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Autumn Cicada

Episode 45

Why do you let Ye Chong

take full charge of

the work of reporting the case?

Don't you know he hates me?

Miyamoto,

when will you learn to

use your brain?

Now I could only put on

an air of being fair.

Only if I let Ye Chong do this report,

can I speak for you.

Otherwise,

you can explain it to Kiyoizumi and Ye Chong.

Kojima has died.

You made me,

an imperial soldier,

to prove my innocence

to a Chinese.

Don't you think it's funny?

Miyamotom,

when will you

be able to understand my pains?

I'm telling you,

Kiyoizumi has let Chi Cheng go.

He won't give you any chance

of being against Ye Chong.

Do you understand?

Should we

let Ye Chong do

whatever he wants now?

For this case,

I was framed by him.

Except for me,

who would believe it?

Only in the face of

such a failure

can we wake up.

The father and son

won't give us chances anymore.

At present, we have to

do it on our own.

What should we do?

My team members have all died.

Do you want me to kill Ye Chong?

You crap.

Of course not.

We will let him go back Japan

with his accusation.

And we will make him plead for himself

in the Cabinet and in front of the Emperor.

As far as I know,

Kiyoizumi comes to Hong Kong this time

not only for

reviving Hong Kong

but also for other goals.

Perhaps

he's coming

for underground Communists.

Maybe he's for Autumn Cicada

that we didn't catch.

Brother-in-law,

what did that Japanese tell you?

Ask him later if you have any question.

I'll bring the medicine. Drink it first.

Take a look.

They're going to build shipyards,

and open the transit lines.

What the hell are they doing?

Ueno Kiyoizumi prepares

to take out the seed money

and return the previously

detained merchant ships

of Chi's Company back to me.

Plus, he let me manage

a new transportation company

for the foreign trade

to support his plans of reviving Hong King.

Do you think they're serious?

How's that possible, Uncle Wei?

Would Japanese be so kind

to do charity?

Of course they are not so kind.

But you know what?

This is the only way

that I can know about him.

Ueno Kiyoizumi is different from Sato

and what he wants isn't the same with Sato.

I must get to know him.

If I want to contact with him,

I could only give it a go.

Drink it.

I heard from Feng said that

your room is a bit freezing,

so I got you a thick quilt.

See if that will help tonight.

Thank you.

You work so hard the first day you get back.

You didn't even eat dinner.

Junko,

I'm not going home today.

Are you going back?

Let me drive you back.

I've moved to the hotel to live with my father.

Then I can spend more time with him.

How about invite father

to eat Samishi

and have a spa together?

If so, he must be really happy.

You haven't met the general for a long time.

He must want to

spend more time with

his baby girl.

If I go there, I'll only talk about the work.

Won't that bother you?

Sure, it will.

You know that

every time you see each other,

the topic is always work.

That's terrible.

So,

you'd better go and spend some time with him.

I'll stay

and read through

the previous reports.

I'll check if there's any mistakes.

Next time.

Next time if you have time,

let's watch a movie together.

I say you're a workaholic,

and you truly are.

Recently,

there's no fair movies.

Maybe next time.

You don't need to drive me back.

Chauffeur is expecting me downstairs.

You should have dinner.

I'll ask the secretary to prepare midnight snacks for you.

Thanks.

I'm leaving.

Take care.

Don't forget to turn off the light when you leave.

Okay.

Don't be too late.

I know.

I'm leaving.

If we can make sure that

Autumn Cicada

is in the Military Government,

we can think of a way to

conjure up one.

To conjure up one

that everyone wants to see.

Mr. General.

After the event took place yesterday,

I hope you could come to see me,

but you didn't.

Miyamoto,

in Hokkaido,

there's a distant small village

called Otaru.

A normal solider came out of it.

But now,

he's standing in front of me.

He's already Major Miyamoto.

This is your honor.

I should be proud of you.

In Hong Kong, you take

the responsibility of the empire.

You should eradicate the

potential

and the most dangerous enemy.

However,

you even doubt

Ye Chong.

Mr. General.

To Ye Chong,

I'm not,

I'm not like you said.

You should know that

I'll see

the telegram you sent to me.

Junko's judgement

for Ye Chong

occasionally can be a mistake.

I know it clearly.

