Summoning the Greater Axis Pact

Pact 8 - Saderan Alliance Part 8

Current State of Group: Nervous

Tokyo, Japan

"We're on you, Prinzessin."

"Copy that, SN. Thanks for having our back."

"Well, haha, that's our job, Prinzessin." The current situation was that they were in a small house where Itami lived in, the two Spec-Ops were on watch hour. "Herr Adler is a good buddy of ours, anyone buddied up with him, is a buddy of us."

"...I'm glad we get to actually hang out, now I know for sure that I'm in safe hands..."

"We're with you, Zara. We're with you." Owl smiled as he and Monitor stood by their current location, a SturmGewehr and a Gewehr, an Assault Rifle and a Rifle, a Marksman Rifle to be exact.

"Well...good night."

"Sweet dreams." The line got cut. "Monitor."

"Yeah?"

"Let's get to work, aye?"

"Let's. No men will put their filthy hands on our Prinzessin."

"You got that right." The two quickly put their lenses on, before they glowed red and dimmed down. The two had went on with their jobs.

In the perimeter of 1 km around Point Safehouse

"Enemy spotted. Eight contacts." A stealth and indestructible drone with an implemented Whisper Technology had been looking over the vicinity with Jackal and Lynx finally regrouping with the other two members. "...Affiliation unknown."

"Is that all?"

"Six more contacts, up South. Ten on the East. They're not wasting chances. Orders?"

"Keep an eye on them. Kill anyone that comes close. Take position on rooftops. Suppressors on."

"Gotcha." Grappling hooks were some of the essentials that many took as needed, the use of Grappling Hooks weren't an exception. "See ya later, Owl!"

"Keep safe." The four dispersed into groups as the heat-covering camouflage quickly bought their spot and hid them as nothing, but inanimate objects.

The Prime Minister's Residence

"I'm sorry to disturb you during your rest, but Mr. Prime Minister—"

"What's the matter?"

The Prime Minister was dressed in pajamas, which rustled as he reached over to bring his telephone's handset to his ear.

"The guests from the Special Region have vanished."

"What? When did this happen?"

"Around 2300 last night. Ichigaya Park, where they were supposed to stay, caught fire. In addition, we have found nine dead bodies in the subway train they were supposed to be in."

The Prime Minister looked to the clock beside his bed. It was now 5 AM, 6 hours after the disappearance of the VIPs.

"Why did the first report take so long to come in?"

"Sir, I apologize for the delay, but we needed to properly grasp the situation and that took time."

"Then, what have you properly grasped with your time?"

"Sir, the fire at Ichigaya Park was caused by arson."

"Who did it?"

"We're not sure, but we think it's probably—"

"What you think isn't important. Who's in charge down there?"

"He's been hospitalized."

"Hah? How was he injured? Was there contact with enemy forces?"

"We're not too sure about that."

"Tch, then, are the guests safe?"

"...We're still searching for them."

"Are you an idiot?"

"I'm sorry, but everyone responsible is currently doing their best."

"No, I asked if you were an idiot, not whether or not everyone responsible is doing their job."

"Sir, sir, what did you just say?"

The Prime Minister scoffed. "Hmph, never mind," and hung up.

When he took the post, the Prime Minister was already prepared for the grave duty of taking command of disaster management in the event of an emergency, and he was also ready to accept calls which might come at all hours of the day. However, he was also bothered by the fact that the government officials who were his arms and legs were effectively paralyzed.

The cabinet officials under him could be considered the elites among the elites. Going by their individual backgrounds, each of them was very impressive. In terms of their ability to manage and run an organization, they were at the top of their class. However, there were times when a situation happened which demanded immediate action, and a decision had to be made in a split-second. These officials would mutter "Huh? What?" while waffling around and wasting a lot of time, which showed how useless they were in emergencies.

This was by the fact that they are only trained, but not experienced, it was like the phrase of 'in theory it would work, while in practice, it would simply blow up in front of you'.

Worst of all, they were incapable of dealing with irregularities in daily operations. Although public servants mainly did administrative work, there were more and more cases where they could not even handle things like "There's a problem in the annual income records".

That being said, in times of peace, spending more time on these problems was fine as long as said problems were resolved in the end.

However, this was hardly a time of peace, especially since the international situation around Japan was getting more and more hostile.

As soon as the battle conditions within the Special Region took a turn for the better, the nations on this side of the Gate — America, China, Russia, the EU, India, the Middle East, and South America — began sending their representatives with the message, "Let us discuss the matter of the 'Gate'." Mainly the first three, since they are hungry for resources.

America was the first country that had openly expressed their designs on the Gate, and these uninvited guests had not even waited for their host to serve them, but helped themselves with their own oversized bowl. One could say that they were doing as they pleased. In the face of this, the host had no choice but to keep providing food to fill their appetite.

The heads of state in the EU did not wish to let Japan have sole sovereignty over the Special Region, and they had begun imposing sanctions and other measures to voice their opinion. The resource-producing nations like Russia, China, the Middle East and South Americans were united in their demand that the UN should manage the Gate.

The resource-producing nations feared what would happen if the technologically advanced and economically robust Japan got their hands on an effectively unlimited supply of natural resources. It might lead to their own countries losing influence on the international scene.

However, a demand to let the various nations manage separate parts of Tokyo, much like how the Allied powers had done with Berlin after World War 2, was ridiculous beyond considering. After all, unreasonable demands were only used as suggestions for a more sensible alternative.

The main problem was that certain influential groups within the country actually welcomed the increased international scrutiny.

