NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 178



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NIS Agent Tears the Japanese Empire Episode 178

The famous snake (6)

Rear Admiral Kanjiro Hara (Jin), the temporary commander of the Imperial Japanese Empire’s Joseon Expeditionary Force Battleship Squadron and the captain of the Imperial Japanese Empire’s pride battleship Mutsu, was depressed for a moment by the sudden sinking of the Nagato.

We hurried to the medical unit upon hearing news that survivors had been found who had escaped from the ammunition depot, presumed to be the source of the Nagato explosion ‘accident’.

“Where are the survivors!”

“Ah, Your Majesty… … .”

“That guy from the ammunition depot! Where is he!”

“My body was burned to a crisp from the aftermath of the explosion and I am currently receiving treatment.”

“What! Are you still breathing?”

“Yes, but how long will that last… … .”

Admiral Hara immediately checked the condition of the survivors.

As the doctor had said, the skin was red and burnt, and the clothes were stuck to the flesh, so anyone who saw it could tell that the condition was serious.

There was a convulsion of pain and his whole body was shaking as if he would suffocate at any moment.

But none of that mattered to Admiral Hara right now.

“Are you in a state to talk now?”

“yes?”

“He asked if it was possible to talk right now.”

“Uh… … . At least there was a biological response. There’s no problem hearing, but as you can see, it seems like speaking will be difficult because of my mouth.”

When the doctor looked at the survivor’s face, his mouth was so tightly shut that his lips were stuck shut.

The only silver lining is that the survivor’s eyes are focused on Admiral Hara.

“I had emergency surgery to close my mouth.”

“… … Did I hear you wrong?”

“Shut up, I have something to tell you.”

“… … .”

The doctor was at a loss for words at the admiral’s order, so Admiral Hara urged him again.

“Didn’t you hear me? Then I’ll say it again. I have something to say to that guy right now, so keep your mouth shut.”

“… … We don’t have the capacity to perform surgery right now. As you can see around here, there are so many people and the environment is so dirty that if we make a mistake, we could die from infection.”

“It doesn’t matter. If we leave him alone, he’ll die before long.”

“… … What I meant was that there was a high chance that I would die before I could speak.”

The military doctor tried to persuade the admiral to spare the patient’s life a little longer as a doctor, but Admiral Hara, whose promotion was about to be lost, did not care about the life of a single sailor.

“This is the last one. Shut that guy’s mouth.”

“… … .”

“If you won’t do it, I’ll just call another doctor. And if that guy dies while I’m calling another doctor… … I’ll be really angry.”

Admiral Hara issued an ultimatum.

This was a declaration that he would put his name on the line and make the rest of your military life spectacular.

In Japan, where the military is an extension of social life, these words were a terrible declaration that would affect the rest of a military doctor’s life.

“… … If you are going to interrogate me, I recommend using a method other than a knife.”

But the military doctor, who did not have the courage to definitely kill the patient, recommended another method to the admiral.

“Another way?”

“Yes, although this sailor cannot speak, he can hear, so when Your Majesty asks a question, the sailor will blink his eyes and answer with a yes or no answer.”

Even the military doctor himself thought it was a very crude method.

Now, it seemed that Admiral Hara had something he needed to hear directly from this sailor’s mouth, but there was no way he would let this slide… … .

“Huh… … Really?”

… … It seems like it happened.

“Is the sailor awake?”

“Yes? Oh, yes! I’m awake. I’m not in a position to fall asleep right now because of the pain.”

“Then, to make things go smoothly, I’ll give you some painkillers.”

“Painkillers… you mean?”

“Why? That doesn’t work either?”

The doctor hesitated a little.

The patient had already been administered a lethal dose of painkillers.

Judging by the rapid heartbeat, the patient’s heart was clearly strained by the painkillers.

But if we add painkillers here too… … .

“Is it possible or not?”

“… … I’ll give you some painkillers.”

“good.”

But the doctor had no choice.

If I said no to this, there was no way to know what the impatient admiral would do, so I had no choice but to give him painkillers and hope that the patient would hold out a little longer.

“Phew… … .”

The doctor carefully administered the injection.

Because the burns were so severe, it was difficult to find the blood vessel, but as a veteran military doctor who had saved many sailors who had been beaten and were half-dead, he quickly found the blood vessel.

As the painkiller took effect, the sailor’s body slowly regained stability, and soon the writhing stopped.

“Is it okay now?”

“Yes, you can ask now.”

“… … .”

Admiral Hara stared at the surgeon.

It was an unspoken pressure to quickly look around.

-Whoa.

As the doctor put up the blindfold, Admiral Hara whispered in the sailor’s ear.

“From now on, if what I’m saying is correct, blink once. If not, blink twice. Understood?”

-Blink.

“Okay, we can communicate.”

Admiral Hara smiled contentedly and asked the patient,

“The explosion of the ammunition depot, that wasn’t natural, it was man-made, wasn’t it?”

“… … .”

“To answer, don’t you think you can live like this anyway? The pride of the Japanese Empire, the Nagato, sank. If you are identified as the culprit of this incident, you should think about the shock and pain your family will feel.”

“… … .”

If it became known that the Nagato, the pride of the Empire of Japan, had sunk due to the pranks of its sailors, it would be highly unlikely that ordinary citizens would just sit by and watch.