Because they're my children.

Today I come here.

I just want to you tell me personally

how authentic is

your file?

I know Ueno Kiyoizumi

more than you.

If we can't

strike first and kill him,

he'll kill us.

Miyamoto,

we have no other way out.

Maybe that's because of

our father-son relationship.

You're wary of it.

And Sato,

he's afraid that I'll threaten his status

after I come to Hong Kong.

So he's very dismayed with me.

Maybe you have

talked about how to

kill me before.

For that telegram

I asked you about just now,

you haven't answered me yet.

As a solider of the empire,

the content of the telegram I sent out,

I take full responsibility for it.

Are you sure?

Yes, I am!

I've read the content of the telegram.

I'll investigate it in person.

And I will

investigate it thoroughly.

I hope what you wrote

is true.

Miyamoto,

Sato

shouldn't make choice

so early.

I didn't listen to him

or trust him.

But I believe that you're fair.

I hope I haven't been wrong about you.

I asked you to leave Military Government

because there's a more important mission

for you.

Do you understand?

Don't tell anyone.

Okay.

Junko.

Dad,

why do you come back so late?

I've been waiting for you for a long time.

It's so late.

Why don't you go to sleep?

I'm here waiting to

pay respect to you.

And I want to see what secrets are

in your room.

When

you were a child,

you usually searched for apples

that your mom hid in the barn.

At that time, for you,

the barn was full of secrets.

But now, Junko,

you've grown up.

Do I have any secrets

in this room?

No secrets?

Please tell me

why you suddenly changed the code book?

The new tactical plan made by the military base

requires us to change a new code book.

It's for the safety and confidenciality of the new plan.

Any problems?

Such a big move,

even I, as the chief

of the telecom department

wasn't given a prior notice.

Don't you think

I should be curious?

Being curious isn't a good thing.

Especially for your identity,

you can't be curious.

Junko,

why are you interested?

Who makes you interested in?

No,

I just feel curious about it.

You see,

as a leader of

the telecom department of Military Government,

even I can't

decode the ciphered telegram.

Father,

you don't know that

I've been working on that

ciphered telegram for a long time.

How about secretly telling me

what the new code book is?

Will you?

You know you're

the chief of the telecom department.

I thought you've forgotten your identity.

Father, it's my fault.

It's my mistake, okay?

Dad,

what's wrong with you?

I feel you're weird.

Are you sick?

Have some tea.

Junko,

I have a few words

to tell you.

Yes?

The war situation now

is very negative to the empire.

You also know that

we've lost Aleutian Islands in the Pacific War.

General Isoroku Yamamoto

died in the air battle.

In the Southeast Asia battlefields,

the line of Northern Burma was cut off by Chinese army.

And they've been chasing us and hunting us down.

Even Kwantung Army

that we're proud of

was sealed

outside the border

by several guerrilla groups.

And they delayed to move south.

Hong Kong at present,

being a rear area,

but we

can't catch

the resistance.

How can we say

we're loyal to the Emperor?

Junko,

although there's no gunfire

on the streets of Hong Kong,

this place is far more

dangerous

and important

than the front line.

Do you understand?

So

You come to Hong Kong this time,

not for reviving the economy

but for fitting in the new tactical plan.

Right?

Yes.

What can I do for you?

Junko,

you're my biological daughter

and the only descendant

of the Kiyoizumi's family.

Maybe at the most crucial moment,

I could only trust you.

Don't you believe in Brother Chong?

I said

anybody just now.

Father,

please have a rest earlier.

I'll leave now.

Mr. General.

Do I need to go get

the coded telegram from lady?

No,

it's useful

in her hands.

Yes, sir.

Stand up.

Sit down.

Everyone,

in front of you,

there's a piece of file.

This is the plan that

we have to carry out strictly.

Please

open it and have a look.

If you have questions,

please tell me.

Kiyoizumi,

concerning the troops withdrawal,

why didn't I receive

the notification from the superiors?

I don't know who is

the superior you mentioned,

but

the plan is ordered by me.

The intelligence agency is the most important.

If you cut off so many staff members,

it'll negatively impact the whole plan.

The intelligence agency of Hong Kong

is always inefficient.

Does it have to do with

the number of members?

