Chapter 154: The Emperors of Tokyo

The three major scenic spots that symbolize neon nature, history, and modernity are Mount Fuji, Kyoto, and Ginza.

Tokyo's Ginza is as famous as the Champs-Elysees in Paris and Fifth Avenue in New York, and is known as one of the three most prosperous centers in the world.

Regardless of whether this is the Japanese trying to flatter themselves or whether this is a Japanese propaganda initiative launched by the Japanese in the world.

In 1996, the giant next door had not yet truly risen.

Japan is indeed the country with the best economy in Asia, and Tokyo is also the most prosperous international metropolis in Asia.

Today happens to be Saturday.

As time goes on, the number of people in Ginza does not decrease, but instead increases and becomes more lively.

The famous century-old store is located next to Ito-YA in Ginza, in a building more than ten stories high.

Several people were waiting anxiously in the living room on the first floor.

"Hey, George, do you think Lord Cabrera can really invite Lord Blackburn over?"

A Japanese-looking man suddenly whispered to another middle-aged man who also looked completely Japanese in English without any Japanese accent: "That's Lord Blackburn. You came to Tokyo five years ago. You don't know how famous and influential he is in the United States now!"

"I just came to Tokyo two months ago, so I know, to be frank, that Lord Blackburn's current fame in the United States is even greater than that of General Zipperton!"

The middle-aged man who heard him was about to answer.

Another foreign-looking man who seemed to be in his 30s or 40s smiled and said, "I don't know about the others, but if Anklei goes, there is at least a 50% chance of success. His last name is Cabrera. The relationship between Cabrera and Blackburn is probably equivalent to the relationship between Mitsui and Toyota in Japan."

The Mitsui mentioned by this person is of course the Mitsui family of the Mitsui Group.

Toyota, of course, refers to the Toyota family of Toyota cars.

Everyone in Japan knows that Toyota Motor is a member of the Mitsui Group, and the Toyota family has always been considered a vassal of the Mitsui family.

This person used this to compare the relationship between Blackburn and Cabrera, although it was biased -

Before Milo came along, Cabrera was not much inferior to Blackburn.

In the Boston consortium, one of the two parties is from a military family and the other is from a religious family.

In fact, their status is similar.

Between Mitsui and Toyota, Mitsui's status is naturally higher.

"Hey, Lord Saxon has said so! There's no need to worry. We just need to think about how we should make Lord Blackburn happy when he comes!"

At this time, another middle-aged man next to him said with a smile.

I saw about seven or eight people sitting together in the hall.

Except for two foreigners with blond hair and blue eyes, everyone else looks like a Japanese or Asian.

But every time they spoke, they spoke English, and it was authentic English without any Japanese accent.

If you listen carefully, you can also hear that the two foreigners have some accents in their English.

The other Japanese-looking people all speak English with the standard accent of Chicago and Washington in the northern United States.

The accent of that area has always been recognized by Americans as the "common language" of American English, and all announcers on American TV use this accent.

There are 51 states in the United States, and people in each state have their own accent when speaking English.

In the United States, the most disliked accent is the Boston accent.

Therefore, many American variety shows and programs often complain about the unpleasant Boston accent.

Yes, that's right, that's the accent Milo is used to.

The reason these people speak with such standard accents is that they have practiced a lot.

Why do they practice?

Because they are all senior members of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office and the Special Investigation Division of the District Public Prosecutors Office.

For example, the young Japanese who spoke first is Ichiro Tanaka, an assistant prosecutor in the Special Investigation Division of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office.

His name sounds very Japanese and he also works in Japan, but he went to live in the United States when he was ten years old and even gave up his Japanese citizenship and held American citizenship.

In fact, there are eight people in this room at the moment.

Except for two authentic Americans, the rest are similar to Ichiro Tanaka.

Or they grew up in the United States and returned to Japan to work when they grew up.

Or they were sent to the United States when they were about ten years old, and then returned to Japan to work when they grew up.

And half of them, like Quan Zhongyilang, are Japanese Americans.

What? You said Japan does not allow dual citizenship? Yes, Japan does not allow dual citizenship. Nor does it allow Americans to serve as high-ranking officials in the Japanese government.

But it doesn't say that Japanese Americans are not allowed to work as consultants in the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office.

It is said that Japan's political arena, which is full of hereditary succession and nepotism, is a place where political strongmen abound.

