NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 197



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NIS Agent Tears the Japanese Empire Episode 197

Yamamoto Crisis (8)

Downtown Paris, France.

Here, too, in a slightly remote location, was located the French Intelligence Service, which managed all French information.

Intelligence agents were busy monitoring France’s strange neighbours, the Weimar Republic, and the French left, which was eager to overthrow the regime after the huge riots in Munich.

With budgets limited and the loss of veteran agents during the war afoot, the French Intelligence Service was busy training new agents while also keeping an eye on any threats to the Republic amidst the chaos and economic crisis that followed.

“Haha… … Director.”

“Jang, why are you laughing so unluckily again?”

“I have some interesting news from Moscow. I think you will be surprised when you hear it, Director.”

“Moscow? Any news from there?”

“Please take a look.”

“hmm…….”

The director of the French intelligence service accepted the report handed to him by the deputy chief of foreign intelligence and examined its contents in detail through his monocle.

“Um… … . It’s a report of a riot in a Japanese colony in the East.”

“Yes.”

“But why is this funny? Surely you’re not saying that it’s funny that the communists in the North are revealing their ambitions for the Japanese Empire?”

“Oh my… … No! Please take a closer look at the report.”

“Which part specifically do you want me to look at?”

“The incident part.”

The director focused on the report again.

And then I tilted my head when I saw the enormous list of cases that was almost thirty pages long.

“Could it be that an unidentified group has emerged within the Japanese Empire without our knowledge?”

“It is not a group.”

“No? Then what? Did the ground split open and demons from hell burst out?”

“The devil… … It would have been better if that were the case.”

“What does that mean?”

“I am alone.”

“Alone? You did all this work by yourself?”

The director put the report down with a snicker.

“Huh! That’s funny. That’s a really funny joke!”

“This is not a joke, sir.”

“Oh, stop talking nonsense, Jang. How could a single person… …. and an Asian do something like this?”

“That’s why I call this reckless Oriental friend the Roland of the East.”

“Roland? Sir Roland of Charlemagne?”

“yes.”

The director put down the report and asked.

“I think there’s a reason you’re showing me this.”

“After observing the mysterious magic used by Sir Roland of the East.”

“result?”

“If left alone, it seems possible that the Japanese Empire will collapse and independence will be achieved within a few years.”

“……by yourself?”

“Yes, alone.”

The director didn’t believe it.

“The Japanese Empire may not be a world-leading country like France or Britain, but it is still a country that has risen to the status of a major power.”

“Yes.”

“A country like that would have to give up its colonies because of just one person? Are you serious?”

“Yes, please refer to the status of the Japanese Empire on page 31 for that matter.”

“current situation?”

The current situation section contained detailed information about the current situation of the Japanese Empire.

The worldwide panic that followed the Great War, the unprecedented earthquake, the corruption of politicians and the deepening of political conflict, and conflict within the military.

“… … .”

“Isn’t it strikingly similar to France?”

“It does look similar… … No matter how much internal chaos France may be in, it’s not to this extent.”

“That’s right. Even the Japanese Empire wasn’t this serious until early last year.”

“then?”

It was all one guy’s doing.

Oh, of course the earthquake was purely a coincidence.

But the rest is all the work of one guy.

“Sir, do you remember that a few months ago the Shanghai Bank was robbed and much of its contents were burned or damaged?”

“Are you talking about the incident where several secret documents of the Indochina Federation were burned?”

“Yes, I am talking about the document that contains the story of us secretly selling opium produced in Indochina to the Chinese government.”

“Why all of a sudden?”

“… … I have a feeling that the document might be in the possession of Sir Roland of the East.”

The director was startled by the words and asked back.

“What?! Why is that in his hand!”

“That’s because the leader of the daring robbery group that robbed the Shanghai Bank was Sir Roland of the East.”

“What?! What the hell!”

The current French government joined hands with Belgium and occupied the Ruhr industrial complex when the Weimar government, a defeated country in the Great War, declared default and showed no sign of responding to the reparations issue.

Due to this, they are receiving a lot of criticism from Britain and the United States, who once fought on the same side against the German Empire. What if secret documents containing the corruption of the Republic are made public in this situation?

“Well… … It certainly seems like it would place a considerable burden on our republic diplomatically.”

The director’s expression became even more serious.

“Are you sure?”

“I’m about 90% sure.”

“What about the remaining 10%?”

“It must have disappeared when the Shanghai Bank vault burned down.”

“… … Don’t you usually do it the other way around?”

“I want to do that too… but… because of the circumstances… and seeing that Roland of the East is acting without any regard for the opinions of the surrounding countries, I have become suspicious.”

“doubt?”

“That’s where he came from.”

Jang quietly whispered into the director’s ear.

“I only looked into it briefly, but… … It seems that even in England and America, they don’t know what this thing is.”

“Are you saying there is no information at all?”

“He’s clean. He looks like he just fell from the sky.”

“… … .”

The information containing the Republic’s corruption is in the hands of a guy with a clean back.

“Phew… … .”

“Furthermore, the more he continues to set up shop, the more seditious activities will occur in our eastern colonies.”

“… … .”

