NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 264



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NIS Agent Tears the Japanese Empire Episode 264

The sun rises above the clouds? (4)

The Ghost of Gyeongseong.

He was burning the United States of America, setting fire to various places across the Pacific.

On the other hand, what about the people of Gyeongseong who have been suffering from the ghost of Gyeongseong for so long?

Now that the ghost of Gyeongseong that had made their nights frightening has left, can they now stretch out their legs and live freely?

-bang!

“It’s the ghost of Gyeongseong! The ghost of Gyeongseong has appeared!”

“Long live the Republic of Korea! Long live Korean independence!”

-Tutadadada.

well.

I guess that wasn’t it.

“Over there! There’s a ghost over there!”

“Catch him!”

“Long live Korean independence, you punk!”

-bang!

Every day, bombs exploded and bullets flew on the streets of Gyeongseong.

Needless to say, most of them had no connection to the ghosts of Gyeongseong.

They were mostly low-level members of the Shin Ganhoe organization, and even if they were caught by the police or military or killed at the scene, their instigators would never be found.

Thanks to that, only the Government-General of Korea was in danger of dying.

As bombs and bullets rained down on public institutions such as police stations, military bases, courts, and prisons on a daily basis, administrative work in Gyeongseong was virtually paralyzed, and banks were no longer open.

As the military was stationed throughout the streets of Gyeongseong and oppressed the Korean people with oppressive attitudes, the public sentiment in Gyeongseong worsened day by day and terrorist attacks became more frequent.

The situation was no different in the provinces there. The three northern provinces (Pyeongan-do, Hamgyeong-do, and Hwanghae-do) had already fallen under the sphere of influence of the independence army, and not only the Japanese military but even the Japanese officials had long since been driven out.

Taking it a step further, the independence army collected taxes there and used them to improve roads in Buksamdo and build schools and hospitals, thereby winning over the hearts and minds of the people.

As things turned out this way, public sentiment in other regions also began to waver.

It seems that the Japanese colonial government had been trying to suppress the Korean people with strong power and fear for a long time, and the Japanese had been committing atrocities in Korea for a long time, so the public sentiment of the Korean people toward the Japanese was not very good.

How many Koreans did Japan kill while it was ruling Korea, and how many Koreans did it turn into cripples?

There were countless people who had their homes or lands taken away, were forced to live on the streets, or were left in miserable conditions.

In such a situation, the power of the Japanese Empire that had been oppressing the Korean people was greatly reduced.

The police officers and soldiers that the Korean people were so afraid of actually walked around watching the Korean people.

In the past, the police officers who would have beaten the Koreans by swinging their strong six-foot batons were instead paying attention to the Koreans’ reactions, and from their mouths, which used to end their sentences with arrogant curses, gentle words came out.

But even now, the hardened feelings in the hearts of the Korean people did not melt away overnight.

Rather, their actions only had the opposite effect.

“Did you see it?”

“what.”

“That cop over there is bowing his head to us.”

“Huh, it looks like things aren’t going well for you now.”

“That’s true.”

The Japanese tried to get along well with the Koreans by extending favor to them, even if it was late, but a deep and irreparable rift had already formed between the Koreans and the Japanese a long time ago.

“Ah! Kim Sang!”

“Hey, Mr. Tanaka.”

“What’s going on?”

“Well, well… … You know the police station across the river? There’s a cop there who told me… … .”

“Huh, it looks like everyone is in trouble.”

Oh, of course, most Koreans were angry at the Japanese Empire’s officials and the Koreans who worked for them, not at all Japanese.

That would be the case.

“Mr. Tanaka, you also had a cow stolen from you by a Japanese official last time?”

“Yes, I took it because I was using it in the military.”

“These rotten guys… … .”

“That’s right. They are rotten bastards.”

This was because, from the beginning, Japanese officials treated both Koreans and Japanese fairly but terribly.

Originally, there should have been little interaction between Japanese and Koreans, but due to the chaotic administrative circumstances of the Government-General of Korea, the two were indiscriminately mixed together.

Thanks to… … .

“Joseon must become independent quickly.”

“Is it okay for Mr. Tanaka to say something like that?”

