NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 294



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Episode 294

New wind (3)

For Daegal Daegam, money is his life.

Behind the great man standing on the road of life, countless bundles of money were scattered, and in front of him, they were spread out like a carpet on the floor.

Money is the reason and purpose of his life.

He was born into this world with a strong desire different from others, right from his mother’s womb.

In his life, greed was like an old friend that he could not part with no matter how hard he tried.

He was a crazy author who sold the country out of greed and is trying to sell the country again out of greed.

When he first sold out his country, it was simply because he wanted to rise to a higher position than his current abilities.

그렇게 그는 팔아서는 안 될 것을 팔아먹고 천인공노할 개새끼가 됐음에도 이에 만족하지 못했다.

No, I couldn’t be satisfied.

Greed is something that cannot be filled no matter how much you try to fill it, like a thirsty person trying to drink sea water or a bottomless pit trying to fill it with water.

The same was true for Daegal Daegam.

He sold his country to satisfy his greed, but doing so did not completely satisfy his greed.

Rather, greed breeds greater greed.

If only he had a little more money, or a little more power… … such thoughts lingered in his mind.

No matter how much money he extorted and how much power he acquired, this thirst was never quenched.

Even right now, it is like that.

Your Majesty the Great.

He served as an advisor to Hirohito, the current Crown Prince and Regent of the Japanese Empire, and boasted of absolute power, to the point where even the most prominent politicians trembled whenever they caught his gaze.

To that extent, the influence of the Great Commander-in-Chief within the Japanese Empire was considerable.

But he was not satisfied.

He wanted to escape the cramped confines of Joseon or Japan and move to a wider place.

In the past, when he was still locked up in Byeoksusanjang, Daegal Daegam would have been content with an ordinary life… no, he would have deceived himself into thinking he was content.

I would have quietly died by forcibly killing my greed and locking myself in the splendid prison, Byeoksusanjang, that I had built with my own hands… … .

It’s different now!

He has the power, the money, and the cause.

The whole world is turning its back on him.

Daegal Daegam escaped from the prison called Byeoksusanjang and took a step into a bigger world.

“Haha, nice to meet you. I think you all know who I am, so I won’t bother explaining it in detail.”

“… … .”

In front of him was Kazushige Ugaki, who had avoided all the responsibility for all the incidents and accidents that had occurred and had risen to the position of Minister of the Army.

“Minister Ugaki, I heard that the Army is developing a new fighter jet.”

“That’s true, but… … it’s all happening within the limits of the Army budget.”

Ugaki, who had been very suspicious, was terrified when Yun Deok-yeong, the economic advisor to Crown Prince Hirohito and a powerful figure in the government, came to see him and denied everything.

However, I didn’t really care because I already knew about the corruption and bribery he was committing through the Tokyo branch of the Chosun Ilbo and the local Shanghai branch of the South Korean government’s intelligence service (Uiyeoldan).

If he had wanted to pickle Ugaki anyway, they would have sent the police or someone else to arrest him instead of coming to see him in person.

That wasn’t the reason why Daegal came to see him today.

“Yes, I heard that. But that… … I heard that the defense budget going to the Army is low, so the development of fighter jets is being delayed… … That’s what I heard.”

“… … .”

“Is what I heard correct, Minister Ugaki?”

“… … .”

Ugaki didn’t like the way Yun Deok-yeong was secretly putting him down, but he held back and opened his mouth.

“Yes, but… … why are you asking?”

“Haha, of course I became interested in this business too.”

“Interested… …?”

Ugaki did not understand what the great lord was saying.

It’s not that there’s anything wrong with him, but he wouldn’t have understood no matter who he was brought to.

The situation was like that from the beginning.

“… … I know it may be presumptuous of you to ask, but did you just say that His Majesty the Count Yoon is interested in the fighter jet development project?”

“yes.”

“So… …were you originally interested in weapons?”

“Hmm? That’s not it. Why would I be interested in a weapon that kills people?”

“… … Then why?”

The corners of the great lord’s mouth curled up.

“Of course, to invest in this business.”

“Investment… you mean?”

At the word investment, Minister Ugaki nodded as if he finally understood a little.

“Investment… … I am happy that you have invested, Lord Yun, but unfortunately, under the laws of the current Japanese Empire, we cannot accept private investment in the development of such weapons.”

“Is it illegal?”

“If we really look into it, there is a potential problem. In the first place, there are companies currently participating in the fighter jet development project… … .”

Ugaki expressed his refusal with kind words.

It was tempting to hear that he would lend me money, but I couldn’t afford to risk getting in trouble if I received his help in the wrong way.

But is our great lord an ordinary person?

He was a greedy person who could make even the famous miser Scrooge and the robber barons who once shook the nation give in. He was also so stubborn that there was a saying that you can calm a nagging bull but you can’t break the stubbornness of a big ox.

That person is now beginning to be greedy and stubborn about developing a fighter jet for the Imperial Japanese Army.

It has become impossible to stop the Great King Daegal by any means possible.

“Haha, I guess you didn’t quite understand what I said.”

“?”

“I’m saying I want to get involved in this business too.”

“… … ?”

Ugaki didn’t understand what he was saying.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“that…….”

Ugaki was already upset because things weren’t going well, but he was really annoyed when Daegal came and started making a fuss.

