NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 150



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Life is suffering.

These are the words that have filled my mind ever since I emerged from my mother’s womb, walked on two legs, and was able to think for myself.

Thanks to my father, who had been active in the military before I was even born, my childhood was full of events that I would tell people about while drinking.

My father spent more days hunting animals or Japanese in the mountains than at home, so I saw Japanese police or soldiers more often than I saw my father’s face.

When I was eleven or twelve, the Japanese got really angry and came into the house, looked for my father, and when they couldn’t find him, they got so angry that they dragged my whole family to the police station.

Fortunately, I was able to avoid trouble because I was in the mountains collecting firewood for Grandpa Kim’s house, who was also close to my father, but my mother was not like that.

I heard that my mother was tortured severely by the Japanese, but she refused to write a letter to my father.

After that, he followed his father to live in the mountains or moved from place to place, and then crossed the border to avoid the increasingly severe crackdowns and surveillance of the Japanese police.

Meanwhile, my older brother, who had been following his father into the volunteer army, was shot by the Japanese and died.

“When I was young, I would leave Joseon and think, ‘I won’t have to go hungry anymore. How will I adapt to a new place?’”

The China I arrived at was… … a more desolate place than I had imagined.

As I heard, there was really nothing.

There were no villages, no people, and no rice paddies or fields that were rare to see in Joseon.

“I was actually embarrassed because there was nothing?”

That was the first time I saw my father, who was like a sacred tree guarding the entrance to the village, look flustered.

“Looking back, that was the most difficult and challenging time in my life, but ironically, it was also the time when I laughed a lot and had fun without any worries.”

Just like snowflakes melting away as soon as they touch the skin, they pile up on the ground one by one and cover the world.

Painful and sad memories piled up one by one and became memories.

His life was pickled with sorrow and pain, and it made him into the present-day Korean Independence Army captain Hong Yong-hwan.

“Your lives won’t be much different from mine.”

Just as a butcher’s son becomes a butcher, a Namsadangpae’s son becomes a clown, a lumberjack’s son becomes a lumberjack, and a hunter’s son becomes a hunter.

“Isn’t it natural for the son of a volunteer soldier to become a volunteer soldier?”

“Right! Right! Right!”

In a deserted mountain.

In this place where the whole world was covered in pure white snow, there were Korean independence army soldiers wearing pure white uniforms and their commander Hong Yong-hwan.

Hong Yong-hwan asked while the soldiers’ mood was at its peak.

“Who are you?”

Then the soldiers answered.

“I am the son of a volunteer soldier!”

“What did you, gentlemen, return to Joseon to do?”

“It’s to take revenge!”

“good night!”

After hearing the soldiers’ loud answers, Hong Yong-hwan gently rubbed his hands, which had turned as red as Rudolph’s nose from the cold, and took a piece of paper out of his pocket.

“Gentlemen! General Kim, who led us to Hamheung, has given new orders!”

The order given to Hong Yong-hwan’s unit from above was simple.

“We will go south from Hamheung to Hamju! And we will hunt down the Japanese messengers coming up from the south and coming down from the north!”

Now, the Korean Independence Army’s advance force, led by General Kim Gyeong-cheon, not only successfully infiltrated Joseon, but also created a hole in the Japanese border defense line.

Even that alone would be a great achievement, but General Kim Gyeong-cheon did not stop there. Instead of attacking Nanam, which was the original target, and inflicting heavy damage on the Japanese 19th Division before retreating, he detoured further south and captured Hamheung.

This was a result that neither the enemy Japanese army (who still do not know) nor the Korean Independence Army Command that planned and drafted this operation could have predicted at all.

The fact that the Korean Independence Army occupied Hamheung meant that the Korean Independence Army had gained control of the entire Hamgyeong Province, which was the most remote of the eight provinces of Joseon.

This means that the 19th Division stationed in Hamgyeong Province was left like a rat in a cage as General Kim Kyong-cheon occupied Hamheung.

