NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 3



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There are ghosts in Gyeongseong – 2

If you ask me what I need to prepare to clear the Japanese Government-General Building, I would proudly say a bomb.

That’s a huge bombshell too.

It was clear that a bomb weighing only a few kilograms wouldn’t be able to even scratch that thick concrete wall, so it would take at least tens of kilograms to knock down even one wall.

Here’s the problem.

Could that much explosives be procured from Gyeongseong?

‘None.’

Gyeongseong was a city with surveillance eyes everywhere.

Moreover, the political situation has been chaotic for the past few years due to the repeated uprisings of Uiyoldan, and a few days ago, a bomb was thrown at Jongno Police Station, which could be said to be the center of the Japanese police, injuring several people.

Since the beginning of the year, Japanese police have been searching with bated breath for the Uiyeoldan members who threw the bombs.

‘At Jongno Police Station in 1923… Was it Dr. Kim Sang-ok?’

I was a little confused, but if it’s Jongno Police Station in Uiyoldan, it’s probably Dr. Kim Sang-ok.

Anyway, in this situation, obtaining explosives immediately became a significant problem.

‘What should I do with this…’

If you wanted to get a bomb from Gyeongseong right away, you had no choice but to raid the military base in Yongsan or the armory at the Jongno Police Station, but unfortunately both places were currently on emergency alert.

It is impossible to infiltrate alone.

So, the standard way would have been to get it from outside, that is, from China, not from inside. Unfortunately, all the Chinese lines I knew about had been cut off a long time ago when I got here.

‘There is only one conclusion.’

Assisting Dr. Kim Sang-ok.

And by making contact with the Uiyeoldan in China, he opens a route for smuggling explosives.

It was a very simple task.

“Madam, I’m going to go now.”

I gathered my thoughts and stood up from my seat.

“Are you leaving already?”

“Why? Are you bored when you’re alone?”

“It’s not like that, but… I feel sad that you’re leaving so soon instead of just playing around a bit more like usual.”

“I don’t have any money today, that’s why.”

“Then why don’t you go to the kitchen and wash the dishes?”

“I don’t think that’s a good idea, because I think I’ll break more dishes than I’ll wash.”

I grabbed my hat and left the teahouse.

Madame waved her hand as if she was sorry and told me to come back tomorrow, but it was difficult to stop by here for the time being.

From now on, I had to find someone whose face I had never seen before and whose name I only knew.

‘They say that after Dr. Kim Sang-ok started the operation, he hid at his relative’s house and planned the next uprising.’

The problem here was to find the house of a relative where Dr. Kim Sang-ok was hiding in this vast city.

How many people in Gyeongseong have the name Kim Sang-ok, and how many relatives do they have?

It was something that made my head spin just thinking about it.

The only good thing is…

‘Finding a needle in a haystack is my specialty…’

Although time was tight, it wasn’t completely impossible if I made use of my special skills.

‘First, I need to get a police uniform.’

As the old saying goes:

They say if you want to catch a tiger, you have to go into the tiger’s den.

So, in order to find Dr. Kim Sang-ok, it would be faster to search through the archives or investigation status of Jongno Police Station where the incident occurred.

They too will be very angry and chasing after Dr. Kim Sang-ok.

Where can I get a police uniform?

I thought about catching a police officer walking around Jongno Police Station, quickly grabbing him, and stealing his clothes, but security was tight due to the previous incident, so I couldn’t even think about it.

Even if you were lucky enough to knock down one policeman and steal his clothes, it would be a big problem if the body was found later.

So I came up with another way.

******

“Hehehe… It’s delivery.”

“delivery?”

At the entrance to Jongno Police Station, where heavily armed police officers, almost military-level, were busily moving around, a delivery man on a bicycle and a police officer standing guard at the entrance got into an altercation.

“I have a delivery pending right now, so I have to hurry up and deliver it and then go get it. Hurry up and get out of the way!”

The young man in white was sweating profusely as he pressed the policeman, and the policeman looked at the young man and the neatly folded pile of uniforms on the back of the bicycle and asked his colleague.

“Hey, Kishida.”

“Why are you calling me?”

“Did you say it was going to be delivered today?”

“I think the last time the transportation department was preparing for the New Year’s speech, they left all the uniforms at the dry cleaners.”

“Really? Are you sure?”

“If you ask me if I’m sure, I don’t know… I’m from the Investigation Support Division, not the Traffic Division.”

“Should I ask Mr. Kishida from the 3rd Transportation Division?”

The young man became angry when the police officers chattered among themselves and refused to open the door, leaving him standing in the blazing sun.

“Please open it quickly! I have a mountain of deliveries piling up right now! If I keep doing this and get fired because I’m late, you guys are going to take responsibility?!”

“Hey, surprise! Hey, you bastard! Do you know where I am and why are you raising your voice? The police station holding cell is empty right now. Do you want to go in there?!”

The policeman’s sharp threats brought back the spirits of the young man who had briefly run away from home due to the heat.

“Oh, no, that’s not it…”

“First, drop off the deliveries here. Then we’ll take care of distributing them to the transportation and those guys later.”

“Well, still…”

“Oh my, what kind of times are we in today, that a Korean dares to nitpick? Do you want to be taken to a detention center too?!”

“Oh, I understand!”

At the policeman’s shout, the young man grumbled and put the laundry on the floor.

Fortunately, the laundry was wrapped in paper packaging, so my hard work at doing the laundry did not go to waste.

The two police officers burst into laughter as they watched the young man run away on his bicycle.

“That’s why you say that you have to be a bit harsh to those peninsula people to listen to you. There’s no need to be nice to them.”

“Sigh… Why are you like that?”

