boyutpedia Is Chapter 400 completely hopeless?
Is Chapter 400 completely hopeless?
Now that two items have surfaced, it's obvious that one of them must be a mediocre piece. Japan is ostensibly returning them, but secretly auctioning them off. This is a blatant slap in the face to our country—we are embarrassed that we can't even authenticate our own cultural relics, and we are embarrassed to see genuine artifacts continue to be lost to other countries.
Everyone was indignant: "This is outrageous! Are they treating us like fools?"
"Exactly, our country's cultural relics, how dare they use them to show off their status?"
"I'm so angry! Kill that bastard and destroy his headquarters!"
"Alas, our country's magnanimity has only emboldened them. They are so shameless, they think we are a sick cat just because we haven't shown our power. This time, we must make them lose more than they gain."
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We're all cultured people, so we couldn't really swear. We vented our frustrations, but the priority was to solve the problem.
The order was given to retrieve the genuine item at all costs! The entire team immediately divided the work and, after several days of hard work, finally confirmed that the Kyushu Nine Tripods were currently in the Ito family's possession.
"Why the Ito family? Is their family very powerful?" Zhou Weiya, one of only two women in the team, asked the question that everyone was wondering about.
Everyone looked at Elder Dai, who knew Japan best, which was why he was leading the team.
Old Dai succinctly stated: "The Ito family was originally quite wealthy and powerful, producing several great generals and being staunch supporters of the Japanese Emperor. However, after the defeat in the war, the men of the Ito family grew weaker and weaker, never regaining their former glory."
The patriarch is sixty years old this year, and not a particularly decisive one. The Nine Cauldrons of the Nine Provinces were a birthday gift presented by his eldest son. He has three wives and concubines, five sons who are all unremarkable, and two daughters whose husbands' families are only second-rate clans. In recent years, the family has been rife with infighting and power struggles for the position of patriarch, and is far from united…”
"It's good that they're not united, because that gives us an opportunity. But why would the Japanese Emperor place the Nine Tripods of Kyushu in the home of such a declining family? There must be something fishy going on." Deputy Captain Bing Lingxiao, in his forties, was a military officer.
His face was as resolute as if carved by a knife, and his eyes were so sharp they seemed to pierce through everything. He was in charge of the safety of the entire team, and Song Tingnan had always wanted to test his skills against him, but had never found the opportunity.
Zhou Weiya nodded, "This is definitely a temporary measure; the birthday gift is just a pretext."
“Via is right. According to our intelligence, the Nine Cauldrons of Kyushu won’t be kept in the Ito family for long. Once the head of the Ito family passes away, they will be donated to a Japanese museum and recorded in their archives. It will be even more difficult for us to take them back.” Elder Dai frowned deeply. “Time is of the essence. Including today, we only have five days left.”
"They're really good at switching the prince with a cat. They've already entered the Ito family's residence, and the Japanese have sent troops to protect them. It's definitely not going to work for us to just take it by force." Owen, the team's strategist, was also at a loss. In other countries, they couldn't compete with them in terms of manpower and financial resources.
After thinking for a while, Song Tingnan asked, "Yi Teng? The Yi Teng family? Professor Dai, do you have any photos of the Ito family's children?"
"We have photos of his sons, but his daughter rarely appears in public; we only managed to get two photos, and they're a bit blurry." Old Dai laid out all the information about Yin Teng's family on the table.
Everyone picked up the photos and documents and examined them carefully. Song Tingnan held them up to the light and carefully identified the two daughters of the Ito family. They looked somewhat alike, but he couldn't be sure, after all, they had been separated for almost ten years.
Holding up the photos, Song Tingnan asked, "Professor Dai, do you know their names?"
Old Dai said, "One is named Yin Teng Suzi, and the other is named Yin Teng Yingzi. What, do you have any ideas about starting with them?"
Song Tingnan hesitated. The name didn't match. Had she changed it? Or was it just a pseudonym they had been told before? But it really did look somewhat similar.
Even if one of these two women is the same "Aunt Xing" from back then, would she still be willing to help Chinese people after returning to her own country?
Moreover, the fact that Song Tingnan has a Japanese uncle hasn't been verified yet, and now there's a Japanese 'aunt' too. Her chances of getting into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are completely over.