“My son, who is about to be born, was born on Korean soil, so isn’t he a Korean? I can’t let my son live under those police officers.”

“Is that… … . Is that how it is?”

“Do you have any complaints?”

“No, I have no complaints… … .”

“Then let’s go plow the field. I helped you last week, so you should plow our field this week.”

“Oh, that’s right.”

Thanks to the existence of a public enemy called the Government-General of Korea, the relationship between Koreans and Japanese was very close.

This wasn’t just a problem in rural areas.

* * *

Busan Port.

This was a trade hub handling logistics between Japan and Joseon even before the appearance of the ghost of Gyeongseong.

That is why there were quite a few ships coming and going from Busan Port even on normal days, but after the appearance of the Ghost of Gyeongseong and the dispatch of many soldiers and police officers to solve the increasing public security issues in Joseon, the number of ships increased even more.

To exaggerate a bit, it felt like hundreds of large ships were crashing into the sea at the same time.

But even though the workload increased, the wages of port workers remained stagnant.

No, rather… … .

“You’re saying you won’t pay my wages today either?”

“You guys dropped and broke a few things and you want to charge me for them? People should have some shame… … .”

“It’s because we didn’t get a single bowl of soup last week because you worked people without paying them!”

“But that won’t work! I can’t give you a single penny, so you know that!”

“Then what are we going to eat to live?”

“I don’t know!”

Wage arrears were also frequent.

The businessmen who employed the port workers, as they always had, enriched themselves by skimping on wages or not paying them at all.

In the past, workers would have just let out their anger and moved on to other work.

No matter how angry they were, the Japanese police and military were protecting the businessmen, so even if the workers rose up, only the workers would be killed by the bayonets of the police and military.

That’s why everyone stayed still, fearing for their lives.

No, I tried to stay still.

However, not everyone in the world thinks the same, and among them, there are bound to be people who are particularly unable to control their emotions or cannot tolerate injustice.

“This damn bastard!”

“Mr. Park!”

-puck!

“Oh my!”

A large man strode out of the crowd of dock workers and immediately swung his fist the size of a pot lid.

His fist landed nicely in the manager’s face, and the manager fell to the floor after being hit.

“What the heck are you doing! Do you think you’ll get away with this?”

“Tch! Rather than starve to death like this, I’ll take you with me to the afterlife!”

“What what what!”

The worker grabbed the manager by the collar and shook him.

“Give me my money! Or I’ll die here!”

“Oh my… … . Oh my, I’m dying! Someone call the police!”

The manager desperately called the police.

But there was no reason for the surrounding workers to take his side.

Even the most kind-hearted and innocent people would just look at this situation with pity and stamp their feet, but would not go out of their way to call the police.

“Hey guys… … ?”

“Hurry up and give me my money!”

As things went strangely, the manager, who was in a desperate situation, begged the workers.

“I, I want to give you money too! But the company doesn’t have any money right now, so what can I do!!!”

“What? Why doesn’t the company have any money?”

“There are so many ships over there, why don’t you have any money?”

“Aren’t these kids going to do numbers again?”

The manager’s lame excuses greatly angered the workers, and this soon became the trigger for an irreversible incident.

“You’ll know when you see it for yourself!”

“Uh uh uh… … ?”

The workers snatched the manager’s keys and stormed into the office.

Then he started smashing everything in sight and beating up the office workers before chasing them out.

Then he went to the safe in the basement of the office, and opened the safes that filled one wall, one by one, and they were filled with all kinds of valuables and documents, including crisp cash.

“These, these damn bastards… … .”

“You’ve piled up money like this… … . You don’t have any money to give… … ?”

“Do you think we’re like cows and pigs in a barn?”

“Damn it! Everyone, let’s all stop being greedy and just take what we deserve!”

“Let’s do that!”

When the police arrived in droves after hearing the news, the workers had already taken their wages from the company safe and dispersed.

All that was left before them was a little money, some jewelry, and all sorts of securities and insurance policies scattered on the floor.

Naturally, the company president was furious and asked the Busan police chief and a nearby military unit to arrest the workers, and soon large-scale arrests began in the Busan and Masan areas.

“Why, why are you doing this!”

“What a criminal son!”

“Why am I a criminal?!”

