NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 180



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NIS Agent Tears the Japanese Empire Episode 180

Anger (1)

‘I got hit!’

Nagato was sunk by the army’s operations.

The moment these words reached Hideki Tojo’s ears.

Hideki Tojo, the brilliant general of the Imperial Japanese Army, felt like he had been hit hard in the back of the head.

‘Fuck… … What the hell is this?’

It was absolutely ridiculous.

Why is it said that the Army sank a Navy battleship?

But because it was so absurd, I felt a strange sense of trust.

and…….

‘It’s possible that it really happened… … .’

Hideki Tojo did not know much about the nature or characteristics of the navy, but he knew the ecology of politics well.

Politics has been a series of transactions in which one thing is given and one is received.

Add a little bit of intrigue, conspiracy and dirty backroom dealing and you have the perfect political arena.

In the Japanese political arena, where such unpleasant things often occur, the Navy has been quick to put pressure on the Army.

And it wasn’t just pressure, it was throwing a giant bomb.

Perhaps the sinking of the Nagato is true, seeing as the Minister of the Navy is making such a fuss.

But that’s the army’s doing?

This was something I didn’t know.

‘There’s no way the Navy guys would suddenly go crazy and attack the Army… Is there any circumstantial evidence?’

No matter how strong the Navy is within the military and how weak the Army’s prestige is, that doesn’t mean that the Navy should take all the attacks it makes on the Army.

If the Navy is going to tear the Army apart, the Army is ready to tear the Navy apart in return.

And yet the Navy attacked the Army… … no, the fact that suspicion was raised means that the Navy had acquired enough power to overwhelm the Army.

‘Otherwise, it could really just be a quick stab.’

Hideki Tojo quickly analyzed the situation by thinking about it for a short period of one to two minutes.

‘The distance from the inner city to the outer city is quite long. Although there is a telegraph line, it is not perfect.’

Although communication has become more convenient, it also means that communication is not perfect.

So, the Secretary of the Navy attacking him now was, in boxing terms, a light punch.

so…….

-bang!

Hideki Tojo banged his head on the ground, making a loud noise.

“Your Majesty! I, Hideki Tojo, Chief of Staff of the Army Ministry, would like to offer my advice with all my heart boiling with loyalty!”

“Tell me.”

As he bowed his head to the ground and made his earnest request, even Emperor Taisho, who had been looking at Tojo with a cold gaze, and Crown Prince Hirohito, whose eyes were blazing behind him, softened their hearts a little.

Then Hideki Tojo continued to bang his head on the floor.

As if he was trying to break his own head.

-Bang! BANG! BANG! BANG!

“Your Majesty! I have been truly wronged. I have merely come to monitor the unpleasant circumstances of the Minister of the Navy!”

“Unpleasant circumstances… …?”

“Yes, Your Majesty! I heard that the Imperial Japanese Navy has not faithfully complied with His Highness the Crown Prince’s request for a reduction in armament, and rather than scrapping its plans to build new ships, has decided to maintain them all!”

“Um… … Really?”

At that moment, sparks flew again from Hirohito’s eyes.

However, this time the target was not Tojo, but the Minister of the Navy.

Dojo didn’t miss this mood and immediately started biting the back of the Navy’s neck.

“On the other hand, our army has reached an internal agreement to follow the instructions of His Majesty the Emperor, who is like the sun in the sky, and reduce the number of standing divisions from 20 to 17, and to devote the reduced cost to improving and modernizing the army’s firepower!”

There has never been any serious discussion within the Army about reducing the size of the military.

But Hideki Tojo pressured the Navy Minister to continue the new shipbuilding program as if it had already been accomplished.

But the Secretary of the Navy also feels wronged… … .

“Your Majesty, I dare say that what the Chief of Staff of the Army said is very different from the truth.”

“It’s not true? Explain in detail what the difference is.”

“Yes, Your Majesty! The reason we decided to keep the new ships is because they are almost finished. Considering the effort and money we have put in, it would be a waste to scrap the ships that are almost finished, so we decided to keep them. It is not because we want to ignore His Highness the Crown Prince’s words!”

In fact, several new naval ships were close to completion, so the Navy decided to save the ones that could be saved rather than scrapping them all.

“Hmm… … I see.”

That’s why I thought Emperor Taisho would be like that too and let it go… … .

“Your Majesty! This is not true!”

“Huh? You’re saying that’s not true?”

This is where Hideki Tojo intervened.

“As far as I know, more than half of the Navy’s new ships are less than halfway finished, and most of the ships that were close to completion have been postponed day after day due to payment issues!”

“What? Is this true?”

Once again the Emperor’s gaze turned to the Minister of the Navy, and sparks flew from Crown Prince Hirohito’s eyes.

“That, that… … .”

After successfully fending off the naval attack, Tojo Hideki was lost in thought as he left the palace.

‘Nagato was sunk by the army’s scheme… … .’

These words kept lingering in Dojo’s mind.

Did the battleship really sink as the Navy Secretary said? If so, was it really a problem connected to the Army?

It was truly a mystery, but one thing was certain.

“I guess I need to check it out.”

* * *

A lazy afternoon.

A peaceful Heungnam with warm weather for the first time in a long while, people are solving their laundry problems and smoke from cooking is rising from various places.

The residents were enjoying their leisure time, laughing and chatting, but the soldiers were not like that at all.

“… … .”

“… … .”

The soldiers on the street split into army and navy factions and glared at each other.

Even when they met on the street, they were suspicious and wary of each other.

The only thing that’s fortunate is that we didn’t fight like before?

Well… … . The problem was from the point where it was fortunate, but it seemed fortunate that there was no fighting.

