Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen The Man in the Dark

On January 19, Totsukawa arrived in Johannesburg, the capital of the Republic of South Africa, by plane via Mumbai and Nairobi.He hasn't shaved his beard for a long time, but today he shaved it clean. In the Republic of South Africa, which is located in the southern hemisphere, it is summer now.However, there are many plateau areas here, and life is not bad. As soon as he got off the plane at Johannesburg Airport, Totsukawa felt the racial difference, and he was mentally prepared for this.However, the immigration officials at the airport did not give different treatment to Totsukawa, who is a yellow race. It can be said that it is just the opposite.Probably because there are laws that treat Japanese people the same as white people.Like the red-haired immigration officer of the Dutch family, he tried his best to make Totsukawa feel that he was not treated differently.This instead made Totsukawa feel the seriousness of the racial discrimination policy implemented in this country.Treating the Japanese on the same terms as whites is not so much a matter of respect for the Japanese as it is due to the policy of Japan being one of South Africa's important trading partners, but it is still a bit reluctant. .

Johannesburg is a big city with a population of more than one million, with many tall buildings, a bit like the United States. There is a train from Johannesburg to Durban, but I heard it would take 15 hours, so Totsukawa still took the plane.All transportation in this country is monopolized by the government.Aviation is of course government run, all run by South African Airways (SAL). The plane arrived in Durban in an hour. Like Johannesburg, Durban is also a city of white people, with clean, beautiful streets full of buildings and white people walking with their chests out.Occasionally seeing black people, they all seemed lifeless.Is it the laws that bind them that have obliterated the unique energetic energy of blacks?

Totsukawa came to the seaside street. In the afternoon sun, a huge oil refinery was reflected, and there were anchors for berthing oil tankers on the ocean, and two 50,000-ton oil tankers were lined up side by side.Did the 500,000-ton "First Japan" dock here around December 5 last year? Totsukawa walked into a restaurant near the oil refinery. It had a nice name, the Grand Victoria Hotel, but it was actually just an old, five-story hotel. When Totsukawa came to the counter through the hall, he saw a group of strange people. Several men were sitting on the sofa blankly, as if waiting for something.

I didn't know who they were at first, but after hearing what the waiter said, I realized that they were a group of professional killers and warmongers.Among them are mercenaries who survived the conflict in the Congo. Now, guerrilla warfare is happening almost every day along the border between the Republic of South Africa and the neighboring Black Independent States.These people came here because they smelled the gunpowder of war.I heard that this kind of mercenary has a monthly salary of four to five million yen. "Who hired them? The South African government?" Totsukawa asked the male attendant who showed him to the room.

"No, it's the rich man." The waiter answered with a smile. After taking a rest in a room overlooking the sea, Totsukawa walked out of the hotel holding a photo of the "Daiichi Japan". There are all kinds of shops on the seaside street.It is the Republic of South Africa after all, and there are many gem shops and gold craft shops here.The Totsukawa family went from house to house to show the shop assistants photos of the Daiichi Japan, and asked them if the ship had ever been at anchor on the sea.People say they don't know.He told people that if anyone has seen this boat, please tell the Japanese Totsukawa at the Grand Victoria Hotel, and he will get a reward of 50 US dollars.

Totsukawa thought to himself, once the news that there is a strange Japanese willing to pay 50 US dollars to solicit a giant oil tanker spreads, there may be someone who provides information. He returned to the hotel after dinner and waited in his room for a call. An hour, two hours passed, and the phone on the desk didn't ring at all, not even a teasing call. It's 10 o'clock in the evening.In the face of complete disappointment, the phone rang suddenly.He quickly picked up the microphone and said "Hello". Unexpectedly, the other party was Japanese, and it was a young man's voice. He said:

"You are Mr. Totsukawa who inquired about the situation of the 'Daiichi Japan'?" "Ah, yes." Totsukawa put the receiver close to his ear and said.Who is the other party? "I have something to tell you, I want to see you." "who are you?" "Don't ask who I am, I just tell you that I know what you want to know." "whats the matter?" "The 'Daichi Japan' incident, the serial killing incident, the M16 rifle incident." "Where are you going to meet you?" "100 meters south from where you are, there is an Astoria Hotel, and I'm in Room 406 there."

