NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 51



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Wolf’s Den – 1

I wasn’t feeling well because I had been living in a cramped space for three days, barely able to stretch my body, surviving on just a few sips of water and a few pieces of beef jerky.

So, as soon as I got home from work, I took a refreshing shower for the first time in a while and rested for a week to regain my energy.

Occasionally, people from the provisional government came to see me after hearing about the Shanghai Bank incident, but I sent them all away using illness as an excuse.

“Heh heh… Boss, is this okay?”

“Hmm… the color is too dark.”

“Are you saying I should make it lighter here?”

“Yeah, because the color is so dark, even the neighborhood kids will be able to tell that it’s fake.”

“All right···.”

Of course, taking a break doesn’t mean I just stay home and rest for months.

In the basement, we focused on recycling the supernotes to a level where they could be used here.

Since it was a business that had just started, progress was slow, but it was rewarding to see the quality steadily improving.

-Bang bang bang!

“It looks like you have a guest.”

When they heard that a guest had arrived, everyone stopped what they were doing, took out their hidden guns, and looked at me.

Their eyes looked like those of a hunting dog waiting for permission from its master before catching its prey.

“······This time, you’re a real customer, so put your gun away.”

“Did you hear that? Everyone, go back to what you were doing!”

At my words, everyone put their guns away as if nothing had happened and returned to their work.

Of course, I was the one who made them like that, but sometimes, when I saw it, it sent shivers down my spine.

‘If I just throw a few people in there, won’t they just modify it on their own?’

I climbed the stairs with such pointless thoughts.

Meanwhile, the impatient guest was knocking hard on the door.

-Bang bang bang bang!

“Yes, I’m going out.”

The rude guest who knocked on the door as if he was going to break it down was a high-ranking detective from the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai…

“It’s been a while, Inspector Sasaki.”

“Teacher, you are crazy!!!”

He was as poisonous as a lion that had been locked up in a cage for a long time and starved for several days.

His face was covered here and there with marks that seemed to have been left by his superior, the Japanese consul.

It seems like he got slapped in Gangnam and came to Jongno to vent his anger.

“Why are you doing this?”

“You know everything now, and you’re doing this on purpose?! Do you know how much I suffered because of you!!!”

Sasaki asked me in a voice that was a mixture of resentment, anger, and embarrassment.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Please calm down and come inside so we can talk…”

“What did you do with the Black Dragon’s belongings that were in the personal safe of the Shanghai Bank?”

“Black Dragon Society? Why is the Black Dragon Society there?”

When Sasaki questioned me, I pretended not to know and answered as if it was the first time I had heard it.

Then Sasaki’s face turned red and blue and he suddenly screamed.

“You took it….”

Seeing him suddenly raise his voice, I unconsciously reached out and hit Sasaki on the jaw.

Sasaki fell to the floor and fainted, perhaps because the shock to his brain was caused by being hit in the jaw while he was defenseless.

“Ugh… So why are you raising your voice….”

I couldn’t just leave Sasaki lying on the floor, so I brought him inside and tied him to a pillar in the living room.

I tied him up tightly especially so that he wouldn’t start kicking and causing a fuss if he woke up.

“Should we just leave it like this?”

“Okay, tell me when you wake up.”

“Yes, sir!”

As I watched Sasaki sleeping so comfortably, I felt uneasy.

I didn’t notice it when I looked in the dark, but when I looked in the light, there was no place on his body that was undamaged.

There were more than one or two marks here and there from how badly he had been beaten.

On the surface, it looked like a piece of baduk that had been beaten before being put into the cauldron as a special event to celebrate Boknal, and it was broken here and there.

I’ve heard stories about Japanese people enjoying cannibalism… I’ve heard them before, but it seemed like a story that didn’t fit with the current time period, so I thought there must be some kind of story behind it.

The part of his jaw that was relatively intact was bruised because he had just been hit by me… If you just look at his appearance, it looked like he had been tortured by someone.

