The Bourne Counterattack

Chapter 477: The Conflicted Dr. Morita

If everything went well, Chiyoko would not call Cheng Mo at night. After all, if things were going well, there would be no need to do so.

But if something unexpected happens.

Chiyoko would call Cheng Mo first because she might not be able to handle it alone.

In fact, this plan has many risks. If Hideo Morita gets angry and something bad happens, both of them will definitely feel bad. But if the effect is not ideal and the goal cannot be achieved, they can only pray to fate.

In other words, if Hideo Morita could have gone the next day, the plan would have failed and the rest of the trip would have depended on luck.

That night, Cheng Mo did not receive any calls, and he successfully sent the list of visiting members and itinerary plan back to the bureau headquarters.

Everything seemed to pass peacefully.

The next morning, Cheng Mo got up, washed, had breakfast, and was just about to drive to work when the phone in the study rang.

Only Cheng Mo or Su Moer can answer the phone at home. Xiaoyu is not allowed to answer the phone without permission, unless she helps Su Moer answer the phone or she is the only one at home.

It was rare to receive phone calls early in the morning, so Cheng Mo retracted his leg that was about to open the door, walked into the study, and picked up the phone.

"Hi, I'm..."

"Okay, I got it. I'll be there in a minute." The call was from Chiyoko. Morita Hideo had a high blood pressure attack and was hospitalized. He was afraid that he could not go on the trip to Jinling today. Even if he wanted to, his body would not allow it.

Chiyoko also applied to stay and take care of her father, and the consulate in Shanghai agreed.

Chiyoko was just an ordinary consulate staff member. Although her work involved confidential information, she was not irreplaceable. It was easy to find someone from the consulate to go in her place, and the person who had the opportunity to replace her was secretly happy.

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As the day for Wang Puppet Government to return the capital to Nanjing was approaching, the voices of opposition were growing louder and louder. Of course, under the threat of the Japanese, they could only carry out the opposition secretly in the Japanese-occupied areas. Although the concessions were not under the control of the Japanese, the concession authorities did not want the Japanese to cause trouble, so the spread of such voices was strictly prohibited.

Therefore, all relevant newspapers received warnings and were forbidden to talk about the Wang Puppet regime's return to the capital.

These days, political stocks are doing things around this issue.

It is easy to manage the legitimate newspapers, but it is difficult to manage the unlicensed ones. All they need is a simple printing press and lead type to print. They don't need very good paper, even ordinary straw paper will do. They print a few hundred copies at a time, and then find some beggars, give them some money, and distribute them everywhere. If you want to investigate, you have no idea where to start.

Once discovered, they can only be confiscated and then destroyed in batches.

This is the daily work of the secret service unit. As for catching anti-Japanese and Blue Shirts Society members, unless you are too obvious or the Japanese gendarmerie headquarters issues a warrant and has a specific person and address, the police station will cooperate in the arrest. Otherwise, with that little salary, who would be willing to risk their own life?

Cheng Mo usually doesn't need to do this kind of thing himself. He just tells his subordinates to do it. Unless a major case occurs, such as arresting anti-Japanese elements, or there are casualties, he will come forward in person.

Most of the time, he just reads or signs documents in his office, listens to his subordinates' reports on relevant situations, and makes decisions.

Therefore, as long as he can be found at any time, it doesn't matter where he is. Of course, if something big happens when he is not there, and he cannot be found in time, then it will be a big problem, and it depends on whether his subordinates are capable.

However, the probability of this happening is extremely small. Now everyone's eyes are on Nanjing. Even the Military Control Commission's Shanghai area is keeping an eye on it. There is not much point in causing trouble in Shanghai.

Unless you bomb the Japanese consulate in Shanghai or the military police headquarters, that might cause a huge sensation, but even if all the forces of the Military Control Commission in Shanghai were combined, it would not be possible.

To stir up trouble in the concession was not to target the Japanese. This was the tacit understanding between the top leaders of the Municipal Council and Chongqing. Otherwise, without this tacit understanding, the Municipal Council would have compromised with the Japanese. Then, it would be hard to tell who would be in trouble.

Therefore, the safety of the Japanese was guaranteed within the concession. The assassinations and kidnappings by the Military Intelligence Bureau were only aimed at traitors and national traitors. As for the Japanese, as long as they were not within the concession, it had nothing to do with the concession authorities. The Japanese could not hold the concession authorities responsible for cases that did not occur within the concession.

Cheng Mo called Xu Qinghe into the office and told him that he would be out for two hours at most and would be back at noon, so he asked him to take care of it if there was anything else.

Xu Qinghe didn't ask any more questions. He shouldn't have asked any more questions. Asking any more questions would not be a good thing.

Cheng Mo then drove to the HK area.

Because of Dr. Morita's special identity, the hospital would not let him in. He had to call Chiyo out, and the guard at the door let him into the hospital.

Hideo Morita was placed in a single room.

A whole night had passed at this time, and Hideo Morita on the hospital bed had woken up, but his blood pressure was still a little high, and he was unable to get out of bed, but his mind was clear.

The doctor suggested that he needed to stay in the hospital for two days for observation, and if he was fine, he could be discharged.

This was the doctor's advice, and Morita Hideo naturally had to listen to it. However, after these two days, unless he could catch the train to Nanjing in the evening of the 29th, he would miss the ceremony of Wang's return to the capital Nanjing.

Hideo Morita's original purpose was not this, he just wanted to take advantage of the treatment he received while coming to China.

Due to his physical condition, no one said anything when he missed the ceremony.

Since Hideo Morita woke up, the father and daughter haven't said a word to each other. He didn't eat the breakfast that Chiyo bought for him either, as it had gone cold.

He is using his own body to vent his anger on his daughter.

People always get emotional sometimes and do some childish and inappropriate things. Hideo Morita is essentially a scholar, so it is normal for him to behave in such emotional ways.

Seeing Chiyoko answering a phone call and going out, he guessed what was going on. The old man took a look at the breakfast on the bedside and sighed.

There are some things a father can control, but there are others a father cannot control forcefully and can only make suggestions. If he stops it now, what he might get in return is a lifetime of resentment from his daughter. When he closes his eyes and kicks his legs, will he still be able to control it?
If the incident had not happened, everything would be easy to deal with, but now that it has happened, what can we do? After all, everything was done willingly by my daughter.

Is it the student Cheng Mo’s fault?

It's true that you should be blamed. You're already married, so why are you messing with your own daughter? But on the other hand, it seems that she didn't take the initiative to provoke you.

What a bad fate!

I thought this kid was a good person, but unexpectedly, he is also a good-for-nothing. How can he, as a father, feel at ease?
Not to mention, with no name or status, am I going to be an underground lover for the rest of my life, or really follow the Chinese example and marry him and become his concubine?

Isn't this a disgrace to the Morita family?

If this gets back to Japan, I'll be laughed at to death!

(End of this chapter)