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Chapter 7 Chapter 6 I don't know what the big halo is

Soling 倪匡 7054Words 2018-03-14
After drifting on the sea for two days, Aoki's mind was muddled and he couldn't think about it.As soon as he closed his eyes, he saw the big halo hanging high in the air, and countless sparkling rays of light shot out from the big halo.He had absolutely no idea what it was.But he can be sure that nearly 2,000 officers and soldiers on the "Heavenly Kingdom" were all killed by the light from the big halo.After Aoki went ashore, he found some US military supplies to survive. Aoki can only imagine such a big halo, this kind of light, is a new weapon of the Allied forces, maybe it is the "atom bomb", which can have such a huge lethality, so that all the officers and soldiers of the "Tianguo" ship, except Except for him, all died.

And he, Lieutenant Aoki Kiichi, was in the confinement room beforehand, not on the deck, so the light from the great halo did not hit him, and he was the only survivor. After living on the island for a few days, a small group of American troops came to clear the battlefield and found him.Aoki could speak English, and claimed to be the only survivor of the Japanese army on the island, so he was taken as a prisoner of war, and not long after, he was sent back to Japan via Ryukyu. After Aoki returned to Japan, what he encountered was also quite strange, which can be briefly described.After the defeat, Japan fell into despair and chaos.Aoki was from Nagasaki, the place where the second atomic bomb exploded, and he couldn't find any of his relatives among the ruins.

He wanted to register as a soldier, but found that there was no record about him, that is to say, there was no record of him in the navy. Aoki knew that this was the same experience for all the officers and soldiers on the "Tianguo", even General Yamamoto was no exception. Aoki Guiyi had no social basis at all, and he began to wander around Japan, doing a little bit of work.Fortunately, Japanese industry recovered rapidly after the war, and he found a job in an electrical appliance factory. For other soldiers, war is a nightmare, but for Aoki, war is a nightmare within a nightmare.When he returned to Japan, he quickly learned what the atomic bomb was all about, and he was sure that the big halo he saw was not an atomic bomb.

What kind of weapon is that big halo, Aoki has never known.Collecting new knowledge about weapons has become his hobby. After twenty years, he can be said to be an expert in this field.However, he still couldn't know what the big halo was. If Aoki hadn't met Qiao Sen by chance, his whole life might have been spent like this, and no one would ever know the secret in his heart. He has never been reconciled to being obliterated as a naval officer.Therefore, whenever I have time, I go to the relevant agencies, hoping to get the recognition of my identity. However, no matter which institution he was in, when he said that the last ship in service was called the "Heavenly Kingdom", he would definitely be kicked out and called him crazy.

Aoki once used his savings to advertise in newspapers, soliciting his classmates from the Naval Academy to come out and prove his identity.He received a total of seven letters, unanimously accusing him of being an impostor.According to these seven letters, their classmate, Lieutenant Kiichi Aoki, had already died heroically in the war. Aoki is still not reconciled, he knows that the Coast Guard has a department that deals with missing officers and soldiers during the war, whenever he is free, he goes to this department, and almost every time, he quarrels with the staff of this department, the quarrel is very fierce, As soon as the people in that department saw him, they saluted him and called him the captain of the "Heavenly Country".

And Aoki also said with a very serious expression as usual: "Nonsense, the captain of the 'Tianguo' is General Yamamoto Fifty-Six." Every time he said this, the people who heard it couldn't help laughing, and that time was no exception, but he found that one of them didn't laugh. Being used to being laughed at by others, Aoki was surprised that there was one person who didn't smile, he stared at that person and said, "Why don't you laugh?" The man's answer was wonderful: "I don't think it's funny. My name is Qiao Sen, and I specialize in investigating missing and sunken ships in the world. You claim to have served on a warship called 'Heaven'?"

Aoki said loudly: "Yes." The person next to him laughed again, and the person named Qiao Sen still didn't smile: "Mr. Aoki, can you talk to me about the 'Tianguo'?" Aoki's face changed color: "How can it be? This is the country's top secret." At this moment, the people next to him laughed so hard that they couldn't straighten up. There was a fat man holding his stomach and screaming "Oh". And Qiao Sen's attitude was as serious as Aoki's: "Actually, you have leaked the secret just now. You once said that the commander of the 'Heavenly Country' is General Yamamoto Fifty-Six."

