"Thriller 55" By Li Yi (Unveiling the 731 Shocking Secrets)

Chapter Fifty-Five: The 731 Enigma Spell

The spiritual hall of the clear source is filled with chrysanthemums, and the incense burner is filled with green smoke.

At the farewell ceremony, the director of the institute, Tamura, delivered a eulogy, and the eulogy was full of praise, praising Professor Kiyoen-ryu's great academic achievements and the nobility of being a teacher, etc., of course, without mentioning his experience in Unit 731. Then the mourners lined up and said a final goodbye to the old man in turn.

Han Qi and Mieko walked to the guest registration desk and secretly looked through the guest list when the staff was not paying attention. Turning two pages, I saw a person with the surname Katayama, but his name was not Ryuji, but Koichi. Extrapolating from their age, the members of the junior team were now about seventy-five or six years old, and the two looked for an elderly man of the same age among the mourners. Because Kiyoyuan Liu is a medical expert of the older generation, among the peers who came to mourn, there are many elderly people of such an age, which is Katayama Koichi?

Han Qi noticed that the police department was paying attention to him from a distance, as if if there was any abnormal action, it would pounce on him at any time, so he smiled at him friendly, and the criminal police officer became more and more stiff.2

Han Qi and Mieko took an opportunity to avoid Xue Xia's wisdom and went to the guest lounge outside the spirit hall, where many mourners who had already worshipped the remains sat and chatted. Usually these old people rarely interact, and long-lost former friends get together because of the funeral, it is inevitable that they will sigh and be sad, perhaps they have begun to make plans for their own death.

Han Qi sat down next to one of the old men and asked him if he knew Katayama Koichi, but the old man said that he did not know Katayama Koichi, and asked several questions in a row, all of which answered.

- Who is this Koichi?

Han Qi wanted to let Mieko go and inquire about it, but when he turned back, he couldn't find Mieko.

"Beautiful branches! Beautiful branches? He called out a few times, which attracted the attention of many people.

Han Qi searched anxiously in the crowd, but Mieko seemed to disappear out of thin air, where did she go? Han Qi was trying to dial her mobile phone to find her, when a small old man with a strong body walked across from him.

"Hello, were you looking for Koichi Katayama just now?" The old man asked.

"Yes, do you know him?" Han Qi answered hurriedly.

"I am Yukiichi Katayama." The old man said.

It was really nowhere to be found to step on the iron shoes, and it took no effort at all, and just as Han Qi was about to give up the search, Katayama Koichi suddenly appeared.

"Yukiichi was my name when I was young, and I changed my name to Ryuji many years ago, and few of my friends now know it, so how do you know it?" The old man asked slowly.

Longzhi? Takaharu Katayama? Han Qi looked at this ordinary old man and his eyes lit up. He is Ryuji Katayama, who participated in 731 as a juvenile trainee technician! It seems that his speculation is correct. Then, there is new hope for clarity.

"Oh, old man, I saw your name on the guest register." Han Qi suppressed his excitement and replied politely.

The old man suddenly realized, haha laughed and said, "It turned out to be so, you don't say I forgot." Because I attended the funeral of my friend when I was young, I subconsciously wrote my name at that time. By the way, what are you looking for in me? ”

"My name is Han Qi, I am a Chinese student at UTokyo, and I have a few questions I would like to ask you." Han Qi introduced himself.

"Chinese students? Okay, okay, sit down and talk. The old man pointed to the empty chair and said kindly.

The Japanese veteran who had participated in the invasion of China seemed to have a special enthusiasm for him, which opened up Han Qi's psychological barrier.

"Where are you from China?" Takaharu Katayama asked.

"Ningbo, Zhejiang." Han Qi answered.

"Ningbo..." The old man's gaze seemed to follow suit on the other side of the distant sea.

"Have you been there?"

The old man shook his head and said, "No, but I have been to Harbin in northeast China twice, once when I was a teenager, and once when I was three years ago... China is a very beautiful country! ”

Ryuji Katayama sank into his memories, and after a while, he withdrew his gaze, smiled and said to Han Qi, "If you have any questions, you can ask them now." ”

"I read your reminiscences about Unit 731 and admire your courage, and I want to ask some questions about Unit 731, can I?" Han Qi asked.

Ryuji Katayama nodded. The old man was very talkative, and he told Han Qi that "731" was his heart Yongji Yama Takaharu nodded. The old man was very talkative, and he told Han Qi that "731" was an eternal pain in his heart, and although he stayed there for less than two years, the war was over, but the devilish dissection apprenticeship of Okamoto's pathology class left a shadow on his psychology that had not been eliminated until now. For a time after the war, because of excessive fear, his spirit also had a little problem. For a long time, he suffered from his conscience until the 1990s, with the efforts of many people, he finally told this dark history. At present, he is committed to the cause of Sino-Japanese friendship, sparing no effort to expose the truth of "731", and participating in the Japanese support group of chinese germ warfare victims' claims against Japan. Three years ago, he had the opportunity to return to the site of Unit 731 in Harbin Pingfang to apologize to Chinese, whom he had killed with his own hands.

