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Chapter 4. black screen (3)

Chapter 4. black screen (3)

Nakao’s face hardened for a moment at Junghwan’s fluent but determined Japanese, but as a person who had gone through all the antenatal care, he quickly regained his composure.

The waitress came in and poured tea in front of them, and the smell of steaming tea wafted through the room, but no one wanted to touch it.

As the waitress left and silence returned to the room, Nakao talked about Jeonghwan in a soft voice, as if throwing a bait.

“Heh heh, Kim Jung-hwan……Did you say military? I don’t know what you mean. Why is the story of the Yamanote Loop Line suddenly appearing here…”

“Minister. I know that Japanese people have a strict distinction between tate-mae (outside heart) and hon-ne (本音: inner heart, true heart), but as I said, I am a North Korean, so I hate this kind of tiring search battles. Isn’t Minister Nakao the real owner of Ishibashi Real Estate Construction, which owns the Yamanote Line construction site?”

“…………”

“Or, I believe that the president of Real Estate Ishibashi, who has the ability to see through, does not intend to claim that he purchased the site exactly over the route extension construction site, even a year ago. Anyone with good judgment will see there is a dark side to this transaction. Maybe the Tokyo District Prosecutor’s Office Special Division thinks so?”

‘I can’t take this shichimi anymore.’

When Junghwan even mixed up with subtle threats, Nakao quickly changed his judgment.

As soon as the story of the prosecution came out, the secretary’s face hardened, but Nakao’s face did not change at all, and he shed an old-fashioned smile, then nodded his head coolly.

“Haha, that’s fine, then let’s put aside each other’s boring plays. You’re right. I am the dark side of Ishibashi Real Estate. But you’re not in a position to say that to me either, are you?”

“…………”

“Are you sure it’s Heo Young-jun from Takayama Real Estate? Zainichi and Yakuza are also related to the second crime. Hiring a person like this to act as a representative means that neither you nor your black screen is clearly on the clean side?”

“I don’t think there is any reason to answer that question.”

Despite Jeonghwan’s resolute words as if cutting with a knife, Nakao still did not stop talking to himself.

And even while his mouth was moving, Nakao’s eyes, hidden in the wrinkles, were constantly searching for Junghwan’s expression, as if he was trying to find something invisible.

“As the special ambassador in Pyongyang… People living in the communist system, I thought they would be blind when it comes to real estate investment, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. With this amount of money, even the Chongryon chief moves, maybe it can be said that the ‘general’ of the Republic is related to your black screen, right? Kim Jong-il is investing in Tokyo’s subway construction… It’s a lot of fun…”

“…………”

Jeonghwan didn’t answer his words, but Nakao didn’t seem to want to hear an answer either.

As if he had already calculated something, he fixed his eyes on Jeonghwan’s and spoke slowly but clearly.

“I don’t know where you got the information, but tell your superior in Pyongyang to yield to me on this matter. If you step down this time, I will take care of the hotel case properly.”

“You have noticed well, Mr. Construction. Our general… No, the shogun does not make concessions.”

‘I’ll have to sell Kim Jong-il’s name as much as possible here.’

Jeonghwan thought that coming from a dictatorship was convenient at times like this.

Construction Minister Nakao. If this insider trading is known to the outside, he will be immediately dismissed and sent to prison, but even the Japanese prosecutors cannot arrest Kim Jong-il in North Korea.

At best, it would be all about suspending or changing the construction by investigating the allegation of inflow of funds from the hostile country, and in the end, only Nakao, who has been working hard on this for a long time, becomes nothing.

There is no way that Nakao, a well-established politician, would not know what Jung-hwan himself knew.

Of course, it is dangerous to sell Kim Jong-il’s name recklessly in his current situation, but it is unlikely that Nakao would contact Pyongyang and ask, ‘Sir, have you invested in the Yamanote Line?’ He was sure he would accept the compromise he offered.

But things started to turn out a little differently than he expected.

“……You go out for a moment.”

“All right. Minister.”

“…………?”

As soon as the secretary left, Nakao pointed to Kim Yong-geon this time.

“I would like Manager Kim to step away for a bit… Will you give him permission, Jeonghwan-kun?”

“…. Manager Kim?”

“All right. comrade.”

Soon after, Kim Yong-geon also left, and within the tea room, only Jeong-hwan and Nakao remained.

As soon as Kim Yong-geon left, Nakao asked Jung-hwan with a bold smile.

“Hmm, our Japanese political system is no different than a battle of evil spirits, but that republic doesn’t seem to be much different. On the surface, it seems that the whole country is united under the one-leader system and there is no noise, but in reality, that doesn’t seem to be the case. It seems like there are several complicated circumstances, isn’t it?”