Aoki's face changed, and he murmured: "I didn't do it on purpose, and it's been so many years." Qiao Sen patted Aoki's shoulder: "Yeah, since it's been so many years, what's the secret?" As he spoke, he grabbed Aoki's arm and walked out. In a bar, after a few glasses of wine, Aoki talked a lot. Finally, he told Qiao Sen everything about the "Heavenly Kingdom". When Qiao Sen investigated the information on the sinking of Japanese naval ships during the war, he discovered a very strange thing, that is, in the old archives of the Ministry of the Navy, there was a document that mentioned a special FM between the Prime Minister's Office and the Navy. communication.He knew that all Japanese naval ships did not communicate directly with the Prime Minister's Office when they came, and very few of them could communicate directly with the Minister of the Navy.Secondly, this frequency modulation is very strange, and it is only suitable for long-distance transmission.

Qiao Sen was quick-witted and imaginative. He immediately thought, did the Japanese Navy ever secretly build a warship?He's been looking into the matter, but no matter how hard he tries, he's getting nowhere.He didn't pay attention until he heard that there was a "weird man" who went to the Coast Guard Office to quarrel from time to time, claiming to have served on a warship "Heavenly Kingdom" that didn't exist at all. Qiao Sen was overjoyed by Aoki's narration to Qiao Sen.At that time, Qiao Sen asked Aoki to go to the South Pacific with him to find the "Heavenly Country" sunk on the seabed, and Aoki agreed immediately.

Although Qiao Sen has established a very good reputation in tracking down sunken ships, this "Heavenly Country" is so ridiculous that no one is willing to pay for it.However, Qiao Sen was convinced of Aoki's narration, and took out all his savings, and even borrowed a large amount of debt for salvage. They first arrived at the small island where Aoki arrived after drifting on the sea for two days. Then, based on the meteorological data at that time, they studied and determined the direction of the wind and water flow, determined the location of the "Tianguo" when it sank, and carried out detection there.

