Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

"Don't worry, you care about America, but America doesn't care about you."

Valeria stood to the side, making sarcastic remarks.

The decision to take action against the US headquarters in Japan was made by Li Xinghe, and Valeria and Natasha separately informed the various deployment centers in private, offline communications.

"We can't go back." Takajo Satsuki tried to calm everyone down. (The rest of the text is nonsensical and likely machine-generated.)

Just as I was struggling with this decision, the door opened.

As seasoned fence-sitters, Ayman and Enola went out for an hour and returned with several Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan identity cards, which they then distributed to everyone:

"Take it."

When everyone picked it up and looked at it, they realized that they had used their identities to first try to immigrate to Hong Kong and then apply for mainland identity.

Enola emphasized:

"This is a guarantee of your safety. I believe you also know that he has connections over there. Now I can tell you that there are even deeper connections, connections strong enough to ensure our continued success."

As the elite of the entire squad, Enora and Ayman were the brains of the team, so everyone's anxiety gradually subsided.

The silly younger sister, Lee Ju-yeon, who had joined the event at the last minute, nudged another person on the desk:

"What about Scarlett?"

Scarlett covered her eyes with a white cloth and lay behind Takasaka May, having been pretending to be dead for several hours.

Upon hearing Lee Ju-yeon's question, she immediately clutched her stomach and shook her head:

"I...I am dead, pretend I don't exist."

Seven months pregnant, Scarlett had received at least $1 million in stock and various other funds; her mission should have been complete. However, Scarlett didn't return home. Now, caught in the Maliki Squad's rebellion, she was effectively out of luck.

Emmanuel claps his hands:

"It's almost dawn, we must make a decision."

This time, Ayman didn't pack her bags for Hong Kong, after all, she was about to ascend to the throne of the queen at the core of the ruling power.

Ultimately, it was Maria, the department head, who made the final decision:

"Take control of General Jacqueline and seal off the Qingshan Command Headquarters. No one except the intelligence department is allowed to leave today."

She looked around and emphasized repeatedly:

"Now is the time for the Maliki family to rise."

“We are God’s messengers. We are justice, and we must prevail.”

Malki, derived from Hebrew or Arabic, means "angel of God".

Now, this small organization, which has long operated in the name of God's angels and caused trouble all over Tokyo, is trying to subtly coerce a general of the US-Japan coalition forces to assist Li Xinghe.

At this time, the unaware old lady Jacqueline was still sleeping and taking care of her health.

……

At the same time, Yasukuni Station.

The tank unit had quietly left the Yasukuni Tank Camp at 4 a.m.

On the highway to Yokota Base, Hayashi Yuko, who was woken up from her bed at the last minute, came alone without her daughter Hayashi Yume, as 'Amakusa Maki' who was familiar with the command of the rebellion.

As soon as she boarded the command vehicle, she asked:

Where is Deren?

Xiao Chuzhang told her:

"They've already been put to stay temporarily at a country villa."

Because the Imperial Family had always been prisoners of the Imperial Household Agency, they didn't have a country villa. In fact, they went to hide in Li Xinghe's ancestral home as ordinary friends. For the entire year, Naruhito and his wife did nothing but run around because of Li Xinghe's various struggles with the United States and the Self-Defense Forces.

Naruhito is at peace. Hayashi Yuko continues to ask:

Where is Ms. Shang Qiujia?

He Yang rummaged through a pile of documents on the table and said:

"She was prepared to appear in formal attire, but it is said that the royal family's old dress and crown were also lost when the Imperial Household Agency was bombed, and she is now searching through her luggage. It seems she will have to borrow from her aunts."

Lin Youzi then asked a third question:

"What about the situation at major television stations in Tokyo?"

"The reporters knew nothing about it."

"Time is too tight. Should we temporarily declare a holiday for Tokyo today?"

While his subordinates were still making emergency arrangements, the 7th Division Commander, Hirotoshi Takeda, was still coming up with bad ideas. He didn't really want to participate, but unfortunately, he had already been taken into custody.

Lin Youzi immediately refused:

"No, it's too late. Announcing a holiday now will only cause countless cursing Tokyoites to block all roads to and from get off work."

Tokyo's morning rush hour begins when the subway starts running at 5 a.m. and gradually reaches its peak at 6 a.m. Therefore, if military operations were to be carried out, the 1st Armored Division and the 7th Armored Division would have to cross half of the city to the west and head towards Yokota Air Base before 5 a.m.