The ruling and opposition parties, various NGOs and countless religions had already expressed their desire to enter the world on the other side of the Gate. They also wanted the guaranteed rights to observe and act freely in the Special Region. The mass media also wanted unregulated access for their personnel, and even permission to freely speak and interview the relevant people who had been to the other side of the Gate, and so on.

All these demands had come about because of yesterday's Diet session. The words of the girl who called herself a "demigod" and who claimed to be over 900 years old had shaken the world, the two new rising Factions, the Novus Imperium Romanum that simply terrorized the entire world with Neo-Fascists and Neo-Nazis, all of them began to cheer, although it was unclear that why a Royalty was sent here, the second were the underaged female officers that came through as Representatives, outbursts of many came through to act as a somewhat 'White Knight' to free them from their slavery when it was ensured that they acted and volunteered on their own to save their own world.

Really, the world right now, is not a world that many might say is not worth saving over.

The phones were ringing off the hook from magazines, media outlets, talent agencies and even strange religions requesting a meeting with them. One could not help but laugh at this farce.

And so, all these voices seeking full disclosure put a lot of pressure on the government.

The reality was that if the weight of public opinion was not carefully managed, once it was joined with the overseas voices which sought a sharing of power, a lot of previously inconceivable demands might become reality. The international community was like a rowdy classroom, and the UN, in the role of the teacher, was ineffective at maintaining order. Unless the students wrote a suicide note filled with their hatred and suffering, the police would not intervene. And of course, there was no international police in the real world, so it was the same as saying that nobody would try to manage the situation. As a result, the children in the classroom could only make friends with strong colleagues, and ensure safety in numbers for themselves in this world.

The first nation they would need to deal with would be their ally America, followed by the EU, with whom they had good relations. It appeared that there would be a need to give them the benefits they wanted. In reality, they still did not know enough about the Special Region, so even Japan itself would have problems trying to dominate and develop the land as was planned, because of the current conflict and the two additional factions, one of which can simply destroy the fuck out of them if they want to. Frankly speaking, all Japan needed was to control the important areas of the Special Region and everything they can get their hands on. The rest could be left to the EU and the US.

The main problem now was Russia.

Russia employed hardline diplomacy, with their natural resources as their bargaining chip, and their methods had set the EU and other Western nations against them. The EU's interest in the Special Region was largely fuelled by their desire to stop being at Russia's beck and call. Once the EU could get their hands on a stable supply of resources from the Special Region, they would no longer need to heed Russia's demands.

Of course, if this happened, Russia would be in trouble, which was why they were demanding that the United Nations administer the Special Region. To Russia, it would have been best if the Gate had never existed, and thus they were the ones who had to be watched most closely. They were a nation who could calmly sink a cruise liner or fishing boat, if the situation went out of control, they might even launch a SLBM to destroy the Gate and everything around it.

The thing about Russia was that they could not let the EU handle talks with them for fear of giving them a reason to take drastic measures, mainly because the Special Region would greatly reduce Russia's influence over the EU. As such, they would need to say that "we are taking this point into consideration, so please be at ease", while also implying to Russia that they would not escape unscathed if they tried to take action.

China, on the other hand, did not resent the existence of the Gate like Russia did. A lot of factors had led to that decision. China was a country which both imported and exported resources. It was a country which had the foolish goal of giving all 1.3 billion of its citizens a happy and prosperous life. It was a goal that had devastated its resources and its environment, and which would still require ten times the current amount of materials and energy to achieve.

This was because controlling 1.3 billion people was an arduous task, even for a country like China. Perhaps it was a necessary step to unify the country, but after long years of biased education, the egos of the Chinese people were growing without limit. Chinese ways of thinking, their nationalist spirit, an excess of racial pride, the one child policy which ensured any children would be spoiled rotten, all these combined to create an excess of ambition which could not be satisfied by their current poverty.

Much like the stars of the American and Japanese shows they watched, they wanted to drive expensive cars and enjoy affluent lifestyles without wanting for anything. At least, they wanted to, but as members of the mighty Han race, they were forced to live more miserably than the Koreans or the Japanese.

This created resentment in the 1.3 billion, and much of this resentment was directed at the inequalities within their nation. After all, they belonged to such a great country and were proud Han citizens, but they could not live comfortable lives.

This accumulated resentment demanded an outlet.

They had no cultural influences to rein in their greed, and their egos were fragile without any natural ability to protect them. They saw the ones who pointed out their true face as the enemy, and turned their excess of egotism into what they called "justice".

Dissatisfaction like this had to be vented.

A democracy like Japan could peacefully demand a change in government if they were unhappy with it. But a dictatorship could not be changed by any force short of violence, which was why people under dictatorships often revolted violently. This was the worst nightmare of China's leaders, especially since the seemingly impossible dissolution of the Soviet Union had occurred just recently. As a result, they desperately tried to soothe the people's anger, and did their best to satisfy their unlimited desire for more.

They constantly told the people, "The future under the Communist Party will be a bright one, the party promises a wealthy and wonderful future for all its people, all nations will revere China as their ancestor and bend their knee in respect."

Japan could not avoid making contact with a China like this. Therefore, rather than risk messing the situation up, peaceful coexistence was the most beneficial relationship for the two powers.

The bait they would use for this would be the Special Region.

Since China needed to obtain resources by any means necessary, they would take it by force, or if that was impossible, they would try to build an alliance with Japan and beg them for a share of the prize. China was currently at a stage where they were both guarded against and envious of Japan and their exclusive domination of the Special Region, but in the future, they would try to get closer to Japan. In doing so they would reveal their true aims.

