NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 43



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Payday – 2

Inspector Sasaki, who was obsessed with promotion, moved dozens of times more nimbly than usual, and after only a few days, he brought me a single document saying that he was transporting a special criminal from Shanghai and got me out of there.

“That’s how things turned out.”

“······yes?”

Vanya was very surprised when I told him I was going back to Shanghai and asked me:

“Well, then, what about our work?”

“On hold for the time being.”

“On hold?!”

“Oh, don’t be so surprised. It’s just that the priorities have changed.”

The original intention was to contact Soviet intelligence to see what information they had and, more specifically, to see what their intelligence capabilities were.

But things have changed a bit.

I provoked the Beiyang government while it was still silent.

“I have a really annoying personality, so if I provoke someone first, they won’t just ignore me.”

“What do you mean?”

“Um… Let’s think about it simply. Don’t you guys want to see how good I am? Right?”

“That is… that is true, but….”

They would also want to check my skills before collaborating with me.

“So, to show you what kind of person I am.”

The idea was to take down the Beiyang government.

“If things go well, I’ll give you a share too.”

“······But it seems like Madam is thinking of leaving this place soon.”

“Then I must stay here no matter what.”

“······yes?”

If Vanya leaves for America with Madame Lucy, there will be no one in the Soviet intelligence service I can contact.

“Just a moment. I’m going to ask for support, so you can contact the new person here.”

“Why should I do that?”

“······?”

The first rule of spying.

If possible, limit the number of people you know by face.

Even though I’m used to always wearing a silicone mask on my face and pretending to be someone else, I like it when fewer people know my disguised face, if possible.

Because it was easier to move that way.

“If I were to do this, I would just like to talk to our Vanya.”

“······Are you interested in me?”

She seemed to suspect that she had bewitched me without realizing it.

“Why? What if I say there is?”

“Well, well, I hadn’t thought about that.”

Vanya was taken aback by my overly confident appearance, but like a well-trained agent, he quickly controlled his emotions and tried to maintain his composure.

“Then, think about it from now on. Next time I see you, if you can’t answer, I’ll rip that pretty mouth of yours apart, so remember it well.”

“!!!”

She quickly covered her mouth, and with those words I stood up.

“Wait a minute. We’re not done talking yet.”

“Is there any need for further conversation between us?”

“Yes? Between us? What kind of relationship are you talking about exactly?”

In response to her question, I pulled out my gun.

And aimed at her.

“It’s like this.”

But this time Vanya wasn’t scared or sleepy, and just looked at me with an indifferent expression.

“That’s a lighter.”

“I don’t think so?”

I pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Then, as the firecracker exploded, a small Taegeukgi (Korean flag) popped out of the gun barrel.

“Ta-da~”

“······.”

He handed the flag pistol to the fat-faced Miss Vanya.

“See you in Tianjin in a month.”

“Do you think I’ll still be in China in a month?”

“If it’s not there, it’s over.”

As the saying goes, a thirsty person digs a well, and in this case too, the one who is in need is the one who reaches out first.

The Russian Empire, the predecessor of the Soviet Union, had already suffered a severe defeat several decades ago when it ignored a small island nation in the Far East.

No matter how much the British Empire tried to sabotage Russia by grabbing its limbs, the Russian Empire, which was one of the major Western powers, was defeated by an uncivilized island nation in the Far East that had evolved only to the point of human evolution.

This left a deep scar on Russian pride, and at the same time made them extremely wary of the Japanese Empire, an island nation in the Far East.

To be honest, in my opinion, from the Soviet Union’s point of view, there seemed to be no need to check the Japanese Empire.

On the other hand, from the Japanese Empire’s point of view, rather than provoking the gigantic Soviet Union and then facing a backlash, they would rather leave it alone until it harms them.

‘The more these people attack Japan, the more my reputation will rise, and they will try to recruit me somehow.’

If I just stay still like this, my value will rise on its own.

So for the time being, let’s get the attention off that side and focus on this side.

That’s my conclusion.

“Ahem···.”

As I left Mrs. Lucy’s tent, Inspector Sasaki and his men, who had been waiting for me outside, handcuffed my hands and covered them with a towel.

“Let’s go.”

Sasaki stuck right next to me and made his way through the crowd of people who were indistinguishable from bandits or soldiers.

As he took the lead, the soldiers stepped aside to make way for him, like the Red Sea parting.

At first glance, it seemed like it was because of his overwhelming presence, but… in reality, it was the opposite.

“Now the Japanese are crawling into the military base.”

“What bad luck···.”

“Kyaak, phew.”

“Don’t make eye contact. You’ll just get lucky.”

“Hey, here we come.”

The soldiers seemed to be avoiding Sasaki and his goons as if they were germs, fearing that they might bump into them.

“I guess the warehouse work was a big deal last time?”

“······.”

“So why do the Black Dragons make people angry by selling opium to China?”

“······Let’s go quickly.”

“Does it look like I’m walking slowly to you?”

“That’s not what I meant···.”

“Just kidding, Inma.”

******

“What are you going to do now?”

As soon as Inspector Sasaki left the barracks, he unlocked the handcuffs on my hands.

His subordinates looked at him strangely, but he himself did not even glance at them.

“You want to reveal your plan in front of all your subordinates?”

“They are all tight-lipped guys.”

“okay?”

I glanced at Sasaki’s subordinates.