Yet the parties involved were unaware of what had happened to them.

They thought that the lack of contact with the front line was simply due to the harsh winter in Hamgyeong Province, and that the messengers sent here and there to communicate between units were not returning on time because they were simply tied up in the snow, so they took no action.

The time that the Korean Independence Army earned was one month.

During that period, the Korean independence army moved to completely wipe out a Japanese division in Hamgyeong Province.

The main force of the Korean Independence Army, which had already received a report from General Kim Gyeong-cheon, began crossing the Tuman River, and the Governor-General of Korea in Gyeongseong and the Joseon Army (Japanese Army) headquarters in Daegu and Pyongyang were also unaware of this fact.

“And we will never know.”

By the time they hear the news.

The 19th Division of the Japanese Army may have existed only on paper.

Because the Korean Independence Army will make it happen.

“let’s go!”

The boy who crossed the frozen Tuman River holding his father’s hand with two other adults has now returned to his hometown as an officer commanding hundreds of young men.

Hong Yong-hwan, who had fled his hometown to escape the Japanese army, proudly returns to his hometown as a soldier.

* * *

Today marks the third day since the death of Superintendent Ma and Wasaburo of the Special Investigation Unit of the Government-General of Korea in Gyeongseong.

I took on that guy’s identity and sneaked into the Governor-General’s Office.

Since things went in such an unexpected direction, I pretended to be Miwa for the time being, but it turned out better than I thought.

‘What has this guy Miwa been doing all this time that everyone around him… … .’

Whenever I showed up at the police station, people who had just been laughing and chatting with their colleagues would step aside and salute me in disgust, and some would even openly show their displeasure and turn back the way they came.

Even when I was walking around the Government-General Building or Jongno Street, people’s eyes were focused on me and I could hear people gossiping about me behind my back.

“That guy is that famous mad dog of the police department… … .”

“Eek! I can hear you!”

“What does it sound like when you hear it?”

“Haven’t you heard that the person who was swearing at that person behind his back last time was dragged to the Imjin River?”

“Ugh!”

Is that all?

Even when the chief of the police department, who was the owner and superior of the police department, treated me, I could not help but feel uncomfortable.

“Wow, you’re here?”

“… … .”

“… … I can’t read your expression because of the bandage, but your complexion doesn’t look good.”

“… … ?”

“Yes, it would be refreshing and yet sad to send off someone who could be called your lifelong rival, so it would be natural to feel a sense of loss somewhere in your heart… … .”

“?”

“You’ll need some time to heal the wounds from the fight, so I won’t say anything if you leave for a few days.”

“????”

I went to see the chief of police to see if I could get some useful information from him for the independence army, but I was kicked out of the chief’s office without even being able to say a word.

On the surface, he said he would give me a vacation, but the underlying sentiment was that I was no longer useful and that he wanted me to leave quickly.

‘This crazy guy really tried to catch me, without paying attention to what other people thought, and just kept going at me.’

As someone who has infiltrated the police department, it would be good for me if they kept their distance and avoided me like this, but when I think about it as a human life, it is truly unfortunate.

‘What a pity.’

The rabbit dies and the dog is cooked.

This is an ancient Chinese idiom that says that when a rabbit hunt is over, the hunting dog goes into the pot.

From the perspective of the Governor-General, they had been using Miwa, who had been causing various problems while fighting against the special terrorist known as the Ghost of Gyeongseong, but who was outstanding in her abilities, but now that the Ghost of Gyeongseong was dead, it seemed they were slowly putting the hunting dogs in the pot.

‘Miwa, if the Governor-General finds out that he’s dead, they’ll be shocked and upset.’

The Governor-General of Korea, fearing that Miwa’s body, disguised as the ghost of Gyeongseong, might become a holy place for Koreans, cremated it as quickly as possible, ground it up one by one with his own hands, and scattered it into the Han River.

