Chapter Summaries

Jiang Hao rescued Xianglan and Dou Kou from Japanese soldiers, but the women returned to the church to find Japanese soldiers guarding its entrance. Inside, Yu Mo warned them to keep quiet about their rescuer, while the women feared what would happen to them next.

• Jiang Hao killed the Japanese soldiers who had seized Xianglan and Dou Kou, then urged the women to flee and hide.
• Xianglan and Dou Kou reached the church but hid when they saw Japanese soldiers guarding its entrance.
• John left the church, found the women, and led them back inside after negotiating with the guards.
• Yu Mo scolded Xianglan and Dou Kou, then warned everyone not to mention that their rescuer was Chinese beneath his Japanese uniform.
• Xianglan worried that the Japanese soldiers would harm the women in the church, and Yu Mo said they could only take each day as it came.

Jiang Hao joined the fighting against the Japanese Army, helped destroy a tank by detonating a wounded Nationalist soldier’s grenades, and was shot in the shoulder. He infiltrated Jinling Hospital as a wounded man and settled in to recover among the casualties.

• Jiang Hao watched Nationalist soldiers charge Japanese tanks with bundled grenades and saw them cut down by gunfire.
• Jiang Hao ambushed the Japanese from behind and shot the grenades held by a fallen soldier, killing Japanese troops and disabling a tank.
• Japanese fire wounded Jiang Hao’s left shoulder, so he escaped through alleys and used spiritual energy to control the bleeding.
• Jiang Hao pretended to be a wounded soldier and followed Japanese medics to Jinling Hospital, where he received basic treatment.
• Jiang Hao nourished his wound with spiritual energy, collected food with the other wounded men, and returned to his bed as night fell.

Jiang Hao recovered in a Japanese field hospital, learned that Mizushima So’s regiment was stationed near Zhongshan Gate, and poisoned the hospital’s wounded soldiers by serving arsenic egg drop soup. He left as the poison took effect and set out for Zhongshan Gate to target Noda Takeshi and Mukai Toshiaki.

• Jiang Hao questioned Mizushima So about his unit and learned that the man’s regiment was stationed near Zhongshan Gate and that he supported Japan’s invasion of China.
• After Mizushima So bragged about his family and abusing Chinese women, Jiang Hao stabbed him in the head with a spiritual-power needle, leaving him dead.
• Jiang Hao cultivated overnight, recovered much of his injured arm, and persuaded the hospital cooks to let him help prepare meals.
• Jiang Hao learned that the hospital housed two field-grade officers and seven company-grade officers, then made a large pot of egg drop soup mixed with a pound of arsenic.
• Jiang Hao left the hospital before the poison took effect, and the wounded soldiers began suffering violent symptoms as the system credited him with Japanese soldier kills.
• Jiang Hao headed toward Zhongshan Gate, planning to confront Noda Takeshi and Mukai Toshiaki.

Jiang Hao infiltrated Nanjing disguised as a Japanese medic and encountered war correspondent Yasuda Shozo, who had documented the Japanese Army’s atrocities. After revealing that he was Chinese, Jiang Hao killed Yasuda, but the system awarded him no Slaughter Value.

• Jiang Hao recovered from his injuries in an abandoned home and set out toward Zhongshan Gate.
• Jiang Hao injured Japanese war correspondent Yasuda Shozo with a thrown stone, then posed as a medic and helped him back to his photography studio.
• Jiang Hao learned that Yasuda had filmed and photographed massacres in Nanjing, including the Hundred Man Kill contest.
• When Yasuda mistook him for a Japanese soldier from Kumamoto, Jiang Hao declared that he was Chinese.
• Yasuda lunged at Jiang Hao, who pinned him down and broke his neck, but received no Slaughter Value for the kill.

Jiang Hao disguised himself as a Japanese reporter to infiltrate the camp of Noda Takeshi and Mukai Toshiaki, then inflicted a deadly three-day torment on them. He escaped with a captured 98K rifle and ammunition, leaving their fate to unfold inside the camp.

