Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

JR Japan Railways quickly replied to Shigeru Ishiba that it was temporarily impossible to stop railway operations.

You are the Prime Minister of Japan, that's true, but JR Japan Railways is a privately owned company supported by the state!

The CIA is in the command and control office, and the US embassy is calling one after another. Now you want me to stop the train? Who am I supposed to listen to?

Just as the Cabinet Office was in a state of panic, an even more shocking piece of news came back.

The train carrying the Restoration Army did not take the Mt. Fuji route; instead, it bypassed the Sakazuma Garrison and headed towards Yokohama along the main coastal line.

Tokyo, Yokohama, and Kawasaki are now completely undefended metropolises!

"what?"

Shigeru Ishiba felt like he was dreaming.

How could the base network established by the Third, Tenth, and First Divisions be bypassed overnight?

"Quickly, Mio, go find the Coastal Combat Brigade!"

At this moment, the only person everyone can think of is the loyal and reliable Li Xinghe.

Even Li Xinghe was at a loss this time.

Li Xinghe painstakingly explained himself over the phone:

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers, the U.S. government has issued a special order prohibiting me from mobilizing the coastal combat brigade stationed in Tokyo. Not only that, but it has also ordered me to leave the heart of Tokyo immediately to prepare for new instructions. I request that you consider leaving by plane or ship. The Hosho, Ryujo, and Takao are not currently prohibited from use. Although Tokyo may fall on land, we can consider sending the Emperor and his family on ships to take refuge in Tokyo Bay. How about we direct national affairs from across the bay?"

"what?"

Everyone in the cabinet was stunned.

It's obvious that this is the US retaliating against the Shigeru Ishiba government. They're telling you not to expect a good outcome unless you hand over $1000 billion. Even if Wanska can't beat China, he still has the ability to use a stick to beat a dog.

Chinese people might find this very familiar. Good heavens, isn't this Zhao Gou's maritime court?

But Zhao Gou was facing a thorough search of the mountains and seas by the Jurchens. Ishiba Shigeru was only facing a small group of thugs. How did you suddenly lead the Emperor and his family to the sea?

Some people also suggested:

How about flying?

The airspace over Tokyo is under the jurisdiction of the Air Self-Defense Force's airspace control unit. Today, as news of the coup gradually spread, they temporarily suspended almost all aircraft takeoffs, and hotels near the airport were suddenly fully booked.

Tourists from various countries angrily demanded an explanation from the airline, which then opened the force majeure section, filled in 'coup d' and showed it to the tourists.

Tourists from all over the world were greatly impressed.

what are you saying?

coup?

How many years have I been working for you?

The airline then changed "coup" to "social unrest".

After checking on another mobile phone, Li Xinghe informed the cabinet members:

"A plane bound for Hong Kong will be able to take off soon."

Flying to Hong Kong to escape is too abstract.

Shigeru Ishiba's extremely rare and complete breach of defense:

"Damn it! If I take a plane to Hong Kong, wouldn't that tell outsiders that I've completely lost all my power?"

Li Xinghe whispered:

"There's nothing shameful about seeking political asylum."

"Baga Yelang!"

Shigeru Ishiba slammed down hard, almost breaking the phone.

To see a prime minister of a nation, like a frantic stray dog, being chased and hiding from a mob of impoverished thugs in his own country, desperately seeking help but finding no one to assist him—what a tragic situation!

Outrageous and absurd? This mob was organized overnight; you have no idea where they came from or where they appeared.

Everything was sending a terrifying message to Shigeru Ishiba.

This is what happens when you don't listen to your American daddy.

The author says:

Author's Note: Thank you all for your support. Here's 4300 words. Let's do some more research.

Chapter 649: The Small Court in Tokyo Bay, A World in Turmoil, and the Foolish Prince (4000 words)

The train sped along the coast.

The Tokai Shinkansen passes through Yokohama and Kawasaki. Most of the poor people have never left Osaka in their lives. Now, they are looking out the window at the scenery of the Kanto region, feeling lost and confused.

Without an army, without firing a single shot, they entered Tokyo.

Shinagawa Station in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, served as the dispatch center for the Tokyo Shinkansen. Once the trains arrived at this station, there was no larger station to accommodate the massive influx of the Imperial Japanese Army. Therefore, the Imperial Japanese Army disembarked here. The station staff dared not charge them for their tickets, but verbally abusing them was perfectly acceptable.

"How could there be poop on the bus? Can't you read the signs for the restroom?!"

"It stinks! How could someone pee on a car seat..."

Don't cause trouble for others!

The women angrily began to curse, and the soldiers of the Weixin Army were so enraged that their faces turned red. When they tried to escape, they remembered that they had guns in their pockets. They tried to draw their guns but forgot how to disengage the pistol safety. They stood there in a panic, as if they had gone to a prostitute but were impotent.

"Let's go!"

CIA agents came over to call for help and dragged the person away, kicking and hitting them.

The poor people, new to the dazzling world, did not realize the problem; their attention was already drawn to Tokyo.

"Are we coming in now?"

The impoverished soldiers of the Meiji Restoration Army who followed Nobuyuki Baba into Tokyo were still dreaming, gazing at the steel jungle of Tokyo with a fascination and even madness, looking at Mount Fuji, Tokyo Tower, and even more so at the luxurious life and beautiful women of Tokyo, and at the lives of the usually indifferent Tokyoites.

Even Nobuyuki Baba himself couldn't understand how he had managed to sneak into Tokyo, which made him increasingly fearful of the CIA's power.

This group of people, after exiting Shinagawa Station, were refused entry to the subway by station staff because they didn't want to disturb ordinary Tokyo residents going to work. So they had no choice but to walk from Shinagawa Station to Nagatacho.

And then they actually went over there.

Nobuyuki Baba lost control of the situation, and the CIA employees gradually began to disappear. Bringing people to Tokyo was their job, and they no longer needed to guide people on what happened afterward.

The police officers on the roadside stared intently at them:

"Hey, what are you doing?! Put your gun away!"

Then, the poor people of the Reform Army hurriedly hid their guns.

But then I thought, if I was bullied by the Osaka police in Osaka and then reprimanded by the Tokyo police in Tokyo, wouldn't I have come all this way for nothing?

"Oh! I..."

As he prepared to raise his gun, his hand accidentally pressed the magazine release button, and the magazine fell to the ground.

Everyone was embarrassed.

In their haste, the Reform Army could only bow and apologize to the police:

"Private Marseille".

Then the police, feeling guilty, let them go.

Everyone felt guilty and even confused about each other's roles.

Because the actions of the Restoration Army were somewhere between armed rebellion and illegal armed demonstrations, and its leader, Nobuyuki Baba, was a parliamentary leader capable of leading a dozen or so members of parliament in a disturbance, it was more of a confused, small-scale coup than a rebellion.

Nobuyuki Baba led his men to Nagata-cho, where most of the positions were already vacant, and there were hardly any effective people to assist him.

He went to the Parliament building first, and found that there was no one there, only some maintenance personnel.

He then went to various central government offices and received the following reply:

"Sorry, all the department officials are on holiday."

When he hoped the other party could help him with something, at least to get in touch with the leadership of the Self-Defense Forces, he received a different response:

"Sorry, they've locked up the files and filing cabinets."

Nobuyuki Baba remained silent.

Although Japan's Self-Defense Forces were disorganized and allowed the Restoration Army to enter Nagata-cho, Japan's bureaucracy was also disorganized, and everyone scattered and ran away, so no one took care of the matter.

"Then why did we come to Nagata-cho?"

Nobuyuki Baba was dumbfounded.

He didn't realize that his actual purpose was to come to Nagata-cho and scare away Shigeru Ishiba and the councilors.

So all that's left is to use your imagination to clumsily try to manage a country.

Where exactly does Japan's problem with its "bulk" approach lie?

In fact, both the left and right wings in Japan are well aware that it is because Japan was defeated in World War II that it was completely reshaped by the United States into a new entity, a Frankenstein's monster that combines the American federal system of self-governance with a Confucian-style bureaucracy, demanding both centralization and decentralization.

One reason why the Japanese left wing is often criticized and ostracized by the Japanese people is that they oppose any authoritarian actions by the government, including large-scale mobilization of the public and military personnel, the establishment of a regular public disaster prevention mobilization mechanism, and any reforms that centralize the leadership of the Self-Defense Forces.

Outsiders might think the Japanese left is crazy for not even allowing a routine disaster relief mechanism. But those who actually experienced World War II have developed PTSD from the government's mobilization efforts. Because the last time the Japanese government engaged in such a frenzied mobilization, it used the most righteous and noble pretext to drag people out to fight a massive war of aggression.

The Japanese right wing constantly accuses those who obstruct them of being left-wingers, much like the right-wing citizens of Israel. This is because they only see the left wing blocking their way, but don't understand why. They believe the Japanese government is on their side and will protect them like a foster father, unaware that in the Nazi regime's mobilization system, they were the cheapest cannon fodder.

At this time, the C112 Comic Con was still in full swing on Ariake Artificial Island.

Hearing of political changes, no one took it seriously. Since 2027, political turmoil has erupted roughly every six months, and everyone has gotten used to it. Most people are unaffected, going to work and school as usual, with no worries about food, drink, or entertainment.

Not only that, but many people also went to Nagata-cho to see the joke.

A car pulled up to the side gate, and Lu Yuchi, the beautiful Hua Yingmei, got out, angrily poking Li Xinghe's chest:

"It's all your fault! What did you do now?"

Lu Yuchi and Hua Yingmei were also caught off guard by such a drastic change, and pinched Li Xinghe's waist with a sour feeling.

Li Xinghe immediately began to shift the blame:

"Isn't this all the fault of spinach-ism? How can you blame me?"

"Spinachism" is a pun on the Chinese word for "report," which stands for "report-connect-discuss." It refers to the three-step process of reporting, contacting, and negotiating. This is one of the most frustrating departmental orders in Japanese companies and the Japanese government. No matter how important the matter, one must diligently write a report, then contact superiors, and finally discuss a solution. People working in Japan deeply resent this bureaucracy but are powerless to change it.

For modern Japan, the best example is the case of the 74-year-old man who fell into a pit in Saitama Prefecture in 2024-2025. Local firefighters arrived first, but lacked proper emergency equipment, so they requested help from higher authorities. During the initial reporting-connection-resource transfer phase, higher-ups spent hours speaking in bureaucratic language, turning a minor issue into a major one. The rescue became increasingly difficult, the small pit was flooded and blasted into a large one, and the old man was never found alive after being submerged in the water.

The last large pit filled with corpses is said to take three years to repair.

If you didn't know better, you'd think it was a cult performing a sacrifice at the intersection, burying an old man to drive a life stake.

As things stand, the legacy of the Japanese government, coupled with the bureaucratic formalism of "spinachism," has created a situation where, even if there is a rebellion, the Japanese government remains slow and incompetent.

Li Xinghe only lit the fire, but the most incompetent ones were the Japanese, the Japanese themselves.

"So what do we do now?"

"Let's go to Reiwa Artificial Island first, and we'll arrange a hotel for you to stay in temporarily."

Li Xinghe said.

This relocation of the Ishiba Shigeru government's offices has truly brought the Emperor's family and a considerable number of important members of parliament who could be taken with them onto the ship, leaving a portion of left-wing members of parliament in the Diet to compete with Nobuyuki Baba.

At the dock, the Kaohsiung, Fengxiang, and Longxiang were preparing to depart. Living facilities were hastily packed into the massive cabins, and the Shigeru Ishiba government was frantically moving equipment and personnel onto the ships.

Right next to the ship is the enemy division's barracks, so there's both an airstrip and a red-themed amusement park, making the combination even more humorous.

Many political heavyweights stood by the ship, gazing helplessly into the distance.

"Do you really have to leave?"

Naruhito, who was actually quite politically astute, felt utterly helpless at such a hasty escape.

"With this departure, the world... will remain as it is."

All the joys and sorrows, partings and reunions, are contained in this one sentence.

But everyone could only choose to remain silent.

Even if one wanted to assign blame, it would be difficult to know whose fault it was at this point.

As many Japanese gentlemen boarded the ship in tears, everyone wept and performed a performance of inexplicable sorrow, Li Xinghe, who had just arrived with Shika Michika Eimi, intercepted Princess Kako and Prince Hisahito's car below the harbor.

"You don't need to bring this."