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Chapter 199 I'll Teach You How to Be a Person

Shanghai, Special Higher Police interrogation room.

The air was thick with the stench of blood and a sense of desperate fear.

In the dim light, the walls were covered with various instruments of torture, some of which still bore dark red mottled marks.

Suppressed groans and the menacing interrogation voices of secret agents could be faintly heard from several interrogation rooms.

In one of the interrogation rooms, "Xuelian" was tied to a rack, her hair disheveled, her clothes torn, and her face bruised, clearly having already undergone initial "treatment." However, she bit her lip tightly, and although her eyes were weak, they still held an unyielding spirit.

Yoko Minami paced back and forth, her face showing a cruel excitement and impatience.

"Zhao Manjun, codename Snow Lotus, underground transportation station cipher operative, Miss Zhao. I don't know if there are any errors in this information."

"Pah!" Xue Lian spat, her face full of disdain.

“It seems that gentle methods are ineffective.” Yoko Nanada stopped, her voice icy. “Since neither of you is willing to speak, then let’s taste the Imperial instruments of torture. Where shall we begin?”

She nodded to a burly executioner who was wearing only a t-shirt and whose hands were covered in grease.

The executioner grinned maliciously, pulled a red-hot branding iron from the charcoal brazier, and, with a terrifying smell of burning flesh emanating from it, walked step by step toward "Snow Lotus".

Snow Lotus closed her eyes, her body trembling slightly with fear.

Just before the red-hot branding iron was about to sear "Snow Lotus"'s body, a figure hurriedly walked in.

The person who came was dressed in plain clothes. He walked up to Nantian Yangzi and whispered a few words to her.

"stop!!"

Yoko Nanta waved her hand and said, "Miss Zhao, I have some bad news to tell you."

"Your accomplice has been caught by us."

"Now, I would like you to identify who this person is."

With that, Yoko Nanada ordered her men to take Xue Lian to another interrogation room.

At this moment, in the largest interrogation room of the Special Higher Police, more than a dozen people, including Qinghu, were lined up under the command of Special Higher Police agents.
Xue Lian was roughly dragged into the interrogation room by the interrogators and locked to a chair.

Yoko Minami's gaze swept across the crowd like a hawk's.

The figure in the park was only glimpsed briefly; Nantian could only vaguely recall that it was a figure from behind wearing a dark suit.

However, Nantian seemed to have no idea about his specific appearance and physical characteristics.

The agents waiting near the park arrested forty or fifty people. According to Nantian's memory, they were about six feet tall and wore dark suits. After the agents identified them, a dozen or so people remained.

"Miss Zhao, could you please help me and tell me who your comrade is among these people?"

Nantian's pronunciation of the word "comrade" was full of mockery.

Snow Lotus gave a soft hum and tilted her head to one side.

"Miss Zhao, do you know that your attitude could kill many people?"

Nan Tian pulled out his Nanbu pistol and pointed it at the head of the first person: "Miss Zhao, I really can't be sure if any of your accomplices are among them."

"But I trust my instincts."

“You may not know this, but ever since you entered the park, I have set up temporary checkpoints within a one-kilometer radius of the park, centered on you.”

"So I'm pretty sure that your contact won't be able to get out of this encirclement within fifteen minutes."

"Of course, perhaps my arrangements were not careful enough. He may have hidden himself, or he may not have left at all."

"However, I don't want to admit my defeat, so I'm giving you a chance to identify this person yourself."

“Otherwise.” Nan Tian pulled the trigger, and with a bang, a bloody hole the size of a peanut appeared on the forehead of the person above him.

Without uttering a sound, the man died on the spot.

“Miss Zhao, if you point out a target, the rest of the people can live, but if you don’t, I will make them die one by one in front of you.”

A devilish smile appeared on Nantian Yangzi's face: "My principle has always been: better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free."

Xue Lian's expression changed drastically in an instant, while the group of people continued to shout that they were innocent.

Nantian Yangzi ignored her: "Miss Zhao, I'll count to three."

Yoko Minami pointed the pistol at the next person's head.
The man was so frightened that he begged for mercy repeatedly, pleading with Xue Lian, "Miss, I have elderly parents and young children to support. Please have mercy and say something. I don't want to die yet."

A struggle appeared on Xue Lian's face, and Nan Tian Yangzi's lips curled up slightly: "Three!" Bang! The man fell to the ground.

"You, you, you demon." Xue Lian finally spoke her first words.

Nantian said casually, "Thank you for your praise. I really am a demon who crawled out of hell. So, you still don't plan to tell me?"

Xue Lian said in a deep voice, "Don't waste your time, there's nothing in here at all."

Nan Tian smiled slightly: "I'm sorry, I'm not satisfied with this answer."

“Miss Zhao, I’m giving you one more chance. If you don’t name a person, then all of these people will be executed.”

"Don't try to test my patience. I've given you two chances already. There won't be a third."