• Jiang Hao stored Yasuda Shozo’s films and photographs, changed into his uniform, and took his press documents and army pass before burning the house.
• At a checkpoint, Jiang Hao learned that hundreds of wounded soldiers had died from poisoned soup and borrowed a sidecar motorcycle.
• Jiang Hao posed as reporter Fujiwara Takumi and entered the 3rd Battalion of the 9th Regiment to meet Mukai Toshiaki and Noda Takeshi.
• After Mukai showed off his sword and 98K rifle, Jiang Hao incapacitated both men with silver needles and subjected them to a three-day, fatal torment.
• Jiang Hao took the 98K rifle and its ammunition, left the camp unchallenged, and sped away on the motorcycle.

Jiang Hao left Nanjing and traveled to Shanghai, deciding to strike at Japan rather than try to save civilians through individual battles. After reaching Shanghai, he spotted the Yokohama Specie Bank and planned to rob the Japanese reserve bank for the wealth it held.

• Jiang Hao left Nanjing after passing through a Japanese checkpoint with his press pass, intending to reach Japan and attack the enemy's heart.
• When his motorcycle ran out of fuel on the road to Shanghai, Jiang Hao obtained gasoline from a Japanese military convoy and continued on.
• Jiang Hao reached Shanghai at midnight, checked into an inn while disguised as a Japanese soldier, and meditated through the night.
• The next morning, Jiang Hao rode past the Yokohama Specie Bank and recognized it as a repository for wealth looted by the Japanese Army.
• Jiang Hao decided to rob the bank and take the Japanese-held gold, silver, and other valuables.

Jiang Hao prepared to return to Japan, secured passage on a liner, and gathered money and supplies while traveling through the city as a Japanese officer. He ended the night at an inn, where he refused the innkeeper’s offer of a woman.

• Jiang Hao learned that a liner would return to Japan in four days and obtained a boarding pass.
• Jiang Hao pawned his camera to a Japanese shop owner for five hundred yen by intimidating him.
• Jiang Hao ate at a Chinese restaurant, paid for his meal, and bought civilian clothes and a suitcase.
• Jiang Hao purchased cosmetics and Chinese herbs, then made a sticky paste and prepared brush bristles on a mirror.
• Jiang Hao cultivated at the inn and refused the innkeeper’s offer of a woman named Meidaizi.

Jiang Hao infiltrated Yokohama Specie Bank in disguise, forced Manager Asami to open the vault, and seized its gold. He discovered that his storage space could absorb the gold but not the banknotes, leaving him to figure out why.

• Jiang Hao disguised himself as Reporter Yasuda and persuaded Manager Asami to show him the bank’s underground vault defenses.
• Jiang Hao killed the two guards, incapacitated Manager Asami, and tortured him until he revealed the vault’s key and unlocking sequence.
• Manager Asami opened the vault, and Jiang Hao knocked him unconscious before entering.
• Jiang Hao absorbed more than four tons of gold, expanding his storage space by one-fifth of a cubic meter.
• Jiang Hao tried to absorb the banknotes, but the system left them in his storage space unchanged.

Jiang Hao robbed the Yokohama Specie Bank’s Shanghai branch and escaped with its gold and Japanese yen as the Japanese launched a citywide investigation. After learning that Matsui Iwane would soon return to Shanghai, Jiang Hao prepared to assassinate him with a Mauser 98K.

• Jiang Hao discarded the worthless military notes, stored the Japanese yen, killed the bank manager, and left the sealed vault with its gold.
• Jiang Hao escaped to the International Settlement and checked into a hotel, while the bank discovered the dead guards and missing gold and the Japanese began searching Shanghai.
• Jiang Hao learned from hotel guests that Matsui Iwane was expected to return to Shanghai in a few days.
• Jiang Hao took out his Mauser 98K and resolved to kill Matsui Iwane before he could return to Japan.

Jiang Hao bought supplies, stole two men’s identification documents, and prepared a new identity and ambush while waiting for Matsui Iwane to arrive in Shanghai. The chapter ended with Jiang Hao aiming his sniper rifle at Matsui Iwane as the general stepped out of his car.

• Jiang Hao bought cinnabar, yellow paper, carving tools, and a Lightning-struck Peach Wood seal blank, then carved a North Pole Heavenly Marshal Seal.
• Jiang Hao stole the identification documents of two men staying at his hotel and stored them away.
• Jiang Hao surveyed the western part of the city, chose an abandoned building as his firing position, and prepared his sniper rifle.
• Jiang Hao disguised himself and waited on the roof as Japanese soldiers and officers gathered to welcome Matsui Iwane.
• Jiang Hao recognized Matsui Iwane as he stepped out of his car and aimed his rifle at him.