And the Governor-General’s Office published this news in a major article.

[The ghost of Gyeongseong that drove Gyeongseong into fear dies!]

He said.

When the Korean people heard this news, they all felt sad, but they did not show it on the outside.

If you show even the slightest sign of sadness, you will be struck by a club like lightning from the police who are watching with eagle eyes.

‘The Government-General will use this incident as an opportunity to preach to the Korean people that rebellion is meaningless and try to break their spirit of resistance.’

Even though they are now hiding in the shadows created by their thick bellies to avoid the eyes of the Governor-General, they cannot hide like this forever.

‘The Government-General will not be obsessed with the ghost of Gyeongseong forever. From their perspective, the ghost is a threat that has already disappeared, while the Joseon Army (Japanese Army) is a real threat.’

When the attention of the Governor-General shifted from the ghost of Gyeongseong to the Joseon Army (Japanese Army).

That is the day when the ghost of Gyeongseong returns.

‘I should make my comeback as spectacular as possible.’

But in Gyeongseong, all the famous government offices, police stations, banks, companies, and even Seodaemun Prison passed through my hands at least once.

That’s why there wasn’t a building that could be blown up to commemorate the return.

‘Should we just blow up the Governor-General’s Office? No… … . The surveillance there is too tight, and since it’s locked up on the Namsan side, people won’t notice it.’

If you were going to blow it up, it had to be in a place where as many people as possible could see it.

That way, even if the Governor-General tries to hide it, it won’t be able to.

-Bang bang! Bam!

As I was walking down Jongno Street, lost in thought for a moment, a loud horn suddenly rang in my ears.

I looked up to see what was going on, and there in front of me was a truck full of construction materials.

“What are you doing that’s so dangerous… … . Gasp!”

“?”

The truck driver, who was about to swear with a fierce expression on his face, saw my face wrapped in bandages, got out of the truck, and lay down in front of me.

“I’m sorry! I, I didn’t dare to recognize you… … .”

“What are you?”

“I, I am a truck driver who delivers goods to the new Government-General building in front of the palace… … .”

“Application building?”

The truck driver continued to tell his heartbreaking family story and tearful life story that I could not listen to without crying, but my attention had long since turned to the new Government-General building being built in the distance.

“New Government-General Building.”

The building was almost finished, and its exterior looked just like the building I had seen in photos.

“It looks like they’re doing interior construction now?”

“Yes? Oh, yes!”

“Hmm… … . It’s perfect.”

The next goal was set.

Now it was time to get the bomb.

“I… … . Class president Nari… … ?”

“why.”

“That… … . How about me… … ?”

“I’m still in a good mood, so stop talking and get out of my sight right now.”

“Yes, yes! Thank you!”

I thought as I watched the truck disappear into the distance.

‘If possible, it would be better to do it during the completion ceremony… … . But that would be difficult.’

The internal situation of the Government-General was not good, and the transportation into Gyeongseong was severely damaged, making it difficult to transport logistics, so the completion date of the Government-General building would have been considerably later than the original schedule.

‘Then, I guess I’ll have to gather people in another way.’

The Government-General is in a situation where its shoulders are reaching for the sky after capturing the ghost of Gyeongseong.

So, if we were to hold some kind of event while keeping this momentum going… … I wonder if Governor Saito would accept it.

‘Even if we solve that later… … . In the end, it would take that much explosives to bring down that large building… … .’

Even if obtaining explosives is secondary, if a building of that size located right in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace were to be blown up, the aftereffects of the explosion would also reach Gyeongbokgung Palace and Gwanghwamun.

‘Then, should I just blow up one side and destroy it?’

Although I had many worries, I still couldn’t stop smiling.

How will people react when the ghost of Gyeongseong, who was thought to be dead, returns?

‘I have to give Governor Saito a day he will never forget.’

NIS Agent Tears the Japanese Empire Episode 151