A Spirit of the Sun Volume 2 : Taiwan Refugee Camp Chapter 15 The Land of Chance Meetings - Page 197 - Chapter 15 = The Land of Chance Meetings - Page 198 - Ozu: As you certainly know, we Japanese refugees have been provided with relief funds for the past several years by the Taiwanese government, and shouldered by the United States and United Nations. And we have nothing but gratitude for your benevolence... But, these payments have been shrinking year by year... And we have heard rumors... That they will be cancelled next year... At this rate, we will become nothing more than "baggage" to the state of the Taiwanese economy, and eventually lead to great friction between ourselves and the people of Taiwan. - Page 199 - Ozu: I would like to request that your government accept as many citizenship requests as possible! This is the only way for us to survive, so long as we cannot return to our homeland!! As you can see, we have no choice but to depend on your kindness, Legislator Zhu! Please try to understand our current plight!! - Page 200 - Zhu: ...even before the war, the people of Taiwan have had an affection for Japanese culture... In a way, you have served as a model for us. Please, raise your face, Mr. Ozu... We do not desire any friction with the Japanese, either. Looking at the next century of our nation, I believe we will most certainly require YOUR help, as well. Ozu: Then...?! Zhu: I promise to do everything I can to help you live as proper working citizens of this country! - Page 201 - Ozu: Thank you! Thank you! Jimichi: That was a promise from Zhu, one of the highest-ranking members of the Taiwanese Liberal Party! He is a man who can truly influence the government... Congratulations, Mr. Ozu! Ozu: This will create a path to tomorrow for our 80,000 refugees. - Page 202 - Jimichi: I admit, I was moved by your plea... Ozu: Ha... well, It's the life or death of all 80,000 refugees in Taiwan. Prostrating myself is the least I can do... Jimichi: If they are granted citizenship status, it will help ALL the refugees around the world, not just in Taiwan. Ozu: But Mr. Jimichi, you yourself have spent 15 years searching for a young man who may not even be alive... You have problems enough of your own. Jimichi: Which is why it is so reassuring to hear that Zhu will help with my search. Ozu: Let us pray that both our charges remain safe! Jimichi: Indeed... - Page 203 - Ozu: Yes... The negotiations were succ... Man: Mr. Ozu, we've got trouble! We just found out that Kurofuji's group is attempting an armed uprising!! Come back to camp as soon as you can! Ozu: W... what?! An armed uprising?! Okay, I'll be right there! Get the block chiefs together! And also- - Page 204 - Ozu: Don't let ANYONE in the camp hear about this! We don't want anyone sympathizing with them!! Got that?! Man: Yes sir! Ozu: Kurofuji, you idiot! If you hurt a SINGLE Taiwanese... We'll never get out of here alive! - Page 205 - Zhang: You shivering, Jing Ming...? You must be scared. - Page 206 - Zhang: What is it, Xian?! Genichiro: ...I'm scared. Zhang: Scared? Of meeting the Japanese? Genichiro: I might lose... the 15 years I spent... - Page 207 - Genichiro: Here in Taiwan... With my Mom and Dad. No... What I'm more afraid of... Is learning my own... true feelings... - Page 208 - Men: Medical costs have been rising for three years. At this rate, without any kind of insurance, we Japanese will be unable to afford reasonable medical care. I'm worried about education. Not a single child from the camp has yet to graduate from high school or college... Ozu: That is why we have spent the last five years bowing and scraping to earn Taiwanese citizenship... Man: And mere words will no longer suffice! We cannot stop Kurofuji!! - Page 209 - Man: Hell, if I had a weapon in my hands now, I can think of several people outside the camp I'd kill with it. Ozu: If we cannot stop Kurofuji's group, then we must at LEAST keep the camp from igniting! The 80,000 people in this camp MUST be able to survive in Taiwan!! Men: What, ANOTHER blackout?! Turn on the sub-generator!! Ozu: Hello... this is Ozu. What? Agent Zhou from the Taiwan Police?! - Page 210 - Zhou: The meeting area on the northern coast... That must be it. - Page 211 - Jing Ming: Aaah! Zhang: You have to go out there and accept all their hatred, Jing Ming...! The size of their hate is the weight of your crimes! - Page 212 - Zhang: If you want to stay as my brother... Don't run. Jing Ming: I... I got it, Zhang... Zhang: Xian... I'm leaving Jing Ming with you. Genichiro: Huh?! Zhang: There's another door I have to open with my own hands. Genichiro: Liu Hai Bang? - Page 213 - Zhang: Be careful, Xian... Genichiro: You too, Zhang! Zhou: Oops... Man: Watch out, we've had one of the regular blackouts... Power'll be back on soon. Jimichi: Right this way. - Page 214 - Zhou: Zhou, Taiwan Police. Ozu: Ozu, representative of Tansui Camp. - Page 215 - Ozu: So you must be... The young man at the food cart who protected Miyo and Yusuke... - Page 216 - Ozu: As a Japanese, I give you my thanks. Genichiro: I've heard from Agent Yu that some people who left this camp are preparing to make an armed uprising. Ozu: We have been very patient and persistent in convincing them otherwise... But our chances of stopping them are looking desperate... Genichiro: This uprising and the murder of the mother and child are related. Ozu: What?! - Page 217 - Ozu: And... how do you know that? Genichiro: The truth is... The murders were paid for by a gang called the Liu Hai Bang... Men: The Liu Hai Bang are the biggest mafia in Taiwan! Where's your proof?! Genichiro: Right here... This is Jing Ming, and he has confessed. He was the murderer. - Page 218 - Jing Ming: Genichiro: He received money from Liu Hai Bang... And he did their dirty work. Jimichi: Detective, who is this Taiwanese young man? Zhou: His name is Xian, but... Jimichi: Xian... Zhou: He's fully Japanese. - Page 219 - Jimichi: {Japanese...! And I believe the Japanese reading of "Xian"... ...is "Gen"!!} Genichiro: Liu Hai Bang is not an organization based around hatred of Japanese. They would not do anything that doesn't profit themselves somehow. - Page 220 - Ozu: Then, why? Genichiro: That's what Agent Yu is trying to find out. At any rate, these are events designed to make the Japanese riot! Ozu: Why do you have such an interest in this... Genichiro: Because... Just like all of you, I was directly affected by those disasters... I am a Japanese. - Page 221 - Genichiro: I saw Hakone... I saw Nagoya... The split in Lake Biwa... And I learned just how powerless I was... This is why I ask you now! Take Jing Ming and I to where the armed rebels are!! - Page 222 - Genichiro: Let me help you, so the people who survived won't have to suffer any more than they already have!! Jimichi: {Young Master!!} Chapter 15 = The Land of Chance Meetings = The End [A Spirit of the Sun vol.2]