NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

NAGATA-CHŌ, CHIYODA, TOKYO,

FEBRUARY 21

10:00 AM

An important meeting was taking place in one part of the building. In it were several leaders and officials of the country, all with serious faces and some also worried. And how not to be, because just a couple of days ago one of the most important facilities in the country was attacked by surprise by a terrorist attack by an unidentified group and what is worse is that they have no idea who finished it before they.

Some generals kept reading the police reports. Some leaders blamed other defense departments for what happened. If they agreed on something, it was that there was no agreement between them. The meeting just wasn't getting anywhere with their arguments. A person suddenly entered the room, it was Senator Yoshida, a very important and influential person in security decisions. He was an older man close to 60 years old, his constitution was quite large but when he saw a healthy person, in his eyes you could see decision and certainty His appearance at the meeting was to be expected, what was unexpected was who accompanied him, He was not someone unknown, but someone who was not thought to be in the country, was Mr. Miyazaki, a man of forty years, he looked like the typical man from a government office, he wore glasses and using his identity stamp, a cigarette that at this point was already part of his face. His work was in the Japanese embassy in the United States, making sure to collect information that could compromise the security of the country, seeing him back before his planned return only meant serious problems

"One of Tokyo's most important electrical installations damaged, a dozen terrorists killed, a high school student dead"

"And the police who only came to collect the damage of a battle that we do not know why it started or what their intention was"

"Three groups of elite soldiers made a fool of by a single person who we do not know his identity"

"I think it goes without saying that this is a worrying situation for the security of the country"

"And I take the time to cancel my vacation when I was already arriving at the hotel only to run into a bunch of people yelling at each other" mention Mr. Yoshida silencing the others

Everyone returned to their seats and sat down to pay attention to what he was saying as school students to their teacher. In addition to that although they did not want to acknowledge it, part of it happened in part due to the lack of him at work. Everyone at the bottom felt responsible for the failure.

"The prime minister who was already being pressured by the press now has to deal with this too." Mr. Yoshida continued speaking.

"And if we can't do something, we'll probably be the following on the front pages of the newspapers"

"..."

"I already checked the reports on the plane and I am aware the situation could not have been more strange."

"That is why I am not going to blame anyone in particular."

"But even with uncertainties, we can't just sit idly by"

"Mr. Miyasaki here took the liberty of looking for me and contacting me about what he has been investigating."

"I think he can throw in a bit of information on what we are dealing with here"

Mr. Miyazaki then took a couple of steps forward and placed several folders on the table, each for the present at the meeting. It was a common paper folder with few pages, but they had a peculiarity, they had the letters big and in red that said: "Top Secret" in Japanese, along with the command to burn after reading. Each of the members took one, rather than wanting the information they were more motivated by simple human curiosity to take one after reading what it said on the front. After everyone had a folder, Mr. Mikazaki cleared his throat and spoke to the small audience.

"Despite the lack of information, both the police and the special assault team agree on one thing regarding what happened at the Ueno dam."

"Whatever happened there ended before the police could get to the scene."

"In a span of 45 minutes, a terrorist group kidnapped a school bus full of students, took them to the generator complex, planted explosives, and I don't care how much the newspapers say about that teacher about she was the heroine of this story."

"Another group was able to figure out what was happening, plan a rescue operation, execute it, and wipe out almost all of the terrorists before the first of our units could reach the scene."

"No matter how you look at it, the time frame is too short for any law enforcement agency."

"..."

"The only thing that occurred to me is that there was a third group, one that was closely watching the terrorists."

"So much so that when they made their move in the dam this group took advantage of the moment and also got down to work."

"The police just came to pick up the trash left by their confrontation."

"A group that knew the movements of the terrorists and did not notify the relevant authorities to avoid this unfortunate outcome"

The others began to murmur among themselves. The idea of another group acting behind was not crazy, in fact, they had already mentioned it several times before this day, but they could not point to anyone in specific, but after seeing only the first sheet of the folder everyone was nervous to know the point Mr. Miyizaki wanted to get to.

