NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 241



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NIS Agent Tears the Japanese Empire Episode 241

Beginning of Spring (3)

Your Majesty the Great.

Who is he?

He is a man born for his time, a natural-born gambler who enjoys competing with the flow of the times.

Of course, this is just my opinion.

People from all over Joseon pointed their fingers at Daegal Daegam, calling him a traitor who had sold out his country or betrayed his master.

But our great lord did not care about the gaze of those around him.

why?

“Those who point fingers at me are the ones who put money in my pocket? If you want to curse at me, feel free to do so! All I care about is making money!”

To him, things like country and loyalty were meaningless in the face of the jingling money.

“Ehhhh… … .”

Lord Daegal smiled happily as he looked at the enormous pile of documents stacked in the safe.

“Your Majesty.”

“Hmm. Butler Kim!”

“The tea has arrived.”

“Kekekeke. Thank you always, Butler Kim!”

“Don’t mention it… … This is my job.”

“Hahaha, but still, I’m grateful.”

Deacon Kim, who had brought out the tea, took a quick look inside the safe and asked Lord Daegal.

“Your Majesty, the treasury seems to be emptier than before.”

“Huh? What do you mean? Isn’t the safe fuller than ever?”

“Yes? But that’s… … just a promissory note.”

“Kuhahaha, how foolish… …. It’s all money! Money!”

“But… … . That… … . As far as I know, the Chosun Ilbo is saying that the Japanese prisoners of war in the North will be repatriated to Japan soon?”

“Oh, you mean that article? Hehehe… … . Those are all articles that exaggerate the Japanese government’s achievements.”

“yes?”

Daegal Daegam dealt with the Japanese government through the confused Government-General of Korea.

“The key figures of the expeditionary force asked me to temporarily take over the soldiers’ labor force, saying that I would somehow get them out.”

“Yes? Did the Japanese government listen to that?”

“Then, I paid all the money, so what can they do? And did I say that I would kill those people? I just said that I would save those who would die at the hands of the independence army and use them as labor.”

“… … ?”

All sorts of questions blossomed in the mind of the butler who indirectly experienced the profound spiritual world of the great master.

But instead of satisfying his curiosity, he simply nodded.

“I see. Your Majesty is truly wise.”

“Really? As expected, it’s Butler Kim. Hahahaha!”

Since there wasn’t anyone who would give me a proper answer even if I asked anyway, I just nodded my head and said that was fine.

“Your Majesty, how do you plan to utilize that manpower in the future?”

“Ehhhhhhh… … . I have thought about it in advance.”

* * *

“I’ll give you five million dollars.”

“… … ?”

“Gold mining rights, sell them to me.”

“I’m sorry… … . I don’t know what you mean by suddenly coming here without an appointment.”

Lord Daegal headed straight to Unsan County.

His destination is one.

It was a gold mining right for the Unsan Gold Mine and its surrounding areas located in Unsan County.

“I heard that when you Americans set up a company here, you invested five million dollars.”

“That’s true, but… … why should I sell this gold mine to you?”

When the American businessman immediately responded to the great lord’s demand to hand over the mining rights to the well-run mine, he responded with an attitude of asking what nonsense he was talking about.

Then, Daegal Daegam fully displayed the same stubbornness he had shown when he was young, when he threatened Emperor Gojong and sold out the country, and ‘persuaded’ him.

“Look here. From what I’ve seen, you’re too easygoing to do business in this rough neighborhood. Aren’t you just a desk slacker who just plays with your pen?”

“Desk… … . What did you say? Please help me translate it!”

Our great lord spouted off what he wanted to say before the interpreter could even explain it properly.

“I’ve been thinking about it for a while, but these days, public security in Joseon is not getting better, it’s just getting worse. It’s so bad that even the Governor-General of Joseon was killed by terrorists.”

“… … So what do you want to say to me?”

“No, if you handle a bomb in a mine, wouldn’t an accident like an explosion happen by accident?”

The big boss blatantly pressured the American businessman to hand over the mine.

But American businessmen weren’t just taking it easy.

“Hey, go ahead and do whatever you want! Do you think I’d even blink an eye if you did that?”

“Haha, I was just worried about the safety of the mine, why are you so angry?”

