Inside a pharmacy called Leshantang in Weihaiwei City, a short middle-aged man waved his hand and slapped two other equally short middle-aged men repeatedly across the face.
"Baka! You two pieces of trash! You've disgraced the Japanese Empire's intelligence service! The Chinese have purchased two German Sachsen-class ironclad warships and six Chilean warships—such a momentous event, and you didn't even get a word of it! You should both commit seppuku to atone to His Majesty the Emperor!" the middle-aged man who had hit him said angrily.
Blood trickled from the corners of the mouths of the two middle-aged men who had been beaten, yet they stood ramrod straight, repeatedly muttering, "Hey! Hey! Hey!"
The middle-aged man calmed himself down and continued, "However, considering the many con
