D-Genesis: Volume 6 [Parts 1 to 11] by KONO Tsuranori

Author:KONO Tsuranori
Language: eng
Format: epub

Nagatacho, Chiyoda City

Prime Minister’s Office

Ibe arrived at the Prime Minister’s Office at 9:13. There were fifteen minutes until the cabinet meeting. He’d taken the opportunity to convene an emergency session of the National Security Council.

“Nuclear weaponry?!” Foreign Minister Kawano was dumbfounded.

Kawano had wondered what had led to the sudden meeting. Now, sitting at a table along with Minister of Defense Okuiwa, National Public Safety Commision Chairman Motoyama, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga, all he could do was blankly repeat the prime minister’s words.

They were talking about a nuclear bomb in Yokohama, after all. This was no ordinary agenda item.

Ibe nodded a deep, tired nod.

“Th-Then hold on!” Kawano stood up and placed both hands on the table. “Why are we talking about evacuations as if we’ve already accepted America’s plan?”

“Accept it or not, America’s already making arrangements,” Ibe answered.

“But Japan is a sovereign nation! Using a nuclear weapon on our soil without our permission i-is...!”

“Is what, Kawano?”

“Is tantamount to an act of war!”

War. More than seventy years had passed since that word had, with any seriousness, passed a Japanese policymaker’s lips. Few developed nations had enjoyed the long peace Japan had, disconnected from the tumult of armed conflict. It now counted itself among the most peaceful nations on earth.

“We cannot allow for this...this tyranny!” Kawano whinged.

Of course America couldn’t do this. Of course not. But who was going to stand up and say that?

The world might literally end tomorrow. The ones to determine how to prevent it would be the ones with the power to do so. Even if it meant sacrificing the powerless.

“Kawano. We’re past the time for debate.”

“Well this is the first I’ve heard about it!”

“Then what? Any ideas?”

“We have to use all our diplomatic channels! I’m sure we can bend some sympathetic ears, or turn America’s course, or...”

Ibe held up one hand, and slid Kawano a stack of materials.

“I suggest getting yourself abreast of the situation,” Ibe urged, “to understand just how little time we have.”

Conferring with allies was all well and good, and healthy debate was the cornerstone of diplomacy—how one navigated the world. It was also, unfortunately, a luxury of time—a resource they no longer possessed.

“Yesterday an unusual monster spawned in Yokohama,” Ibe began.

The explanation was short, but alarming, and contained the Americans’ predictions on responses from other countries.

“This can’t be happening.” The more Kawano reflected on the situation, the more he realized that the world may indeed allow for America’s use of a nuclear weapon.

Plus, if they failed to stop the problem now, the next location on the chopping block might be the whole of Yokohama. Damage could even extend into Tokyo.

“We have until tomorrow at 6 p.m.,” Ibe concluded.

“So that’s what all this dud business was all about...” Shortly before arriving at the prime minister’s office, news had reached Okuiwa about an urgent dud removal. A rather scathing report had arrived on his desk, criticizing the national government’s decision to move straight into response without building in time for an investigation or working with the local government.

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