Invisible Guardian: The Biggest Winner

When the officer heard this, he hurriedly persuaded him: "Section Chief, proceed with the trial in this way...he will die if his body can't bear it."

"Death is death!!"

Masako Akiyama said coldly, "I'll take care of it!"

The officer smiled wryly: "But Commander Kuroda said... we must keep alive, and we must dig out information from him no matter what."

Akiyama Masako looked at the officer coldly, pushed him away, and shouted: "If you don't do it, I will do it!"

As she spoke, she walked over with a cane, took a spoonful of water, and splashed it on the assassin's face.

When the officer saw it, he hurriedly sent his men down to inform Commander Kuroda.

Masako Akiyama repeated several times, after waking up the assassin, she took a hot iron and pressed hard on the assassin's wound.

Remembering that she was almost killed by this assassin last night, she couldn't quench her anger:

"Didn't you say that you want me to taste that life is worse than death? I will let you taste it now!"

The iron touched the wound, making a sizzling sound of roasting meat.

The assassin's face showed pain, but he still didn't make a sound, staring at Masako Akiyama fiercely with his eyes wide open.

Seeing his eyes, Akiyama Masako seemed to feel that she was being ridiculed, and she couldn't help but increase the strength of her hands again, she was no longer satisfied with burning the wound, and she would not let go of other places.

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Commander Kuroda heard the notice from his subordinates. He knew Masako Akiyama's temperament, so he immediately put down his work and rushed to the gendarmerie prison.

After rushing to the gendarmerie prison, Commander Kuroda was surprised to find that Akiyama Masako had stopped torturing the assassin.

Based on his understanding of Akiyama Masako over the years, she is not a disadvantaged person. None of the assassins who dare to attack her will end well. Even if they don't want clues, they will torture the assassins to death.

Sometimes, even if the assassin revealed the information, she would still be ruthless.

But now, for the first time, she was not torturing the assassin.

Curious, Commander Kuroda pulled over an officer present and asked, "What's going on? Didn't Section Chief Akiyama start again?"

The officer replied: "It was like that at the beginning...but I was persuaded by the person who rushed over. It was the young man standing next to Section Chief Akiyama...I don't know him."

The Japanese military police who brought Commander Kuroda interjected: "Commander Kuroda, I know that person. He is Lu Wen, the chief of the Secret Service Branch. It is said...he has a good relationship with Section Chief Akiyama."

Hearing the news here, Commander Kuroda vaguely understood the matter, which reminded him of the gossip that circulated in the headquarters a few days ago, and now it seems that it is not a simple gossip.

It seems that this Huaxia person is really capable, not only Masako Akiyama recommended him, but he can even listen to his words.

After clarifying the matter, Commander Kuroda stepped forward.

Seeing Commander Kuroda approaching, everyone greeted him again and again.

Commander Kuroda looked at Masako Akiyama with his hands behind his back, and said, "Section Chief Akiyama... I thought you were going to kill the assassin again. When I rushed over, I was very worried. Where to find useful information."

Akiyama Masako bowed her head and admitted her mistake: "Sorry, Commander Kuroda, I was impulsive."

"It's nice that you can hold yourself back this time."

Commander Kuroda glanced at her leg injury and said, "You are still injured, go back and rest first."

He glanced at Lu Wen next to him, and said, "I've heard of Director Lu's name for a long time, it's rare to see him once, and I want to have a good chat with him."

"Yes."

As soon as Akiyama Masako heard this, she gave Lu Wen a wink, telling him to be more careful when speaking, and then left the prison on crutches.

Commander Kuroda said to Lu Wen: "Director Lu is so eloquent, he can actually persuade Section Chief Akiyama to stop venting his anger... I admire you. Over the years, you are the first person who can persuade Section Chief Akiyama."

Lu Wen replied: "Section Chief Akiyama has a big picture, and her action is just a momentary rage. If her anger is extinguished, Section Chief Akiyama will naturally stop."

Commander Kuroda: "Everyone understands this truth, but you are the only one who can do it... This is already very illustrative."

Lu Wen smiled and said nothing.

Commander Kuroda: "It's gloomy here, it's not a good place to talk, let's move to another place."

"Listen to the commander."

Chapter 0235 The Great Wisdom

After leaving the prison, Commander Kuroda took Lu Wen to a Japanese grocery store for lunch.

At the beginning, it was just a casual chat, still in a polite mode.

Commander Kuroda said that Lu Wen was young and promising, and at first glance he was just a great talent.

Lu Wenhui was only able to come here because he was favored by the imperial army. I don't have any skills, and the imperial army gave me this ability.

After a few cups of sake poured into his stomach, Commander Kuroda entered the topic.

"Thanks to Director Lu's help, otherwise the channel with the Chongqing government would have been lost."

Lu Wen said: "Commander Kuroda is serious, I have to thank Commander Kuroda for giving me this opportunity."

Everyone likes to hear good words, and Commander Kuroda is no exception. He is very satisfied that Lu Wen has a clear understanding of himself, and he didn't drift away because of this.

"I know that Director Lu has dealt with many Japanese people, and I want to hear what Director Lu thinks about the Japanese."

