Tokuda Koichi has been in a bad mood recently, and the reason for the bad is first of all because of his body, and his eighteen-year prison life has caused great damage to his body, although he has been recuperating since he was released from prison, but the eighteen years of damage are not something that can be recovered in one or two years.

The second reason is that yesterday his assistant brought him a very unhappy news, Okinawa actually rejected his request to visit, and made it clear that he would not give him any support in terms of votes and finances, which made him very disappointed and very puzzled, after all, he is an authentic Okinawan, he grew up in Naha, why don't these fellows support him?

Just when he was worried, the assistant told him that Nosaka Sanzo had come to visit him, and he was just about to struggle to get up, but he was held up by Nosaka Sanzo, and said in a loud voice: "Brother Tokuda, you are not in good health, don't worry about getting up." ”

Tokuda Qiuichi leaned back on the recliner according to his strength, and then smiled bitterly: "Brother Nosaka, you are two years older than me, but this body is really much better than mine." ”

Nosaka Sanzo comforted: "The main thing is that Brother Tokuda, you have suffered too many sins in prison over the years, and your body has to be slowly recuperated." Then he changed the topic and asked, "Brother Tokuda, I heard that you are not going to Okinawa again, is something wrong?" If it's for physical reasons, I can go for you, we have too few seats right now. ”

Tokuda Qiu sighed: "Hey, I'm worried about this now, I'm not in good health during this time, so I asked Lian Sheng to run for me first, planning to ask them to support a little publicity fund during this time, but I didn't expect it to be rejected, not only did I not provide funds, but even the votes made it clear that they would not vote for me." ”

Nosaka Sansan also said strangely: "It shouldn't be, you are an Okinawan, who do they support if they don't support you?" ”

Tokuda Kakuichi echoed: "Yes, I don't understand this very well. You see, I'm an Okinawan myself, I grew up in Naha, and Okinawa had just been massacred by the Japanese fascists the year before last, and many people died. They should resist this militaristic rule, and it is reasonable that they should all support our Japanese Communist Party, but how can there be such a reaction. ”

Nosaka thought for a long time and said, "Could it be because we never went to give a speech?" So the people of Okinawa don't know very well about **, so they refuse? ”

At this time, Lian Sheng, who had been serving tea and pouring water next to him, interjected: "Two gentlemen, I don't think that's the reason. When I first visited Mr. Aoyama and them, although they were not very enthusiastic, they felt that they were willing to help us to a limited extent. At least on the ballot they agreed. The next day, however, their attitude changed completely, and not only did they explicitly refuse to cooperate, but they also refused even the ballot questions they had agreed to the day before. ”

Nosaka Sanzo frowned and asked: "This is not normal, how can it be that the attitude changes so suddenly after a day, there must be something here, Lian Sheng, you didn't go to check what was going on?" ”

Lian Sheng bowed down and replied: "The reason why I came back a day late was to investigate this matter, and later I learned that the problem was with an American named Tony Downing." It is said that Mr. Aoyama and his colleagues worked with this American to build a very large industrial park, and many people on the island of Okinawa work in this industrial park. ”

Tokuda said with a little dissatisfaction: "Liansheng." You can't talk nonsense. The Americans are still kind to me, and without them I might still be in prison right now. Besides, General MacArthur has publicly stated that he will not interfere in the internal affairs of Japan, so this Tony Downing should not be in the way here. (When Koichi Tokuda came out of prison, he bowed in front of the Allied Command and thanked the U.S. military for saving him from his misery, which is true!) ）

Lian Sheng hurriedly defended: "Sir, I inquired, it must be his reason, Mr. Qingshan, they just went to his house." Then the attitude changed. And not only Mr. Aoyama, but also the employees of the industrial park and the nearby merchants began to have a bad attitude towards me, as if they were trying to drive me away, and it was Tony Downing who could have this kind of influence on Okinawa. There can be no one else. ”

Nosaka Sanzo also added: "I have heard of this Tony Downing, who was originally a captain and staff officer of the US Army, but now he seems to have retired from the army, and has opened several large factories, which are specifically responsible for the supply of military supplies to the US troops in Japan, and the business is very large. With the background of the Dupont family behind him, he seems to be familiar with General MacArthur, and it can be regarded as a more impressive task in the near future. But I haven't heard of any political leanings in him, and I haven't seen any contact between him and the Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party, but why does he discriminate against us? Is there some misunderstanding here? Well, I'll go to Okinawa and talk to him! ”

Three days later, Nosaka Sanzo came to Okinawa to visit Tangning, but was publicly rejected by Tangning, and the escort team member Nagado, as Downing's representative, explained to Nosaka Sanzo bluntly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Nosaka, our boss doesn't want to see you." ”

This surprised Nosaka Sanzo very much, he expected that he might encounter a closed door, but he never expected that Tangning's refusal would be so clear and direct, generally according to social etiquette, it is to excuse that he is not feeling well or going out to do something, etc., and it is rare to have this kind of clear statement that he does not want to see someone.

Nosaka wanted to leave with his sleeves up, but considering that the votes in Okinawa played an important role in the seats of the Japanese Communist Party, and that he had been wandering everywhere all these years, he had already practiced the kung fu of bending and stretching, so he suppressed his anger and asked: "May I ask Captain Endo, did Mr. Downing misunderstand me or the Japanese Communists?" If anything, I hope we can communicate openly and honestly. ”

Endo still said coldly: "The boss said that he doesn't welcome anyone in Japan, and he won't meet them." Especially you, Mr. Nosaka Sanzo, the boss is very disdainful of your personality, and specially instructs you to remind you before you leave, there is a lady named Zhuang Tao in China, who is just 31 years old this year! ”

Nosaka Sanzo's face changed greatly when he heard this, he opened his mouth for a while, speechless, turned around and left Okinawa after a while, and left Okinawa in a hurry, never mentioning Tangning's experience here after returning, and even refused to participate in any occasion where Tangning appeared for the rest of his life. (To be continued.) )