NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 86



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There are few in Tokyo (3)

The Chosun Ilbo’s job training is over.

For the past two months, new employees at the Chosun Ilbo have been trained in the essential virtues required of those who work at the Chosun Ilbo, or as Koreans, in a remote mountainous area away from civilization for two months and ten days.

The most representative of these was the work creed that had to be recited every night before going to bed.

“one!”

“We are proud Koreans who represent the voice of our country and people!”

“two!”

“We will become a force to protect the press through training that is similar to real-life situations!”

“three!”

“We obey the law and obey orders!”

“four!”

“We stand firm and united, keeping honor and faith!”

It was just a few words that they would have heard at a training camp, but after being deprived of their human rights for the past two months and having their brains worked until they were soft, their heads were practically empty.

The miracle that even those who were healthy forget everything they learned and become confused just by entering the training center is happening here right now… …!

Tsugimoto took advantage of that gap sharply.

Well, it sounds grandiose, but in the first place, he was the type who did field work at the National Intelligence Service and not that kind of work, so Tsugimoto’s actions were somewhat distant from brainwashing.

If I had to make a metaphor, it was just a matter of slightly modifying the document file name and overwriting it with a similar file.

“hmm…….”

“You don’t know what it is?”

“yes.”

“Then I guess it’s just like that.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Tseuup… … . I told you to call me instructor here.”

“Ah! Yes, instructor.”

During the day, under the pretext of building physical strength, they would squeeze out every ounce of physical strength, and at night, under the pretext of building mental strength, they would slightly reduce sleep time and provide separate mental training.

It is not so strange that the minds of new employees, who are completely cut off from the outside world of civilization and receive no information while cultivating their bodies and minds day and night, gradually change.

“Who is our enemy?”

“This is the Governor-General’s Office… …!”

“Why?”

“His Majesty the Emperor has bestowed upon his subjects the freedom of speech, but the Government-General has rejected this and is attempting to monitor and control the speech as they see fit!”

“hmm……!”

Anyone who heard this would tilt their head in confusion, but the people involved did not have any doubts about it.

Because to them, it was a statement that did not pose any problem.

“To serve His Majesty the Emperor above and to inform the citizens of the information they need to know below. That is the honor and pride of being a Chosun Ilbo reporter!”

“evil!”

“Your pens will become spears that will drive out the corrupt from this land, leaving only the good.”

“evil!”

It only took exactly two months and ten days for this to happen.

“Wow… … . As expected, this is the teacher.”

“What am I?”

“No, you turned those guys into total crazy fanatics.”

“What about fanatics… … Those guys are just tools that you use for a while and then throw away when they break.”

“Ah, a tool?”

“For example… … something like a floor mop.”

“… … .”

“Don’t look at it that way. If those guys were really going to move for Korean independence, they would have done so long ago.”

In reality, there were quite a few patriots who fought for Korean independence despite having pro-Japanese parents.

But they didn’t do that.

It’s a very small difference, but it’s a very crucial difference that separates those great people who gave up everything they had and sacrificed their lives for Korea’s independence from those idiots.

“But… … . Looking at that sight, I feel a little sorry for him.”

Chunsik felt sorry for the new employees who had grown fat and thin because they didn’t eat properly in the middle of summer, and whose eyes had become darkened because they didn’t sleep properly.

“It’s pitiful. It’s pitiful to think that they have to go through something like that because of their parents who don’t even know how to recognize a rotten rope.”

Chunsik looked at me with eyes full of doubt as if he knew that the person who made people like that was the one who made them like that.

“But if I think that they too have walked the same path as my parents, I don’t feel so sorry for them.”

“Oh, yes… … .”

Chunshik didn’t say anything after that.

I didn’t say anything else either.

Since long ago, only the meaningless songs of young people running around carrying logs on their backs in a remote mountain valley where no one had set foot since evening could be heard like an echo, hitting each mountain pass.

“Our country has become hell, and everyone is wandering around in misery~”

* * *

Around the time when someone called Tsugimoto, Kuroda, or Mr. Lee of Shanghai was away from Gyeongseong for a while.

In Gyeongseong, various troublesome issues were popping up one after another.

“What do you mean that the whereabouts of the money taken by the Ghost of Gyeongseong cannot be found?”

“It is exactly as it says in the report.”

“So what does that mean?”

“It literally means that we cannot fully understand the source of funds that the Gyeongseong Ghost is operating from.”

“Are you trying to joke around with me right now!!!”

The ashtray of the police chief flew into the face of Miwa Wasaburo, the head of the special investigation team under the police department of the Government-General of Korea.

But, whether the Chief of Police’s aim was poor or he didn’t have the heart to aim, the ashtray passed over Miwa’s face and only hurt the innocent wall.

-Tink!

Even in this tense atmosphere, Miwa continued to repeat what I said like a parrot.

“I can’t trace his cash flow.”

“But this guy… … !”

“It’s not because I or my team members are incompetent or lazy.”

“What? Huh, then why?”

“We don’t have the authority to investigate that.”

