Madara looks in disgust at his subordinates, they are all cowering and clamoring like headless chickens just because of a little setback. Yeah, Madara knew that losing communications was terrible, but Japan managed centuries of warfare before technology and that would not stop now. Heck, even without this and without knowing about reinforcements and supplies there still shouldn't be such a scene like he was seeing right now.

Feeling his irritation rising when his men, men of the UCHIHA army, began cowering, Madara opened his mouth and shouted.

"Shut up!" He proclaimed, and everyone there did as ordered. They were long since turned into complete slaves to Madara's will after spending a long time under his Geass. While not a Geass of Absolute Comand Madara Geass could be said to be even more terrifying as, if the target listens to him enough, they would fully obey him forever. And the most terrifying part is that the person under its effects would think that their actions were their own volution instead of absolute orders. "You all have to calm down and act like the elites you all are. I need you all to start devising strategies and ways to fight with what we have. I need plans on how to win this war or at least make the enemy suffer heavy losses, make them pay for every step in our lands with the loss of thousands."

After Madara said that the mood in the command center started heating up. Seeing this Madara nodded to himself, he had selected a great array of people that were amongst the most capable and talented amongst the Uchiha family that were then trained to become the best of the best. After being satisfied Madara spoke again.

"Leave, I need to think about some matters."

After Madara said that every commander bowed to him in respect before leaving in perfect order. He waited for a moment before taking out a small phone that he always keeps in a necklace and that no one knows due to his habitual clothing. He looked at the cellphone for a moment before opening it.

"... So, what do you suppose we could do, Ribbons-sama?" Madara asked on the phone. While true that the Japanese communication's system is compromised the Peace Mark's system is separated and much more advanced than what Japan uses so they still had a perfectly functional system. He also had no doubts that Ribbons was perfectly aware of the situation in Japan even if there was an information lock-down. As long as that old slave was here Ribbons would know about everything.

"Now, that is one interesting question." Ribbons said while sipping a cup of tea calmly and elegantly. He smiled at the taste and acted like this conversation he was having could very well be talking about the weater, not about the destiny of a war that could spell doom for millions of people. "I wanted this war to take longer, exhaust Britania some more to force it and other countries to enter a stalemate sooner as it would be benefical to my plans, but right now I am not sure anymore if this is possible. The kid is advancing faster than I predicted, his movements bold but showing naivety as he wants to bring peace and cause as few deaths as possible."

"I agree, any other more experienced military leader would see that these treats are unnecessary and more detrimental than anything else. If it was me I would have used the communications to sow chaos and eliminate the enemy as much as possible." Madara said.

"Quite true, however, his ideals of winning with minimal sacrifice are still interesting." Ribbons said amused. "I believe that the best option would be to understand that Japan is going to fall, it is inevitable."

After Ribbons said that Madara clenched his fists and jaw in frustration, he also keenly understood that Japan does not have any chance but this is still a bitter pill to take.

"However, we can create some true wounds on Britania. I believe the Golden Company of mercenaries can be shipped over within two days in part and I am sure that Gyokuen can afford some of her Al-thamen to this as well." Ribbons said.

"And what about that old slave? Shimura always annoyed me due to thinking himself smart despite being no more than a sacrificial piece, I think he can be of use in potentially eliminating the prince." Madara proposed, his objective was that wherever Danzou managed it or not Madara would profit from it. If Danzou could eliminate Ciel then a big part of the problem Madara is and will be facing is diminished. If Danzou loses and dies, well it means one less political rival.

"Him? Well, to be honest, I almost forgot about him." Ribbons said casually, disregarding a man that could be considered one of the most dangerous worldwide due to his organization of assassins and his influence in Japan. But, for someone like Ribbons, Danzou was nothing more than a footnote, a forgettable item that didn't even qualify as a pawn.

"I think that you could use him to either eliminate the prince or at least test him." Madara said.

"Hum, an interesting proposition indeed. Very well, I believe this would be a fair trade. I will follow through with your idea, him and half of ROOT shall move into action." Ribbons said and Madara nodded with some mirth in his face.

