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~ Fingertip drew across the long dark night. ~

~ Flame, not sure when it will go out. ~

~ Parted, did not say goodbye. Between you and I. ~

~ Long time no see. ~

Rookie Agent Rouge

Episode 1

1937, beginning of August.

With the start of Japanese's invasion of China,

the Battle of Songhu with an unprecedented scale starting in Shanghai, the largest metropolis in the Far East.

China's highest military leader decided to

perform a preemptive strike and destroy all the Japanese vessels on the Yangtze river.

Eliminate the Japanese Marine Corps and win a decisive event of the war.

[Nanjing Military Commission]

[Very urgent]

[Top secret]

[Blockade of the Yangtze River]

[Gist of the plan]

[1. Block the Jiangyin channel]

[2. All forts, prepare for war]

[3. Yangtze coastal army. Find an opportunity to enter into position]

Resist the Japanese! Resist the Japanese!

Kick them out of China! Kick them out of China!

Defeat Japanese Imperialism! Defeat Japanese Imperialism!

Fellow comrades, our country,

our people are on the edge of danger!

Our territory has already been occupied!

As a Chinese citizen,

as a Chinese citizen with blood and flesh, what we can do is... What are you doing? Are you blind?

I'm sorry!

That's right!

Defeat Japanese Imperialism! Defeat Japanese Imperialism!

Sorry!

It's okay, you go first.

Okay, thank you.

Resist the Japanese!

Kick them out of China! Kick them out of China!

Defeat Japanese Imperialism! Defeat Japanese Imperialism!

Kick them out of China! Kick them out of China!

You have Japanese Yen, I'll burn them!

Move aside! Move aside!

Resist the Japanese!

Defeat Japanese Imperialism! Defeat Japanese Imperialism!

Resist the Japanese!

Defeat Japanese Imperialism! Defeat Japanese Imperialism!

Resist the Japanese! Resist the Japanese!

Defeat Japanese Imperialism! Defeat Japanese Imperialism!

Resist the Japanese!

Defeat Japanese Imperialism! Defeat Japanese Imperialism!

Thank you.

I'm sorry!

You dare to swear that you didn't look even once?

Of course! What meaning is there if I look?

Not bad.

The one who knocked into me was an old man.

He has one short leg.

How do you know he has a short leg?

Because when he walked, he had one light step and one heavy step.

One light step, and one heavy step. The shorter leg is the left leg.

Then how did you know he's an old man?

He had phlegm in his throat. After he knocked into me, he coughed.

As though he has bronchitis, just like my father.

And then?

The second one who knocked into me was a trendy woman.

Her perfume was France's Paris Night.

Her makeup is the same as mine.

It's the Twin brand. She has taste.

But the end of her words go up a bit.

It's okay, you go first.

It sounds like...she isn't from Shanghai.

And then a young boy passed by in front of me.

He should be from a rich family.

How can you be sure he's from a rich family?

Because the sound of his footsteps

was "gedung, gedung, gedung".

He was wearing leather shoes and holding buttermilk cake.

To be able to wear leather shoes and eat buttermilk cake,

he must be from a rich family.

His mother was standing on the other side of the railing.

She was holding another child in her arms, too.

The child in her arms was very obedient, it didn't make any noise at all!

How did you know she was holding a child?

Please, why didn't he cry?

Because his mother was holding a toy drum to play with him!

Also... on the deck,

those who were burning Japanese Yen.

There were a total of... 39 people.

I can describe their characteristics to you one by one.

There's no need. Just tell me which one you find most interesting.

Which one is most interesting?

It should be... the one leading the rallying call.

She calls to resist the Japanese,

but she was wearing Japanese apricot perfume.

I could smell that scent immediately.

It's too strong.

Also,

I came back after I met those two crew members who were extinguishing the fire.

How do you know they work on the ship?

Because when they ran over,

there was a stinky sweat smell combined with a strong ocean scent.

That smell is like...

Mother Liu's burnt seaweed soup.

It was too stinky!

Such a strong ocean scent, they're obviously ship workers!

Miss Lai Yan Zhi, congratulations!

All your answers are correct!

I passed the test.

Your hearing, judgment, perception, and insight are first class.

Manna,

when I came back,

there were also two strange people.

There was one...

I almost slipped and he grabbed my arm.

He was very gentlemanly.

But on such a hot day, he was wearing clothes made of wool.

