big fight outside?" ”

"It's killing North Koreans." Toshiro Obata replied.

"That's what the military department will do?" Okamura Ninji was puzzled. When he returned, what he saw was not so simple. Thousands of North Koreans were rushed together by many youth teams, mocking and insulting in every way. Then, after the so-called "street trial", they were pushed to the earthquake survivors and beheaded for public display. This is not to be burned, but to be slaughtered en masse. As a Japanese, Okamura could accept this kind of scene, but he couldn't understand why he did it.

Toshiro Obata and Okamura Ninji are allies of the "Baden-Baden Mitoriba", so they don't hide it from Okamura Ninji. He whispered, "I heard that it was ordered by His Highness. ”

Immediately after the earthquake, Crown Prince Hirohito mobilized troops to the disaster area to maintain order, and through General Fukuda Shotaro, he announced the imposition of military law, and immediately accused the Koreans and socialists of offending the gods, which led to the catastrophe. The people below deeply understood the "Shangyi" and began to accuse the Koreans in Japan of trying to take advantage of the fire and robbery. There were already rumors among the people that Koreans did not respect the Japanese gods and caused natural disasters, and under the more effective temptation of the officials, the Japanese, who were afraid of the gods, believed it to be true. Immediately, the North Koreans in the disaster area began to kill people.

Okamura Ninji, such a smart guy, instantly understood what Toshiro Obata didn't say explicitly. After the Great Earthquake, rail transportation and maritime transportation by land and sea transportation in Kanto were disrupted, and it was impossible to restore supply in the short term. In this case, if the government orders the disaster relief with all its might, all the dissatisfaction of the victims will be directed at the government. It's not that the government doesn't want to go all out to provide relief, but it really can't. Then find an acceptable scapegoat to kill, firstly, to alleviate the mood of the people, and secondly, to find those guys who are still capable of action through this action, and after controlling these guys who are openly murderous, the potential hidden danger of the disaster victims making trouble can be reduced, and the people can be intimidated. Okamura Ninji witnessed two public massacres, in which thousands of heads were cut off at each venue. Okamura observed that many Japanese, especially middle-aged and elderly people, were not interested in the massacre itself, but silently chanted the Buddha in front of the thousands of headless corpses piled up.

For Crown Prince Hirohito's quick decision, Okamura Ninji is very satisfied. If the lord is incompetent, indecisive, and the people below certainly have more room to act, but they tend to drop the chain at critical times. Hirohito doesn't usually like to meddle in so many things, and he can maintain the detachment that an emperor should have. But being able to make the right choice at a critical moment is the kind of lord who likes people like Okamura Ninji the most.

"Do you want to purge the socialists this time?" Okamura Ninji put the North Korean thing aside and asked about another target of the purge that Toshiro Obata had said.

"I've started arresting people." Toshiro Obata replied.

"How to deal with the Chinese?" Okamura asked about his concerns.

Toshiro Obata paused slightly. China and Japan have traded for thousands of years, and the Japanese have become accustomed to the presence of Chinese in Japan. If it is necessary to spread rumors that it is a natural disaster caused by the Chinese, ordinary Japanese people will not really believe it in their hearts. The military department was very angry with the Chinese businessmen in Japan, but it was worried that doing so would give the Chinese the truth, and it would be bad if China immediately sent troops to attack North Korea. "We have all the Chinese in the concentration camps, and we will soon be repatriated." Toshiro Obata replied, "The military department means to be prepared to order people to tell the Chinese that it is best for them to be courteous. ”

"Are you going to let Kita Yihui go?" Okamura asked.

"If he is not allowed to go, he will die. I don't think it's time for Kita Yihui to die. Toshiro Obata replied.

The arrangement was very reasonable, and Okamura Ninji stopped asking about it. Toshiro Obata asked, "Okamura-kun, has His Highness entrusted you with any position this time?" ”

Okamura replied: "The military headquarters ordered me to go to the Propaganda and Intelligence Department of the Military Management Headquarters to be in charge of news inspection during martial law. ”

"Then what are Okamura-kun's plans?"

"I want to go to North Korea." Okamura replied with unusually firm firmness.

Toshiro Obata took a slight breath, North Korea is now the last place that Japanese soldiers want to go, continuous battles, and no end in sight. Climb the hill and cross the old forest. The Japanese fought extremely hard in the battle with the Korean guerrillas. I didn't expect Okamura Ninji to want to go to a place that others avoided.

"Since we are determined to serve the country, it is natural for us to take responsibility. If you don't have merit, you won't be truly trusted by Your Highness anyway. Okamura replied calmly.

"I'm going to be an instructor at Lu University next year. So I will definitely try my best to help Okamura-kun this year. Toshiro Obata replied.

"Thank you!" Okamura Ninji felt a pang of relief in his heart. Although he went to the ghost place in North Korea, Okamura Ninji was already a big Zuo at this time, which means that if he went, he would be the captain of the wing. After becoming a wing captain and having a certain amount of merit, he will be transferred back to the War Department for further study, and then he may become a general. Now Gangcun has been favored by Hirohito, and he can be regarded as "someone on top" on the threshold of promotion to general. In the Japanese army, everyone is a thief, even if North Korea is a tiger's den in Longtan, if it is involved, it is likely to pave the way for others at a critical time, and it is normal to set up stumbling blocks. Toshiro Obata's father was Baron Miwa Obata, who graduated from the 16th class of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School in 1904 and the 23rd class of the Saber Group of the Army University in 1914. If he could help as much as he could, these things would be relatively easy to handle.

After the two finished talking, Okamura Ningji hurried to report to the military management headquarters. After knowing the inside story, hearing the shout of "catch that North Korean", Okamura Ninji lost interest anymore.

When they walked through a street corner, a small team of North Koreans appeared again, and Okamura Ninji simply stopped and let those people pass first. Unexpectedly, the North Koreans who were being chased in front saw Gangmura Ningji, the army general, and pounced on Okamura Ningji in front of him and hugged Okamura Ningji's thigh, and he shouted in a Hakodate accent: "My lord, my brother is a soldier in the army, I am not a North Korean!" I'm not North Korean! ”

Before the words fell, the Japanese youths who caught up behind rushed up and held down this guy, first dragged him off Okamura Ninji's legs, first someone apologized to Okamura Ninji, saying that he was not acting well, and the others punched and kicked this guy who defended himself with a Hakodate local accent.

There are many Japanese dialects, and there are people everywhere in the army, and Okamura Ninji can also hear that the unlucky guy does have a Hakodate accent. He stopped the youths from punching and kicking the guy, who was probably Hakodate, and then asked, "How can you tell if it's Korean?" ”

"Let them say 15 yuan and 50 yuan." The young man in front replied excitedly.

"Huh?" Okamura thought for a while before he understood what was going on. Because there is no voiced sound in Korean, it is difficult to pronounce the words "15 won and 50 money". Distinguishing whether it is a Korean or a Japanese based on the pronunciation of these words alone, even Okamura Ninji, who is completely able to accept this kind of killing, feels that it is too Meng Lang. Japanese people outside of Tokyo can also be mistaken because they speak with a local accent. Just like this hakodate's unlucky bastard, he may lose his life just because of the wrong pronunciation.

"I heard his accent in the Hakodate area, you can check it again." Even so, Okamura didn't want to get himself into boring trouble. After saying this, he didn't care what the outcome of that guy in Hakodate would be in the future, separated everyone, and Okamura Ninji strode towards his destination, the direction of the military management headquarters.