above the point of the knife

Chapter 324 The Plague
"plague?!"

Zhou Sen was waiting for Natasha at the 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 minus ten degrees, and it will take at least a month before the temperature rises to zero.

Last year was another cold winter. Generally, the plague is prevalent at the turn of autumn and winter, but rarely in spring. The plague suddenly appeared at this time.

Zhou Sen naturally thought of the "731" bacteria and virus manufacturing factory in the southern suburb of Ice City, which hides criminal activities.

The plague bacterium is one of the objects of their research.

But they have extremely strict control over virus leaks. Bingcheng is a major transportation hub. Once leaked and spread, the Chinese are not the only ones who will be unlucky. The Kwantung Army and Japanese nationals in Manchuria will also suffer.

And there are many Japanese expatriates in Bingcheng.

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 are all sealed up, waiting for transfer and isolation."

"What about the medical staff who participated in the free clinic at the Soviet Russian consulate?" Zhou Sen asked.

"I don't know yet. I'm waiting for the test report of the patient who was sent to the infectious disease hospital. If not, it's a false alarm..."

"This is really troublesome. Fortunately, I didn't go to see Natasha among the people who asked for a doctor, otherwise I would be implicated too. No, where is Irina!" Zhou Sen asked.

"Aunt Irina has already come out after taking the medicine, but she seems to have come out in front of the suspected plague patient."

"You go back right away. If she hasn't arrived home, it's best to thoroughly disinfect the door before entering. If she arrives home, buy disinfectant and thoroughly disinfect the house. Then, notify Anna. Forget it, I will notify you." Zhou Sen hastily ordered.

"Okay, I'll go right away."

"You should also take good personal protection. It is best to wear a mask and disinfect it."

"clear."

……

"What's the matter, didn't you go to see Natasha? Didn't you see anyone, or was she hiding from you on purpose, trying to get you?" Zhou Sen went straight back to the police station and sat down at the door. Anna came in holding a teacup. .

"If there is an accident, there may still be trouble." Zhou Sen was not in a good mood, it was written on his face.

"What's going on, let's hear it?"

"I asked Irina to pass the appointment information to Natasha as a patient, but then there was a suspected case of plague, and everyone was sealed up. The waiting may be quarantine, or it is not plague, Only then can we regain our freedom," Zhou Sen explained.

"Plague, that's an infectious disease, it's terrible!" Anna was also taken aback.

"That's right, who would have thought that, it seems that this time the appointment has failed." Zhou Sen nodded helplessly.

"Have you reported to Director Yamamoto?"

"Not yet, but with his well-informed information, he should know about it. You can't blame me for it. I cooperated with the mission..."

"You said it as if you were very reluctant. Natasha is so beautiful. So many men pursued her in Khabarovsk, and many of them were middle and high-level Soviet generals. You are fine, as if you still despise her." Anna said.

"I'm a family man, how can I mess around!"

"How many of you men don't eat what's in the bowl and think about what's in the pot? Don't tell me, you're not attracted to Natasha. Opposites attract, it's instinct."

"It's okay if we don't discuss this topic. It's hard to lose this chance this time. It's hard to say goodbye."

"It's difficult, but it's not difficult. If it's really a plague this time, it would be easier to isolate Natasha on an excuse and then arrange for you to meet alone."

"The Soviet Russian consulate will definitely not agree. They will definitely request that their people be transported separately from ordinary people, and then quarantine themselves. We will not let us arrange it." Zhou Sen said.

"It's up to people, but we definitely don't have the ability to handle this matter. Director Yamamoto has great powers. Let him coordinate it. Anyway, it's beyond your ability, so he can't say anything." Anna said.

"That's true. It seems that I will report to Toshi Yamamoto in person." Zhou Sen nodded. After an accident happened, he actively resolved the problem and provided a solution, but the solution was beyond his authority and ability, so naturally he had to hand it over to the competent Solved the man.

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 her groundless accusations and doubts.

The longer the time dragged on, the more he would be cleared of his suspicions. After all, he had been cooperating with Toshi Yamamoto's work, so he naturally had no motive for revenge and murder.

Moreover, Major General Peshkov can also pass on more false information through "insiders", which can serve multiple purposes.

Because doing things hastily, there will inevitably be flaws in the details that have not been carefully considered. If there is enough time, these flaws can be erased or remedied.

……

Zhou Sen made a call to Toshi Yamamoto, saying that he had something important to report, and Toshi Yamamoto gave him an address and asked him to go there.

Toshi Yamamoto's office is not at No. 3 Yiyuanlu, but at the Japanese Consulate in Bingcheng. However, Zhou Sen has never been to that place.