Moreover, if he wins against the Japanese and even achieves independence.

It was clear as day that France’s eastern colonies would be shaken.

If even its colonies were shaken in an already difficult situation, France might have to move from its position as a leader and leader of the world to one of being dragged along.

“That won’t do.”

“Please let me go.”

“Jang, you?”

“I will go find him and see if he has the documents, and either kill him or divert him to get them back.”

“… … Is that possible?”

“I heard that his base is in the Shanghai Concession. So, if I get support from the consulate there, I can do it on my own.”

“good.”

The director readily gave his seal.

* * *

This situation was no different in the United States.

In particular, the U.S. Secretary of State, Charles Evans Hughes, who heads the State Department, has been having a hard time recently after hearing information about counterfeit dollars circulating in East Asia.

“You found counterfeit money again?”

“This time, it’s several times more elaborate than the last time.”

“This is driving me crazy. Let me show you.”

The aide took out the counterfeit bills that had been smuggled from China and the bills that were in his wallet and placed them in front of Secretary Hughes.

“If you look here, existing dollars have a special pattern on them to prevent counterfeiting… … .”

“… … It’s exactly the same.”

“Yes, and even in cases where the date of birth can only be confirmed with special ink, such as in the case of parts… … .”

The precision of counterfeit money produced in China was increasing noticeably by the day.

While previous counterfeit bills were so crude that they could be recognized with just a little concentration, the counterfeit bills detected in recent months have become so sophisticated that even experts are shaking their heads.

What was even more frightening was the fact that these sophisticated counterfeit bills were becoming increasingly identical to the originals.

“It seems that Chinese counterfeiters have figured out the inner workings of the dollar.”

“I think so too.”

“Our experts say that if this trend continues, by mid-year at the latest, it will no longer be possible to distinguish between counterfeit dollars and real ones circulating in the market.”

“… … What did the secret mission department say?”

Secret Mission Bureau.

As a law enforcement agency under the Department of the Treasury in the U.S. government, it was a government agency that protected the president and his family as well as responded to various financial crimes such as investigating counterfeit money.

“It seems that they are also quite confused after seeing counterfeit money from East Asia.”

“Is there any other information?”

“Considering that they are mainly found in Shanghai, southern China, Gyeongseong, and Vladivostok, it is presumed that the criminals’ base is in Shanghai.”

“Shanghai… … Of course it is, damn it!”

Finding criminal organizations in Shanghai was like finding a needle in a haystack.

To begin with, there was a joke going around that the number of criminal organizations gathered in the back alleys of Shanghai was greater than the mafia that caused trouble in the United States.

Among so many criminal organizations, how many are making and selling counterfeit money?

“There will be a shortage of manpower, time, and money.”

“So there was talk of the Secret Service working with the State Department to create a joint investigative team.”

“Joint Investigation Team? Are you really going to investigate all the criminal organizations spread throughout Shanghai?”

“That’s not it. The Secret Mission Bureau seems to think that the Japanese Empire is behind this incident.”

At the aide’s words, Minister Huz raised his eyes and asked.

“The Japanese Empire? So, is the Japanese Empire systematically producing counterfeit money and putting our economy at risk?”

“Isn’t that more likely?”

The U.S. Secret Service concluded that the precision and sophistication of the counterfeit money suggested that it was not the work of an individual or a group of people, but rather a carefully crafted replica of the currency at the national level.

That is understandable, because no matter how precise the counterfeit money made by individuals or groups is, there is a level of quality that can be achieved.

To get past that, the losses were so severe that individuals and groups had to incur enormous losses every time they printed a single counterfeit bill.

“But even if there were a country in East Asia with that much industrial and administrative power… … .”

“… … The Japanese Empire is over.”

So the most likely suspect is the Japanese Empire.

If the Japanese imperial bureaucrats who were actually involved had heard this, they would have asked if it was the kind of thing that got kicked in the side while sleeping, but sadly, there were no Japanese bureaucrats there.

“Go to the Secret Service and tell them that the State Department will be actively supporting the counterfeit money investigation team, and that they should do whatever it takes to apprehend the culprit.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“And could you please schedule a visit to Japan as soon as possible?”

“Is it Japanese?”

“okay.”

Minister Hu felt a great sense of responsibility for this situation and wanted to see the situation in Japan with his own eyes.

Because it was unmanly to be suspicious out of hand.

but.

“This, the entire country of Japan has refused to visit.”

“her.”

His suspicions soon turned into certainty when he returned a few days later with an earnest request from the Japanese government to refuse.

The Japanese government refused because it was in no position to invite a distinguished guest due to the chaotic situation in Tokyo… … However, Secretary Hoos and the U.S. government could not shake the feeling that the Japanese government was hiding something.

“What on earth are they hiding… … ?”

Americans would never know that what they were hiding was the government situation in which the army and navy were shooting at each other, fighting indiscriminately on the mainland and in the colonies, while the crown prince was on the verge of death after being shot by an internal socialist, and at the same time the national economy was on the decline, carrying on a petty war of nerves.

No, I shouldn’t have known.

It would be less embarrassing to be mistaken for a country that manufactures counterfeit money.