The Final Wars End by S A Asthana

The Final Wars End by S A Asthana

Author:S A Asthana [Asthana, S A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-30T22:00:00+00:00


CHAPTER 17: ALICE

The 1.V10’s control bay screen displayed a disheveled Yukito in his Nippon One lair. His black, silky hair was unkempt and his eyes were inflamed. Blood trailed from the nostrils. He was high, of this Alice was certain. She sneered at the sight. This was the man who’d taken over Nippon One? The city would fall, no doubt about it. She spoke in Japanese, a language she disliked but learned to become fluent in. “Emperor Yukito, I hope you’re happy with what you’ve started. Lying to your people has now brought them an unimaginable threat. My fleet has the city dome in its crosshairs. Either stand down and capitulate to us peacefully, or be prepared to feel our wrath. The choice is yours.”

Yukito shouted back in English. “Fuck you, Alice!” His cheeks burned red. “How dare you threaten me? Don’t you know who you are talking to, you filthy gaijin?”

Taken aback by the outburst, Alice composed herself and straightened her back. “I know exactly who I’m talking to. A liar. A coward. Just like the gaijin he plotted with and married.”

“Do not speak of Marie this way,” Yukito shot back, his forefinger pointed at the screen. “She gave her life for this city. She is a true goddess.”

Marie was dead? Things were moving fast. Perhaps, as his world crumbled around him, he would see how foolish his actions were. “I am sorry to hear of her fate. Look… you have lost your Empress. You have lost your fleet. And you have lost your mind. A man on the edge of insanity. Soon, you will lose your beloved city if you don’t come to your senses. You don’t realize how great a danger has come to your doorstep. Surrender and save your people.” The goal was capitulation. A Nippon One in ruins was worth nothing to the High Council. She didn’t want an all-out war. Surely, he didn’t either?

“Surrender?” Yukito flashed a wicked grin as he pushed his glasses up his nose. “You’re like the rest of your kind – the red demons. Threats and boasts. That’s all you can offer. I am not a bamboo stick ready to be cut down. You overestimate yourself, Alice.”

He was pushing the right buttons. But she too knew how to press back.

“No, that was your army overestimating itself when they attacked Port Sydney.” Alice leaned back in her white leather chair flaunting a sly grin of her own. The chess match had reached its endgame and both sides were confident of their respective odds. Egos ran high. “Wonder what came of those troops? Oh, that’s right, I had them all destroyed. And the same for those pesky pirates you sent. All those men with their flesh ripped from their bones. You can fool your people with your lies, but I know the truth about you, Yukito – you’re a weak man. I don’t think you are bamboo. More a blade of grass waiting to get crushed under my boot.”

“All lucky breaks, gaijin.” Yukito spit at the floor.



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