Chapter 212 – On the Eve of the Manchurian Incident (3)

“Forgive me for responding to your question with one of my own, but may I ask something in return?”

“What is it you think I can do for you?”

The reply came immediately, answering my hesitant words. Still, I don’t think my question itself was mistaken.

I can provide money. Kawashima-san has a limited degree of status and prestige. But Kawashima-san’s power is only usable so long as the Kwantung Army and the Imperial Japanese Army deem it valuable. On top of that, I don’t know exactly what is happening in Manchuria.

That’s why, even if it’s just surface-level explanations or excuses, I have to hear them first. Otherwise, I can’t afford to say anything carelessly. And yet, before I could do that, words that were practically a counter-question to my own were thrown back at me.

It’s easy enough to nod