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Ch 4: The beginning of the end

Ch 4: The beginning of the end

After the incident with the mysterious man, the entire world went crazy. Multiple bloggers ranted about the mysterious man, twitter being blown out of proportion and even Facebook crashed after the constant updates of this unknown man. 

The world was already cowering in fear as the ISIS group was quite the terrifying force. They’ve been bombed, killed and nations ordered many air strikes yet they’ve continued to expand. The world had literally given up on the superpower nations as they could not contain this group that continued to expand.

Even in the U.S., the government would often be harassed by the public because they have failed to protect their own country. Multiple domestic attacks occurred in the U.S. but the government could not stop the attacks of the ISIS group. 

Riots would explode over the whole world and many of them were mainly about nuking the entire Middle East to rid the world from the source of our problems. But nothing could be done. Neither of the World Leaders would even attempt a nuclear strike because they too, will be affected by the drastic measures.

The public opinion on the World Leaders and the Summit continued to decline year after year and ISIS continued to grow. In 2019, the world had nearly succumbed to the ISIS group as they killed and expanded. The ISIS group had indeed created another Rome but under the laws of the islamic group. 

Now, as the world looked up this common news channel, they found hope…

Hope in a man that is unknown, with hidden agendas but only a select few knew about him. Others would never dare speak of his name as he is the Black Dragon. He knows everything…

Then suddenly, the world continued to blow up in astonishment. Right after the news about the unknown man, a Japanese corporation titled Kurogane Inc has finally released a life changing technology that will allow the world to dwell in a new reality. The world was in uproar as the two news continued to escalate.

At first, people were skeptical but many political figures from U.S. including President Howard had already tried this new reality. They even broadcasted the live feed on the Presidential address as they wanted the public to focus on something else besides the ISIS terror. The U.S. government wanted the Public to calm down after lashing against their president after he had given an international changing decision: The revokement of the two treaties that binded the Japanese Country. As much as the public hate was pointed at President Howard, many were a bit happy at the decision. With the revoking of the treaties, President Howard brought home news that will change the society. 

News that will alter the gaming world and technology that will change the future. A future technology that many would desire to have. Equipment that will allow them to enter a world like no other. That was the reward that President Howard returned to his citizens in exchange for the Treaties. 

All over, people were skeptical about Japan but cleverly, they also announced the coming of a new game that allowed people to enter a new realm alongside with the future technology of Full Dive capabilities. 

The world was in uproar as the Kurogane Inc skyrocketed in fame. Their corporation was now one of the richest businesses alongside a few others. 

Australia and Taiwan benefitted from the Kurogane Inc as they had exclusive deals surrounding the technology and game development. In accordance to their contract/deal, Kurogane Inc will be the main proprietor for the game and the technology while Australia and Taiwan would reap the income from the sidelines. Japan did not mind because the three countries had cooperated together to create this new world.

Along with the contract, Australia and Taiwan would get their own private sanction within the game world. The private sanction would actually become an entire continent within the game world. There would be countless opportunities but in the beginning, the new world will have three starting continent regions. Of those two, Australia and Taiwan will own their respective continents as the rest of the world will begin on the main continent in the middle. 

This was also good because from there, Australia and Taiwan can reap the incomes from the land and do what they see fit with their own continent.

Normally, the middle/main continent would’ve been under the jurisdiction of the Japanese country but they decided to leave it to the players. The reason being is because the Japanese people often sought honor and glory for themselves. They did not want to simply be in control because they were given it but they want to earn it. Earning that honor is much better than seizing it unfairly as it would tarnish their ancient glory. AND also, who wouldn’t want a chance to rule an entire continent. 

That gave promise to the world as people desired fame and fortune and many would seek to achieve that zenith of power. 

As the world escalated from the two world changing news, back at the Kurogane inc, where the corporation was under heavy stress due to workload increasing to 500%, there was a man that sat in an office at the top of the main headquarters in Tokyo.

