NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 67



Only Krnovel

Rabbit Hunting (4)

Freedom! Equality! Unity!

It is a slogan that symbolizes the French Revolution.

And at the same time, this was my own operational name that I would use when working on Song Byeong-jun this time.

Since it was a solo operation, there was no need to give it a name, but I decided on one anyway.

Song Byeong-jun usually leaves home around 7 or 8 in the morning and returns home around 6 or 7 in the evening.

His departure time was usually after breakfast, and it could be guessed that he would return home around dinner time.

“Attacking Song Byeong-jun from the outside is no different from committing suicide.”

“… … .”

“Madam, this is the time to ask a question.”

“Me?”

“Then who else is here besides Madame?”

“Rather than telling me all your plans, wouldn’t it be better if you just figured it out on your own… … ?”

It was frustrating, but Madam was right.

But it’s frustrating!

“It’s no fun if I talk alone.”

“Oh, yes… … .”

Madame looked at me for a moment as if she was looking at a mayfly flying past her nose, then finished writing the letter.

“Madam, I have a question.”

“Yes, why can’t we attack Song Byeong-jun outside~?”

“That’s a very good question, Madam!”

To exaggerate a bit, all the police officers and soldiers in and around Gyeongseong were like Song Byeong-jun’s personal bodyguards.

This was not because he was special, and it was the same for him and other pro-Japanese collaborators.

Among them, special pro-Japanese figures like Song Byeong-jun, who held a position in the Privy Council and received titles from Japan, were subject to special management by the Government-General and the Korean garrison, and therefore, if a problem arose among them, the police and the military had no choice but to move immediately.

“If something goes wrong with those people, the government in the country and the Emperor will be in an uproar, so the Governor-General and the Commander of the Korean Garrison will not be able to stay still.”

“Really? I didn’t know it was that important.”

“From the Japanese government’s perspective, it’s important because it’s like a walking promotional billboard.”

Since you are a being who shows with your whole body that you can live like this if you sell your country, Japan also manages these people specially.

“So what if you touch Song Byeong-jun from outside? Then Gyeongseong will turn upside down and all the police and soldiers in the neighborhood will come rushing in.”

Especially now, the streets are filled with police officers, and the Japanese military in Yongsan is on high alert and maintaining a state of tension every day.

“They’re all trying to catch me.”

“I don’t think that’s something to brag about.”

“It means you’ve lived a good life, but if you don’t brag about it, then when will you?”

“… … .”

In this situation, if a big shot like Song Byeong-jun were to have a problem, the Japanese military in Yongsan and the Governor-General’s Office in Gyeongseong would be turned upside down.

From their perspective, the problem was with their top priority protection, and at the same time, it was the work of a terrorist who had been causing big and small(?) problems between Gyeongseong and Shanghai?

Perhaps the Governor-General or the Commander-in-Chief of the Korean Garrison will come running to catch me, squeezing out even the few troops he has.

“In ten minutes, Gyeongseong will be surrounded, and in an hour, a battalion-sized force will be deployed to the city center, and the police will detain every citizen passing by and begin investigating.”

“You would really do that?”

“And there’s still more to come.”

The biggest problem for the Imperial Police and the Japanese Army was that they didn’t know my face.

Of course, my face was exposed several times in the past, so my appearance was somewhat distorted.

However, since my face changed every time I did something, facial hair removal became useless a long time ago.

“Your face has changed…? Isn’t it just because people who met this teacher don’t remember faces well?”

“Really? Then I guess I’ll have to show our madam something fun again.”

I slowly entered the room with the moonwalk that I had honed while bragging about my long legs while drinking with my seniors when I was young.

Then I put on the mask I had brought in advance, put on some makeup, and went outside.

“Here… …. Where is the way to the Governor-General’s Office?”

When he entered the room, he clearly looked like a spirited young man, but when he came out, he looked like an old man who had been hit hard by the passage of time and even the future.

“?!”

“Young lady over there… … . I would like to ask for directions to the Governor-General’s Office. I need to meet my son… … .”

“No, how… … .”

Naturally, Madame was greatly embarrassed.

“Is this the teacher?”

“Who is that? I’m not Lee Ga, I’m Kim Ga… … .”

“Mr. Kim… … ?”

I couldn’t help but laugh at the sight of Madame looking at me as if she had seen a ghost.

“Poohahahahaha! Madam, how can people be so easily gullible?”

“T, this teacher… …? Is this teacher?”

“Then, how could there be another person this handsome in Gyeongseong?”

As his hunched back straightened, his wrinkled hands and arms returned to their white, smooth skin as he took off his gloves, and his face, which had seemed to have been beaten by the passage of time and even those of those around him, returned to its usual state.

Madam, who had been watching the entire series of transformations(?), looked at me blankly and said a word.

“I never thought I’d say something like this… … I can’t help but think that the Japanese police officers must be having a hard time.”

“Madam, even if you feel compassion for the enemy, you shouldn’t pity them too much.”

“I know, but I suddenly feel lost because I think I’ve become an enemy of this teacher… … .”

She sighed.

But I said what I had to say, whether or not it happened.

“So! What is the most important thing?!”

“… … ?”

“Rather than dealing with Song Byeong-jun from outside, we should attack him inside the house where he is most defenseless.”

“Is that possible? There are soldiers guarding outside Lord Noda’s house.”

“That’s right! So my plan is to steal a military uniform, disguise myself as a soldier, and sneak into the house.”

Madam tilted her head at the sight of me saying such nonsense so lightly.

“Is it that easy… … ?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Everything.”

From stealing a military uniform to sneaking into the house of Song Byeong-jun, a leading pro-Japanese figure who was guarded closely by soldiers, there was nothing she could understand.

And it was the same for me too.

