Rebirth in 1972: Redemption in Changbai Mountain

Two loud shouts rang out in the confined space, but they did not affect the two figures who had suddenly barged in at all.

The two men pounced on their target like bears.

The people on the west side are thinner and smaller, but they recover quickly. Upon seeing the strangers who suddenly intrude, they reach out to touch the side.

That was where he usually kept his weapons.

Suddenly everything went black, and a cold, hard boot sole came crashing down from the sky, the heel slamming heavily onto his forehead.

The stars were dazzling before my eyes, and my mind was buzzing.

Before he could do anything else, he was hit behind his ear again, his eyelids drooped, and he fell asleep again.

Zhou Rui withdrew his hand, ignoring the person lying down. He knew his hand was safe from killing; he had a sense of proportion.

He turned around, about to help, when he saw Gu Dayong rush forward.

With a lunge, he knocked the burly man, who had just sat up, back down. He pinned the man's left hand down with one hand and gripped his neck with the other, like a black bear pinning down another.

The burly man's face turned red, veins bulged, and he struggled incessantly, his right hand still scratching at Gu Dayong's face, almost poking Gu Dayong's eye.

Seeing that this man was so energetic and still had strength left, Gu Dayong hardened his heart, raised his neck high, and then slammed it down.

boom.

Bang, bang.

After three blows, the big man finally rolled his eyes back and fainted, blood flowing from his nostrils.

The room fell silent. Gu Dayong looked back and saw that Zhou Rui had already resolved the issue.

A thin man was lying in the corner, and Zhou Rui was standing in front of him, giving him a thumbs up.

Gu Dayong smiled, his eyes slightly narrowed, and with a swift movement of his right hand, he retrieved the hat.

There was nothing I could do; I used too much force just now, and my hat came off.

About ten minutes later, two people with their hands tied behind their backs were piled up, while on the other side were the items that Zhou Rui and his companion had searched.

Gu Dayong looked at the items on the ground. Most of them were gold and silver jewelry, watches, two Type 38 rifles, a pistol, and a small amount of money and banknotes.

Gu Dayong remained completely unmoved. The spoils from the battlefield back then were far greater; guns and ammunition were piled up like mountains, and even watches were carried in sacks.

"Is it all here?"

Zhou Rui wiped his forehead: "Everything I could find is here. If there were any more, I wouldn't know where to hide them."

"Alright, let's try our luck, whether we get a chance or not. Let's wake them up."

Zhou Rui obeyed, found a thermos, and poured it directly over their heads, regardless of how hot it was. If it had been boiling water, then those two deserved it.

Splash...

"Holy crap."

Snapped……

No sooner had the burly man finished speaking than a slap came flying at him, nearly knocking out his teeth.

The burly man turned around and saw two people, one tall and one short, standing in front of him. The taller one was over forty. He couldn't guess the younger one's age; he looked like he was in his teens, but upon closer inspection, he seemed to be in his mid-twenties.

Zhou Rui's face looks young, but his cold expression makes him look very mature.

The big man swayed, then remembered, only to find that his hands were tied behind his back, tightly bound together with another person's hands.

"Who are you? I'm telling you, get off us right now, or you're all done for if my older brother comes."

"Yes, my brother Wolf is right. You two untie us and quickly apologize to us, I..."

*Slap... slap*

Zhou Rui slapped the two men across the face, once forward and once backward.

Snapped……

Zhou Rui struck again, mainly because the short man's face was asymmetrical, which made him uncomfortable.

The burly man looked up at the two expressionless men, feeling a chill run down his spine.

The two men didn't feign ferocity or make any verbal threats, but their sudden attack made him realize that he might be facing a god of death.

Although he couldn't see his companion's expression, he could tell from the touch of his hands that his companion was trembling.

"Sir, sirs. What do you want to ask?"

The big man's attitude softened instantly. Although his voice was still gruff, his body transformed from a fierce tiger into an adorable cat.

Zhou Rui was very good at creating pressure. He didn't move at all and calmly uttered a few words.

"I ask, you answer."

"Sir, please speak, please speak, I'm listening."

The burly man nodded repeatedly, as if nothing more would be enough to express his submission.

"A few days ago, two people were attacked in the valley. Who fired the shots?"

Zhou Rui didn't ask who they were or how many there were, but instead started by asking about the shooting incident a few days ago.

"Um...who is it? Where is it? We haven't seen anyone else."

The burly man suddenly froze, his eyes darting around, before finally denying it.

Snapped……

The big man was slapped again, and his cheeks immediately became uneven, making them asymmetrical again.

"Answer only what is asked, and don't say anything if you haven't been asked."

"A few days ago, two people were attacked in the valley. Who fired the shots?"

The same words were repeated again, like a machine, without any variation in pitch.

The burly man lowered his head, trying his best not to meet Zhou Rui's gaze.

"Yes, I drove it. I just wanted to scare them."

*Thud*, two Type 38 rifles were thrown in front of me.

"Which gun is yours?"

"That one over there, the one with the wolf's head."

Zhou Rui picked up a rifle from the ground and unloaded the bullets. He then looked inside the chamber, raised the rifle, and aimed it at the crosshair.

Bang. The rifle butt slammed heavily onto the big man's head, and he fell to the ground, the rope pulling the smaller man along with him tilting.

A strong smell of urine wafted over, and the ground where the short man was sitting was completely soaked.

"You hit too hard, you might kill him."

Gu Dayong spoke, his tone tinged with resentment.

"So what if he's dead? There's still one left. Liars don't deserve to live."

Zhou Rui's words were devoid of emotion, clearly indicating that human life was worthless to him, which was something he deliberately said to the short man.

Crackling sounds filled the air as the little man's body trembled violently, his teeth chattering incessantly.

"No, no, sir, I'll tell you, I'll tell the truth. Please don't kill me."

Their voices were so distorted with fright that if Gu Dayong and Zhou Rui hadn't had such good hearing, they probably wouldn't have been able to hear what the little guy was saying.

"A few days ago, two people were attacked in the valley. Who fired the shots?"

The same words were repeated three times, but to the short man, they sounded like a death knell.

"It's Tanaka, Tanaka-kun."

Zhou Rui and his companion tensed up. This name was quite interesting; it seemed they had found the right person.

The shorter man called out the name with a hint of respect, but Zhou Rui didn't correct him.

Now is not the time to dwell on the short guy's attitude; we should strike while the iron is hot and ask him more questions.

"Then how come we only found two people's cups in the cave on the mountaintop? And only two people's footprints on the snowfield?"

"He, Tanaka, brought his own cup and didn't share it with us. When he walked, he always stepped in my footprints, and he always did that."

The short man spoke more and more fluently, afraid that if he spoke too slowly, Zhou Rui would kill him.

Gu Dayong and Zhou Rui exchanged a glance; they had really run into elite Japanese soldiers this time.