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"Taking the facts told by the soldiers who confronted him with this supposed third group, although strange there is something undeniable in their testimonies."

"In those tunnels, there were also 2 girls who faced the police"

"Putting aside their strange appearances, these two girls faced groups of heavily armed elite soldiers with only their hands and managed to flee the place"

"In addition to the facts of that giant fox that appeared and that some mention was an angry mountain spirit"

"Although it does not make sense, the fact is undeniable, we are faced with something that we do not know and that we do not know the extent of its power"

"But despite that, this is not something new in the world"

"Thanks to my hard work, I was able to collect a lot of evidence and still classified information."

"During the continental war, the Alliance and the Empire were facing some units of this unknown type."

"The first was the Balkan Empire by using units called Dolls, which simplifying their function are Android with great physical and combat power."

"And to combat these units, the Alliance created its own variant of supersoldiers, called Arksuits, which again simplifying their function are combat suits used by elite personnel, as I could confirm they are not very different from the animes that your children surely see in on TV."

"If when the first world war ended the fashionable invention were tanks, in the second it were jet engines and in the cold war ballistic missiles, it seems that the new modality is the production of these super-soldiers."

Once again everyone started talking, but this time it seemed to themselves. What Miyazaki was saying might seem ridiculous, but only a fool would rule out any possibility no matter how foolish it was. But this time it was not nonsense, the documents that were in the folder were undoubtedly important, so much as to put the country at enmity with the others. It was full of information about what has just been commented: one of the reports of the appearance of the DOLLs along with photos of the remains of one with several soldiers of the alliance that proved their existence, documents stolen on some specifications of one of the Arksuit prototypes and basic design, and even some aerial photos of a confrontation between these two new types of units. No doubt Ms. Miyazaki had done exceptional work that could even have cost him his life if he had made a mistake.

"I know what you are thinking"

"How is this possible!?"

"How we will face this new possible threat for our country"

"Perhaps this does not mean that we must now sign the treaty in order to be members of the Alliance and to be able to receive a little of its security."

"..."

"First of all, I want to make it clear that although right now we have an alliance with the Alliance, forgive the redundancy."

"Although it may have good benefits immediately, but in the long term it will affect us much more."

"It is for this very reason that we have not made such an agreement yet."

"Now, if we manage to have better letters to negotiate a better contract with the Alliance, let's say having a seat on its security council will bring better benefits for all of us.

But for this, we must not be those who bend their will"

"The Alliance must eagerly need us to make this happen"

"And how will we do that?"

"Well that's the part I want to get to"

"If we could create our own variant of these super units, we would have a better bargaining weapon along with a way to deal with this new kind of threat for us"

"And do you have something in mind to be able to do this?" This time it was Mr. Yoshida who asked directly

"These last weeks, while I have been collecting this information, I managed to get in touch with the president of the I.S.C, Mr. Damien Raven."

"As you know they are one of the main providers of technology, weapons, and medicines for the Alliance."

"Although he did not confirm it, he strongly implied that the development of the Arksuit was their responsibility."

"Also mentioned that they have a new project in mind, a much better one that would make combat suits obsolete."

"But due to the end of the war, this project was canceled very early"

"But talking to him I was able to reach an agreement with Mr. Raven"

"If we can prove the funds together with help for its development, he will give us the exclusive use of this method to create our super-soldiers."

"Most of the information is confidential enough."

"But he has given me enough evidence that it is a legitimate project"

"I also believe that the other information attached can help you to make a correct decision."

Everyone will go back to check their folders one more time. They read it deeply and carefully, then each one began to debate in his head about the decision to take. Some of those who had clashed at the beginning of the meeting now seriously discussed what action to take. Well, if the information was correct and in some way it became public knowledge that the government was involved in this, it would perhaps be the end of their lives. They would be publicly executed in order to please the demands of the international community in case of accepting what the I.S.C requested to complete its project. It was certainly a tough decision, as tough as any other on which depended the security of a country in a world so full of enemies like this. After discussing it among themselves, they all gave their opinions and voted. There was a result with almost the majority of the votes. This project would be carried out.