“It looks like the Black Dragons are really poisonous.”

Judging by the fact that they were biting like crazy, regardless of whether they were enemies or allies, it seemed that the Black Dragon Society had also suffered a significant blow from the Shanghai Bank incident.

This incident even happened before the damage from the previous shipping warehouse building had even subsided, so in baseball terms it was like getting hit with a nasty two-run home run followed by a grand slam.

The fans watching this were clutching at the back of their necks, and the director was heartbroken.

But this wasn’t baseball.

‘In baseball, you can at least curse at the pitcher.’

The Black Dragon Society suffered great losses, but there was no one who could take responsibility for the situation.

When it came to holding the Shanghai Bank accountable, it was impossible to hold them accountable because they had the strong backing of the British Empire.

However, if we were to hold Shandong Province Governor Tian Zhongwei responsible, he could do nothing about it because the Shanghai Bank was located in a concession area outside his jurisdiction.

And since that side was also being called here and there and was suffering humiliation because of this incident, if you look closely, it was closer to being the victim.

So, the blame has to go back to Sasaki, who failed to contain the situation early and catch the bank robbers before they set fire to the vault.

This is my conclusion.

“Tsk tsk tsk···.”

In the end, all responsibility was pushed onto Sasaki, who was just a police officer.

Perhaps the higher-ups were trying to instill anger in Sasaki and pressure him to somehow handle the situation, and Sasaki came to me because he didn’t know what to do.

‘for a moment.’

The Black Dragons weren’t stupid either.

If Sasaki had harbored a grudge over this incident and disappeared from China, they would have really been like dogs chasing chickens, so they must have kept a tail attached to him under the pretext of surveillance.

What that means is…

‘So you’re saying there might be some Black Dragon’s cubs nearby…?’

Judge quickly, act even faster.

It was something my shooter always said when I was a rookie.

I put those words into action right away.

“Kids, grab your extension cords! It’s snake hunting!”

“It’s hunting!”

“Then, I can’t miss out again!”

I ran straight down to the basement and called the kids together.

As if they had been waiting for my call, everyone took out their hidden guns and ran outside.

“No need to talk much. Anyone who is acting suspiciously around here or anyone who seems suspicious, just bring them to me one by one.”

The children did not express any questions.

I just did it because I told you to.

Even if I were to ask a question···.

“Do I have to have healthy limbs?”

It was all work-related talk.

“As long as your mouth is open, it doesn’t matter. You can drag me here, just bring me here. I’ll take responsibility for the rest.”

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“Wow… When will it come out?”

“Chief, wouldn’t it be better to leave now? I’ve been here too long.”

“What about the escape… If Sasaki escapes while we’re missing, who’s going to take responsibility?”

“that···.”

“So just stay still.”

Ichiro Yagami, the leader of the Black Tiger Group, a lower-level branch of the Black Dragon Association, was monitoring Inspector Sasaki, a high-ranking detective at the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai, by order of his superiors.

Although Ichiro was slightly dissatisfied with the new policy from his superiors, which was different from before in that they would not be paid for carrying out missions, but would only be paid if the mission was successful, he still carried out his mission faithfully.

Until now, that is.

“Tsk…. Captain, when will the activity fee come in? I haven’t had any food for days, and I’m sore from having to sleep in the smallest room in the neighborhood inn, let alone a hotel.”

“······Just bear with it for a little longer. If you bear with it, Tokyo will probably send you the money.”

Ichiro had already tried to go to the bank several times to get the activity funds, but there was no news from Tokyo.

No matter how much I followed Sasaki and sent the information to the interior, the interior only gave me orders to keep watch. No reward was given.

‘If it were like before, I would have given him some extra money for his hard work from far away…’

Ichiro’s distrust of the Black Dragon Society was growing in his heart.

He was a warrior who lived his entire life swinging a sword.

When the country was in turmoil, it would have been possible to survive by lending one’s sword, but in peaceful times like now, that would have been difficult.