Modern submarine metal detection instruments are of great help in salvaging sunken ships.However, a ship sinking in the vast ocean is no different from sinking a needle in the sea. The ocean is too vast, just like "infinity", adding any number, it is still "infinity". They spent three months and spent every penny Jonson could spend, but they still got nothing.Therefore, the search operation had to be abandoned. Qiao Sen spent the last penny, that's not an exaggeration, but a real situation.When they returned, they stole a small cargo ship, and then, using the same method repeatedly, they were able to return to Japan. After going ashore in Japan, Aoki expressed extreme apology to Qiao Sen, because if he hadn't said that there was the "Heavenly Country", Qiao Sen would not have such a loss of money and time. But Qiao Sen took it very seriously, he just smiled "haha": "Brother Aoki, don't take this matter to heart, I believe that the 'Heavenly Kingdom' must be lying quietly on the bottom of the sea, but we are not lucky enough, so It was never discovered." Aoki was inexplicably moved, and burst into tears at that moment: "Thank you for believing in me." Qiao Sen thought for a moment: "Brother Aoki, I not only believe in the existence of the 'Kingdom of Heaven', but also believe what you said happened on the 'Kingdom of Heaven' in the end. This incident is very weird. I will continue to Investigation. Now, we have to break up, please give me a fixed address, and I will contact you as soon as the matter develops." Aoki thought for a while, and remembered that there was a small grocery store near the factory where he worked. The owner was an elderly couple who got along well with him, so Aoki gave Qiao Sen the address of the grocery store. After the breakup, Qiao Sen has great powers, and it is not difficult to solve his own life.However, Aoki was in such a poor situation. The original factory no longer employed him because he resigned for no reason. These days, he didn't even dare to think about how he lived. No matter how hard the days were, every once in a while, sometimes a month, sometimes two or three months, he would try to go to the little grocery store once in a while and ask if there was any information from Jossen.Each time he was disappointed, making the old couple feel sorry for him.Until more than half a month ago, when Aoki appeared, the owner of the grocery store rushed out and shouted: "Mr. Aoki, there is a letter from you, it is sent from the United States, and it seems to have a money order." Aoki trembled with excitement.The letter was from Qiao Sen. It was very simple, with a considerable amount of travel expenses attached, asking him to come to America immediately. Aoki went through the formalities immediately, and when he arrived in the United States, he met Qiao Sen. This is the whole story of what Aoki said.
I listened intently as Aoki told his story.But after he finished speaking, to be honest, I was really confused. I didn't know what effect Qiao Sen wanted me to listen to Aoki's narration.Could it be that he has new information on the "Heavenly Kingdom" and wants to salvage it again, hoping that I will participate? I can't help but laugh when I think about it, a Dante.Osman's treasures are not enough, and another mysterious "Heavenly Ship" has arrived. It seems that I have become a popular partner in discovering treasures. I couldn't help asking: "Mr. Aoki, your story is very touching..." Aoki's expression was very angry: "I'm not telling a story, what I'm telling is all the facts." I spread my hands: "Okay, it's all the facts, I can accept it, including about General Yamamoto Fifty-Six and the big halo, but I don't understand, why does Qiao Sen want you to tell me this in detail? " Aoki was stunned for a moment: "You don't know?" I said, "I don't know, that's why I asked you." Aoki twisted the hat in his hand: "I don't know either, he wants me to tell you, and I will do as he says." I couldn't help but secretly scolded Qiao Sen for not knowing what was going on.I asked again: "When you saw Qiao Sen, didn't he say why he called you here?" Aoki gulped down his wine: "I arrived four days ago and met him." Aoki also described in great detail the meeting between Aoki and Qiao Sen. In the narration, it can be seen that Qiao Sen has a strange attitude. He must have something to hide from Aoki, just like he has something to hide from me.Therefore, it is also necessary for me to describe the situation of his meeting with Aoki in detail: Aoki has been here for four days and met Qiao Sen three times. On the first day Aoki arrived, he went to see Qiao Sen, but was kicked out by the staff of that big hotel. Aoki found a low-level hotel to live in, contacted Qiao Sen by phone, and finally heard Qiao Sen's voice.As soon as Qiao Sen heard that it was him, he immediately asked where he lived: "Wait for me at the hotel, I'll come right away." Qiao Sen said "Come right away", but in fact, Aoki waited for him for a full two hours, and when Aoki opened the door, Qiao Sen stood at the door with an extremely tired expression, as if he had just finished a marathon. Qiao Sen wanted to enter the room, but after taking a step, he couldn't stand still. Aoki hurriedly supported him, Qiao Sen pointed to the washbasin in the room, and opened his mouth wide, without even the strength to make a sound. Aoki half-supported and half-dragged him, and came to the washbasin. Qiao Sen lowered his head and twisted for a long time with trembling hands, but he still couldn't turn on the water switch. on his own head.After showering for a long time, he heard him let out a long breath. Aoki didn't expect Qiao Sen to behave like this, so he panicked. He waited until Qiao