"I'll go." Just as Totsukawa was about to put down the microphone, the other party said: "You come alone, without weapons." This is a cheap hotel with no elevator. Totsukawa climbed the creaking stairs to the fourth floor.After seeing the house number 406, he knocked on the door and said: "I am Totsukawa from Japan." The person in the room said in Japanese: "Come in." Totsukawa opened the door. It was dark inside.Totsukawa took out a lighter and tried to light it, but the man in the room said: "Don't start the fire. You close the door and sit on the chair. I warn you, there is a 32-caliber silent pistol pointed at you, so don't act rashly."

Totsukawa groped for a chair and sat down, blinking a few times to adjust his eyes to the darkness.He vaguely saw a bed next to the window, and a dark figure was sitting on the bed. It seemed that the other party's warning was not a joke, because the man's tone was calm and sober, as if he was a little rash.Don't look at him smiling, maybe he will pull the trigger. However, Totsukawa was not very nervous, he sneezed loudly, and his nose was still wheezing.He said to the man in the dark: "Can you take out the handkerchief, I want to blow my nose." "You're a weird person."

The man seemed surprised, but also admired.You can understand what he said. "Thank you." Totsukawa said, took out a handkerchief, blew his nose, and said: "Colds never get better." "I've always wanted to meet you." The man said coldly, "I really want to see what kind of person you are." "Me too." Totsukawa also said, "I think I'll see you someday." "Who am I, can you imagine?" "Of course, you are the real murderer of serial killings. I am completely defeated by you. You are really an amazing person."

"I didn't expect to be praised by Mr. Interpol." After the man finished speaking, he chuckled. Totsukawa blew his nose again and said: "But, your name?" "Watanabe Ichiro." "It's the name of the person who rented the Futaba apartment. Of course, it's a pseudonym, right?" "You can say whatever you want." "What about the place of birth?" "A person born in Japan is now an American citizen. However, from my actual experience, he is stateless." "I want to know about your experience." "I don't want to talk about things in Japan, because I am no longer Japanese. I forgot where I was born and what school I graduated from. I only remember that I went to the United States 10 years ago." "Is it okay to smoke?" "What did you say?" "I want to have a cigarette, can I?" "It's better not to smoke." The man said coldly, "You may really want to smoke, but I think you want to use the light of the lighter to see my face. In that case, I may pull the trigger." "Understood, just be patient for a while. So, what did you do in America?" "Anyway, I want to settle in the U.S., and I've done everything to make money. Washing dishes, doing laundry, cooking in Japanese restaurants, driving trucks, etc., but I can't save enough money. My visa is about to expire, and I But I’m in a hurry. At this moment, a man came to me. It can be said that my fate was decided at that time.” "What kind of man?" "His name was Tom. I don't know if that's his real name. It's useless to know. For an American, he was a little short. In Central Park in New York he said to me: 'Do you like money and adventure?' That It was very cold and hungry, and I was shivering all over my body. I immediately said 'Yes!'. Then the man showed me a silver badge and said that if I listen to him, he promises to give it to me for a month. For $200, however, the work is dangerous." "A silver badge?" "Badge of the Central Intelligence Agency." "CIA?" "Yes. I hesitated. The other party is a member of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the nature of the job can be imagined. However, I am only 18 years old. I need money and I am willing to take risks. Moreover, the other party said that I can get American citizenship The words are attractive to me. So, I said OK to him." "What happened next?" "The next day, the plane took me to Fort Knox, Kentucky." "Is that the place with the ski resort?" "You are so humorous." The man seemed to think that Totsukawa's words were ridiculous, so he also chuckled. "There is a very large military training center there. From the day I arrived there, I received intense training. M16 rifles, M1 machine guns, mortars, 10 hours of shooting training every day. Almost all firearms I practiced it all over. Especially the feeling when shooting a gun is simply amazing. I have a