The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 611 Since We're Already Here (Two-part chapter combined) (Seeking monthly votes)
Time: 5:13 PM that day.

Location: Haneda Airport in Higashikuni, Japan.

After lowering his left wrist, which was adorned with the high-tech wristwatch, Hu Biao glanced at the entrance again, but still couldn't find Lao Yu. He couldn't help but mutter a curse under his breath:
"What's going on? That taciturn guy not only didn't show up, but he's also not replying to messages. Could something have happened to him?"

Although the people around him did not speak, each of them clearly had a worried look on their faces.

So, when Hu Biao and his group arrived at the airport, they were naturally preparing to board a plane and leave.

At this point, the airport was naturally filled with spies from Uncle Sam's family and Japanese police officers, who stared with bloodshot eyes, carefully scrutinizing every person entering the airport.

It all stemmed from what happened this morning; they were so eager to dig the ground up to find the attackers.

However, Hu Biao and his men were not worried about this at all.

No other reason than that! After they removed their masks, not only did their faces change drastically, but their body shapes also underwent a huge transformation. It would be strange if the Japanese could still recognize them.

Boarding and exiting the country are also very simple.

As early as last night, Cross, the electronic talent in the time traveler team, received an order to use his high-tech wristwatch to hack into the Japanese entry system and modify the entry records.

Everything indicated that they were a group of harmless, generous, and popular tourists who were easy targets for being taken advantage of.

They even made advance preparations for things like the shopping basket, which looks a bit conspicuous.

They're not idiots; they'd surely realize that so many people carrying the same kind of shopping basket and causing trouble would be an obvious clue.

Using this thing as a clue afterwards, they can be easily found.

So when they arrived in the island nation and were causing trouble, they each carried a vegetable basket, but they had all disguised themselves beforehand.

Using some leather and floral fabric, they were disguised as handbags, crossbody bags, and backpacks.

This disguise was double-layered; one layer was torn off after the commotion ended in the morning, so that there was no longer any worry about being linked to the attackers through the grocery basket.

However, while nothing went wrong in the areas most prone to accidents, some unexpected incidents did occur.

Half an hour ago, even Mina, who was delayed in finding a place to park her plane, arrived at the airport; but Lao Yu, who left alone by subway, still hadn't appeared.

Hu Biao tried to make a call using his high-tech smartwatch, but there was no response when he tried to send a message using his mobile phone with roaming enabled.

As Hu Biao and his group's boarding time approached, everyone couldn't help but worry about this guy, leading to the scene at the beginning.

Fortunately, a minute or two later, Hu Biao's phone rang, revealing that Lao Yu had actually sent him a message:
"Damn it, I'm a silent type."

I ran into an old friend in Dongjing City, and I have some very important business to attend to, so I'll be staying an extra day. Don't worry about my safety.

Okay! Although nicknames like "Deadbeat" are a bit harsh, they are secrets known only to members of the team, which actually has a certain degree of confidentiality.

Upon seeing this information, everyone immediately put aside their internal concerns.

Then, these guys couldn't help but have some ulterior motives.

Old Ma's eyes lit up, and then, as if remembering something, he suddenly slapped his head hard, yelling, "Oh dear! Look at my brain!"

I completely forgot that I have a really good childhood friend who works in Dongjingcheng, and we haven't seen each other for many years.

"Since we're already here! You guys can leave first, I'll change my flight and fly back tomorrow. I can also go catch up with my childhood friend today, have a chat, and have a drink."

As soon as Old Ma finished speaking, Old K immediately followed up with his own words:

"I guess it's because I'm getting old, my memory isn't good anymore, I have the same problem."

I have a cousin who is studying in Dongjingcheng. I guess he's worried about the high cost of round-trip airfare, so he hasn't been back to visit for two or three years.

As the older cousin, if he hadn't come, that would have been fine. But since he's already here, I'll reschedule my flight and go back tomorrow; it'll be good to see my younger cousin and let him see his family.

As he spoke of the later parts, he wiped his eyes, as if he were thinking of his cousin's many pitiful circumstances.

Then, before Xu Feng, Mr. Nan Ze, and other old SPs could speak, Hu Biao gave a direct answer: "Get lost! I know what kind of shit you're going to take the moment you stick your butts out."

Childhood friends and cousins? That's all nonsense.

