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Chapter 0.1: A Christmas Breakthrough

24th of December 1847, Hassen, Kingdom of Leuthar

It was a cold winter morning for the city and people within it. Though it was Christmas Eve the markets and the streets were silent as only a few weeks before massive protests rock the city and the continent as a whole, as people try to heal the scars and the government scrambling to fix the ailing situation. A single house and the man inside it will change the fate of the world as a whole.

A man is laying down in an armchair near his fireplace when he hear a knock on his front door. He stands up and opens the door. He sees a young woman clad in a black coat holding a basket, “Good afternoon Professor.” The woman greets the man.

“Ailbe come on in.” The Man welcomes the woman inside his home. She accepts his invitation and comes in hangs her coat in the coating rack.

“What is your reasoning for coming here? And happy holidays Ailbe.” The Professor asks her as sits back down into his armchair.

“Well….. It is Christmas and I’m coming home for my family.” Ailbe answers as she sits down in the sofa.

“Professor I have some items from the capital.” Ailbe presents the basket to the Proffesor.

“Thanks for the gifts Ailbe.” The Professor thanks her as puts aside the basket beside him.

Ailbe asks the Professor a question in a very serious tone. “So the project how is it going?” She asks.

“Well…. it will be complete very soon.” The Professor honestly answers back.

“The next time you will any news will be the news about its completion.” The Professor confidently assures Ailbe of any worry.

“If that’s the case I’ll take my leave then.” Ailbe thanks him. Ailbe stands up goes to the front door and puts on her coat.

Ailbe before she leaves she says one last word to the Professor. “And Professsor Happy Holidays!” Ailbe says farewell to the man.

As Ailbe closes the front door, The Professor opens a drawer near his front door. He takes out a document named “Hotaru”; The Professor brings it to his armchair and starts reading it.

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Name: Kazuya Hotaru

Birthdate: November 29, 1972

Description: Mr. Hotaru was born in Yokohama City in the 29th of November. The son of a Lawyer and Heiress of a Candy company, He was the 2nd of 3 children. Mr. Hotaru was groomed by his parents into politics in a young age and by 1994 he graduated with a doctorate in Economics in Tokyo University. During 1995 he joined the NDP as an assistant to a Diet Minister.

In 1998 he was appointed as a Junior Executive in the Economic Planning Agency. As part of the 2001 Japanese Central Government Reform the Economic Planning Agency was merged into the Cabinet Office; this appointment gave him contact to former Prime Minister Akayama and his Cabinet. His connection to the cabinet lead him to be instated as the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

By 2004 Mr. Hotaru was one of the rising stars in the NDP. He later became a senior member of the Centrist Reformist faction of the NDP. This new found political clout won him a seat in the House of the Representatives during the 2005 General Elections where he ran as a Representative of the 2nd District of Kanagawa Prefecture.

Mr. Hotaru’s position as a Diet member gave him the ability cement his political presence within the NDP and because of his connections to the former Prime Minister he landed the job as the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.

He served as the Minister of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry until 2014 where Mr. Hotaru was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. His political power within the party to the point that he was the one of the leading candidates for the 2017 Snap Election. Mr. Hotaru declined the offer and became the Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister Togaki after the 2017 Elections. He was Cabinet Secretary until the JAXA scandal forced Prime Minister Togaki in 2022, He spent the 2 next years as the NDP president after the JAXA scandal forced the Party Leadership to resign.

He announced that he will running for the 2025 Elections. This was met with great response from the general populace but the response with the party was mixed at best. All of this didn’t matter as in the 26th of August he was assassinated by an unidentified lone gunman.

Mr. Hotaru’s rise to power was subtle and invisible to the public eye, although this was because of his history with bribery. Much isn’t known about his life, Most of the information that we have is publicly known but more that he is a complete mystery in the realm of personalities and politics.

The Professor puts down the file looks in the fireplaces and chuckles. “So this is the person you want to get a fucking monster.” He says in disbelief.

The Professor stands up walks to the coat hanger and dons his white lab coat.

“If this is what they want then I’ll give it to them.” The Professor thinks to himself as he shrugs the risk in this endeavor.

As he finishes his work to revive a dead man the world turns into a different direction as this man will definitely change the history books.

And uh…. Belated 0Merry Christmas

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