Rising Rays of the New Century: Tale of the Japanese Empire

Cultural Festival Season is Here!

August 5, 2112

Nagano Prefecture, Suwa, Dragon King Village

The feast of the race that bears the name of "God" continued the next day. While the cooks and maids were hurrying about, nine men and women, led by the head of the family, Enishi, were chatting about their souvenirs in the large tatami room. Ryuji's uncle, Yoshihisa, was talking to Ryuji with a sake cup in his hand. His face was slightly flushed, suggesting that he was drunk.

"By the way... Ryuji, nice job at taming that human."

"........."

Ryuji frowned, inwardly disgusted by Yoshihisa's words, who treated Teru as if she were an animal. But his mother, Shiori, offered her help to her adorable son, who was being tormented by his uncle's remarks.

"You, don't talk about that human woman like she is a pet dog or something."

Shiori, Ryuji's mother and Yoshihisa's sister, lightly slapped her brother's head from behind. She then sat between them and glared at her brother with a scowl on her face.

"That child is like a flower. If Ryuji didn't groom her properly, she would not bloom so lustrously."

"...! Haha! Sister, you got one over on me!"

Yoshihisa laughed and poured more sake. The family banquet has not yet come to an end.

Outside the large tatami room where the banquet was being held, laughter was leaking out of the sliding doors. And there is a man listening from the hallway. A Rakshasa man who identified himself to Teru as Kiba, a servant, was communicating with somewhere on his bracelet.

"...Yes, everything is proceeding without any problems. It's just a banquet, no disturbing conversation."

He was relaying the contents of a conversation the Ryūjins were having to the National Police Agency. He was a public security officer, a spy sent to the village. He is in charge of leaking information on the Ryūjin, which is one of the government's most important targets.

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Former Shenyang, Northeast China, Eurasian Continent

The region known as Northeast China and North China is currently ruled by a military regime known as the Black Dragon Army, which originated from the People's Liberation Army Northern Theater Command. This extremely belligerent faction, which repeatedly loots civilians and neighboring regions and countries, is the biggest cause of illegal refugees seeking to enter Japan, and is designated as a target to be eliminated not only by the Chinese Communist Party and the Korean government, but also by the Japanese government.

Therefore, the Japanese government, under the guise of the International Federation Security Forces, has stationed its military in Dalian since this year and has been carrying out a cleanup operation against them.

The warlords are based in Shenyang, the capital of the former Liaoning Province. In the city's former administrative building, the Black Dragon Army's leaders were holding a discussion.

"It is impossible to communicate with each other without being caught in the government's surveillance network in Japan, as a country that is effectively closed off from the rest of the world."

"...But not when it comes to crypto assets. We've sent them a lot of money, but will it end the way we want it to?"

The Imperial Japanese Armed Forces' sweeps have certainly reduced their forces and sphere of influence. For the Japanese government, the Black Dragon Army was a matter of public security on the Sea of Japan, so their defeat was positioned as an important military operation for the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces. The difference between the Japanese, which has a 28th-century doping, and the warlords, who use the weapons of the former PLA, is overwhelming, and the warlords are getting jittery. Therefore, they have been searching for a means to destroy the enemy from within, and have come to the existence of a certain organization.