A red exclamation mark flashed on the computer screen on the desk, and a satellite map automatically unfolded.

Upon hearing the sound, Yang Hongchang assumed it was another urgent military report from somewhere.

I glanced at the screen with considerable annoyance.

However, upon seeing this, even his seasoned nerves twitched violently.

The swaying palm-leaf fan froze involuntarily.

He exclaimed in disbelief, "Liu Kai? Japan? Holy crap!"

I rubbed my eyes and stared at the screen for a while before finally making a decision.

So he threw aside the palm-leaf fan in his hand and quickly moved the mouse to accept the chat request.

"Splash..."

Amidst the cacophony of rain, the computer screen projected a completely black image.

In the very center of the pitch-black screen, a face can be faintly seen.

That was Liu Kai's face!

"Hello, Commander Yang, it's been a long time."

Yang Hongchang's lips twitched when he heard the sound coming from the computer.

He stammered, "Are you... a human or a ghost?"

Hearing this nonsensical question, Liu Kai didn't know how to answer for a moment.

After a long pause, he asked with a strange expression, "You didn't drink too much fake alcohol, did you?"

Yang Hongchang ignored Liu Kai's joke.

"No, no... let me sort this out..."

He stared at the face on the screen, looking it over from left to right, and muttered, "Wait a minute, how come you're not dead?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Kai's face darkened immediately, and he said irritably, "Of course I'm not dead!"

"No, what exactly is going on?"

Liu Kai couldn't tell the truth, so he could only make up some excuses.

"I was knocked unconscious by the aftershocks of the nuclear bomb. Then a Japanese farmer, unaware of my identity, kindly took me to his home to recuperate. I lay unconscious for three months until I woke up today."

"What a coincidence?!"

Yang Hongchang clearly didn't believe this nonsense.

He immediately asked impatiently, "Where is that Japanese farmer that the little devil was talking about? Let me see."

"Um... he died of radiation sickness today, so I buried him."

"Hmph, keep spouting nonsense. Do you have any conscience? Three months without a sound or image. Do you know how much Feifei has tortured herself for you? Let me tell you..."

Hearing that string of complaints, Liu Kai was at his wit's end.

He quickly stopped Yang Hongchang from rambling on: "Alright, alright!"

"Commander Yang, I'm so homesick right now. Please have pity on me and send someone to pick me up as soon as possible, okay?"

"No, I don't have any people available."

Hearing this decisive rejection, Liu Kai almost thought he was hallucinating: "What did you say?!"

Yang Hongchang sighed deeply, looking quite helpless.

He briefly explained to Liu Kai what had happened after he went missing.

Simply put, the ocean was so turbulent that ships could not pass through.

Moreover, large transport planes are busy transporting supplies all over the world and are already operating at full capacity, so there's simply no room for them to spare.

Upon hearing this explanation, Liu Kai became furious.

"You're not being fair, Commander Yang. Not only did you rescue the experts, but you also successfully obtained nuclear bomb intelligence and thwarted the Japanese devils' plot."

"If you think about it that way, I'm at least a major contributor."

"We're not even talking about returning home in a grand sedan chair, you can't even ask me to send someone to pick me up?"

"You old rascal, you're really wicked. Is this how you treat meritorious officials?"

Yang Hongchang felt somewhat ashamed after being scolded by Liu Kai.

However, despite his shame, he really had no other choice.

However, he couldn't just stand by and watch Liu Kai wander in a foreign land.

He quickly reassured him, "Don't worry, little one. I only said we couldn't send anyone, not that you can't hitch a ride."

"As far as I know, a small team from the Northern Theater Command is collecting research samples in the Kanazawa area and will depart for home at 6 a.m. tomorrow."

"I'll talk to them over there, and then I'll take you with me to the Northeast first."

"Then I'll take two or three more flights, and I reckon I'll be able to get back to Fenghai."

Upon hearing Yang Hongchang's arrangement, Liu Kai's face darkened even more.

Not only because returning to China would involve a lot of trouble, such as taking someone else's delivery plane to get home.

He just quickly flipped through the map of "Kanezawa City".

I then discovered that this city is actually on the northwest coast of Japan.

The straight-line distance from Chiba City, where he is currently located, is more than 340 kilometers!

Furthermore, with the ice melting, the road will no longer be smooth sailing.

If you follow those roads, the journey will increase to at least 600 kilometers.

It's 11 p.m. now.

Arriving before 6 a.m. means running 600 kilometers within 7 hours.

Moreover, it's a 600-kilometer stretch of rugged mountain roads, where you could be attacked by raging beasts at any moment!

Does this old man think he's driving a highway?

Even if you ride Little Black at top speed, it won't work!

Yang Hongchang clearly realized this as well, and immediately blushed.

But he still forced himself to say, "Um, Liu Kai, the situation is special right now, so I can only ask you to make do."

"You're someone who can create miracles, so this short journey is naturally a piece of cake, isn't it?"

Liu Kai gritted his teeth: "Fine! You want to flatter me, huh?"

"You're going to play like this, huh? Fine, fine! When I get back to China, I'll definitely give you a piece of my mind and tell Fei Fei all about it!"

After saying this, Liu Kai didn't give Yang Hongchang a chance to say anything more and angrily cut off the communication.

Although I was very unhappy, this was my last way home.

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