NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 194



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NIS Agent Tears the Japanese Empire Episode 194

Yamamoto Crisis (5)

The Ghost of Gyeongseong.

He is also known as the legendary terrorist who has been traveling around Joseon and Shanghai for the past few months, delivering guns and bombs to all kinds of places, and also as Mr. Lee of Gyeongseong who supported the independence army.

Of course, none of the Korean independence army members here had ever met Mr. Lee of Gyeongseong in person.

Although General Kim Gyeong-cheon had passed by Lee a few times when he came and went from the Provisional Government in Shanghai, at that time he did not know Mr. Lee of Gyeongseong, so this was the first time they had met officially.

“If this teacher is from Gyeongseong… … ?”

“Isn’t that the ghost of Gyeongseong?”

“No, but… … shouldn’t the Ghost of Gyeongseong be in Japan right now?”

“That’s right, that’s right! They say the Japanese crown prince just now fell after being shot by the ghost of Gyeongseong?”

“So, you shot the crown prince in Japan and then ran straight to Gyeongseong?”

“Wow… … . As expected from the ghost of Gyeongseong!”

“… … ?”

People praised him and admired yet another daring feat by the ghost of Gyeongseong, but the person himself looked around at the people with a trembling expression.

“Ahem… … I don’t know what everyone is talking about, but the reason I showed up like this is to explain the recent attack on the Japanese Government-General of Korea.”

“Oh… … !”

“After the Crown Prince of the Japanese Empire, it’s the Government-General of Korea!”

“Has the time of liberation finally dawned!!!”

“… … ?”

The Korean Independence Army was very excited that the moment of liberation had finally arrived, but our teacher Lee, who had planned this event, was only lukewarm in his reaction.

“You all seem very motivated. But let’s get this out of the way. I have absolutely nothing to do with the attempted assassination of Crown Prince Hirohito.”

“Yes, I guess so.”

“Haha! We’re making a fuss again without any notice?”

“These people! This isn’t the teacher!”

“… … .”

I told the truth, but no one believed me.

Should I say it as the shepherd boy said?

However, he never lied to independence activists, including the Korean Independence Army.

So, it was truly unfair.

“No, this time it really wasn’t me.”

“Aha! I see.”

“The Ghost of Gyeongseong has nothing to do with Crown Prince Hirohito!”

“As expected! The Ghost of Gyeongseong!”

“Look at the newspaper. The person who shot the crown prince was a Japanese worker named Daisuke Nanba.”

“Namba Daisuke… …? I see!”

The teacher gave up explaining.

Even if you tell them that it wasn’t your fault in the first place, they won’t listen, so even if you try to explain, it’s just a waste of time.

“Teacher, it’s my first time meeting you. My name is Hong Yong-hwan, and I was saved by you in the past.”

“Hong Yong-hwan… …? Oh, I think I’ve heard it before.”

“If it weren’t for the medicine and food you sent to Manchuria at that time, I and my other compatriots in the Maritime Province would have suffered and died.”

“No problem.”

To be honest, the reason we sent medicine and food at that time was not to save anyone, but to gain the favor of the independence movement forces.

There’s an old saying that if you want to become close with someone, you should start by buying them something delicious to eat.

So, to use a metaphor, it was like an elephant backing up and stepping on a rat.

I did it not to do them a favor, but to become friendly with these people.

But if my actions were like that, people who should have suffered from illness and died survived.

If things had gone according to plan, Lord Noda would have lived a little longer, but he was burned alive, and his family, who should have lived in luxury until the Japanese occupation, were stripped of even their underwear and disappeared without a trace.

Isn’t it ironic?

At least that’s what I thought.

“But I heard that you were shot and killed by a Japanese policeman named Miwa Wasaburo in Gyeongseong. How are you still alive?”

Captain Hong Yong-hwan asked.

The answer was simple.

“Of course it is because I did not die.”

“Yes? But in the newspaper.”

“I also bought the former president of the Chosun Ilbo, Kyuichi Kuroda, in disguise.”

“… … ?”

“Um… …. To put it simply, I guess it’s true that if I just say one word to the newspaper, they’ll take care of publishing the article.”

