Bloodstained Dream - Dragon Quest VI - The Legend of Tatsuhiko Tanaka Action Novel

Author: Yasushi Tanaka
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: Chapters
Campfire Fantasy I The air above New York City was in poor condition, with thick clouds shrouding the entire city. Occasionally, flashes of lightning seemed to bridge the dense clouds with white arcs. There was no rainfall on the ground, but the high temperature combined with the humid air made the city's residents feel as if they were trapped in a steamer. People were walking back and forth on the streets, sweat pouring out of every pore, sticking their clothes and skin together with a sticky layer of moisture. In sixty different languages, they complained, "It's so unbearable! It's about to rain, isn't it? This humid air must bring heavy rainfall." Due to unstable weather conditions, all five airports in and around New York City had suspended takeoffs and landings. The only exception was a small plane that had taken off from Zurich, Switzerland, crossed the Atlantic, and landed at Kennedy Airport. It was a private plane belonging to Mary Gan's charity. After waiting anxiously at the airport for a long time, the passengers heard the news and became calm. No one said anything more. Everyone knew that Mary Gan was a major conglomerate with a seat at the table of four sisters, and that they were entitled to priority landing in emergencies. After the private plane landed, a middle-aged gentleman stepped out of the cabin—he was Walter St. Thomas. At the instruction of his superiors, the four sisters, he had rushed back from Zurich to the United States. In Zurich, he had had the following conversation with the masterminds known as the Great Lord: "Regarding the clown from Japan, entrust the entire matter to you." The Great Lord had told Walter St. Thomas that the clown from Japan referred to the Japanese from the transport plane who had made an emergency landing in the Appalachian Mountains and rolled out of the plane. The short, thin man, who had just entered old age, was constantly claiming to be the Prime Minister of the Greater Japan Economic Empire, a scene that made the state police on the scene laugh. However, to everyone's surprise, officials from the Japanese embassy who had rushed to the scene after receiving the notification confirmed that the man was indeed the Prime Minister of the Japanese Economic Empire. The situation had become complicated, and it seemed that only the highest national institutions could find a solution. "Let me handle this. He just wants to desperately hold onto his position and power. Any problem can be solved." A confident smile appeared on Walter St. Thomas' face. In his view, as long as he made contact with the White House and leveraged his strong administrative skills, he could handle the entire situation. In this way, the Japanese Prime Minister and the Secretary-General of the Conservative Party could escape the embarrassing of sneaking into the country. As for the outside world, it would be said that the Prime Minister and the Secretary-General were secretly visiting the United States to reach an agreement with the U.S. President on many unresolved trade issues between Japan and the United States. Through the careful arrangement and skillful concealment of the authorities, the Prime Minister could return to Japan in the complete opposite manner as when he secretly visited—openly and publicly. Both the official sides of Japan and the United States insisted on this explanation, and no matter how many doubts were pointed out by outsiders, the government would deny them. Official explanations are often like this. In the past, when President Lincoln and President Kennedy were