NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 12



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Exile – 2

The repeater had no choice.

If he rejected my offer, all he had left was to hang around the rice mill every day, going into debt to try to recover the money he had lost, and then die.

However, it seems that the soul of the repeater was still tied to the head of the millet farm.

“Thank you for your work today. And as for the money… I will collect it from the soybean paste and return it to you.”

“You’re saying you’ll give it back to me?”

“exactly.”

The wife of the repeating window sighed at the sight of him speaking so comfortably.

“How can someone who can’t even come up with ten won as a deposit for a rice cake shop pay back a large sum of money, four thousand won?!”

“That is…. All you have to do is make ten won at Hapbaek (a private gambling table held near the Miduchuiinso, or simply private Toto)!”

“Really···. Really, you are···!”

The repeat window seemed to have already gone as far as it could go.

He seemed like a man who had given up on the future, blinded by the sunk costs of loss.

It was usually difficult for people like this to come back.

“Tsk tsk.”

“Sir… please lend me ten won… no, just one hundred won! I will definitely pay you back ten or twenty times over!”

“Sob···. Sob.”

The wife could not hold back her tears when she saw her husband begging for money, ignoring his own pain, even though he was beaten and injured here and there by the gangsters.

But the repeater didn’t seem to care whether his wife cried or not.

“Hello, teacher? I am the King of Midu, the Repeater! If I put my mind to it, I can turn a single ten-won coin into a hundred or a thousand won!”

“Phew···.”

I felt ashamed and pathetic for trusting this guy and entrusting him with work, even if only for a little while.

No matter how impatient you are, working with a guy like this won’t just end in ruining your business.

“Okay. Let’s just pretend today never happened.”

“Teacher? Teacher! Wait a minute···.”

As I was about to leave, my eyes met with those of two children who were staring blankly at me from the other side of the room.

I saw my past self in the children who looked at me with bright eyes.

‘This is driving me crazy.’

I would have liked to grab hold of the trouser leg, kick the dangling bum out, and run away, but if I did that, the future of this family would be bleak.

Even if I were to forcefully take the repeater, Iza was not a trustworthy person.

‘Phew···.’

For field agents, cool reasoning and cool judgment are important, but the most important thing is a warm heart that knows how to feel pity for people.

This is what I heard from my senior when I first started this job.

‘The repeat window is not a person who can be used at all.’

He was a person with a good head, but he was just riding on a bubble. He was just a person who knew his abilities.

If you wanted to use this kind of person, there was no reason you couldn’t use him.

It wasn’t a big deal to use it like a long-term strategy by coaxing it with moderately nice words.

But it took a lot of time and effort to do that.

So, in a situation where time is so tight, Repeater is not the type of person who would put in that much effort to use it.

‘But if we leave it like this…’

His family was trampled upon.

In the first place, I didn’t really care because they weren’t my family, but seeing those kids who didn’t know anything made me feel unnecessarily sorry.

While I was thinking about it for a while, a good idea occurred to me.

‘If a husband doesn’t work, should I try a wife?’

It looked like the head of this household hadn’t brought money into the house in a long time.

So, what this means is that the wife was the one who earned the money and fed the family.

‘Women are weak, but mothers are strong.’

I haven’t seen her for very long, but judging from the way she spends time with her punk husband, she seems to have a lot of affection for her children.

So, if necessary, it would be easy to control her by taking the children hostage to prevent her from doing anything reckless.

Although her face was worn by the ravages of time, it was still quite presentable, so if she groomed and dressed up well, it seemed easy to expand her network of connections among the upper class of Gyeongseong.

‘It’s better than I thought?’

If you want to hide a tree, hide it in the forest. If you want to hide a person, hide it in the city.

If I could just sneak into the Government-General of Korea and its center, all the high-level information they have would be mine.

If that happens, we can send necessary information to independence activists in faraway Manchuria or Shanghai and turn the tables on this unfavorable battle.

“Oh my, teacher···!”

All else aside, at least it was better than this guy holding my leg and begging me right now.

“I will do it.”

“······?”

Things went faster than expected.

“You don’t even know what you’re doing.”

“Is it dangerous?”

“Probably not.”

“Okay then.”

She seemed more interested in other things than work.

“I don’t know what I’ll do, but please guarantee me this one thing.”

“Please tell me.”

“I’ll do anything if you give me just one room where I can stay with the kids.”

“It’s not that difficult, but… What is your husband going to do?”

“I will live as I please.”

“······.”

******

Despite mobilizing so many police officers, there was no trace of Kim Sang-ok, whether he had risen into the sky or fallen to the ground.

The lid was completely blown off the head of the Police Bureau of the Government-General, a catastrophic failure that will be remembered in history.

The shins of the Jongno Police Chief who was summoned to the Government-General were sunken and his face was as red as a strawberry.

“All the officers in Jongro, come to my office immediately!”

The brutal downpour has begun.

The screams coming from the Jongno Police Chief’s office were louder than the screams coming from the interrogation room.

At that time, when the clear voice of the Jongro Police Chief rang in the ears of the police officers and detectives working on the first floor, everyone flinched.

“after···.”

The office door opened and Miwa and other executives walked out.

There was no way to know what was going on inside, but everyone’s expressions were extremely unpleasant.

He had a face that looked like he would tear himself to pieces on the spot if anyone got caught.

