Chapter 397 – Kwantung Army Headquarters (2)

“So, who’s getting kicked out of the army? Everyone?”

General Jirō Minami, Commander of the Kwantung Army, was seated at the head of the table. As soon as Major General Daisaku Kawamoto, Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army, Major General Kenji Dōihara, Chief of the Fengtian Special Service Agency attached to Kwantung Army Headquarters, and Major General Seishirō Itagaki, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army, had all assembled, he opened with those words.

There was not the slightest hint of a joke in either his tone or his attitude.

As for Kanji Ishiwara, whom I had thought might be good to have as one more person in the room, I had checked on his whereabouts before leaving, only to discover that he was hospitalized. Apparently, he was undergoing surgery to remove a papilloma from inside his bladder.

I had thought,