8:30 in the morning, Chinese District.
In the Foreign Affairs Hotel in the city, Jiangzhou, wearing a black suit, sat on a red sofa, waiting for someone in a reception room.
Four guards stood by to protect his safety.
After waiting for a while, the door of the reception room was gently pushed open, and a thin, middle-aged man with a somewhat old-fashioned look walked in.
The man's name is Akasaka Yamazaki, a foreign minister of the United Alliance. He is wearing a neat black suit, a neat tie, and his hair is combed meticulously.
After seeing Jiangzhou, he walked over quickly, bowed to Jiangzhou at a 45-degree angle, and said in fluent Chinese: "Hello, Chief Jiang. I am Akasaka Yamazaki, the Chief of Foreign Affairs of the United Alliance of District Five in Yanbei, China."
Although he didn't know Jiangzhou, and even today was the first time they met, Akasaka Yamazaki knew that this young man must have great power behind him. He must be a big shot in the Chinese district... or the son of a big shot.
"Hello, Foreign Minister Akasaka." Jiangzhou was not in the habit of bowing, but he stood up, stretched out his hand and shook hands with Akasaka Yamazaki.
The two men exchanged a few simple greetings and sat down on the sofa. The guard came forward and poured tea for them.
Akasaka Yamazaki looked at Jiangzhou and knew his intention, so he spoke first: "We have learned that your Ronghua cargo ship was attacked and sank in our waters. We deeply regret this. I rushed here as soon as I received the news."
Jiang Zhou nodded and said straight to the point: "At this point, you should also know that there are very important foreign guests from our Chinese region on the Ronghua. Now that they are in trouble, we must do our best to search and rescue! There is only one request from you, which is that we hope you can open the sea area as soon as possible. We will send a rescue team and ensure that the search is carried out without harassing your people or some sensitive military waters."
Akasaka Yamazaki looked a little embarrassed, and sighed and said, "Alas, I can understand Commander Jiang's feelings! However, such an important decision as opening up the sea is not something I can make. Moreover, the situation in the open sea is too complicated now, and I need to report the relevant situation to the higher-ups. Not only that, if our United Alliance wants to open up the sea, we must also apply to District 5. After all, this involves military issues."
At this point, he glanced at Jiang Zhou's face and said frankly, "But we promise that as long as these distinguished guests are still in our waters, we will take the lead in doing our best to search and rescue! To be honest with you, Commander Jiang, we have now dispatched more than 100 speedboats and two patrol boats to search near the Thousand Islands. Various professional search and rescue equipment have been used, and the number of rescue teams is as high as 1,000. As long as we find them as soon as possible, we will definitely send them back safely. At the same time, I will also apply for your request to the higher authorities."
When Jiangzhou heard this, he felt a little uneasy and dissatisfied.
This Akasaka Yamazaki seemed to be speaking sincerely, but in fact, it was all superficial, using words to evade himself. His subtext was that he did not want the Chinese District to intervene in their waters.
Of course, from the perspective of a region's sovereignty, this matter is indeed worth discussing, but Jiangzhou is very afraid that this is not a discussion, but a delay.
Jiangzhou remained silent for a long time, without showing any anger. Instead, he remained polite and courteous and said to Akasaka Yamazaki, "Thank you very much. Please help us find the whereabouts of these people as soon as possible."
Akasaka Yamazaki said quickly: "Of course! The United Alliance has always maintained a friendly cooperative relationship with the Chinese District. Please rest assured that whether it is for humanitarian reasons or for the sake of our diplomatic relations, we will do our best to search and rescue!"
Jiang Zhou nodded and said with a faint smile: "Yes, Foreign Minister Akasaka, I also hope that we can always maintain a friendly cooperative relationship, hehe."
Hearing this, Akasaka Yamazaki was slightly stunned.
Jiang Zhou stopped talking and stood up without saying anything more. He smiled and said, "In that case, we won't keep Akasaka away for too long. Let's leave contact information and communicate in time if there is anything."
"Okay, I will give you news as soon as possible." Akasaka Yamazaki also hurriedly stood up and bowed gently to Jiangzhou.
"Foreign Minister Akasaka, please help us apply for the opening of our maritime borders as soon as possible."
"Okay, I will."
The two exchanged contact information and left.
…
The waters of the United Alliance in Area 5, the Thousand Islands.
On a relatively remote island, Su Tianyu sat in a somewhat damp and cold cave, hugging An Qiqi.
At this time, An Qiqi was also having a high fever, her cheeks were hot, and her body was shaking from time to time.
Su Tianyu was very worried and could only use wet clothes soaked in cold water to wipe An Qiqi's forehead over and over again to help her cool down.
There were still many people lying in the cave. They were all exhausted, injured, and half asleep. It was unknown how long they could hold on.
At this time, Hou Guoyu stepped into the cave. He looked haggard and weak, and said to Su Tianyu with all his strength: "Sixth Master, there is something wrong at sea."
Su Tianyu turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?"
Hou Guoyu explained: "I saw a large number of ships moving around, which looked like rescue boats, but they did not fly any flags of their respective regions, which was a bit unusual. Logically, the authorities should have arrived by this time."
Su Tianyu thought for a moment and said, "Let's go and take a look."
…
At the same time, in the United Alliance region, the capital of Kyoto.
This city, which accommodates hundreds of thousands of people, may not look very big, but it has everything, including tall buildings and various facilities.
In a very Japanese-style wooden house, on the clean tatami, Xiao Ke was sitting shirtless, checking the gun in his hand.
"Ding Ling Ling!"
The phone beside him rang. Xiao Ke glanced at it and answered the call: "Hello?"
Kang Dinghuang's voice came out: "Did they give you any news?"
Xiao Ke shook his head: "Still no."
Kang Dinghuang thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry, I have already contacted them and will give you news as soon as possible. Be prepared and leave at any time."
"good."
Xiao Ke hung up the phone, picked up the equipment next to him, and put them on one by one.
…
Nine o'clock in the morning, Chinese District.
Jiangzhou took a car and left the Foreign Affairs Hotel. He called Fu Zhen in the car.
The call was quickly connected, and Fu Zhen asked directly: "How is the situation over there?"
Jiangzhou loosened his tie and frowned as he replied, "I don't think it's easy to talk about. They haven't agreed to open the relevant waters. They just said they need to apply to the higher authorities."
Fu Zhen couldn't help but curse: "Fuck the people next door, I think these people don't have a long memory, every twenty years, they should be beaten once at Sanfeng Mountain..."
Jiang Zhou quickly interrupted him: "Uncle, don't worry. You keep a close eye on the United Alliance. We need to get the news as soon as possible. This is very important."
Fu Zhen replied: "Don't worry, the bait has been put down, and we are just waiting for the fish to take the bait."