Miwa Kyungbu stopped right in the middle of the first floor of Jongno-gu and scanned the surroundings, looking for someone.

“Yoshino! Yoshino Alert! Get out now!”

“Father, you called!”

Miwa kicked Yoshino’s shin with all her might.

“Ugh!”

Then Yoshino’s body collapsed.

Inspector Miwa speaks softly to the fallen Yoshino.

“This is the end of the Kim Sang-ok case.”

“Ah …

“Let’s end the investigation here.”

“Ha, but···.”

Miwa Kyungbu’s sharp shoe flew into Yoshino’s soft lower abdomen as she hesitated.

“Oh my! My stomach hurts···.”

Yoshino rolled on the floor, holding his stomach.

However, Inspector Miwa only looked at Yoshino with cold eyes and gave the following order.

“If you have ears, listen carefully! The Chief of Police has expressed grave concern over the fact that the Bulyeongseonin has been coming and going from Jongno-seo as if it were his own living room.”

“Hmm.”

“Ha···. I guess I won’t be going home for the time being···.”

Miwa and Kyungbu continued speaking.

“However! Rather than reprimanding us, Jongro Police Station, for disappointing him, the Chief of Police has decided to give us a chance to make a contribution! Therefore, all of us at Jongro Police Station have decided to sneak into the police station, help the suspects escape, and form a special team to capture the Bulryongseonin who murdered the police officer.”

Then he looked around and added a word.

“I hope for the enthusiastic support of courageous and spirited police officers. That’s all!”

Miwa and Kyungbu walked out of Jongno.

As he left Jongno-seo, everyone’s breathing became easier and murmurs of joy could be heard here and there.

“It looks like it’s really broken?”

“What the hell kind of special class is this?”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

“If I go to a special class, will I get more bonus money···?”

“Arthur. If you get shot by the Bulyeongseon and go to the Gol, who will take care of your family?”

“Hey… Who carries a gun in Gyeongseong these days?”

“Is this kid’s head a flower garden? Hey, Imma! A few days ago, who stabbed Inspector Imase and Tamura with a fountain pen instead of a gun?”

“Ah… By the way, I lost my fountain pen. Do you know where it went?”

“I don’t know either, Emma!”

Everyone was chatting away as usual, but they all seemed a bit intimidated.

“Ugh···. Why do you have to be this annoying to me? You idiot···.”

“Are you okay, Lieutenant Yoshino?”

“Does this look okay? Huh?”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

“Is it over if you apologize? If it ends with just a quick apology, why do we need the law and the police?”

Inspector Yoshino, who had been beaten up by Inspector Miwa, took out his anger on Detective Abe, who had tried to help him, and filled his lost self-esteem.

“Do you think I’m funny? I’m getting beaten up like a dog by Miwa and Inspector. Don’t you think it’s funny to see that?”

“no!”

“Well, honestly, isn’t it kind of funny? It’s just a daily occurrence for a worthless guy to get called in by Miwa and Inspector Mi and get his joints broken.”

“no!”

“after···.”

Inspector Yoshino put a cigarette in his mouth to soothe his anxious mind.

Then Abe, who had been frozen, quickly took out a match and lit a cigarette.

“Huh? Do you have this kind of sense?”

“lol.”

“Ugh··· Phew···.”

Yoshino took a few puffs of his cigarette quietly to calm his agitated mind.

“Phew···. Abe.”

“Yes, sir.”

“All of Jongro High School’s students will be organized into special classes.”

“Is that so?”

“What is this? Didn’t you know it would turn out like this?”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry···.”

“If you say sorry to me one more time, I will rip out your tongue and nail it to the wall.”

“······.”

Yoshino looked at Abe, who was completely frozen, and the corners of his mouth curled up without him realizing it.

“Did you say Inspector Sato?”

“yes?”

“I’m talking about the Bulyeongseon who was said to have hidden in Jongro-seo.”

“Oh, that’s right! However, after inquiring in the mainland, I was told that there is a person named Inspector Masao Sato, but that he is on standby in Osaka.”

“Oh really? So that means that the evil spirit had access to our imperial police’s personnel information.”

Yoshino scratched his head, took out a pen and notebook, and scribbled something.

“Did anyone see him while he was hanging around Jongnoseo?”

“I saw it.”

“Really? Did you see the face too?”

“Yes, I saw it clearly!”

When Sato’s story came up, Abe’s eyes lit up and his voice rose.

At the same time, Yoshino hit Abe on the head with the pen he was holding.

“Speak softly, you punk.”

“I’m sorry… I will correct it.”

“If I asked you to draw a montage, could you draw it?”

“You can do it.”

“Okay… Then we’ve secured the montage too….”

Although the criminal’s name was not known, a sketch of his physique and facial features was obtained.

“First of all, we are sending a request for cooperation from other police stations to check everyone entering and leaving Gyeongseong.”

“Is that okay?”

“Hey! Who are we?”

“Police… right?”

“You’re not just a police officer, you’re a high-ranking police officer! No one will scold you for killing a few Koreans on the street, so just scold them!”

“All right!”

After Abe and other high-ranking detectives rushed out, Yoshino, who was left alone, looked back at his notebook and scratched his head.

“It won’t be a problem to catch him since he has a facial expression.”

Checkpoints were set up throughout Gyeongseong and wanted posters were posted on numerous streets.

But there has been no report of him being found.