In a sense, it was like crossing a log bridge.

They were hoping for the other party to react the way they wanted, and they knew that trying to force the issue would result in both sides being severely hurt. Therefore, it was only common sense that they would try to change their attitudes and bow their heads while politely asking "Please, may I have a little". To achieve that aim, one might expect that they would put on smiling faces and surround themselves in an air of congeniality while shaking hands with the other side. However, the situation was not that simply explained.

The basic approach China took toward Japan was "If you want to shake hands, step forward first". The officials of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs were the sort who would respond to overt displays of force with shows of their own, but when they encountered someone who extended their hand in friendship, they would graciously take a step back, which played right into their enemies' hands.

Because of this, China was very willing to incite all manner of small disputes, secure in the knowledge that they would end with a shaking of hands and a signing of agreements. Perhaps the only way to counteract China's strategy would be to stand up to them with grim determination, and the resolution not to take a single step back. However, there was probably nobody in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that had the courage for that.

As the current Prime Minister thought about this, he could not help but think that the previous Prime Minister, Hojo, must have endured a lot of this. "Could it be that letting me become Prime Minister was a trap so I would take all the blame for this?"

"In the end, the important thing isn't one's educational record, but their personality."

The previous Prime Minister was reviled by the opposition, but he was an effective strongman leader who forced the policies he liked through parliament. At the time, the relationship between the Cabinet and the rest of the government was tense, and he had made it onto the previous Prime Minister's staff by being his Chief Cabinet Secretary. Although he could have done as he wished with his position, that was only possible with the backing of the previous Prime Minister's unwavering stance.

The most distasteful thing was that when it was his turn to be the Prime Minister, he wanted to take others' views into consideration and produce a more welcoming and inclusive regime, but for some reason, his cabinet members kept being suspected of corruption and other crimes, while all the dirty linen from the previous administration was dragged into the light one by one, the party bosses shot their mouths off without grasping the situation, and problems kept coming up in the various ministries. It made him want to give up on the whole thing.

The first problem was: Why had the important news that "The guests from the Special Region have gone missing" taken so long to make it to him?

The second problem was: Why had it taken so long just to verify that information? How incompetent were they?

A few minor errors in the first report were fine. The important thing was that people had to be informed that something was going on. Swift and timely news was invaluable, since at the very least the person receiving it could make the necessary preparations to handle it (both physically and mentally).

Accurate details could be left to the second and subsequent reports. With concrete information, they could make an effective response. Therefore the follow-up reports had to contain more information and clarify doubts in the earlier reports. What this all meant was that the speed of reporting in this incident was too slow, and said reports were not informative. Frankly speaking, the whole thing reeked of going through the motions and it was shoddy work which was done to shuck off one's responsibilities as quickly as possible.

"I need to lecture them about this."

He said that, but the fact was that in his position as the Prime Minister, there was no way he could pretend that he knew nothing about this. The guests from the Special Region were potentially their key to ending this war, and important factors in establishing good relations between the Special Region and Japan after the war was concluded. More importantly, the three of them had made a big impact in the public eye. If anything happened to them… just thinking about it made his head hurt and his scalp itch.

Therefore, he pulled out his cell phone and dialed a number.

After a long series of rings, someone finally answered.

"Kanou, sorry I got you up so early."

...

"Oh good, you're up already? I was worried that I'd be disturbing you by calling so early, but the way things are, I can't help but give you a call. Since we're in the same situation, I hope you'll forgive me for this. After all, I was just woken up too."

...

"Actually, I wanted to talk to you about our guests from the Special Region. As you know, there's been a lot of noise ever since they arrived. Our guests were scared off by the noise and ran. It would be good if they were fine… yes."

...

"Eh? Oh, about that… I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but I only just heard about them myself."

…

"All right. In truth, I'm really worried about the people handling this operation, they're a real pain in the ass. I hope you will accept the position of Minister for Special Area Incident Countermeasures.

…

Yes, I'm sorry I need to push all this troublesome business to you."

…

"Yes. Then, please take care of it."

...

Prime Minister Motoi switched off his cell phone and cursed loudly, saving a couple of choice lines for Kanou. "I'm going to quit, I'm going to quit, screw this!" he grumbled as he got back into bed.

Point Safehouse

"...This is bullshit." Astermann muttered as Zara nodded at his words. "...Fascists not going to work? ANTIFA? That's kind of shit, huh? Hypocrites. They don't want to have Fascists, but they act Radical. That in itself is somewhat Anarchist. Guess they can turn themselves into Anarchists than Anti-Fascists, since that's debunked. And they've never been there before, what kind of drug did they use on themselves?"

"Kinda sad that this world has to rely on where the wealthies get richer and the poor gets poorer. Really...they really need something like Corporatism and something to get themselves together and what is this about the soldiers being cursed at. Seriously..." Zara rubbed her forehead. "I never knew your World is this fucked up, Itami-san."

"W-Well, it is not the best, but we're working it out."

"All I see working out is in Japan...Germany...Germany in itself is already broken to pieces, a shell of its former selves...I mean...yeah, our World had been scarred by the Nazis, but they don't see them as a bad thing...well, maybe different views and the fact that they just lost more of their land had it a lot harder...but still..."

"I don't think I'd ever understand Europe now."

"To be honest, it's the same for me...but we're making it work." Zara shrugged. "Sister Livannia's been busy on making things work...she's going to be the next Matriarch, she's willing to make everything go smoother than before...but still, feminists?" She showed him the news of the feminist movement. "What bullshit."