sharp sense and I practiced very well very quickly. I almost hit a hundred shots. Then I entered the shooting training on moving targets, which is quite Difficult. You've probably shot with live ammunition, you'll know that. In the beginning, as soon as you aim at it, the target is gone. But then you get used to it, and the technique of shooting from a moving jeep is also mastered. In 1965, they flew me to Bangkok, Thailand." "As a special force, right?" "Yes. In our team, the captain is an American, and the members are a hodgepodge of people of various nationalities. There are 28 people in total." "Are there any Japanese besides you?" "Besides me, there are two Japanese people, but I don't know their names. We all call each other by nicknames. It seems that there is an unwritten law, and we don't ask each other about each other's experiences. " "What are you doing in Bangkok?" "Another two months of intense training, learning about life in the jungle and the lives of the local people. Training in sabotage. Interestingly, learning how to use Soviet and Chinese weapons. Now, the world's I can use a gun." The man said proudly.If he was 18 10 years ago, he should be 28 now. He belongs to the so-called generation that does not know war.He actually enjoys the training of killing people, and is proud of being good at playing with guns! "So, have you ever been to Vietnam?" "No. At that time, the US regular army was already involved in Vietnam. There was no need for our special forces. We went to Laos." "Is it secretly aiding the old government army?" "No. I don't think the United States trusts the patriotic front in Laos, nor does it trust the Lao government army. The task given to us is to deliver weapons to a tribe in Laos and cultivate a third force. In the dry season of 1965, we took a transport plane with Weapons came to Laos together, supplied guns to a tribe of about 1,000 people, and taught them how to fight. Shoot! Charge! Accelerated education is all in English. The trainers are all American officers.” "Have you been in actual combat?" "It has been done, mainly against the Patriotic Front." "Are you not afraid?" "When I fought for the first time, I shrank into a ball and didn't remember how the battle was fought. But after killing the enemy, I became bolder." "enemy……?" "Don't make a fuss." The man smiled slightly. "On the battlefield, the kind of cheap humanitarianism that says that the enemy and your own people are the same people will not work. On the battlefield, there is only the difference between the enemy and your own people. To kill the enemy is to be killed by the enemy. To fight is to kill. This is the only law to rule the battlefield. Therefore, I have killed many people with this hand." "How long have you been fighting in Laos?" "We fought for seven months. Later, the leader of the tribe lost his fighting spirit and hid. The people of the tribe also lost their fighting spirit. We also had to withdraw to Bangkok." "Why didn't you go back to Japan?" "I also thought about going back to Japan, but Japan is not at war with any country, and my actions in Laos were just killing people. If I fail, I will be punished. Don't you find it strange? The same behavior, if I am an American citizen, would be regarded as He is a hero; if he is a Japanese citizen, he will be condemned as a murderer." "As a result, you didn't return to Japan?" "yes." "Okay, let's get to the important topic. Who ordered you to kill?" "You should know that very well," said the man. Totsukawa blew his nose again with a handkerchief, but this time to buy time, he didn't know how to answer. The person who instructed him must be the crew of the "First Japan", but (page 338 of the missing original book) Acting as a crew member of the world's largest giant oil tanker "First Japan" when it sank, floating on the ocean in order to escape for his life, and this crew member wanted to conceal the identity of the crew members of the "First Japan" while leaving evidence Such a complex role.These three people did not talk about the details, but I am not a child, and I also guessed the general situation from the wonderful conversation between them and a giant oil tanker on the ocean.However, I didn't say anything.If you can get money and take risks, I am willing to do it. " "So, where did you go first?" "On December 8, I went to a fishing village in Sri Lanka. It was a small fishing village 30 minutes away from Colombo by car. Although the natural conditions were good, it was