“You are a thief because you stole someone else’s stuff!”

“What?! What the hell are you talking about!”

Among them, there were not many parties involved in the incident.

Because the police and the military would check every worker passing by on the street and arrest them immediately if they saw anything even slightly strange.

Thanks to that, only innocent people were arrested.

Up until this point, it was no different from the last few labor disputes.

Until now, that is.

-widely!

A tavern on the side of a road in Busan.

In a street bar filled with the sweat and sorrow of day laborers, unlike the luxurious atmosphere of bars frequented by high-ranking officials, someone was drinking away the pain in his heart again today.

“Tch! How long are we going to have to endure this?”

“Mr. Park, what’s wrong? Right now, you should just lie down on your stomach and watch what happens!”

“I know! I know! But what can I do when I get so angry that I can’t stand it!”

“What can I do if I’m angry? But I already got the money, so I’ll just have a drink and endure it.”

A middle-aged man who looked quite aged poured a drink for the young man who looked like he had experienced all the hardships of life despite being still young.

The glass was filled with cloudy, takju, just like the life he had lived.

“Ugh… … .”

The young man emptied his glass after cursing loudly.

Then, while roughly chewing on the dried pollack that was served as a side dish, he spoke to the middle-aged man.

“How long do I have to go on like this?”

“… … Well, we should just keep quiet until those Japanese guys or the boss cools down a bit.”

“It’s not like we did anything wrong, is it?”

“Haha, it’s true that beating up people and breaking things is wrong… … .”

“Then what if the capitalists don’t pay the workers what they deserve? Isn’t that their fault?”

“Capital… … . Labor… … ? What?”

The middle-aged man tilted his head.

The young man sighed at the sight of his words being completely incomprehensible and picked up the bottle of alcohol again.

Then the middle-aged man got startled and grabbed his hand.

“Hey Mr. Park, you just drank more than three glasses! Three glasses is thirty cents.”

“I earned thirty won today. Is thirty cents a lot? Don’t worry about the alcohol bill. I’ll pay for it all, so drink as much as you want.”

The young man said this and poured himself another glass.

The middle-aged man looked at the young man as if he was worried and called out to him.

“Hey Mr. Park… … .”

“It’s Heonyeong.”

“huh?”

“My name, sir.”

The young man, Park Heon-yeong, put down his glass.

“Tch! I thought everything was going well when I escaped from Seodaemun Prison… … .”

“Huh? Prison? Were you in prison?”

“Yes, I hate those Japanese, so I got caught doing things they hate several times.”

“Sigh… … . That… … . But how did you get out of there? I heard that even healthy people come out of there as crippled people.”

“I barely managed to get out because some guy who was the ghost of Gyeongseong trashed the prison and released everyone.”

The young man, Park Heon-yeong, raised his glass again.

Every time he lifted his glass, his face turned as red as his beliefs.

“Ah! The Ghost of Gyeongseong! I’ve heard of that too. He’s a very famous person in Gyeongseong, right?”

“Yes, he was a great revolutionary. I only saw him in passing from afar… … In an instant, he knocked down several Japanese police officers and opened all the prison doors.”

“Wow… … . As expected, he’s an amazing person! Sigh… … . I don’t know why there’s no such person in Busan.”

The young man Park Heon-yeong, perhaps inspired by the alcohol, asked the middle-aged man while emptying the entire bottle of alcohol.

“Why are there no people in Busan? Park Heon-yeong is standing strong here.”

“Huh? Why you?”

“Ha! Until a few years ago, I had been to Tokyo, Japan, Shanghai, China, and even Moscow, Soviet Union.”

“Really? Then I used to be a famous tycoon in the neighborhood, and in the neighborhood I lived in, there was no one who could beat me with their fists!”

“Hahahaha! So this guy doesn’t believe me right now?”

“Then will you believe me?”

“Puhahahahaha! That’s right… … . I can’t believe it.”

The young man, Park Heon-yeong, poured all the alcohol into his mouth, turning his whole body red like his beliefs.

Then he stood up and spoke to the middle-aged man.

“Hey, old man! Follow me!”

“Huh? You’re going to the back room?”

“It’s just like a back room!”

And that day.

A fire broke out at a small police station in Busan.