“……What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“haha. This is the exact opposite of what you and I said earlier. Stop shichimi. Did I say Junghwan-kun? You are neither Pyongyang’s special ambassador nor anything. It’s even more unlikely that he’s being directed by Kim Jong-il. This is purely for you to do this, for your own personal benefit. Am I right?”

“………………………………”

Nakao’s words stabbed him in the face, but Junghwan was fortunate to be able to prevent his expression from changing.

After a few seconds passed to calm the agitation for a moment, the voice coming out of Jeonghwan’s mouth was as calm as the first time.

“I wonder why you made that decision. Why do you think I am moving alone?”

“Isn’t it obvious? If a young person like you is in charge of overtaking Chongryon in such a costly operation, he must have some kind of kinship with the leader class of the Kitajosen. The thing that Japan and that one believes most is, of course, blood ties. If you look at it up to this point, you might think that the shogun secretly sent money to Tokyo by entrusting it to the most trusted blood relatives to get his money…”

Saying that, Nakao took out some papers from his arms and laid them out on the table.

Jeonghwan glanced at the documents with numbers, stamps, and photos on them.

“…Unfortunately, these documents say no.”

“What is this?”

“A report from the Cabinet Information Investigation Office (内閣情報調査室) tells about an organization called Room 39 of the Workers’ Party of Korea that manages the shogun’s money. And, according to this report, the amount of money that is currently flowing into Japan does not exceed 100 million yen at a time. And that’s mostly focused on luxury purchases. Of course, that’s not a small amount of money, but isn’t it a lot of money to jump into something big like this?”

“…The Minister has a bad habit of drawing conclusions too quickly. Can’t you think of changing the money managers in the meantime?”

“No, I am sure. because…….”

Nakao, who made an unexpected assertion, spoke up to this point and looked at Jeonghwan with a smirk on his face.

His eyes seemed to be convinced that he had already won.

“We have ours on your side. Don’t you think that only Kitajousen can send spies?”

“……!”

“I trust the research lab’s ability to research data. In particular, the Ministry of Construction and Construction of the Ministry of Construction, when the research office enters overseas markets, gives and receives a lot of help through local networks, so there are a lot of debts there. Anyway, my conclusion is that there is no Kim Jong-il or anyone behind you. Am I wrong?”

‘Damn, if I come to power later, I’ll have to uproot it from there.’

Junghwan sighed and muttered to himself.

Watching Nakao Construction Master solve the situation as if he already knew it, Jeonghwan had to admit that he had looked down on him too much.

He threatened Nakao with evidence of his affiliation with Ishibashi Real Estate and tried to gain the upper hand in his relationship, but the situation was reversed in an instant.

Although Jeonghwan had the strength of memory as a regressor, it was impossible for him to surpass the intelligence-gathering ability of a powerful country such as Japan in this era, as he was neither the head of an intelligence agency nor a high-ranking official in his previous life.

And Nakao bowed to Jeonghwan and made a conclusion.

“If you put these evidences together… I think your true identity is probably the hidden son of the former Republican general who was pushed out of the power struggle inside Pyongyang. What is happening in Japan right now can be considered as samurai training in order to return to the center of power again? haha. It’s like watching a Sengoku period period drama performed by NHK in real life. After all, your republic is a country that is more interesting to see.”

“You are great. If so, do you intend to immediately inform the Republic of my hometown and General Kim Jong-il of this fact? I’m working on this kind of tactic, so you want to get rid of it quickly?”

Junghwan repeated the worst-case scenario he had assumed in his mouth and repeated it to himself.

I’m going to have to be careful from now on.

If you make a mistake, you won’t be able to even scream and you’ll get hooked.

Fortunately among the misfortunes, Nakao smiled and shook his head at his question.

“I? for what? Who did you mean to do such a thing?”

“………that word…”

“I don’t know if anything falls on me by doing that, but that’s not the case, so what am I doing to get rid of one of your general’s competitors? Anyway, I don’t think they’ll send me a New Year’s card to say thank you.”

“…………”

“I think I was lucky this time, and I quit construction. It’s disgusting that I tried to get my hands on the fortune-telling, but I’m not going to end your life by telling them right away. I might be able to use you as a trading card with Kitajousen in the future. then be well It’s been a pleasure to see a young man with an ambitious spirit after a long time.”

Having said that, Nakao got up from his seat, grabbed his papers, and walked towards the door.

To him, who was about to leave without looking back, leaving Junghwan in the tea room, Junghwan threw the trump card he had prepared for the win .