Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

"right."

Ayman rubbed her belly, which no longer showed any signs of childbirth, and thought that power should not be relinquished.

"Go find the Ryukyu negotiating representative, and we'll help you calculate the money."

Enola quickly switched to Lin Mulan, speaking in Cantonese-accented Mandarin to avoid being eavesdropped on, and discussed with Ayman how to come up with a scheme to swindle money and seize power in less than 10 minutes.

Maria's Chinese is so-so, but the three American women can communicate in Chinese without much difficulty. It's a magical situation where they can understand each other, but outsiders can't.

Li Xinghe, dressed in a shirt and shorts, rushed to the room of the Ryukyu representative. After waking the person up, he made a phone call to the Chinese representative in the next room to discuss countermeasures.

At this point, there was no need to conceal their identities. After all, the Ryukyu negotiator was one of Li Xinghe's own people—a Chinese man in disguise—and the Chinese representative next door was a high-ranking official who knew they had someone on their side. So, after a brief consultation and an urgent exchange of messages, Enora sent Li Xinghe a voice message outlining her money-requesting plan.

After exchanging views with the Ryukyu representatives, Li Xinghe rushed to Vance's room.

Upon arriving at Vance's door, Li Xinghe first waved his hand casually, then kicked the door of Vance's room, breaking it.

"what?"

Seeing Li Xinghe kick down the door in his underwear, Vice Commander Vance was stunned. He and his Indian tycoon wife, who had just flown to Tokyo, were embracing each other, completely at a loss. He couldn't hide the panic on his face.

What?

I'm not gay.

"Wake up! Something terrible has happened!"

Li Xinghe threatened Vance: "My CIA informant secretly reported to me that the National Guard near Washington has been mobilized on an emergency basis. They've not only been issued live ammunition, but they've also been stationed at many major transportation routes in Washington. Guess what the Democrats are up to?"

Vance was naturally alarmed.

On the bright side, this is the Democratic Party protecting its electoral victory. On the other hand, it's the Democratic Party preparing for a potential electoral defeat.

Li Xinghe continued to intimidate Vance:

"The ruthlessness of this strategy lies in the fact that as long as either side wins the popular vote or the electoral vote, they can mobilize tens of thousands of National Guard troops around Washington and enter Washington before you are far away in Tokyo, Japan, and forcibly declare victory in Congress, and they will win."

This is not a modern version of the classic 'usurpation of the throne while the emperor is away from the capital' scenario, but a purely open conspiracy.

Given the large number of Democratic voters and the Trump administration's questionable actions over the past four years, winning the popular vote seems almost guaranteed. Biden's four years in office saw a red tide, while Trump's four years saw a blue tide; American politics is like the reversal of positive and negative electrodes.

The Democrats' only concern now is whether they can win the electoral votes. Vance's story of rescuing 2 prisoners of war has greatly appealed to Republican voters and drawn away a large number of centrists, which will have a very negative impact on the elections in swing states.

"Donald Trump Jr. is in Washington..."

"He's completely unreliable."

Logically, Vice Presidential candidate Donald Trump Jr., who remained in Washington, should have done something, but unfortunately, he couldn't even hold onto his father, Donald Trump, let alone confront the Democrats.

After being intimidated, Li Xinghe turned around and said:

"However, it's not without its flaws; you're the current vice president."

According to US law, the person who declares the next president the winner is the previous vice president. Harris then declared Trump's victory for a second term in Congress.

Vance happens to be the current vice president.

If the Democrats want to force Jeffries to become the second African American president in U.S. history, whether or not to have Vance, as vice president, attend the victory announcement has become a dilemma that the Republicans have inadvertently presented to the Democrats.

Does this scene seem familiar?

Indeed, four years ago when Trump won the election, some Democrats also suggested that Harris not nominate Trump as retaliation for Trump's demand eight years earlier that Pence count only his votes in the presidential election. This same scenario has been playing out three times in the last twelve years.

Vance hurriedly told his wife to take the child to the next room while he woke up the team members and sat down with Li Xinghe, the man in shorts.

The Ryukyu representative forcefully handed over Lin Mulan's money request to the American representative, stating that they would not release her unless they received the full amount.