So the entire team stayed up all night and left Yasukuni-dai at 4 a.m., heading straight for Yokota Air Base along the Nishi-Musashi Line.

It happened at the same time, inside the Yokota base.

Negotiations are ongoing.

Li Xinghe, Ayako Aso, and Rubio have been locked in a fierce negotiation for several hours.

With the arrogance characteristic of American elites who say "I don't understand, but I'm not sure," Rubio expressed his bewilderment at Li Xinghe's stubborn resistance: "I don't understand why you're unwilling to help take on $1 trillion in US debt when the Pentagon has announced its support for the president and that a $10 trillion US debt swap must be reached by midnight Eastern Time the day after tomorrow?"

At midnight Eastern Time the day after tomorrow, which is 1 p.m. in Japan tomorrow.

At least in the eyes of Rubio and his fellow members of Congress, the United States, with its invincible navy, will not be swayed by tiny Japan.

Li Xinghe has repeatedly caused trouble before the maturity date of national debt, trying to wag his tail like a dog and remotely direct Washington's political affairs from Tokyo. He is clearly Zelensky trying to revive Biden and is a typical restless element who has had enough of life.

The reason he can continue to act so boldly is twofold: first, there are no US aircraft carriers in Yokosuka to suppress him; and second, he has a close relationship with the Pentagon, and it is said that he has participated in political battles near Washington on many occasions, so the Pentagon is quite wary of him.

But now, faced with a time limit of less than three days, the Pentagon has to compromise with the White House.

Once the Pentagon compromises, Li Xinghe will lose control of the US military, missiles, ships, and radar stationed in Japan. How can he then resist?

Li Xinghe suppressed his anger and criticized this idiot:

"Did you know that one trillion US dollars in US debt is equivalent to a whopping 175 trillion yen in expenditure for Japan right now? Even if the entire society pooled its resources and invested all of the government's revenue, it would still take two years of savings to barely cover it."

This is blatantly just making Japan pay tribute again.

But a trillion dollars is an impossible goal. Even the most pro-American far-right extremists would consider changing their surnames to Chinese upon hearing this terrifying figure, to prevent the US military from coming to their homes with sticks to demand money.

If Li Xinghe really had a trillion dollars, he would have built aircraft carriers and fighter jets long ago. Instead of giving a trillion dollars to the United States to prolong its life, he would rather dig up the Yamato and Musashi, revive them, replicate the attack on Pearl Harbor, and occupy Hawaii.

However, Rubio viewed Li Xinghe's defense as nothing more than a delaying tactic:

"If you want to use all the fiscal tools at your disposal, 1 trillion is no problem at all. When you used fiscal means to beat up the Filipinos, why didn't you say you were afraid of undermining the confidence of Tokyo's financial sector? The Tokyo stock market has a market capitalization of 6 trillion US dollars, and Japan has so many large companies such as Toyota, Mitsubishi UFJ, and even pension insurance and the Bank of Japan, with hundreds of trillions of yen in their accounts. Stop playing riddles, you are American, not Japanese."

This may be another reason for the United States' misjudgment.

Li Xinghe is probably an American.

Aso Ayako was like a spirited little hyena. Seeing Rubio's shameless face, she was furious but speechless. She could only tug at Li Xinghe's clothes and try to learn how to fight at the negotiating table.

Suddenly, she received a phone call that pierced the silence of the room like an alarm clock.

Connect, communicate, hang up.

Ayako Aso whispered to Li Xinghe in Japanese:

"Lu Yuchi Huayingmei said she already knows and will go to the cabinet to temporarily take charge of government affairs. The mothers said they hope you will be careful and not get hurt at this time. If war breaks out, then we can only pray to God."

Hearing that the situation at home was basically stable, Li Xinghe stood up to take his leave.

"Well, I'm sorry, it seems we've gradually become unable to reach a consensus."

Rubio felt this was yet another delaying tactic.

He could only threaten again:

"Don't forget, the Pentagon doesn't support you anymore."

In Rubio's view, this means a collective strike involving tens of thousands of departments, including Yokota Air Base headquarters, Yokosuka Port, and many other U.S. facilities in Japan.

