Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Chapter 1 The Hardest Start for Travelers
On October 1924, 13 (the 13th year of the Republic of China, the 10th year of the Taisho era in Japan), Chen Jiehua lay on the wooden bed in the school's confinement room, looking at the stone ceiling, thinking to himself, "This is too miserable! I've never heard of a time travel start being so difficult!"

公元2024年8月8日日本当地时间16时43分，日本宫崎县日向滩附近海域发生7.1级强震。

The Japan Meteorological Agency held a press conference at 19:45 local time and announced the "Temporary Information on the Nankai Trough Earthquake (Precautions for Major Earthquakes)". On August 2024, 8 local time, according to the Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, as of 9:14 that day, the earthquake that occurred in Miyazaki Prefecture the day before had caused a total of 16 injuries and 1 death in Miyazaki Prefecture, Kagoshima Prefecture and Kumamoto Prefecture.

The unlucky guy numbered “1” is Chen Jiehua, a doctor who graduated with a master’s degree in medicine from China and went to Japan for further studies at his own expense.

It was a bit hot in the summer, so he sunbathed on the beach and fell asleep. The earthquake didn't even wake him up! Everyone else was busy running away without calling him! Chen Jiehua was swept away by the first wave of the tsunami!

Chen Jiehua, swept away by the waves, travels back in time to the body of Chen Jiehua, who had just entered the 1924th Infantry Class of the Japanese Army Academy (abbreviated as Lu Shi) in 17. (Lu Shi is the new 17th class, and there are also claims of 37th and 39th classes, which are fine. Fiction doesn't need to be too accurate.)

Chen Jiehua, who has the same name and surname, just passed the assessment of the Army Preparatory Class and officially entered the undergraduate school a few days ago, and Aoki Qingxuan from Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, have almost the same appearance and build, and wear the same uniform, so teachers and classmates often mistake them for each other.

The two sides argued over who should change their appearance. They were originally communicating well, but somehow a dispute arose and a conflict occurred. During the fight, Chen Jiehua was accidentally strangled to death by Qingmu Qingxuan. It was really a mistake. Qingmu Qingxuan was shocked when he found out that Chen Jiehua was dead!

After the soul of Chen Jiehua traveled through time and space and took over this body, he didn't understand the situation for a moment, and in a hurry, he launched a sneak attack and killed Qingmu Qingxuan who was in a daze!
With the reminder and assistance of the system god, the helpless Chen Jiehua opened a cubic space and temporarily stored Qingmu Qingxuan's body in the space.

Chen Jiehua is currently facing a situation where the school has named someone missing! Several eyewitnesses testified that the last time they saw Chen Jiehua (Aoki Qingxuan), they were talking together!

So far, only one person has been seen; the other has vanished! Furthermore, this person refuses to speak no matter how hard we ask, so they can only be put in solitary confinement pending an investigation by the military court.

This brings us back to the beginning of this chapter, the confinement room.

"The system recommends that the host change his identity and continue to live as Aoki Qingxuan. Although Aoki Qingxuan currently seems a bit down and out, his hidden identity is not ordinary. Moreover, in this era, at the Japanese Army Academy, a native Japanese identity is more advantageous than a Chinese identity!"

Chen Jiehua thought about it and realized that time was running out. The military court would be here soon, so he didn't have time to be pretentious. "System, I choose to change my identity!"

"Host, please wait! Extraction of Aoki Qingxuan's memories is complete! Transformation of body details is complete!"

On the other side, in the school's military law department, the head of the military law department, Nagatomo Jiro, was questioning several infantry science students of the same period. He learned that Chen Jiehua and Aoki Aoki looked almost identical. After communicating and verifying with many people, Nagatomo Jiro, who was suspicious by nature, also extracted the key information!

Although Chen Jiehua from Jiangsu, China has been in the preparatory class for two years, his spoken Japanese has not been very good. He speaks haltingly and can basically only be understood. He also needs help from fellow countrymen in daily communication!
Aoki Aoki is from Miyazaki Prefecture in Japan. Influenced by his grandfather, he has no problem speaking Japanese and he is also very good at Chinese. However, he is a bit introverted and doesn't like to talk!
"My name is Nishi, Miyazaki Prefecture, private old horse!"

"Hey, Miyazaki Prefecture, my hometown!"

The head of the Military Law Department, Nagatomo Jiro, already had a basic plan in mind, so this was easy!

