NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 116



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Kyung Sung Scandal (5)

Chief Miwa, who had sent Inspector Zenigata away from the mainland, began to investigate Inspector Zenigata with a half-confident look.

First, I went to see the Chief of Police to find out some information about Zenigata.

“The director is on vacation.”

“… … You were here just yesterday?”

“You took a vacation that day.”

The police chief left his post after causing this incident.

“When did you say you would be back?”

“I heard that you said you would rest for about two weeks without thinking about anything.”

“Huh… … . What are we going to do if the Chief of Police of the Government-General is absent at such an important time as now?”

Miwa was annoyed that the Chief of Police was on vacation at this critical time when the North Korean Army Headquarters in Yongsan was showing suspicious movements and the Ghost of Gyeongseong was acting secretly behind the scenes.

“The director asked me to tell this to Miwa and her team leader when they come to visit before he goes on vacation.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Patience is the root of peace. Anger is no different from an enemy. If you know how to win but do not know how to lose, the damage will eventually come back to you.”

“What kind of nonsense are you talking about?”

“I am just speaking on behalf of the Director through my mouth.”

“hmm.”

The police chief disappeared, leaving behind only a mumble of incomprehensible English.

‘No, is it really gone?’

Come to think of it, there was something fishy about it.

The police chief disappeared as soon as new personnel arrived… … .

Isn’t this a scenario we’ve seen a lot somewhere?

‘Could it be that the director is in the hands of a ghost…?’

The worst-case scenario of the police chief dying and being abandoned in an unknown field was already forming in Miwa’s head.

He also knew that this was an excessive thought, but still, the opponent was the ghost of Gyeongseong who had single-handedly turned Gyeongseong upside down.

Didn’t the previous director lose an arm to that guy and return to the mainland as a half-crippled man?

The possibility seemed quite possible.

“Umm… … Where did the director go on vacation?”

“He said that since winter is coming soon, he wanted to spend some time in a warm place and went to Taiwan.”

“Taiwan… … . Then I guess I took a boat.”

“I guess so?”

In Miwa’s head, a movie-like image of a magnificent passenger ship suddenly exploding and sinking into the sea along with numerous passengers began to play out.

‘No, he wouldn’t have made such a big deal out of it.’

This time, a mysterious man was seen sneaking onto the cruise ship, hiding in the chief of police’s room, and aiming a pistol at him.

Then, I thought of a strange man putting poison in food or drink and handing it to the police chief.

Like this, the worst-case scenario kept popping up in Miwa’s head.

“Umm… … .”

“Do you have any words for the director?”

“If I leave it… … . Can you pass it on??”

“I can send it to Taiwan and if they reply to Gyeongseong, I can pass it on to you.”

“No, then you’ll be late.”

He didn’t know what the ghost was thinking when it came burrowing into his side, but the fact that it moved itself was a declaration that it would finish the job as quickly as possible.

Of course, this is assuming that Inspector Zenigata is really the ghost of Keijo.

So, in order to catch the ghost, it seemed like it would be best to first focus on whether or not there really was a person named Inspector Zenigata.

“Why are you doing that?”

The chief of police’s secretary asked.

Then, Miwa and the class president let out a light sigh.

“It’s nothing.”

Then he turned around and started to go back to work, but paused for a moment and asked his secretary again.

“Do you know anything about Inspector Zenigata?”

“Who is it?”

“This time, I’m talking about Inspector Heiji Zenigata from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.”

“Tokyo… … . Ah! That gentleman?”

“Sir?”

It seemed that the chief of police’s secretary knew Zenigata a little bit.

“Yes, if you had stayed at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department for a little longer, you would have been promoted to the position of chief of the headquarters or a superintendent in Taiwan. But I heard you volunteered to come to Gyeongseong?”

“You came here on your own two feet?”

“Yes, I heard that he is the son of a high-ranking official in the Tokyo headquarters, but there is a rumor that his father sent him to Gyeongseong because he could not stand seeing his son working in danger in Tokyo.”

“Okay.”

It wasn’t mentioned much in the novel, but it was a story that was subtly hinted at later.

It’s a perfect story that seems like it was made up on purpose.

Such a person may exist in reality, but only if he is around me.

“I’m going to go now.”

“Yes, thank you for your hard work.”

Miwa leaves the Governor-General’s Office with a smiling face, and a little while later, the door to the Police Bureau Chief’s office opens and the Police Bureau Chief sticks his head out.

“It’s noisy outside.”

His secretary said with a smile.

“I just gave some directions to someone who got lost in the Governor-General’s Office.”

He replied, “Yes.”

“How on earth did you manage to get to the office of the Chief of Police of the Government-General?”

“Well, I don’t know about anything else, but he was a pretty interesting guy.”

“Tsk tsk… … . If anything happens, let me know, especially if His Excellency the Governor shows up, and tell me right away.”

“Yes, sir.”

As soon as the door to the chief of police’s office closed, the secretary left the place without looking back.

It looked like he was going to the bathroom for a bit.

“Whew~ I almost wet my pants.”

One funny thing is that as soon as he left his seat, a person who looked exactly like him came back to his seat, wiping his hands with a handkerchief.

It was a truly fascinating and eerie story.

If someone saw this sight, they might say they saw a ghost.

* * *

When Captain Miwa returned to the investigation unit after finishing her overseas trip, Inspector Zenigata was back at his desk with a sullen face.

“Are you back already?”

“yes…….”

“Yeah, did you get anything from the command center?”

“No… … . I was kicked out at the entrance.”

“Huh, really?”

Miwa snorted.

It’s a feeling of relief that there’s something that even the world’s ghosts can’t do, but at the same time, it’s a feeling of disappointment that a guy from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department can’t even do what he’s told to do.