"Three, two, one."

Xue Lian didn't speak, but closed her eyes in pain. Everyone was playing a game of strategy, seeing who could hold out the longest.

Nan Tian's expression hardened, and he raised the Nanbu pistol in his hand again. Just then, a voice rang out.

"stop."

A calm yet authoritative rebuke resounded like thunder at the entrance to the interrogation room!
Nantian's pistol stopped in mid-air, and he subconsciously turned around.

At the entrance to the interrogation room, Chen Yang stood there, dressed in a crisp Japanese Army Transport Section uniform, his face ashen, followed by two expressionless Army military police.

His gaze was sharp as a knife, quickly sweeping across the scene inside. When he saw Lin Xueli, a barely perceptible shock and anger flashed deep in his eyes, but he immediately suppressed it.

Yoko Nanada was taken aback at first, then her face showed extreme dissatisfaction and surprise: "Who are you? What are you doing here? This is a special interrogation site of the Special Higher Police, not a place for you!"

Chen Yang ignored her questioning and strode into the interrogation room, his gaze meeting Nantian Yangzi's directly. His tone was serious, even carrying a hint of a superior reprimanding a subordinate: "You're Major Nantian? I'm Chen Yang, the head of the Land Transport Section. I just came from the Army Headquarters! General Sato Fumitasu and Chief Kagesa are furious about the delays in the transport of supplies to the Subei front!"

"Your Special Higher Police suddenly caused such a commotion in the downtown area, arresting people on a large scale, causing panic throughout the western part of Shanghai and making the station workers... General, I demand an immediate explanation from you!"

Taken aback by the sudden accusation, Yoko Nanada instinctively retorted, "Head of the Land Transport Section? You, a member of the Ministry of Transport, dare to interfere in the Special Higher Police's interrogation? Who gave you that authority?"

"We are arresting important anti-Japanese elements! This is our duty! How can you blame us for the delays in the transport of supplies?"

Chen Yang raised his voice and pressed closer, "Major Nantian, please watch your words."

"Did you obtain permission from Mr. Otani of the Military Police Headquarters to set up the temporary checkpoints?"

"Do you know that the transportation of goods at Maigen Road Railway Station requires the cooperation of many local workers?"

"You've made a complete mess of things. Dozens of suspects have been arrested, and the laborers over there are now refusing to work. If I don't come to you, who else should I turn to? Colonel Fujita or Mr. Hirohiko?"

"I'm asking you, is it more important for you to arrest a few suspects, or to ensure the supply of tens of thousands of soldiers on the front lines?"

"Major Nantian, please understand the priorities! The General needs a detailed report now, explaining the necessity of the arrest operation and how to restore order and ensure smooth transportation as soon as possible! Not to watch you indiscriminately kill innocent people here!"

Yoko Nanda turned pale with anger, especially upon hearing the words "indiscriminate killing of innocent people." "Section Chief Chen! You're interfering in the internal affairs of the Special Higher Police! These people are dangerous elements. If we don't do this, how will the Red Party speak up?"

"Speak up?" Chen Yang sneered, his gaze sweeping over "Snow Lotus" tied to the stool. "Major Nantian, look at them! Even if you kill them all, do you think you'll get the information you want?"

"What if you really killed an important person and the trail went cold? Can you bear the responsibility?"

"I want to remind you that the most important thing in doing things is to clear your mind."

"Since he is a key suspect, he should be interrogated more carefully, rather than being destroyed in a hurry!"

Yoko Nanada stared intently at Chen Yang, gritting her teeth as she said, "So, Section Chief Chen is teaching me how to do things?"

"Teach you how to do things?" Chen Yang's lips curled up slightly as he stepped forward and looked down at Nantian Yangzi with a condescending gaze. "Major Nantian, I'm not teaching you how to do things, I'm teaching you how to be a person."

"What do you think this place is? Is the Special Higher Police Department that big?"

"Let me tell you, this is Shanghai. The mess you've made is so big that even a fat, round man like you might not be able to protect you."

That's so damn arrogant!
Nantian suddenly felt a rush of blood to her head, but she quickly recovered. She felt that the timing and reason for Chen Yang's appearance were too coincidental and too forceful.
However, she could not directly refute the seemingly legitimate reason of "affecting transportation," since it did indeed touch upon the core interests of the army.

Taking a deep breath, Nantian said, "So, Section Chief Chen, what do you want me to do?"

Chen Yang sneered, "I don't care if you arrest Red Party members, but you'd better release these people right now."

“No, there are Communists involved. We can’t release them until we’ve thoroughly investigated.” Nantian flatly rejected Chen Yang’s request.

"Major Nantian, I think I've made myself very clear." Chen Yang's tone gradually turned cold: "Do you not understand Chinese? Do I need to repeat myself in Japanese?"

Chen Yang said in fluent Japanese, "Release them now."

(End of this chapter)