This man was a young businessman. Age was around 21 and he had a miniature mustache as it reflected his manly posture but he was still a young man. He had semi-broad shoulders and short, smooth hair. The man was Japanese but many would see features from other asian races. He was a bit tall, lean muscle and had a sharp expression but his eyes would defer that expression. His eyes were black like iron and his hair seemed to match.

Yes, this man is the CEO of Kurogane Inc, Keiji Nakamura. 

After assuming control over the Kurogane corporation from his father, Kenji Nakamura, Keiji continued to raise the corporation to honor his father’s wishes after his brother rejected the position. 

As the brother of Ichiro, Keiji loved his brother. His brother often took care of him and his sister, Hana Nakamura, when they were little. Their parents would often be overseas and Ichiro would always take care of them even as he was being instructed by Ryoma. Keiji always respected his brother as Ichiro would take care of them. Keiji often dreamt to become someone as capable as his brother but something shocked Keiji that day.

His brother had left the family, not permanently but he was called in for mandatory service in South Korea. Ichiro was the only one with multiple citizenship and he was of proper age to receive the letter of service. 

Keiji was heartbroken as his brother would be leaving but after he left, he found out about the news of his brother’s choice. He knew that his brother, Ichiro could’ve avoided service by simply taking over the family corporation. 

The night when his brother left, his father called him in and told him of the news that he would be the next heir to the corporation. He was speechless but he knew in his heart that his brother was the rightful owner. 

Thus, Keiji held onto the position for when his brother returns, he will gladly return the position to the true successor…

As Keiji sat on his chair, he was looking at a live video on his business laptop. A smile was seen on his face, something that is quite rare but many women would fall for. A smile so pure that it illuminated the dull gray room with a soft environment. 

Keiji smiled as he saw his brother, the one that is now in Germany, destroying the ISIS members. He smiled because his brother is safe and still alive after all these years. Even after his brother retired, Keiji knew about everything from his reports yet his brother disappeared 2 years after retirement. Keiji was sad as he did not know where his brother was but now, everything is fine…

“Aniue...you are safe. I, your otouto, has kept the family business alive. We have successfully developed a new technology and a game where people will be able to enjoy after the terrors of ISIS. Aniue, please return. This position rightfully belongs to you, not me. I hope you will return to us, Brother.”

Keiji spoke as he saw his brother massacre the ISIS members skillfully with his blades…

“Aniue, I see you have never neglected your training, even after Ryoma passed away...your Shishou would be proud of you if he were still alive..”

Keiji closed the live video and opened up a window where multiple corporations from around the world were sending him corporation contracts about the game and new technology…

The EU/UK forces arrived in Berlin and the unknown man stood up…

“Finally, they are here. This is why ISIS is taking over. You guys are slow.”

Ichiro spoke condescendingly as the military front marched towards him.

Sheesh, these people do not know how to march. They’re already tired after ‘marching’ that far. Just what the hell were they doing. I hope they weren’t being stupid and went a separate direction from the plan course. Some ISIS groups are still active in Germany…

“Who are you and why the hell are you here!?” One of the military scouting members shouted in response to me.

“Where is your commanding officer. I need to speak to him.” 

“Civilian member, I will have you evacuate this area. There is imminent danger as we stand here. Please leave this area with one of soldiers.”

Are you ignoring me, you insolent brat. I will have to teach you some lessons…

I swiftly close the distance between me and that idiotic brat and clutch his uniform and raised him in the air.

“Look here, I didn’t ask for help or anything, I simply gave you an order AND tell the rest of your men to back down on their weapons before I slaughter your puny military force.”

The man was shrieking in surprise as I raised him in the air before anyone knew what was going on. I looked him straight in the eyes and he shivered in fear..

“Al-alright! Let me down! Men! At ease! Do not engage!”

I gently settled him down and created a small gap between him and me. I raised my katana blade and began to clean the blood from the sharp edge and looked at the men that were astonished. 

“What? Have you never seen a Katana before or blood?”

“Wha-what happened here!” 

The men looked at the corpses that were sliced perfectly into pieces. Some debris were collapsed from the offset grenades and many of the ISIS members were beheaded too. Blood was seen everywhere as the corpses dyed the entire area in the execution stage.