Americans are in a dilemma:

"The other side stated... if they wanted to take back the remaining American soldiers and their families, they would need to compensate... compensate for the economic losses suffered by Okinawa over the eighty years since the US occupation in 1945. They argued that the compensation should be calculated by adding the proportion of land occupied by the US military and the proportion of economic impact, multiplying it by the total GDP of that year, and then multiplying by the year, to demand $4800 billion..."

Li Xinghe used this phrase to emphasize his tone:

"This is the most expensive ransom in history!"

This wasn't just some random calculation by Lin Mulan in 10 minutes. The US military occupied 20% of Okinawa's land, affecting about 17% of the economy. Multiplying that by Okinawa Prefecture's annual GDP of 3 trillion yen and then by 80 years, the result was a ransom of $4800 billion, the most expensive in history.

A US representative countered:

"Not the most expensive, because His Excellency Trump once demanded a $5000 billion ransom for Ukraine..."

"Then it's the second most expensive."

Li Xinghe's emphasis on its high price is also a way of putting pressure on Vance.

Vance was speechless.

Clearly, his rush to Tokyo for negotiations was aimed at securing a seat on November 2nd, the election day.

Previously, the mission was to rescue all the Americans captured by the Ryukyu Independence Army. Success meant taking a risky gamble and achieving a great victory; failure meant a crushing defeat and losing everything.

This is something even a dog on the street knows.

Therefore, ending negotiations before Halloween, November 1st, would give the other side more time. Vance's most pressing issue is now the Democratic Party's betrayal.

How can you conduct negotiations when you're governing a country with such insects?

After taking a deep breath and calming himself, Vice Commander Vance gave Li Xinghe a fawning smile:

“You know, Superg, you’ve always been my brother.”

Li Xinghe immediately leaned back:

"I'll go negotiate?"

Haha, he's not going.

He absolutely would not go, at least not until Vance made his stance clear.

Vance pulled Li Xinghe aside and whispered instructions:

"If you handle this matter well, the position of White House Japan-South Korea Communications Office Director will be yours. All matters related to Japan and South Korea will require your advice, the funding account for US forces stationed in Japan will be handed over to your department, and as for South Korea... I will give you as much authority as possible, and within four years I will find a way to establish a Northeast Asia-Pacific military alliance under the US-Japan-South Korea Military Agreement. I can also find a way for your department to be in charge of the unified management of the military procurement orders of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces."

Just like the price Li Xinghe had quoted before, Vans had no choice but to accept it all.

The publicly disclosed military spending between the US and Japan is approximately $700 billion annually, which amounts to nearly $3000 billion over four years.

As long as the money is in Li Xinghe's hands, how much he can swindle is a crucial test for Commissioner Smith's junior high school entrance exam.

If Li Xinghe fails the exam, it can only mean that he has a problem with his intelligence.

If Li Xinghe could intervene in the US military presence in South Korea and achieve the unified command of US forces in Japan and South Korea, he could control hundreds of billions of yen in funding annually, making him undoubtedly the biggest embezzler in East Asia. If Vance were backing him, this would be an outrageous act for the military-industrial complex, so they could only swallow their anger and accept it, waiting four years before taking any further action.

"Okay, I'll talk to them for you."

Li Xinghe fell into deep thought, then pretended to be troubled as he went out.

He went to negotiate with the Ryukyu representatives, and after spending half a day drinking tea, he returned and said to Vance, "I've cut it in half for you. How about $2400 billion?"

"Could you...?"

Of course, Vance couldn't come up with that much money, so throughout the 28th, Li Xinghe couldn't find the pants and kept running back and forth between the two rooms.

In the afternoon, after unexpectedly learning about the situation, Gao Tiao Wuyue brought Li Xinghe new pants.

Early in the morning of June 10.

In a desperate and helpless situation, Vance agreed to the $600 billion offer.

"600 billion US dollars! But it can't be made public! It must be transferred secretly, and... it must be through military secret funds. Of that, 500 billion will be paid in installments for the purpose of building a military base in Okinawa. The remaining 100 billion will go through the aid project of the International Development Agency."

In short, the 500 billion yuan was transferred directly through the accounts of Li Xinghe's department, and paid out in installments in a confidential manner.

The remaining 100 billion is considered a handout from the United States to Okinawa, as support for the pollution and destruction caused by military bases over the years.

Note that this is not compensation.

The United States denies that it destroyed the Ryukyu Islands; it claims this was aid, a handout from a powerful figure.

