NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 206



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NIS Agent Tears the Japanese Empire Episode 206

Clouds under the hill (6)

The first day of the hostage crisis.

The Japanese army could do nothing but watch with their eyes open.

And the next day.

“Oh, smoke from cooking rice is rising.”

“I guess they’re eating breakfast.”

“When do we eat breakfast?”

“… … I don’t know, Inma.”

Although they were supposedly a suppression force dispatched to quell the hostage crisis, all they actually got for food was rice balls with a little salt.

“I’m hungry… … .”

“Hey, you bastard! Did you come here to eat military food? What are you going to do if you’re hungry?”

“But I’m hungry, I’m hungry, you know. Mom said I wouldn’t go hungry when I joined the military… …. But somehow, it seems like I eat poorly here more often than at home.”

As the newly enlisted private grumbled and slumped, the private who was working with him took a bag of crackers out of his pocket and gave it to him.

“Tsk… … . Eat this.”

“Huh?! What kind of bread is this?”

“I packed a few bags before going out.”

“Wow! Private Sanada! Thank you!”

“If you’re grateful, then just stand up straight and do your work… … If you just lie around like a sick chicken and get caught, you’ll only get tired.”

“Yes! Hehehe.”

Private Sanada watched the new soldier opening the bag of crackers, snickered, and put a cigarette in his mouth.

And as I was taking out a military match and trying to light it… … I noticed smoke rising from far away.

A little while ago, I thought it was just the smoke of cooking rice, but somehow the more I watched, the more smoke there was, and also… … .

“What is that smell?”

“Isn’t that the smell of rice cooking?”

“You idiot, what is that cooking smell? It’s… … the smell of something burning.”

Private Sanada placed the cigarette in his mouth to his ear and looked at the base through the telescope hanging around his neck.

Then he saw flames rising from a military base in the distance and people wearing the same uniform as himself running around in all directions.

“Uh, crazy… … .”

“What’s wrong, Private Sanada?”

-Ding ding ding.

Sanada quickly sounded the alarm.

Then, the new soldier who had been sitting down and eating crackers also got up from his seat in embarrassment.

“Why, why are you doing that?”

“That’s not the smoke from cooking rice!”

“Yes? Then, what is it?”

“You damn bastard!”

When Private First Class Sanada rang the bell like crazy, the other soldiers who were soundly sleeping were startled and ran out of the tent.

And then, from the base, people wearing the same military uniforms started to flock out.

“Keeeeeek!!!”

“Fire! Fire! Fire!”

“Save the people!”

“Run away!”

Soon a large number of people rushed out of the base and ran straight towards us.

“Private Sanada! People are coming!”

“I know!”

Private Sanada immediately raised his rifle.

But he’s just aiming.

I couldn’t bring myself to shoot.

“What the hell!”

“Private Sanada… …? Should I shoot?”

“I don’t know either! I don’t know!”

In the midst of all this, troops rushing out of the barracks joined in, turning the area into a hotbed of chaos.

The soldiers were confused as to what to do as they watched other soldiers running out, and those who escaped the base rolled around on the floor and cried out in pain.

“Ugh!”

“Clang clang!”

“I’m dying! Please save me!”

In this chaotic situation, the first officer to arrive at the scene immediately gave orders.

“Arrest them all quickly!”

“Did I mishear you?”

“Arrest this kid!”

“Are you talking about arrest?”

“Yeah, arrest him! arrest him! arrest him!”

* * *

“Your Majesty, all 786 suspects who attempted to escape have been arrested!”

“… … .”

In the commander’s tent, Commander Shinnosuke was listening to his subordinates’ reports.

He looked at his staff with slightly open eyes, as if he was still half-asleep, and asked.

“You… caught the suspect?”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

The staff member who was reporting looked proud as if he had accomplished something, but Commander Shinnosuke shook his head slightly as if he didn’t quite understand, then got up from his seat and went to the washbasin.

Then I washed my face lightly and woke up.

