John was nervous, fearing that Fang Lang would do something that was beyond repair. MacArthur had already regarded Japan as his own territory, and he would not allow anyone to mess with it. Although Fang Lang had a close relationship with the US military, he was still a Brazilian naval general after all.
As the emperor of Japan, if MacArthur knew that a Brazilian naval officer was doing something tricky in Japan, he might really take action.
As for the powerful forces behind Fang Lang, MacArthur didn't care. In the past few years in Japan, due to the flattery of the Japanese, MacArthur, who was arrogant by nature, had already become arrogant and ignored the US government, let alone a Brazilian major general.
Fang Lang saw John's expression and understood what he was worried about. He smiled and nodded.
"Don't worry! I know my limits. If you're worried, all my actions are carried out under your eyes. If you feel there's something wrong, you can stop me at any time. That should be fine, right?"
In Fang Lang's opinion, since he has set his eyes on this piece of land of Jingguo Shenlou, he will be the first to know what the Japanese want to use it for in the future.
If the Japanese really insisted on rebuilding the Jingguo Divine Toilet as he expected, Fang Lang would not mind burning it down again. Moreover, if it was burned down again, it would not just be this place that would be burned. The royal building complex not far away would not be as lucky as last time.
Seeing Fang Lang's serious expression, John continued to ask uncertainly:
"Are you serious?"
...
...
"certainly!"
"Okay then, I'll watch you!"
As the two talked, the convoy slowly left the vicinity of the Jingguo Divine Toilet Site. After visiting the Imperial Palace and the Divine Toilet, the convoy came to the vicinity of Ginza in Tokyo. Along the way, Fang Lang carefully observed the current situation in Japan.
After careful observation for a period of time, Fang Lang found that although most Japanese have solved the basic problem of food and clothing, there are still many idle people on the streets. Obviously, Japan's employment rate is still not high.
Moreover, a large number of these idle personnel seemed to have begun to form a scale, which made him think of the Japanese Black Dragon Society again. Although this organization is a Japanese yakuza organization, it is also a gang.
But it was a part-time intelligence organization and committed numerous crimes in its hometown. After the war, this organization was also wiped out and banned by the Allies, but now these people on the streets obviously have some characteristics of the Yakuza.
This reminded Fang Lang of the famous Japanese gangs in later generations. Now that his family has decided to invest in Japan and control the Japanese economy, he must also infiltrate and control these gangs!
"John, are those guys gang members?"
People in capitalist countries are certainly not unfamiliar with gangs. There are all kinds of gangs, big and small, in the United States itself. The most famous of them is of course the Italian Mafia.
There are also various gangs of all sizes in Brazil, and even the Hongyi Society controlled by Fang Lang is actually one of the gangs. Therefore, everyone is not surprised by the existence of gangs in Japan.
After hearing Fang Lang's question, John just turned his head and took a look, then said uncertainly:
"That should be it! I don't know these guys, but there are gangs in Japan. Many of their members are Japanese soldiers who have nothing to do after being withdrawn from Japan. Because of their military experience, they are cruel and ruthless, which once caused great chaos in Japanese society."
Fang Lang looked at John strangely. He had just asked casually, but he didn't expect that the other party seemed to know something about these guys.
"From what you said, you seem to be very familiar with these guys?"
John heard this and smiled indifferently:
"I am in charge of the logistics of the US Navy. I often need to interact with local Japanese people, and naturally I can't avoid interacting with these gang members. So, I have some understanding of them."
For Fang Lang, this was obviously a very unexpected news, but after thinking about it carefully, it felt very normal. Think about the industries that gangs usually engage in, and look at the comfort stations outside the US military bases. Fang Lang estimated that these comfort stations might be controlled by some gangs to a greater or lesser extent.
After all, if the Japanese government still wants to save face, they will definitely not be able to directly manage these places. And relying on gangs to manage is obviously a very good method.