Toshi Yamamoto seldom works there.

But today he happened to be here, so let him go directly to the consulate to find him.

The Consulate in Bingcheng, Manchukuo, Japan is also one of the magic caves that the people in Bingcheng talk about. In addition to the super high class, it is the ice special spy.

It's just that Ice Special Spy is relatively low-key and unknown to outsiders, but when it comes to super high courses, everyone knows it.

The Japanese Consulate is located on the bustling Station Street. It is a three-story brick-concrete building facing the street. The red exterior wall does not have much exterior decoration, which is quite low-key.

There is a flagpole erected on the top of the building, and this plaster flag hangs, limp.

There is a detention cell in the basement of the consulate that can accommodate hundreds of prisoners, which is not much different from that of the Gendarmerie Special High School not far away.

There are military police guards at the gate.

After checking Zhou Sen's ID, he confirmed his identity inside the building before letting him in.

Toshi Yamamoto's office is on the second floor. After Zhou Sen asked where he was going, he followed the house number he provided to find it.

At the door of Room 208, Zhou Sen reached out and knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

Zhou Sen pushed open the door and walked in. Toshi Yamamoto looked up and saw Zhou Sen, stood up and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou Sen is here, please sit down."

"Thank you, Director Yamamoto." Zhou Sen walked over and sat down on the chair in front of Toshi Yamamoto's desk.

"Tea or coffee?"

"Tea bar."

Toshi Yamamoto nodded, took out the tea from the tea pot, brewed a cup of tea for Zhou Sen himself, and handed it over.

Zhou Sen thanked him, and didn't drink right away, but quietly put it on the table: "Director Yamamoto, I have something to report to you..."

Zhou Sen reported how he passed the note about meeting Natasha when his family went to see a doctor.

But before he could meet people, a suspected case of "plague" suddenly occurred at the free clinic site, and the entire free clinic and people who had contact with the suspected cases were sealed off.

As a free doctor, Natasha naturally couldn't come out to meet him.

Toshi Yamamoto already knew about this matter. After all, as soon as something happened, the Soviet Union and Russia got in touch with the Japanese side to discuss a solution.

Naturally, the Soviet Union would not agree that its personnel would be quarantined by the Japanese side. Even if they wanted to be quarantined, they had to do it themselves.

How could the Japanese side agree? Even if they didn't understand what was going on, they would never make a decision on such a good opportunity.

And whether this suspected case of "plague" is an isolated case, or whether it has spread quietly, no one can say for sure.

Before this matter is clarified, who dares to make a decision.

But this matter has already been reported. The plague during the Gengxin years spread across the Northeast, and even overflowed the customs, so that in the next few years, everyone talked about the "plague" and the real color changed. The old people living in Bingcheng still remember it. still fresh.

However, the epidemic was extinguished at the beginning, and a lot of valuable experience and methods have been left behind. You only need to learn from it, and you don't have to panic as in the past.

This is a valuable experience gained at the price of death. This time the suspected case was discovered, and it was because of such countermeasures that it was able to be sealed in time.

Of course, it is also because the authorities attach importance to this free clinic. If another person finds out, it may even be reported to the health department. After the health department reacts, it may pass in a few days, and even the pandemic has 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 isolation, then we will have more room for maneuver." Zhou Sen said.

"Natasha is the No. 1 suspected case and contact case. If we ask her to be isolated in an infectious disease hospital, do you think it is possible?"

"This..." Toshi Yamamoto hesitated a little after hearing this. The negotiation of this matter was obviously out of his control, and he could only raise conditions to his superiors.

"I just suggest, Director Yamamoto, you can think about it, otherwise, I can't help it." Zhou Sen shifted the conflict upwards.

"I will think about it, Zhou Senjun, you go back first, and wait for my notice." Toshi Yamamoto also felt that it was just Natasha's words, maybe he could win over it, after all, the top-secret information he received, there also intends to ask Natasha Sha hooked up with Zhou Sen and instigated work for him by the way. If she didn't give him a chance, how would she get in touch with him?

Isn't this a matter of mutual love and my wish.

But Toshi Yamamoto didn't dare to guarantee it. After all, this matter may involve leaks from the 'Bungalow'. The Soviet side should not be aware of the existence of Bingcheng, a base that studies bacterial warfare and uses living people to study bacterial weapons.

This is the real core secret, and a Manchurian like Zhou Sen must never know that he is not from the Yamato clan.

In the words of the Chinese: People who are not of my race must have different hearts.

(End of this chapter)