But not long after that, my father was arrested and killed by the recruiters, and most of his property was confiscated."

Yukio Sometani lit a cigarette and continued amidst the swirling smoke, "My mother and I were lucky enough to survive with the help of Junko's father and mother. But not long after that, my mother also

died.

Junko's father helped me change my name, and I was fostered in the home of an Osaka businessman who was familiar with him. From then on, I changed from Ran Yifu to the current Yukio Sometani."

"What do you want to say?" Wei Ran also took out the cigarette case and lit a cigarette.

"I have no hometown. Recruitment is not my hometown, Ryukyu is not it, and China is not it."

Sometani Yukio looked at the streets outside the car window and the reckless recruitment soldiers, "It's like I have no name. Sometani Yukio is not my name, and Ran Yifu is no longer my name. I am like a lonely person."

Like a ghost."

"You will have a hometown," Wei Ran paused, "and you will also have a name."

"hope so"

Sometani Yukio smiled, threw the cigarette in his hand out of the window, and at the same time changed the topic again, "Wei Ran, Can Hua, someone asked me to bring you out. I guess they are preparing to test you."

"Testing us?" Wei Ran thought for a while and asked, "Who?"

"How to test us?" Tao Canhua asked worriedly.

"I have no idea"

Yukio Sometani shook his head, "It was the lieutenant who said this in the morning. He asked me to find an excuse to take you two out in the afternoon to the Haihe River. You, you must be prepared."

"oh"

Wei Ran responded dryly, and after a moment of silence, added "Thank you." Tao Canhua, who was in charge of driving, also secretly tightened his grip on the steering wheel.

"Stop for a moment, by the way... prepare yourself mentally."

While Someya Yukio was speaking, he had already picked up the Leica camera hanging around his neck.

By the time Tao Canhua stopped the car, Sometani Yukio had completely lowered the window and used the camera in his hand to focus on a group of recruiting soldiers approaching - and a body lying on the street tree not far away.

Below, the naked body of a blonde woman.

"Soldiers, look here!"

Yukio Sometani greeted him enthusiastically in Japanese. The group of soldiers immediately raised their chests and raised their heads, with an arrogant and proud look on their faces.

"I am Yukio Sometani, a reporter from Osaka Asahi Shimbun. Can I interview you for a few questions?"

As Yukio Sometani spoke, he put down his camera and took out a palm-sized notepad and a pencil from his suit pocket.

"Of course! Stop!" The sergeant walking on one side of the team immediately stopped the team, walked to the car door and saluted.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Soldier, what is your name?" Yukio Sometani asked after showing his press card.

"Yamada Takuya" the sergeant replied loudly, raising his chest and raising his head, and then reported the troops to which he belonged.

"Mr. Yamada, have you encountered any decent resistance since entering the British Concession?" Yukio Sometani asked the first question after writing down the opponent's name and unit.

"Report..."

The sergeant paused, "We didn't encounter any decent resistance. The British were as cowardly as the rumors say. We entered the concession almost without firing a shot and captured a lot of British people."

"There are many British women, right?" Yukio Sometani asked with a smile, "Of course, this is just my personal question."

"Of course" the sergeant showed a lewd smile on his face.

With this small "joke" that hinted at countless misfortunes, he narrowed the distance between the two. Yukio Sometani asked various questions in a serious manner, and even gave the team some advice.

After taking a few photos, he put away his notepad with satisfaction.

During this period, Wei Ran and Tao Canhua, who "could not understand" Japanese, just kept quiet and looked coldly at everything outside the car window. At the same time, they secretly guessed what the so-called test would be like.

"Let's go," Yukio Sometani said as he rolled up the car window.

Hearing this, Tao Canhua and Wei Ran, who was sitting in the passenger seat, controlled the car and continued driving along the street in the direction of Haihe.

Soon after, the car slowly stopped at the edge of the Haihe River. The three people in the car also noticed at a glance that by the frozen river, there were several Chinese people who were tied up and being pointed at by a group of Japanese soldiers with bayonets.

What made Wei Ran and Tao Canhua feel even more chilled was that among these people, they also saw two thin figures.