To think that someone who liked to act and control others so much like Danzou is nothing but a puppet, how funny. In the end, however, Madara felt even more fearful of his 'boss' as he had an unknown number of pawns across the world by now in a position of power. The experiment to see what would happen if someone normal was to be implanted with cells from a Code Bearer revealed that the one infected could remotely be controlled by the Code Bearer and Danzou had his whole arm replaced by one arm that Ribbons removed of his own body for exactly this reason and for another experiment. Only after this would Ribbons support his puppets to rise in ranks and slowly but surely create a power base across the world that was completely unknown for everyone else and by now already could be considered its own secret super power that could mobilize a power that would in no way be inferior to Britania's military.

If anything Ribbons could be thought off as being the most influential person in the world already even if no one really knew that.

"Very well, I wait for the help in the war." Madara said and Ribbons nodded before mentally starting to move his many puppets. He wants this war to last so of course he needed to move.

While he was drinking a new cup of tea he sent orders. The war would increase in brutality all at once.

In the camp of the Senju Army, Tobirama was thinking about what to do. He knows that without support from the rear in the form of ammunition and supplies the army would only be able to at most last four more days, and that is if they didn't end up with the prince Ciel attacking them from the rear.

"Damn it, that prince strike means the loss of the war no matter how I see it." Tobirama said and was honestly thinking on talking terms of surrender. It put a bad taste in his mouth but he is a Senju, the guardians of Japan! He had to protect it's people no matter what and depending on the terms he could at least try and enter negotiations with the prince Ciel.

He had come to know the prince enough to know that while still young he'd at least be agreeable enough to not try and basically destroy this nation and it's culture. The best-case scenario would be if the prince himself turned into the responsible for Japan as at least Tobirama knew that he would not put the citizens in jeopardy.

Hell, maybe he could even talk it up to see if he could get a marriage alliance with the prince, he was still young enough anyway and his grandniece Tsunade was of an appropriate age. He would not be surprised if that old fox Onnoki had already opened talks and was talking it up to try and tie the prince with the little princess of his clan.

"Sir, I believe we should attack." One of the assistants of Tobirama said, he was his right-hand man and chief strategist so his voice was one that Tobirama tended to listen more often than not. "We only have enough supplies for a few more days but I think that if we use this chance to attack for at least two days at full force we could send some of our forces to the factories and cities on the rear to retrieve supplies. It is risky but we at least would have two days to do so and after that we could still fall back for a more suitable position." The man said and Tobirama had to agree that it was feasible.

"I also agree." Another man, one that could be said to be Tobirama's left-hand man said. "We need to show our strength at the very least or even if we do surrender we would only be humiliated and have to accept the worst terms possible. If we, instead, should show the strength we have to the world to make no one look down on us and ensure that we would not lose face to our ancestors."

Tobirama was moved, especially by the mention of his ancestors since he was someone who deeply carried about such matters. Nodding his head he accepted it and declared that he would follow their advise, not knowing that on a chamber in Britania an elegant young man was smirking as he had managed to make Japan not stop the fighting, instead intensifying it as he also did similar things for the Britania forces as he made them even more aggressive.

The war that could have ended then and there exploded instead on a gory path as in less than two hours since Ribbons started using his many planted spies more than 200 thousand men and women died in the frontlines.

Ciel's P.O.V.

"What do you mean the war got even fiercer?" I nearly yelled in shock. This doesn't make any sense, how could the Japanese generals decide to act like that? And how could Red Hound so blatantly ignore his orders in such manner?

This doesn't make any fucking sense!

"Unfortunately, it is true, master." Kurumi said stoically. Her face was impassive as she said so.

I bite my thumb as I started to think. I want this war to end already and the frontline generals are completely ignoring the facts of the matter. What can I do?

"Master, if it is not too much I would like to make a proposition." Kurumi said and I looked at her before nodding. "I believe that we should make a show of strength to end this war."

"... Which one?" I asked hesitantly.

"Perhaps blow up some of the Japanese more sacred places, perhaps Mount Fuji." She proposed and my lips twitched. While true that destroying something of the scale of Mount Fuji would indeed make it show that I can eliminate them at any moment I really don't want to do that. In part, because it would mean that the Japanese people would hate me forever for this, I don't want a black knights rebellion and especially don't want them aiming at my neck if at all possible.

But honestly, I just don't want to blow up Mount Fuji because that would make me look like I am copying Lelouch's plans. I don't want to be a poser.

