Sakaki Makoto looked up at the towering arc cave ceiling, the rotten wooden table, the complicated wiring, and the little white mouse soaked in formalin solution...
I couldn't help but open my mouth, speechless.
The gray-white walls are mottled and worn, and there are messy documents on the table, all of which are reports on the APTX project experiments.
He never expected...
Karasuma Renya actually built a fortress under his house!!!
The empty fortress was filled with collapsed tables, chairs, books, and lamps, and visible dust was floating in the air.
This is a completely enclosed space. In order to prevent people from suffocating, Karasuma Renya installed a huge air filter here.
Sakaki Makoto looked at the holes carved out in the wall, inside which were glass jars the size of a human head. He brushed off the dust and saw that the little white mice, green snakes, and turtles inside were lifelike, with no signs of decay at all.
It should be noted that what is soaked in the glass jar is not tonic wine!
Oh no...
In a sense, formalin is also a great tonic.
Drinking it can keep you young forever and freeze your life forever.
The fortress built by Karasuma Renya was a mile long, and it took Sakaki Makoto ten minutes to walk from beginning to end.
After seeing the end, Makoto Sakaki also felt a little boring.
All the useful things in here were completely emptied out, and the documents left behind were all irrelevant, just a few words and could not provide any clues at all.
but...
There is no doubt that the fortress was once an underground research institute.
In addition to the research equipment that cannot be moved, there is also an ammunition depot specifically used to store weapons. When you pry open the green wooden boxes covered with straw, you will find that they are filled with Mosin-Nagant rifles, PPSh submachine guns, Arisaka Type 38 rifles, melon grenades and the like.
The oiling and maintenance is quite good, so it should still be usable.
but...
Sakaki Makoto didn't dare touch those grenades. Who knows if they have expired.
The fortress is a dead end. Once you reach the end, that’s it. There is no second door.
Strangely enough, not a single corpse of Sakaki Makoto was found here, and it seemed that Karasuma Renya did not commit any massacre.
"Hey, a diary?"
While looking through the materials, Sakaki Makoto found a diary written by a researcher named Yoshio Murakami on a desk.
[May 24, 1952. Today, the water pipe in the institute broke and leaked a lot of water. Even my shoes were soaked. I am really fed up with being imprisoned underground! ]
[May 27, 1952. Today the water pipe was repaired. The boss brought us some canned beef and fresh fish. They tasted very good. He also gave us a bonus. The boss is such a good man. For his care, I will continue to work hard!]
[June 1, 1952, damn it! Tanaka made a mistake in the quantity of medicine, which caused everyone to waste their efforts today! But the boss was very kind and did not punish him. He smiled and patted his shoulder, telling him that it was okay and to keep working hard.]
[On June 2, 1952, Tanaka received a letter from his family saying that his mother was seriously ill. For the first time, his boss agreed to let him go home! What a good man!]
[On June 7, 1952, we heard that the American soldiers were leaving our land! It was a day to celebrate, and the boss also allowed us to have a drink! ]
American soldiers?
Seeing this, Sakaki Makoto raised his eyebrows, and then he suddenly realized.
On August 15, 1945, Japan declared unconditional surrender and the war came to an end.
However, as a defeated country, American soldiers set foot on Japanese soil and occupied Japan alone on the grounds of ensuring the integrity of Japan's territory and social system. It was not until the signing of the Treaty in San Francisco on September 8, 1951 that Japan regained its national sovereignty.
The effective date of this contract was April 28, 1952, which was one month different from the time recorded in the log.
after all...
The withdrawal of troops must be divided into batches and at a certain time. With so many people, it is impossible for them to just leave.
[On June 9, 1952, the boss asked us to hide the research materials, and then brought two Americans into the underground research institute. The leader was a blonde woman in her 30s, I heard her name was Amanda Hughes, the daughter of a big capitalist, she was so beautiful! I wish I could marry her! ]
[June 10, 1952, That young man named John Stelling is so annoying! He always asks questions! The boss treats us well, why would we say something he doesn't allow us to say? The boss gave us another bonus! ]
[June 18, 1952, thank God! The two Americans finally left! They seemed very satisfied and signed a contract, saying that they would send excellent researchers from the United States to assist us! ]
Sakaki Makoto kept flipping through the log and found that there was no information about the APTX plan. Most of it was about what one ate today and who got into trouble.
It seems...
This researcher named Yoshio Murakami uses his diary as a tool to vent his feelings.
The diary is very thick, but not everything is written every day. It is written sporadically, and the dates are getting closer.
All useless logs were ignored by Makoto Sakaki.
until....
[January 1, 1956, today is New Year's Day! I haven't been home for more than 4 years, I really want to go home... The boss brought us rice cakes, so delicious! By the way, I heard that the boss's boss's health is getting worse and worse, and he is already lying in bed! ]
[On March 4, 1956, something seemed to have happened up there. The boss looked very unhappy!]
[March 5, 1956, good news! The boss said we can leave the dark and damp underground! He built a new research institute, I think it’s called... Yes! Baijiu Pharmaceutical! ]
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