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Autumn Cicada

Episode 48

Dinner has been put outside.

Excuse me, boss.

The wall against the bed in my room

is leaking water,

making my bedding dirty.

Could you change one for me?

Emmm, this this...

There's no suite left.

Could I find you...

A smaller one will do.

Is Room 208 empty?

Give me Room 208.

Then your key?

The price of Room 2008

is different from that of

- the suite. I... - It's OK.

Then I won't refund you.

OK.

Let me help you.

Zhuang.

You want to change the room?

Yes.

My room is not very clean.

You don't want to live next to me, right?

I'm going out now, and won't be back early.

Go to bed earlier,

Oh!

If you need any help,

our men are by the door,

you can ask them.

OK.

Gentleman,

key to Room 208,

right next the street.

OK.

Could you please not change again?

There is really no room left.

There you are.

Take a seat.

I was afraid that you couldn't find here,

and just wanted to go down to pick you up.

You two,

go out.

OK.

You come to me in such a hurry,

is there something important?

Say it.

Santalum always

carried a notebook with him.

In the notebook,

he recorded his agenda,

and some memo.

Where is the notebook now?

After Daizo Sato killed Santalum,

he directly went to the airport.

The body was disposed of by the police station.

If there is any relics,

it should be in the police station.

I need that notebook now.

I will figure it out.

You go back first,

I will deliver it to you after I find it.

OK.

Wait a moment.

You have come to Shanghai for a long time.

You should have met a lot of people.

You are a person

that easy to

impress others deeply.

When going outside,

you should cover your handsome face.

Thank you.

After Santalum was killed,

it was kept in the police station as evidence.

I have kept it all the time.

Is it this one?

Yes,

it is.

Santalum's diary.

How's it going?

Any progress lately?

I found

the radio station that

is contacting Ueno Kiyoizumi,

and intercepted a coded message.

Can you decode it?

Temporally, not.

They have their own code book.

What Santalum left

can't help either?

This diary can only

append the frequency range.

Now,

we have only one way left.

Use the frequency range

to find the operator of that radio station.

This guy must have the code book.

How to find the guy?

I need three signal receiving places

which can form a cross bearing.

And there must be radio stations in these places.

Does here count as one?

That' will do.

Good.

I will arrange a room for you

in Ya He Hotel.

Li will give the key to you.

The last one,

give me some time.

OK.

Find it asap.

Mr. Aoki,

Mr. Kiyoizumi said,

he would jointly develop transportation

with the chamber of commerce

in Shanghai via Chi's Company, right?

Then why do we

always eat and drink

but not meeting

the person in charge?

Zhuang,

don't worry.

We are still coordinating all parties.

When everything is done,

I will take you to meet the boss.

During these days,

you can stay in Shanghai,

and enjoy yourselves here.

Oh,

I have work to do, later.

Mr. Aoki

The Military Academy

insists on

large-scale counterattack,

how do you think about it?

Now,

everything is not clear yet.

But there is news that...

Are you familiar?

This is left by Santalum.

Yes.

I fixed it up.

And we can use it.

Now, we have

no extra radio station to use.

But this is the police station.

Don't you worry.

I'm the director here.

I'm not worried.

But today,

in Ya He Hotel,

I met Kiyoizumi's people

Zhuang,

today's conference is a success.

You have the most credit.

How about

going to celebrate together?

No,

I'm feeling sick to my stomach.

You guys enjoy yourselves.

You have other plans?

Relax,

I won't leave

this hotel.

Moreover,

so many people are watching me.

You should have dead.

Why didn't you contact us?

Do you know how sad everyone was?

Do you know how sad I was?

Tell me what happened quickly.

Tell me everything.

Why do you come to Shanghai?

After hearing about your death,

Kiyoizumi sent me and Aoki to Shanghai

to develop shipping industry.

Why are you in Shanghai?

Kiyoizumi gave me a boat ticket

to America,

and asked me to disappear.

But I sneaked back to Shanghai

to investigate his plans.

But now,

I haven't figured out how.

I didn't dare to contact you

because it might affect you.

No,

this place is too dangerous,

you can't stay here.

Aoki is closely watching me.

Relax.

I have found a place to settle down.

The receptionist downstairs is our man.

If you want to contact me,

just go and find him.

What else do I need to do?

Keep on working with Aoki

on the shipping things.

If anything happens,

notify me immediately.

OK.

I can't stay here for long.

