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Silenced Interrogation and the End of Threats
The first to surrender, Kohei Kikuchi, was quickly and roughly apprehended by the US military. The rest of the expedition was captured without resistance.
At that moment, Goro Watanabe stepped out of the US armored vehicle. The Japanese official’s face was full of sadness and anger.
“The country has spent so much money to send you here!” Watanabe shouted. “Why are you betraying the country?!”
Kikuchi, despite being detained, answered without fear.
“They didn’t betray the country! They were just following my orders. Everything was my arrangement!”
Watanabe gaped. He had memorized the entire team’s data.
“You damn Kikuchi!” Watanabe cursed. “What exactly were you researching in Antarctica without the ministry’s knowledge?!”
Before Kikuchi could answer the lie about the gold, the American army acted.
They immediately paralyzed Kikuchi and covered his mouth with duct tape.
The US military isn’t stupid. This team’s actions are too suspicious. There must be a big secret, and they don’t want Watanabe (Japan) to hear about it first.
America wants to monopolize that information.
Japanese Officials Powerless
Watanabe tried to protest, but two US soldiers immediately silenced him and dragged him back to the armored vehicle.
As the second person in the ministry, Watanabe felt very helpless. He was treated as nothing more than a prisoner.
Soon, the prisoners were separated.
One group of vehicles took Kikuchi and his team to McMurdo Station for intensive interrogation. Another group took a frustrated Watanabe to a Japanese research station.
Refugees to the South
Meanwhile, Wu Bolin had run several kilometers away in one breath.
He uses his spiritual energy wastefully for the sake of speed.
He didn’t dare stop. With the US military coming from the east and the northern coastline frozen, he had no choice.
It sped ten kilometers west to avoid radar, then turned sharply south, heading toward the depths of the uninhabited continent.
He survived, but now he is alone in a frozen hell.
Good News for Charlie
Thousands of kilometers away, intelligence information reaches Charlie’s (Ye Chen) ears.
With the help of Nanako’s network, Charlie monitors the movements of the Japanese Ministry of Education.
When he heard the news that Japan was working with the US military to catch the “traitor” in Antarctica, Charlie finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The brutal intervention of the US military completely disrupted Wu Bolin’s plans.
His base was destroyed, his troops captured, and Wu Bolin is now a fugitive who must hide in an ice hole.
The biggest potential threat to Charlie and everyone around him is now completely gone!
