"Thriller 49" By Li Yi (Unveiling the 731 Shocking Secrets)

Chapter Forty-Nine: The 731 Enigma Spell

This is a ramen restaurant called "igloo", and the name of the shop sounds like ramen noodles, but the manager's ramen skills are well known. When han qi and they came to this small shop, there was a long line of diners waiting at the door. The Japanese, who cherish the time like gold, are very particular about the activity of "eating", preferring to queue for an hour rather than let their mouths regret.

Waiting for the noodles, Han Qi was already hungry, and a bowl full of soy sauce chicken soup ramen was eaten by him three times five divided by two. Mieko and Kurihara Seem to have just started eating, with Mieko ordering kazuna ramen while Kurihara is relishing the childish maruko ramen.

Han Qi put down his chopsticks in embarrassment.

"Han Qijun is really good appetite." Mieko boasted.

"I didn't lie to you, this ramen soup!" Just look at that. Kurihara said satisfactorily.

"The taste is really not ordinary." Han Qi reminisced about the food just now.

"Well, this is our Japanese delicacy!" Kurihara said proudly.

"However, ramen was originally brought from China." Han Qi said.

"From China?" Kurihara had a look of disbelief on his face.

"It was early, it was the Meiji era, when the Manchu governments of Japan and China signed the Treaty of Friendship between Japan and China,[1] and many Chinese immigrants moved to port cities such as Yokohama in Japan, and ramen technology was brought to Japan from then on. Isn't there a Chinatown in Yokohama? ”

"Of course, I know that yokohama's famous street has a lot of delicious Chinese food, which is very lively!" Kurihara nodded.

"That's where Chinese live, and the source of Japanese ramen is there, and the Japanese call ramen 'dragon noodles' or 'Shina-myeon' at that time, which is very telling." But then again, it is true that ramen has been continuously improved and developed by the Japanese, so much so that many people now think that Japan is the homeland of ramen. ”

"It's true, there's a ramen museum in Yokohama, but I only go to the famous restaurants there every time, I never go up to visit, so I have to take a good look at it when I go home and see if there's really anything going on." Kurihara said to himself.

"By the way, how far is this place from Shibayama?" Han Qi asked thoughtfully.

"Wakaba Ward, Hachiko City, Tomiri City..." Kurihara twisted his fingers, "About three districts apart!" ”

"How did you suddenly remember that place?" Mieko asked.

"Shibayama is the hometown of Shiro Ishii, the commander of the 731st Unit, and since Masuda is a close fellow countryman with him, Masuda will definitely be cared for by Ishii."

"You mean that Masuda might be put in an important position?" Mieko stopped chopsticks.

"Yes, Ishii Shiro has arranged his own compatriots in some important positions, such as the special class that manages the 'Maru Dai' special prison, most of whom are from Chiba Prefecture and are in charge of his brother Ishii Tsuyoshi. In this area, even the 731 team members can not enter and exit casually. Masuda Yuki, as a medical expert and a fellow countryman, will of course be weighed by Ishii. But what was his job in Unit 731? ”

"Will this be found in the relevant information of '731'?"

"It is difficult, until now, only a few members of the information is complete, most of the people's information has long been lost. For someone like Masuda, it's not easy to find out that he's a member of '731'. ”

"Might as well give it a try." Mieko said.

"I think it is necessary to visit Masuda Yuki's son, and maybe get some useful clues from him." Han Qi said.

"Got it, I'll get in touch." Mieko takes out her phone.

After making contact on the phone at noon, the other party happily agreed to the meeting at a small coffee shop in front of Toga Station in Wakaba Ward. Han Qi looked at his watch, and it was not far from the agreed time, and the three of them hurriedly got up and rushed to the agreed place. It would be rude to have guests wait.

Not long after arriving at the small coffee shop, Nobita Masuda arrived as promised. He was a chubby man in his fifties with gray hair, a far cry from the emaciated appearance of his father, Masuda Yuki.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting." Nobita Masuda said.

After sitting down in the coffee shop, Han Qi mentioned Masuda Yuki.

"My father suddenly fell ill last week, when we were not at home, and it was the neighbor's aunt who noticed us. Counting up, my father is also ninety years old, and with this disease, we are still mentally prepared for our children. Masuda said.

"May I venture to ask if your father did something strange when he fell ill?" Han Qi asked.

"Strange moves?" Masuda recalled, "Nothing else, a little strange, according to the neighbor's aunt, he was staring at the wall and kept saying monkeys and monkeys in his mouth, but there was nothing on the wall!" ”

Han Qi remembered the monkey face pattern on the ceiling of Qingyuan Liu's house, when Qingyuan Lifu had told him that there was no such pattern at the scene, and later he did not know what trick the police had done, the pattern came out, and it could not be washed off. Presumably, this is also the case with Masuda Yuki.

"The doctor said it may be because of hallucinations, such as jumping a cat out of a window and mistaking it for a monkey, so I was stimulated." Masuda continued.