I will go first.

Zhuang.

Where is He Ying?

How is she doing?

She has arrived in Yan'an safely.

I didn't tell her that you disappeared.

She asked me to tell you that

she would keep waiting for you.

Mr. General.

Feng Changgeng took

Ye Chong to his office today.

We don't know what they did.

I only know that

Ye Chong took a briefcase out.

It should be Santalum's.

Santalum's briefcase?

Yes.

I don't know

what's in it.

I'm still trying to figure it out.

Ye Chong now lives

in Santalum's house.

Feng prepared radio stations for him.

Lin Xiaozhuang met Kisa today,

he also met Ye Chong.

He should have

conveyed the message to Ye Chong.

By now,

they haven't noticed yet.

Have they mentioned

Santalum's successor?

Not yet.

Maybe Ye Chong wants to meet him

after getting more concrete evidence.

Then do as

we planned earlier.

Release more information

OK.

I found these in Aoki's room.

What do you think these coordinates represent?

No patterns,

but they are close to each other.

I checked,

these places are all on the sea.

Is it possible it is related to the navy?

If the navy really participate in this plan,

then I'm sure that

it is a landing operation

This matter

must be reported to the Party.

If necessary,

seek international help.

OK.

This is the smallest range I can downsize

using fixed-point positioning,

Kiyoizumi's secret radio station is within it.

But,

to get the exact coordinates,

I must use partition power brownouts.

So,

I need you to help me

by using the resources of the police station.

Partition power brownouts,

is permitted only in the Telecom Department

of Tokko Group

It is too dangerous.

We can only bet on it now.

Kiyoizumi has allied with navy forces of Japan to fight.

We must find the radio station as soon as possible.

I can give you

at most twenty minutes.

That's enough.

Enemy radio station located. Prepare to take action. Autumn Cicada

Where's the thing?

What thing?

I don't have it.

The code book.

I don't have the code book.

It's in his mind.

The way and frequency for everyone

to send a telegram is different.

Hard to perceive for common people.

But you need to learn

the fine details of it.

Most of the time,

your ears will tell you the answer.

Fleet?

Right.

Borre isn't the name of a land force.

It is a navy force.

I didn't imagine that

Kisa and Kiyoizumi

would train a navy force

in the secret base in the north-east.

The success of land force

led by Kwantung Army in China

has long infuriated

the arrogant navy generals in Japan.

It is impossible for Kiyoizumi to conduct

to operate without a naval support.

So,

he secretly trained

a navy force of his own.

To stay on the sea for such a long time,

the fleet needs a lot of supplies.

It is impossible.

So,

Kiyoizumi is trying to

ship these food

from Shanghai to Hong Kong.

These food and supplies

would be sent to the fleet

by boat from Hong Kong.

In fact, the reason Kiyoizumi

try to revitalize Hong Kong was to

supply his own naval force.

OK.

I will tell the superior about this as soon as possible.

I need to meet Santalum's successor now.

Santalum figured out the

plans of the Japanese long before.

If he left some evidence

about his conjecture

of the details,

It would be very helpful to our work.

I didn't tell you, there is a worse situation.

Guangzhou is closer to Hong Kong.

The actual effective date

might be

earlier than June 28.

You mean that

Guangzhou might be bombed earlier than Shanghai?

Yes.

I will arrange you to meet the superior as soon as possible.

OK.

Hello?

Mr. General.

Feng has helped Ye Chong

with partition power brownouts

to find the radio station.

He must have known about

the most part of plan A.

He asked to meet Santalum's successor.

Feng agreed.

Quite smart.

It seems that

everything went well with him.

With the specific deadline,

Ye Chong was already in panic.

It seemed that the information we released

directly guided

his investigation direction.

It will be smoother next.

OK.

Aoki.

Before he meets

Santalum's successor.,

stop all your action.

Don't disturb him.

OK.

Notify me when anything happens.

How's it going?

Santalum's successor said,

he can't meet you now.

Can't meet me,

why?

Don't worry.

About this Borre Force,

it is only a conjecture now.

No one ever saw

this fleet in the sea.

And there is no way

to know

the size of this army.

We don't know

how it's related to the operation

of the Japanese this time

That is to say, so far,

we are not sure about anything.

Under such circumstances,

it is correct for him not to meet you.

It is already difficult for us

to get so much information.

The next step,

I must meet him,

and talk to him,

then figure out what to do.

