"plague?!"
Zhou Sen was waiting for Natasha at Lina Tea Shop on Coats Street. Zhou Ran was surprised when he heard the news from Wu En.
Although the weather is getting warmer, the temperature is still around ten degrees below zero, and it will take at least a month before the temperature rises to zero degrees.
Last year was another cold winter. Plague is generally prevalent at the turn of autumn and winter, and rarely occurs in spring. Plague suddenly appears at this time.
Zhou Sen naturally thought of the "731" bacterial and virus manufacturing factory in the southern suburbs of Bingcheng that concealed criminal activities.
The plague bacterium is one of the subjects of their research.
But they have extremely strict control over the leakage of the virus. Ice City is a major transportation hub. Once it leaks and spreads, not only the Chinese will be unlucky, but the Kwantung Army and Japanese expatriates in Manchuria will also suffer.
There are a lot of Japanese expats in Ice City.
Manchukuo is regarded by the Japanese as their own territory, and spreading poison on their own territory is definitely not what they want.
"Now the free clinics and the people who come for consultation have been sealed off and are waiting to be transferred and isolated."
"What about the medical staff at the Soviet Consulate participating in the free clinic?" Zhou Sen asked.
"We don't know yet. We are just waiting for the test report of the patient who has been sent to the infectious disease hospital. If not, it is a false alarm..."
"This is really troublesome. Fortunately, I didn't mix in with the people asking for help to see Natasha, otherwise I would have been implicated. No, where is Irina!" Zhou Sen asked.
"Aunt Irina has already come out after taking the medicine, but she seems to have come out right in front of the suspected plague patient."
"You go back immediately. If she hasn't arrived home yet, it's best to disinfect her thoroughly before entering. If she gets home, buy disinfectant and disinfect the house thoroughly. Then, notify Anna. Forget it, I'll notify you." Zhou Sen gave a hurried order.
"Okay, I'll go right away."
"You also need to take personal protection. It's best to wear a mask and disinfect."
"clear."
…
"What's going on? Didn't you go to see Natasha? You didn't see anyone, or are they deliberately avoiding you and playing hard to get?" Zhou Sen returned directly to the police station, and then walked in and sat down. Anna came in holding a tea cup. .
"If there is an accident, there may be trouble." Zhou Sen was not in a good mood, and it was written on his face.
"What's going on? Can you tell me?"
"I asked Irina to pass the appointment information to Natasha as a patient, but then a suspected case of plague occurred, and everyone was locked up. They may be waiting for isolation, or to be sure that it is not plague. Only then can we regain our freedom." Zhou Sen explained.
"Plague, that's an infectious disease, it's so scary!" Anna was also shocked.
"Yeah, who would have thought that, it seems that this appointment was ruined." Zhou Sen nodded helplessly.
"Have you reported to Director Yamamoto?"
"Not yet, but with his well-informed knowledge, he should know about this matter. You can't blame me for this. I cooperated with the mission..."
"It sounds like you are reluctant. Natasha is so beautiful. How many men are pursuing her in Khabarovsk, including middle and high-level generals of the Soviet army. You, on the other hand, seem to dislike her," Anna said.
"I am a family man, how can I mess around!"
"How many of you men are eating from the bowl and thinking about what's in the pot? Don't tell me, you're not attracted to Natasha. Opposites attract, it's instinct."
"How about we not discuss this topic? This opportunity is gone after a long time. It will be difficult to see each other again."
"It's not difficult, but it's not difficult at all. If this is really a plague, we can use an excuse to isolate Natasha alone, and then arrange for you to meet alone. It would be easier."
"The Soviet consulate will definitely not agree. They will definitely require that their people be transported separately from the general public, and then they will be quarantined themselves. They will not let us make arrangements." Zhou Sen said.
"It depends on people, but we definitely don't have the ability to handle this matter. Director Yamamoto doesn't have great powers. Let him coordinate it. Anyway, this is beyond your ability, and he can't say anything." Anna said.
"That's true. It seems that I will report to Yamamoto Satoshi personally." Zhou Sen nodded. When an accident occurred, he actively solved the problem and provided a solution. However, the solution was beyond his scope of authority and ability, so he naturally had to leave it to the capable superiors. The one who solved it.
Zhou Sen was not in a hurry.
Once he finishes getting rid of "Toshi Yamamoto", Natasha will completely return to Soviet Russia, because this action can just prove and wash away the groundless accusations and suspicions against her.
The longer the delay is, the more likely it will be to clear the suspicion on him. After all, he has been cooperating with Yamamoto Satoshi's work, so naturally he has no motive for revenge or murder.
Moreover, Major General Pishkov can also pass on more false information through the "traitor", which can serve multiple purposes.
Because doing things in a hurry will inevitably leave flaws in the details without careful consideration. If you have enough time, these flaws can be erased or repaired.
…
Zhou Sen called Yamamoto Satoshi and said he had something important to report. Yamamoto Satoshi gave him an address and asked him to go there.