“Well, I need your commanding officer to get here. Please do not anger me because I would hate to clean my katana twice for no reason.”

This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.

The men were surprised as they were still fresh recruits in the field. They’ve experienced some bloodshed but none of it was like what they saw behind the unknown man.

A commanding officer with an appropriate officer rank came behind the group of men that shuddered at the image behind Ichiro. The man was surprised but he continued forward to meet the unknown man…

“Hello, my name is Commander Bri--”

“Yes, Commander Bridge, I know who you are. Did you receive the message from your Military Chief.”

“Yes, I did. President Flint sends his regards. I thank you for your previous service during the Raid in Italy. I know who you are, Sir. You saved my life when I was still a fresh officer in the field. I truly appreciate your service.”

“No need. We are going to be busy from now on. I will be taking over this military force along with the UK forces. I need the UK’s military commander here. Send that person here.”

“Yes sir!” 

Commander Bridge saluted the unknown man. Every military personnel was shocked at the sudden respect and appearance towards the unknown man. They did not know who he was but they knew that this man was powerful indeed. Even to order their Commander was something that told them that this unknown man was a higher ranking officer and they could not afford to irritate this man as he nearly killed their scout. 

Commander Bridge did an about face and spoke..

“You! Lieutenant Sanders, go and send word to UK Commander Elis to report here. She is needed urgently. Make haste.”

The lieutenant saluted and immediately charted off to another section of the military force which had the UK’s unique uniforms. 

Commander bridge turned around and began to talk to the unknown man…

“So, will you be fighting with us, Sir?”

“Commander Bridge, rather Robert Bridge, please do not use formalities when talking to me. Sure, I am a higher rank but I’d like to demolish such formalities when we are in enemy territory and currently at war. I want this to be known to everyone here. You will address me by Ichiro. I’d rather get this stupid war over with. I am wasting time so I cannot dwell on this topic so everyone here, I want this information to be spread out. You will either call me Mister or Ichiro. Choose what you must but I cannot have formalities when I am thinking about how to annihilate the entire ISIS group.”

I inhaled and initiated my presence to be known to everyone in the vicinity.

“UNDERSTOOD!”

My voice sounded like a verbal quake as the members shuddered in fear. My commanding voice was loud enough to wake up a unaware war reporter that was sleeping in an abandoned building.

“Now, Robert, I will have your men do the initial scouting procedure around this area. I already killed off this sub group but I cannot have any casualties in this area. We will be setting up a standard Military op base here. I need intelligence officers in this area and I need comms established in 1 hour. Not a second late because I want to hurry up and get out of this war.”

“I will, Ichiro. I will make sure to handle your orders appropriately and swiftly as possible. Commander Elis is approaching this area. She will be debriefing you on the circumstances that came when we approached Berlin.”

Robert left the area as he spoke.

I need these people to hurry up. I would like to get this stupid war over with...I could go kill them but it would take 2 years to fully destroy the ISIS group...with the military fronts attacking, I can get this done in a few months...hopefully...let’s just hope the forces on the Chinese/Russian front are doing well...I need to talk to their commanders too...which is why I need comms right now..

Commander Elis approached the unknown man and she...squealed….

“Ohhh! Mister Ichiro! I did not know you were here!” 

WHAT!? GAH! It’s been 3 years since I seen her...but why the hell did she squeal..anyways..I know she knows why I am here....unless President Flint did not deliver my orders...or was it King William..WHAAAAAA!?

Commander Elis immediately ran and tackled Ichiro to the floor…

“Wha-what! WAIT! LINA KATE ELIS! STAND AT ATTENTION!”

Lina immediately stood up and got into attention.

What the hell is wrong with this woman...gah…

I stood up and looked at the woman..

“Really..you are assaulting me on the first day we meet. Really...you are just like your mother...why do you two always tackle me...sheesh. Anyways, At ease, Commander Elis. I need to tell you about what we are going to do.”