"Eh, aren't you a female-"

"I am a woman, yes, that is obvious, but still they're saying female lives matter, but don't know their place. They're trying to make themselves the Alpha, something that won't work very well. They changed how they nurse a kid, a man will always be wrong in the judge due to a female, accusations of rape, then they say 'it's a prank', that is a serious crime that would end up in a torture chamber never to be heard from again." Zara was already pissed at how the Justice System was seriously corrupt. "This world is a simple joke, I thought that a Capitalist world would be bad, will be bad and turn out dead at the end, but this...THIS...THIS I did not expect to happen. I seriously have no hope to even want to make contact with them."

"Your Highness..."

"...Sorry, I just got pissed...real bad..."

"I understand, but let's save that for later..."

"Right right...and then Anti-vaxx...What is this bullshit? Flat Earth Society? More like Flat Brain Society, seriously governments trying to keep people in check, of course they are! If you aren't you'd probably be dead by now! What the fuck is wrong with people!? SERIOUSLY!? EVERYONE IS AN ACTUAL NO-BRAINER AND ACTUALLY EVEN MORE RETARDED THAN A HANDICAPPED PERSON! WHAT THE FUCK!?" The woman raged on as everyone from the Axis completely looked like they were not really amused and were actually disappointed.

"...The moment the Princess that is never this mad or this passionate really shows how fucked this world is...well, glad we chose Fascism than Capitalism, since it's going downhill." Jodl shrugged.

"Yeah, no shit." Adawale muttered.

The JSDF and Itami's wife, simply looked completely stunned at the rant the woman was going at. "My God, they have no brains or an IQ lower than 10...is it even possible?"

"...Looks like it."

"...Oh God, even the news goes on about bullshit about gaming creating shit, vaccines causing autism-AUTISM IS FROM THE MOMENT A CHILD IS BORN! HOW STUPID CAN THEY GET!? Oh my-*Hiccup*," the woman hiccuped a bit of a sob. "I...I lost...a lot of hopes today..." Astermann patted her back. "...So, this is what Capitalism and Liberalism does huh?" She once again hiccuped. "Oh shit..."

"...I don't think I'm going to be more disappointed than this...I thought our World transferred to another world is bad, but this...this is just on a whole different scale..." The JSDF did want to ask what they mean by the sentence, but chose to remain silent. It was apparent that the Italian Princess was going through a breakdown on what she thought would be an advanced civilization that turned out to be a more backwards world. "...And China...China is communist and no one's doing shit? North Korea's...Mio Dio...I can't...I can't live in this world...c-can't we just go back home?"

"...It's just another day..."

"...Fine...alright..." Zara basically sniffled, the Black Shirts were no more impressed than what they saw.

"...If the Princess had to cry about it...everyone knows it's bad when she's one of the most calmest person I've seen...and the fact that she got passionate...and even to this point, really shows how stupid one world by Capitalism may be...your democracy's fine, but our people needs a person they can rely on...someone that knows what he is doing until he tutors the next in line and then have him succeed, that seems more like a finer choice than this system of twice elections and then gone, a reliable person gone, changed by a completely irresponsible leader..." Dulio muttered with a bit of distaste, the others simply nodded.

"I didn't even think it was this bad of a world to be honest...well, maybe we have a bit of a different view and all..." Amirah muttered.

"Not to mention how a Princess got to a mental breakdown." Minna nodded at the sight.

"Truly...for nations this advanced...nothing is perfect huh?"

"Never is, but we try our best...but this time, Japan is just fine by itself, the other nations...I don't they will be different."

"Surprising..." Rory nodded at the response. "...But then, it is wise to have a better leader than just democracy...picking a leader by his competence is far better than an election where the leaders try to sway people to choosing them, not to mention if it is rigged or not."

"...Yeah..."

"...By all means, don't take it that your nation is failing...nor your world for that matter, we all have ways...but, if nothing is done, then nothing will change...especially feminism, anti-vaxx, ANTIFA and others. A Right-Wing might sound inhumane, but your military is there for a reason...don't let that block you from getting a new nation, fixed anew..."

"...Yeah, maybe...but still I don't know much about this...I just know that we're just soldiers...not politicians."

Astermann simply looked at him before sighing. "Of course, I always...kept my hopes up to think this world is salvageable especially after all of this..."

Tokyo, Japan

The day went on as Itami took up with Lelei, Tuka, Rory, Kuribayashi and Risa, while Takeo and Tomita were stuck with the others. Tomita had taken the liberty of taking up the two Royals, while Takeo was stuck with the Alternative Representatives. "...Umm, uhuh…"

"...Something wrong, Takeo-san?" Mio asked as the group simply walked through the city, the girls having wore their quite uncomfortable skirts, the two Black Shirts had their guns concealed from the public, made out of fiberglass, they were hard to even be spotted, even the bullet was made of fiberglass, carbon and non-metallic elements that were highly expensive, but soon streamlined and were simply another one of the day objects later on. They were first presented in 1960s, then after simplification of the system, the materials, by 1990s, a lot of men carried them for Spec-Ops, they were different from the Carbon-based due to the fact that they were far more fragile, the bullets seemed to penetrate deeper, but we're too fragile that they can crack under too much stress and be completely useless.

The Spec-Ops were completely dedicated to them with how Takeo was the only one to take care of them. "No, not really, Mio-ch-I mean Mio-san. I just have some things in mind like why I am even alone in this case."

"Oh...I see, yes, that could be frustrating."