His entire body, his arm,

and his hand were all covered in sweat.

The second... was a drunkard. He was drunk in broad daylight.

But the alcohol he drank was not bad. It was Scotch whiskey.

Whiskey!

But when he knocked into me, I don't know what was in his pocket.

It was hard and hurt!

Don't think nonsense. It should be a wine pitcher.

It was rectangular, not circular.

Rectangular... and by his waist...

A gun??

It couldn't be a Japanese spy?

On the boat right now, there are no policemen or military officers.

If the boat stops and he runs away, what do we do?

Then I'll go watch him! Have you gone crazy?

What's to be afraid of?

I don't want to be like those brats on the deck.

They only know how to shout slogans and throw slippers and stuff like that.

Don't you think that the game is more exciting once it becomes real?

Yanzi. Yanzi!

Hurry and come back, you're not allowed to go!

Go in! Come back quickly!

This is mine.

I'm sorry.

I also use this brand, what a coincidence.

I'm sorry.

Miss, where are you going?

I... Is the diner over here?

No.

Then I went the wrong way.

Don't leave in such a rush.

Do we know each other?

If we don't, then why are you following me?

Who's following you? Stop being so full of yourself.

Move aside!

Don't move.

You change quite quickly.

In a moment you're a young girl, now you're a young lady.

You changed your clothes, and now your eyes have brightened, too.

Come with me.

Go!

I'm from the Secret Service. Everyone on board are my men.

Cut the crap, tie her up first!

Help! Help!

Don't move!

Help! Stuff her mouth.

Let go of me! What are you doing?

Open your mouth.

Boss, she doesn't have weapons on her.

There's none in her bag either.

Let go of me! Let go of me!

I have over ten thousand ways to calm you down.

Do you want to try?

[Zhao Chuan Di Er]

[Junko Inoue]

Sir, can you lend me your cigarette lighter?

I'll do it myself.

It's damp.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

This match is very strange.

It's like... there's something off.

What is off?

The foreign Japanese.

Don't move. Go!

Help!

Help! Help!

Help! Is there anyone there?

Yanzhi! Yan!

Yanzhi!

Yanzhi? Yanzhi!

Help!

Yanzhi!

Yanzhi!

Help! Help!

Yanzhi!

Yanzhi!

Yanzhi?

Yanzhi! Manna!

What's wrong with your hand? It's hurt!

It's okay. There's three of them, they all have guns.

Hurry and tell the captain, we cannot let them escape! Let's go.

How did you get hurt?

You use this to write?

Kid,

you pretend to be a tourist to come and spy on Wusongkou defense area.

You're quite amazing.

What about it?

Are you going to talk here or when we go back?

Talk!

He wants to take poison! Pour water in!

Pour water in!

Let go of me!

Don't move!

Let go of me! Let go of me!

Open the door!

Help!

Turn around! Yanzhi!

Help!

Let go of her! Help!

Let go of her! Manna!

Yanzhi! Let go of her!

Hurry! Yanzhi!

Don't come over here! Don't come over here!

If you come any closer, I'll kill her!

Let go of her! Don't come over here!

Long'er,

you cannot escape today. Hurry and let that young lady go!

Don't come closer, or else I'll kill her!

Calm down, calm down!

Put down your gun!

Put it down!

Okay, okay.

Step back.

What are you doing?

Long'er, you are still a Japanese warrior.

What is so great about taking a young lady hostage?

Let go of her.

Let's fight one on one.

What are you doing? Don't move!

Don't move!

Get up!

Help!

Hang on! Help!

You stupid fatty!

Yanzhi! Help!

Help!

Hang in there!

Let go of me! Help!

Yanzhi, hang on!

Hang on, hang on!

Give me your other hand!

Yanzhi!

Yanzhi! Are you okay?

You scared me to death!

Are you hurt?

No, my legs have gone weak!

What are you working as?

National Salvation Association Secret Service.

This friend of mine...

has had a bright mind since childhood. She has a great memory!

We all say she's suited to be an intelligence agent!

Manna!

Is that so?

No matter what you do, don't do this job.

We can't regret it now.

Manna! Okay okay.

I was so scared! It's okay.

It's okay.

I'm resisting against this!

I'm a staff in the Japanese consulate. I have diplomatic immunity.

Miss Junko Inoue, Tokko special agents don't have diplomatic immunity.

Take her away! Go!

What is your name?

I'm Song Mian.

