NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 112



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Kyung Sung Scandal (1)

There is a saying that when a tiger dies, it leaves behind its skin, and when a person dies, it leaves behind its name.

But in reality, when a person dies, all that remains is the body that the person used while alive.

The situation is the same now.

Before my eyes, Lee Jeong, a close associate of General Kim Jwa-jin and a top secret agent of the Government-General, is lying bleeding.

By the way, the warehouse where he collapsed was supposed to contain clothing and daily necessities for the Korean garrison, but sadly, those items had already been delivered to the Korean Independence Army across the Amnok River a long time ago.

Anyway, what was important now was not how I stole the items from this warehouse, but what to do with Lee Jeong, who was lying there.

‘How do I deal with this?’

When people took their own lives due to injustice or when various unpleasant incidents occurred within the Japanese military, it was not uncommon for them to quietly bury the bodies within the unit, so removing one or two bodies was not a problem.

But the problem was where to throw it away.

If we were to bury it moderately in the hills, we couldn’t bury it deep enough with the equipment we had, so wild animals that smelled blood could dig up the corpse, and it would be easy for people to see us carrying the corpse up the hill.

But if you throw it into the river, the corpse will swell up and float on the water after drinking all the water it needs, which is a problem in itself.

‘In the old days, they would have cleaned it up neatly with a mobile crematorium and thrown it into the river… ‘

Since it was difficult to obtain such luxurious(?) items these days, another method was needed.

‘It’s physically impossible to completely erase this from Gyeongseong.’

Then I thought, if I change my mind, wouldn’t it be possible to use this corpse in some other way rather than smuggling it out of Gyeongseong or getting rid of it?

Although he is dead now, when he was alive, this man was a top secret agent of the Government-General and was an intelligence asset specially managed by the Government-General.

So, if Lee Jeong dies, the Government-General will naturally have no choice but to launch an investigation.

‘A special agent of the Government-General was discovered in the warehouse of the Joseon Garrison Command… ‘

At that time, chaos broke out in Tokyo, the capital of the Japanese Empire, due to a military uprising.

The current Governor-General of Korea is Makoto Saito, a former Minister of the Navy.

And the current garrison forces in Korea are not under the control of the Governor-General of Korea, but are under the instructions of the Imperial General Headquarters in mainland Japan.

If you look at them separately, they were nothing special, but here, the Kwantung Army was annihilated when the Kwantung Province was attacked by a rebel group called the Korean Independence Army, and a special agent of the Government-General was found dead in a warehouse of the Joseon garrison.

What if these two were added?

There seemed to be no connection between these two incidents.

In reality, it was a separate incident with no connection at all.

But when you put them together… … doesn’t it seem as if the two incidents are connected?

At least that’s what it looks like to me.

‘Things are going to be fun.’

The relationship between the Army and Navy, which was not good even on normal days, was expressed in the relationship between the troops stationed in Joseon and the Governor-General of Korea, and the body of a spy was dropped in between.

If a special agent who was supposed to be in Manchuria were suddenly found dead at the headquarters of the Korean Garrison in Yongsan… … What would the Governor-General think?

And what will the Korean Garrison Command think when it sees this?

All I had to do to cause that much chaos was this:

-Knock knock.

Close the warehouse door quietly and come out.

And leave the unit as quietly as you entered it.

As far as the records show, Major Tsugimoto wasn’t on duty today, so if I could just come up with an alibi that he spent some time wandering around outside, I would be off the suspect list.

‘If another guy finds the body and reports it to higher-ups, the command center will be turned upside down.’

You’ll be even more surprised to see that the warehouse, which should have been full, is completely empty.

Even though I make a lot of small mistakes here and there according to the world’s opinion, I’m not a stupid author who would lose an entire warehouse.

The command center would immediately try to find the entity that had stolen the items from the warehouse and would certainly track their whereabouts.

‘I guess I’ll have to spread some traces here and there.’

I jumped over the fence of Yongsan Base while making a plan in my head.

When I first saw the wall of Yongsan Base, it was so tall that I had to use a rope or some other tool to get over it. But now, I can get over it with my bare hands.

The situation in the Japanese Empire today is similar.

At first, it looked like it was solid as iron, as if not even a drop of blood would come out if you stabbed it, but when I grabbed its insides and shook it a few times, it showed signs of being completely out of its mind and flailing around.

Once the empire began to waver, it could never return to its former state.

Even if the current chaos subsides and peace returns to what it was before, it will not be the same as before.

“Peace is nice~”

It was a perfect autumn day, not too hot or too cold, sunny and breezy.

Across the sea, in Japan, countless people had died and were dying, but Jongno, the center of Gyeongseong, was bustling as usual.

“Buy jewels from Greece!”

“Come on, this isn’t an opportunity that comes every day. A limited edition luxury watch from far away, Yeonggili! I have a luxury watch!”

“I wonder how the world has become so chaotic… … .”

“That’s true. Why is it that the military is only protecting its own interests instead of the country?”

“Even in Joseon, there has never been anything like this… … .”

“Hey, watch your mouth, you punk!”

“Umm… … .”

No, the atmosphere in Gyeongseong was different than usual.

The strangely tense atmosphere and the sight of soldiers and police officers roaming the streets left citizens speechless.

“Just a quick check… … .”

“This is Major Tsugimoto, a supply officer at the Korean Garrison Command.”

“I will only check your ID.”

“go away.”

“That… … . There was an order from the higher-ups to inspect it unconditionally… … . I’m sorry.”

If it were normal, I wouldn’t have been stopped at a security checkpoint like this when I was walking around Jongno wearing an officer’s uniform.

