Chapter 185: Unexpected Surprise
Fujita Sosuke did not recuperate at Ci Ji Hospital like Ono Shiota did; instead, after the surgery was successful, he went to Beiping Hospital.
Cao Weida didn’t know why he did that, but whatever, he liked it himself, and Cao Weida had no mind to guess.
As for whether there was any hidden story inside, he was too lazy to care; he had no intention of gathering any intelligence anyway.
Anyway, he had to make two separate trips to visit Ono Shiota and Fujita Sosuke respectively; running back and forth was too much trouble.
Beiping Hospital was somewhat larger in scale than Ci Ji Hospital, but the inpatient building was also only four stories.
Fujita Sosuke was also staying in a single room on the fourth floor. The process was the same as when he went to see Ono Shiota. After the guard at the door saw it was Cao Weida, he immediately dropped his vigilance, greeted him with a smile, and also received a cigarette, and he smoothly entered the ward.
“Fujita-kun, how is your injury?” Cao Weida placed the fruit basket aside and asked with a smile.
“It’s much better already. It didn’t injure the artery, so it’ll be fine after some recuperation.” One of Fujita Sosuke’s legs was suspended from a cloth strip hanging from the beam. Although he looked miserable, his face was unusually ruddy, clearly living well here.
“Ono-kun has already told me the purpose of your visit this time. I’ve already called the Military Police. They will fully cooperate with you.”
“This concerns the ‘Sino-Japanese friendship’ and ‘Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere’ policies designated by the Great Japanese Empire. As a member of the Great Japanese Empire, I will naturally cooperate without hesitation.”
Fujita Sosuke was clearly in a very good mood; after all, there was money to be made, so he was naturally delighted.
Anyway, they just needed to give an account to the higher-ups; they didn’t care who the dead Chinese person was.
“Then thank you very much, Fujita-kun. You are as righteous as ever.” Cao Weida smiled and flattered him, his eyes darting around, then continued: “Rest assured, after the matter is over, I will prepare some local specialties and deliver them to your residence.”
“They’re not anything from before, Fujita-kun, please don’t mind them.”
Having been in China for so many years, how could Fujita Sosuke not know what the so-called ‘local specialties’ were?
So, in an even better mood, he laughed heartily: “Cao Sang, you’re being too polite. China has a saying: the gift may be light, but the sentiment is heavy. With our relationship, saying that is being too distant.”
Pfft~
Saying that and you don’t even blush!
His face was thicker than a city wall!
“Yes, yes, Fujita-kun is right, but China has another saying: courtesy costs nothing. You and Ono-kun are people I respect, so naturally I can’t skip the formalities; it’s just a small token of my appreciation. Please don’t refuse.”
He changed the topic and said:
“Fujita-kun, how do you plan to handle this matter? Will you torture them severely first, or just drag them out and execute them directly?”
“Torture is definitely necessary; otherwise, how will they confess?” Fujita Sosuke took the cigarette handed over by Cao Weida, lit it contentedly. With just a light sentence, he decided the lives of countless people.
“What’s wrong, Cao Sang, do you have any objections?”
“No objections, mainly just anger!” Cao Weida looked filled with righteous indignation. “To tell the truth, if those assassination bastards had killed someone else, I wouldn’t have cared at all.”
“But this time, you and Ono-kun were nearly killed; that’s something I absolutely cannot tolerate!”
“You and Ono-kun have shown me great kindness in recognizing my talent! China has an old saying: repay the kindness of recognition with a spring’s water!”
Fujita Sosuke felt a slight touch in his heart, merely ‘slight’ and ‘tiny’; after all, he wasn’t a fool and naturally guessed the bigger reason was that if he and Ono Shiota were killed, Cao Weida would lose his backer.
However, this didn’t hinder his satisfaction.
He raised his eyebrows and asked, “So what do you plan to do?”
“I plan to give them some deterrence and ambition!” Cao Weida said resolutely: “I’m thinking this way: this group must be executed, but if we shoot them all at once, though it would deter for a bit, it would ultimately be temporary.”
“What I think is, one a day we shoot two or three of them, continuing until they’re all executed, a continuous deterrence to let them know that soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire will not tolerate provocation!”
“Moreover, I’m willing to execute them personally!” His eyes flashed as he gritted his teeth: “Just right, my marksmanship isn’t accurate, so I’ll use them to practice. That way, if such a situation happens again, I can do my humble part!”
Fujita Sosuke looked at him in surprise; he never expected Cao Weida to be so angry over their injuries, angry enough to go to this extent!
After pondering for a moment, he smiled: “Cao Sang, I’m very touched that you have this intention, but aren’t you afraid of being assassinated by resistance elements?”