"Oh! So you know a lot about them. I wonder if you could tell me about them."
"Don't worry! You have American capital behind you. These guys don't dare to lay a hand on your industry, so you don't have to worry at all.
These people are just temporary tools for us, so we don’t need to pay too much attention to them.”
John looked casual, it seemed that he had a lot of contact with these gangs. It could even be said that the entire US military had a lot of contact with these gangs. The US military might even use these gangs to achieve some of its own goals, otherwise it would not be said that these people were just tools used temporarily.
"Oh! I wonder if you are familiar with any gangsters. Our family's business in Japan will soon start to take action. Sometimes we may need to use these guys to do things that are not suitable for us to do ourselves."
After hearing what Fang Lang said, John didn't think much about it. Perhaps in his opinion, this was just an insignificant matter.
"Of course, I have connections with several larger gangs in Tokyo. If you need anything done, just tell me and I'll tell them to do it.
If you want to meet them, I can introduce you to them, but I think it's better for me to introduce you to a guy who has a huge influence on these gangs than to make friends with these gang members. "
Fang Lang's eyes lit up when he heard this.
"Oh! There are guys who have a huge influence on these gangs? Can you tell me more about it?"
Looking at Fang Lang, John shook his head helplessly. He thought Fang Lang was just curious about these Japanese gangs. At the same time, in his opinion, there was nothing to hide about these questions, so he just thought about it for a while and spoke directly:
"If you really need these guys, I can introduce someone to you."
John's words made Fang Lang even more curious. He knew the situation in Japan. This country was the only one in the world that allowed the underworld to exist legally. Therefore, the influence of the underworld was completely different from that of other countries where underworld organizations could only operate secretly.
They are an organization that can appear openly in the daytime. Although John said he would introduce him to someone who has a huge influence on the Japanese underworld, he did not tell him the specific situation of the other party. This made Fang Lang feel uncomfortable, and he could not help but ask directly:
"Don't worry about the introduction yet. You still want to tell me who this guy is? Is he like the godfather of the Mafia?"
"This guy is not just a gangster. To be more precise, he is a politician. His name is Yoshio Kodama. He was once a Japanese naval officer and a Class A war criminal tried by the Far East Military Tribunal."
Fang Lang's face changed instantly after hearing this. He had never heard of this name, but the man who was judged as a Class A war criminal by the Far East Military Tribunal must be a brutal executioner. But such an executioner was able to control the Japanese gangs, which meant that the other party was no longer serving his sentence in prison.
How could Fang Lang not be surprised? What was the US government trying to do? A guy who was convicted as a Class A war criminal by a military court was actually back at it in broad daylight four years after the end of the war.
John didn't notice Fang Lang's expression and continued to introduce him slowly.
"In 1948, he was released early because he agreed to cooperate with the CIA. He is now active in Tokyo. Because he served as the head of the Japanese secret service during the war, he has a great influence on the local Japanese underworld organizations.
This man has very strong working ability. In just one year, he has conquered most of the Japanese gangs. It can be said that he is the leader of the Japanese underworld.
If you need to deal with the Japanese underworld, just go to him directly."
As John's introduction became more and more detailed, Fang Lang's expression became more and more ugly. He had long heard that the CIA in the United States was very powerful, and he was also well aware that they did things lawless and unscrupulously.
However, he did not expect that in order to achieve their goals, they would directly release a Japanese Class A war criminal, the head of the Japanese secret service agency who was burdened with numerous blood debts, and let him come out to take over the Japanese underworld organizations.
This behavior is simply wiping out all the years of hard work of the anti-fascist alliance. Fang Lang really cannot accept it.
But Japan is not a place where he can make decisions now. He decided to find out the situation as much as possible first, and then let his investigation department enter the Japanese intelligence field and find a way to further investigate the situation in Japan. If necessary, he would spend his own money to send these war criminals who were at large to hell.