He knows a lot of information that I don't know.

Such information

is a very important part

to push forward our work.

Have you told him about this?

I can't meet this successor, either.

All messages that I received were sent to me from his end.

My superior told me that

it is the Party's decision

that he doesn't meet you.

Hope you can understand.

Also,

your identity and situation

are very special.

The Party doesn't trust me?

Not that the Party doesn't trust you.

The Party can't just think of

the safety of an individual.

You know?

We have learned from such situations.

When the organization gives out a mission,

it must be very cautious.

I know what it means to protect a comrade.

But if now,

we don't dare to try

with such a little risk,

then next,

after Shanghai, Guangzhou

even the whole south China

are caught in war,

what should we do?

Ye Chong!

Ye Chong risked his life

back to Shanghai

to investigate our plan.

But now,

his superior in the CPC

didn't trust him.

Is that right?

Right.

Maybe because Ye Chong knows too much

information about the plan,

Santalum's successor might think that

he is a spy sent by us

to Shanghai to destroy them.

So, he intentionally hid something.

He asked Ye Chong

to figure out the structure and personnel of Borre Force,

and the complete and detailed plan.

This is why foolish people fail.

Mr. General,

what do we do next?

If CPC keep refusing to meet Ye Chong,

we can at most investigate Feng Changgeng.

We can't find all the underground Communists in Shanghai.

Now, you should help Ye Chong,

help him to get the plan

that he wants.

So, we can know

the people behind him,

and everything we want to know.

Mr. General,

do we really tell

the Borre Force,

and the details of the plan

to our enemy?

He only knows about

the first half

of the plan.

Our most important weapon is still in Hong Kong.

So, why do we worry?

Telling the truth

is to convince Ye Chong,

hoping to convince

the CPC behind him.

If we don't tell him the real plan,

then we can't get

the whole network

of the rebellion group.

Aoki,

a great show is about to begin.

There is a reason that

they don't want to see you.

You should understand that.

After Santalum was killed,

this successor is now

the highest level of

code name and leader.

We can't take any risk.

Santalum gave such an important mission to you.

You want to fulfill his last words.

You treat this mission

more important than your own life.

I can see this clearly.

Because I have similar

experience with you,

including your condition.

Have you ever lurked

as a Japanese?

Have you ever doubted by your Party?

Nobody doubts you.

We should trust the Party.

Your parents,

Santalum,

you and I

should all trust the Party.

Wait,

what did you say just now?

My parents,

they are also Communists?

It was in 1921,

Santalum and I,

and your parents

we were working in the same press.

We joined

the United League and got this medal.

And in the same year,

we joined

CPC together.

Chong, be good.

He is good, he is good.

Will you still

come back late tonight?

I don't know.

It is a chaos outside.

Students are parading on the street,

and many of them are caught.

I heard that the Japanese

are looking for people of alliance association.

We will help them retreat.

What about the news press?

Did you ask that for me?

When can I go back to work?

Workers are going on a strike,

and the newspaper company also stopped printing.

I will meet comrade Chen Shude today

to talk about this.

The news press is about to close.

Santalum asked you

to stay at home

for two more days.

Days later,

he will send a skillful comrade to our home

to teach you to send a telegram.

Will Santalum go with you?

Yes.

You two be careful.

Relax.

I will come back asap.

I need to buy some rice

to cook porridge for our son.

Mind your own business.

I will take care of our home.

OK, then.

I will go.

Chong,

Chong, be good.

See what is it?

Back then, Ueno Kiyoizumi

hid his Japanese identity,

pretended to be a Chinese scholar,

and got close to your parents.

He made your father killed.

After hearing about the news,

we hurried to your home,

but,

we found your mother was killed either.

And you were missing,

not knowing where to go.

At that time,

Kiyoizumi brought me back to Japan,

and I came back to China

after 1937.

You got to know Santalum

at that time,

right?

When you were in Japan,

Santalum never stopped looking for you.

To have you back, he was happier than anyone.

He hoped you to become

a true revolutionist

like your parents.

Ye Chong,

keep digging the plan.

I will keep applying

to help you two meet.

Eat your dinner.

Ye Chong knows that,

Feng Changgeng was left in Shanghai by Santalum

to support his action.

Once activated,

he faces the danger of exposure.

But he can't tell Feng Changgeng

the intelligence

because of the rules.

But not everyone

thinks like that.

Buddy!