The police would have treated me like I was invisible and pretended they didn’t see me, and ordinary citizens would have avoided me for fear of bumping into me and causing trouble.

But things have changed in many ways.

“Is it because of the ghost of Gyeongseong?”

“Unfortunately… … . Yes.”

“Tsk.”

Naturally, I don’t have any identification in my possession.

Since no one would stop me even if I just walked around in my officer’s uniform, there was no need to carry around a fake ID.

But the other soldiers you see on the streets now had identification cards.

“Hey! Over there!”

“yes?”

“yes?”

“omg!”

A soldier who was walking around the street with a cheerful look on his face, perhaps just out for a moment, saw me, was startled, and quickly ran towards me and saluted.

“You know me?”

“yes?”

“Huh? Huh, I heard that kids these days have no discipline… … .”

“Ah, I know! Aren’t you Major Daisuke Tsugimoto, the supply officer directly under the headquarters?”

After hearing the soldier’s words, he turned around and shrugged his shoulders at the police officers.

The police officer who had called me over also looked embarrassed and muttered something among themselves for a moment before sighing slightly and saluting me.

“It’s confirmed. You may go now.”

“From now on, catch people while looking at them.”

“Yes, have a nice day.”

Even though I said that, the police officers’ eyes were still following me.

In the past, this would have been unimaginable, but after the soldiers started causing trouble in Tokyo, it became an everyday sight.

As a result, fights and actual fights between police officers and soldiers occurred all over Gyeongseong every day, and the relationship between the Governor-General and the Korean garrison gradually worsened.

“Hehehe~”

I intended to completely ruin their relationship so that it would never be restored.

how?

“Is it registered?”

“Then it would be normal?”

“… … It’s 4 yen.”

“Please do it as quickly as possible.”

A letter to my family back home.

This was enough.

The content of the letter was nothing special.

He apologized for not being in touch for a while and said that he was currently investigating a mystery that arose while managing the headquarters warehouse and that he would investigate it as it seemed to be related to the Governor-General’s Office.

Now it was time for Lieutenant General Tsugimoto to disappear from the history of the Empire of Japan.

Perhaps tomorrow morning, Major Tsugimoto’s body wearing his military uniform will be found in the middle of downtown Gyeongseong.

The corpse would have been badly damaged to the point where it would be difficult to open one’s eyes and look at it, with the face and other parts of the body being mutilated, and identification would have been possible only with the clothes and belongings the corpse was wearing.

And soon after, Lee Jeong’s body was found in the Yongsan Command supply warehouse… … I thought the picture would be really fun.

‘Now we’re almost ready.’

From now on, I had to find someone to play the role of Major Tsugimoto’s corpse, which would be the finale of this story.

Luckily, there was someone who had already seen this.

“Choi Bong-sik… … . What a catchy name.”

* * *

The sun set and rose again, and a new morning dawned.

Some people prepare for a new day before the sun rises, while others wake up only after the sun is high in the sky.

In this way, the people of Gyeongseong each greeted the new day in their own way, but there was someone who gathered all of these people together early in the morning… … .

“Oh my god!”

“What, what is this!”

“Is he dead…? Or is he alive?”

“How can that thing be alive? You can tell it died instantly!”

“Oh my… … . What kind of grudge do you have to treat someone like this… … . Oh my… … .”

Upon hearing news that a person believed to be a Japanese military officer had been found dead in the street, the Imperial Police were dispatched, cordoned off the scene, and removed the body.

Special Investigation Headquarters Team Leader Miwa Wasaburo also took an interest in this case and participated in the investigation. As soon as he saw the body, he immediately knew who had done it.

‘He was stabbed and pierced here and there with a sharp yet heavy dagger. Judging from the fact that there is little difference between what happened when he was alive and what happened when he was dead… … This is the work of an expert.’

There were many people in Gyeongseong who were good at swordsmanship, but as far as he knew, there was only one person who could show off his divine swordsmanship against a Japanese officer.

‘The Ghost of Gyeongseong!’

However, there were several points that were not convincing enough to dismiss this incident as the work of the ghost of Gyeongseong.

‘Why this guy of all people?’

The victim’s body was so badly damaged that it was difficult to identify him, but based on the investigation so far, the victim was a Japanese military officer.

If there are any officers roaming around Gyeongseong, ten out of ten would be from the Joseon Garrison Command in Yongsan, so this guy who is dead now would also be an officer from Yongsan.

But why did the Ghost of Gyeongseong have to kill the officer?

Here I was speechless.

Of course, Miwa did not understand all the principles of the Gyeongseong Ghost’s actions, but at least all the crimes the Ghost had committed so far were accompanied by appropriate justifications, whether big or small.

And when it came to killing or harming someone, he wasn’t targeting ordinary citizens, but rather the very high-ranking officials.

That guy immediately killed a Japanese officer.

Doesn’t something seem strange?

There were more than a few suspicious points about the scars left on the corpse, suggesting that it was done by the ghost of Gyeongseong.

‘When he killed his victims, he didn’t do it with any emotion, but just did it in a businesslike manner and killed them cleanly and left… … But he killed them so violently that it was emotional?’

Something was strange.

It seemed as if someone was plotting to frame the ghost of Gyeongseong as the culprit.

‘No… … Maybe he did this because he wanted me to think this way.’

Miwa’s mind became even more confused.

Was this incident the work of the Ghost of Gyeongseong, or was it the work of another guy?

Soon, news arrived that would solve his troubles.

“Sergeant! An unidentified body has been found in the Yongsan North Korean Army Command warehouse!”

“A body in the command warehouse?”

A connection began to emerge between these two seemingly unrelated incidents.

NIS Agent Tears the Japanese Empire Episode 113