The first floor of the building is a shopping mall, and because it's close to the Bund and Shanghai Port, there are still many people. Mu Yang changed back into his original form in the corridor and walked into the mall, strolling around until he stopped at a counter selling hats.

  "Would you like to buy a top hat, sir? Please take a look." The shop assistant said with a smile.

  "Look at this suit I'm wearing, what kind of hat would go well with it?" Mu Yang chatted idly with the waiter.

  "The gray suit you're wearing is of good material and workmanship, it should be tailored. The color and style of your suit can match this small brimmed hat, black is the best, brown is also okay." The waiter said, handing Mu Yang a black top hat with a circle of black shiny silk around the crown, looking very high-end.

  Muyang put on a polite expression and took a look in the mirror, thinking he looked quite good.

  Just then, a group of Japanese soldiers rushed into the building with rifles, and a Japanese lieutenant shouted: "Everyone stand still for inspection immediately, no one is allowed to move around, those who disobey military orders will be shot directly."

  Everyone was shocked and stood still on the spot, some even hugged their heads and squatted down, their bodies still trembling with fear.

  "Where's your good citizen certificate? You didn't bring it, take it back for review."

  A middle-aged man without a good citizen certificate was searched out by the Japanese army and taken away directly. This middle-aged man seemed to know his next fate, desperately struggling and shouting: "Taikun, Taikun, I am really a good citizen, my good citizen certificate is at home, let me go, please, let me go."

  Everyone watching this middle-aged man being dragged away like a dead dog felt a pang in their hearts.

  Another woman without a good citizen certificate was found, and two soldiers came to take her away by force. The woman cried and hugged her husband's arm, while a 10-year-old boy pulled at her clothes, crying non-stop. The man begged bitterly, but it was all in vain, and the woman was taken away in the end.

  The man cried helplessly, hugging his son, and wailed with a heart-wrenching cry.

  Mu Yang looked at all this, this is the outcome of a country's weakness being bullied, this is the brutality and inhumanity of invaders, this is the sorrow of this era. Even if you want to live in peace as an ordinary person, it's just a foolish dream. People in troubled times are not even as good as dogs.

  "Yours, accept inspection, take out your civilian certificate." The inspection had finally reached Mu Yang. A Japanese sergeant stood in front of him and said in very stiff Chinese.

  Mo Yang said in Japanese, "I'm a businessman, I'm doing business in Shanghai."

  "Japanese? Then take out your documents and let me see." The sergeant continued, but this time in Japanese.

  How did Muyang know what kind of documents Japanese people in this era hold? It can't be a passport, right.

  "I didn't bring it out with me, if you don't believe me, you can send someone to follow me back to my residence on Chongming Street and take a look." Chongming Street was not far from the Japanese Shanghai Kempeitai headquarters, and this sergeant did not have too much suspicion about Moyang's identity.

  "You wait here then, after everything has been checked you can leave."

  Muyang nodded and retreated to one side.

  Japanese soldiers continued to inspect, and Mu Yang looked at those ordinary civilians who were taken away because they did not bring their civilian certificates or had suspicious identities. Some cried out loud, some even urinated in their pants on the spot, but were still dragged away by Japanese soldiers.

  Muyang would never think that those ordinary people are weak, because they are just some of the most common folks who only want to survive. What can they do in the face of brutal Japanese soldiers?

  The inspection finally ended, and Mu Yang took a car to leave the dock. Seeing the Japanese military trucks constantly passing by on the street, he knew that the big manhunt was still going on.

  Back in his room at the International Hotel, looking down from the window of the upstairs room, seeing that it was not a Japanese military vehicle passing by on the street, Mu Yang fell into self-blame. All this can be said to be caused by himself. If he hadn't taken the initiative to kill Nakamura Kōtarō, the old devil, the Japanese wouldn't have gone mad and searched for people everywhere, and those ordinary people would still be living their usual lives.

  But now, they were taken to the Japanese gendarmerie, and it's likely that they would be beaten to death or even killed. And all of this was caused by themselves, wasn't what they did too impulsive? They only thought about themselves without considering other factors.

  At night, Muyang couldn't sleep.

  He has been thinking about this issue, whether he did something wrong, whether what he did was right or not. In fact, when Xia Kejun encountered danger in Tianjin, it was also because of his killing of Sekine Koutarou that led to it.

  Nakamura Kōtarō was assassinated, causing a great shock in Japan, especially for such a veteran general and high-ranking imperial officer to be shot dead at the farewell ceremony just before his return home, which is unacceptable to the Japanese military.

  Such a big thing, Shanghai is not dare to hide, on the same day to the Japanese Army Headquarters made a report, and at that time the situation was detailed explanation.

  They found the location where Nakamura Kōtarō was sniped, which was inside the clock tower of the Yamato Building. On the wall of the clock tower, they saw the words left by Moye: "Japanese General, your crimes are heinous, today you will be shot and sent on your way. -Moye"

  This is a provocation to the Great Japanese Empire, and they also found out that not long ago, a man named Mu Yang killed the chief of staff of the 27th Division, Sekine Kitaro, in Tianjin.

  This is a shame for the empire, and this Muyang must be eliminated, no matter what method is used, he must be found.

  At that time, Japanese Army Minister Sugiyama Gen made a directive to mobilize all special agencies in China to find any clues and information about Moye, and to eradicate them.

  However, the Japanese now know nothing about Mu Yang, only knowing that there is such a name, whether it's male or female, old or young, and not even knowing the height or weight, wanting to find Mu Yang is like looking for a needle in the ocean.

  But this time, the big search operation in Shanghai is not so much about finding Mu Yang or the murderer, but rather a retaliatory action by the Japanese. This is their consistent style: when one of their own is bullied and they can't find the perpetrator, they take it out on Chinese civilians. In the eyes of the Japanese, Chinese people are not human beings, but just a bunch of sheep to be slaughtered, taken advantage of, and manipulated at will.

  Regarding the assassination of Nakamura Kōtarō, the Japanese did not intentionally conceal it and could not hide it either, after all, so many people saw it at the scene. A day later, basically the whole Shanghai knew about Moyang's great name, and then many different versions were passed down, with a tendency to become more legendary as they spread.

  Even the fact that he killed Kanaya Gorōtarō in Tianjin was dug up. Nowadays, Muyang is absolutely a lone hero and an extraordinary chivalrous person in people's minds.

  Some people say that Mu Yang is about one zhang tall, with a big waist and round fists as large as a dou. He has the strength to split steles and open stones. In one meal, he can eat ten mantou and five kilograms of beef, and drink up a tank of burning knife without even blinking an eyebrow. Why does he dare to provoke the Japanese so boldly? It's because he has a blood feud with the Japanese. His parents were killed, his wife and children are no more, now he is single-mindedly looking for trouble with the Japanese.

  Of course, this is just a martial arts version fabricated by people at will.

  Qin Huaiyun had not left Shanghai, but was hiding in a secret location of a special task force station, and for the time being, it was safe. When she learned of this news, she was also shocked and amazed, and truly admired the young man's boldness, who had just parted ways with her and gone to take action, killing a Japanese general.

  She felt more and more admiration for that little man.