Apart from the matter of

the members,

If we monitor all the telephones and telegrams of Hong Kong,

it will cause

public criticism around the world.

General Sato,

the global public opinion

has never stopped

the attack on Imperial Army.

Any great cause

at the beginning

would be controversial.

I can explain to you.

Before this meeting,

the monitoring work has started.

Please take a close look at

the initiatives in your hands.

This monitoring plan

is in the charge of General Sato

and Major Kiyoizumi.

I need everybody's cooperation.

The meeting is over.

How could Kiyoizumi take actions so soon?

We can't use the telephone anymore.

We have to use

other contacting methods.

Zhuang,

from now on,

you can't answer the phones

from Chi Cheng anymore.

How can I

warn them?

You don't need to do anything.

They can't get in touch with you,

then they'll give up.

Maybe the monitoring of Kiyoizumi

is just rhetoric.

We must minimize

the risk.

I understand.

One more thing,

can you find

this kind of disruptor

in Hong Kong?

The more the better.

It's a bit hard.

I'll give it a try.

Okay.

Major,

please eat something.

Just put it here.

Did you stay up all night?

No,

I just didn't sleep well.

Didn't you have breakfast?

I have no appetite.

What's wrong with you?

Are you feeling ill?

My father suddenly gave such a delicate task to me.

It troubled me.

It's really not easy to do this.

Just try you best to do it.

Leave the matter of telecom department to me.

I heard from the colleagues of Archive that

you've borrowed

the previous code books.

What's going on?

It's because of that coded telegram.

Yesterday my father told me that

on account of adjustment of the combat plan,

the Cabinet changed all the code books.

Recently, the war is in chaos.

Father

feels so bad.

So the general comes to Hong Kong

to cooperate with the military base

to adjust the combat plan.

What's the new plan?

Why didn't we

receive any notice?

Besides,

the coded telegram that

you didn't decode,

do you still keep it?

Show me.

It's at the hotel with the original copy.

Chong, what do you need that for?

It's my occupational habit.

I'm just a little curious.

Brother Chong, I'm telling you,

yesterday because of my curiosity,

I requested for father to show me the new code book.

He was very angry.

It's a taboo for father.

You must not

provoke him anymore.

The scheme of the new plan

isn't fully formed.

We will know

after its implemented.

Why get ourselves

in trouble for the curiosity?

Junko,

you don't need to be so nervous.

The general must be under

too much pressure.

We're just trying

to help him.

If father doesn't want us to intervene,

let's just forget about it.

Okay? Chong?

I brought some food for you.

Ye Chong said you like eating fish.

Thank you, Brother Zhuang.

By the way,

there's some reshuffle

in the telecom department.

Ye Chong has been busy.

He asked you to take care of yourself.

Last week I saw you were

studying these things.

Is it almost over?

Yes.

Brother Zhuang.

Ye Chong told me that

after I've sorted out,

you'll steal the original.

Where are you going to steal it?

Will it be very dangerous?

No,

take it easy.

I'll finish these as soon as possible.

Brother Zhuang,

please help me protect Ye Chong.

Okay.

Don't worry.

Have some.

- Okay. - I'm leaving.

All staff members of

telephone station

and telegraph office have been dispatched.

And have reported to Major Kiyoizumi.

These are the lists of laid-off colleagues.

Please have a look at it.

Have you found Miyamoto?

Mr. General.

Since last time

you asked me to contact him,

I haven't got through to

Miyamoto.

I went to his house

and there was no one.

Is he going out?

Going out?

Where is he going?

Keep looking for him!

I must get him back!

Yes, sir.

To make it brief,

I have to go back as soon as possible.

How about the components I asked you to find

last time?

I could only find this kind of jammer.

I don't know if it works.

By the way,

today I delivered something to He Ying.

She's still decoding

the coded telegrams

you took from Junko.

Should we move to next step?

The complete secret telegram is in Junko's hands.

And now the most important is the code book.

Otherwise

it makes no sense

even if we find the complete copy.

Where would the code book be?

In the confidential room of Navy Command,

all the strategies

and top-secret documents of Navy are put there.

In Navy Command,

only Kiyoizumi and Sato have temporary posts

in the Military Government

We don't have a security pass.

What should we do?