“Oh, so you’re saying you deceived the Governor-General’s Office?”

“As you can see.”

It wasn’t just the Governor-General who was deceived, but if I explain it any further here, it will obviously take too long, so I think it’s right to stop here.

“This teacher.”

“Yes, General Kim.”

“Then, the person who was said to be the successor of this teacher whom I met in Hamheung… … .”

“I’m going.”

“hmm…….”

General Kim Gyeong-cheon also seemed slightly shocked.

Well, it wouldn’t have been strange for him to react like that since he probably really thought I was dead all this time.

“I am sorry that I unintentionally deceived General Kim. However, due to the nature of my work, I cannot allow my identity to be revealed, so that is why I did it.”

“I see… … Then, was it you who caused the shells to rain down on the heads of the Japanese soldiers in Hamheung?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“hmm!”

Now that General Kim Gyeong-cheon’s last worry has been resolved, things have become a bit more organized.

“Are there any more questions? I’ll assume there are none. I don’t have much time to explain from now on.”

“… … .”

“great.”

I took out the floor plan of the Governor-General’s Office that I had prepared in advance and spread it out on the floor.

Then people stepped aside to make room for the floor plan to unfold.

The internal floor plan that Inspector Sasaki had stolen was transferred to a large piece of paper, so there were some minor issues such as crooked lines and some parts not matching the specifications, but it was still just right for this large group to see at a glance.

“This is the floor plan of the Government-General. To put it simply, you could say it is a map of the interior of the Government-General building.”

General Kim Gyeong-cheon asked after seeing the floor plan of the Governor-General’s Office.

“So you’re telling us to attack the Governor-General’s Office now?”

“Yes.”

“But we don’t have anything that can be called a weapon right now. All the heavy weapons like cannons and machine guns were sent back to the North through messengers, and at best we have small arms like rifles and pistols.”

Even if the attitude of the police and soldiers was a little lax, they would not greet people dragging cannons on the street and say, “You must be having a hard time.”

That is why the weapons that General Kim Gyeong-cheon’s unit could carry while moving from Hamheung to Gyeongseong would have been limited.

“But can we attack the Government-General with such poor armament? As far as I know, the police and military stationed in the Government-General and its vicinity are far more numerous than ours.”

“I know that too.”

“Is there any countermeasure?”

“Yes, I plan to briefly join hands with the Joseon Army (Japanese Army) Command in Yongsan.”

“… … ?”

The people gathered in the basement looked back at the ghost of Gyeongseong.

Then, the ghost of Gyeongseong also looked back calmly.

“What do you mean, sir? Are you saying that we will join hands with the Japanese military to attack the Governor-General’s Office?”

It was a question from Captain Hong Yong-hwan.

“Isn’t it a simple matter? We don’t have any weapons right now, but we need weapons to attack the Governor-General’s Office.”

“So, are you saying that we should reach out to the Japanese military? Are you saying that you will borrow Japanese military weapons and attack the Governor-General’s Office?”

“yes.”

“… … .”

For a normal person, just thinking about it would be enough to make others laugh or call him crazy, but the other person was the famous ghost of Gyeongseong.

He was the one who came and went from the Government-General Building as if it were his own living room and blew up the Jongno Police Station, which was a symbol of oppression, without leaving a single brick behind, and with just a few words, he made the Government-General Building and the military point their guns at each other.

And… … . This was just a rumor, but rumors are circulating that it even influenced the army and navy battles that took place in faraway Japan.

Of course, these are all stories that have never been officially proven.

But it actually happened, and it was true that the ghost of Gyeongseong was mentioned at the center or around it.

That person said that we should join hands with the military and attack the Governor-General’s Office.

That too… … .

“Governor-General Saito will soon hold a New Year’s banquet at the Governor-General’s Office.”

“… … .”

“I plan to wait for the banquet, as many high-ranking officials will be gathered there.”

“… … .”

“Just trust me. My plans have never failed.”

The Ghost of Gyeongseong was a man accustomed to making serious jokes into reality.

If he was an enemy, he would be extremely fearsome, but if he was an ally, he would be a dependable person who needed nothing more.

