Lord Shadow

Chapter 1678: Old Stories

Japan now not only has Hikigaya but also Oreki.

The Twin Sages of Japan.

One of them holds the power to change illusion into reality, and another has the power to control thunder.

Now, who knows what Oreki could do after breaking though to Divine Comprehension

This is the first seed of conflict between the world powers.

Then there is the Republic.

The conflict is nothing else but the factional strife between those who supported Boris and Katarina and those who supported Jean

The matter seems to have been resolved. Katarina also seems to have back down from the conflict.

But is it really over?

What if Katarina decided to ask for the support of Death Monarch?

What happens then? Would the Republic be brought into war against pandemonium.

And if such war happens, which side the other world power would take?

All of the people of the world is worried that any of this world powers would begin to attack each other again.

Everyone is tired of war.

And the population of humans on Earth are dwindling

They expected thing to happen a day after the breakthrough

But, nothing happens.

It is too calm.

In Pandemonium, there is a foreboding silence. And the silence of Pandemonium make the whole world uneasy.

There is a throne in Pandemonium. And that throne is for That Person. Death Monarch throne. And he is still not in Pandemonium. Did he return but not publicize his return?

Or is he somewhere in the world, planning something? If he returns but did not publicises his return, why would he do that?

Speculations is abound. Especially for those who look at the attitude of Pandemonium. And now more than ever, the attitude of Pandemonium is very important. To the relations of the Great Powers and to the peace that is just beginning.

People fear chaos like this.

Pandemonium is silent.

And the whole world listens

And then there is the World Government.

Raymond now has returned to power.

What would he do with his newfound power? Would he purge those who tries to covet his position? Or would he help Hirate to expand the influence of the World Government?

There must be some agreement between Raymond and Death Monarch. Some people wondered, will the conflict between the Lesage of Freedom, Japan and the World Government broke out?

Or will Hirate let bygones be bygones with Japan and focus on their lifelong rival the Leage of Freedom?

There is also the possibility that the League of Freedom themselves would launch an attack to the World Government and throw everything they got before the World Government make their moves

But there is no warship floating in the sky and there is no naval force being mobilized. Some wonder whether this silence is precursor to a storm or that the World Government had relented and would not seek any more conflict with Japan

In Japan, Hikigaya and Oreki, the twin Sages of Japan had call for an audience with the Emperor.

A new installation of the Shogun or the abolishment of the Shogunate and reverting back to a full imperial monarch with Oreki and Hikigaya as the protector of the West and the East

There is also a news coming from Japan that the current Emperor of Japan would reinstate the Kazoku system

The Kazoku system was abolished in 1947 Constitution of Japan.

After the Fall, however, certain thing come back to rear its head.

After the Fall Hirate took control of the nation with force, pacifying the nation using the emperor name for legitimacy and construct a provisional government with the Emperor as the rallying point to unite the people

This at that time was one of the reasons why Japan was quickly reorganized and why Hirate could manage to establish contact with other nations and quickly built the foundation of an organization which later would become the World Government

Why is it that the Japan government is so quickly reorganized? Because unlike other nations, their rulers did not die

United States for example, had many of those politicians dying in the first hour of the Fall. Either they were killed by monsters or dying because of the chaos, the chain of command of the United States was paralyzed from top to bottom.

Like China, United States was obliterated by monsters.

And most of their high etch weapons did not function in the first hour of the Fall.

And that one hour determines the life and death of so many people.

Japan however, was one of the few island nations that have the luck of not being attack by so many monsters.

The Prime Minister is dead, the Diet was also obliterated taking with it, hundreds of politicians.

But the Emperor, this ceremonial emperor, survives.

All it needs was a reason and Hirate provided that reason

The Emperor as the figurehead of a stable government.

Order could be created.

And at that time Hirate occupied the right place, the right time and he could grasp this chance.

People want stability in chaos.

And a face of authority could calm a person down and Hirate knows this, using the name of the Emperor to claim that ”Japan has not yet fallen”

Japan at that time was completed isolated from the world.

Not knowing what had happened in the other world and what kind of disaster in other parts of the world

Hirate took this as an opportunity, recruit men and at the same time navigate this new world full of magic. Hirate could be considered a hero at that time

A chaotic hero but a hero nonetheless

At that time, Hirate promised those who followed him and help him, that when the world is stabilized, that they would gain fortune and power.

Most of those who follow Hirate is now in the World Government.

Hirate basically hijacked Japan resources and talents

Instead, he created an organization that is more...”universal in nature”

The World Government is created on a lie. But a lie repeated often enough, becomes the truth.

And Hirate himself believe in that lie now.

A unified Earth. A one world government. For the stability and prosperity of the world!

But, there is also people that was loyal to the Emperor. Japan was abandoned by Hirate but he still held the title of the Shogun.

Hikigaya and Oreki was the warlords that both conquered the east and west.

Kansai and Kanto were their playground and when they grows powerful enough, these two warlords was the first one that lend their support to the Emperor.

Since then, these two become the strongest speaking voice in the Imperial Japan court other than Hirate who is the Shogun.

Hikigaya controls the Kanto region and make his capital in Tokyo

Oreki controls Kansai region and make his capital in Kyoto. Hirate on the other hand, position himself in North America at that time

Now, the world changes again. The Empire of Japan seceded, and now there is three voices in the imperial court of Japan. The Emperor, and the two twin sages of Japan.

Then there is news that Japan would make an alliance with Greece. A formation of a new power bloc in the geopolitical scene unnerves some people

Some people view it as a good development. Some fear that it would spar another global war. And then there are rumours that the Emperor would separate Japan into eight regions. And each of these regions would be ruled by someone with the title of Koshaku the equivalent of Duke

The old nobles of Japan, or the Kazoku families has already been killed by Oreki and Hirate in the past so there would not be such a massive population of nobles in Japan

The 1947 Constitution of Japan abolished the Kazoku and ended the use of all titles of nobility or rank outside of the immediate imperial family

However, even after the war, many descendants of the Kazoku families continue to occupy prominent roles in Japanese society and industry.

Some even dubbed them the hand in the dark controlling Japan

And there is the famous Kazoku Kaikan (peers club) which is the association of the high nobility. When the Fall happens, they did not die. Most of them survived. And they were also one of the first group of people that come out to support the Emperor.

But they did something wrong.

When Hirate coronate the Emperor and elevate the power of the Emperor, thereby removing the ceremonial power, stripping away the constitution of Japan and reverting back to the Imperial Japan rule, the Kazoku saw the emergence of the power of Hikigaya, Hirate and

Oreki.

The Kazoku could see that these three did not only restore the Imperial power but at the same time reviving the Shogunate with Hirate being the Shogun and Hikigaya and Oreki both become a daimyo-like existence.

At that time, Hikigaya and Oreki is only famous in Japan. But to the Kazoku family, Oreki and

Hikigaya are both common people

One of them made a mistake of insulting Hikigaya women. Hikigaya then proceeded to massacre all of the former Kazoku in what is called the Kasumigaseki Massacre.

The headquarters of the Kazoku Kaikan is located in the Kasumigaseki building in

Kasumigaseki.

Hikigaya went there and kills them using illusion. All of them tortured themselves before dying >>