"I kinda question why they just gave us four and leave us with you of all people." Erika glared at the man in question, who paled and looked away. "...But I guess we can't complain on how shitty the security is, despite the wealthy place huh?"

"You cannot fault the soldier, Erika, you can only fault the ones above who gave this task to them." Erika was taken aback by Maho who simply frowned at the girl.

"Wha-...fine...but still..."

"...Well, with no money...does this place have a park? Otherwise, I'd want to see what else is around..." Zara spoke up.

"Well, there are a few game stores here and there..."

"...Nothing bad about getting some samples right? Does your computer use USB?" The woman took out a USB Drive with a 2TB Storage Space. "I wanna try to get something for us to play with, while we're here. It's mostly offline, if that's alright."

"It's not like we can connect with no servers on, Princess." Astermann shrugged as the other Axis members shrugged as well.

"...Ah, right...sorry about that."

"But still, the quality around here is quite...similar to back home, although we charge a lot less for a wedding dress, since they're made to make the wearer happy and not basically put them in a debt..."

"Wedding dresses are luxuries, right?"

"Luxuries here, but a necessity back home." Adawale answered back. "We really need them for just more than a luxury."

"Ahh, the thought of getting married is just too hard when you have to take care of the kid back home..." Hanna muttered in her own distress.

"Well, it's not like it's easy work or an easy decision...seriously...that's why we have the Marriage Counselor to consult about the matter." Jodl responded back with a bit of salt.

"Ehh, why the salt, Jodl?"

"...Bad times."

"Divorce?"

"Yeah, didn't work out well. Both of us agreed to divorce...think she's living happily with another man...hopefully so..."

"You think a lot about your fellow people huh?" Minna asked.

"Yeah, I think that was my second love as well..."

"The first one?"

"..."

"...I think I understand the matter. Sorry to bring it up."

"...Yeah...it's...fine." Jodl looked a bit down. "Even as a Catholic I still can't say that I am against divorces, but if they aren't happy, then the marriage is a bust, the happiness is a bust...nothing would be great about it."

"Can agree there..." Dulio nodded.

"Anyways...let's just take a walk around, maybe we'll find something of value to do."

"...Maybe hent-" Adawale quickly got cut off.

"NO!"

"Even you WSS can get into hentai huh?" The lot were now at a sauna, the men bathed on their own as with the women. "Kind of baffling if you ask me." Astermann commented.

"It is, but not everyone is the same mindless, we just have the capacity, so we joined."

"So hold on, I'm confused, you did say there are the Waffen-SS and SS, what's the difference?" Itami asked, curious on the matter.

"The SS is a simply Military Police of sorts, the Waffen-SS is the German-Specialized Elite Soldiers and the Reichs-SS, I think you've never heard of them before, but they are the ones who respond only to the Axis Head of Security, volunteers you would call them. Anyways, let's just continue on with this."

"...It's relaxing huh? Afterall the shit we went through?" Jodl asked.

"Hell yeah." Dulio answered back with a smirk. "Been a while after the last sauna. I think I lost some fat."

"But still, I never thought the Imperial Japanese would also make anime a thing..."

"...Yeah, it was the idea of the adopted son of Isoroku Yamamoto, he went on about animated manga about sci-fi and stuff, I'd say his first work was the best manga sold and to be animated yet."

"Really?" Tomita looked a bit interested. "Do you have a copy of it?"

"Back home, it's going on for a while, it's being managed by his successors, who sooner or later began to make it at least universal. One by one, from a small city, to a province, to a state, to the country being threatened, then the entire world. It builds slowly...but I'll not spoil anything else. It's good, to be honest. I just hope the next editions comes out and no bullshit about female supremacy, since that'll be a disgrace to the entire fandom and the family that started it all." Adawale shrugged.

"...So hentai back home..."

"Are we going to speak of it?" Astermann asked at the young Takeo who looked deflated.

"I mean...hentai here is nothing like hentai back home, we just stay true to vanilla and not add any shit that compromises anything. OCs are still here and there, but not that bad."

"Sounds like a dream huh?"

"...Yeah, and we're living that dream...maybe I should upload one of them to the internet you have here...might be a big hit, should sell it for about 500 Yen per purchase." Adawale joked. "Cheap, but high quality shit..."

"...Hmm, I don't know...500 seems to cheap."

"We gotta start somewhere and this is already publicized so it's fine to sell it...hopefully."

"...Ah, fine..."

The next scene came up abruptly and unexpectedly. The ladies had just went in and went full-on drunk especially the Princesses. Words slurring and clothes being completely either stripped or really sexually attractive. The first thing, Astermann did was close the door. "...We need to get out of here."

"They drunk?"

"Like hell."

"Damn." Adawale muttered before Kuribayashi opened the door.

"Why did you close the door~?" She slurred.

"Oh no...everyone...run like hell!" Quickly the entire male group spread out.

"Eh~, they didn't just left now, did they?" Zara asked with a bit of slurred speech. Amirah had just been drinking with a bit of sigh, Hanna had been snoring, Maho had been wise enough to just take up water and not booze, Erika as well.

"...This is not what I expected." Minna who had just lightly drunk had not gone completely drunk and off-course, while Mio somewhat slept dreamily. "Oh dear...I didn't think that they'll be this mad to do this..."

"We can't really expect them not to, can we?" Amirah lightly chuckled, wearing a kimono to cover herself than the uncomfortable uniform she was stuck with. "Especially when this is the time of peace everyone wishes to have..."