Anyway, these two emotions were appropriately mixed.

“… … The military police at the guard post at first told me to wait and that they would report to the higher-ups and let me know, but later they said absolutely not and kicked me out.”

“Hmm… … Really?”

That means the higher-ups ruled out police intervention.

“I just kicked them out, so they kicked me out. Is that the end?”

“Do you want to know more details?”

“If you understand, please explain.”

“Hmm… … . They didn’t try to kick me out from the beginning. At first, they greeted me warmly, like a waiter at a fancy restaurant.”

* * *

Guard post at the main gate of the Korean Garrison Command in Yongsan.

Perhaps because an emergency was declared in the unit, the guard post was unusually quiet even though it was early in the morning.

As a figure wearing a white police uniform approached the place, the military policeman guarding the guard post naturally aimed his gun and recited a magic spell.

“Raised hand found.”

“Stop, stop.”

“This is Inspector Heiji Zenigata of the Special Investigation Headquarters of the Police Affairs Bureau of the Government-General of Korea.”

“Those who raise their hands, take three steps forward.”

Of course, just because they said so didn’t mean the magic wand would start shooting fire.

It was just a dull voice that just floated around in the air.

“Can I see your ID, please?”

When the military police asked him to hand over his identification card in a calm voice, Inspector Zenigata frowned slightly and asked him back.

“Do I even need identification?”

“Procedure is procedure.”

“It’s unusual… … .”

Inspector Zenigata grumbled, but took out the police ID he usually carried and showed it to me.

The military policeman who had been looking at it carefully looked back at the officer.

“It has been confirmed.”

“Your Majesty, what brings you here?”

“It is for the purpose of investigating the incident.”

“Case investigation… …? Oh! Are you talking about the body that was found in the warehouse a while ago?”

“That’s not what I’m looking for.”

The officer tilted his head and asked him back.

“That’s not it… …? Then what are you looking for?”

“I heard that the body of the officer found in Jongno was recovered here. I need to examine it briefly, so please show me the body.”

“If it’s an officer’s body… … ?”

“That was… … . Tsugi… … . Tsugi what was it.”

Zenigata took out the notebook he always carried, flipped through a few pages, and found what he was looking for.

“This is Major Daisuke Tsugimoto, a supply officer directly under the Command of the Korean Garrison Forces.”

“Lieutenant Tsugimoto… … .”

At that moment, the officer’s attitude changed.

“That’s not something I can decide.”

“?”

“Please wait here for a moment so I can ask my superiors.”

Then the officer gave some instructions to the military police and ran straight into the base.

And the military police, who had previously shown some signs of relaxation, were aiming their guns at Inspector Zenigata like snakes targeting prey.

Of course, they didn’t do it openly.

They may have tried to hide it, but their sense of caution was evident.

‘Why is it like that?’

Inspector Zenigata was simply perplexed by the soldiers’ sudden change in reaction.

I think I waited like that for ten minutes, no, fifteen minutes.

The officer who had entered the base returned in a car with someone.

“Are you the person who said you came from the Governor-General’s Office?”

“Uh… … . Yes, but… … . Who are you?”

The person who got out of the car looked quite tall at first glance.

“You don’t need to know who I am! Why do you want to see Major Tsugimoto’s body at the Governor-General’s Office right now!”

“… … ?”

“Answer me!”

Inspector Zenigata felt anger and strong hostility at the other party’s coercive attitude.

‘A high-ranking person in the headquarters is acting as if he is hostile to the Governor-General… What is going on?’

He has just come to Joseon, so he is not very familiar with the situation there.

But I had seen many instances of the military in Tokyo fighting among themselves and opposing the government, so I could guess roughly how the situation would unfold.

‘Has the soldiers’ pride battle spread to the colonies? This is a headache.’

As Zenigata’s thoughts grew longer, the other party, who was getting angrier, raised his voice even louder.

“I said answer! By what authority does the Governor-General try to enter our headquarters right now!”

“I simply followed orders from my superiors to come here to investigate where Major Tsugimoto’s body was taken. I have no other intentions.”

Inspector Zenigata politely explained the situation, but the other person glared at him with a rather angry expression on his face.

“What?! Are you trying to tell me that we’re hiding a body right now!?”

“I didn’t say it like that, but… … If you took it that way, then I guess you could say it like that.”

“Profit… …! Who killed Lieutenant Tsugimoto, and are you talking so carelessly now… …!”

“yes?”

Zenigata tilted his head and asked him, not knowing what the other person meant.

“Do you know who killed Lieutenant Tsugimoto?”

But his question was interrupted by the officer he had seen earlier.

“Excuse me, but I think you should go back now.”

“No, I want Major Tsugimoto’s body… … .”

“We have already cleaned up Lieutenant Tsugimoto’s body and returned it to his family.”

“What?! You’re saying you’ve already finished putting on makeup?”

“Go back.”

“No, what the heck… … .”

The officer drew his pistol.

“Please go back.”

“… … .”

* * *

“This is what happened.”

“hmm…….”

Miwa didn’t take his words at face value.

But if half of what Zenigata said… no, only some of it is true… … .

‘The military is trying to cover up the incident.’

The soldiers seemed to be trying to make this incident seem like it never happened.

‘But why?’

None of my questions were answered.

But the questions continued one after another.

‘Should I take a look at Major Tsugimoto’s family…?’

For now, it seemed more likely that we would investigate that area.

At that time.

“Oh, and I stopped by the post office on the way here to pick up a letter that Major Tsugimoto said he sent before he died… … .”

“?”

An interesting object suddenly popped out of Inspector Zenigata’s pocket.

NIS Agent Tears the Japanese Empire Episode 117