* * *

Meanwhile, in Wonsan, something was happening that would make Admiral Hara furious.

Of course, he was angry not because Crown Prince Hirohito had been attacked and killed, but because something was wrong with Mutsu, which had gone from being the pride of the Empire of Japan to its only hope.

“The rudder is broken?”

“… … Yes.”

“Haa… … . What happened? Why on earth did something that was perfectly fine get broken?”

The rudder is an object that determines the direction in which the ship can proceed. If this is damaged, the ship cannot move properly, so it is one of the parts necessary for the ship to function properly.

But this is broken.

“It seems that the net got entangled in the ship’s screw.”

“You call that an excuse now… …!”

It was a common occurrence for nets to become entangled in a ship’s screws, causing them to malfunction.

But that was only true for relatively small ships, and it was out of the question for large ships like battleships.

“And if the net had gotten caught, the screw would have broken, why would the rudder have been completely broken? It’s not like we hit a reef while sailing!”

“……sorry.”

To be honest, the adjutant was just as frustrated as Admiral Hara because he didn’t know the truth of the situation.

“… … Could it be that someone detonated a bomb?”

“What? A bomb? So you’re saying that someone jumped into the sea in this weather, planted a bomb on the Mutsu’s rudder, and detonated it, destroying the ship?”

“Other than that, I can’t think of anything… … .”

“I think that makes sense now… … .”

Admiral Hara stopped talking.

If you think about it carefully, there was no other way for the rudder of a perfectly good ship to break.

At that moment, a person who might do something like that came to mind.

“The Ghost of Gyeongseong… … Is it that guy again?”

“yes?”

“… … It’s nothing.”

If it was the ghost of Gyeongseong, it would be like that.

However, a question arises here.

‘For several days, no one witnessed even the slightest vibration or shock wave on board the ship… or even a splash in the sea.’

An explosion was bound to have a huge aftershock.

When the giant battleship Nagato sank, didn’t there occur a huge explosion that shook the entire Heungnam area?

But this time, the scale of the incident was too small to be the work of the ghost of Gyeongseong.

There was some damage, but at best the rudder was slightly out of alignment.

‘Did they just blow away the rudder with a small bomb? Was it really necessary to go through such a hassle?’

‘Are you trying to keep us here? No… No… Even if there’s something wrong with the rudder, we can just temporarily put in an auxiliary rudder and steer by hand.’

What if something like this happened in the middle of a complex battle?

Since this was an incident that occurred during peacetime, there was no need to scuttle the battleship; they could have just patched it up temporarily and sent it to the mainland for formal repairs.

‘Why on earth…? Why is it like that?’

In other words, it was so sloppy that it was hard to believe it was done by the ghost of Gyeongseong.

‘Could it be that the army did this?’

It was too sloppy to even say that.

In that case, it would have been better to just throw a bomb at the bridge.

‘If I break the rudder, all I’ll do is keep me here for a few more days… ‘

The ankle is caught.

Those words stuck in my mind.

“no way?!”

“dismissal?”

“Adjutant! Where are the army troops that were supposed to arrive in Busan now? They must have passed Gyeongseong and headed north as predicted.”

“Uh… … I don’t know about that. Last time, the telegraph went down, so communication with the outside world wasn’t smooth, right? So communication with them… … .”

Admiral Hara felt a strange chill down his spine.

“Install a temporary rudder immediately.”

“In this cold weather?”

“Do it now!”

“Oh, I understand.”

Admiral Hara’s anxiety symptoms have worsened.

‘It is true that Wonsan is easier to defend than Heungnam, but… … that is only assuming that one army division from the north will come down, and it does not even consider the possibility of reinforcements from the south joining in!’

But as they say, terrible jokes sometimes happen in real life.

“Your Majesty, a telegram has arrived from the Army… … . Uh… … .”

“Give it to me!”

Admiral Hara read the telegram like a falcon swooping down on its prey.

[Admiral Kanjiro Hara, disarm all armaments of the fleet and surrender by midnight today. Otherwise, we will have no choice but to resort to force. That’s all.]

The army had already arrived near Wonsan.