“Unless my head is split in two, I will never hand over the mining rights to this mine to you. Get out of my business immediately! You shameless bastard.”

“Well, if you really want to take the punishment.”

The great lord Daegal stood up from his seat.

And then, on his way out, he left a word for the American businessman.

“Oh my… … By the way, have you ever heard that there are ghosts living in Gyeongseong?”

“Ghosts of Gyeongseong? Oh! I’ve heard of them. I heard they hate people like you.”

“Kukuku… … . That’s what they say. But did you know that there are people who hate it just as much?”

“Who is that?”

The great lord laughed silently.

The American businessman unconsciously took a step back and pointed at the smile of the great lord, which was somehow eerie.

“You damn yellow monkey… … . Where the hell do you think you are! Get out of my business right now before I call someone and beat you half to death!”

“Yes, yes, I will do that.”

The big boss got into the car waiting at the mine entrance, leaving the furious American businessman behind.

As he got into the car, the driver, who had been smoking a cigarette with the window open, put out his cigarette in the ashtray and asked the old man,

“I was suddenly told by someone in Manchuria to come down, so I came to see what was going on… … Our great lord has really lost his fear?”

“Hehe, what are you talking about? I just think that this Unsan gold mine and the other gold mines around it should be used for the benefit of our fellow Koreans rather than to fill the stomachs of Japanese and foreigners.”

“The guy who sold the country is really… … .”

“Yes, it’s true.”

The great sergeant was sweating profusely as he made his excuses to the driver.

“I won’t deny that I sold out my country, but… … isn’t that why I’m trying so hard to repent for my sins?”

“Regret… … . Are you the kind of person who would regret in the first place? You just follow me around because I give you some money. Isn’t that right?”

“… … .”

The great lord coughed and changed the subject.

“Ahem. That’s not important right now. I guess that American businessman has no intention of selling this place even if he dies.”

“If it were you, would you sell it? It’s a place where you can make a profit just by digging the ground.”

“Hehe, of course I won’t sell it. So, sir, please step forward and give that bastard a hard time.”

The driver turned around and gave Daegal a cold look.

“Your Majesty, the Great One.”

“Yes, yes… … .”

“This time, our intentions are aligned, so I will listen to you… … But if this keeps happening, I will be in trouble too.”

“Oh, I know.”

“Remember, the position of our Great Leader can be filled by anyone.”

“yes…….”

The great sergeant avoided his murderous gaze.

“Phew.”

-Vroom. Vroom. Vroom.

The driver checked his clothes in the rearview mirror and then drove off somewhere.

* * *

A dark night.

When all the lights in the mine went out and the miners who had been digging underground all day long had all gone home.

The light bulbs that illuminated the world had all gone out and people had gone home, but the Unsan gold mine was brightly lit.

-Bam! Bam! Kwaaaaang!

That was because the gold mine was on fire.

Bombs were exploding everywhere, from the mine’s business premises to the warehouse where explosives were stored and even the tracks that moved the mine carts.

“Hey, what is this!”

An American businessman woke up to the sound of a bomb exploding in the middle of the night, came to the scene in his pajamas, and started running wild, pointing at the burning warehouse.

“Pfft, put out the fire first! No, stop the bomb from exploding first! Quickly! Do something!”

He shouted at the top of his lungs and threatened the miners.

At the boss’s order, the miners also began to put out the fire while keeping a close eye on it, but… … the flames had already engulfed everything in the mine.

Flames were raging everywhere, making it nearly impossible for people to pass.

“What, what is this… … .”

-Bang! BANG! BANG!

Meanwhile, the sound of bombs exploding could be heard constantly here and there in the mine.

At first, I thought the rising flames were catching on to the explosives used in the mine and exploding them one by one… … . But the warehouse had already been burning for a long time, and the dynamite they had stored in the warehouse did not have a fuse, so it did not explode properly even when thrown into the fire.

and.

-Bang! BANG! BANG!

“Boss! Over there… … .”

“what!”

“There’s a person over there… … .”

“person?”

In the dark night, amidst the dancing flames, the miners of the Unsan gold mine and the American businessman saw a man throwing bombs here and there.

“Who is that… … ?”

“I don’t know either.”

