This killer star of the War of Resistance Against Japan was only 9 years old.

Chapter 108 Zhao Zhonghe

Zhao Zhonghe was surprised to find Japanese soldiers guarding the train station, and that he had to be searched before he could enter the platform.

The contents of the earthenware jar in his arms must absolutely not be discovered by the Japanese soldiers.

This is where the hope of the Dragon Kingdom lies.

Zhao Zhonghe did indeed move to the new campus in Yunnan Province along with the school at the beginning.

Upon arriving in Yunnan Province, he immediately continued his research, but the experiment encountered a bottleneck, and he urgently needed an element called radium.

He knew that there was only one place in China that had this kind of thing, and that was Pingcheng University, where he used to study.

Because the evacuation was too hasty, it was impossible to take these highly radioactive elements with them.

At the time, Zhao Zhonghe had no choice but to bury it under a tree at Pingcheng University. (This differs from the original; it's a parallel world, those who know, know. The original story can be found on Douyin.)

He planned to come back to collect it after the war ended.

But the experiment went too smoothly, and now radium is urgently needed so that the experiment can move on to the next stage.

In order to continue the experiment, Zhao Zhonghe ignored the advice of his students and returned to Pingcheng to secretly bring the radium element back to Yunnan Province.

But to his surprise, although the return was smooth, he encountered a Japanese classmate he had studied abroad with when he entered Heijo.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, I learned that he was currently working for the Japanese military headquarters.

Upon hearing that he was serving the Japanese military headquarters, Zhao Zhonghe quickly interrupted the conversation, saying that he had other matters to attend to and left immediately.

The night before last, Zhao Zhonghe climbed over the wall into the college and dug out the radium element that had been buried under a tree in a lead container.

Then I quickly returned to my hotel to pack my bags and leave the next day.

But as soon as he arrived near his hotel, Zhao Zhonghe noticed that there were many strangers around.

Being wary, he didn't immediately return to the hotel. Instead, he hid in a nearby alley and carefully observed the group's intentions.

His vigilance proved to have saved him from disaster.

Zhao Zhonghe didn't have to wait long; in less than 15 minutes, he saw a car and a Japanese troop transport truck arrive at the entrance of the hotel where he was staying.

As soon as the truck stopped, dozens of Japanese soldiers jumped out of the cargo bed and immediately surrounded the hotel.

He also saw the hotel owner being dragged out by a Japanese soldier.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhonghe decided not to return to the hotel, regardless of whether the Japanese soldiers were there to find him.

Just as he was about to find a place to stay, the car driving in front of the truck suddenly opened its door.

Two people got off the train and walked directly to the hotel owner, seemingly asking him something.

But they were too far away for Zhao Zhonghe to hear, but suddenly one of them turned his head as if he was looking around the hotel.

Zhao Zhonghe was startled; he recognized the man.

It turned out to be a classmate he had met while studying abroad.

Seeing this classmate here, Zhao Zhonghe immediately understood.

They came here specifically for him.

Zhao Zhonghe didn't care what to do with his luggage at the hotel.

Quietly retreating into the alley, he secretly placed the radium into a clay pot in a house's kitchen.

He can't get his original lead box back now, so he can only use this earthenware pot as a substitute.

But I could still feel the stinging pain from the radium radiation in my chest. (I'm not sure about this part; my country is too powerful, I've never experienced it myself, I'm just making this up.)

Zhao Zhonghe barely made it to dawn in a dilapidated house.

He immediately got up and walked towards the city gate.

He planned to leave the city first and then figure out a way to return to Yunnan Province, as the city was too dangerous for him right now.

But when they got near the city gate, they found that the gate, which should have been guarded by puppet troops, was now completely guarded by Japanese soldiers.

This gave him a vague feeling that these Japanese soldiers were coming for him.

Before the Japanese soldiers noticed him, he quickly slipped into a small alley.

It seems he can't get out of the city gate for the time being, so he can only try the train station. It's just before the holiday, and there are a lot of people at the train station. He feels he should be able to slip through unnoticed.

But as soon as I got to the train station, I realized that I had left all my money at the hotel, and I didn't have enough money left to buy a ticket.

The original plan was to leave most of the money in the hotel to guard against the cunning generals who were preparing for a prosperous New Year, but now it seems that being too clever for one's own good has backfired.

This made Zhao Zhonghe somewhat desperate. He stayed in the alley until it gradually got dark, when he suddenly remembered a restaurant owner he had helped before.

Zhao Zhonghe planned to try borrowing some money from the restaurant owner and then buy a train ticket to Yunnan Province.

When he arrived at the restaurant, the owner recognized him at a glance and, after hearing his request, readily gave him 20 silver dollars.

It far exceeded the five silver dollars he had initially asked for.

I also reminded him to be careful, as there are a lot of thieves these days.

The boss even suggested that we could rest here for the night and then take the train the next day.

Zhao Zhonghe quickly declined the shopkeeper's kindness, but he kept the shopkeeper's gesture firmly in his heart.

He's being watched by the Japanese now. If they find out he's staying here, it could easily implicate the owner's family.

Despite the owner's repeated attempts to persuade him to stay, Zhao Zhonghe politely declined the restaurant manager's offer.

Without giving the owner another chance to speak, he quickly left the restaurant and went straight to a place near Pingcheng Railway Station to rest.

The next day, he successfully bought a train ticket and squeezed into the waiting hall with the crowd.

But as soon as he found a seat in the waiting hall, he discovered that the train station, which usually never had a body search, now required a body search before entering the platform.

Moreover, the people conducting the body searches were all Japanese soldiers. The three entrances to the train platform were heavily guarded by the Japanese soldiers, leaving no chance for anyone to take advantage of the situation.

This made him realize that things were not going well; he couldn't afford to take any risks with what he had in his possession.

Left with no other option, Zhao Zhonghe could only leave the waiting hall and see if there were any other ways to leave the city.

If all else fails, Zhao Zhonghe plans to find a secluded place in the city to hide and wait for things to calm down before making any further moves.

But as soon as Zhao Zhonghe stepped out of Pingcheng Railway Station, he felt as if someone was following him.

He turned around casually and quickly noticed the two people following him.

This made his heart sink, and he knew something was wrong. He hurriedly quickened his pace and headed straight for a densely populated residential area not far ahead.

The two agents following not far behind Zhao Zhonghe noticed that the suspicious-looking man in front of them quickened his pace and seemed flustered.

They immediately realized that this person must have discovered the two of them.

The two spies exchanged a glance and quickened their pace. They had only suspected that this man was the one their superiors were looking for.

So the two of them decided to first follow him to where he was staying, then leave one of them to guard the place while the other went back to report and bring people to identify him.

Judging from this person's reaction, he is very likely the one that his superiors ordered him to arrest.

The two stopped trying to hide themselves and quickened their pace to catch up.

Zhao Zhonghe noticed that the two people following him were quickening their pace to catch up with him.

He immediately started running, but how could a researcher who had spent a long time in the laboratory outrun two well-trained agents?

They were soon trapped in a dead end.

Zhao Zhonghe is now in despair.