Lost and Spy

“I made a detailed comparison of the incidents of the ‘Intimidation’ and the ‘Man of Medan’, and found that there are too many similarities between the two.”

Lieutenant Wallace told all his findings: "For example, they all happened without warning. For example, the death of the crew members on the two ships was very strange. For example, after the accident, why didn't you just call for help? And to use Morse code to delay the first call for help? These are difficult to explain clearly.

What makes me even more confused is that there is no official record of the Man of Medan. Although there is a record of the Man of Medan, which country does the ship belong to? When was it requisitioned by the military? What was on board? There is no record of any goods, which is completely unconventional. "

That's right.

This is completely consistent with the doubts discovered by Meng Shaoyuan.

Lieutenant Wallace continued: "Many people don't believe the 'Man of Medan' incident, thinking that it was fabricated by Captain Smith in advance, but what good does fabricating such a story do to Captain Smith?" What? What can he gain? On the contrary, once the truth is exposed, it will only bring harm to his reputation, and no one will be willing to hire such a captain. Moreover, what happened on the 'Man of Medan' Captain Smith was not the only one to witness the tragedy.

After a few years of silence, the ‘Crossing the Waves’ reappeared, which had to arouse my interest. Could this be related? Dulapura Port is a military port, and the incident happened here. Is there any conspiracy in it? Could it be that the Japanese secret service is carrying out some conspiracy against the U.S. Navy? This all aroused my vigilance, so I made a detailed report to my superior, Major Lane, who agreed to my investigation, but then something weird happened. "

Speaking of this, Lieutenant Wallace took a breath and said, "Just when I started to investigate, Major Lane sent me another telegram, asking me to terminate the investigation of the 'Crossover', but did not explain the reason. The telegram was harshly worded.

Colonel, this made me think deeply. Why did Major Lane suddenly go back on his word after agreeing with me before? Did he get any hints of warning, or was there a greater conspiracy hidden in it?

I am a U.S. Navy officer, I am ONI, and I must investigate anything that threatens the interests of the U.S. Navy, no matter whether my superiors agree or not, no matter what kind of pressure I will encounter. "

"So, you decided to launch an independent investigation?" Meng Shaoyuan asked at the right time.

Lieutenant Wallace nodded: "Yes, I decided to launch an independent investigation."

Just as he was about to continue speaking, Meng Shaoyuan asked again: "Where did you start the investigation first? Did you go directly to Dulapura Port?"

"No, that's not the case." Second Lieutenant Wallace said: "At that time, I did not notice the Port of Dula Pula. As an ONI, I still have certain privileges. I first called up the people stationed in Dula Pula. All information on ships around the port of Pula..."

Meng Shaoyuan interrupted him again: "Are you alone? This is a lot of work."

"It doesn't matter, the thing I don't lack most is time." Lieutenant Wallace said nonchalantly: "I can only sleep three to four hours a day, and the rest of the time, I can put it all into looking up information."

This reminded Meng Shaoyuan of a person:

Koichi Hahara!

Wasn't the original Koichi Hahara just such a workaholic?

The US military officer in front of me is very similar to him.

It seemed as if I could see the shadow of Koichi Hahara in him again.

Meng Shaoyuan did not speak, but listened to Second Lieutenant Wallace continue:

"I tried to find any information related to the 'Crossover', but I found nothing. However, at this time, a piece of information caught my attention. A ship named 'Velvet' once sailed in Had a short stay at Dulapura Port.

Originally, there were many ships staying at Dulapura Port every day, but there was something different about the 'Velvet'. The time it entered the port was on the same day as the 'Crossover'. It entered the port in the morning, while the 'Velvet' entered the port in the morning. The "Bearing Through the Troubles" entered the port in the afternoon.

What caught my attention was that the registration information of the Velvet was also very simple. There was no indication of the country it came from or the cargo carried on the ship. This once again broke the rules of military ports.

However, this at least gave me some clues. I asked my friends to conduct some research, and soon got feedback that the 'Velvet' was sailing from Singapore. In Singapore, there is information about this ship, Also almost zero.

How could there be ships at the same time with few records? This is unreasonable. Is there any connection between the 'Velvet' and the 'Carriage'? I made a bold hypothesis. Could it be that the two ships had agreed to meet at Dulapura Port to hand over certain supplies?

After the attack, the 'Velvet' quickly left the port of Dulapura, but the 'Crossover' was always at the port. As a requisitioned ship, what was its mission? Hungry and eager to know.

Both ships stayed at the port of Dulapura, and the 'Breaking Through the Thorns' stayed longer. During this time, some crew members might disembark from the ship to buy some daily necessities. Maybe in port I can get some clues. "

Meng Shaoyuan listened very seriously and said after hearing this: "So you arrived at Dulapura Port and then you were attacked?"

"Yes." Lieutenant Wallace suddenly became energetic: "But I didn't gain anything. As soon as I entered the port area, I didn't immediately check into the hotel. Instead, I quickly launched Diao Chan, and I found a clue. After so many days During this time, the 'Carriage' has not even called at the port once."

Meng Shaoyuan understood immediately after hearing this: "Have they never called at the port once? Do they not need any supplies? In other words, they do not need to enter the port area to buy, but someone is constantly supplying them?

Of course, there is another possibility that the supplies on board the "Breaking Through the Troubles" are abundant and there is no need for any replenishment. "

"Colonel, it is possible." Second Lieutenant Wallace's voice was slightly lowered: "However, on the day of the incident of the 'Cross the Wind', although I did not notice the case at the time, because of my profession, I went to the ship to take a look. I was in the ship’s kitchen and found fresh vegetables!”

Meng Shaoyuan suddenly realized.