A bowl of noodles.

Mister,

it is going to rain outside,

we are about to close.

Cut the crap, hurry up.

OK.

Those ships have arrived

and will return soon.

They will carry some food back from Shanghai

Kisa and those higher-ups of the fifth army

will also com back to Hong Kong with the ship.

Ye Chong,

the Japanese are about to take action.

I heard that

they mentioned Noah Plan.

It should be

the code name of the landing operation,

but they refuse to tell

the specific time of the air strike.

Mister!

Someone was killed, someone was killed!

Feng changgeng is dead,

I heard it just now.

He was assassinated.

The killer is not caught.

Mr. General,

Our plan is greatly influenced.

Next...

How about Ye Chong?

I have arranged Zhuang

to tell him some information from Kisa.

Junko,

how is it going?

Response from Shanghai,

they've received the orders.

Have you found Ye Chong?

A radio station pulse signal

keeps being active.

Judging from the way he sends telegram,

I am sure that,

it is Ye Chong.

Good.

Can you decode his telegram?

Yes.

He is asking his superior

to deploy military forces

to Shanghai and Guangzhou.

In other words,

it is possible for him

to decode our telegrams, too.

Is that right?

In principle,

a telegram can't be decoded without a code book,

but Ye Chong had worked

in the telecom department for so long.

He is also a pro in this.

He is able to do that.

OK.

Junko,

now we need to send

a fake telegram.

I hope that he can receive it.

And I hope that

Ye Chong is able to decode it.

I want to catch

more and bigger fish through him.

What's wrong?

Yes.

Hong Kong Military Government

Chief Officer Ueno Kiyoizumi...

Borre Force is well prepared. Request for landing.

Chong,

something bad happened.

You must go with me now.

What's wrong?

Feng Changgeng is dead.

Who did that?

Miyamoto.

Miyamoto.

Miyamoto knows you are here.

It won't be long

before Kiyoizumi gets to know it.

I can't see anything bad happen to you.

You must go now.

Zhuang.

Kiyoizumi already knew.

It is all his plan.

From the moment he released me,

he knew that

I would come back to Shanghai.

He wanted to use me

to find Santalum's successor,

and the underground network in Shanghai.

I can only coordinate with him

to get more useful information.

You mean

you already knew

this is Kiyoizumi's conspiracy?

So, everything you had done

was just a show for Kiyoizumi?

I didn't tell you

because this show

must be real.

Any slight loophole

will cause Kiyoizumi to doubt it.

We have no chance for trials.

When did you know

it was Kiyoizumi's conspiracy?

From the moment I saw you,

I was sure

that I was right.

But Kiyoizumi asked you to

come to Shanghai too early.

He was in such a hurry.

What about Miyamoto?

I will deal with him.

Boss.

May I use your phone?

Hello?

Hello?

I'm leaving.

How is everything going?

I contacted an old friend this morning.

I will also leave tonight.

Can you solve the problem?

Yes, I can.

I received the address.

But I need your help.

OK.

Boss.

May I have some paper?

Here it is.

Go on.

OK.

I know.

OK, thank you.

Hello, mister.

What kind of room do you want?

We have rooms close to the streets, and those that aren't.

The ones close to the street are noisier during sleep time.

The ones aren't close to the street

are 100 more expensive.

What do you need?

Give me one...

Boss.

Boss.

Come and take a look.

The boiler is broken again.

How could it be broken again?

I will go right way.

Excuse me, mister.

Please wait a moment.

Mister.

What kind of room do you want?

Here.

Thank you.

I don't need it.

Mr. General.

Ye Chong and the successor of Santalum

planned to meet in the Wan Li Warehouse,

at 8 pm tonight.

Wan Li Warehouse

Does Ueno Kiyoizumi

know you come to Shanghai to look for me?

His heart is softened.

He doesn't want to kill his adopted son.

I can't trust you

anymore.

So,

you violated the military rule

and came to Shanghai to look for me secretly.

If you don't kill me in person,

maybe you can't sleep well for the rest of your life.

Right.

I didn't expect that you prepared another present for me.

After you died,

I will be Autumn Cicada.

I will go to meet

the successor of Santalum for you.

How can you be so sure that

you can meet the successor of Santalum?

What do you mean?

Major Miyamoto,

long time no see.

Santalum doesn't have

a successor at all.

The successor of Santalum

is you.

You are just like before,

reacting so slowly.