Yamamoto Satoshi's office is not at Yiyuan De No. 3, but at the Japanese Consulate in Bingcheng. However, Zhou Sen has never been to that place.
Yamamoto Satoshi rarely works there.
But he happened to be here today, so I asked him to go directly to the consulate to find him.
The Consulate of Japan's Manchukuo Bingcheng is also one of the magic caves talked about by the people of Bingcheng. In addition to the special high-level courses, it is also the ice special spy.
It's just that the Ice Special Agent is relatively low-key and not known to outsiders, but when it comes to the Special High School, everyone knows it.
The Japanese Consulate is located on the bustling Station Street. It is a three-story brick-concrete building facing the street. It has a red exterior wall and not many exterior decorations. It is quite low-key.
There is a flagpole on the top of the building, hanging this plaster flag, wilting.
There is a detention cell underground of the consulate that can accommodate hundreds of prisoners, which is not much different from that of the Military Police Special High School not far away.
There are military police standing guard at the door.
After checking Zhou Sen's ID, he confirmed his identity inside the building before letting him in.
Yamamoto Satoshi's office was on the second floor. After Zhou Sen asked for directions, he directly followed the house number he provided to find it. At the door of Room 08, Zhou Sen reached out and knocked on the door.
"Please come in."
Zhou Sen opened the door and walked in. Yamamoto Toshi looked up and saw Zhou Sen. He stood up and said with a smile: "Zhou Sen-kun is here. Please sit down."
"Thank you, Director Yamamoto." Zhou Sen walked over and sat down on the chair in front of Yamamoto Satoshi's desk.
"Tea or coffee?"
"Tea."
Yamamoto Toshi nodded, took out the tea leaves from the tea can, personally made a cup of tea for Zhou Sen and handed it over.
Zhou Sen thanked him and did not drink immediately. Instead, he quietly said on the table: "Director Yamamoto, I have something to report to you..."
Zhou Sen reported on how he took advantage of his family's trip to see a doctor to deliver the note for an appointment with Natasha.
But before Naihe could see anyone, a suspected "plague" case suddenly occurred at the free clinic. The entire free clinic and people who had been in contact with the suspected cases were sealed off.
As a free clinic doctor, Natasha naturally couldn't come out to meet him.
Yamamoto Satoshi already knew about this matter. After all, as soon as the incident occurred, the Soviet Union contacted the Japanese side to discuss a solution.
Naturally, the Soviet Union would not agree to its personnel being quarantined by the Japanese side. Even if they had to be quarantined, they would have to do it themselves.
How could Japan agree? Even if they didn't understand what was going on, they would never make a rash decision with such a good opportunity.
And no one can tell whether this suspected case of "plague" is an isolated case or has spread quietly.
Who dares to make a decision before this matter is clarified.
But this matter has been reported. The plague during the Gengxin period spread to the Northeast and even overflowed into the customs. In the following years, everyone talked about the "plague" in a negative light. Even the old people living in Bingcheng still remember it. Still new.
However, we were able to put out the epidemic at the beginning, and there is still a lot of valuable experience and methods left behind. We just need to learn from them and don't have to panic like in the past.
This is a valuable experience gained at the cost of death. This time a suspected case was discovered, and it was precisely because of such response measures that it was possible to seal and control it in time.
Of course, it is also because the authorities attach great importance to this free clinic. If someone else discovered it, even if it was reported to the health department, it would only take a few days for the health officials to respond, and the pandemic would have quietly started.
"If we can persuade the Soviet side to hand over the Soviet medical staff participating in the free clinic to our side for quarantine, then we will have more room for maneuver," Zhou Sen said.
"Natasha is the first person to discover a suspected case and contact a case. If we ask her to be isolated in an infectious disease hospital alone, do you think it is possible?"
"This..." Yamamoto Toshi hesitated slightly after hearing this. It was obvious that the negotiation of this matter was not in his control, and he could only put forward conditions to the superiors.
"I just suggest that you, Director Yamamoto, think about it. Otherwise, there is nothing I can do." Zhou Sen is shifting the conflict upward.
"I will consider it, Mr. Zhou Sen. You can go back first and wait for my notification." Yamamoto Toshi also felt that just because of Natasha's words, he might be able to fight for it. After all, he had received top-secret information and they also wanted Natasha. Sha hooks up with Zhou Sen and instigate rebellion to work for him. If he is not given any chance, how can he get in touch with her?
Isn't this just a matter of mutual consent?
But Yamamoto Toshi didn't dare to vouch for it. After all, the matter might involve leaks from the Bungalow, but the Soviet side couldn't let the Soviet side know about the existence of Ice City, a base for studying germ warfare and using living people to study bacterial weapons.
This is the real core secret, which must not be known to a Manchu like Zhou Sen. He is not a Yamato clan.
In Chinese terms: Those who are not of my race must have different minds.
