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After a long period of consideration, in the end, Kuroshima had to admit that he was not capable of salvaging the situation. If he was dealing with a real American, he believed that he could still convince the other party, but Yi Shui was a Qing man, and the Qing country's crushing defeat in the Sino-Japanese War made him never compromise.

Well, if he wants to make a big deal out of it, let him make it! Kuroshima thought to himself. Anyway, Japan has nothing to lose except face. This is nothing at all, although "face" is something that is extremely cherished by the Japanese, but it can also be swept aside if necessary.

And that's actually a good thing – most things are good or bad just because you look at things from the perspective of the problem. Japan will be humiliated, which is a bad thing; But it is a good thing that Japan's humiliation can inspire hatred of the United States and encourage them to work hard to build a strong Japanese empire.

As long as all Japanese people work together, one day Japan will be above the United States and the entire Western world. At that time, all the shame suffered in the past can be repaid.

Kuroshima Ren no longer feels angry, and at the same time has no more headaches. His spirits were reinvigorated, and he was happily ready to enjoy Yi Shui's performance behind him.

But when he thought about it, the matter had nothing to do with them.

Hawaii police have taken over the case.

Of course, they have the right to do so. This is neither the United States nor Japan, but the Republic of Hawaii, an independent and sovereign country recognized by all countries in the world. Therefore, it stands to reason that all cases that occur in this country should be handled by the Hawaii police.

Even if one of the parties in this case is a U.S. military member and the other party is a Japanese immigrant.

First of all, it is certain that the American Minister and Admiral Mahan will never object -- the Republic of Hawaii, which was formally proclaimed on the Fourth of July last year, is a country controlled by the Americans, and to a large extent it is indistinguishable from a state or an overseas territory of the United States.

In fact, without strong obstruction from Japan, it would have been a sacred and inalienable part of American territory by 1893.

So it's certain that the Hawaii police will end up with a very favorable conclusion to the U.S. -- even if the actual outcome of the investigation is unfavorable to the U.S., they will find a way to turn it in their favor, not to mention that the vast majority of the evidence is now in favor of the U.S. -- why oppose it?

Since the U.S. minister had no objection, the Japanese Consul General in Hawaii could only agree, despite being well aware of the relationship between the Republic of Hawaii and the United States.

"So now I'm officially taking over the case." The deputy sergeant who came to negotiate announced in the most formal tone, and then asked Yi Shui: "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, can you ask your troops to evacuate?" ”

"Of course, there's no problem with that." Yi Shui turned to the squadron commander who was listening carefully and nodded to him. "Gather your troops."

At the order, the mercenaries quickly assembled, while heavily armed Hawaiian police officers began to take over their guard and custody duties. For the Japanese ronin, it meant that their situation had gotten worse - the mercenaries had no grudge against them, but the police did.

Soon, several not-so-honest ronins get up close and personal with the policeman's leather boots.

"I protest! You cannot be so brutal and powerless with our nationals. But Kuroshima Ren sneered in his heart, this account will have to be recovered sooner or later.

The sheriff ignored his protests and didn't even look at him squarely. His attention was all on Yi Shui. "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, I need to bring the sailors who were attacked back to the police station to assist in the investigation. And your soldiers, who are said to have killed a bandit, and I would like to know the details of what happened. ”

"Yes." Yi Shui gestured to Thomas, "Mr. Thomas, you accompany Wendeji to the police station." ”

"Understood, sir."

"Sheriff." Yi Shui continued to say to the sheriff, "I personally believe that this was a premeditated, organized attack on American servicemen - of course, this is just a guess, but I hope it can be of some help to your investigation." ”

"I'm sure your guess will help, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, thank you very much." The sheriff smiled. In fact, he had already received some similar instructions, and the direction of the investigation was determined from the beginning.

He glanced at Kuroshima Ren, and then saluted Yi Shui. "I must get to work, goodbye, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel."

"Goodbye, Sheriff." Yi Shui returned a military salute.

The sheriff turned and strode over to his men who were handcuffing the Japanese ronin. Yi Shui, on the other hand, turned his gaze back to Hitoshi Kuroshima. "I must leave too, Mr. Kuroshima," he said cheerfully, "goodbye." ”

"We'll meet again, I promise, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel." Hitoshi Kuroshima replied.