"Prinzessin? Prinzessin. Come in." A radio called out as it was far too different to even be anyone from the Representatives. "We have sighted enemy targets closing in, repeat, we have sighted enemy targets, numbering around sixteen and counting, we request you to get to safety." The Princess the man was addressing was of course, Princess Zara who was drunk right now.

"Should we even pick it up?"

"...I'm not sure."

"This is a two-way radio, you must be from the World Pact Representatives, correct?" The man questioned. "Good for you this channel is secured and if someone's listening, it'll be basically listening to static."

"Yes, I am a part of the WPR, I am Captain Amirah, who am I speaking to."

"Who I am is the concern of the Axis, but for now, you'll have to do. Do you see anything you can use as a weapon in case we missed a target and he or she went into the Point?"

"Ummm, a pistol and SMG from the Black Shirt...? Will that do?"

"...Hmmm, it's unlikely, but we don't have much of an option. Take it. Get the crew together. The enemies are far, but I'm not taking chances."

"Understood, we'll ready ourselves."

"Roger that. Alright, over and out."

"What's our game plan?" Lynx asked as Monitor took out the tablet in which it displayed the entirety of the situation, a few contacts a few kilometers out. "Oooh, a lot of them."

"Japanese Rangers are stationed here, I doubt they can maintain their grounds if the contacts are a lot more serious...speaking of which, Monitor, your gun's effectiveness against bulletproof jackets?"

"Yeah, 7.92mm should cut through them like knife through butter, not to mention we're carrying the more potent one."

"The Saboted Light Armor thingy ones, right?"

"Yep, they'll never know what hit them. You should probably go a bit closer, I doubt you can get your shots in with those Assault Rifles and SMGs."

"Hehe, yeah, we'll leave them up to you if they got too close, alright?"

"You got it."

"Alright, let's begin Operation Silent Holy Night."

Kidel Heidegger had never heard of Japan's freshly founded Special Forces Group being so strong, and he clicked his tongue.

Heidegger had come from the Marines, but under the CIA, all he did nowadays was clandestine activities. Because of that, it had been a long time since he had taken part in combat. The US army's fighting style relied on overwhelming firepower, raining bullets on their enemies' heads like sand and attacking with vast quantities of ammunition. If the enemy hid in a building, they would chuck in a grenade. If they hid behind a wall in ambush, they would blow away both the wall and the enemy in one shot. The doctrine they had learned in officer school was simple and plain — attack the enemy with six times his amount of firepower.

That was focused in his mind.

However, they could not do this during CIA missions. This was because CIA missions usually took place in locations where such brutal methods were not viable. For instance, they might take place in peaceful streets, in residential areas and sometimes in the commercial areas. They could not use guided missiles or rockets like in the military, and of course, there would be no supporting artillery fire.

What weapons they had were basically technical skill combined with teamwork, and their tactics were to swiftly locate the enemy, silently approach to an ideal distance, and defeat him quickly without giving him any time to react. However, these tactics were based on extensive information and intricate planning.

The original plan was to assault the resort used by what they called "the guests", eliminate their guards (two to three JSDF personnel, according to their sources), then swiftly take their two targets away. The reason why they could not act incautiously in Japan was because their police response times were very fast. In an instant, they could block off roads, set up checkpoints, and lock the entire area down.

Therefore, the crucial part of the operation depended on whether or not they could swiftly escape after doing their job. They had mobilized twenty agents for this, and after the enemy camouflaged themselves, they set up in ambush in the forests surrounding the resort, waiting for the enemy to walk into their trap. The CIA men were not familiar with the area, they were in darkness, and they were attacked from multiple sides.

On their part, they did not have black fatigues or body armor used for field ops, and their weapons were only pistols and MP5SD3s. Once they came into contact with the Japanese Special Forces, even a skilfully assembled task force would not have been able to do anything.

To think the opposition had such firepower. Somehow, Japan had gotten wind of an attack and had made their preparations. Half of the twenty men lying in ambush had been wiped out in an instant.

In any event, it was just bad luck that their attack ran into the powerful Japanese defense. And this might be the first time the Far East Japan branch had taken so many losses in a single operation. In truth, once they had been ambushed, the operation had failed. If they continued taking losses, even retreat would be difficult. Once Heidegger realized this, he suggested to his team leader that they retreat. However, the team leader, Chuck, shook his head.

He ordered everyone, including Heidegger, to wait for instructions, and then picked up his radio handset.

"Roger! Kim, don't touch Goldman! Is Tanaka still alive?"

"No, he got one between the eyes."

"Son of a bitch. Didn't they say the opposition was just a bunch of bodyguards? This is completely different from the briefing!"

The normally calm and collected Roger could not help but curse and swear at this.

The Japanese did not like guns, and when they opened fire they would aim for the limbs, and they only used handguns, so they would be easily defeated. Roger and the others had heard the rumors, and their personal experiences confirmed it. However, the actual conditions on the ground were different. Those bastards had not shown a single scrap of mercy as they fired on him and his guys.

"All right, Top's settled things. After a while, the JSDF will withdraw, and then we'll proceed as planned."

The team leader Chuck said this in a tone that suggested that everything had been taken care of, but when Roger heard those words:

"What! As planned? Was losing this many guys part of the plan?!"

"The Japanese defense was stronger than anticipated, but Top's dealt with that by political means."

"So why didn't they do that from the start? That way we wouldn't have had to sacrifice so many guys for the job!"

"The White House had to burn a valuable card that they were going to use elsewhere because of your incompetence."

Just as Roger was about to strike Chuck, Heidegger sensed that something was wrong, and hastily interposed himself between the two of them.