"Mr. Masuda, why don't you check the walls of your home again, and maybe there will be new discoveries." Han Qi suggested.

"Huh?" Masuda looked at him puzzled.

"Well, I just think the doctor's explanation is a bit far-fetched." Han Qi laughed and said that he didn't want to tell Qing Yuanliu about it, so as not to cause panic and suspicion among his family.

It is certain that masuda and Kiyogen Ryu were both killed by the same murderer. But what does it have to do with it? Who is that murderer? Were Yuji Watanabe and Shotaro Okino also harmed him? What exactly does the monkey face on the wall represent? Is it related to "731"? What is the connection between the "yellow monkey" and "white monkey" in Watanabe's last words, and the "Taiwan monkey" in Kitano's essay? These questions are like a mess, Han Qi pondered, but he couldn't figure out a line of thought.

"May I ask, do you know that the old man went to China when he was young?" Mieko asked euphemistically, because directly speaking about Unit 731 may cause disgust among the family, and many Japanese people are very taboo to talk about World War II.

"Do you mean participating in Unit 731?" Unexpectedly, Masuda Daxiong said it happily.

"Yes, yes." Han Qi and Mieko quickly replied that Masuda Nobita's directness was somewhat unexpected.

"Father did not want to mention this matter much, so we know very little, but he never denied this fact. He personally watched the exhibitions and concerts on '731' held in Chiba Prefecture. ”

"So, did the old man mention things like 'monkeys' and 'papers'?" Mieko asked.

Masuda was silent for a moment, evidently trying to recall, and after a moment, shook his head.

"But one thing is weird." He said.

"Oh?"

"When my father suddenly proposed to go to Kusatsu Onsen for recuperation around April, my whole family was strenuously opposed, because after all, it was a ninety-year-old man, and if something happened, it would be bad. But my father was very stubborn, and in the end there was no way, so my daughter accompanied him to Kusatsu. ”

"Kusatsu Onsen is a famous soup in the world!" Kurihara interjected.

Masuda Daxiong showed a smile of understanding, and then said: "After returning, my daughter secretly told me that her grandfather did not really go to recuperation, but to hold some meeting, and the people who met were all eighty or ninety-year-old people, about four or five people!" They talked for two days in the hot spring hotel, and no outsiders were allowed to enter. ”

"Not even his granddaughter is allowed to enter?" Mieko asked.

"No entry allowed." Masuda affirmed, "After my father returned, we tried to understand, but he didn't say a word. So, I don't know what really happened. ”

"Judging from their age, these old people are likely to be the comrades of Masuda in Unit 731." Mieko looked at Han Qi.

"We want to visit your daughter, can we?" Mieko asked.

"I'm sorry, she went to work in the United States last month, I'm really sorry." Masuda Nobita answered.

"Mr. Masuda, can you tell me which hotel the old man was staying at at Kusatsu Onsen?" Han Qi asked.

"Which hotel do you stay in?" Masuda touched his forehead and thought for a moment, "Oh, I remember, listening to my daughter, it seems to be a hot spring inn called What Ancient Sakura Village." ”

After chatting for a while, Masuda Nobita got up and said goodbye, and Han Qi and they sent him out of the coffee shop with great gratitude.

Back in her seat, Mieko asked Han Qi what she thought of the incident.

"I don't think it's like an ordinary comrade-in-arms club, so mysterious and mysterious, it must be related to some ulterior secret inside 731." Can we assume that Masuda Yuki, Kiyogen Ryu, and Yuji Watanabe are all participants in this 'seed' secret, so it is likely that these old people who meet together will include Kiyogen and Watanabe. Just find out a few other people and maybe you can know the truth. Han Qi said.

"I also think so, and this meeting must be related to this series of events." Mieko said.

Watanabe's letter to Grandpa Kurihara mentioned the guardian species, and it seems that they are probably the secret members of the guardian species. It's nerve-wracking! 'Seed', 'Soul', 'Yellow Monkey', 'White Monkey', and the Immovable King's Curse! What exactly are these? Han Qi frowned and said.

"It's really getting more and more like mystery novels!" What happens next is the unexpected? Kurihara's curiosity was hooked again.

Under the dim light of the coffee shop, three young people analyzed the clues they had found in the past few days. Han Qi proposed that Qingyuanliu's funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon, and there is a high probability that the veterans of Unit 731 will be encountered at the funeral, and there may be major discoveries. Therefore, the three decided that the funeral was a must, and by the way, they could use the morning time to go to the Tokyo Library to check the information about '731'.

Setting up plans for tomorrow, Han Qi looked at his watch, it was late at night, and it seemed that he had to find a hotel nearby for one night. The days of running made Han Qi feel haggard, and he really wanted to throw himself into the soft bed and sleep well.

But he didn't know that as they walked out of the café, in the distant darkness, there was a pair of eyes staring at him like a fierce vulture.

[1] In 1871 (Meiji 5), Japan signed a treaty with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the first equality treaty japan signed with a foreign country since the Meiji Restoration, but then came the national policy of aggression and expansion.