Lina immediately went to at ease and she was blushing a bit and she was smiling at me...what the hell...she is sending beams of light at me...yikes...like her mother..what the hell...Oh god..I need to make sure to watch out for her...I can only defend against people who are coming after me with killing intent..but her intent is more like she wants to get with me!?

“Mister Ichirooo~ Remove that metal gear! I want to see your handsome face please!!”

“Gah woman! NO! WE ARE AT WAR! NOW STOP!”

“Soooo~ When war is done, will you remove everything for mee~”

“WAIT WHAT NO! ELIS STOP WITH THE SEXUAL INNUENDOS. Now, I AM POSITIVE you heard from King William that I will be taking over. Although many do not know of me, I want you to tell your forces to address me as Mister or Ichiro. I cannot stand formalities when we are engaged in war. I also want your Intelligence officers and the MI6 members to report to this area. We will be making a military base right in Berlin and I need comms up in one hour. Robert is already working on gather his members and I need yours too. Hurry and go.”

"Wait! Mister Ichiro I need to debrief you on the situation that occurred when we came into Berlin..."

"Ah, I could probably guess what went down. You guys went on a different path from your orders and encountered some leftover ISIS members from their group...isn't that right?"

"Ho-how did you know...Mister Ichiro...?"

"Just by looking, I can tell how you and Robert encountered your little skirmish. Looking at the posture of your soldiers, they are clearly worn out from battle...really...why didn't you follow the plan..anyways, hurry and go do what I told you to do, Lina..and stop with the affectionate actions..we are amidst a war, you do know that......right?"

"Yes, Mister Ichiro..."

I quickly dismissed Lina as she was receiving my orders. She pouted as she had to leave but it was for the best…

Gah...look even the Royal military is shocked at her actions..what kind of Commander assaults a man in broad daylight...what the hell...I need to cautious...I do not know when she might come after me at night….

I look at the mixed soldiers as they eyed me with curious gazes, astonished looks and some were laughing after the whole situation with the woman commander. 

“Really..I need to hurry and get out of here…”

I simply sigh and sit down on a broken debris and sheathed my katana blade back in my saya and placed in on my belt socket to secure the blade from falling.

An hour later, comms were established and the military group began to do their preparation for a military base with the area sectioned off as the headquarters. The groups even found the war reporter, Elaine Amber and escorted her to the military base that was created in just a few hours but she could not broadcast anything while in the base. 

I contacted the Russian/Chinese/Japanese forces on the opposite front and gave them a briefing on the operations that are going to be done. They were a bit skeptical until Vladimir Putin, Chairman Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe forcefully ordered the men to obey my orders. 

The orders were to slowly encroach the members and squeeze them down back into their middle eastern area. 

2 months went by and the forces continued to repel the group and many of the ISIS group leaders fell by my hands. 

The world was seeing a miracle as ISIS was being destroyed from two opposite sides. The reason was due to my precise military operations that were conducted on several factors.

One, the ISIS group continued to use their similar tactics so I clearly told everyone to follow my orders and perform as instructed. The first few skirmishes were bad as some members did not follow my orders and they died. Eventually, they began to listen confidently and we successfully repelled the sub groups.

Two, was that the ISIS group continued their usual habits when they would stay in seldom areas that were unknown to the public but I know them like the back of my hand. 

Day after day, we raided the ISIS bases and I killed off multiple ring leaders within the group and their forces dwindled down..

Elaine Amber would report what was going but I carefully instructed her not to record anything that pertained to him or any confidential items.

Reason I say not to record me was because of the call I received 2 months ago when I established comms in Berlin. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was receiving news reports, letters, emails and calls from around the world. They apparently saw a parchment that I received from the Prime Minister and I was a bit dumbfounded. I also found out that Elaine Amber was the person who broadcasted everything so I repeatedly told her to never film me because it could risk my identity.

Anyways, we are now heading closer to the border of middle east. We are now in Turkey and we are closing in on main leader of ISIS which he is located in Iraq...I know he’s the leader because I spared him...and I am not going to do it again...

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