You two lewd old men are probably planning to go to Kabukicho to flirt around, or maybe go to a hot spring and learn some Japanese from a Japanese girl, right?
"Come on! Hurry up and run home, lest you cause any more trouble."

Seeing that Hu Biao had exposed their secrets, Lao Ma and Lao K immediately grinned sheepishly, while Xu Feng, Mr. Nan Ze, Lao San, and a large group of others also shut their mouths.

He forcibly swallowed back the idea that he also had relatives and friends in the island nation.

Although he didn't say it aloud, his eyes were full of regret and indignation.

A mix of regret and indignation lingered: "That taciturn kid is so underhanded! He had such a good excuse, but he didn't even bother to tell me beforehand."

Going together not only means we can look out for each other, but we might even get a discount.

That's right! In these people's minds, the fact that Lao Yu hadn't shown up for so long meant that he had gone off to cause trouble alone.

Regarding this idea, all we can say is that they really misunderstood Lao Yu this time. Lao Yu really did coincidentally run into an old friend and had something very important to deal with.

As for what exactly it was, we'd have to go back a few hours to find out...

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Time: 10:47 am.

Location: Shibuya subway station.

Following the signs, Lao Yu walked towards the exit with the now less frighteningly large crowd.

None of the men and women around could have imagined that this man was one of the thugs they were talking about, who had just committed those crazy acts at Tiger Gate.

After realizing that the Japanese officers who were looking him up and down in the crowd weren't paying any attention to him, Lao Yu finally let go of his last bit of worry, knowing that he was completely safe.

Logically, by this time, Lao Yu should have been able to meet up with Hu Biao and the others, but this guy clearly didn't think so.

As is well known, he is a photography enthusiast.

According to other enthusiasts, there is a crossroads near the Shibuya subway station where the flow of people is quite dense; it is a perfect spot to capture the feeling of people converging, dynamic light and shadow blending with the modern city.

So since he's already here, it's reasonable for him to take some photos.

After all, he had brought his DSLR camera and several lenses with him in a shopping basket disguised as a briefcase.

After taking the photos, he was probably a bit tired, so he went to a maid cafe to rest and had a Japanese girl feed him cake.

Or, getting a massage to relieve physical fatigue is also a reasonable thing to do, right?

So, after snapping a bunch of photos at the intersection near the subway entrance, Lao Yu went to do some side errands. Unfortunately, he wasn't satisfied with any of the maid cafes he visited.

How so? Don't be fooled by the fact that Japanese dramas seem to be teeming with handsome men and beautiful women. It's just that out of more than 100 million Japanese people, you can always find some who are good-looking and have good figures.

Many Japanese girls are short, with short legs, thick legs, and bow legs.

So much so that Lao Yu felt he was getting ripped off. Rather than spending at least a thousand yuan on coffee and being fed cake, he figured he might as well have a 599 yuan spa treatment at Suyuetang in Xuzhou.

Fortunately, the maid café was disappointing, but I found a pleasant surprise in front of a massage parlor.

A middle-aged Japanese man handing out flyers stopped him and handed him a photo. The photo showed a rather charming young woman from Japan.

At the same time, he raised his eyebrows at him and began to explain:
"Sir! This is a new chef at our shop. She'll be there every day from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday."

Good heavens! Old Yu was stunned for a moment before he realized why this worker's working hours were so strange.
Isn't this the kind of plot you see in some movies and TV shows where full-time housewives from island nations secretly work part-time in shops?

They only have these few free times, because they have to do housework in the morning, and after 5 pm, their children and husbands all have to go home one after another.

"She must be really short of money, I must help her."

Old Yu, who had no initial idea, immediately walked into the store.

Because in a very short time, he had already clearly seen that this shop catered to foreigners; so he didn't need to worry that he would be refused service once he went in.

In addition, his Japanese accent was a bit strange, but it didn't affect communication.

Shortly afterward, he was led into a private room.

He was so excited that he hurried along the way and didn't notice that a pair of eyes behind the cashier suddenly lit up when they saw him...

When the door was knocked on from the outside, Lao Yu didn't even look at the doorway.

Instead, while flipping through channels with the remote, he casually said, "Come in~"

Well! He was inexplicably excited at the moment, but he knew he couldn't show it, otherwise it would seem like we Chinese men had never tasted or seen anything like this before.

So after entering the room, Lao Yu told himself that he must remain calm.

But what happened next was something he simply couldn't do.

