Lonely Island

Fujita Yoshimasa was dead. Wang Yan heard the news from Iwai Eiichi half a month later.

The losses suffered in the Third War Zone this time had been too great. The military commanders at the front desperately passed the buck, and Fujita Yoshimasa's head was just sturdy enough to bear it. It was said that a solemn seppuku ceremony had been held in Nanjing. After two cuts, one horizontal and one vertical, the kaishakunin—a kendo master—had delivered an exceptionally precise stroke to his neck, leaving only skin and flesh connected. Fujita Yoshimasa became a model of someone willing to take responsibility, full of bushido spirit, and his story spread through the Japanese army.

What ordinary soldiers saw was an army major general, a commander of unimaginable rank, performing seppuku with great bushido spirit. Those with brains and sufficient rank saw that Fujita Yoshimasa had died taking the blame. It brainwashed and inspired the lower ranks while serving as a warning to the middle and upper ranks.

Fujita Yoshimasa probably had not wanted to commit seppuku, but he had no choice...

The newly transferred chief of the Special Higher Police was an army colonel from Nanjing named Kitagawa Kosuke. He had originally been the chief of the Nanjing Special Higher Police, holding the rank of lieutenant colonel. This time, he had been promoted one rank and sent to Shanghai—a genuine advancement.

Wang Yan had met Kitagawa Kosuke. He was a man with ideas and ambition, which was only natural. At that level, it was impossible not to have ideas or ambition. They were all thoroughgoing militarists.

Ming Lou's situation under Kitagawa Kosuke was fairly decent. The first thing Kitagawa Kosuke did after taking office was investigate the previous Death Spy Plan, wanting to understand the full sequence of events. Thanks to