NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 50



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Payday – 9

Although there were some minor disturbances, the Allied Forces of the Concession successfully suppressed the incident.

They succeeded in capturing all the hostages who had poured out and even took control of the inside of the bank.

“One dead, many injured… and a fire broke out inside the safe, completely burning all the valuables inside, such as cash and gold bars….”

“That’s terrible.”

Stuart and Henry tried to listen to the report calmly, but their faces were already so pale that no blood could be seen.

“The deceased is the president of this bank···.”

“You killed the bank manager?”

“Yes, it seems he died because he refused to cooperate.”

“What a terrible thing!”

“One peculiar thing is that the dead bank manager is said to have had the words ‘Bucheonmyeolyang’ written on the back of his hand.”

“What does that mean?”

“This is a phrase that Chinese rioters used to shout during the Boxer Rebellion.”

“boxers?!”

Both Stuart and Henry sprang to their feet in shock at the mention of the Boxers.

That would be the case, because to them, the Boxer Rebellion symbolized xenophobia in China.

“Well… why would white people do such terrible things?”

“The Japanese, the most civilized people in the East, have no shortage of things, so they would never get involved in something like this.”

“Then this incident must have been done by the Chinese.”

“No one but the Chinese would do such a terrible thing···.”

Sasaki gave strength to their doubts and fixed the direction of their thoughts.

“Well… if it wasn’t the Chinese who did this, then it would be a big deal in its own right.”

“What? What does that mean?”

“If you think about it carefully, if the perpetrators of this incident aren’t Chinese, how can you identify the culprits in this vast city of Shanghai? And if they could run away right away, you have to ask for cooperation here and there to appease those dirty, unruly warlords… Oh my… Just thinking about it is terrifying.”

The two made up their minds at Sasaki’s words, which sounded like a mountain of documents beckoning just by hearing them.

‘If this news reaches my country, it’s over.’

‘We have to finish this as quickly as possible.’

‘Anyway, the damage to the Shanghai Bank this time can be covered by insurance, and other than one death, there wasn’t much that was stolen, so I guess I’ll just catch a few Chinese guys and make them the culprits and be done with it.’

‘Even if there is an investigation later, there is no way to know if you just make up a rough report.’

Captain Stewart of the British Army and Captain Henri of the French Army exchanged glances.

Although they didn’t talk to each other separately, at this moment, the two became one with a camaraderie stronger than family.

‘The culprit is···.’

‘······chinese!’

The two quietly matched their rhythm.

Although there was no separate contract or verbal agreement, they reached an implicit agreement because neither of them wanted the work to leave their hands.

Thanks to this, Sasaki was able to easily get rid of this teacher’s subordinates without worrying about what others thought and by prioritizing the principle of protecting his own people.

“Welcome back to the bosom of our fatherland. From now on, the brave soldiers of our Empire of Japan will guard you, our citizens.”

“······.”

Other workers, including Jaehwang and Hyeonbae, had a history of working as spies, so they had no qualms about it, but Na Seok-ju, who devoted his life to the independence movement, was different.

He looked very uncomfortable at the sight of the high-ranking detective welcoming him.

“Oh my, isn’t this Inspector Sasaki? What is the matter with the construction company that failed?”

“Haha, I heard that a big problem has broken out here, so I came here in person for the ‘subjects’ of our Empire of Japan.”

“That is truly a blessing.”

“Is that what you mean? Hahaha!”

Leaving behind Na Seok-ju’s small grumbling, Sasaki left the scene of the crime with the robbers.

As the ambassadors from each country left, taking their citizens with them, the only people left were Chinese people who were doing cleaning and simple accounting work at the Shanghai Bank.

That’s how the culprit was determined.

The Shanghai Bank robbery, which had caused a stir in the foreign settlement, was reported as a minor incident in a newspaper, and the Chinese accused of being the culprits were shot dead at the scene.

After that, investigators from various countries visited the Shanghai Bank and searched here and there, but all they found were tear gas residue rolling around on the ground and fake guns that looked just like they were made.

Although further investigations were conducted on the hostages released from the bank, these were only formalities.