very poor. I sneaked into a fisherman's house. The 23-year-old , dreaming of owning an 80,000-yen Japanese-made fishing boat engine. It’s easy to buy him.” "You bought him an engine?" "Yes. I spent 80,000 yuan and became his god. I got tanned, my hands and feet were swollen in the sea water, and I grew a scruffy beard. Because I was asked to pretend to be Junichi Akamatsu. , so he gave me his crew manual. My Yogi watch was replaced by a Japanese watch. On the night of December 10, I sailed to the Chagos Islands in the fishing boat of the Sri Lankan youth I had bought." "It's 1,000 kilometers from Sri Lanka to the Chagos Islands?" "Ah, it's very far away. However, there are many small islands in that area, and you can approach the Chagos Islands while passing through the small islands. Of course, the young man sent me off while fishing. The next day, when I was near Chagos When I was on a small island in the archipelago, I jumped into the sea with the lifebuoy I had prepared in advance.” "That life buoy, was it given to you by the crew of the 'Daiichi Japan'?" "No, how can you go to Sri Lanka with that thing. I bought a lifebuoy in Colombo that is the same as the one used by the 'First Japan', and I wrote 'First Japan' on it myself, and I am The lifebuoy I used. I was a bit afraid of sharks, but I managed to swim to the beach. I was exhausted." The man may have recalled the scene at that time, he laughed happily, and continued: "Later, I was taken to an Englishman's house. Because the real Junichi Akamatsu's English was poor, I had to pretend that I didn't know much English, which was not easy." "and after?" "On December 15th, I returned to Haneda by plane as Akamatsu Junichi. At this time, I was asked to sneak back to Japan secretly, and I will leave Akamatsu Junichi's footprints in future investigations. " "Since Junichi Akamatsu has returned to Japan, how are you going to deal with journalists following up and interviewing him?" "That's okay, because it's Akamatsu Junichi who's being followed, not me." "You promised to kill those six people and their families and return to Japan, right?" "My answer is NO." "no?" "They said that they might ask me to kill someone, and they said that I might not need to kill him, and they would give me $6,000 whether they use me or not. Even with the $4,000 they gave me at the beginning, they gave me a total of $10,000. I don't need to kill..." "You mean I'll tell you in a week?" "Speaking of the night of December 17th. The real Akamatsu Junichi himself, returned to Japan before I returned to Japan. He used my passport. As soon as I arrived in Japan, Akamatsu gave me a fortune Money, it's not the $6,000, it's for me to prepare for a rainy day. I used that money to buy two M16 rifles and bullets. Through my friend who is now serving in the Xiaguan Barracks and fought in Vietnam, it is very It was easy to get. One was from a US Army store and the other he stole. I didn't know that at the time, though." "Why do you have two guns?" "My character is very cautious, and I prepared a car. On the evening of the 17th, when I met Junichi Akamatsu again, he said that the time limit was up and he told me to act. He gave me a piece of paper with the murder target's name, car number and reservation. A note for action. At the top of it is Captain Miyamoto's name and his walking route." "How did you kill Captain Miyamoto?" "It's safe to say I didn't do anything. I read the paper and hid above the Olympic swimming pool waiting for Captain Miyamoto to arrive. It was a cold night and there was no one around. I pointed the gun at him , Before I could pull the trigger, he backed away in fright, fell headfirst to the bottom of the cliff and died." "Why didn't you kill Captain Miyamoto's wife?" "I don't know why, I just know that she is not on the list given to me." The man said. Probably thought the widow didn't know anything.If Captain Miyamoto had told her the situation, she would have been killed too. "The next step is the ambush at the Oigawa Iron Bridge. It is difficult to snipe from under the car, but it is much easier than fighting, because there is no counterattack from the opponent, so you can aim and shoot with confidence." The man said with relish.Then, there was a slight gurgling sound of chewing gum in the darkness.He chewed gum as he talked about bloody killings. "You should know very well about the future." The man continued, "Killed Tsuji and his wife in Nozawa Hot Springs, sacrificed a gun, and broke through your