But having money is better than having no money. $60 billion is a considerable sum for the reconstruction of Ryukyu, which was destroyed by war, equivalent to four years of the region's GDP.

When making the statement publicly, Vance described it as follows:

"After a day of intense negotiations, we forced the Ryukyu government to agree to release the detainees unconditionally. I will then have the Agency for International Development carry out more aid projects in Ryukyu to ensure peace and stability in the region."

When the news reached the United States, newspapers were filled with jubilation.

Peace came to East Asia as soon as President Vance arrived in Japan.

The prisoners were released, and the military base was retained.

Taiwanese media, in an effort to promote Vance, gave him a front-page spread:

"Finally, everything was settled and peace was restored."

……

10 month 30 day.

The C-17 transport plane landed again at Andres Air Force Base in Maryland.

Li Xinghe landed with a plane full of containers. The G Brigade came to receive the latest military supplies and then returned to the Lincoln Memorial Command Center.

The main feature of this return is the batch of robots and robot dogs that Wu Jianzhong helped to arrange for their rental.

At this moment, Washington was silent, save for the cold flickering of various lights, spotlights shining into the sky, and helicopters flying overhead. Along the route from the Jefferson Memorial to the Arlington Memorial Bridge, the cherry trees donated by the Japanese government had not yet bloomed, and the Potomac River flowed swiftly by, creating an atmosphere of sorrow and desolation.

New cables are being laid throughout the Lincoln Memorial, and Chinese employees are debugging electronic signals.

The American soldiers in G Brigade were all puzzled:

"Why are there Chinese people here...?"

Li Xinghe explained to Brigade Commander Adam:

"I borrowed a lot of robots and robot dogs from Chinese civilian military companies, and also invited some professional operators. This is the first live-fire exercise for urban warfare preparedness. Of course, this refers to the scenario of urban warfare."

Americans didn't see anything wrong with it, but the Chinese were stunned.

What is a private military company?

Military supplies can be used by civilians?

We're perfectly civilian products, okay? It's just that you forcibly dragged us over and inserted 'unknown military components' into our robots and robot dogs. Some of the unlucky ones were even brought over so hastily that they didn't even know why they suddenly ended up with US military markings and were taken from Yokota Air Base in Tokyo to Washington in one go.

"But the Chinese..."

Brigadier General Adam was terrified.

This is really illegal.

Li Xinghe shook his head and gave him a hint:

"Don't panic. Using robots can save on soldier casualties. After this war is over, the Pentagon should rearrange your bases. I'll use my connections to get you better bases. I'll also try to rescue those unfortunate guys who were captured by the Chinese."

It would have been better if he hadn't said anything, because at this point, Adam Vilim stared at Li Xinghe, speechless:

"Fuck, you actually want to bring them back? We've given up hope. After the election, we might save a batch at most, but the rest of the councilors won't care about them, and nobody cares where they die."

For the US imperialist government, Americans captured by the enemy are often a symbolic political statement. After the general election and midterm elections, they stop talking about it, and there are often cases where people are nominally rescued, but in reality, they are forgotten/killed/abandoned in some corner.

As for Li Xinghe, Brigade Commander Adam was even more candid:

“We’re all counting on you now. If you abandon us, the Pentagon might just dump us somewhere, or leave us on the streets after we retire… You have to understand, being stationed in Japan is already the second best position for the U.S. military.”

The best place would be to be stationed in Europe, especially Germany. However, due to the threat from Russia, the US military is now reluctant to go to Germany, because everyone knows that if Putin steps down and Tsarist Russia comes to power, Russia might take action against Poland and Germany, and retake Berlin.

Why isn't it considered a good idea to be stationed in the United States?

Because of high cost of living, low income, and no additional subsidies (although they may not even be issued), going abroad actually allows one to earn US dollars and spend Japanese yen, barely enough to support a family.

So these wounded soldiers have decided to stick with Li Xinghe and won't leave.

Li Xinghe was stunned and completely impressed by American imperialism.

Looking back at Washington, which he had left several days ago, Li Xinghe couldn't help but recite a poem:

"The Potomac waves surge, the Appalachian clouds fly wildly. I stand alone in this chaotic world, my heart filled with righteous indignation, my blood surging like a tide."

I wonder how far this fight will go in Washington before it ends.

The author says:

Author's Note: Thank you all for your support. Here's 4600 words. I slept until after 5 pm, I'm very sorry for the inconvenience.

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