Fang Lang looked at the street scene passing by outside the window, not daring to meet John's gaze, lest he discover the murderous intent in his eyes. He suppressed his anger, slowly put away the ugly expression on his face, and slowly spoke:
"Oh! He's actually the head of an intelligence agency. He should be the person the CIA is planning to use to develop an intelligence network in Japan! Would it be inappropriate for us to ask him for help?"
John did not notice the abnormality in Fang Lang's tone. Perhaps in his heart, these Japanese were not important and not worthy of his excessive attention.
"Developing a bullshit intelligence network, I heard that the "Kodama Agency" established by this guy named Kodama Yoshio, in addition to collecting war intelligence for the Intelligence Department of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was also commissioned by the Japanese Navy to plunder war materials and provide them to the Japanese Navy.
They used every possible means to collect a lot of valuables such as gold, jewelry, jade and so on from the occupied areas. Later, this agency almost became the silver vault of the Japanese intelligence agency.
When Japan surrendered, he was in charge of all the Japanese Navy's property and secret funds in Shanghai. Later, with the consent of the Minister of the Navy, he secretly transferred these funds.
I guess his early release might have something to do with the money he had. Either the CIA or MacArthur was interested in the money. "
Fang Lang had indeed never heard of the name Kodama Yoshio, but the name "Kodama Agency" mentioned by John seemed to be one that Fang Lang often heard in TV dramas of later generations.
From this we can see that this bastard named Kodama Yoshio is absolutely a complete war criminal. Now the Americans have released him early for the sake of the funds in the hands of the other side.
As a Chinese, he knew without a doubt where the money came from, so he was so angry that he was shaking all over and couldn't help but punch the door.
"These damn bastards, this scum is a Class A war criminal, and they released him early just for the money he had?
Then what about our comrades who have fought and died in the battlefields over the past few years? What is the meaning of their deaths? "
John didn't expect Fang Lang's reaction to be like this. To be honest, when he first heard that the CIA had let these war criminals release early, he was also very angry. But after more than a year of transition, and the fact that Kodama Yoshio did make his work a lot easier, he almost forgot that he was once a war criminal.
If Fang Lang hadn't mentioned today that he wanted to contact the Japanese gangsters and asked about the details of this person, he really wouldn't have remembered it. At this moment, Fang Lang's reaction made him feel a little ashamed.
You have to know that the number of American soldiers who died in the Pacific battlefield was also quite huge. These people were all his comrades, but now he has forgotten them. Instead, he enjoys the service of these former enemies with peace of mind and forgets the sacrifice of his comrades.
Thinking of this, John didn't know what to say for a moment and felt a little embarrassed.
After Fang Lang vented his anger, he noticed something strange happening to John beside him. He patted his arm a little embarrassedly and said:
"John, I'm sorry! I wasn't talking about you, I meant those CIA assholes."
It would have been fine if he didn't explain. Once he explained, John Clark's face became even uglier. However, he also knew that Fang Lang was not targeting him, and what Fang Lang said was not wrong. The one who was wrong in this matter was the CIA, and the CIA represented the US government. Therefore, he, a US military colonel, was also wrong.
"It's okay. You're right. We're all assholes. When I first heard that this guy was a war criminal, my reaction was exactly the same as yours. I wanted to shoot him.
But I can't do that. To protect American interests in Japan, we need these damned bastards."
In fact, Fang Lang knew the filth of politics better than he did. The reason why he said those words just now was that he couldn't help but blurt them out.
Now that John had interrupted him, he had realized that since some things had already happened, they were definitely not something they could solve right now. After all, the CIA was involved, and the power of the CIA was enormous, so Fang Lang didn't want to offend them.
However, this does not mean that Fang Lang is willing to accept all this calmly. On the contrary, some hatred does not need to be expressed openly. Since the Americans cannot let these war criminals receive the punishment they deserve, then perhaps he can take action himself and make them pay a more painful price than staying in prison.
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