The government will also reveal the culprits in order to divert the criticism that is pouring down on them, and then what will happen to the families of the culprits… There is no need to even think about it.

“… … Do you think I don’t know that you guys were hiding in the ammunition depot, making alcohol, and causing an accident?”

The patient’s body began to tremble again at the admiral’s words, which went a step further and spoke as if he knew everything.

“Ouch! I think I’m having another seizure.”

“No, leave it alone.”

-Blink.

“Okay, you have to be cooperative like this. Keep thinking of your subordinates.”

-Blink.

From then on, the admiral’s one-man show of beating drums and janggu continued.

“You’re not a soldier working in the ammunition depot, but you saw someone entering the depot, so you thought it was suspicious and followed them?”

-Blink.

“But since that guy moves so quickly, you probably wouldn’t have been able to tell who it was. Right?”

-Blink.

“So who was that guy? Was he a sailor?”

-Blink, blink.

“I see. Then he must have been a non-commissioned officer?”

-Blink, blink.

“Then, he must have been an officer.”

-Blink.

The corners of Admiral Hara’s mouth went up.

“Yeah, you found the army officer smoking a cigarette in the ammunition depot, right?”

“… … .”

“Even if you tried to stop him later, the officer would have ignored you and continued smoking his cigarette.”

“… … .”

“But the guy wasn’t satisfied with just one cigarette, and he tried to light another one, and that’s when the accident happened.”

The patient did not respond.

No, I couldn’t answer.

“Oh! Your Majesty, just a moment… … .”

When the military doctor urgently checked the patient’s condition, he found that he had stopped breathing.

“Yes, he died.”

“It’s okay.”

Admiral Hara didn’t hear the final answer, but it was a good story.

He questioned the ‘witnesses’ who had seen the incident nearby, and when he wrote up his report, he simply added a few lines saying that it was suspicious.

Anyway, suspicion is not something you raise because you really have suspicions, but something you raise when it is time to raise suspicions against the other person, or when you have the power to do so.

At least that’s the case in Japanese politics right now.

‘It must be confusing even at the top, so I can just get promoted and go somewhere else and then say I don’t know.’

Anyway, what’s important now isn’t revealing the truth of the incident.

The important thing is to save time.

If anything, the truth about this incident will remain hidden until Admiral Hara is promoted to Rear Admiral and assigned elsewhere.

* * *

“hmm.”

Even though an entire battleship had sunk into the sea, the Japanese navy was no different from usual.

The atmosphere was a bit gloomy, but that doesn’t mean that anything had noticeably changed.

The Navy was still rough around the edges, and people clicked their tongues at the sight of it.

One change that is somewhat noteworthy is that Navy sailors are particularly hostile to Army officers.

Sailors had previously shown a subtle hostility toward army officers, but this time it was different.

Until now, they were just people I didn’t like, but this time, I feel like I want to kill them.

‘Um… … . I can’t say it’s because of my mood… … . The atmosphere is too ominous.’

At first, I thought it was just my imagination and tried to ignore it, but it seemed like that wasn’t the case.

In the past, these guys would have just glared at each other or gossiped and giggled behind each other’s backs, but now they were acting a bit more aggressive, like openly bumping shoulders and passing each other or intentionally tripping each other.

‘It’s been like that ever since the incident yesterday.’

Since the explosion of Nagato, friction between the sailors and the army has been increasing.

This means only one thing.

‘The fleet command has entered tail-cutting mode.’

If it were normal, they would have cut off the tail, saying it was the fault of the low-ranking sailor and the non-commissioned officer who failed to manage it, but in this case, the incident was so big that they seemed to have started cutting the tail from the other side.

And let the higher ups judge.

This time, he must have judged that the tail to be cut off was the army.

‘It’s five minutes before the mess.’

It was a truly incomprehensible way of thinking.

No, maybe it was a way of thinking that should not be understood.

‘Overseas Vice President, even that kid wasn’t like this… … .’

Even though I poked a skewer into the gap between them and pushed the gap between them further apart, I didn’t think it would end up like this.

‘I’m fine with it, but… … .’

My mind was somewhat complicated.

It’s nice when things work out well, but I also don’t want the other person to be ruined so badly that I don’t want them to.

‘Whew… … . Wow… … . You guys are amazing.’

But that’s that, and this is this.

A person’s impressions are, after all, just a person’s impressions.

Now is the time to act with cool-headed reason.

“Hey you little shits!”

I ran straight to the sailors who were beating up the army soldiers on the street and shouted at them.

Then he helped the army soldier by breaking the sailors’ arms and legs one by one with the poker he had next to him.

As expected, I was now wearing an army officer’s uniform.

If possible, he would help the soldiers several times in a place where many people could see him, knocking down the sailors, and sometimes, on the contrary, he would pick a fight with army officers on the street and knock them down.

After this happened several times, the eyes of the sailors, soldiers, and officers became filled with venom, and they no longer considered each other as allies, but rather as enemies.

Moreover, the Navy’s upper echelons, which had previously tried to block this, have instead poured oil on the fire by actively encouraging this trend by lifting all restrictions on drinking, going out, staying out overnight, and vacations that had been in place.

At that time, the conflict between the two sides was intensifying.

-bang!

“omg!”

It really happened.