Yi Shui didn't say anything - obviously, whatever he said now was pointless and unnecessary. He smiled at Hitoshi Kuroshima and left.

"Contact all the Imperial spies in the United States." Looking at his back, Kuroshima Ren instructed the two subordinates beside him, "Check this person thoroughly." He hissed.

San diego.

"How long has Yi Shui been gone?" Rachel asked Qin Lang, "Two weeks, or three weeks?" ”

Qin Lang slowly raised his head from the large pile of letters and telegrams placed in front of him. "Seventeen days." He sighed reluctantly, "Rachel, you've asked this question fourteen times today. ”

"Really?" She raised her eyebrows.

"Trust me, it's no joke." Qin Lang threw the letter in his hand aside, looked at her, and said seriously, "There are some things I must remind you, Rachel. Passion is always momentary, whether it is politics, art or love......"

"What do you want to say, Qin?"

"I want to say that even though you're in love" - and it's your first love - "but you don't have to think about your dear little Yishui all day. He pretended to be helpless and spread his hands, "He just went to China on a mission, and he will come back to you in six months......"

"What do you think I'm thinking?" Rachel interrupted him, "Yes, I did think about Yi Shui, but I was worried that he would mess things up. We all know very well that this is the first time he has carried out such a mission, and who knows if there will be any accidents. ”

There is no doubt that she is lying. This kind of inferior technique used by Rachel has seen Qin Lang too much, in movies, on TV, and in novels...... She couldn't fool him at all.

However, Qin Lang still decided to save some face for her, because it was extremely unwise to make a woman angry. "Well, let's not talk about that." He said, then picking up a letter. "Want to know what this is?"

"What is it?" Rachel asked.

"Love letters. Written to Elizabeth. ”

"What!"

Rachel was surprised, but she didn't need to be surprised—before, she could have received a lot of the same things before she had announced her engagement to Yi Shui. Rachel had never seen it, though, and she just collected them all and waited until winter to make a fire with them.

But the problem is that she had never heard that Elizabeth had also received love letters, and there were so many ......

"And these are the last two weeks. Rachel, do you know what this is? Without waiting for her to answer, Qin Lang continued: "Because you are engaged to Yi Shui. Those who pursued you in the past had no choice but to shift their target. ”

"Then they really don't know whether to live or die." Rachel commented. She knew Qin Lang very well, knew what kind of person he was, and wanted to snatch Elizabeth away from him? Those who think this way had better be prepared to evaporate from the world first - of course, the same will happen to the woman who intends to snatch Yi Shui from her.

So Rachel doesn't sympathize with those fools, but there's one thing she doesn't understand. "Since it's a letter to Elizabeth, why are you reading it? If only she had known......"

"Elizabeth asked me to help her with this stuff." Qin Lang shrugged, "She doesn't want to deal with it, and she doesn't have time to deal with this large pile of garbage. ”

Now, the work on the synthesis of mustard gas has reached a decisive stage, and Elizabeth spends all day in the laboratory, sometimes even for days on end. In this regard, Rachel has complained to Qin Lang many times, and even sometimes severely accuses him that he should not impart so much knowledge to her.

It is true that this was a mistake, but now there is no room for recovery. Both Qin Lang and Rachel know Elizabeth, and if she is determined to do something, no one can stop her.

I can only wait for her to finish her research before giving her a long vacation.

Qin Lang sighed heavily. "I ......"

"Hey, you're here." Duncan walked into the room, still holding a letter in his hand, "Your letter, Qin, from the San Francisco Police Department. ”

A letter from the San Francisco Police Department? Qin Lang's eyebrows raised. "Have you read the letter, Duncan?"

"I'm not in the habit of peeking at other people's letters." Duncan shrugged and threw the letter to Qin Lang. He quickly opened the envelope, scanned the contents of the letter as quickly as he could, and then looked up. "Simon of the San Francisco Police Department•Officer Renard"—Rachel's ears immediately pricked up when he mentioned the name—"alerting us to the fact that there are Japanese people investigating our background." ”

"Japanese?" Rachel exchanged a look with Duncan, "What do they want to do?" ”

"That's exactly what I want to know."

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Note: The Republic of Hawaii existed from 1894 to 1898 and was part of the transitional regime prior to the annexation of Hawaii by the United States. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the WWW.CMFU.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )