Chapter 365: The True One Slash
"Melvin Zuck, welcome to Japan!" the elder said, staring intently at Yusuf Zuck for a long while before suddenly speaking, and he spoke in fluent Chinese.
In Japan, many people speak Chinese, partly because Japanese and Chinese characters have many similarities, and partly because many members of the older generation of Japanese nationalists have been to China.
Upon hearing the elder’s words, Yusuf Zuck raised his eyebrows slightly. In Japan, "-san" is a respectful term of address. He remembered from anti-war films he had watched that there were many Japanese soldiers who called their collaborators ’this-san’ and ’that-san’ to express a sense of closeness.
"The six Chinese from Chiyoda Hospital, it was you who killed them, wasn’t it?" Yusuf Zuck wasn’t surprised that the other party knew him, because during the last time at the restaurant in the capital, that Japanese leader had mentioned that Japan had already been investigating and paying attention to him.
"Regarding their deaths, I express regret!" said the elder with a cold voice, still staring fixedly at Yusuf Zuck, and continued, "I also admire your courage for challenging our Ono Sword Dao, but you have overstepped bounds. By coming here, you will provoke the post-war treaty between China and Japan’s martial arts!"
"Post-war treaty?" Yusuf Zuck was stunned for a moment and furrowed his brows, not understanding what the old man meant.
Seeing his puzzled frown, the elder suddenly laughed. His guess was indeed correct. This Chinese prodigy, Yusuf Zuck, was unaware of the post-war treaty concerning martial arts between China and Japan!
"My name is Ichiro Ono." The old man’s sullen face suddenly brightened as if bathed in spring breeze, looking slyly at Yusuf Zuck, and smilingly said, "You have violated the post-war treaty, and your actions today... will bring a fatal blow to your Chinese martial arts." As he spoke, he took off the wooden clogs on his feet and slowly drew the katana from his waist.
At the same time, the Japanese girl standing by his side also immediately took out a compact video camera, intending to record!
Yusuf Zuck roughly understood Ichiro Ono’s words. His meaning was that after World War II, China and Japan’s martial arts also had a post-war treaty, which probably meant mutual non-aggression, and that one should not cross borders to kill. Now that he had come to Japan to kill, he had violated that treaty.