To be exact, it should be said that this was a supplementary work to fit the Chinese people who had already been accused of being criminals and executed into the criminals.

After that, Shanghai Bank went into a break for several days.

The bank elected a new president, and the capital inside the vault was used to put out the fire by continuously airlifting funds from Hong Kong, and the rest was used to compensate the victims with huge fire and accident insurance money from the insurance company, ending the incident.

Of course, during the compensation process, there were times when they did things like stealing the compensation amount outrageously or embezzling the money from the bank, but since those cases were usually related to dirty money in the underworld, it was often difficult for the victims to protest.

In particular, in the case of the Black Dragon Society, even though they suffered astronomical damage overnight, they were unable to properly protest to the Shanghai Bank due to local anti-Japanese sentiment and the source of their funds, and had no choice but to just let it go.

Anyway, that’s how the Shanghai Banking case came to an end.

It was a rather trivial ending for a bank robbery targeting a major bank in Shanghai.

“Now all we need is for the cleaning company to come.”

“Oh… It was nice to get some rest for a few days.”

“That’s true. I wonder if they’ll rob me again?”

“Hey, you’re saying that because you weren’t there. If you had sniffed that poison gas once, you would have wet yourself and collapsed on the spot. You know that?”

“It’s too much.”

“That’s why I said no?”

While the bank security guards were chatting away while enjoying their free time after a long time.

Men wearing white overalls and masks walked into the bank’s main entrance one by one.

“Did you call the cleaner?”

“Oh… You came sooner than I thought?”

“Hehehe. In today’s world, if you want to make a living, you have to move quickly, don’t you?”

“Then, then, sincerity is the greatest virtue.”

“Hehehe… Then let’s start cleaning.”

The security guard who had been chatting asked the people who were going in to clean with cleaning tools.

“Yeah, did you hear in advance where you had to clean?”

“The main hall and the long passage leading from there to the outside of the vault… isn’t that it?”

“Yes, I know that well.”

After completing the final verification, the cleaners entered the innermost area of ​​the bank without anyone’s permission.

Everyone treated the janitor as if he didn’t exist and went about their work.

“Huh. This should be enough.”

The cleaners who arrived in front of the safe took off their masks without exception and put down their cleaning tools.

Then, he glanced around and slowly felt along the wall, looking for something.

Did I grope around like that for a long time?

The cleaner who had received some kind of reaction turned his head and informed his colleagues.

“I think it’s here.”

“Okay… Open it.”

The cleaner, who had reached into the wall, inserted a crowbar into a small gap in the wall and applied a little force.

-Snap!

Then the plate covering the outer surface fell off, and the muzzle popped out from within.

******

As the light suddenly shone on me, I reflexively drew my gun and aimed it outside.

Then a familiar voice was heard from outside.

“I have come to pick you up, teacher.”

“Hmm… Is it Seokju?”

“yes.”

three days.

If it’s long, it’s long, and if it’s short, it’s short.

“Ugh… Yeah, everyone worked hard.”

“What kind of hardships did we have to endure? If anything, it was the teacher who was hiding here who suffered even more.”

“What are you talking about… First, pack your bags.”

“yes.”

After spending three days stuck between wads of cash worth hundreds of thousands of won and gold bars, unable to straighten my legs, my whole body was screaming.

My bones were sore, they were almost painful, and the muscles in my body felt mushy like pudding.

I felt dizzy, maybe because my head was overworked from moving my body for the first time in a long time, or maybe because the blood was rushing to my head.

“Ugh···. My head.”

“Are you okay?”

“It’s not okay.”

“Can I help you support yourself?”

“Okay. I’ll just walk on my own two feet so those little punks won’t get suspicious.”

I struggled to move my disobedient limbs and barely managed to change into my cleaning clothes.

While I was changing clothes, the other guys pretended to clean up the area and moved the money and gold bars from their bags into trash bags one by one.

Bank employees also paid little attention to the janitor walking around the bank with a garbage bag.

Rather, I often stayed away from the cleaners for fear of touching the trash bags.

“What about Sasaki?”

“The truck is waiting outside right now.”

“You are a friend who keeps your promises well.”