Later, I'll go to Military Government

to submit the reports of

telecommunication of this week.

If Sato

isn't in the office,

perhaps we can think of a way to

steal his security pass.

As per your requests, it's organized.

Major, are you busy right now?

The top priority these days

is to create a plan for

collecting information and file organization.

- Yes. - Yes.

Show me

this and this.

Junko,

this is your favorite maple pudding.

Thank you.

You are the best.

What happened today?

Why is everyone so occupied?

The radar is just installed.

Later on, with its help,

except our internal radio stations,

all the electric signals

will be captured.

If we had installed it earlier,

Bern would have been arrested by us.

It will keep you busy.

I should come back and help you.

That's for sure.

You have always been part of a our team.

At that time, General Sato just promised that

you were transferred temporarily.

Now the clothing factory is closed,

you should come back.

What can I say?

It seems that I'm like

a telegraph of the telecom department,

which could be casually borrowed

returned by others.

You're the most

precious component

of the telecom department.

We can't do it without you.

Without my permission,

no one can

take you away from me.

- What's going on? - Major,

we got something.

This is the telegram

send by a civilian radio

that we intercepted just now.

Who allows you to check the civilian radio?

Because during this time

the civilian radio

has been frequently used.

Therefore, we doubt that...

Show me the records of yesterday.

What a joke.

The coverage of a civilian radio is quite limited.

Do you think

CPC would carry the station

send telegraph to us

using plain code?

Major,

I also found

a message sent by the same radio.

It's also in plain codes.

Brother Chong,

do you find any problems?

The three telegrams

have totally no connections.

Once the intercepted signal increases,

you're messed up.

Do you think I'm not busy enough?

Junko,

don't blame them.

Go ahead, roll out.

Yes, sir.

They're just doing check routine.

Having such responsible subordinates,

you should feel lucky.

But you can leave these things to me.

You may do your own work.

Fortunately, you're back.

This time, the workaholics

can work side by side.

All right,

I'll give these things to you.

I'm going to eat pudding.

Okay.

From now on,

send all the

intercepted telegrams

from the radio to my office.

Yes, sir.

Its strains carry far and wide for it rests on high, Not helped by winds that in autumn blow. Excerpt from The Cicada -- The New Poem Collection of Tang and Song Dynasty by Yu Shinan

Where are you going?

I have something to do.

I'll leave for a while.

This poem is decoded by the usual way

of Santalum.

At the time Ueno Kiyoizumi

arrived in Hong Kong,

Ye Chong thought of

Japanese's conspiracy that

Santalum has mentioned before.

Whatever,

it's just a beginning.

What are you doing?

The Party has found us.

What?

In this period,

someone has been

sending telegrams

to the military radio.

At first, I didn't know

what it meant.

But today

I find that the secret codes

is hidden in the plain code telegrams.

And I'm the only one know the codes.

I use the code book

which is used to contact with Santalum to decode it.

It is the Party is calling for Autumn Cicada.

And for the telegram,

He Ying's decoding now.

It's finished.

We got from a trusted source that a secret combat force at the Northeast Manchurian base who is carrying heavy loads of biochemical weapons suddenly disappeared a week ago.

They didn't return to the mainland and didn't dock anywhere. And Ueno Kiyoizumi suddenly arrived in Hong Kong last month. There might be a connection between the two. Please find it out as soon as possible.

Right now, our top priority

is to steal the code book

from Navy Command

and finish the final decoding.

Recently Sato has been

clamped down hard by Kiyoizumi.

And

he's been drinking a lot.

Drink it.

Drink it.

I'll see

how much we can drink today.

Come on,

pour the wine.

General, I can't drink anymore.

You can't drink it?

You're here to drink with the guests,

how could it be?

Drink it.

Drink it.

Bastard!

Stupid woman!

Get out!

All of you, get out!

Mr. General.

Mr. General.

Asshole!

Mr. General,

please calm down.

I'll change another one

who can drink a lot.

Kiyoizumi,

a mere teacher.

How can he investigate me

and want to bring me down?

Long live the Emperor.

You want to kill me?

I'm the hero of the empire.

General,

I think there's something wrong.

Everyone here

has problems.

Being so shy,

do you know who I am?

I'm the big hero.

The big hero.

I'm the big hero.

General.

General.

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