“What kind of nonsense are you talking about? Why don’t you have the authority to investigate?! Forget that I gave you the authority to investigate so you could catch that guy!!!”

Miwa’s excuses, which weren’t excuses, really hurt the Chief of Police, and at that moment, his anger was about to explode past the critical point.

“Yes, you did. But you didn’t give me the authority to investigate everything in Gyeongseong.”

“What? What do you mean by that?”

“That’s exactly what it says. Our team currently has no right to investigate everyone living in Gyeongseong.”

“So what you’re saying is… … that the ghost of Gyeongseong might not be Korean?”

“To be precise, there are people in the upper ranks of the Government-General who are suspected of being ghosts, but at present, there is no authority to investigate them.”

The police chief’s face began to darken even more at Miwa’s words.

“… … Do you know what that means now?”

“I don’t know. All I can think about is catching the ghost of Gyeongseong.”

At Miwa’s words, the police chief looked at him blankly for a moment without saying anything.

Then he shook his head and said.

“It looks like a bear, but it thinks like a raccoon.”

“I will take that as a compliment.”

“You, do you really not know what this is saying?”

“Aren’t you asking for investigative authority over the upper echelons?”

“Yeah, you little shit!”

The police chief reached for the desk again to throw the ashtray, but there was nothing in his hand.

Only then did the police chief remember that he had thrown the ashtray a moment ago, and he sat back down after calming down for a moment.

“Huh… … . Yes, I will understand you with my broad heart. But if you actually go out to investigate, do you think the higher-ups will just sit back and watch?”

“I don’t know what you are talking about.”

“A crazy guy just reveals their believers, but the highest people are still watching it, this psychotic baby !!!”

The police chief’s angry shouts echoed through the walls and throughout the Governor-General’s Office.

But Miwa didn’t even blink an eye and just kept repeating what she wanted to say like a parrot.

“There are ghosts of Gyeongseong within the Government-General or among those who work closely with the Government-General. So, please allow me to investigate them.”

“Ha… … Is this kid really determined to make me drink water? Are you crazy? Are you crazy!”

Miwa was only making direct remarks to catch the ghost of Gyeongseong, but his words and actions were actually putting pressure on the police chief.

“Stop talking nonsense. Go and catch that ghost of Gyeongseong and make him kneel before me!”

“Then the higher-ups… … .”

“Stop talking such nonsense!”

“It’s not crazy. So far, we have been tracking the flow of money within Gyeongseong, but we have not been able to detect any significant flow of money that could be considered the ghost of Gyeongseong. That means that there is a force or identity within Gyeongseong that is currently laundering the money… … .”

Miwa’s words were an extremely normal judgment.

During that time, the ghost of Gyeongseong had been collecting money from the Government-General of Korea and its collaborators, amounting to at least several hundred thousand won. It is impossible for this enormous amount of money to disappear without a sound.

Even if the appearances of the Gyeongseong Ghost had been that of making the impossible possible, this was a story that was truly physically impossible.

There would be no proper place to store that much money, and even if there were space, it would naturally be noticeable.

So, in order to deal with those funds, they came to the conclusion that they had to either embezzle the money or hide it in a safe place within Gyeongseong, out of sight of the police.

But there is a problem here too.

“Currently, all groups of illegal agents within Gyeongseong who could help the Gyeongseong Ghost handle such large sums of money have long since been eliminated.”

“so?”

“However, the whereabouts of the funds being used by the Gyeongseong Ghost are unknown. Here are two possible guesses.”

Either an international terrorist group capable of laundering that much money has emerged in the country, or the ghost of Gyeongseong is clinging to public power and laundering the money.

“It’s one of two things.”

After hearing Miwa’s explanation, the police chief sighed deeply and consoled him with kind words.

“Then why don’t we just catch that international terrorist group? Why do we have to harass the innocent high-ranking officials to shed blood?”

“The reason is simple.”

But Miwa mercilessly attacked the police chief’s delicate chest.

“Because there is no such terrorist organization within Gyeongseong.”

The police chief was speechless at Miwa’s words.

This was because, even to his ears, he felt some kind of connection between the ghost of Gyeongseong, the Government-General, or a group of collaborators working together with them.

But that doesn’t mean that Miwa can be given the authority to stab those on high at will.

If you do that, you’ll end up in trouble before this investigation is even over.

That’s why.

“get out.”

“Did I mishear you?”

“Go and find evidence that there is no such terrorist organization in Gyeongseong and put it on my desk. Then I will give you the right to investigate.”

“hmm…….”

The police chief suppressed Miwa’s demands even if it meant using force.

But he didn’t know.

“All right.”

What I’m saying is that Miwa Wasaburo isn’t the type of person to give up here.

If he had been the kind of person who would give up so easily in the first place, he would not have taken on the Gyeongseong Ghost case that everyone else was reluctant to take on.

“I will upload it within this week.”

“Okay, go ahead.”

In fact, the police chief didn’t have high expectations.

But a week later.

After seeing Miwa’s report on the desk, I couldn’t help but change my mind.

NIS Agent Tears the Japanese Empire Episode 87