However, Ugaki, who was a politician to the core, did not show his anger on the outside in this situation, but quietly suppressed his anger and searched through his chaotic mind to think of polite words.

“… … From what I remember, I believe that Lord Yoon owns a mining company, a financial company, and the Chosun Ilbo. Am I right?”

“That’s right! I bought the Chosun Ilbo a while ago, so I remembered this.”

“Yes, yes… … Congratulations. However, the companies currently owned by Lord Yoon are unlikely to be of much help in the development of the Army’s fighter jets.”

“Haha, Minister Ugaki, you’re late with the news.”

“?”

The great lord Daegal laughed and said.

“I heard you just started a new business.”

“… … ?”

“Of course it’s a military enterprise.”

“???”

Minister Ugaki noticed the intentions of the Great Lord Daegal and touched his forehead.

“Are you saying that a company that has just started up is going to jump into the development of an army fighter jet that already has a developer?”

“Haha, you know a lot.”

“oh my god…….”

Now, the great tycoon was pushing forward with a newly created military enterprise and was making a fuss to get involved in the project.

“This is not possible. I’ve said this many times, but there is already a company assigned to this project, and they are even making a prototype… … .”

“A prototype? So it flew? From what I’ve heard, I don’t think so.”

“… … .”

Already, the commander of the Daegal Corps had heard from others that a prototype of the Army’s fighter jet development project had crashed during a test flight.

That is why he was standing in front of Minister Ugaki with such confidence.

“It’s already been two years? No, three years. During that long period of time, the prototypes they make just keep falling down without being able to fly, so wouldn’t it be right to think that there’s a problem with the company’s technology?”

“It wasn’t like it just crashed every time.”

“Yes, there were a few usable ones, but they all failed to meet the Army’s requirements.”

“… … .”

As the Great Master Daegal said, not all of the past dozens of tests have been failures.

No matter how rampant collusion between politics and business was in the Japanese Empire, the Japanese Army was not an organization so lenient that it could overlook dozens of failures.

But among the items that passed the test without a hitch, none were truly fit for military use.

This was because there were minor problems such as being able to make it airborne, but not being able to mount weapons on it, or if weapons were mounted, the wings would tear off while in motion.

As a result, the army has been pouring money into a project that has not produced any results for three years.

Normally, at this point, they would have given up on the project or sought help from a supplier that supplied aircraft to the Naval Air Force, but not the Imperial Japanese Army.

The reason was simple.

A series of events led to the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy being reduced to near-enemy status.

So, from their perspective, sharing technology with the Navy meant giving technology to the enemy.

So, even if they beat them to death, they would not cooperate.

This is the exact opposite of the path taken in the original history, where after a few stubborn attempts, the Navy eventually designated a military aviation supplier as a development partner to develop a fighter jet.

“On the other hand, we imported the latest machine tools from famous military companies in the United States and Europe and hired their technicians as advisors.”

“?!”

The Great Depression was a great wave that swept the world and caused a huge ripple in the waters of the United States stock market.

Over the past few years, he has focused on investing in various companies and individuals around the world, absorbing technology from each country, as instructed by this teacher.

He pushed Crown Prince Hirohito behind the scenes to give up manufacturing and stimulate the economy through overseas investment.

Thanks to this, the Japanese Empire’s economy began to show signs of recovery.

On the surface, that is.

But a closer look at the situation revealed that the Japanese Empire’s already poor manufacturing industry had collapsed, and the unemployment rate was also rising.

Although all economic indicators were pointing to problems in the current economic situation of the Japanese Empire, Daegal Daegam cleverly turned the tables and maintained the Crown Prince’s trust while also absorbing excellent overseas technology under his wing.

It was so bad that in the distant future, in South Korea’s social studies textbooks, the great Daegal of that time was called the black hole of technology.

Since such a person started a military supply company, even Army Minister Ugaki was secretly moved by it.

“If the Army places an official order, I will build a fighter plane to protect the skies of Joseon. What do you think?”

“… … But if we designate a new company now, we won’t be able to afford the research costs that will go into it.”

The Japanese army had no money.

The reason that fighter jet development projects keep failing is that there is not enough money to fund research, and the results are not very satisfactory.

“Haha, are you talking about money in front of me?”

But the great lord had a lot of money.

This was all the result of preying on rich people all over the world.

And it wasn’t just a few, it was one of the most numerous in the entire world.

“An emergency requires an emergency plan. I’ll pay for all the research costs, so all you have to do is adopt our plane.”

“Is that really okay?”

Ugaki’s heart was moved by the very favorable conditions.

“Huh! We’ll start selling our planes to you guys anyway, so what’s the problem? If you guys use them well, we’ll get good publicity, which is good.”

“Huh? You sell them all over the world?”

“So, were you planning to keep this technology exclusive to the Japanese Army without providing a single penny in research funds?”

“That’s… … but… … .”

Ugaki looked slightly embarrassed.

It bothered me that Army fighter jets were being sold off here and there.

Daegal Daegam, who read the worry on Ugaki’s face, smiled and said to him.

“Don’t worry, I won’t sell it to the Navy.”

The great lord held out his hand.

“Oh, then what.”

Only then did Ugaki feel relieved and took hold of Lord Daegal’s hand.