I am Lan Yanzhi. She is Feng Manna, my good friend.

Thank you for saving us!

Will we see you again?

If we're lucky, we won't meet again.

Even if we don't meet again, remember!

I am Lan Yanzhi!

[Tokko Head of Investigation Unit Ichiro Watanabe]

Go on!

[Japanese] Start the car. Yes.

Go! Open the door!

Stop the car!

[National Salvation Association in Shanghai]

This is Jiangyin fortress.

This is Wusongkou fortress. They are all secretly expanding fortifications.

[National Salvation Association, Shanghai station head, Wan Zhichao] We've also set up cannons along the Yangtze River.

At that time, thousands of cannons will be launched at the same time.

Japanese's fleet and merchant ships will be destroyed.

Reporting!

Come in.

Long'er is dead. Junko is dead, too.

We didn't get news from Junko.

What does that mean? We got nothing?

No.

This was dug out from Long'er's mouth. The technical department identified it,

it should be a sketch of military installations.

Where is this?

The technical department said that it's too severely damaged. They can't identify it.

There's poison on the map.

If discovered, he would swallow the map and die with it.

Based on this situation,

do they know about our plan to block Yangtze river?

We cannot be certain.

This concerns the overall situation of the Songhu battle.

There's little time, we must investigate quickly.

Understood. I suspect that the information on Junko has already been transferred on board the ship.

Perhaps there are other people who were working with them.

Platoon Leader Song, I'll give you 24 hours.

At this time tomorrow,

bring me what I want and stand here!

Yes.

[Shanghai, Hongkou district. Tokko Headquarters]

[Japanese] Section chief.

[Japanese] This is the last information that Junko left behind.

[Japanese] I hope that Junko won't die in vain.

[Japanese] Morse code. Yes.

[Japanese] I feel very sad.

[Japanese] You just got engaged last month.

[Japanese] She's a heroine of our empire.

[Japanese] I will let the telecommunications decode this immediately.

[Japanese] Section chief, it has been decoded.

[Japanese] Information transferred to Blue Rouge's rouge box.

[Japanese] Blue Rouge?

[Japanese] Section chief, Junko had a rouge box.

[Japanese] It's used to transmit information.

[Japanese] What about Blue Rouge?

[Japanese] From this,

[Japanese] Blue Rouge seems like a person's name.

[Japanese] There aren't many people with the surname blue (Lan) in Shanghai.

[Japanese] We have to find him/her as soon as possible.

Boss.

We searched the entire ship, including the workers.

There's not a single clue.

Then there's only one possibility.

The news on the ship fell to someone else and left with the tourists.

Then it's lost! There were over 800 people on the ship!

Knock out the possibilities one by one.

Mom, not so hard, it hurts! Look at you.

How can this happen?

You were on a French ship and still something like this happened!

In the future, just stay at home.

How can I do that? I still have to go back when school starts!

You've been on vacation for over a month!

You're so crazy you only come back now!

Once the war breaks out, I don't think you'll be able to go back to school.

What have you done for this month?

I heard the newspapers say that the main college's students go to the President's house every day.

They started a petition and did mass demonstrations on the streets.

Mom, what I do is far more meaningful than what they do!

Father, Mother, I have joined the Student Army Summer Camp organized by Ministry of Defense.

I scored distinctions in all the assessments. They said that my hearing and memory

are the best that they've ever seen!

They also said I should be an intelligence agent!

What nonsense! If girls join the war front, what are men to do?

What happened to all the taxes that we have paid?

That's right. If they want me to be an intelligent agent, in their dreams!

Sigh!

It is chaotic times.

You should find someone who can protect you.

The most important thing is to get married soon.

If I marry, I want to marry someone I admire. It'd be so boring otherwise!

My daughter has such high expectations.

If normal boys see you, they would be lacking in a lot of confidence.

It would already be hard to enter your eyes, much less gain admiration.

Yanzhi,

do you have anyone in your heart?

Is there?

Let's hear it!

I do, Dad. Do you want to know who it is?

Who?

It's myself!

You terrible child. The one I admire most is myself right now!

You terrible child.

[Japanese] We have checked out Lan Yanzhi's background.

[Japanese] She's a student at the Mathematics Department at Nan Jing University.

[Japanese] Her father, Lan Changming is the boss of Shanghai Jin Xin Bank.

[Japanese] He has a certain level of authority and influence in Shanghai's economy.