While everyone else pretended to clean and moved the money, I moved my body around and oiled my creaking body.

Meanwhile, he was thinking about how to cash out the money and how to rob the cash transport vehicle that would be sent to Chao Kun later.

‘If you try to use bonds or securities right away, the Black Dragons will come after you with their eyes wide open, so hold off for the time being… Then all that’s left is cash and gold…’

Cash was fine to just use in the market, but gold bullion and gold toads were the problem.

If you just sell this on the market, it will be a dirty product, so most people won’t buy it.

In that case, you would have to sell it on the black market, where only the most shady people go, but then it would be difficult to sell it for a fair price.

‘Just melt it down, remake it, and sell it?’

However, this also required a separate furnace to melt the gold and a technician to operate it.

It said that it couldn’t be used right away.

‘In the end, there’s nothing I can use right now but cash.’

I felt a little disappointed, but I still thought that these were things I could use once some time had passed and I had settled down here completely.

‘Should I send it to Manchuria once?’

The Manchurian side is under the influence of Fengtian Commandery.

Because the security there was poor, it was also a place where all kinds of bandits ran rampant.

So, wouldn’t it be possible to dispose of these gold bars there at a fair price?

The goal is to provide funds to the local independence fighters and to unite the scattered independence fighters into one army.

And in the meantime, they expanded the scale of the border raids that had been carried out in a disorderly manner without any particular plan, and gradually created small liberated zones within the Korean peninsula, expanding the scale.

And when Japan is reeling from the imminent Great Kanto Earthquake, wouldn’t it be possible to deliver a blow so strong that it would make their skulls shake?

‘It might be worth thinking about.’

After that, he thought about how to rob the cash truck carrying Cao Kun’s election funds for the upcoming presidential election in the Republic of China.

Although the Shanghai Bank was robbed immediately, it could not be said that Cao Kun’s funds were completely gone.

‘Sasaki probably thinks this is the end.’

This Shanghai Banking incident was intended to involve Sasaki and put a chain on him.

If Sasaki believes that I am satisfied with this robbery and will go away, then when there is a problem with the Beiyang Clan’s cash transport vehicle later, Sasaki will actively defend me and clear me of the suspicion.

‘Since the Shanghai Bank’s credit rating has been tarnished, Tian Zhongwei will also try to move his money elsewhere.’

I’ll have to look into it from the outside to find out more, but if that’s his personality, he’ll 100% move the money.

That way, you’ll be guaranteed a decent position with Chao Kun or Wu Peifu later on.

‘We can send all that money to Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek in the south.’

Using the money of the Beiyang warlords, he tied himself to the future president.

Correcting the bad behavior of Cao Kun, whose face I had never seen, teaching him a lesson about what happens if you spend money on bad things, and giving money to Chiang Kai-shek and Sun Yat-sen, who were driven out to the south and were struggling, must have been what they meant when they said it was good for both the sister and the brother-in-law.

‘That Chiang Kai-shek guy… he’s bald, and it’s free… he’d like it, right?’

While I was thinking such pointless thoughts, Jaehwang, who had finished his work, reported to me while wiping the sweat running down his sleeve.

“I moved everything.”

“Really? Thanks for your hard work.”

Finally, I got up from my seat, stretching.

Then, he folded up a trash bag and headed out of the bank.

No one stopped me or called out to me as I walked out through the main entrance of the bank.

“Teacher Lee! Here you go!”

Over there, Sasaki was waiting for me with his truck started.

“Did you drive it yourself?”

“That’s because I’m the type of person who doesn’t like to delegate important tasks to other people.”

“That’s interesting.”

I got into the passenger seat.

The other guys got into the truck, stuffing themselves into the cargo area.

“It’s all gone!”

“That’s what I think.”

“Okay, let’s go.”

Sasaki’s truck carrying us left the Shanghai Bank with its engine roaring.

And just as we left the bank.

The Shanghai Bank discovered the small hole I had escaped through in the vault and sounded the alarm again, but as usual, they found nothing.

Stuart and Henry, who had made a vain attempt at the scene, questioned the new Shanghai Banking President.

“Have you seen a ghost since broad daylight?”