Cicada Moving

Chapter 1194 Rashomon

In the night wind, Zuo Zhong held the steering wheel and drove toward downtown Honolulu, feeling secretly relieved.

 As soon as Ozawa showed up at the Sugar Trading Company in the afternoon, he knew that the other party was being targeted by ONI. The tracking technology of those American agents was inferior to that of the Central Military Commission.

Although he looked down upon the Americans' professional skills, this was a dangerous signal, so during the subsequent follow-up, Zuo Zhong aimed his gun at Ozawa's head several times.

But after observation, Zuozhong discovered that ONI might just be doing a routine screening, and that's why they didn't send Ozawa to meet the Japanese Amaterasu.

The fact is what he thought, as this party just proved. Otherwise, why would a group of American officers invite a Japanese? Do they really think white people are so hospitable?

You must know that racial discrimination is rampant in American society. Black people cannot even enter white restaurants, and the status of yellow people is not as good as that of black people.

 In short, it’s good that it’s not exposed. Zuo Zhong believes that Ozawa has the ability to deal with the American’s temptation. With the opponent’s IQ, he can definitely see ONI’s intentions.

Looking at the ground that was quickly passing by, Zuo Zhong temporarily put aside the matter and returned his attention to his task.

He already has an idea on how to obtain the construction data of the Hongshan Oil Depot, but he still needs to plan carefully.

Thoughtful Zuo Zhong's hand suddenly turned the steering wheel, the tires made a screeching sound, and the dilapidated eight-hand car turned left and quickly left the deserted street.

Early the next morning, a yawning Ozawa walked into the sugar trading company and nodded slightly to Zuo Zhong, who was settling accounts at the counter, indicating that he was clean behind him.

Zuo Zhong glanced outside with his peripheral vision, and there was indeed no sign of the ONI agent. It seemed that the Americans had given up tracking, and Ozawa successfully passed the test. In this case, it was his turn to act.

After exchanging a few words casually, Zuo Zhong went out and walked around for more than half an hour. After making sure that no one was watching, he walked into a small community where there was a secret safe house belonging to the military commander.

By the time he appeared on the streets of Honolulu again, he had already changed his clothes, put on a fake beard on his face, and drove a semi-new truck straight to the mountains north of the Red Mountain Oil Depot.

Different from the heavily guarded Red Mountain Oil Depot, there are no U.S. military outposts in the vast mountains to the north of the oil depot. Countless gurgling streams pass through the oil depot and flow into the sea, forming a drinking water system that Oahu residents rely on for survival.

After the Americans occupied Hawaii, they also built a water plant in the mountainous area to filter and disinfect stream water and provide clean fresh water to various US military bases and urban Honolulu.

The truck drove along the bumpy dirt road for a long time, and finally stopped by a creek. Zuo Zhong jumped out of the car and looked around. He picked up a shovel and a few sacks from the truck, walked to the water and started working. .

With a shovelful of silt and stones from the river bottom, he dug them out and put them into sacks. The previously crystal clear water slowly turned turbid and flowed towards the water plant downstream.

After digging for a while, Zuo Zhong wiped the sweat from his head and once again lamented that his dignified deputy director of the military command had done his best to help the Japanese carry out their mission. How could he reason with him?

It seems that the physical training in the military training class will be further strengthened. In the future, when the brothers go to Gongdelin, they can contribute to national construction.

He has already thought of the slogan: Those lost on the battlefield are found on the construction site.

While thinking wildly, Zuo Zhong carried the sacks back to the car one by one and drove back to the secret safe house, a wooden bungalow that can be seen almost everywhere in Hawaii.

Parked the car, under the eyes of the neighbors, he carried the sack through the living room to the backyard and threw it heavily on the ground. He walked back and forth several times.

During this period, a fat white man who was watering the lawn glanced at this place for a few times and then quickly lowered his head. It is normal to grow flowers in mud. Many people on Oahu do this.

Noticing that someone was peeking, Zuo Zhong didn't pay attention and continued to move the sacks. After moving, he gave the person a **** and closed the door forcefully.

Facing his "greeting", the fat white man was not surprised and completely lowered his guard. If the yellow man in front of him was a bad guy, he wouldn't be so rampant, right?

Looking outside through the gap in the curtains, Zuo Zhong stepped into the backyard, looked at the sacks on the ground, took a deep breath, turned around and took out a large oil drum, and poured most of the mud and all the rocks into it.

 After doing this, he returned to the house, took out a bottle of liquid, poured it into the oil drum, stirred it, and finally put the lid on the oil drum and exposed it to the sun.

 “Leave the rest to time.”

Muttering to himself, Zuo Zhong returned to the room, took out a soda from the refrigerator, sat down on the sofa, and continued to deliberate on the action steps.

Under the tight defense of the US military, it is unrealistic to break into the Hongshan Oil Depot, so a little "external force" is needed at this time.

After taking a sip of soda, Zuo Zhong's eyes fell on a certain ceiling. There was his second move. He didn't know how much panic "they" would cause the residents of Oahu after tonight.

 Outside the window, the scorching sun continued to bake the earth, and the oil drums slowly expanded under the influence of high temperature. After dark, Zuo Zhong left the safe house in a low-key manner and drove the truck out of the city to the north of the Hongshan Oil Depot again. A backpack on the co-pilot swayed slightly, and dull collision sounds were heard from time to time.

