Colonel Hasegawa came in and glanced around, then asked Zhou Xuan in English expressionlessly.

"Are you the priest here?"

He just received a report from the soldiers that there was only one priest in the church. But after carefully looking around the church, he felt that there should be more than one person here. The church was kept so clean and tidy, and it was not something that one person could do.

Zhou Xuan looked at Hasegawa and his group and nodded silently and responded.

"Yes."

He didn't expect Hasegawa to come directly. Originally, according to the plot of the movie, there was only a Japanese soldier team who came to the church first. The highest level among them was the rank of lieutenant, not the colonel Hasegawa. But judging from the current situation, it was probably a slight change.

He didn't feel scared, but he couldn't help but mutter silently in his heart.

“Is it because of last night?”

Hasegawa looked at Zhou Xuan with a bearded face. He was indeed a real American. He lowered his vigilance in his heart, but he still felt something was wrong. He frowned slightly and looked at Zhou Xuan with a serious face and asked.

"Father, are you the only one in the church?"

Zhou Xuan nodded gently and asked in disguise.

"Yes, is there anything you guys?"

He is now in a state and begins to play the role of a priest seriously.

Hasegawa did not answer Zhou Xuan's question, but waved his hand to his subordinates behind him and ordered in Japanese.

"You guys go in first and search carefully."

He still didn't believe it, Zhou Xuan was the only one in the church.

The adjutant behind him, Lieutenant Kato, immediately lowered his head and responded.

"yes!"

He immediately turned around and waved to the other soldiers, leading them to search around.

At this time, the cellar under the kitchen was already crowded, with about thirty people crowding inside. Everyone held their breath and did not dare to breathe. They were afraid that the Japanese devils would find out the clues, so they would be dead.

Instructor Li, Yu Mo and others stood at the stairs at the entrance of the cellar, protruding their heads to listen to the movements outside the door. The Japanese began to search the church, and the movements outside made a lot of noises. Everyone in the cellar could hear the sounds coming from the kitchen.

They were all worried about Zhou Xuan's safety, but they couldn't help. They could only pray silently, hoping that Zhou Xuan could return safely.

When Zhou Xuan saw the rough behavior of the soldiers, he immediately pretended to be angry and questioned Hasegawa.

"What do you want to do! This is a sacred place, how can it be..."

Although he is not afraid of these people, the risk of killing people during the day is too high. His whereabouts are very easily exposed and he will easily be made into dumplings. If this is targeted by the Japanese, other people may also be affected, which is a bit of a loss.

So he could only temporarily slander the Japanese and make plans later.

Hasegawa still had a stern face and looked at Zhou Xuan expressionlessly and said.

"Father, please understand our behavior, and this is also for your safety. By the way, where were you last night?"

When Zhou Xuan heard Hasegawa's words, he immediately understood the other party's intention. He pretended to be silent for a while, and then sighed helplessly.

"...I had been resting in the church last night. Now there are wars outside, so I dare not go outside casually. I was planning to leave Nanjing in two days and wait until the war has subsided before coming back."

He now knows the reason why Hasegawa suddenly came here. It must be because the rumors leaked last night, which led to some clues being discovered. But it shouldn't be that he could directly discover the murderer.

After all, there is no camera now, so even if someone really sees it, it shouldn't be able to see the face clearly. It's so dark at night that they can see the clothes they are wearing, so they will find the church. He thought of what happened last night and couldn't help but mutter in his heart.

"Who saw it?"

Hasegawa walked in two steps and looked at it, then asked Zhou Xuan.

"Where are the others in the church?"

Zhou Xuan pointed to the west and said.

"They all went to the safety zone in the west."

Hasegawa suddenly turned around and asked Zhou Xuan again.

"So you are the only one in the church now?"

Zhou Xuan replied without hesitation.

"Yes."

Hasegawa was also examining Zhou Xuan's reaction in his heart, but he did not find any flaws at the moment. He did not ask any further, but stood quietly waiting for the search results.

After a while, all the soldiers who went to search came back. Lieutenant Kato walked to Hasegawa and lowered his head and said respectfully.

"Report to Colonel, no one else was found in the church."

When Hasegawa heard this, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and then he said to Zhou Xuan in a false sense.

"Father, I am very sorry for the rudeness just now. My name is Hasegawa, and I am ordered to be in charge of the security of this area. Because I want to ask something clearly, I want to ask the priest to go to the military headquarters to sit."

Zhou Xuan shook his head at Hasegawa and refused without hesitation.

"Sorry, I don't want to leave the church."

The smile on Hasegawa's face disappeared and he said as if he had turned into a expressionless face.

"Sorry, this is the order from the superior."

His tone revealed an irresistible firmness, and the soldiers behind him also raised their guns and aimed at Zhou Xuan.

Seeing this, Zhou Xuan pretended to be helpless and sighed, then nodded to Hasegawa and said.

"...Okay then, but I'm going to clean up my personal belongings."

Hasegawa said with a hypocritical smile on his face when he saw Zhou Xuan surrender.

"Yes, you go with the priest to pack up your things."

Lieutenant Kato nodded and responded.

"yes!"

He immediately brought three soldiers and followed Zhou Xuan upstairs.

After Zhou Xuan walked to the door of the room, he raised his hand to Lieutenant Kato and said in English.

"You guys don't come in, I'll come out soon."

Lieutenant Kato just happened to be able to understand English, and Zhou Xuan did not close the door. He didn't care much, so he took people to wait at the door.

After Zhou Xuan entered the room, he packed up two pieces of clothes casually. Then he walked to the desk, opened the drawer, took a pen from it, and quickly wrote a sentence in the drawer.

"I will find a way to come back, don't act rashly."

Then he took out a Bible in a fake way, walked out without closing the drawer and said to Lieutenant Kato.

"Let's go."

After the Japanese soldiers left, no one dared to come out. Although they could not hear the movement outside, no one knew whether there were Japanese guarding them outside. Only when the sky gradually darkened did Instructor Li dare to look out to check the situation.
Chapter completed!