My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

Chapter 320 Muto Yoshinobu's Anger

The waste caused by this is not what he wants to see.

While he was slowly absorbing the energy from the inner elixir, the Kwantung Army headquarters far away in Changchun was filled with gloom and sorrow.

It turned out that just a few days ago, the highest leader of the Japanese Kwantung Army, Mutō Yoshinobu, received an urgent telegram from the lower levels of the secret service.

They said that the special agents they sent to Guangdong were being quickly eliminated. You have to know that these people were spies they had carefully trained for many years at great expense.

They were specially used to gather intelligence and carry out assassination missions. Normally, if there were ten or eight casualties, they would suffer for a long time. Now, they had lost more than a hundred people in just over a month.

This made Muto Yoshinobu so angry that he cursed, "What are you doing in your secret service? Why did you lose so many of the Empire's elite? Is there a traitor among you?"

Zhihe Yingji, the highest leader of the Guangdong secret service agency who was urgently transferred back, was also confused at this time.

He had only received an order from the headquarters to distribute counterfeit money, but how did that warlord named Jiang make such a big fuss? And it seemed like he had cheated, catching every one of them.

But when his superior asked him a question, he dared not answer, "Please forgive me, Lord Muto, I don't know what went wrong at the moment, but those spies are the elite of the empire."

"I believe there is absolutely no problem with their loyalty. Please give me some time. I will find the problem in the shortest possible time!"

Upon hearing this, Muto Yoshinobu flew into a rage, took two steps forward and used Dabidou to hit Zhihe Yingji so hard that he saw stars, but he did not dare to dodge at all.

Instead, he kept saying "Ha Yi" and admitted his mistakes.

After hitting Zhihe Yingji for more than ten times, his faces were already swollen, and Muto Yoshinobu stopped with an angry look on his face.

"I don't care what went wrong, I give you seven days to find it, or you can perform a cesarean section on yourself, lest your incompetence tarnish the supreme honor of my great island nation!"

"get out!"

Zhihe Yingji felt as if he had been pardoned when he heard this. He apologized for his crime and immediately turned around and left.

Seeing that he and Takaji left, Muto Yoshinobu's anger did not dissipate.

He said to the others in the headquarters: "I have said long ago that only force can make the enemy surrender. You insist on waging an economic war and claiming to disintegrate the enemy from within!"

"Not only have we failed to disintegrate the enemy, but we have also lost so many of the Empire's elites in vain. All of you who made these suggestions should be disemboweled!"

After hearing what Muto Yoshinobu said, Aoki Kenjun, the highest-ranking official of the secret service in China, immediately stood up and expressed his point of view.

"Master Muto, you are right. Force is indeed the most direct way to defeat the enemy!"

"But we all know that the empire's current plan is to stabilize the three northeastern provinces first, build them into a stable rear area, and then wait for an opportunity to disrupt its internal affairs."

"It seems that we cannot launch a full-scale attack on China in a short period of time, so using spies to infiltrate the enemy is the most effective method at present!"

Mutō Yoshinobu could have become the supreme commander of the Kwantung Army, so he certainly couldn't be a fool and must have been clear about these people.

He said these things only as excuses to achieve his own goals, so no matter how well Aoki Kenjun spoke, he did not change his opinion.

"The most effective method you mentioned has killed more than a hundred imperial elites, but it has not even accomplished something as simple as distributing counterfeit money. It is clear that there must be something wrong with your plan. You must make changes immediately!"

Aoki Xuanjun wanted to explain himself after hearing this, but he didn't know how to start. After all, it was indeed their secret agency's fault for not doing its job well, and there was really nothing to say.

Finally, he discussed it with the secret service and re-determined the plan.

"Master Muto, we have just discussed a new plan. Since Mr. Jiang has reacted so strongly to our act of distributing counterfeit money, it means that we are on the right track!"

"As long as we can change our methods, we will definitely achieve satisfactory results, so we decided to distribute counterfeit banknotes to the surrounding warlords."

"Through the hands of these warlords, we can let counterfeit money flow into the rule of Jiang, weakening him. It would be even better if we can make them enemies and even escalate to a direct conflict!"

To be honest, this plan is very good, but Muto Yoshinobu's goal has not yet been achieved, so he naturally will not give in so easily.

"That's it. What if your plan fails? The Empire has already confirmed that the fortune in southern China is gathering rapidly because of this man named Jiang!"

"If we can't kill him quickly, he will definitely become the biggest rival of our great island nation after a while!"

"So while destroying their economy, we also have to assassinate their officers at all levels. It would be best if we kill that guy named Jiang, and then his power will collapse immediately!"

Upon hearing this, Aoki Xuanjun immediately nodded and accepted the order, "Don't worry, Master Muto, our secret service will immediately issue the assassination mission!"

Seeing that the topic finally came to assassination, Muto Yoshinobu said coldly: "Just tell us about the assassination. To be safe, I will report to the Emperor and ask him to transfer some Yin Yang Masters from the mainland to use Yin Yang magic to kill the enemy!"

After hearing what Muto Yoshinobu said, Aoki Kenjun was a little confused, but he didn't say anything. After all, he came from a samurai family and believed in killing and Buddhism.

He didn't think much of people like Onmyoji. What he didn't know was that what happened today was done intentionally by Muto Yoshinobu.

He wanted to use this incident to allow the Onmyoji to return to the status of the Nara period and become a close minister of the Emperor, and he could also use the Onmyoji to gain more say.

As for why Muto Yoshinobu chose the Onmyoji group to become his helper in further seizing power, we have to talk about his family.

Yoshinobu Mutō was born on July 1868, 7 in Hizen, Japan, and was the second son of Naoto Mutō, a samurai of Saga Domain.

His Muto family has had a strong interest in and research on Onmyoji for more than a dozen generations, and even produced several famous Onmyojis in history.

During his growth, Nobuyoshi Muto was also influenced by the family atmosphere and had a deep understanding of the knowledge and rituals of Onmyoji.

Although he chose the military path, this background made him maintain a certain degree of interest and awe in supernatural powers and mysterious phenomena.

This is also the main reason why he chose the Onmyoji group as his driver on the road to promotion.

Having said that, he is already the supreme commander of the Kwantung Army, how can he be promoted?