There were about three or four of them, and they all looked very young.

“Where did you get all these kids from?”

“Unfortunately, these guys were driven out to this remote place because they were hated on the mainland.”

“Is that so?”

When I took a cigarette out of my bosom and put it in my mouth, Sasaki naturally lit a match and lit the cigarette for me.

The sunflowers who were watching this scene were startled and questioned Inspector Sasaki.

“Sir! What are you doing?!”

“Our job is to drag that criminal away, not put a cigarette in his mouth!”

“Put the handcuffs back on quickly!”

Inspector Sasaki was startled by the cries of the ignorant young children and shouted at them.

“Oh my, what do you know right now that you’re talking this way and that way? You just have to come when I tell you to come, and go when I tell you to go!”

“Your Majesty! But this is not right. Isn’t the author a traitor captured outside the concession? This is disloyalty to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire of Japan…”

“It’s noisy.”

He took the cigarette out of his mouth and flicked it on the floor.

Then I turned my fist around the chin of the detective who was grumbling in front of me.

“Ouch!”

“Yasui!”

The detective who had his jaw firmly punched passed out with his eyes rolled back, and the other detectives rushed at me without saying who would go first.

“You must not kill me!”

And Sasaki’s desperate cry was also heard.

“This kid!”

“Yaaaah!!”

But as always, they were no match for me.

Everyone was knocked out by one or two punches and rolled around on the dirt floor of an unknown mountain.

“Inspector Sasaki, is this really true?”

“What are you talking about···?”

“You brought these guys to work with me?”

“We brought them here in a hurry… Still, they were all considered promising prospects back home.”

“These guys are promising? Japan is ruined.”

“······.”

He piled the passed out guys up together and sat on top of them.

“Whew… I sigh at the thought of having to trust these guys and do things.”

“Then should I change to other guys···?”

“Is there anyone who can replace it?”

“That’s not true.”

“it’s okay!”

I took another cigarette out of my pocket, but unfortunately, the one I just smoked was the last one.

“Ugh… I ran out of cigarettes, so let me explain quickly.”

“Yes, I will listen.”

I picked up a long branch that was rolling around nearby and drew a simple map on the ground.

“Okay, this is the French Concession. And this is the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai… Then do you know what this place in between is?”

“If it’s between the French Concession and the Consulate… isn’t it the British Concession?”

“yes.”

I placed an empty pack of cigarettes on the British Concession on a randomly drawn map.

“Let’s call this the Shanghai Bank.”

“Is the target of this operation the Shanghai Bank?”

“Yeah, that’s right?”

“······oh my god.”

Inspector Sasaki touched his forehead.

His face was already one that said he was in trouble.

“Is there a problem?”

“Of course! If it’s Shanghai Bank, it’s a huge bank that is mainly used by not only the British but also the most influential people in China!”

“Yes, that’s right. So, our great King of Shandong also keeps Chao Kun’s election funds there.”

The Shanghai Bank was a company established when the Qing Dynasty still existed.

It was a bank created by the British who came to China after the Opium Wars in order to fully exploit it.

They were doing business in China with the strong support of the British government, and many people trusted the British government and deposited money in the bank, one of whom was Tian Zhongwei and members of the Beiyang government.

“Security is so tight there! If something goes wrong there, the Royal Marines waiting nearby come running!”

“I know.”

“Not only that. All the nearby armies, including the American, French, Italian, and Japanese armies, came running!”

“yes.”

If the Shanghai Bank were attacked, soldiers from all over the world stationed in the nearby concession would rush to protect the money and important documents in the vault.

That’s how important the Shanghai Bank is.

“That’s why I dragged you into this.”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

Although he had not yet made a concrete plan because he lacked information about the Shanghai Bank, he had the same plan of using Inspector Sasaki to get out of the Shanghai Bank when things went wrong.

Although I had been treating him like a servant, Inspector Sasaki was actually a person of considerable rank within the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai.

So, this means that he is one of the few people who can escape from any situation without much suspicion.

“I don’t have any detailed plans yet, so I don’t have anything to explain.”

“Hmm···. Is that so···.”

Inspector Sasaki’s expression became sour after he heard that my target was the Shanghai Bank.

No matter what, it must have been burdensome to be involved in something this big.

But he was the most important person in this operation, so I had no intention of letting him go.

“Hey Sasaki, you’re not going to come here now and say something weak and say you’re going to quit, are you?”

“······That’s not it.”

“Then why are you so fat?”

“Whew… I don’t doubt this teacher, but I’m worried because I think he’s messing with the Shanghai Bank, so I’ll stop….”

“Don’t worry so much. I don’t think anything big will happen.”

Inspector Sasaki will do nothing in this case unless something goes wrong.

In that case, he would be making money while sitting down.

I emphasized this.

“If things go well, the Shanghai Bank will lend us the money without any doubt. Then, neither you nor I will have to take risks.”

“Is that so? I hope so.”

“Don’t worry too much, I’ll make it happen.”

“Phew···.”

“That’s why it happened···”

There were many things to prepare for working with a huge bank like Shanghai Bank.

“Can you please get me a nice suit?”

“A suit···?”

“Yeah, if we’re going to do it, it should be something that would be suitable for a formal party.”

The first step to a perfect plan.

Don’t be lazy about your field trip.

“I should go and take a look at the Shanghai Bank.”

“Are you looking around?”