"... No, that one wouldn't work." I said finally. "We need to crush not the people's spirits but the army and only it. If we are to do that we must instead crush something else instead." As I mentioned that I nodded to myself. "We will set out immediately, call for my knights to return and send them new orders. They are to go and cleanly destroy any and all fortifications the Japanese army might possess without fail, unless they throw down their weapons within five minutes of an announcement then eliminate the whole base. Second, ask Matsu to look at all our satellites, I want to know if any army or ship bigger than a fishing boat approaches Japan, we will not allow any interference from outsiders now. And third, send word to the Dominion captain, we are to move to Hokkaido, our aim is the commanders of the army there.

"We will kill General Toudo and all his key subordinates, destroy the chain of command, and then move to Kyushu to do the same to the Senju army. We will leave the center and hardest point, the Uchiha Army, to the end and crush him in his entirety. We are to leave him to the end as that is likely the bloodiest battlefield and the soldiers under Madara are mostly all fanatics, saving them is unnecessary and instead detrimental, leave them to be killed in droves by Red Hound. Also, I have a separated mission I want to have completed as well. I want you to coordinate with Matsu and Monaka on the main headquarters to discover where ROOT and Danzou are, with that I want you to blow it up using the explosives that Deidara left on our care." I said and Kurumi nodded and left to retell my orders.

If the Japanese army refuses to listen to reason then I just need to make sure that they suffer the consequences.

As the day passed Ciel continued moving forward to Todoh's army, it took longer than expected as many military bases that he passed through continued trying to attack him despite the fruitlessness of the action. He, of course, continued to act and send his army of Monokumas at the bases, if any big target showed up or a commander tried to take to the field he'd act personally to try and convince him to stop and give up, if that failed he'd personally kill the commander. Until now amongst all the commanders only the heads of the Yamanaka, Nara, and Akimichi clans gave up, mostly because the Nara gave up without a fight and the Yamanaka and Akimichi followed suit following that. The Terumi clan also gave up after a while and they sent a hostage before hostilities even opened to appease the prince to not attack the military base that also served as their clan headquarters.

Ciel was accommodating to all those who surrendered, never damaging their forces or abusing his power, at most taking away their weapons and leaving a guarisome of Monokumas there to protect the base and watch over them to make sure they'd not turn tails and escaped or took up arms again. He also passed through some Britania settlements that he himself had advocated in favor of a while ago as somewhat allied nations to try and pull the two nations closer together on a positive way but the project never advanced as much as he wanted due to some of the more traditional families (*COUGH* Uchiha *COUGH*) going against it all the way. If the settlements were fine then he could use them as an excuse to be more lenient to the Japanese people after the war. He hates war, they are just a waste of people and potential to improvement, so the faster he could end this war and the more survivors the more those survivors might be able to help him in improving the world.

Thus he moved to the settlements just to make sure nothing was too wrong and what he saw made his heart turn cold to a whole new degree. Japanese soldiers were invading the small settlements of Britania, killing everyone regardless of age or gender. He could even see many piles of corpses of babies killed in places, some burning and others just left to rot. He managed to capture some of the soldiers responsible for this and discovered that they were mostly from the Uchiha Army's special forces under the orders of Uchiha Fugaku.

Yeah, after seeing that he no longer was sad about leaving the Uchiha army to suffer from Red Hound army, let them bleed a little as later he will go and eliminate them to the last man. Thankfully he managed to get to a few settlements before they were all eradicated and put all of them in the Dominion to later take them back to somewhere safe, he even extended an invitation to take them back to be in Academic City which many agreed as it was somewhere that many considered close to a Holy Lan when compared to the rest. From all of those survivors he noticed a pair of twins that stood out as even the otfer survivors did not want to get anywhere near them.

After meeting them during a few minutes he took to relax as they approached the Todoh Army he noticed how both of them had absurdly high potential and could become extremely loyal to him. Thus he took them both to the command center to help him in what was to come or at least learn a thing or two.

Thus he got two more assistants in the forms of the half-blooded sister of Japanese and Britania heritage, Enoshima Junko and Enoshima Mukuro.

"... This is too lax." Inoichi commented inside the 'cell' him and his two friends, Shikaku Nara and Choza Akimichi, shared. Even the term 'cell' was not quite right since the place was extremely comfortable and spacious and any request they might have were all fulfilled by the prince's staff of Monokumas. Truth be told, it was way too relaxing.