“What am I?”

“Haven’t you heard the story about Kitagawa, who was hit by a bomb from a Korean and disappeared, leaving behind only one arm?”

“What can I do, it’s his fate.”

“Ah… Yeah, I guess so.”

At that moment, a middle-aged man in casual attire approached from afar, sighing deeply as if the ground was sinking.

The two police officers on duty straightened their posture and blocked his path.

“What brings you to Jongno Police Station?”

“Get out of my way.”

“······?”

“I don’t feel well, so get out of the way.”

“yes?”

The policeman lifted the brim of his hat and examined the other person’s face with a bewildered expression.

With his slightly sunken eyes, thin eyebrows, large nose, and scraggly beard, he looked more like an ordinary uncle you might see in the neighborhood than someone of high status.

“Hey, sir. If you came to Jongno Police Station for business, you should have told us so. If you just say it’s me, how would we know?”

“Phew… I’m already annoyed…”

“What if you get annoyed… ugh!”

The middle-aged man suddenly kicked the policeman in the shin.

When the sharp-toed shoe struck his shin, the policeman instinctively jumped up high, grabbed his shin, and jumped in place.

“Ouch, ahhh!”

“What are you?! You’re the Imperial Japanese Police right now…”

“Ah, Inspector Miwa!”

The police officer standing next to him took out his baton to help his colleague, but soon a police superintendent came running.

“Why is someone who said he was just going to have a quick meal acting like this? The Chief of Police is furious right now and has turned the entire high-ranking department upside down.”

“Ha… Why does that bastard Chief of Police keep asking us to do things he can’t even do himself?”

“Do you understand? Let’s go for now. If we stay like this and get caught, we’ll get in trouble again.”

The police chief, who had been pouring out words to Miwa and Inspector Wada, asked the police officers.

“Hey! Do you guys know who this person is and have held him like this?!”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”

“If you apologize, will your police career end? No, how can these police officers not recognize even the high-ranking Miwa and Inspector and still cause a fuss!”

“That, that’s because the inspector isn’t wearing his uniform…”

“What? Hey! The inspector was on duty for days and just came back to take a quick shower! Didn’t you guys get any special instructions when you were changing shifts?!”

The police officers were very upset because they had not heard anything.

But in this situation, if I had expressed my grievances, I would have been met with extreme violence, so I compromised and kept my mouth shut.

“sorry!”

“You guys are no good. Your direct superior…”

“Wash, stop.”

Inspector Miwa looked back at the police officers with an annoyed look on her face.

“Ha… you guys.”

“Yes, yes!”

“It’s good to work hard, but if you block my path one more time like this, I’m going to kill you.”

“Oh, I understand!”

After a storm had passed, the two officers returned to their guard duty with gloomy expressions.

Then, this time, a pedestrian on a bicycle from far away came towards Jongno Police Station.

Then, the police officer who had been scolded by Inspector Miwa a little while ago blocked his way, vowing that he would really investigate properly this time.

“stop.”

“Oh, it’s me.”

“Yes, yes?”

“Open up to me.”

“No… what is your… rank…?”

“You guys don’t know me, do you?”

“No, that’s not it…”

The two desperately compared the appearances of the pedestrians with the people in their memories.

If it hadn’t been for what happened a little while ago, they would have kicked him out and told him not to talk nonsense, but since they had already been hit once, they were very careful.

“I… I’m sorry, but where do you belong?”

“Huh? The traffic police.”

“From the traffic department…?”

“Ha, do I have to tell you this too?”

“Then… why did you go to Jongno Police Station…?”

“Huh, why do you think the traffic department is outside and then back to the police station? Just think about it.”

“Are you coming back…?”

“Yeah, I’m going on patrol and coming back now. Get out of the way quickly.”

“Oh, yes!”

The police officers quickly cleared the way.

Then the nameless traffic officer passed them by with a laugh.

“Everyone, take it easy~”

“Yes, thank you for your hard work… Ah! Just a moment!”

“huh?”

The policeman guarding the entrance remembered the transportation and uniforms that the Korean had delivered a little while ago, then picked up a paper bag that had been put aside and handed it to him.

“Traffic and kids.”

“Why do you have our kids’ uniforms?”

“Oh, it was delivered from the laundry a little while ago.”

“Really? Thanks.”

The traffic officer looked around at the uniforms, frowned slightly as if he didn’t like something, and asked the police officers.

“Hmm… there’s some dirt on it.”

“Yes, yes? Dust?”

“Yeah, look here. It’s really stained yellow.”

“Ah… that’s true.”

The policemen trembled, worried that they might be caught and beaten.

But contrary to their expectations, the traffic officer just clicked his tongue and turned his bike’s head.

“I wonder how I did the laundry to make it look like this… I’ll have to go and find out.”

“Oh, I’ll open it for you.”

The two of them saluted with sword-like postures, looking at the bicycle moving away.

“Have a nice trip!”

“Oh, okay.”

Only after the traffic and people had completely disappeared from sight did the two breathe a sigh of relief.

“Whoa… I really knew what was going to happen.”

“I’m glad he’s like an angel.”

“That’s true.”

As the two police officers returned to work, something they had wondered about a little while ago suddenly occurred to them.

“But… with that traffic a little while ago… I think you weren’t wearing your uniform… Is that right?”

“I guess something special happened to him too.”

“Well, isn’t it a bit strange for someone who just came back from patrol to be walking around without a uniform?”

“Isn’t that because you’re a high-level detective?”

“I said it was the traffic department.”

“ah.”

The two officers realized their mistake.

But soon he shut his mouth.

It was obvious that if I reported this, I would be told that I had lost my military discipline and would be given a lot of military training.