The distance was long and the flames obscured his view, so the American businessman and his secretary did not recognize him.

But the miners who saw their opponents all muttered to themselves.

“Ghost of Gyeongseong?”

“The ghost of Gyeongseong is here?”

“no way?”

The American businessman didn’t know Korean, so he couldn’t understand what they were saying.

But I focused on the word ‘Ghost of Gyeongseong’ that I heard in common in their speech and asked his interpreter/secretary.

“James! What is this Ghost of Gyeongseong?”

“The Ghost of Gyeongseong? Isn’t that the Ghost of Gyeongseong that the boss mentioned this morning?”

“what……?!”

The American businessman turned his head and looked at the being that was destroying his business.

“The Ghost of Gyeongseong… …?”

* * *

The next day.

The Great King appeared again in the ruins where everything was burned down, leaving only the mine, the machinery to sort the mined minerals, and the mineral warehouse.

He asked the American businessman, who was sitting on a wide rock with a beggarly look on his face, with a grin on his face.

“No, what is all this?”

“… … .”

The American businessman looked at the old man who had come to see him and asked him.

“You… … You, you fucking son of a bitch… …! What the hell is your relationship with that guy called the Ghost of Gyeongseong!”

“The Ghost of Gyeongseong? Hehe, that guy is a hunter who is trying to hunt me, and I am just a prey that is running away helplessly. I don’t know why you are asking that.”

“This, this son of a bitch… … !”

The American businessman stood up in indignation, grabbed the big shot by the collar and shook him.

“Because of you, my business… … . My business… … !”

“Haha, why are you doing this? If you had just sold it to me yesterday, this wouldn’t have happened.”

“You son of a bitch… … !”

The American businessman tried to swing his fist at the big shot, but Yoon Deok-young’s chauffeur, who was nearby, grabbed his hand.

“Ugh!”

The driver grabbed the businessman’s hand and easily subdued him by twisting his arm, then pinned him to the ground.

“Eeeeek… … !”

“Listen. I still intend to buy this place, so I’m trying to negotiate a good price here.”

The big boss smiled broadly and asked the American businessman who was struggling on the floor.

“But… … . Looking around, it seems like it will be difficult to give a good price like yesterday.”

“… … .”

“I’ll give you a million dollars. How about it?”

“A yellow monkey like this… … Ugh!!”

The more the American businessman struggled, the more the driver’s hand on his arm squeezed his shoulder.

“Haha, I don’t like that kind of racist language.”

“… … .”

“How… … . are you going to break it? Or what… … . If it’s all broken, it would be okay to tell the Governor-General to get it back.”

He had no choice.

And the great lord had no choice either.

Because the driver who had subdued the American businessman was glaring at him.

“Don’t worry, I will use this mine for good for the Korean people!”

“… … You fucking son of a bitch. I hope you live like that for the rest of your life and die eating rotten food in some deserted alley.”

“Haha, stop talking nonsense.”

“… … $1 million is too little. It cost me $5 million to build this facility.”

Eventually, the American businessman handed over the mining rights to the Unsan gold mine and his own business to Daegal Daegam.

The situation was no different for other gold mines in the area. They all left after the mines had completely collapsed, handing over the mining rights to Daegal Daegam.

So, Daegal Daegam, who took over the Unsan Gold Mine and all the mines in the surrounding area, established a company to manage all of these mines.

“What should we name our company?”

The big boss asked the driver, shining his shoes.

“Chosun Smelting Company.”

“Wow… … . As expected, this is a name worthy of this teacher.”

“From now on, we will solve the problem of securing funds for the independence army here.”

“Of course.”

“And recruit miners. You’ll also have to work as a recruiting station for the Independence Army, who can take them at any time.”

“Of course.”

“Oh, that’s right. And when we set up the refinery, we’d like to import some machine tools from overseas.”

“Are you talking about machine tools?”

“Yes, it would be too obvious to build a factory here, so we’re going to build a few factories further north.”

“What factory… … ?”

The driver looked at the old man with a puzzled expression as if asking him something like that, then kicked him.

“Oh my!”

“Of course it’s a military factory.”

“Oh… … . Eh! Yes.”

The great sergeant who had been kicked in the chest bowed again and had his shoes cleaned.