Cabanatua in January is not cold.
The sun rises high early in the morning, and the sunshine is warm.
However, in Cabanatu, there is an atmosphere of dilapidation and death everywhere.
Several sallow-looking children gathered around a pile of garbage, looking for something edible inside.
No matter what, as long as it can be put into the stomach.
Even if it is corrupt and poisonous, so what?
Being poisoned is also death, and being starved to death is also death.
Iwamori Yuyuki just wrote a note to Meng Shaoyuan and did not send him any followers.
This is exactly what Meng Shaoyuan wants to see.
"Sir, do you want a woman?"
A dark and thin local woman spoke and gestured in stiff Japanese: "A little food, just a little food."
Meng Shaoyuan and Xie Changcheng were dressed cleanly and decently, and they were very recognizable on the street.
Meng Shaoyuan smiled bitterly and walked past the woman.
He couldn't help this woman.
First of all, as soon as he helps, everyone nearby will rush over and beg Meng Shaoyuan to save their lives.
Then, he is Japanese!
Brutal, cold-blooded, ruthless Japanese!
It was impossible for him to sympathize with any Filipino.
The American prisoners of war in Cabanatua were all imprisoned in the west of the city.
Yuyuki Iwamori's headquarters is in the east of the city.
This is also for safety reasons.
In Cabanatū, there was a prison break and the death of a Japanese officer.
Although this caused crazy revenge from the Japanese, it also served as a reminder to Iwamori Yuyuki.
After this, he separated his headquarters from the prison camp.
When Meng Shaoyuan looked at the Cabanathu rescue again, he also discovered that although the US military killed a large number of Japanese soldiers, the whereabouts of the commander here was never mentioned.
It was probably during the big rescue that Yuyuki Iwamori escaped, right?
"Brother, if you have a chance, can you kill Iwamori Yuyuki?" Xie Changcheng suddenly said: "When I saw two dogs biting the body just now, I almost vomited. I have seen cruelty, but I have never seen such loss. Humane.”
"They are all equally cruel." Meng Shaoyuan said calmly: "Iwabuchi Sanji and Iwamori Yuki, they are all the same people, they just use different methods.
What happened with those kids at the University of São Paulo, you know, was just the beginning of the massacre in Manila. Worse things will happen again and again. "
"Brother, is there no way to stop it?" Xie Changcheng asked carefully.
Meng Shaoyuan was silent.
Prevent?
How to stop it?
His personal strength simply cannot do it.
The only thing we can hope for is that the US military will speed up its advance and occupy Manila as soon as possible.
Only in this way can the tragedy be prevented from spreading further.
"It seems to be the front."
Xie Changcheng suddenly whispered.
He had never been to Cabanatua, so he wasn't sure.
According to the information provided by Balk, the intelligence agent code-named "Banana Tree" should be here.
"There is a small British-style building next to it. It was built when the Americans were here."
Xie Changcheng looked carefully: "There is a small house next to it, with a broken fishing net at the door. Brother, it's right in front."
Meng Shaoyuan walked to the door.
The door was ajar.
No need to lock it at all.
Is there anything else worth stealing here?
Opened the door and walked in.
A man is lying on a wooden board.
Only when he speaks can he be sure that this person is still alive: "There is nothing at home, go out."
Xie Changcheng said in local Filipino: "I came to see if there are any bananas."
After hearing this, the man got up and said, "Okay, stop giving the secret code. Is it sent by Balk?"
"Banana tree?"
The man nodded: "Call me Li Lun."
This man looked thin and small, and he seemed so hungry that he couldn't even stand up.
Is this the secret intelligence agent arranged here by the Philippine People's Anti-Japanese Army?
"Is there anything to eat?" Li Lun asked immediately.
Meng Shaoyuan nodded, and Xie Changcheng took out a piece of cake from his pocket.
Li Lun grabbed it and stuffed it into his mouth without caring.
Meng Shaoyuan and Xie Changcheng looked at each other.
If they arrive a few days later, will a secret agent starve to death?
"I thought Balk had forgotten me." Li Lun said vaguely: "It's been so long and nothing has been sent."
Xie Changcheng couldn't help but said: "Can't you solve it yourself? I saw the children outside looking for food."
"me?"
Li Lun said jokingly.
Then he took a few steps.
Only then did Meng Shaoyuan and Xie Changcheng realize that this man was lame.
"Do you know why I can survive until now?"
Li Lun finally swallowed the last bite. He picked up a crumb that fell on his clothes and put it into his mouth greedily:
"I am a cripple and have no ability to work. In the past, I could only act as a clown outside the prisoner-of-war camp to make the Japanese laugh, and then they would give me some food like a wild dog.
Sometimes, I was able to enter a prisoner-of-war camp because the Japanese inside suddenly remembered me as a clown. They wanted to look at me with their own eyes and laugh at me together.
Later, the Japanese themselves were seriously short of supplies, so of course they no longer needed me. But I still have to live. what to do? I also thought about saving myself.
That day, I found a bit of moldy bread in the trash can. Before I could feel happy, a group of children rushed over, knocked me to the ground, and snatched away my bread. "
There was no sadness in his voice: "Children can bully me, what do I do?"
He was really calm because he had already accepted the fact.
Before coming to Cabanatu, Meng Shaoyuan once thought that since Balke recommended "Panana Tree" to him so solemnly, he must be an ace commissioner.
Unexpectedly, he turned out to be such a miserable little person?
Seemingly sensing Meng Shaoyuan's thoughts, Li Lun added, "You're curious why Balk recommended me, aren't you? Because in the entire Cabanatu, I am the only lurker still alive.
The other intelligence officers were all dead, for various reasons. My former boss was bayoneted to death by the Japanese because he did not salute when he saw the Japanese soldiers.
Just last month, my companion, the last companion, was so hungry that he tried to steal some food. He was discovered and stoned to death.
I saw his body with my own eyes. His head was so damaged that it no longer looked like it was. He was an intelligence agent. Therefore, there is no one else left in Balk, and I am the only one left in Cabanatu! "
Meng Shaoyuan remained silent.
This is the other side of intelligence work, the unknown, most tragic side.
Nothing earth-shattering, just a group of humble little people.
This place has long been a purgatory on earth, and there has been no hope for a long time!