Sen let out a breath before he said, "God, Qiao Sen, what's wrong with you?" Qiao Sen raised his head, his face was covered with water, he tried hard to open his eyes, and grabbed Aoki's arm: "Aoki, tell me again... the last thing that happened on the 'Heavenly Country'. " As he spoke, he sat down on the bed.There was a creaking sound from the bed. Aoki said: "Mr. Qiao Sen, why..." Qiao Sen immediately yelled and said, "Please don't talk nonsense, tell me about the situation at that time." Aoki had no choice but to agree, and told the situation at that time.When Qiao Sen was listening, he was absent-minded, and just looked at the ceiling with a very blank expression. (I have also "experienced" Qiao Sen's expression. When I was reading Dante's materials, he also kept looking at the ceiling with a dazed expression.) After Aoki finished speaking, Qiao Sen showed a very bitter expression, and wiped off the water on his face with his hands. He asked: "What did the commander say? Will there be an envoy to inspect the soul?" Aoki said: "Yes, he said so." Qiao Sen pondered for a while, and suddenly, his expression returned to normal. He stood up, gave Aoki some money, and walked out without saying a word. Aoki cried out as if he was insulted: "You asked me to come here just to give me this little money?" Qiao Sen said: "Of course not, old friend, I'm very busy right now, and...extremely confused, I want your help. I don't have time now, so I'll come see you again at this time tomorrow." What else did Aoki want to say, Qiao Sen's physical strength seemed to have fully recovered, and he was swept out like a gust of wind. The second meeting was relatively normal. Mr. Qiao Sen came to the hotel and went to a nearby small restaurant with Aoki. (From what Aoki said about the date and time he met Qiao Sen, I can know that he and Aoki met three times, and I was in New York, but Qiao Sen never told me, nor did he mention Aoki, until today , and suddenly asked Aoki to come to see me. Is he pretending to be mysterious? Or did he really have unspeakable difficulties?) After a hearty meal, they found another quiet coffee room. Qiao Sen seemed to be in a trance all the time, hesitating to speak.But he finally opened his mouth: "Qingmu, it's quite difficult for you to remember every detail of what happened thirty years ago, but I think..." Aoki said in surprise: "Mr. Qiao Sen, I have already told you everything, I have already told you everything." Qiao Sen made a gesture: "Please think again, and remember every word you heard, what Commander Yamamoto said." Aoki thought about it seriously, and said what he heard at the time.Aoki listened attentively, Qiao Sen asked: "Surely, there is an envoy to inspect the soul?" Aoki frowned: "Yes, wait a minute, I was in a mess at the time, but that's what he said." Under Qiao Sen's repeated questioning, Aoki became a little hesitant, as if he was not sure again.Qiao Sen asked again: "Could the commander mean: come to see if there is a soul?" Aoki was stunned for a long while, then said: "It may be possible that the sound from the loudspeaker reverberates, there is this possibility, I am not sure." While answering Qiao Sen's question, Aoki couldn't help being curious, and asked again: "Mr. Qiao Sen, why are you asking this?" Qiao Sen didn't answer. He looked pensive. After a while, he stood up and paid the bill: "I'll come see you tomorrow." This was the case during the second meeting. Josen's questions focused on the few minutes before the sinking of the "Tianguo", and he paid special attention to Commander Yamamoto's speech. Aoki had already said that "an envoy came to inspect the soul", but Qiao Sen asked Aoki, would it be "an envoy came to inspect whether there is a soul"?Why did he need to know the words of Commander Yamamoto at that time?That didn't seem to make any sense. After listening to Aoki's account of the second meeting between him and Qiao Sen, I was very puzzled.In my opinion, Yamamoto had already decided to sink his ship and die for his country. Under such circumstances, it is natural to mention the soul.It is natural for anyone, no matter what his beliefs are, to think of his soul and speak out when he is facing a crisis of life and death.What's the point of Qiao Sen desperately pursuing this point? What puzzles me the most is the "big halo" mentioned by Aoki, and the countless rays of light from the halo.In Aoki's narration, it is certain that all officers and soldiers of the ship were killed by this kind of light. What kind of monster is that big halo?Why didn't Johnson pay attention to this? It was yesterday that Qiao Sen and Aoki met for the third time. Qiao Sen rushed into Aoki's room, panting quickly: "Aoki, do you still remember the FM when you received that telegram?" Aoki scratched his head, although many years had passed, but because this FM impressed him very deeply, after he thought about it, he immediately remembered it.He said the FM number. Qiao Sen immediately took out a photocopied document: "Look, this is a top-secret document from the Ministry of the Navy. This FM, the one you mentioned, is used by the Prime Minister's Office for direct communication." Aoki was stunned: "I never thought of this, the Prime Minister's Office?" Qiao Sen said: "Yes, you are the person in charge of the telecommunications room, haven't you received an order?" Aoki shook his head: "About this FM, I received an order that as soon as there is a telegram, it must be reported to the superior immediately." Qiao Sen was thinking: "Interestingly, I have checked in detail. Since the frequency tuning was confirmed, the Prime Minister's Office has never used it. Especially on the day the Emperor announced his surrender, the Prime