investigation. Because it was agreed to bring the murder weapon back to Tokyo at the end, So the gun that killed 1st class Sato must be preserved. That is a heavy burden." "You fled from Nozawa to Nagoya, and from Nagoya got on the ferry that Kojima Boatswain took?" "Yes. I learned about the successful explosion of the time bomb on the speedboat from the TV news after I arrived in Okinawa." "Is the method of making bombs also learned in the United States?" "Yes. That's an introductory course in sabotage. You can easily make one, too, with dynamite, a fuse, a clock, and a battery." "It was you who killed the student Wakamatsu, right?" "Yes. Killing him was unplanned. I set a trap for killing him because you stuck with the island bosun. He was just a bait for you. It's his bad luck. " "Unlucky? Taking people's lives, can you explain it with a sentence of unlucky? Ruosong, a college student, didn't do anything to hurt you!" "That kind of emotional theory is meaningless." The man said to Totsukawa while chewing gum, "I told you just now that I killed many people in Laos and Vietnam. I saw dozens of people with my own eyes. People, hundreds of people died. When a person dies, it has nothing to do with whether he is a good person or a bad person, it is just fate." "Is this your outlook on life?" "This is my way of life. I am used to this way of life. Good and evil are meaningless to me. To me, whether there is any value in life depends on whether the thing is thrilling and exciting. .” "When you returned to the mainland from Okinawa, you didn't escape in the Sabani, did you? You used feints, right? Whether it was in Nozawa Onsen or Okinawa, you often used feints." "Of course, I flew back to Haneda Airport in a dignified manner. You were watching at Naha Airport with Junichi Akamatsu's photo, so I passed easily." "But why did you kill Akamatsu Junichi in the end? Akamatsu is one of your sponsors, right?" "In the beginning, I said that I left Akamatsu Junichi's suicide note and murder weapon, and pretended to be Akamatsu to commit suicide. The location was chosen to be Mount Aso or Mihara Mountain. But when I finally saw Akamatsu, after I handed him the murder weapon, the rifle, he suddenly thought Kill me. Probably trying to silence me. Also, a dead body is needed to pretend he committed suicide." "Did you last meet in the miscellaneous forest on the outskirts of Hachioji?" "Yes. Chisong waited for me while drinking whiskey, probably to increase his courage to kill me. However, I have experience in fighting. You can't kill people by fighting with your body." "However, this method of suicide is too old, right?" "I used an M16 rifle. I remembered what my father told me about the suicide method of Japanese soldiers. I wanted to try it. I brought an M16 rifle back from Okinawa and wanted to use it. That's all. Also, the camera is too bad. Yes. In order to leave traces of the murder, I took pictures of the murder scene. However, I had to find a substitute in Okinawa. After killing the college students, in order to make people see the real thing, I put my camera and film together It was thrown into the sea. What a pity. The film must have been printed, right?" "Ah, those are some tricks, but we were confused. If you want to talk about tricks, the situation of Futaba Apartment is also a trick, right?" "I ordered Akamatsu Junichi to do it. At first glance, the plan was good, but important places were neglected. For example, the police should investigate carefully the hair that fell on the pillow and quilt. I told them to take Akamatsu's hair." The hair was left there. They didn't think about such a subtlety. The Viet Cong guerrillas are much smarter. My words are all over." "Why do you want to tell me this now?" The man spit out the gum with a snap and said: "There are two reasons. First, I want to talk to the opponent in this incident—that is, you." "I've always wanted to meet you too. You're an interesting person." "You are also a ridiculous character. Let me talk about the second reason, and that is to fight back against their betrayal of me." "Then, come back to Tokyo with me. I hope you will tell everyone the truth of the incident." "Then go to death row prison." The man smiled, "Although they betrayed me, I don't want to stand with you police because of this. There is no evidence for what I said to you. You went back to Japan and said My situation can only be a laughing stock. Isn't it?" "Wouldn't it be different if I had recorded your conversation?" "This