Spy Wars: I can get rewards by being a bully!

Chapter 1104 This world is too crazy

In the following days, the Asahi Shimbun published several reports, pointing directly at the "tragedy" in which hundreds of Japanese people were killed.

For a time, the Japanese government and public were outraged. Shibayama Kenshiro then had his subordinates question the personnel strategy in North China and directly stated that the person who gave the order to open fire was a Chinese man named Lin Ze.

Following this, someone suggested at a cabinet meeting that all parties should seriously consider recruiting local people from occupied territories as officers, and that existing officers who have not yet been naturalized should be vetted.

Some radicals even suggested that Lin Ze should be summoned to Tokyo, and that a senior officer from the North China Area Army should be appointed to explain the incident.

When the news reached North China, it exacerbated the unrest among the people.

Wang Heming, a member of the Governing Committee, even barged into Wang Mengqun's office, demanding that he immediately come up with a plan to readjust the personnel arrangements of the Governing Committee.

Lin House.

Lin Ze continued to listen to music and enjoy himself.

On the coffee table in front of me was a stack of telegrams, all summaries of the situation from Tokyo.

When it was lunchtime, Lin Ze instructed Niu San'er, "Send a telegram to Xiao Jiang Dagui and ask him to arrange for the article to be published."

Niu San'er couldn't hold back any longer. Upon hearing this, he became excited and hurriedly went to the signing room to arrange for a telegram to be sent to Tokyo.

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The Yomiuri Shimbun is one of the largest-circulation newspapers in Japan. If the Asahi Shimbun mainly targets political and business groups, then the Yomiuri Shimbun has a wider audience, including ordinary citizens, students, and small business owners.

That evening, Takayama Seinosuke, the head of the news division at the Yomiuri Shimbun headquarters, wearing a coat, pushed open the newspaper office door.

The newspaper's busiest time is from evening to midnight. During this period, editors from each section send their edited articles to the senior duty editors, who then compile the first edition and send it to the head of the news department.

After the review was completed, the newspapers were immediately sent to the printing plant. Around 3 a.m., the newspapers were freshly printed and began to be delivered.

Takayama Seinosuke returned to his office, took off his coat, and sat down in his leather office chair with a sigh of relief.

He first looked up at the ceiling for a while, and then started smoking one cigarette after another.

In the evening, the senior editor on duty delivered today's layout.

"Thank you for your hard work, Section Chief. Please review tomorrow's newspaper."

Takayama Seinosuke didn't say anything and silently watched.

Finally, he took out two pieces of paper and instructed, "Take out the second article from the front page and replace it with this."

The senior duty editor was not surprised. Changing the content of the page at the last minute was not uncommon. Although changing the content of the front page should be done more cautiously, since the section chief gave the order, there must be a reason. Either some important person did not want a certain article to be published, or some financial group bribed someone to cut in line for some news.

The editor on duty took the two sheets of paper and went out to do the layout.

In the hallway, he habitually glanced at the contents of the paper, then stared wide-eyed in disbelief!

What?! ???

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"A group of ronin harassed the widows of fallen soldiers, and an overseas Chinese woman, unable to bear the humiliation, chose to commit suicide!"

"China has become a haven for criminals fleeing abroad, causing immense distress to overseas Chinese. Who is supporting this behind the scenes?!"

The next day, the big news broke in the Yomiuri Shimbun, like an unstoppable cold wave, sweeping across Tokyo. Sensitive politicians could smell the chill behind it, and many people involved were terrified!

The article is short, but every word is like a knife!

A reporter from the Yomiuri Shimbun's North China bureau presented his observations and experiences to readers in Tokyo.

He wrote: Many idle ronin, after committing crimes in their homeland, immediately think of fleeing to China. There, they not only escape punishment but can continue to bully others. Their targets are mostly small business owners and their families who have traveled to China, and even the widows and children of fallen soldiers. A grocer from Osaka told me that he had been in Beiping for three years and paid large sums of protection money to local ronin groups every year. A military police officer had once helped these merchants, but after that officer was transferred, the ronin became even more ruthless.

Then the reporter dropped a bombshell: he took a picture of a woman in a kimono who had hanged herself, claiming she was a soldier's widow who had been abused by ronin and, in despair, chose to commit suicide.

As soon as this report was published, the lower and middle-class Japanese soldiers were immediately stirred up!

Then, more news began to circulate.

For example, the recent killing of a ronin in North China was actually caused by a ronin group stirring up trouble and even attacking law enforcement agencies. The law enforcement officers had no choice but to open fire in order to protect the overseas Chinese.

For example, Commander Lin, who ordered the shooting, once served as a senior officer in the Beiping Military Police Headquarters and was highly praised by the Japanese residents in Beiping. Now that he has been transferred to Tianjin, the Japanese concession in Tianjin regards him as their guardian.

Just two days ago, there was fierce criticism, but now public opinion has reversed, and the Japanese are furious!

Tokyo, the Shibayama family home.

Kenjiro Shibayama looked at the newspapers from the past few days with a livid face. Then he slammed his fist on the table. The force was so great that his knuckles cracked and bled.

"Baka! Baka yarou! This is a lie, this is Okamura's lie! This old man, he's trying to stir up trouble!"

Even now, Kenjiro Shibayama still believes that Okamura is behind this. In his understanding, even if Hayashi Ze has some influence in North China, he could not possibly affect Tokyo, let alone move a behemoth like the Yomiuri Shimbun. The only explanation is that Okamura used his connections to launch a counterattack.

"Guards! Guards! Get me a meeting with the top management of the Yomiuri Shimbun. I need to ask them how this fake news was published!"

Just then, the assistant scrambled in, his face contorted with grief, and cried, "General, General, something terrible has happened!"

Enraged, Shibayama Kenshiro kicked his assistant aside.

"Baga! What happened?"

"Asahi is saying they're going to hold a press conference to apologize for the fake news they published earlier!"

Kenshiro Shibayama didn't react for a moment, and exclaimed with delight, "You mean the Yomiuri Shimbun has to apologize?"

"It's Asahi! Asahi! Asahi Shimbun has released information saying that its previous report was seriously inaccurate, and those responsible must apologize for it!"

Kenshiro Shibayama's vision went black!

What on earth is going on?!

This world is so crazy!