NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 146



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Hunter and the Prey (5)

Following Chunshik, even Deokyoung Yoon was dragged away.

If you ask me which of the two is more important, I would say that Yoon Deok-young is slightly more important because he is more useful in many ways.

But today, when I saw you acting like a fool who couldn’t control your greed and couldn’t tell when to keep your mouth shut and when to speak up, my internal evaluation quickly nosedived.

‘Why does a person who is so persistent and ruthless when selling out a country turn so blind when money is involved? … Oh my.’

However, since Yun Deok-yeong is a Joseon nobleman with the strong support of the Empire of Japan, he will not suffer as much internally as Chunsik.

He’ll probably be released after just a few formal investigations.

But it wouldn’t be the same for Chun-sik or Kim Hu-dong, who don’t have that kind of support.

‘It’s unfortunate, but there’s nothing we can do about it.’

Moreover, from what I found out, Mi and that evil guy had strengthened the security of the Government-General and Seodaemun Prison several times over, making it difficult for them to sneak in.

“Welcome. This is Chosun Industrial Bank! How may I help you?”

So, all I could do now was to keep causing incidents that would make Governor-General Saito’s twisted lower body shrink.

Originally, I had planned to give the Governor-General’s people an unforgettable fireworks display around the middle of next year when I left Gyeongseong, but unfortunately things got messed up.

“Please call the bank manager.”

“The bank manager? Do you have an appointment?”

“I didn’t make a promise.”

“Well, that might be a bit difficult.”

“Wouldn’t it be easy?”

“Hehe, if you don’t have any plans, that might be a bit difficult. Instead, I’ll help you with other tasks… … .”

I silently put down the duffel bag I was carrying on my shoulder and took out the Gyeongseong-1 inside.

What happens after that?

Just like I did yesterday at the Oriental Development Company, I jumped up on the bank counter, lifted the gun up, and pulled the trigger until the magazine was empty.

The reaction thereafter was not much different from yesterday.

The men in suits and women working at the bank screamed and ran out through the entrance, and it was no different for the police dispatched by the Governor-General.

Because of the nature of their job, they had to respond quickly to such threats to ensure the safety of citizens, so they showed strong professional consciousness by being the first to leave the bank.

“Please, save me.”

The bank teller, who had just greeted me with a warm smile like the spring breeze, begged me for my life, shedding tears as if he had a faucet in his eyes.

“Don’t kill me.”

“Me, really?”

“That’s it for now.”

“… … .”

A look of intense emotion appeared on the banker’s face.

Despair.

“I’m kidding.”

“… … ?”

A glimmer of hope sprouted on one side of the despairing face.

I asked the banker again, who still had not given up hope on life.

“Could you please call the bank manager?”

When I asked with a smile, the banker raised his hand and pointed to the bank manager, who was quietly leaving the bank.

At the same time, my gun was pointed at the bank manager.

“Bank manager?”

“… … .”

“You see my finger on the trigger right now? This is your lifeline.”

I pointed my gun at the bank manager and called him.

“Come here.”

“……yes.”

The bank manager came running and stood in front of me.

A look of nervousness was evident on his face.

“Which way is the safe?”

“Why are you looking for the safe…?”

“So, why would a robber look for a safe? I really don’t know. If you know, could you tell me?”

“Uh, I… … . That’s… … .”

The bank manager kept nitpicking and trying to waste time.

At times like this, all that was needed was a master key that would make even dying patients at the Armed Forces Capital Hospital stand up on their own feet and perform the Armed Forces Manual Exercises.

What is that?

It’s a gun.

“It’s not fun if you keep wasting time like this.”

“… … .”

“Just lead me to the safe and open the safe door. From there, I’ll take care of everything.”

“Ha, but that, the safe can only be opened at the discretion of the bank manager unless there are specific circumstances or an emergency… .”

He stabbed the bank president in the stomach, which was sticking out like a tadpole’s belly, with the muzzle of the gun.

“It’s an emergency, open up.”

“Yes, I think so too.”

The bank manager, as if nothing had happened, became enthusiastic and guided me to the vault.

The vault of the Joseon Industrial Bank was as large and sturdy as the building itself, perhaps because it was forcibly merged by the Governor-General of Korea with the six Agricultural and Industrial Banks of Joseon.

If I had missed the bank manager, I would have been left struggling to open the vault door by myself, and would have ended up running away without being able to do anything.

“Shall we open it now?”

“Open.”

The bank manager skillfully manipulated the safe.

As I touched, turned, pushed, and pulled the huge safe door opened like a bathroom door, and the enormous amount of money of the Japanese Government-General of Korea hidden inside the safe was revealed to the world.

I was amazed at the enormous amount of gold bars and bundles of cash that filled half of this large vault.

“Wow… … . There really are a lot.”

“Hehe, let me tell you about this gold bar. It’s gold that was mined in faraway Pyeongan-do, Hamgyeong-do, and Gyeongsang-do, and our skilled Japanese technicians refined it and made it into a gold bar. If things were normal, it would have gone into the First Bank by now. Yes.”

“Thank you for the explanation.”

“Never mind. And all those little safes that fill up the walls over there are important documents managed by the bank.”

“For example?”

“It contains documents related to people’s lending business and securities used as collateral to obtain loans.”