Therefore, after Li Xinghe left, Rubio's hand traced the map of US military bases and forces in Japan on the wall: "We have so many military bases in Japan, and we have thousands upon thousands of brave soldiers on the front lines. Atsugi, Iruma, Iwakuni, Sasebo, Izumo, Kaita, Matsuyama... Our strength is inexhaustible. According to the latest reports, we also have advanced F-35s and F-18s in Japan, we also have Ticonderoga cruisers and Arleigh Burke destroyers, and we control all their missiles. Soon, even more US military bases will be set up on the small island of Okinawa."

Of course, the powerful America that Rubio imagines not only possesses endless sanctions and the core secret to containing Japan—the automobile market—but also boasts 11 magnificent nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, making it invincible on the high seas. It's just that the current United States is somewhat fatigued, with the vast majority of its ships resting in port (awaiting maintenance).

It can be described as the most beautiful fantasy.

Downstairs, while Rubio was bragging to Lieutenant General Stephen Jost, Li Xinghe was complaining to Ayako Aso:

"These American officials always manage to give me repeated, ridiculous surprises."

"The Third Expeditionary Force has been decimated by me and transferred to Jeju Island, where it is currently embroiled in conflict with the island's inhabitants. Most of the First Army of the Pacific Fleet was rendered useless on the Ryukyu Islands, and the US military is unable to recover its soldiers after the defeat. Does he really think he can defeat my tank division with the remaining ten thousand-odd cooks, dentists, logistics workers, and a small number of pilots and sailors?"

Americans don't understand Japanese.

After Li Xinghe and Vance fell out, Yokota Base became distant and uncooperative.

The officer, whom Li Xinghe had met briefly by the roadside, bid him farewell.

"Goodbye, General."

"Goodbye."

Li Xinghe waved to him, as if he were also waving to the entire Yokota base.

As if a montage of ups and downs and intersections ended, Li Xinghe and Aso Ayako's car left Yokota Base.

Not far from Yokota Air Base, more than 600 tanks and armored vehicles were approaching in the early morning.

The sound of the armored formations moving out could not be concealed, so Yokota Base immediately issued an early warning.

Lieutenant General Stephen Jost of the Seventh Air Force, already dizzy and disoriented from accompanying the negotiations, hurriedly asked his subordinates:

What's going on with the tanks nearby?

The subordinates called Li Xinghe directly to inquire about the situation.

Li Xinghe replied:

"Ah, for deterrence."

"When asked who he was trying to intimidate... oh? He hung up."

Lieutenant General Stephen Jost held the phone, looking completely bewildered. He was just a civilian general, and while he was quite adept at infighting among officers, he was utterly powerless when it came to issuing war warnings.

Back in the meeting room, Rubio made a bizarre decision:

"Is it... to intimidate the Philippines? Apparently, he's currently having a very unpleasant falling out with the Philippines. How many tanks does the Philippine army have? Can they defeat him?"

The staff officers replied:

"The Philippines has 10... 10 Israeli-made Sabra light tanks."

Everyone felt that Li Xinghe was making a mountain out of a molehill.

It seems unnecessary to deploy hundreds of armored vehicles for this, right?

But seeing Rubio's arrogant demeanor, his face filled with the determination to take down Li Xinghe, no one asked any more questions.

That's definitely just to scare Rubio.

The fuel consumption of deploying hundreds of armored vehicles is far less than one ten-thousandth of the amount of US debt Rubio is demanding.

6:15 a.m.

Li Xinghe seamlessly left Yokota Base, easily switched identities, and leisurely entered the tank convoy temporarily parked less than 30 meters away from Yokota Base.

After boarding the tank and shaking hands with his good comrade-in-arms Lin Youzi, Li Xinghe said simply:

"Raise the flag."

The officers sped away.

The First Armored Division raised its own joint dragon flag, while the Seventh Armored Division followed the flag bestowed by Li Xinghe, not hanging the Japanese flag, but instead hanging a large banner with the four characters "My Martial Might is Glorious".

As the flag was hoisted high atop the command armored vehicle, the atmosphere on the scene instantly became solemn.

Li Xinghe was deeply moved.

In 2027, the fierce May 525th Struggle saw hundreds of thousands of Japanese citizens take to the streets in shared anger. However, a single threat from the then-commander of the U.S. Army in Japan caused the tens of thousands of protesters to instantly collapse, creating a terrifying social atmosphere that severely demoralized the populace. It can be said that the numerous failed popular struggles that followed not only shattered the confidence of the remaining leftists and nativists but also paved the way for Li Xinghe's usurpation of power.