"That is actually to be expected." Shikaku said from his bed that he was nearly taking a nap in. "The prince wants the country to be annexed into Britania with as little bloodshed as possible, for that he wants the clans that control the nation to submit or disappear entirely. Honestly speaking, it is already the best possible sittuation for us if the prince is the one to annex and be the leader of Japan. It has been a while that I noticed this but Japan would never be able to win, not really at least, when you consider that the world is heading to unification and Japan doesn't really have a chance of being the ultimate winner.

"The Chinese Federation has been encroaching us for a while now and the influence of the UE is also growing around us, from all options our best bet is aligning ourselves to a group that is more likely to let us survive the storm and from the great powers the best would be Australia but it remains a neutral faction. The second best is actually Britania IF the prince Ciel is the Viceroy, or someone he trusts at the very least. Considering that we were being invaded we had to fight anyway but after all the communications are down, we already lost the war from that point on." Shikaku said.

"I see, I guess we really were doomed from the start, huh." Inoichi said.

In Shikaku's mind, however, that was not the case at all. It was just that their diplomacy suffered too much thanks to the actions of the Uchiha and Shimura families that pushed Japan into a more secluded spot from the other potencies and were pushing to make Japan it's own great power. The other great powers would never allow that and if it was not Britania it would have been the UE or the Chinese Federation for sure. That is why Shikaku pushed for surrendering early on, fighting a war they cannot win and letting their civilians suffer is something they as leaders of the nation should have thought off first instead of stupid pride.

"If you say so, Shikaku, I will believe you." Shouza said after finishing eating a bucket of fried chicken wings. "I don't understand much about those complicated stuff but if this is for the best for our families and nation then I will follow your words."

Meanwhile, Ciel was finally upon the Todoh army in Hokkaido. The whole army was on a tight structure and many anti-aircraft constructs all over the area.

"Now, what to do with dealing with this base? My forces are spread quite thin by now and I am starting to run low on Monokumas as well." I commented when Arlequino on my side went down on his knees.

"Master, if it is your desire you just have to say the word and I shall go and destroy that base." He said and I waved him off.

"Don't bother, I need at least some protection in this location and in the end their army is still mostly focused on fighting the army of Britania instead of us." I said. "I suppose the best option is one strike force to advance from the Dominion all the way to their headquarters to cut down everyone in its path." I mentioned.

"... I shall prepare it then." Kurumi said on the side before bowing and leaving.

The Enoshima twins that were with me on the command station looked a bit confused.

"Like what exactly are you planning? Who would you send there anyway?" Junko asked.

"Myself, of course." I said while taking advantage that Kurumi is not around to eat an extra chocolate bar since I got a few extra pounds Kurumi has been closely monitoring me and chances to eat a bit more are most welcome.

"You? But, wouldn't it be dozens of knightmares and weapons from here until the headquarters?" Mukuro asked in surprise.

"More around hundreds really, but it is nothing to worry about." I said. "In front of absolute power strategy and numbers are inconsequential, wait a while and you will see what I mean soon enough." I told them with Mukuro looking in doubt but Junko looking interested in something for the first time, her Green of Loyalty getting a bit more potent now.

After about a few minutes Kurumi returned with the affirmative that everything is in place.

Now, this might be fast but let's start to end this war that started just a few days ago?

AN:

Hey, I returned. Thanks for the patience everyone. I know this is not that big of a chapter but I don't have a co-writer anymore so this is the best I could manage. If anyone wants the spot I only require for the person to warn me in case they won't answer for a while as that almost cost me ALL my motivation for this story.

If this chapter is not as great as expected, I again apologize. Also, the next chapter MANY characters are gonna die. I decided to go a bit extreme on what influence Ribbons has but I hope you all don't mind too much. No one really spoke of what exactly the Code Bearers can do so I decided to make it so that Ribbons found out he can manipulate others as well as see and hear what they do if they have some of his cells in them, the cells also have other abilities but that is for another chapter. I actually found it a funny idea to make Danzou who enjoys manipulating others so much be the one who is being manipulated without his knowledge in this story.

Oh yeah, about the new story I am panning, it is coming along great. I will try a new spin on the Infinity genre that most do which I hope will be interesting. I plan on letting the MC have a few Sekireis and as such I will be opening a pool in my profile page and I want you all to vote on which Sekireis you like more as they would be part of the new story of mine. Thanks for the patience, the following chapter or so will be the end of the Invasion arc and after I will do one or two Intermission chapters, and then it will be CANON.