"Get a grip, Roger! We're still on the mission! And Chuck, you'd better watch your mouth."

With looks of mutual hatred, the two of them spat and turned away from each other.

"All right, since the problem's been settled by political negotiations, then let's make good use of this chance. It should be about time. Peter, Roger, you two are on point. Move out."

Roger was thinking, 'Why are you treating me like this?', as he glanced at Heidegger, but after Peter tightened his grip on his weapon and whispered, "Move out", Roger had no choice but to follow.

Using their trump card meant that Top did not trust anyone on the ground at all. After they stood down from their alert state, they closed the distance to the resort, keeping an eye open in case there were still more guardians within.

And there still were.

DADADADADADADADA!

The sound of Assault Rifles quickly came through their ears as men quickly went down to get to cover. "WHAT THE-! YOU SAID THEY WERE THROUGH!"

"T-This is just a setback! Continue on!" The 5.56mm bullets whizzed past them, the guns continued to run rampant. This wasn't how wasteful a JSDF Special-Ops would be, this was another party. Perhaps a Third Party. Then it came through, the sound of a 7.62mm whizzed past and killed a man by the right eye. That was not a Battle Rifle, a Jap should have.

"That's a nasty one." Monitor grinned as he fired more of his 7.92mm chambered rounds through the Counterpart of the M39 EMR, picking them one by one. "...Enemy by the right side. I'm counting eight."

"Roger, Jackal, relocating now. Over."

"Mind twelve from the left. Over."

"This is Lynx, copy, relocating. Over."

"This is Owl, how many in front?"

"Front is down to six. You can relocate, I'll pick them off."

"Understood, Lynx, I'm moving to you."

The silent battle continued on as the Drone continued to silently spy on the enemy. The men soon fired their silent shots, while their previously loud bangs were now confusing the enemies and deteriorated their organization. "Damn, this is just some easy picking...I feel bad about them to be honest."

"Eh, they could learn a thing or two. The amateurs they are."

"Hehe, right on that, continue."

The loud bangs already woke the group up as Zara was barely awake. "Wha-?" She asked as Guilia mumbled something before helping her mistress. "Munya...Guilia...what's going on?"

"...Sounds like a gunfight, might be them."

"Them?" Itami asked as Rory was basically having another orgasm at the violence happening. "Oh no...not again..."

"...We better stay put until everything's calmed down."

"Yeah, the JSDF's Special Forces should be able to put out the fire."

"Yeah..." The Italian Princess giggled a bit. "Alright, Guilia, Dulio, you can take them out now."

"Ah, finally." The two took out a pair of Submachine Guns, the Specters from their uniform, that was folded up, before they slid the sliders of their Submachine Guns. Much to everyone's surprise on how the two brought with them a pair of firearms.

"You've been hiding a gun there this entire time!?" Tomita asked with a bit of shock.

"Yeah, we can't simply defend the Princess with just fists, right? We simply have guns as well. Kuribayashi, Tomita. Can we be sure that you can defend the group if we're out?"

"Eh? Well, yeah." The two Black Shirts took out a fiberglass pistol, modeled after an Mk23 Pistol. "Oh, hell yes!"

"Glass?"

"Fiberglass, Tomita." Dulio corrected with a smirk. "Helps keep it safe, we only carry two mags. So don't use them too much."

"Ah, right then." Tomita slid the slider back.

"Well then, this is Package, over."

"Prinzessin? You alright?"

"Yeah...I got a bit drunk, but I'm fine."

"Yeah, ma'am Amirah had you checked, you're good, right?"

"Good as always, Monitor. The result?"

"...Well about 28 dead, we're holding onto one...he Russian?"

"Hell yeah, he is."

"He got a ride, right?"

"Ja, I'll just try and confirm it. Hold up."

Jackal, the one guarding right flank, had faced off against eight SVR members disguised as terrorists of sorts to avoid affiliation, the last member was currently being held back by him with his foot on him, his limbs shattered by their joints from the Jackal's gunshots. "Damn you, blyat!" Jackal began to mutter the words in his mouth as the Russian continued to spat out. "I'll kill you! I'll kill you and your damn pals, blyat!"

"-Your damn pals, blyat. Objective secured, bringing package over. This one's a big party, do we have enough for them?" His voice completely changed with his Russian being flawless, the tone took so much similarity to the target that it was nearly indistinguishable. The two-way radio he brought continued to broadcast at speaker, that quickly got the attention of the group.

"Took you long enough, we got two of vans, blyat, get your ass here, we need to go now!"

"Da, komrad."

"That was scary."

"What can I say, I'm a man of my craft of basically mimicking people's voice." Jackal simply smiled behind the radio. "Should've named me Lyrebird as well, probably a better name than Jackal."

"Hah! Let's change his name to that! Lyrebird! I like that!"

"Fine, what do we do with the bodies?"

"...Eh, can't we just dump them and call it a day?"

"Hahhhh, fine then, we'll get rid of them on the resort, make it seem like they encountered each other. Over."

"Copy that, over and out." He spoke up in German before switching to Russian. His accent heavy. "Sorry, komrad, but...you're nothing, but trash, no hard feelings, right?" The Russian had been completely mute and speechless after his voice simply stolen from him. A bang of his FN Five SeveN quickly sealed the deal.

"So you're admitted because you can do that!?" Kuribayashi had been listening to the conversation as Jackal simply laughed as the four Operators had completely exposed themselves to the group.

"Yeah, that's the only thing that made me a whole lot more valuable than they thought." Jackal simply laughed like the literal slippery Jackal he is. "Alright, the location should be around the highway. Heh, they're idiots. Hold on, we'll take care of the vans."