"It was these hands that once dissected a Chinese teenager my age." The old man held out his thin hands, and Han Qi found that his hands were trembling.

"When I had just cut his throat, the Chinese teenager who had been sleeping under general anesthesia suddenly opened his eyes, and he stared straight at me, with a resentful look in his eyes, as if to ask, why did I die here? This terrible look still appears often in my dreams. I was so frightened that I lost my scalpel, but the tutor came up and slapped me twice, forcing me to cut open the teenager's stomach. ”

The old man paused and continued, "He could have found a decent job after the war, like me, and married a beautiful wife until his children and grandchildren were full, but he became a pile of dead flesh on the dissection bed. I'm sorry for him, I'm sorry for his family..." The old man said this, and his voice was a little out of shape.

Perhaps, in his heart, no matter how hard he tries now, he will not be able to get back the life of a Chinese teenager!

"What I am doing now is to tell future generations that the war launched by Japan was wrong, that it was a war of aggression, and that there should be no more war between China and Japan. It is also necessary to tell the young people of China that there are more people praying for peace in Japan than the stubborn right-wingers. ”

Han Qi nodded silently, deeply sympathizing with the humble old man in front of him. Although in the past, he was forced to commit crimes by the war, but he was more respectable than the Japanese who refused to admit their mistakes.

"May I ask you, when you were in '731', did you ever hear about 'seeds' and 'souls'?" Han Qi raised the question in his heart.

"Seeds? soul? The old man thought about it, and finally shook his head and said, "Never heard of them, they are related to '731'?" ”

Han Qi smiled nonchalantly-even the original members of Unit 731 didn't know about this, and it seemed that the "seed" was really the "secret within the secret" of the 731 Headquarters, as Watanabe said in the letter!

"So, can you ask, how did you meet Teacher Qingyuanliu?" Han Qi had to find another way.

The old man sighed, "It's because of Kurihara, Mr. Kiyogen is Kurihara's instructor, and Kurihara and I are the best friends, so I also know him." Instructor Qingyuan was kind and kind, and took good care of us, not as serious as other officers. On rest days, our junior team members often go to his dormitory to play. At that time, his two favorite junior team members were Kurihara and me. Unfortunately, Kurihara Jun had already taken a step ahead. ”

"Is this Kurihara Mr. Masato Kurihara?" Han Qi asked.

The old man looked at him in amazement and asked, "Do you know him?" ”

"I'm friends with his granddaughter."

The old man nodded and sighed, "Kurihara Jun is also a bitter man, and since returning to Japan, he has been living a secluded life on Izu Oshima." ”

"Well, you must also know Yuji Watanabe and Mr. Masuda, right?" Han Qi then asked.

"Know, know." The old man was like mentioning a friend who had not been seen for a long time, and he was a little excited, "I just don't know how they are now?" ”

Han Qi did not want the old man to know about the tragedy and avoided the topic.

"They all seem to be in the same class, right?" he asked.

The old man recalled: "This is not clear, it is estimated that it is the same class, because even the best friends cannot inquire about the work content and members." Kurihara's class is different from the other classes, it does not have an official name, so we are used to calling it class X, as if it is a special class that has just been formed. ”

"Special class?"

"Yes, from the squad leader to the team members, it's all confusing. Because Kurihara and I are good friends, I know about the people you mentioned. ”

Han Qi didn't understand, since Kurihara was a member of Class X, why did he seem to have a half-understanding of the whereabouts of the "seed" after the war? It seems that there is only one explanation, that is, the junior team members have not touched the core secret. This is still true for the junior members of this class, and Katayama, who is a member of the other class, has never heard of "seeds", which is a natural thing.

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Mieko walk in.

"Beautiful branches!" Han Qi hurriedly greeted her, "Where did you just go?" ”

"I'm sorry, I went to the bathroom." Mieko apologized. Han Qi introduced the old man of Katayama to her and continued the topic just now.

"At that time, Sensei Kiyogen seemed to have a fiancée named Chiyoko Miyazaki, right?" Han Qi remembered Qingyuan's picture frame.

The old man's eyebrows moved, and after a long time he said slowly, "Maybe it is not appropriate to say on this occasion, but Miss Chiyoko is not the fiancée of Instructor Qingyuan." ”

This answer surprised Han Qi and Mieko - it turned out that the woman who Qingyuanliu had been obsessed with all his life was not his lover! So who is she? Why did Qingyuanliu lie to others that she was his fiancée?