With a slight creak, it must have been the Japanese woman who had come in. Old Yu still didn't turn his head to look, preparing to wait until she knelt in front of him and greeted him before saying anything.

After waiting for half a minute, I finally heard a voice, but it was just a "Oh, Momo-san".

When Lao Yu first heard this sentence, he was quite pleased, because "Omo-san" is the Japanese word for "baba"; it is also the most intimate way to address "baba" among the various ways of addressing someone.

"Tsk tsk! The Japanese masseur's service awareness and routine; he even calls the customer 'baba' while giving a massage, so dedicated."

With this profound feeling, Lao Yu finally turned his head to look at the young Japanese woman who was his master, and his heart burned even more intensely.

Then, as if he had seen a ghost, he jumped up and took several steps back before stopping.

It's not that the photos of the Japanese woman are photoshopped; she actually looks like a ghost.

Instead, he saw a Japanese woman with a full head of silver hair, a wrinkled face, and a hunched back, who looked to be at least 90 years old, looking at him with great excitement.

Tears welled in her eyes, and she called out to him in a choked voice, "Oh, Momo-san~"

Well, it's true that Chinese men like girls to call them "Dad," but if a Japanese girl calls him that, it's even more exhilarating.

But this definitely doesn't include the kind of elderly woman in front of us, a seventy or eighty-year-old islander who might even be a madwoman.

Old Yu, who hadn't panicked when he infiltrated Nanning City and was surrounded by tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers, is now in a complete panic.

For a moment, he even stammered, "Auntie, are you sure you haven't mistaken me for someone else? You know, many people look very similar."

Besides! I am Chinese, and I have absolutely never seen you before.

Unexpectedly, the old lady from the island nation said with absolute certainty, "Oh, Momo-san! I can't be mistaken, because I have your blood in my veins, so I am also a Chinese."

Also, I didn't know you were so young, but the moment I saw you, I knew you were meant to be mine, Momo-san.

Seeing that explaining was useless, Lao Yu picked up his vegetable basket and prepared to run away.

But at that moment, a sentence made him stop in his tracks: "Oh, Tao Sang, have you forgotten Xia Yuhe by Daming Lake?"
No! Have you forgotten Hui Zi from Nanning in 1930?

As they were talking, the elderly woman from the island nation pulled out an iPhone 17, swiped a few times, and then displayed a hand-drawn portrait in front of him.

The man above is wearing a Japanese military cap and a black silk shirt with a camera hanging around his neck.

Isn't that exactly how he looked when he infiltrated Nanning City and acted as a traitor?

Suddenly, a bold guess uncontrollably surged into his mind:
The Japanese girl who was imprisoned with him and tormented by him for many days not only didn't die, but also became pregnant with his daughter, who is now the old lady from the island nation...

Old Yu's guess was correct; things were just as he had thought.

Taking advantage of the chaos of war, that Japanese girl disguised herself as a Chinese woman and escaped from Nanning.

She then fled all the way to Guangzhou, which was under Japanese control, and took a boat back to the island nation. Nine months later, she gave birth to a baby girl, who is the old lady Haruko in front of us.

After that, the Japanese girl, Huizi, never married and raised Haruko with great difficulty.

Before he died, he instructed Qingzi to go to China to find his beloved Taosang Laoyu. In her mind, a peerless hero like Laoyu would never die in the war.

The keepsake was a lifelike hand-drawn portrait and an old Leica camera.

Every few years after the two sides re-established diplomatic relations, Haruko would go to China to look for her Omo-san, but she couldn't find even a single clue.

But today, Lao Yu showed up at her massage parlor on his own.

Just as she said, although she didn't know why Lao Yu was so young after more than 80 years, he must be the person she was looking for.

Perhaps this is the legendary sense of closeness due to blood ties.

And so, Lao Yu made a trip to the island nation, not only causing a stir but also adopting a daughter and even finding his old Leica camera, which he thought was completely lost.

The only problem is that although Haruko agreed to return the camera to her, she needed Lao Yu to agree to one condition:
Take her to Ueno Zoo, because she has always missed Momo-san since she was little. Take her there to play, just like other little girls.

Then go home and stay for a day, so she can fulfill her filial duty.

So when Lao Yu sent the message to Hu Biao, he was at the zoo with his daughter, who was almost fifty years older than him, watching the giant pandas...

(End of this chapter)