Jiang Hao assassinated Matsui Iwane in Shanghai and escaped aboard an ocean liner to Japan. After reaching Osaka, he checked into an inn and prepared to use its hot springs.

• Jiang Hao shot Matsui Iwane during his arrival in Shanghai, then evaded the Japanese guards and made his way to the docks.
• Jiang Hao boarded an ocean liner using identification he had taken from a hotel guest and passed a Japanese soldier's inspection.
• Jiang Hao spent three days sailing to Osaka, keeping to himself while he read and cultivated at night.
• Jiang Hao arrived in Osaka, hired a rickshaw to take him to the Aoi family's inn, and requested its best room and a meal.
• After eating, Jiang Hao asked to use the hot springs, and a young woman brought him a bathrobe and offered to guide him.

Jiang Hao considered how to weaken Japan and discovered that Kawaguchi Kenichi was being recruited for a secret medical unit bound for China. He killed Kawaguchi and took his diploma, deciding to use his identity to pursue a university teaching position.

• Jiang Hao walked through Osaka and saw civilians, soldiers, and children enthusiastically supporting the war against China.
• At a tavern, Jiang Hao overheard Kawaguchi Kenichi say he was considering joining a secret medical unit headed to China.
• Jiang Hao followed Kawaguchi to his home, confirmed his medical qualifications, and took his diploma and several books.
• Jiang Hao killed Kawaguchi by inducing a fatal heart attack, and Kawaguchi's family later learned he had died.
• Jiang Hao returned to his hotel and decided to use Kawaguchi's diploma as a path toward becoming a university teacher.

Jiang Hao traveled to Kyoto to seek a way into Kyoto University's Medical Department and identified Professor Fukuda Itsu as a potential target. After following Fukuda and learning about his research and opposition to the military's use of pathogens, Jiang Hao caused him to suffer sudden chest tightness, leaving him barely conscious.

• Jiang Hao chose Kyoto University, traveled from Osaka, and explored the campus and Medical Department.
• Jiang Hao studied the medical faculty's posted names and information, then spent two days watching the university for a suitable target.
• Jiang Hao recognized Professor Fukuda Itsu leaving the university and followed him to a restaurant.
• Jiang Hao overheard Fukuda Itsu explain that he opposed the military using pathogens to kill people.
• After leaving the restaurant, Fukuda Itsu developed severe chest tightness and shortness of breath, then began losing consciousness.

Jiang Chuanhao saved Professor Fukuda Itsu during a medical emergency, then used their renewed connection to apply for a teaching position at Kyoto University. After a conversation that impressed the professor with his knowledge of pathology and virology, Jiang Hao left on good terms.

• Jiang Chuanhao gave Professor Fukuda Itsu first aid after he collapsed and escorted him home.
• Professor Fukuda Itsu recovered, learned Jiang Chuanhao's name, and later returned to work after a hospital examination.
• Jiang Chuanhao applied to the director of Kyoto University's Medical Department for a teaching position and left his address for consideration.
• Professor Fukuda Itsu recognized Jiang Chuanhao at the university and invited him to a tavern to thank him.
• Jiang Chuanhao discussed pathology and virology with Professor Fukuda Itsu, impressed him with his insights, and politely declined his invitation for tea.

Jiang Hao became Professor Fukuda’s teaching assistant at Kyoto University, gained popularity with students, and secretly built a private laboratory stocked with viruses stolen from the university lab. When Momotani Ami invited him to the Plum Blossom Festival, he rejected her and left.

• Jiang Hao was hired as a teaching assistant and assigned to work under Professor Fukuda.
• Jiang Hao moved near Kyoto University, rented a second building for a secret laboratory, and began covering Professor Fukuda’s pathology classes.
• Jiang Hao joined Fukuda’s laboratory, learned about its failed herpesvirus experiment, and persuaded Fukuda to let him observe animal virus samples.
• Jiang Hao secretly stole every virus sample in Fukuda’s laboratory and moved laboratory supplies into his private facility.
• Momotani Ami gave Jiang Hao a sushi bento and invited him to the Plum Blossom Festival, but Jiang Hao declined and walked away.