The two young men who were covered in blood and whose clothes were in tatters with whip marks and burns were none other than Chen Pike and Xu Keqin!

What about the other people who were tied up? Are they also Cao Mute's partners?

Looking around subconsciously, Wei Ran couldn't help but become more and more desperate. The large number of Japanese soldiers here had completely ruined the possibility of these people being able to escape and survive.

Before Wei Ran or Tao Canhua could come up with a countermeasure, another car also stopped on the side of the road. Immediately afterwards, Mr. Furukawa, Xiao Su's mother's best friend, got out of the car!

"I guess that's a test for you..." Yukio Sometani murmured as a reminder, then opened the car door and walked forward.

"What should we do?" Tao Canhua lowered his voice and asked anxiously, "How can we save..."

"We can't save them"

Wei Ran sighed. He didn't have time to think about how Chen Xiuyu and Xu Keqin were caught, but he had already guessed what the next test would be, but... this test was too cruel.

"What should we do?" Tao Canhua asked in a panic.

"I'm afraid we will have to kill them with our own hands later..."

"What did you say..."

"Canhua!" Wei Ran moved his lips and reminded in a low voice, "Remember two things."

"Wha...what?" Tao Canhua asked in a panic.

"Shooting between the eyebrows or the back of the head can make their death less painful."

Wei Ran paused, closed his eyes and said, "No matter how sad you are, you can vomit because of the fear of killing someone, or you can sit on the ground and pee your pants, but you must not cry."

Tao Canhua looked at Wei Ran with a pale face, "What are you talking about..."

"As long as one of our tears falls, the people in the book apartment will suffer torture that is worse than death."

Just when Wei Ran said this last reminder, Furukawa also knocked on the car window from outside.

"Mr. Furukawa"

Wei Ran immediately opened the door and was the first to come out and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was chatting with Canhua just now and I didn't notice you."

"It doesn't matter"

Furukawa, who was thin and small, waved his hand in an easy-going manner, "Let Canhua come out too."

"Canhua, come out quickly!"

Wei Ran patted the roof of the car in greeting, and then asked, "Uncle, why are you here?"

"Isn't it just for you?"

Furukawa said, "After the dance held in your bookstore a few days ago, did a German disappear?"

"That's what happened!"

Wei Ran immediately echoed, "My cousin and I have been helping to find people every day for the past two days, and there is still no news about Volker."

"I'm afraid you don't have to look for it anymore."

Furukawa pointed to the people tied up in the distance, "A few of them are the murderers of Walker."

"Kill, the murderer who killed Walker?"

Wei Ran looked at Furukawa blankly, "Wolker... Brother Walker is dead?"

"He should be dead," Furukawa sighed, "but the body hasn't been found yet."

"Dead...how could he be dead?" Wei Ran muttered to himself, then raised his head and asked, "Who killed Brother Walker?!"

"There is always one of them."

Furukawa once again pointed to the people tied up not far away, and after a short pause he said, "Listen to me, Wei Ran, Canhua, some people now suspect that you, Xu Qing Shu Yu, are also involved in this matter."

"How can it be!"

Wei Ran immediately retorted, "Walker and I are brothers who knock our heads on the ground, chop off chicken heads, drink rice wine and worship! How could we be involved in such a thing! Canhua, is that you?"

"My...cousin, you can't avenge yourself!" Tao Canhua shouted angrily.

"Okay, you two, stop arguing."

Furukawa waved his hand, "I know you must be unjust. Doesn't this give you a chance to clear your name?"

"Clear the charges?" Wei Ran turned around and looked at Furukawa in confusion.

"Volk and Mr. Ueda are also very good friends."

Furukawa explained, "I also have some friendship with the person responsible for this matter. The other person said that as long as you two kill two people casually so that he can give an explanation, this matter has nothing to do with you."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Kill...kill?" Tao Canhua's face changed.

"So, can we avenge Brother Walker?" Wei Ran suppressed his grief and tried to bring a hint of excitement into his tone.

"Come with me" Furukawa didn't say much and walked towards the people who were tied up.

Wei Ran winked at Tao Canhua, and Wei Ran was the first to follow. Less than a second later, Tao Canhua also followed.
To be continued...