After being rejected for marriage, I can no longer hide my identity as a poetry immortal.

Summary

In a tense exchange, Yamamoto reveals that Kobayashi sacrificed himself for the Empire while they captured Ye Tian. Ye Tian, realizing the Japanese have infiltrated Guangling, contemplates their motives, suspecting they seek the formula for explosives. When confronted, he pretends to cooperate, knowing he must gather information to escape. Yamamoto and Sima Gui underestimate him, believing they can manipulate him. Ye Tian cleverly threatens them, asserting that if they harm him, they will lose their chance at the formula. He plays on their fears of retaliation from Great Qian, leveraging his position to negotiate his survival while plotting his escape.

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