Minister's Office sent a total of 87 secret messages. There are records for each of them, and none of them ordered all the officers and soldiers of the 'Tianguo' to die for the country." Aoki's eyes widened in surprise: "Mr. Qiao Sen, you... are you accusing me of lying?" Qiao Sen looked solemn: "Absolutely not, brother Aoki, I completely believe what you say!" Aoki was very moved, and murmured: "I'm talking about matters. I received the telegram, and it's a password that I can't understand." Qiao Sen thought for a while: "Commander Yamamoto knew the content of the telegram as soon as he saw the code?" Aoki recalled the situation at that time again, and said with certainty: "Yes, but I was kicked out by him before I heard him finish reading. I only know that the telegram is to request all officers and soldiers..." Qiao Sen said: "Martyrdom?" Aoki said: "I haven't finished listening, but judging from Commander Yamamoto's expression at that time and what happened later, that's what it means." Qiao Sen murmured, "It would be great if I could get this telegram." Aoki smiled bitterly: "That's impossible, and I can't remember those passwords." Qiao Sen thought: "It's really weird. Commander Yamamoto thought it was a telegram from the Prime Minister's Office, but it wasn't. And the saying that there was an envoy to inspect the soul may also be said in the telegram. This telegram ..." Aoki asked: "Who did it come from?" Qiao Sen was shocked for a moment, did not answer, and suddenly changed the subject: "Brother Aoki, there is a person. I want you to meet him and tell him in detail what happened on the 'Heavenly Kingdom'. The name of this person Call Wesley." Aoki didn't ask why, but just agreed. "I was at the hotel, and as soon as I received his call and told me your address, I came." Aoki ended all his conversations. I thought carefully about Aoki's words. I admit that what happened on the "Heavenly Kingdom" back then was extremely weird, and it was impossible to determine what it belonged to. The "Kingdom of Heaven" itself is extremely mysterious, but it is still conceivable.As for the "messenger coming to inspect the soul", all the officers and soldiers died together suddenly, which is completely unbelievable. It seems that Qiao Sen focused on these strange things. This greatly aroused my curiosity, and I said to Aoki: "Thank you very much for telling me this, I think, when Qiao Sen comes, we will definitely research something." Aoki twisted his hat vigorously again, it was obvious that the unbelievable, horrible and weird things he experienced back then still shocked him extremely after many years. I talked to him again, asking some detailed questions that I didn't understand, and time passed, but Jonson still hadn't come.I got a little impatient to wait, so I called back to the original hotel to ask, and I called Qiao Sen's assistant, one of the two young men who shared the same room with him, to answer the phone.The young man said: "Mr. Qiao Sen has resigned, no one has seen him." No whereabouts of Joseon: I'll just have to wait.Aoki kept pouring the wine by himself, already half drunk, and fell asleep on the sofa. The light in the room gradually darkened, and I was restless waiting.Looking at the time, it was already six o'clock in the evening, but Qiao Sen still hadn't come.It's heart-wrenching. I waited patiently for another half an hour, Aoki was still sleeping, at this moment, there was a knock on the door, I ran over, opened the door suddenly, and said loudly: "Where did you go?" My words stopped suddenly, and I just looked at the person outside the door in astonishment.The look of the person outside the door was more shocking than mine, it was Dante.Usman, not Johnson. Dante said: "I'm sorry, I didn't inform you before I came, you don't welcome me?" I hurriedly said, "No, of course you are welcome, but I am waiting for someone you know, Qiao Sen." Dante said "hmm": "I heard that he resigned suddenly this morning, and the head of the insurance company is having a lot of trouble, but in my opinion, he is not a good candidate for the security director. Every time I meet him, I always feel that he Unconcious." Dante's adjective is quite apt.In vain, I remembered that there was a person who once said that Qiao Sen was "suffering mentally." This person was the mysterious character Gent. Not only is Gent's identity mysterious, but what he said is also extremely mysterious. He also knows about the "Kingdom of Heaven", and even suggested that Qiao Sen can use the story of the "Kingdom of Heaven" to answer the question that troubled him. Just now I made many phone calls to find Qiao Sen, but I didn’t think of Jin Te. At this moment, I thought of something else and went to shake Aoki who was sleeping on the sofa. Dante sat down in a chair.I woke up Aoki, and while Aoki was still rubbing his eyes, I asked him: "Who else did you tell about the 'Tianguo'?" Aoki was stunned for a moment: "I have told many people, but no one believes me at all." I said: "There is a man named Jin Te, do you know him?" Aoki shook his head and said, "Gint? Never heard of it." I thought about it, although I didn't look at Dante, but I could feel him staring at Aoki.I think that Gent knew about the "Kingdom of Heaven", maybe Jossen told him. I took a breath: "Mr. Aoki, Qiao Sen hasn't come yet, and I have another guest..." Aoki was very sensible, and immediately stood up with an "oh".I'm a little embarrassed: "I'm not driving you away..." Aoki hurriedly said: "It doesn't matter, I will wait for Mr. Qiao Sen at the gate of the hotel. I will definitely be able to see him when he comes, and we will come up together to find you."
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