Chapter 21 – The First Law of Nuclear Weapons.

Chapter 21 – The First Law of Nuclear Weapons. Announcement

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General Iseyama stood inside his command center at a complete loss for words. In all his years, he never imagined that he would be so completely and utterly defeated. Akagi's secondary team had broken into his ops center and swiftly killed his guards. At present, only five members of his staff, including him, survived Chloe's assault on the command center. The red-haired cat and her team made short work of anyone that didn't immediately lay down their arms and the General ordered his remaining officers to surrender, seeing little point in them dying for no reason.

Although the General told his officers in the command room to surrender, he refused to issue a stand down order base wide. As a result, fighting continued throughout Camp Katsura. Whether this refusal was because he genuinely believed he could still win or because he was too stubborn was open to interpretation.

"Come now General, just tell your men to stand down. Every second you wait means more of them die needlessly nya.” Chloe said while sitting on one of the desks. “It would a pity for such good soldiers died for an old man's pride.” Chloe's glare showed she was not amused.

"Surrender is not something a proud General of the JSDF should ever contemplate, but you might be right." the old General said, taking a seat. "I shouldn't allow more of Japan's finest to go the reaper for no reason." his eyes were filled with scorn. His command staff was bound in the corner of the room while Chloe's team began removing the bodies to reduce the distraction. Chloe had already made that mistake once today and wasn't keen on a repeat.

"Tell me. How were you able to overrun this base so easily? I know you have strange abilities, but with so few of you and our technological edge, this overwhelming defeat just doesn't make sense." he asked.

"Hmmm. Maybe it's because we have experience in doing things like this? Or maybe it's because you lack it?" she said putting her finger on her lip. "From what I've seen, your men lacked experience in ambush situations and your reliance on technology meant that, when it failed, your soldiers were disoriented. Combine that with your lack of information about my team and our abilities and it wasn't really surprising that we manage to overwhelm you, even with our low numbers nya," she explained.

In FWO, Akagi used Chloe and her team to great effect when infiltrating Imperial positions. Her clan was tailor-made for stealth operations and fast hits and runs. While military tech in this world was far better than in the game, it didn't matter if the soldiers couldn't use it effectively against them. Her team prioritized speed and maneuverability and rarely gave Iseyama's soldiers a moment to collect themselves. The general chaos and confusion also helped to ensure that the defenders were caught flat-footed; plus Akagi herself attracted a lot of attention.

"I see," he responded. "So what you are telling me is that we picked a fight with an enemy that was a complete antithesis of our standard doctrine." he closed his eyes for a moment. "Your right, my men's training was inadequate to defeat an enemy who used such tactics. Our focus is more on fighting other militaries, not insurgents. On top of that, I never even considered that she had a special operations team like you, and we paid the price for it." he cursed his incompetence.

"Yup! Yup!" Chloe gave a toothy smile.

The room remained silent for the next few minutes. Iseyama's staff was quite nervous about what would happen to them and were too afraid to speak. Most presumed they were all about to die or that they would be used as hostages. Eventually, the main door to the ops center opened revealing Akagi and Yumi.

"Myaster! You're here!" the cat-girl ran up to Akagi and dove at her.

Akagi caught her and began to pet her head softly and play with her ears, which caused the cat-girl to purr.

"I am." Akagi smiled. "Good work; to you and all of your team. You did a fantastic job; I couldn't be prouder."

"Heeee." Chloe could only grin at the praise.

"Now then." She said, looking at General Iseyama. "I think we can discuss the terms of your surrender, general."

Akagi, Chloe, and Yumi walked to his desk. Iseyama was a beaten man, but his eyes still gave the impression that he had some fight left in him.

"Surrender?" he scoffed. "That's a word I never wanted to hear, especially coming from a monster like you."

Akagi slammed her hand on his desk. "Would you prefer I just kill everyone left in the base? Because I could do that and it would be so much easier than negotiating with you." her eyes gave off a dangerous glint.

{Go ahead. Make my day.} that was what her eyes told him.

He raised his hand. "No, that won't be necessary. Enough blood has been spilled, and I think you've proven your point." He looked Akagi straight in the eye. "But. Don't assume you've won, monster. You may have tasted victory today, but what about next time? Or the time after that?" he smirked.

"The government won't take an attack like this lying down, and the general public will be horrified by your actions." Iseyama said with a smug expression. “All those soldier's you killed had friends, family and loved ones. Once they learn what you did, they'll call for vengeance.” he seemed quite sure of himself.

"Can you honestly tell me you can win against such force? We have far more manpower and resources than you; and much, much more potent weapons." He stood up. "It's only a matter of time until we deal with you and the others." he was practically taunting her.

"Pffffffffff." Akagi began to laugh. She was so loud that she startled everyone else in the room.

"Did I say something funny? Or have you just lost your mind?" Iseyama asked annoyed at her laughter.

"No, No general I haven't lost my mind, though I must admit what you said was comedic," Akagi said while still laughing. “If the Japanese government still wants to continue this farce after today, I will happily oblige." She said with a smile. "But I hope they understand that, if they do, I won't be pulling my punches anymore." her expression turned dark.

“Thank you General Iseyama. I'll take it from here.” With one swift motion, she drew her Katana and cut the old General down. “I hope he didn't think he was getting out of here alive after all he's done.” her eyes showed contempt for the now dead man.

After swinging her blade to remove the blood on it, she looked up at the terrified visage of the Prime Minister. “Now then, Mr. Prime Minister, I believe we have much to discuss.” her words sent chills down the man's spine.

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<News Helicopter POV>

"We're here live over Camp Katsura in Kyoto. Large-scale explosions and gunfire were heard coming from inside mere moments ago. Nearby civilians reported that unknown forces staged an attack on the JSDF garrison." the reporter was speaking into a small floating screen.

"As you can see, the east wall has a massive hole in it, and it appears that the main gate was split in two." she continued. "At this point, we cannot say for certain what is going on, and the government has not replied to our request for a statement."

The helicopter began to circle the burning base.

"For now, we only have this one image of the suspected attackers." the news reporter used her screen to put up an image of Akagi and Yumi standing on top of the collapsed gate.

"We can't say who these two women are; or why they may have attacked the base. However, regardless of why, it's clear that the JSDF was caught completely off guard." she pans the camera around to show the base.

Much of the base is on fire. Several buildings have collapsed, and there are what look like bodies littered throughout the base.

"This is truly a tragic affair. Who attacked the base? Why? And does this have anything to do with the returnees from FWO? Stay tuned to find out." she says, cutting the news feed as requested by her director.

"Kirika." the other reporter called out to her.

"What?" (Kirika)

"Am I crazy, or does the blood scattered throughout the courtyard look like some kind of symbol?" (male reporter)

"What are you talking about?" Kirika looked out the window of the helicopter and focused on the red pattern. Not seeing anything, she told the helicopter pilot to gain altitude and swing around the base from a different angle.

As the pilot changed his position relative to the base, it became clear that the blood was shaped into a pattern. A handprint. A giant red handprint made of blood was in the middle of the main courtyard of Camp Katsura.

"It's-It's a red hand? she says shocked. "What does that mean?"

"I don't know, but I can't imagine it's a good sign." the male reporter replied.

Spoiler

General Iseyama!

Akagi staring down the Prime Minister!

More Chloe!

Reporter Kirika!

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