kind of bluff doesn't apply to me." The man smiled in the dark. "As I said just now, I went to fight in Laos and Vietnam, and my eyes and ears were sharpened. When fighting the guerrillas, if you can't hear a small sound, you will be beaten. Damn. Even in this darkness, I can see your expression. If there is a sound of tape spinning, I can hear it. But, I don't hear the sound of tape spinning. One more thing, by the way Tell you, don't look for evidence that the 'Daiichi Japan' has been here, it will be in vain." "why?" "The 'First Japan' did come here, and they sold crude oil from the Persian Gulf to South African Oil Company. But there is no evidence, South African Oil Company will not admit it, and the Japanese are gone." "Where are they now?" "Don't you know?" "I think they probably went to Brazil." "You don't need to ask if you know. They are doing a good job. Not long ago, I heard that some Japanese bought a large piece of grassland in the hinterland of Brazil and started to run a ranch. Those people may be them. In addition, I also heard that some Japanese bought Five or six motorboats, started tourism and fishing around Santos, probably them." "You tell me the details." "No, I didn't tell you the reason. Besides, it's useless for you to go to the streets of Durban to ask. I know that someone took a picture of the 'First Japan' moored on the ocean berth, but they have already All the photos and negatives were bought and burned." "Where is 'Daichi Japan' now?" "It probably sank to the bottom of the sea." The man whispered, laughing in the darkness. "Did they sink the ship?" "There are no such fools who leave deadly evidence. They also considered selling the tanker to the Republic of South Africa, but then they probably considered that the tanker is different from oil. If this tangible thing is left behind, the result will bring them a lot of money." A fatal blow. If the 'First Japan' disappears, the Japanese police will be helpless. I don't want to provide you with testimony, and there is no evidence that the 'First Japan' has been here, but maybe there is still luck in case. Just pray for that." "What luck?" "They're not experts in demolition. Also, I've seen Vietnamese guerrillas use rockets to sink tankers off the coast of Vietnam. Tankers loaded with oil are easy to burn and sink, but empty tankers are hard to sink. Ah, I'm going to Gone elsewhere, bye." "Where are you going?" "Finally, the recruitment order came down. Tomorrow, we will conduct an ambush operation against the infiltrated liberation guerrillas in the northern border area. I was hired. I can openly shoot again." "I can't ask you to go, I want to take you back to Japan to testify. This is my job task." Totsukawa said each word slowly. "That can't be done." The man said in a contemptuous tone, "First, you don't even know my name, how can you arrest me and take me back to Japan?" "No, I know your name." This was the first counterattack since Totsukawa came to this room. "Don't be bluffing," said the man. Totsukawa smiled and said: "Let me tell you your name. Your name is Hideo Mochizuki, isn't it?" The moment Totsukawa spoke out, he felt the air flow slightly, and this feeling was unmistakable. "Don't talk nonsense!" the man said loudly.Totsukawa calmed down instead, and said: "You're confident, but you make mistakes." Totsukawa watched the situation in the darkness.At this time, his eyes gradually adapted, and he saw a black figure. "Did I make a mistake?" the man asked. "Yes, you made a mistake." Totsukawa said deliberately slowly. "The first is that you refused to give up the black semi-new Corolla car you stole at the beginning. Under normal circumstances, it is safer to change a car immediately, but you Didn't do that. With a cool head, you wouldn't continue to ride in that car because you think it's troublesome. In this case, there is only one reason, that is, you are sure that it is safer to continue in that car. If the black semi-new Corolla is Ren It’s safer to steal another car. It seems ridiculous, but you can only think that the car is yours. During the interrogation, you have to check the driver’s license and the car license. When you showed Junichi Akamatsu’s driver’s license, which was inconsistent with the name on the vehicle inspection certificate, you would still be interrogated even if you were not found to have an M16 rifle. However, you were not interrogated by Nozawa Onsen, which means that the black semi-new Corolla The inspection certificate