“Really? Then I came to the right place.”

“Yes? What are you looking for… … .”

Instead of answering the bank manager, I took out the oil can I had brought with me from my bag.

It wasn’t anything particularly impressive, just a bunch of gasoline in a large glass bottle that was lying around in the teahouse kitchen.

As soon as I opened the lid, a head-splitting oily smell spread everywhere.

“Ugh, what is that smell!?”

“The smell of oil.”

Then, before he started to pour oil in earnest, he picked up a heavy gold bar that was inside the safe and threw it to the bank manager.

The bank manager reflexively accepted the gold bars, then looked back and forth between me and the bars with a puzzled look on his face.

“What, what is this… … ?”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

“Huh? A tip? This is… … a bank account.”

“Not anymore, right?”

I just poured gasoline evenly over the wads of cash and gold bars.

Meanwhile, the bank manager just blankly watched what I was doing.

Anyway, after thoroughly spraying oil on the gold bars and bundles of money inside the safe, he came out of the safe, wiped his hands thoroughly with the towel he had brought beforehand, and put a cigarette in his mouth.

“Oh, should I light a fire?”

“Okay.”

The bank manager quickly took out a match and lit a cigarette, then threw the match on the ground out of habit.

Okay then.

-Whoooosh!

“Keeeeeek!”

The moment the match hits the floor.

The fire quickly spread along the path leading to the vault, and soon flames burst out of the vault.

The flames that engulfed the safe burned fiercely in an instant, greedily devouring the enormous piles of cash and gold bars that had been sleeping inside the safe.

“This, this is… … .”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

I patted the frozen bank manager’s shoulder a couple of times and left the bank.

It took exactly 10 minutes to get here.

Of course, there wasn’t a single ant outside.

“Well, I said they are a group of people who don’t know each other even though they know each other.”

The police officers I had seen a little while ago had all run away somewhere and I couldn’t even see their noses.

“I need to borrow some clothes.”

* * *

A special investigation headquarters set up on one side of the Government-General Building.

There was a big boss here who was almost our twisted hero who didn’t do anything special but had a huge head, but he couldn’t control his big mouth and was captured.

“No, well, how many times do I have to say that I’m a victim of that guy’s actions, not an accomplice!”

“Don’t you think you’ve had too much fun with stocks?”

“That’s because I originally had a sense of investment? Huh? I just invested here and there! What do you want me to do when the stock price keeps going up? Is it a crime to be good at stocks these days?”

“The problem is not simply that I am good at stocks, your Majesty.”

“Oh my… … . I’m going to go crazy, I told you that’s all my skill!?”

Our chief of police made a long speech in front of the police about how Yoon Deok-yeong could become the number one investor in Gyeongseong, but the special investigation team members including Mi-wa had no interest in it.

“I checked around and saw that just a few weeks ago, Lord Byeoksu invested a significant portion of his wealth to buy stocks and then tried to sell them even at a loss. But then, something changed in his mind and he just left them alone, and now he’s even making money off of them.”

“That’s because my heart is like a reed.”

“Is that so? Then the stock price manipulation by Kuroda Kyuichi and Oh Tae-shik… … .”

The word manipulation made the great lord Daegal furious.

“It hasn’t even been confirmed that it was manipulated yet!”

“… … Okay. Then, how will you explain the suspicion of stock price manipulation?”

“Why should I explain that? I’ve never met them before, and I don’t even know what they look like.”

“Then why did you encourage people around you to buy stocks and pull them into the stock market?”

In response to the investigator’s rather sharp questions, the great sergeant mumbled something and brushed it aside.

“That, that’s just showing a new way forward for those idiots who want to waste money in these good times… …!”

“Look here. Your Majesty, I’m not here to hear excuses. I’m here to hear the reason why you did that.”

At that time, the investigator was increasingly pressuring the chief of police.

“Breaking news! Breaking news! Breaking news! Another unidentified terrorist has appeared at the Chosun Industrial Bank and set fire to the bank’s vault!”

“what?!”

“If it’s the Joseon Industrial Bank, isn’t that where the gold bullion that should have gone to the first bank in the mainland is sleeping?”

The loss of the gold here would mean a major problem for the credibility of the Japanese currency, which was based on the gold standard, and it would be like a giant meteorite hitting the Japanese economy, which had been hit by a triple whammy of a great earthquake, internal strife in the military, and the worldwide depression following the Great War.

Just like the meteorite that fell to Earth long ago caused the dinosaurs to become extinct.

This wave, which fell this time, would lead the Japanese economy to ruin.

“That’s why it’s a big deal! His Excellency the Governor is furious when he hears this news and is demanding that the culprit be caught quickly!”

“Damn… … . The squad leader just went to Seodaemun Prison to interrogate a suspect… … .”

“There’s no time for this! You have to go quickly!”

“Okay! Quickly, gather the kids and go to the scene!”

Special investigation team members went straight to the bank.

Then, suddenly, Daegal Daegam was left alone.

“Hey guys?”

-Gulp.

By the way, our great lord Daegal had not yet lunched.

“Hey guys!!!”

The empty cries of the great general echoed throughout the Governor-General’s Office, but no one paid any attention to him as they were too busy to even blink.

NIS Agent Tears the Japanese Empire Episode 147