“You know, although the ones you kill are just some, um, public order-disturbing unstable elements, the resisters don’t know that.”
“Tsk, to be honest, I’m a bit scared.” Cao Weida chuckled and shrank his head sheepishly. “But it’s fine; I’ve already planned to move all my concubines together and arrange some guards to watch over them.”
“Besides, if I don’t say anything, and your people don’t say anything, they won’t know it was me.”
Fujita Sosuke was stunned, then chuckled helplessly: “Alright, if you’re willing to vent for us, I’ll naturally accept the favor.”
“Also, after I go back, I’ll issue you a note approving you to form a team of ten with gun permits.”
Although those people didn’t seem like good people in the eyes of Chinese people, still, those Chinese special agents didn’t know.
If Cao Weida personally killed so many people and photos ended up in his hands, it would be a not-small leverage; this was a good thing, so why would he refuse?
“Then thank you very much, Fujita-kun!” Cao Weida’s face lit up; he didn’t expect such an unexpected gain!
Under the little devils’ rule, Beiping City had strict firearms control, strictly prohibiting Chinese people from possessing guns; private possession discovered would face severe punishment.
After all, the little devils were lording it over in the city; no one wanted to anger some desperate one who would just shoot them dead with a black gun.
And with a gun permit issued by the Military Police, he could openly possess firearms, rifles even!
Though pistols had strong deterrence at close range, in terms of power, they weren’t in the same league as rifles.
Purpose achieved, and an unexpected bonus; Cao Weida left fully satisfied.
After leaving the hospital, he didn’t go back to the police station or home, but headed straight for Xuanwu Gate.
Longquan Orphanage, located east of Longquan Temple in Naxiawazi outside Xuanwu Gate, was Beiping’s only orphanage, funded and established by Longquan Temple based on Buddhist compassion.
Upon arriving at the destination, Cao Weida went forward and knocked on the door.
After a while, an old woman came out, looking at Cao Weida with some vigilance: “Boss, who are you looking for?”
Cao Weida sighed inwardly; in this era, the image of police in the minds of most people was truly hard to describe, except for a few.
“Old woman, I’m a patrol officer from the police station. My name is Cao Weida. I want to find your dean for some help. Could you please inform her?”
The old woman’s eyes became even more vigilant. “Boss, this is an orphanage; there are only women and children inside. I’m afraid we can’t help you with anything.”
Cao Weida sighed inwardly again and said kindly: “It’s like this: we’ve caught a batch of human traffickers and rescued some children, but we have no way to place them, so we want to send them here.”
“Oh, that’s how it is.” The old woman’s expression softened a bit, but then she hesitated, showing difficulty, but finally gritted her teeth and said: “Please come in first.”
The old woman didn’t take him to the backyard, but to a room on the left.
While the old woman was pouring tea, Cao Weida said: “Old woman, I just saw your expression wasn’t right; is there some problem?”
The old woman paused, then sighed deeply after a moment, bitterly saying: “To be honest with you, boss, there are indeed some difficulties, but it’s fine; we’ll try our best to overcome them. Supporting the government’s work is our duty.”
“I’m the dean of this orphanage. Rest assured, once the children are sent here, we’ll do our utmost to take care of them.”
Cao Weida glanced at the old woman’s attire and the furnishings in the room, immediately knowing what the difficulty was.
By reason, orphanages were funded by the government, with all expenses covered by government allocations.
But now with the little devils occupying Beiping, the city government officials were puppets propped up by the little devils; they were too busy embezzling, even deducting their subordinates’ salaries, let alone allocating funds to the orphanage?
No way.
And the reality was so; Longquan Orphanage had always been supported by Longquan Temple, but in these times, how many people chanted Buddha all day?
Even they could hardly sustain themselves.
Those middle and upper classes had even less sense of awe toward so-called gods and Buddhas; otherwise, they wouldn’t dare be traitors.
Instead, those Western sects were more welcome among them.
So, Longquan Temple’s funds were stretched thin, with no great ability to aid Longquan Orphanage.
Relying on the elderly in the orphanage, what income could there be?
It was imaginable that the orphanage’s days were not easy.
Cao Weida inwardly hated the broken country, took out a check for five hundred silver dollars from his pocket and handed it over. “Old woman, I can rescue them from those scum, but I’m powerless afterward and can only trouble you.”
“They’ve suffered hardships they shouldn’t have, their young hearts wounded by traumas not theirs; please use your kindness to heal the wounds in their hearts afterward.”
“This is a small token; you can redeem it at the bank. In the future, every month I’ll regularly send a hundred silver dollars and some money and grain, as my humble contribution. Please don’t refuse.”