Since there are fresh vegetables, it means that the "Breaking Through the Thorns" has always been supplied.

I entered the "Breaking Through the Thorns" late, so I couldn't see the fresh vegetables.

So, with that said, where did the supplies on this ship come from?

No one disembarked.

It just means that someone is always providing supplies to the ship!

“I was very excited when I discovered this.” Lieutenant Wallace said excitedly: “There are two ways to continuously provide supplies, one is to transport supplies, and the other is to purchase them directly in the port area.

There are not many materials that can be purchased directly in this small port area, so I prefer materials transported to the port. The day before the accident of the "Breaking Through the Thorns", there happened to be a ship that transported a large amount of supplies and vegetables to the port. It was very likely that it was shipped from that ship.

After the military rationing of the materials delivered to the port area, the rest were piled in warehouse No. 2 for use by the port area. Therefore, I directly targeted Warehouse No. 2. I found a hotel and prepared to immediately investigate Warehouse No. 2 after making some adjustments, but at that time something happened to me. "

"You are very close to the truth." Meng Shaoyuan said thoughtfully: "Second Lieutenant, I have discovered from the beginning that there is a very powerful organization behind the whole incident, and your experience has further proved that My judgment.

The Port of Dulapura seems to have become a restricted area set by this organization. Any stranger who enters here will be monitored. And you were the first to expose the truth, so you were immediately targeted. However, there are some problems that the organization cannot control. "

"What's the problem?" Lieutenant Wallace was a little confused. Meng Shaoyuan looked solemn: "Originally, they just wanted to find someone to teach you a lesson, so that you could retreat and leave Dulapura Port, but they didn't expect that something went wrong. Sailors like John were too heavy-handed and they thought they would beat you. died."

"What does this mean?" Lieutenant Wallace still didn't quite understand.

Meng Shaoyuan said calmly: "They have known about it since you entered Dulapura Port, and have been monitoring you. They even know your true identity, a US Navy officer. And they obviously don't want to really hurt you. A U.S. Navy officer, let alone killed.

In this sense, this organization is most likely not an enemy, and may even be a mysterious organization in the United States. It is precisely because of this that they are unwilling to kill you, or me. "

Lieutenant Wallace was startled: "Like the legendary Freemasons?"

"No, it won't be the Freemasons." Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "The Freemasons don't have the time to reach out to such a small port. They will even disdain it. They are too lazy to take care of such a trivial matter."

"KKK?"

"They were well fed and they only hunted black people."

"Is it the Church of Hermes?" Second Lieutenant Wallace blurted out.

Ok?

The Church of Hermes?

Meng Shao originally wanted to refute, but when he thought about it, the strange things that happened were really similar to this organization.

Do you believe there are societies dedicated to the study of magic?

The answer is:

Have!

And it has existed for a long, long time.

This society is definitely the most mysterious organization in the world, because they go against science and specialize in studying magic and other supernatural things. This organization is called the Church of Hermes.

Hermes is a god in ancient Greek legends who is in charge of poetry, medicine, witchcraft and the undead in the world. All members of this church believe that Hermes exists and believe that the ultimate goal of mankind is to become one with God.

The Hermetic Church was founded in the 15th century. This organization involves many things, mainly studying astrology, magic and alchemy, as well as some natural sciences. but

At that time, most Western countries advocated science, and the Roman Church vigorously suppressed scientific ideas, so this church was also hidden in secret.

It was kept there for hundreds of years. It was not until the Renaissance that the Hermetic Church returned to the academic world and was independent of science and religion. Their research even widely influenced many scientists at the time. It is said that the famous Voynich Manuscript It came from this mysterious church.

In addition, there are rumors that the famous father of physics, Isaac Newton, was also a member of this church.

Not to mention, the mysterious deaths that occurred on the "Man of Medan" and the "Bridge of Thorns" really have some flavor if they are related to magic.

Meng Shaoyuan smiled again: "Maybe, although I don't believe that magic exists in this world, there are so many areas in this world that we have not touched. Maybe, does magic really exist?

However, whether this is magic or a murder case, now that I have come into contact with this case, I will definitely pursue it to the end. "

"And me, Colonel." Lieutenant Wallace said immediately.

Meng Shaoyuan stared at him: "Second Lieutenant, you must be clear about the fact that no matter what the truth behind this case is, we will face a strong opponent, and our future cannot be touched at all.

Although they are reluctant to actually hurt us now, if we get closer to the truth, they may jump at the wall. Or, we will disappear forever in Durapura Port, as if we have never existed in this world. "

"I'm not afraid, I don't care." Lieutenant Wallace said firmly: "I only believe that the truth is the truth, no matter how great the danger we have to face, this is my responsibility."

"Okay, Lieutenant."

Meng Shaoyuan actually valued Second Lieutenant Wallace very much.

Meng Shaoyuan knew very well before that although Koichi Hahara was inferior to him, he was inferior to him in one way:

diligent!

Maybe smart people don’t need to be diligent.

Diligence seems easy, but it is difficult for smart people to do it.

He needs someone like Hahara Koichi who regards work as more important than life.

However, he has never found the most suitable partner.

Now, Ensign Wallace appears.

In Meng Shaoyuan's eyes, this is simply the second Hahara Koichi!

"So, Colonel, where do we start?"

Just after Second Lieutenant Wallace asked, Meng Shaoyuan said: "You have already found the direction for me, Warehouse No. 2."

The second lieutenant frowned: "But it has been a while, and the people there may not cooperate with us."

"Really? I think I have a way." Meng Shaoyuan said slowly: "Because, I have an ability, a powerful ability that can make most people bow their heads and be charming!" (End of Chapter)