“Hehehehe~”

“I see you here and there. Are you planning to stay here forever?”

“That’s not it.”

A small bar on the street.

Chang-sik met his father again in a very small bar that could probably accommodate at most five or six people.

Changsik’s father must have been eating well, his face was oily and there was a smile on his lips.

Until a few days ago, he was a living corpse who looked like he would have been buried in a coffin, but he came back looking completely fine after hearing that his son was alive.

“I hope something good happened?”

“Huh? Then! Something good will happen.”

“What happened?”

“No, you heard that your son is alive? What could be better news than that!”

“Hmm… … . That’s true too.”

The old man was so happy that his son was alive that he kept laughing and then he opened the bundle and showed me what was inside.

“Do you know what all this is? A man named Yongha from Hamgyeong Province went up the mountain after bathing and purifying himself, and he met the mountain spirit… … .”

“So you’re saying that these are medicinal herbs that you picked from the place the mountain spirit told you about?”

“Huh? How do you know that?”

“Isn’t it the same old lie that is spread among merchants?”

“Hmm… … Still, it is a good medicine for the body. When my son comes back, I plan to make a health tonic with this.”

The old man spoke to me, handling the bundle of herbs in his bundle as if it were a gold and silver treasure.

“You paid a good price for my fare last time, so when I return to Wonsan this time, I plan to fix up the house so that my son can bring his beautiful wife and children and live with them.”

“Is that so? That’s fortunate.”

“Yes, if Chang-sik comes back… … I plan to introduce a good woman from the village across the way and have her settle down in Wonsan.”

After that, the old man continued to list his future plans one by one.

One interesting thing is that the old man’s future plans are not all for himself, but for his son, Chang-sik.

While listening to the old man’s story, full of his love for his child, a commotion broke out outside and a group of sailors came into the store.

“Master! Give me a seat here!”

“How many people are there?”

“six!”

“We have guests right now, so six people will have a hard time… … .”

Then the sailors looked at me and the old man sitting in their seats and snickered.

“It looks like those people have already finished drinking, can we sit down?”

Then the owner asked us, looking embarrassed.

“Young man… I’m sorry, but I think I have to get up now… I won’t take your money.”

I poured the alcohol into a glass without saying a word.

“If you’re late, you should have just quietly found another place. Why are you sticking your spoon in someone else’s table! You idiot… . Tell him that.”

“No, young man… …! Don’t you know how rough those soldiers over there are? Don’t make an irreversible mistake because of your pride. Get up now!”

At the owner’s words, the old man packed his bundle again with an awkward expression.

“Well… … . Get up now. If you’re worried about money, I’ll treat you somewhere else.”

But I knew this would happen from the moment I came in here, so I had no intention of getting up from my seat.

“I think the owner’s Japanese is a bit lacking, so I’ll speak for him.”

Then he turned around, looked at the sailors and said:

“This is the Korean Independence Army area. This is not the Japanese seal pups’ area.”

“Korea… … .”

“… … Independence Army?”

The sailors tilted their heads at each other, then burst into laughter.

“Poohahaha!”

“The Korean Independence Army? They’re in Hamheung, but the Korean Independence Army is in Heungnam. How stupid are the Joseon people?”

“Okay. This guy said he was a member of the Korean Independence Army, so let’s just catch him and take him away.”

“That sounds good.”

The sailors were laughing and chatting among themselves, but I paid no attention and picked up the bottle of alcohol and poured it into my glass.

Then one of the sailors came over, put his hand on my shoulder and tried to take me away, and I swung the bottle at his head.

-Snap!

The sailor who had put his hand on my shoulder collapsed with the sound of a watermelon bursting.

The sailor who had fallen to the ground was shaking, and his fellow sailors looked at their fallen comrade and then at me.

“Enough of the whining. If you have no business, then get out. I have a prior engagement with an army officer here.”

“This son of a bitch… … !”

The sailors got angry and rushed in, but the space was limited, and they were all so angry that they got hit one by one as they rushed in, rolling on the floor.

It took exactly one minute for all five of them to collapse on the bar floor.

‘Wait a minute… … five?’

A little while ago, the sailor asked for six seats.

But there are five people who fell here.

That means… … .

“This kid!!”

Another sailor rushed in from behind.

The guy was holding a poker in his hand, and he seemed to be late because he had visited the bathroom at the back of the bar.

‘It’s late… … .’

I hurriedly raised my arm to protect my head even though my arm was broken, but then an old man who had been shaking in the corner of the bar suddenly got up from his seat and pushed me.

“It’s dangerous!”

-puck!

The old man, who had been hit with the poker that was meant for me, fell to the ground like a kite with its string untied.

“Tsk… … . Don’t just interfere… … .”

Those were the sailor’s last words.

He died of a broken neck.

After dealing with the last one, I checked on the old man’s condition, but…

“Young man… … . Stop this dangerous work… … . Go back to your hometown quickly… … . Your parents will be waiting for you… … .”

The old man died just like that.

In the old man’s hand was a bundle of medicinal herbs that he had bought to make a tonic for Chang-sik.

‘… … .’

I closed the old man’s eyes, got up from my seat, and called the owner who was shivering in the corner.

“Master.”

“Yes, yes… … ?”

“If any army officer comes here, tell him this.”

I spoke to the owner in a very calm and rational tone.

“I’ll contact you separately later, so tell them to refrain from doing anything for now. If the sailors come looking for you and ask, tell them that the Ghost of Gyeongseong has come and gone and will come looking for you soon.”

“But, but… … . Wasn’t the ghost of Gyeongseong dead… … ?”

I packed the old man’s bundle and my suitcase.

“A ghost is a ghost because it is already dead.”