"Has anyone found anything?"
The room of nations fell silent. They were waiting for someone to speak.
The recent actions of the SIA were quite baffling. The first thing they noted was how it was made official several hours before that Italy had become split once more. Romano was not happy and had started his own raids. North Italian troops were being called back to whatever base they were part of, grim and solemn.
The Nordics had increased their attacks, giving any Americans who were in Europe time to return to their Italian allies' bases or back to their home country. This was the same for the Chinese, who withdrew completely from Europe.
Speaking of the Chinese, the soldiers there had left behind most of their technology. Japan's people had begun examining them to see what the three have planned. The SIA allies in Asia had withdrawn from the lands of Mongolia as well as from China. The only one who remained behind had been Prussia in a state of shock. He hadn't even fought when they brought him in to questioning.
Japan stood up first. He appeared quite shaken. From his expression, the others could tell that the news he was bringing them probably wasn't good.
"Prussia has told me that there are a series of bombs buried miles under the earth," he began, "and these bombs have a radius of approximately 32 kilometres. Each." Whispers started up amongst the nations. Germany raised a hand and they fell silent. He nodded to Japan, who then continued.
"My people have been searching for these bombs by hand."
"Why by hand," England asked.
"Apparently, they are unable to be picked up by any type of scanner," Japan replied, "In addition, from what Prussia said….."
The nations present all leaned in. Japan took a deep breath.
"… He believes that China, America, and Italy are planning to do a triple suicide. The bombs are all placed within an approximate 32 kilometre radius of their people's bases as well as their own homes." The whispers started up again. To kill a nation, all of their people needed to die before the nation itself faded.
"What," France asked brokenly. England slumped in his chair beside his rival, staring at the ground in shocked silence.
"Y-You cannot be serious," Germany also asked. Japan shrugged helplessly.
"China would not do such a thing," Russia stated, "He does not seem like the type!"
"Yeah," Austria agreed, "Neither does Italy."
"Or America," Canada mumbled.
The nations fell into a shocked silence, contemplating the news. Finally, they all looked up when they heard a sniffle. Japan was wiping his tears away. Taiwan quickly stood and helped him sit down. She was joined by her siblings. The normally expressionless nation was breaking down.
"Y-Yao-nii would never have considered-," he began. However, the Asian stopped mid-sentence.
"What is it Japan?"
"Maybe…." Japan thought about it to himself.
"Yes, that must be it!"
"Have you figured out a way to save them," Hungary asked. Cuba turned to look at her in surprise.
"I know that you were just fighting with them," he said, "And now, you just want to expect us to save them?" Hungary shook her head.
"They began the fighting," she replied, "We simply responded. But now…. I want to know why." The others nodded in agreement. Japan turned to England.
"Did your brothers ever find out the nature of that monster two years ago?" England tapped his chin and frowned.
"The only thing we found was that it was created to bring out the worst in ourselves….."
The light bulb flashed on in the nations minds and Japan explained his theory.
Hater's gonna hate, cause I'm ending this story here. Yeah, I hit you all with feels and just let you wallow in self-pity. *Cheeky grin*
With the way it's looking now, I think you can expect one more sequel before I'm done. Mio-san, if you're there, I know I promised at least two, but I think it might be finished quicker than I thought.
So, I guess I'll see some of you in the next one!