That’s why I joined the Black Dragon Society, but these days, it’s become difficult to make a living even within the Black Dragon Society.

‘Should I just leave the Black Dragon Society and join the military?’

A night when I had a lot of thoughts.

Ichiro felt a presence around him.

It was a light noise of someone stepping on a dead branch that had fallen in the street.

“Who’s there?”

Ichiro turned around, placing his hand on the hilt of his sword.

Then a man appeared standing under the dim streetlight.

The man in casual clothes, who could be seen anywhere, had been working a little while ago, as paint-like things were splattered here and there on his clothes.

“Then who are you to be watching other people’s houses so closely?”

“we are···.”

Ichiro looked embarrassed and tried to change the subject.

Then this time, a voice was heard from the side, not from the front.

“Are you a thief?”

When I turned my head, there was a worker wearing exactly the same clothes as the man standing in front of me.

“······What is this.”

“Or are you a robber?”

This time it was west.

Ichiro reflexively drew his sword.

Then his subordinates also took up their weapons and stood guard around the area.

“Looking at the fact that they even brought weapons, they weren’t just thieves or robbers, but a group of bandits.”

This time it came from behind him.

“Po, it looks like we’re surrounded.”

“Don’t worry, there are only four of them. You can just run through them in one breath.”

Ichiro braced himself and held his sword firmly.

The opponents were few in number and didn’t seem well-armed, so I thought I’d just cut them down in one breath and get out of here…

“Guys! Over here!”

“Is there a fight? I should join in!”

“Everyone gather around~!”

“Call all the kids!”

But from somewhere, workers came rushing in and surrounded Ichiro and his men.

“All, Captain?”

“Now, what do I do?!”

In the hands of the workers were guns that were more threatening than the flashing sword in Ichiro’s hand.

If you were not careful, you could end up in a beehive and thrown into the Huangpu River.

That’s why Ichiro looked around while sweating profusely.

‘There are only three of us···.’

They looked like they couldn’t do it, but there were more than ten of them.

No matter how good he is with a sword.

Even a blade sharpened by a craftsman was useless against a well-trained bullet.

That’s why Ichiro made a decision.

“······There seems to be some misunderstanding, so let’s put down our weapons and resolve this through words.”

Ichiro put down his sword.

Anyway, the street workers didn’t want to see blood, and he didn’t want to see blood either, so he was thinking of resolving the issue through dialogue.

As Ichiro put down his sword, his men followed suit and put away their weapons.

“What kind of misunderstanding is this?”

But the situation didn’t get any better.

“Are you the Black Dragon Society?”

“?!”

“Our boss wants to see your faces so he asked you to come here.”

Ichiro drew his sword again, but unfortunately his opponent reacted faster.

By the time he had half drawn his sword, his opponent had already crushed his face with the butt of the sword.

“Chief… Whew!”

His subordinates were no different.

The workers beat Ichiro and his men so badly that they looked like they were making pig slurps.

While everyone was swinging their fists excitedly, Emperor Jae-hwang came out and calmed the workers down.

“Stop! Stop it!”

“Oh my, what the heck! I was having a great time!”

“Oh, I’m going crazy. I was really relieving my stress···.”

The workers, who were excited to experience the thrill of pleasure for the first time in a long time, were unable to accept the sudden change in situation and reacted violently, swearing everywhere.

Everyone has become violent, just like the main character of a violent game!

“The boss told me to bring him here alive, you idiots!”

“Oh, that’s right.”

“Whew···. I almost got into trouble.”

But at the boss’s order, they all turned back into docile lambs and dragged the Japanese, who had been beaten so badly that they couldn’t even come to their senses, back home.

“Will the boss give me a special meal for doing a good job?”

“Special meal? Are you going to eat codfish stew or something?”

“Why, it’s delicious.”

“Ugh… You eat a lot.”

“Tsk tsk tsk… That guy doesn’t even know what cod tastes like.”

“I want to live my whole life without knowing.”