Jiang Hao engineered and spread a mutated avian flu across Japan using sparrows, then joined Professor Fukuda's research team as officials confronted the nationwide outbreak. The epidemic had already caused severe losses, and Jiang Hao's plan had begun to weaken Japan's resources.

• Terashima Taizo invited Jiang Hao to a geisha house, where Jiang Hao considered Japan's wartime prosperity and began planning to make it pay for the suffering in China.
• Jiang Hao spent more than half a month developing a mutated avian flu, then used Animal Communication Ability to infect sparrows and send them across Japan in Operation Sparrow.
• Half a month later, Jiang Hao heard that avian flu had broken out nationwide and that the Ministry of Health and Welfare had ordered medical departments to respond.
• Professor Fukuda asked Jiang Hao to join the laboratory's avian flu research, and the team learned that the outbreak had killed many chickens and caused losses estimated to reach 100 million Japanese Yen.

Jiang Hao cultivated a deadly mutant Rat Toxin and prepared to unleash it in Japan. After taking leave from Professor Fukuda, he traveled to Tokyo and sent infected rats toward the Imperial Guard Division’s garrison.

• Jiang Hao asked Professor Fukuda to let him compare the chicken plague with human viruses, then gained access to samples including cholera and plague.
• Jiang Hao cultivated a mutant Rat Toxin in his private laboratory and used Plague Dispelling Talismans to protect himself from infection.
• Jiang Hao took leave from Professor Fukuda, who told him that Tokyo University had found a way to prevent and treat the chicken plague.
• Jiang Hao loaded two barrels of cultivated virus, traveled to Tokyo, and bought a car near the Imperial Guard Division’s garrison.
• Jiang Hao used Animal Communication Ability to summon rats, strengthened two of them with spiritual power, fed them Rat Toxin, and ordered them to infect other rats and bite people in the military camp.

Jiang Hao arrived in Los Angeles, exchanged stolen Japanese money for US dollars, and bought more guns before flying to Washington. He introduced himself as an overseas Chinese from Singapore and met the Ambassador to the United States.

• Jiang Hao reached Los Angeles after a ten-day voyage and entered the country using a Japanese identity.
• Jiang Hao exchanged 3.86375 million Japanese Yen for 1.9 million US dollars in cash at Wells Fargo.
• Jiang Hao bought Colt revolvers, Colt M1911 pistols, a Tommy gun, and ammunition at a gun shop.
• Jiang Hao flew to Washington, checked into a hotel, and went to the Chinese Embassy.
• Jiang Hao told the embassy guard that he was an overseas Chinese from Singapore and had important business with the ambassador, who agreed to see him.

Jiang Hao brought Ambassador Hu Shih photographs and film documenting the Japanese Army’s massacre of Chinese civilians in Nanjing. After watching the footage, Hu Shih and embassy staff planned to distribute it internationally and use it to rally American opposition to aid for Japan.

• Jiang Hao showed Hu Shih photographs of the Nanjing massacre, and Hu Shih thanked him for preserving them.
• Jiang Hao revealed he had also brought dozens of film canisters showing Japanese forces on the battlefield and atrocities against civilians.
• Hu Shih took Jiang Hao and the materials to the embassy, where staff watched the footage and wept.
• Deputy Ambassador Guo Fan urged Hu Shih to show the evidence to American congressmen and push for an end to exports to Japan.
• Hu Shih proposed making copies of the materials and sending them to China and Western embassies to expose Japanese atrocities.

Jiang Hao secured a legal identity as a First Secretary at the Chinese Embassy and traveled to New York to seek help from Hongmen leader Situ Metang. After reading Hu Shih’s letter, Situ Metang welcomed him and asked what he needed.

• Jiang Hao declined Hu Shih’s offer of embassy work but asked for proof of his Chinese identity, and Hu arranged his appointment as a First Secretary.
• Jiang Hao told Hu Shih he planned to use economic means against Japan, and Hu gave him a letter of introduction to Situ Metang.
• Jiang Hao left Washington for New York and found the New York Overseas Chinese Anti-Japanese National Salvation Fundraising Association in Chinatown.
• Jiang Hao presented Hu Shih’s letter and met Situ Metang, who praised his contribution and asked how he could help.