“Hmm… … This is so easy. Why can’t you understand it?”

“Well… … I think this problem arose because my common sense and that of this teacher differed.”

“No, what’s so hard about sneaking a military uniform from the army?”

“… … If it were easy, the provisional government people would have gone around wearing Japanese military uniforms and rebelled here and there.”

“Hmm… … That’s it.”

It seemed that there was a generation gap between Madame and me that we couldn’t understand.

At face value, the age difference doesn’t seem that big, but I guess it can’t be helped since I’m from the 21st century and Madame is from the 20th century.

However, even though we cannot turn back the time that has passed, it is possible to experience the time that has passed in advance.

“Madam, the weather is nice. Should we go for a drink?”

“… … The two of us?”

“Business won’t work anyway.”

“That’s because they’re deliberately not accepting guests.”

“Then, let’s just close the door today.”

It is common sense to teach someone if you don’t know.

I am a person who shows with actions rather than words.

* * *

A rickshaw was trying to enter the Yongsan military base where the headquarters of the Korean War Veterans’ Forces is located.

“Stop, this is a military base where the Imperial Army of the Empire of Japan resides. You cannot enter without a special reason… … .”

“I don’t have time, get out.”

“… … ?”

The officer who had stopped the rickshaw lifted the brim of his hat slightly at the sound of Korean being spoken from the rickshaw.

Then his eyes met those of a well-dressed gentleman and his wife, who appeared to be his wife, and he instinctively knew that something was wrong.

“Who… are you…?”

If it were normal, I would have slapped the rickshaw puller in the face and raised my voice to tell him to get out of there right away, but judging by the atmosphere they were giving off, they weren’t the type of people to do something like that.

That’s why I tried to be a little more cautious by raising my voice, even if it was a little late, but it seemed like it was already very late.

“What are you?”

“Yes, yes?”

“Huh? Huh?”

The other person’s face distorted as he got off the rickshaw.

The opponent looked at the officer with a face that only those who have been born with everything under their feet and who believe that the world exists for them can make.

“you.”

“yes!”

“Did you stop me because you knew who I was? Or did you just stop me because a rickshaw was passing by?”

The officer stands at a crossroads of his life.

He had a gut feeling that his promising career could end here, depending on his answer.

‘What should I do? What should I do? What should I do?’

There wasn’t much time to think about it.

The longer he kept his mouth shut, the more the other person’s expression became increasingly worse.

“It was my job to guard the base, so I stopped the rickshaw. There was no other reason for that… … .”

The officer racked his brain to make excuses.

The logic was that he was a soldier who moved according to the rules, and that for a soldier, rules were as important as life.

If it had been a normal situation, the other person would have just laughed it off and let it go, but usually, the person who creates this kind of situation has a hard time thinking normally, so this time too…

“Oh, is that so? Then it means that you have been doing your job very well.”

“Yes? Oh, yes, that’s right.”

“I wonder if I bothered you.”

“Oh, no.”

The tense atmosphere from earlier disappeared, and the other person instantly became gentle like warm sunlight and patted the officer on the shoulder.

“You must be having a hard time outside on this hot day.”

“Oh, no. This is my job… … .”

“Just because it’s work doesn’t mean the hardships disappear, right? It’s thanks to your dedication that I can stretch out my legs and rest comfortably.”

“thank you.”

The officer also felt relieved and relaxed a little as he heard the other person’s words that put his mind at ease.

“Yeah, your name is… … ?”

“Ah, this is Lieutenant Tanaka from the 19th Division Military Police.”

“The Military Police? Then you must know the commander of the Military Police there, Colonel Murasaki.”

“Of course.”

Before the officer could even begin to feel the surprise of hearing his superior’s name come out of his opponent’s mouth, he felt a dull pain in his shoulder.

And at the same time, the gentle atmosphere became fierce again as the opponent’s face distorted.

“Lieutenant Tanaka, do you know what Colonel Murasaki did at my grandfather’s birthday party held at my house last time?”

“Well, well.”

“He brought soldiers to guard our house.”

“Ugh… … .”

The pain in my shoulder got worse.

The officer naturally frowned, but the other person didn’t stop his hand even after seeing that.

Instead, he put more strength into his grip and pressured him at the same time.

“And the commander of the Korean garrison was Lieutenant General Shinnosuke Kikuchi, right? If I remember correctly, he came as a guest at my grandfather’s birthday party and gave me this cool pistol as a gift, right?”

The man took out a considerably worn Southern pistol from his bosom and aimed it at the officer’s temple.

“Then the question here is, who am I?”

“… … .”

The officer couldn’t answer easily.

The same was true for the soldiers who were by his side.

In this situation where an unidentified person in plain clothes boldly stormed into the guard post and pointed a gun at an officer’s head, all they could do was just watch quietly.

“Well, I don’t know!”

“If I don’t know, will my military life be over?”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”

“Why did you do something you feel sorry about? Huh?”

The officer, who had fallen into a swamp of endless grinding, mumbled as his mind went blank.

“That, that… … .”

“Phew.”

Then the man let go of him and put the gun back into his pocket.

Then he smiled kindly again and spoke to the officer.

“Since you stopped me, I guess I should go back now.”

“… … ?”

“Then, you should tell General Kikuchi that my grandfather, Marquis Yi Wan-yong’s eldest grandson, Lee Byeong-gil, came at the General’s invitation, but was stopped at the entrance by Lieutenant Tanaka and just turned back.”

“!!!”

“Then that’s it.”

“Okay, please wait a minute!!!”

The guardhouse door opened slowly at the name Lee Wan-yong.

“What did I say, madam?”

“… … That’s amazing.”

“Save your admiration. There are still many things to be surprised about.”

NIS Agent Tears the Japanese Empire Episode 68