of the car is the same as your driver's license." "..." "You made another mistake, that is, after you stole the car, you left a Pan Am envelope with 200,000 yen in it to the owner. It was a clever trick of yours to keep the owner from reporting the crime. But that does not guarantee that the owner will not report the crime. Young people nowadays are not all so alert, and they may raise 200,000 yuan to the police station to report the crime. In that case, you will be too dangerous. The possibility is very high Yes. I think you will understand this, but why do you take such a risk? Isn’t it the safest to buy a half-new car like you did in Okinawa? There is only one reason that can be thought of, that It’s just that you know the character of Toshio Mochizuki, a college student, and you know that he will never report the crime. That is to say, you are his brother who went to the United States, and you are the real owner of the semi-new black Corolla car Hideo Mochizuki.” "..." "I also know your experience. Of course, I didn't investigate you as a murderer. I only investigated you for the sake of prudence because you are the owner of the car. I haven't forgotten that. Your father is a commercial company Assistant to the section chief, you two brothers, you dropped out of university and went to the United States. Later,..." "Come on, come on, stop talking!" the man stopped him loudly, "I am indeed Hideo Mochizuki. But you can't do anything to me. This is Africa, and I will hide." In the darkness, the man—Hideo Mochizuki stood up, and the shadow was moving. Totsukawa wanted to tell him not to move, but at this moment, his nose itched and he sneezed loudly. Suddenly, in this tense atmosphere, the terrified Hideo Mochizuki pulled the trigger. There was a sound of a silent pistol firing, and the orange-red line of fire tore through the darkness, and Totsukawa's body suddenly fell to the floor. When Totsukawa woke up in the ward, it was already dawn outside the window. Someone entered the ward, and a tall blond female nurse looked at Totsukawa from above and said: "Sir, it's all right." The nurse didn't even smile when she spoke. Totsukawa had pain in the flank.Judging from the fact that he didn't die, the bullet missed a vital part. "Can you show me the newspaper?" Totsukawa said to the nurse. In the afternoon, the nurse brought the newspaper.Totsukawa endured the pain and watched. What Totsukawa feared to happen finally happened. At around 2:35 this morning, there was a small-scale battle with the guerrillas in the border area northeast of Johannesburg. The Communist guerrillas abandoned 12 corpses and retreated. We killed 2 people and injured 4 people.Among the dead was an American Volunteer named Hideo Mochizuki (28 years old).My condolences to this brave man. After Totsukawa read the newspaper, his face turned pale.he thinks: "In this way, isn't there no evidence for this incident?" at this very same moment. The 32-foot "Albatross III" ocean-going speedboat sailed eastward around the world and entered the Indian Ocean through Madagascar. Two young Japanese were sitting on the speedboat.Twelve and thirteen minutes ago they rushed into the fierce gale. The gust of wind stopped suddenly, and the eyes became clear again. But a huge wall suddenly appeared in front of him blocking the way. Hastily turned the rudder. The 32-foot wooden boat jumped violently, the sails made a loud noise, and the speedboat turned to starboard. "What it is?" A young man said loudly as he wiped the splash from his face. After walking away, I saw what looked like a wall. It turned out to be a part of a huge rusty hull that looked a little dirty. "What a big boat!" The two young men gasped in surprise. The boat is nearly 400 meters long, and if the speedboat hits it, it will be shattered in an instant. However, the giant ship in front of him, like a wounded and dying whale, was tilted sharply, floating in the seawater flowing eastward. "It's a ghost ship." A young man said to himself. The inside of the boat did not look like a person at all. The belly of the boat seemed to have exploded, and a large hole with a diameter of seven or eight meters was opened. A thick steel plate was rolled up, and the sea water washed the wound.Looking inside from the entrance of the cave, although the next door inside has cracks, it is not broken.It may be for this reason that the ship did not sink. Another young man read the text on the hull and said: "'Daiichi Nippon'. It's a Japanese ship!"