Lu Wen replied: "The warriors of the Japanese Empire have a very strong sense of honor and identity with the empire, and are very loyal to the empire! Elite soldiers and warriors!"

"Hahaha!" Commander Kuroda laughed loudly. He looked at Lu and asked, "Director Lu, you can talk."

"What kind of imperial warriors are either greedy ghosts who want to get promoted and get rich, or losers who can't get along in Japan."

"What sense of honor, sense of identity with the empire, to put it bluntly, is arrogance and bullying."

Commander Kuroda continued to pour himself wine, and said, "Director Lu, I know all about your deeds...you and I are the same kind of people."

After drinking the wine in the glass, Commander Kuroda said, "They are all people whose interests are paramount... Otherwise, you wouldn't have worked so hard to work for the empire."

Lu Wen said in a low voice: "Commander Kuroda's sharp eyes can see through my thoughts at a glance..."

Commander Kuroda waved his hand: "It's not difficult to see through a person's mind, but the hardest thing is that you can't guess what that person will think afterwards."

"For example, Section Chief Akiyama, she is my capable subordinate, and I know exactly how she does things. As for her assassination last night, it happened before, and after those assassins were caught, the information is still there. They were not tortured, and they were all tortured to death by her."

"But today is different, she actually chose to be merciful and let the assassin go..."

Upon hearing this, Lu Wen hurriedly said, "Section Leader Qiushan is sensible, I..."

Before he finished speaking, Commander Kuroda waved his hand: "Director Lu doesn't need to explain...I understand your thoughts, and I don't dislike your actions."

"You just want to find a guarantee so that you can survive the turbulent situation. You and I are the same kind of people, and we all came this way."

"I'm talking to you this time, I just want to tell you... Since you can influence Section Chief Akiyama's decision, then find a way to persuade her to do it to Shio Muto!"

Lu Wen took the initiative to pour wine for Commander Kuroda: "Commander Kuroda, your words should be more effective than mine..."

Commander Kuroda shook his head: "No, Section Chief Akiyama has a stubborn temper. She will only do what she thinks she wants to do."

"The last time she fought with Muto Zhixiong, I was behind her. But once the surname Qin died, she had no motivation to continue fighting with Muto Zhixiong."

Lu asked curiously, "Why?"

Commander Kuroda: "She fought with Shio Muto to seize control of No. 76. But now that the one surnamed Qin is dead, she feels that there is no need to fight..."

After a pause, Commander Kuroda said dissatisfiedly: "But Shio Muto has been assassinating senior officials of the new government, seriously damaging the interests of some Japanese military officers."

"Masako Akiyama doesn't care about money, but that doesn't mean other people don't care."

"So, do you understand?"

Lu Wen nodded: "Understood."

After hesitating for a while, Lu Wen said with some regret: "Since the commander has confessed his heart to me, I will also tell the commander what I think."

"I think Consul Muto's approach is right. To conquer a nation, relying on force alone can only bring fear to them. Fear accumulates day and night, and will eventually lead to counterattacks..."

Commander Kuroda laughed, and Lu Wen could see how disdainful his smile was.

"I can understand Consul Muto's thoughts. I know this is the best way to win people's hearts."

"But Consul Muto can't understand us..."

"We Japanese military officers are no better than Consul Muto. We were born in aristocratic families... We won military exploits on the battlefield with one knife and one gun, and then slowly climbed to this position."

"There are only so many official positions. If you want to continue to climb up, you must not only have merit, but also have people and money..."

"We officers are all rough people. We can only fight and kill people, but we don't know how to do business. Therefore, we can only use the little power in our hands to make money."

"If he really does what he envisioned, wherever he goes, where he wins people's hearts...then will there be a way out for us Japanese officers who have slowly climbed up from the bottom?"

"So, Consul Muto doesn't understand us...or in other words, he understands us, but he doesn't think about us."

After listening to Commander Kuroda's words, Lu Wen suddenly realized.

He finally understood why Muto Zhixiong's approach was not accepted by the Japanese army and became the mainstream thinking.

Dare to love is a natural contradiction caused by their different backgrounds.

Shio Muto was born in an aristocratic family, and his status has been established since the moment he came out of his mother's womb.

He doesn't need to engage in corruption and is capable of making money.

He is an aristocrat, and no one dares to interfere with his promotion.

But in the Japanese army, most of the soldiers are of civilian origin, struggling from the bottom.

They will not make money, they can only gather wealth through corruption.

They are not nobles, and they have to be filial if they want to be promoted.

If you get promoted without being filial, I'm sorry, you broke the rules, you can only be used as cannon fodder, or you can block the guns of other big bosses and kick you out.

Their civilian status is doomed to be exploited and oppressed by the people above.

In short, it was the conflict of interest between Japanese civilian officers and nobles.

There is no shortage of smart people in the Japanese army, and they also know that it is difficult to win people's hearts by relying on force alone.

But they don't want to win people's hearts, and once they win people's hearts, they will have no way to use their power to make money wantonly.

So the smart people in the Japanese army simply pretended to be stupid collectively, defined Shio Muto's thoughts as alien, and boasted that he was a warrior of the empire, the son of destiny, and he didn't need to be so good at just taking people.

A wise person has insight into the essence of the matter and then resists Shio Muto's thoughts.