Commander Shinnosuke, who had regained consciousness after washing his face, asked again while wiping the moisture from his face with a towel.

“You caught the suspect?”

“Yes! A total of 786 suspects have been arrested!”

“… … .”

“… … .”

Silence fell inside the tent.

The staff began to feel nervous as they saw the commander not saying anything.

“So… … . You’re saying that 786 suspects have been caught so far. Is that right?”

“Yes, that’s right… … !”

“Then, let me ask you one thing.”

Commander Shinnosuke asked his staff while hanging a towel around his neck.

“How many troops were on standby in the base before the incident? Including both officers and non-commissioned officers?”

“… … .”

The staff, of course, had no answer.

Well, that’s because I didn’t find out.

“Whew… … . 786 suspects… … . That’s quite a lot… … . It’s fucking ridiculous! Isn’t it?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Then let me ask you again, are there any ghosts of Gyeongseong among them? Or are there even assistants who help them?”

“… … .”

This too was left unanswered.

Commander Shinnosuke waved his hand as if it wasn’t worth listening to any more and gave the order to expel the guests.

“Next time, when you submit a report, please do so after looking into it in detail.”

“… … .”

“get out.”

Commander Shinnosuke just sent him away because he didn’t have the strength to be angry anymore. If it had been normal, he would have made a big fuss and turned it all upside down.

To that extent, the current state of affairs of the Joseon military (Japanese military) is a mess… no, it has gone beyond a mess.

Clearly, the elites of the homeland divisions and the Army Department stationed on the mainland were excellent, but why were the conditions of those deployed to the colonies all the same… … .

‘Is it because the guys who graduated from the Military Academy and the Army University don’t want to go to other places?’

That makes sense then.

Why would elites who have learned enough come out to such a dangerous place?

So that’s why only those kind of fools are thriving.

“after.”

Commander Shinnosuke clutched his head.

In the north, the army and navy were fiercely fighting, and Gyeongseong was in chaos, with incidents and accidents both big and small occurring every day.

And in other regions, the backlash from Koreans grew increasingly severe, and subversive movements were detected in various places.

As major incidents and accidents occurred one after another, the surveillance of people under surveillance by the Governor-General was slightly relaxed, and incidents began to occur one by one.

‘Damn it… … . This can’t be happening… … . This can’t be happening… … !’

If things continued this way, the Japanese Empire would have to give up Joseon, which it had so desperately tried to make into a colony.

It means that everything that Ito and other patriots had worked so hard to build up was blown away.

‘What should I do with this?’

There was no answer to this.

Clearly there was a problem, and some people recognized it… … but there was no way to solve it.

No, there was a way.

Even now, if those in power change their minds and reduce their personal greed for the sake of the Empire of Japan just a little bit… just a little bit… that’s all that is needed.

‘There’s no way that’ll happen.’

But this is really a story you would only hear in a dream.

Even Commander Shinnosuke, who thinks like this, would shake his head if someone had to sacrifice themselves for a greater cause.

“I’m going crazy.”

Commander Shinnosuke laughed.

Then the man in the mirror also laughed.

* * *

Private Sanada clicked his tongue as he looked around the large auditorium and supply warehouses, which were still burning.

“Tsk tsk… … This is all burned.”

“What do we do now? Everything we need is in there.”

“I don’t know either, Inma.”

While other soldiers put out the fires and questioned the suspects they had captured, Private Sanada walked around the base, searching for additional suspects who might be hiding within the base.

But of course, there was no one hiding inside the base or anything.

All he and the other soldiers found were a few dogs that had been kept on the base.

“Woof, woof!”

“Satchi, you look healthy.”

“Woof, woof, woof!”

“Who didn’t bully you?”

When Sanada saw that the dog he had been caring for with his men was safe, he let out a sigh of relief and began to pat Satchi.

Then, Satchi wagged his tail as if he was in a good mood and greeted Sanada.

“Wow… … I heard that Koreans eat dogs, but how come the dog meat is still fine?”

“… … You’re right, even though you say that.”

