127: Chapter 127 Rabe's Diary

[Rescue mission 'Jinling Cultural Elite Liquidation List' has been completed.]

[New mission issued: Obtain and protect the diaries of John Rabe and Minnie Vautrin. Danger level: Extremely high.]

The cold system prompt sounded in Chen Xi's mind.

He leaned behind a wall, panting heavily. The exhaustion from a sleepless night hit his tense nerves like a surging tide.

But he knew that now was not the time to rest.

"Great Wall" Command Center.

Elder Qian's voice, filled with tears and extreme excitement, exploded in his mind through the encrypted channel.

"Ghost! Those films and documents you brought back... we've made an even more startling discovery!"

"According to a Gendarmerie document, we have confirmed that the diaries of John Rabe and Minnie Vautrin have also been listed as top-priority targets for destruction by the Japanese Army high command!"

"Their value is no less than any person you've saved! They are living evidence! They are the final rivet that will nail evil to the pillar of shame in the future historical court!"

Chen Xi's pupils shrank suddenly.

He looked at the two locations on the map he had marked as safety zones.

Rabe's Siemens Foreign Firm.

Vautrin's Jinling Womens College of Arts and Sciences.

The new mission had begun.

He quietly brought the last batch of rescued scholars and experts to the International Safety Zone established by Rabe.

Seeing Chen Xi bring another batch of surviving Dragon Country elites, a look of heartfelt admiration appeared on Rabe's weary face.

The tall German gripped Chen Xi's hand tightly.

"Mr. Chen, you have created a miracle once again."

After settling the terrified scholars, Rabe invited Chen Xi into his office alone.

The office windows were tightly closed, yet the cries of refugees and the shouts of Japanese Army patrols still drifted in intermittently.

Rabe did not turn on the light.

He simply stood by the window, watching the hellish scene outside, smoking in silence.

The spark from his cigarette flickered in the dim room.

"Mr. Chen, the situation is getting worse."

Rabe's voice carried a sense of deep exhaustion.

"The Japanese are tightening the noose, and food and medicine are almost gone. I don't know... I don't know how much longer I can hold on."

This man, who had never bowed his head before the Japanese Army, revealed a sense of near-despair in front of Chen Xi for the first time.

"I'm not afraid of death."

He turned around and looked at Chen Xi, his eyes bloodshot.

"What I fear is that after I die, everything that happened here will truly be forgotten."

"I fear that our efforts, everything we've recorded, will turn to ash along with the fires burning the city."

Chen Xi remained silent.

He could understand this 'despair of a good man.'

Rabe abruptly stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray, as if he had made a decision.

He walked to his desk and used a key to open the locked bottom drawer.

From it, he took out a thick, black-covered hardback diary.

He placed the diary on the desk and pushed it toward Chen Xi.

"Mr. Chen, I don't know who you are, and I don't know where your power comes from."

Rabe's voice was trembling.

"But I know that you are the only miracle I have seen in this hell."

"I beg you, take this diary out. It records every single crime committed by the Japanese here that I have seen with my own eyes, heard with my own ears, and verified with my own hands since the start of the war!"

"Please, you must take it out and let the world know what exactly happened here!"

He bowed deeply, speaking in a tone that was almost a plea.

"This is the last thing I, a German, can do for this poor city."

Chen Xi looked at the heavy diary on the desk.

He knew that the weight of this diary was heavier than all the film he had seized combined.

He didn't say a word.

He simply reached out, solemnly picked up the diary, and carefully tucked it into his coat.

Then, he took a step back and gave a standard military salute to the great international friend before him.

Rabe was stunned.

Immediately, he also straightened his back and returned the salute solemnly, in the manner of a German soldier.

Different nationalities, different beliefs.

But at this moment, in the matter of guarding humanity and justice, their souls achieved the deepest resonance.

Mission complete.

Chen Xi did not stay for a moment.

He bid farewell to Rabe and blended back into the endless darkness of Nanjing.

Next target.

Jinling Womens College of Arts and Sciences.

Minnie Vautrin.