[Japanese] What is this person's political stand?

[Japanese] AntiJapanese. ProAnglo American.

[Japanee] I think for Junko to transfer the intelligence report to her,

[Japanese] it must have happened during some dangerous moments.

[Japanese] This turns out to be good.

[Japanese] No one will suspect her.

[Japanese] Chief, there is still one more matter.

[Japanese] The girl who had returned with Lan Yanzhi is Feng Manna.

[Japanese] Her father is Feng Zixiong.

[Japanese] Is that so?

[Japanese] Yes.

[Japanese] This is very interesting.

[Japanese] The Chinese army is secretly infiltrating into Shanghai.

[Japanese] Especially areas in Zhabei and Luxi.

[Japanese] They are arming themselves, and the road checks were very frequent.

[Japanese] Chief, what you meant is for Feng Zixiong to handle this matter?

[Japanese] Those in the National Salvation Association would have their eyes on it.

[Japanese] They would be looking for Junko's intelligence reports, too.

[Japanese] Any small trace of it would alert them to it. We stay low at our end.

[Japanese] Without anyone knowing,

[Japanese] get the information back.

[Feng Residence] [Number 6 Bai Li Nan Road]

Old Master, you're back?

Yes.

Where is the Madam?

Madam, the Old Master is back!

Zixiong, you're back? Manna just got back, too.

I know. Something happened to the boat she was on.

Dad!

Let me take a good look at you.

Our Manna is getting so pretty.

We are reunited today, and it's Manna's birthday, too!

Zixiong, shouldn't you show some affection?

Okay!

Bring your classmates and your friends here. We'll give you a birthday party tonight, okay?

Mom, I didn't hear wrong, did I?

In the past, Dad has never been so kind!

You're grown up now.

Manna, which classmates are you going to invite?

Kaili, Meilan...of course, the most important one is Yanzhi.

She came back with me today!

Okay.

That's right, Mom.

You must remember to tell servant Liu to prepare chocolate cake.

Yanzhi loves chocolate cake the most!

Okay, that's not a problem.

Yanzhi,

where are you going? Your injury hasn't healed yet.

Mom, I'm fine! Manna gave me a call to go to her birthday party!

We're about to go to war! And she's still throwing birthday parties?

It's precisely because we're going to war! We won't be able to have a party in the future, so we have to hurry and throw one now!

Mom, tell Dad I'm not coming home for dinner!

Yanzhi!

Manna!

Yanzhi! Why are you so late? I've been waiting for so long!

You haven't paid yet!

Give it to him! Come on!

Boss!

How much is it? One coin.

Dad!

Yanzhi has arrived!

Hello, Uncle Feng.

Hello. I heard Manna talk about what happened on the ship.

Thank you for your praise Uncle. I don't dare to take it.

Amazing, too amazing!

Come! Let's drink a cup to the big hero!

Thank you, everyone.

Thank you. Come.

Yanzhi, when I was listening to you say those things,

my heart was really pounding!

Come. I'll drink another cup to you!

You have brought too much pride to us women!

Thank you, Auntie. I don't dare to accept it.

Yanzhi,

I heard Manna say you've been taking good care of her in your senior year of college.

Is that right, Manna?

Of course.

Come. I'll drink a cup to you in Manna's place.

Thank you, Uncle. Actually, Manna has been taking care of me, too.

Sit down.

Thank you, Auntie.

You're welcome. Drink slowly.

Yanzhi, try that chocolate cake.

Our Manna prepared it especially for you.

~Ends of the fingers moving across the long dark night~

~The flames, not knowing when will it be quenched~

~This separation, we have never said our goodbyes~

~You and me~

~Gather some safflowers as we have promised~

~Hoping we�ll be together as our youth passes like a fleeting wave~

~But in a flash it�s already the end of time ~

~It�s been a long time since we met~

~Lalalala who is there by the window~ ~Lalalala whom is the heart pining for~

~Lalalala as love sways with the breeze~

~Lalalala someday Lalalala dreams will come true~

~Lalalala love flings caution to the wind~

~Indistinctly the skies blossom into a lotus~

~Slowly it falls into the deep blue sea~

~Remembering that moment you smiled~

~It has never changed~

~Lalalala who is there by the window~ ~Lalalala whom is the heart pining for~

~Lalalala as love sways with the breeze~

~Lalalala someday Lalalala dreams will come true~

~Lalalala love flings caution to the wind~