“Huh? Did I mishear you?”

“Get out of here before I dig your eardrums with a shovel.”

“Yes, yes.”

Private Sanada gave a harsh rebuke to the new recruit who was nagging him for no reason, and then picked up Satchi’s rice bowl.

“Satchi, let’s eat.”

“Woof, woof!”

Private Sanada picked up the food bowl to feed his dog, but the dog bit the bottom of his pants and pulled him towards him.

“Satchi, don’t do that. It’s too much.”

“Woof, woof!”

“Oh, I told you not to?”

At first, Private Sanada thought the dog was just playing and tried to push it away, but for some reason, his dog kept biting his pants and pulling them towards him.

“what’s the matter?”

“Woof, woof!”

Satch ran far away as if telling him to follow, then suddenly stopped and looked back at Private Sanada.

“Uh… … . It looks like it’s telling me to follow you.”

“I know.”

Private Sanada lightly hit the new soldier’s head with the dog food bowl and followed the dog.

How long did it take to walk like that?

His dog brought him to the ammunition depot.

“Ammunition depot?”

“Woof, woof!”

“Satchi, why the ammunition depot? Did a rat get in there?”

“Woof, woof, woof!”

Private Sanada patted the head of the dog that was barking at him a few times, then got up from his seat and glanced around.

‘It looks like the fire hasn’t reached here.’

While the rest of the base was in chaos with flames raging, the ammunition depot was unharmed.

No, it wasn’t just okay.

“water?”

“Huh? Did I mishear you?”

“Who poured water here?”

“Water?”

“Did you do it?”

“I just got here too.”

“yes.”

The entire ammunition depot building and its surrounding areas were flooded with water.

It was as if someone had sprinkled water on purpose.

“what?”

I felt a little suspicious, but I figured the other guys had done it in advance to prevent the ammunition depot from being set on fire.

“Satchi, let’s go.”

Thinking about that, I decided to go back.

-Square, square, square.

His dog was scratching at the ammunition depot door.

As if there was something inside.

Private Sanada approached the ammunition depot door.

Then he picked up the dog that was scratching hard at the door.

“Satchi, the jokes end here… … .”

The moment when Sanada looked lovingly at his dog and tried to lightly admonish him.

The interior was visible through a small window in the ammunition depot door.

Originally, the ammunition depot was supposed to store weapons, ammunition, gunpowder, and other items.

But it was empty inside.

No, to be exact, there was something else in it.

person.

And it wasn’t just one or two people.

There seemed to be at least a few dozen of them.

Dozens of pairs of eyes met each other.

Sanada’s body was frozen in place.

“Private Sanada? What are you doing? Please go back quickly!”

“… … .”

At that time, when Sanada didn’t know what to do,

Then, a neat young man walked forward from inside the ammunition depot and met Sanada’s gaze.

Then he brought his right hand to his mouth with a smiling face.

“fizzle.”

“… … .”

“Private Sanada, come quickly… … . Hurry up!”

The new recruit who had been calling out to him from afar was hit on the back of the head by soldiers in yellow uniforms who appeared from somewhere and fell to the ground.

Sanada trembled and looked at the ammunition depot again.

Then the door to the ammunition depot opened and the young man from earlier walked out.

“Ugh… … . I’m dying.”

“I thought I was going to die because of the moldy smell inside.”

“Next time, don’t hide, just go through.”

Then other people came out one after another.

They were all wearing the same yellow military uniform as Private Sanada, but they spoke fluent Korean.

They passed by Private Sanada, treating him like an invisible man.

“… … .”

Everyone naturally blended in with the soldiers and left the base, but Private Sanada stood there and did nothing.

Because the young man whose eyes had met just a moment ago was standing in front of her, looking at her.

“Private Sanada.”

“……yes.”

“Who am I?”

“… … I don’t know.”

“Okay, you can keep not knowing. Okay?”

Private Sanada nodded.

Then the young man wearing the officer’s uniform disappeared into the crowd of soldiers.

“… … .”

“Woof, woof!”