We'll go to the detention room and question them. If this person can speak fluent Japanese and can tell us about their hometown in Miyazaki Prefecture, then it must be Aoki Aohara! As for the other missing person, whether Aoki Aohara killed him or took him somewhere else, we can ignore him. He's a Chinese person, what's the big deal? Gone, gone! So many people disappear inexplicably in Tokyo every day!
If this person can't even speak Japanese properly, then he must be the Chinese man, Chen Jiehua! He must be tortured severely! Make him reveal Aoki Seigen's whereabouts! If he murdered Aoki, he must be court-martialed!
With a "clang", the iron door of the solitary confinement room was opened, and strong sunlight shone into the solitary confinement room. Aoki Qingxuan (Chen Jiehua), who had already tidied himself up, was lying on the bed. According to Aoki Qingxuan's memory, he softly familiarized himself with the local Japanese pronunciation of Miyazaki Prefecture.

Dazzled by the strong light, Chen Jiehua stretched out his arms to block the light and saw two people coming in!

I've seen this guy before, Aoki Qingxuan! He's the head of the Military Law Department!

At the same time, the system displayed the character information in the upper left corner of Chen Jiehua's field of vision: Nagatomo Jiro, from Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, Chief of the Military Law Department!

The latter system is not marked, and judging from his clothes, he is a military police on duty in the school, which can be regarded as a basic NPC.

"Chen Jiehua, privy to the military law enforcement department!"

"Chen Jiehua! Follow us to the military court!"

"Aoki Qingxuan! Chen Jiehua's private business!"

"I'm Aoki Aoki! Chen Jiehua left after we had a fight!" (Translation between Chinese and Japanese is too tiring, and there's also suspicion of padding the word count, so I'll use Chinese in the future.) Chen Jiehua sat up and answered in Japanese.

The Japanese is standard but a little unfluent, but it does have a strong rural accent from Miyazaki Prefecture in southern Kyushu.

After Chen Jiehua (Aoki Qingxuan) finished speaking, he ignored the two people who came in. The system reminded Chen Jiehua to maintain his image as a lonely and taciturn person.

"From what I hear, Mr. Aoki has a Kyushu accent. Are you from Kumamoto Prefecture?" Chen Jiehua's not very fluent Japanese aroused Nagatomo Jiro's suspicion.

Although it has been basically confirmed based on the accent that this is Aoki Aoki from Miyazaki Prefecture, why is he not speaking fluently?
Nagatomo Jiro is very cunning, so I decided to be cautious and talk to him a little more.

But Chen Jiehua did not respond to his words.

In a flash, Chen Jiehua thought that Nagatomo Jiro was the head of the school's military law department. According to the Japanese's rigorous work style, he must have read the files of the two people before coming, or at least asked the students about it!
So, he must have known that Aoki Aoki was from Miyazaki Prefecture. If he still asked me this question even though he knew it, he was deliberately trying to trick me! The key is that this trick is very insidious!

Since the shogunate era, Kumamoto Prefecture has been a gathering place for poor and unruly people. In Japan, people from Kumamoto Prefecture are unwilling to admit that they are from Kumamoto!

If Chen Jiehua admits it, he will fall into a trap!
　Some of the plots, historical materials, characters, etc. of this novel refer to or will refer to the following books. This is just for reference and not plagiarism (1/3):
　　(1) China’s Secret Warfare: A Chronicle of the CCP’s Intelligence and Security Work, by Hao Zaijin, Jincheng Publishing House, 2015nd edition, January 1;
　　(2) The Great Spy of World War II, edited by Liu Gancai and Li Kui, published by Tuanjie Press, first edition, July 2015;
　　(3) The Shadow of History: Spy Wars Hidden Behind the Scenes, edited by Liu Weiming, China Literature and History Publishing House, first edition (BJ) February 2019;
　　(4) "Old Books and New Publications: Spy Warfare Series" (France), by Pierre Noel, translated by Yuan Ming and Yang Zhenya, Masses Publishing House, first edition July 2015;
　　(5) World Spy Wars and Famous Spies Revealed, by Chu Shuhui, published by China Overseas Chinese Press, first edition, August 2014;
　　(6) Modern History of Japan (Japan) by Junji Sakano, translated by Yang Ting and Liu Hua, Xinhua Publishing House, first edition, January 2020;
　　(7) Evidence of Crime: Archives Left Behind by the Japanese Army Invading China, edited by Sa Su, published by China Intercontinental Press, first edition, September 2014;
　　（8）《日本陆军兴亡史（1853-1945）》（美）爱德华德瑞著，顾全译新华出版社2015年6月第1版；
　　(9) The Spy of the Magic City, by Liu Ziyi, Jincheng Publishing House, first edition, February 2022;
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