Gu Nianzhi stared at the phone for a long time before coughing and muttering, "… Uncle Huo, it's Nianzhi …"
Had he mistaken her for someone else again?
"Ok, sleep early." Huo Shaoheng hung up and could finally sleep peacefully.
Early the next morning, he, Zhao Liangze and Yin Shixiong checked out of the Chiba Hotel, picked up their backpacks and split up.
Huo Shaoheng went to Tokyo Imperial University Hospital.
Zhao Liangze went directly to Tokyo Airport to make arrangements.
Yin Shixiong went to Shinjuku Gyo-en to keep an eye on Oda Masao, in case he suddenly returned to the lab and ruined their plans.
Today was Tokyo's cherry blossom day. Meteorologists predicted that the cherry blossoms at Shinjuku Gyo-en would bloom the most.
Although it was a Monday, there were still many Japanese who went to Shinjuku Gyo-en early in the morning to see the cherry blossoms.
Many beautiful cherry trees had been covered with cushions, and groups of Japanese people with their families were sitting around.
Yin Shixiong had specifically tagged along with a tour group to Shinjuku Gyo-en.
All three of them had undergone special training to disguise themselves when they were out on missions.
Right now, in the eyes of outsiders, Yin Shixiong was just an ordinary tourist from the Empire who wore sunglasses, a hunched back, and a silly little red hat that was commonly worn by tour groups.
According to the information they had received, Oda Masao was coming to Shinjuku Gyo-en to see the cherry blossoms.
He was a scholar obsessed with biomedicine, almost as obsessed as Chen Lie.
He was even more of a homebody than Chen Lie, spending almost all of his time in the lab.
He had no family, no relatives, no friends, only his own instruments and data.
His greatest interest was to come to Shinjuku Gyo-en to see the cherry blossoms once a year.
Huo Shaoheng had gone to Tokyo Imperial University Hospital yesterday and discovered that Oda Masao's lab did not have a special security system. It would not be difficult to sneak in, but the biggest problem was Oda Masao himself.
Because he lived in his laboratory twenty-four hours a day.
They had thought of all sorts of ways to break in, but could not find a way to do so without alerting Oda Masao.
Then they discovered that Oda Masao would be leaving his lab the next day to go to Shinjuku Gyo-en to see the cherry blossoms.
God was on their side.
They returned to the hotel to discuss the matter, and split up the next day.
When Yin Shixiong arrived at Shinjuku Gyo-en, Huo Shaoheng had also arrived at Tokyo Imperial University Hospital.
"Mr. Huo, I saw Oda Masao. He's sitting under the cherry blossom tree with his graduate students." Yin Shixiong wore headphones and talked as he walked, as if he was listening to music. He was dressed exactly like countless tourists.
Huo Shaoheng had just walked out of the small room next to Oda Masao's laboratory.
He had changed into a white lab coat and was wearing custom-made black-rimmed glasses and a light blue surgical mask. The lab key card that Zhao Liangze had prepared for him hung around his neck.
Last night, Zhao Liangze had successfully infiltrated Oda Masao's laboratory system and obtained a barcode for Huo Shaoheng's access card.
Of course, they did not find any experimental data related to H3aB7 in the laboratory's intranet.
Chen Lie had warned them about this a long time ago, because he had been particularly envious of the experimental data on that thing. However, no matter how hard he tried, all he could get his hands on were bits and pieces of Oda Masao's research published in some authoritative academic journals.
Like them, Oda Masao did not believe in the security of the internet. That was why he kept his most important documents on paper and never uploaded them to the internet.
This time, Huo Shaoheng had decided to come to Japan because Gu Nianzhi had fallen for it. He wanted to get his hands on all the data and formula for H3aB7, just in case.
Huo Shaoheng's attire was inconspicuous as he walked along the corridor of the laboratory.
He was surrounded by people dressed similarly because Oda Masao's laboratory was located in the same building as the surgical clinic of Imperial University Hospital.
After turning a corner, Oda Masao's plain and unadorned laboratory door was right in front of him.
No matter how he looked at it, it did not look like a valuable laboratory.
However, one could not judge a book by its cover. Who knew if he was deliberately trying to fool others?
Hiding in the city was also a very clever camouflage.
There was no one else around the laboratory. Huo Shaoheng took out his access card and swiped it.
As soon as he entered, he locked the door and tapped the intercom five times.
Zhao Liangze, who was on the other end of the line, understood that Huo Shaoheng had entered and immediately took over the surveillance system in Oda Masao's laboratory.
Oda Masao's laboratory data was not connected to the internet, but his laboratory's power supply, central air conditioning, and surveillance cameras were connected to the internet. They were all managed by Imperial University Hospital's electrical system and security department.
Huo Shaoheng's intercom quickly responded with three long beeps and one short beeps, indicating that Zhao Liangze had successfully taken over the surveillance cameras.
Without the surveillance cameras and no one else in the laboratory, Huo Shaoheng was free to search for relevant data.
He searched all the way to the safety deposit box in the innermost office of Oda Masao's laboratory, where he finally found a sign related to H3aB7.
The password to the safety deposit box was not difficult to decode. Huo Shaoheng had special training in decoding, so it was not difficult for him.
After deciphering the password, he opened the safety deposit box. Huo Shaoheng was slightly moved when he saw the neatly arranged data and a box of neatly stacked test tubes.
The safety deposit box was equipped with an infrared sensor, so he could not directly reach in to take the data.
Huo Shaoheng looked up at the surveillance camera.
Zhao Liangze was on the other end of the surveillance camera. He immediately understood Huo Shaoheng's intention and cut off the power to the infrared sensor.
As soon as the power was cut, Huo Shaoheng quickly reached in and took out the thick stack of paper data and the box of test tubes, then replaced it with a stack of white paper that was almost the same thickness.
After taking everything away, Huo Shaoheng immediately left the laboratory and went to one of the washrooms in the building. He took off his specially made glasses and modified them into a scanner. He began to quickly scan all the data, and at the same time, sent it directly to Chen Lie's office at the C City military base through the Empire's private encrypted satellite.
Zhao Liangze took advantage of this opportunity to quickly switch back to the surveillance camera. The hospital's security monitor was still showing a clean, undisturbed laboratory.
Chen Lie had just returned to his office at the Empire's C City Special Operations Forces base.
He turned on his work computer and immediately found several important encrypted files in the process of being transferred.
He accepted them and casually opened the first file. After reading a few pages, his entire body suddenly froze.
Sweat poured down his face, and his round eyes were filled with terror.
He took out his phone like a madman and dialed Huo Shaoheng's private military number with a trembling voice.
By the time Huo Shaoheng received Chen Lie's call, the scan was almost complete.
He carefully packed the box of test tubes in a heat insulated lead box and put it in his backpack. He asked, "What's up?"
"I just looked at the data you sent. H3aB7 … H3aB7, it's not an aphrodisiac, it's obviously … a virus!"
Huo Shaoheng's hand froze. "… What did you say? Say it again. "
His voice was slow and low, like a heavy metal sinking step by step into the deep sea. It was suffocating.
"I haven't looked at it in detail, but I'm very sure that this is not an ordinary aphrodisiac. Its chemical structure is basically a virus that kills without leaving a trace!" Chen Lie's face was dark as he said each word clearly.
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