 The journey to the mountainous area was silent. A few hundred meters away from the water plant, he drove the car into the woods beside the road. The lush tropical plants completely covered the car body, making it extremely hidden in the darkness of the night.

He put on a dark tight suit, put his backpack on his left shoulder, folded a few large banana leaves to block the rear of the car, and bent down to move towards the water plant.

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Time passed quickly, and it was the next day in a blink of an eye.

　　Listening to the news on the radio, the women on Oahu began to prepare breakfast. The kitchen was equipped with various household appliances, including bread machines, refrigerators, and ovens.

 In addition to the financial crisis, the Great Prosperity Era also left the mark of a new era on ordinary American households, greatly promoting the development of home appliances.

These expensive machines have greatly liberated productivity. It can be said that the strength of a country is reflected in the kitchen.

In a house in downtown Honolulu, a young white woman called her "honey" to the second floor. The man heard the call and walked down the stairs quickly. He kissed his wife lightly and sat down at the dining table.

There are milk, coffee, fried eggs, bread and bacon on the table, a very standard American middle-class family breakfast.

"Sorry, the milk hasn't been delivered yet. I can only use milk powder." My wife explained softly while she was cleaning up the housework.

The man didn’t pay attention, picked up the milk and drank half of it, trying to please his wife in this way, but the next moment he spit out the milk in his mouth, leaving the kitchen in a mess.

“Damn, what is this? Gasoline? Diesel?”

Before his wife could say anything, the man shouted loudly and picked up another cup to rinse his mouth with the water in it. Then there was another puddle of water on the ground.

The wife looked at her husband with a confused face, then looked at the milk on the table. She subconsciously picked up the cup and took a sip. The scene just now happened again. The normal-looking milk actually had a strong smell of gasoline.

This scene played out in countless American families. The phones at the Honolulu police station, state government, hospitals and newspapers kept ringing, and Oahu became a mess.

Since the American Dole deposed the Queen of Hawaii in 1893 and established a provisional government, until 1900 when the United States annexed Hawaii and established a territory, the state government was located on Oahu, and American civil servants there managed this de facto "territory" ".

  Fuel appeared in the tap water. Such a serious and urgent health incident caught the bureaucrats unprepared.

But what they are anxious about is not solving the problem, but how to shirk responsibility. The Public Health Bureau blames the fire department, the fire department blames the police department, and the police department blames the military. No one is willing to take the blame.

 In the afternoon of that day, a piece of news from the University of Hawaii pushed the incident to the forefront.

 Many professors have used their reputations to vouch for the fact that there is not only gasoline in the fresh water flowing in Oahu’s water pipes, but also gasoline containing octane.

 In addition, the laboratory detected lead in the water, with the content exceeding the standard value dozens of times.

 The second piece of news is good. Anyway, the water pipes currently used in the United States are all lead pipes. Because lead water pipes have physical properties such as pressure resistance, and most importantly, they are cheap, so Oahu residents said they are emotionally stable.

But the first piece of news caused an uproar. There are many soldiers and military family members on the island, and they are no strangers to things like octane gasoline, and they even come into contact with it frequently.

In order to increase the anti-knock ability of the engine, improve the engine combustion efficiency and the high-altitude performance of the aircraft, the current aircraft of the U.S. Navy and Army use special gasoline with octane added. The more you add, the better the effect. The problem is that octane is A highly toxic substance.

Although it is insoluble in water, the danger is there. For a time, the hospital on Oahu was full, and the beds were full of patients claiming to be poisoned. Newspaper reporters were worried about the world being in chaos and collecting news clues everywhere.

Following the reporters’ investigation, a big secret came to light. According to “reliable sources”, in the entire Oahu Island, only the Pacific Fleet has octane gasoline, and tens of thousands of tons are stored in the Red Mountain Oil Depot alone.

Some "conscientious" experts are worried that carrying such a heavy weight of fuel, the foundation of the oil depot may be overwhelmed and hairline cracks may appear.

If this is the case, the rest is easy to speculate. The octane gasoline followed the cracks and contaminated the groundwater system, and the groundwater system in turn contaminated the river.

Hmm, that’s reasonable. He didn’t run away. This must have been caused by the military!

The state government, police department, and public health department were relieved, and then tacitly pointed the finger at the Pacific Fleet, demanding an explanation from Fleet Commander Admiral James Richardson.

James Richardson was so angry that he summoned the head of ONI, Nathan Hale, and ordered him to find out the cause of the matter as quickly as possible. He could not bear this responsibility.

In addition, the Commander also ordered the Hongshan Oil Depot to inspect the depot. If any cracks are found, they should be repaired immediately without reporting them. As long as there is no evidence, who can be sure that the incident was caused by a leak of naval fuel, or perhaps poisoning by an enemy spy.

It can be seen that when it comes to covering the lid, no matter which country or era, officials have the miraculous ability to learn without a teacher.

 Using this and the "discipline" boasted by the Americans, Zuo Zhong finally got the "external force" he needed, but he had to wait a little longer and let the bullets fly for a while~

 (End of this chapter)