"Aww, are you going to come with us though?"

"...Unsure, chief?"

"...We'll be going our separate way, but ain't going to be the last time we're going to meet." Owl simply shrugged. "Jackal with me, you two get these things ready."

"Ah yeah, fine." The cold chilly night wasn't making it easier as well as the bodies started to harden faster in the cold climate. That means they had to act fast. The guns that they carried quickly be aligned with the ones they shot at them to make it even more authentic, if possible bury the ones they shot at them. Beating a dead horse became remaking a scene with dead men.

"This...somehow feels wrong." Hanna muttered.

"That's what we do, we commit crimes, but in reality, it doesn't count when we have your lives at steak, it became a matter of they or us be the dead men and women." Lynx simply shrugged.

"It's our duty as well, so we can't really say no, what's the point of it if we're not supposed to kill people?" The men quickly finished up the scene with a few more shots before they get out of the place and got in the vans, the two men had taken with them.

"Where are the Drivers?" Itami asked as Owl pointed at the back.

"MMMM! MMMMMM! MHMMMMM!" The two men were screaming through their gags before getting chopped by Lynx.

"There...they're passed out now."

"You sure?"

"Oh yeah, it's all coming together."

"That's a weird way to put it, but okay. This is where we part, stay frosty, Cutie." Jackal flirted with Kuribayashi who simply blushed a bit from the flirt.

"Yeah...You too."

"Haha, awkwardness huh? Safe travels, Princess and Mages." Monitor waved as the vans soon rolled through the highway.

"...How do we go now?" Jackal asked as Owl just looked over before answering without looking over.

"...We'll figure out something..."

"Like always?"

"Like always."

"Man, should've sent another squadron than us..."

"Heh, at least we know this place is a piece of shit of a world."

"True that."

"Well, let's get moving." Owl began to walk as the three others shrugged and followed through.

Well, that's all from me. A lot more controversies that the Axis had and then reactions, probably can react to more of it, if I'm more up to date, since I'm just wasting my time on school, reading some more fanfictions, drawing stuff and writing this fiction. Well then, that's enough from me. Onto reviews.

Reviews:

S31tora: It still needs to be answered, mate. And after that, the Council shall answer.

Cap Vietnam: Pray to unser Gott that Reichs-Art actually cares, more spice shall be added. Hostilities is something that the Axis will never be able to get away with, especially when America is against Nazis and China is against the Japs and Germany, Italy and Japan hates Capitalism and Communism, Russia might be in the okay zone, and perhaps Russia might be against them if they threaten the balance.

AZNMAGICMAN: Change? Doubt it, they go for Nazis not Fascists(Mostly), maybe a bit, yes, but the Nazis? The Germans, Italians and Japanese would never acknowledge them as an actual Nazi and call them Pseudo-Nazis since they are not that similar to a Nazi soldier or a Nazi politician, they are basically nothing compared to the German Nazi. And Nazis are fairly looked down upon on their actions, but their attitude was something that was kept by the Germans, but still the stoicness should never be permanent, everyone needs some fun.

Guest: Not going to be Spanish, since I'm a bit tired...but no, probably not, they'd be really just mechs that look like Fighter Jets, but only simply a bigger aircraft with bigger dimensions that can go VTOL, maybe carry a big infantry gun, but really they won't be flying faster than a Jet Fighter with the extra weight, so that's out of the question, but looking back at the Ground-Mecha, actually, looking back and putting more thought into it, it might be plausible to make a bigger gun that becomes simply semi-auto and save more manpower. So it's plausible.

Artyom-Dreizehn: Actually a good point, asymmetrical warfare on uneven ground, urban centers, mountains maybe, should've done a bit more research, but yeah, a plausible one, nice review. Appreciate that. The argument is sound and is logical to implement...might add mechas, only a bit limited due to the fact of how much they are still more like a progressive 2030s nation, not a 2060 something, and with enough resources to build Battleships and somewhat use them effectively as a sea-based Artillery and a missile battery. Maybe a few prototypes might be good.

Maroon567: I'd be honest, maybe Armored Core is way too advanced for the Axis for now anyways.

Current Plans for Mecha: Somewhat a Knightmare Frame or something like a downsized Titan from Titanfall, maybe an Iron Man suit-like thing. Still unsure about the concept, but it's a sound idea. The only thing is to find the right role for the Earliest Mecha, it won't be instantly so advanced, maybe it starts primitive, but not too primitive.

Realistically, we won't have this until a dozen or so years, so yeah. It'd be unrealistic to have a Lancelot Knightmare or any of the advanced Titan or Armored Core, since honestly, I haven't played those games, I'm quite broke to buy any games, so anyways...I'm just going to base it off mostly on conventional weapons, no insane weapons like a portable laser gun or something like that. The only laser weapon-related is the Laserpanzer I and the Morgan, anything else is basically non-existent as of now, portable plasma and laser guns are literally easier said than done and developed perfectly, and the fact that they use an entirely new ammunition also costs time and material.

So do please remember that even with advancements going smoothly, the Germans are still at 2003 as of now and are still developing technology and using every material at hand to boost the prototypes.

That said, nothing else I can say about this, other than this satisfies you, and yes, there are a lot of info to breathe in, I'll give a bit of a breather with some more action packed than politics later on. So for now, take care and enjoy your time. I have a deadline to catch up on.

Update: Wrong word, to describe China's reason to hate Axis, I somehow made it Nazis instead of Japs...apologies.