From Tanaka and Takeshita to Hashimoto today, all of them are famous.

Their power is deeply rooted in the political arena. They can influence Japan's national policy and decide the choice of prime minister at will, and write pages in Japan's history that are either glorious or heavy.

However, the Special Investigation Department can make these seemingly huge politicians fall off the stage one by one, or even send them directly to prison.

If they can even do such a thing, then it seems only natural that the Special Investigation Department would appoint some Japanese Americans to work as special advisors.

So of the eight people in this room, six work in the District Attorney's Office.

So their English is very standard and has no accent, which makes perfect sense.

There are two Americans left, one of whom is Jack Saxon, one of the five military attachés in the DAD, the US Military Attaché's Office in Neon.

He is a colleague who has a good relationship with Ancre.

The other is Walter Mondale's son.

Clay Mondale.

His apparent identity was the most ordinary among everyone here.

He is just an American doing business in Tokyo and opening a foreign trade company.

However, everyone's attitude towards him was obviously much more respectful than towards Jack Saxon.

Who is Walter Mondale? He is not only a neon messenger.

This messenger is also a close confidant of Zipperton.

Moreover, more than a decade ago, he was the deputy of the good leader Carter and served as a candidate of the Democratic Party.

He was once one of the bigwigs within the Donkey Party.

Although he is down and out now, he is still a big shot in the United States and cannot be considered an ordinary Japanese messenger.

Of course, his son's status among the Japanese is not much lower.

The people gathered here now are not just coming to Ginza to have fun on Saturday.

They made an appointment with Ankre Cabrera and were waiting here for an important person to come.

And he is regarded as a big shot by the senior officials of the District Prosecutor's Office, the ambassador's son, and the military attachés of the embassy.

Of course, he couldn't be a local in Tokyo.

Not even in the Imperial Palace.

Everyone was chatting.

Suddenly, Jack Saxon's cell phone rang.

Everyone fell silent because everyone knew who was calling at this time.

It could only be Jack Saxon’s good friend Ancla Cabrera.

Everyone held their breath and watched Jack take out his cell phone and answer the call.

"Ankre?"

"Yes, we are."

"Everything is ready, everyone is waiting here!"

"Okay, got it!"

“…”

Everyone saw Jack Saxon hang up the phone and looked a little excited. "Hey, everyone. Ankley said that Mr. Blackburn is really here. He has arrived at the entrance of Ginza. Let's go out and greet him in advance!"

"Oh! Of course!" Clay Mondale was the first to stand up.

Other Japanese Americans also stood up, each with excited looks in their eyes.

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Everyone went out immediately and walked out of the building, outside was the busy and crowded streets of Ginza.

Ginza gets busier as the night goes on, and it doesn't get quiet until dawn.

Several people looked around but didn't see the target person.

At this moment, Ichiro Tanaka suddenly pointed to the left, "Over there, over there, that must be Lord Cabrera and Lord Blackburn!"

Everyone looked over and saw three simple-looking but tightly covered off-road vehicles on the left dispersing the crowd and driving towards this side.

You should know that since August 1970, the governor of Tokyo has enacted a law stipulating that vehicles are not allowed to enter Ginza streets at any time.

But now the three cars are ignoring this rule.

The Neon Metropolitan Police Department staff on duty at the intersection were unable to stop them.

This means that it is most likely that Cabrera brought Blackburn with him.

Because in Tokyo, you can ignore any local laws and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is powerless.

Apart from the Special Investigation Division of the District Public Prosecutors Office, the only other vehicles were from Yokosuka, Zama, or Yokota with special license plates.

Oh, these places are American military bases in Japan.

Sure enough, on the streets of Ginza, the Japanese people had expressions of anger, numbness, shock, or hatred.

In the surprised, curious and puzzled eyes of foreigners who come here to travel.

The convoy arrived next to Jack Saxon's building, and the people who got off the car were Milo, Wendy and others accompanied by Ancre.

There were so many people outside, many of them looked like tourists, and they were holding cameras and taking pictures here.

Jack Saxon gave Ichiro Tanaka a look.

Ichiro Tanaka nodded immediately and turned to make a phone call.

He was going to notify the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and ask them to come out to maintain public order and clean up the aftermath.

At the very least, we must prevent this scene today from appearing in the media in Tokyo or other places in Japan tomorrow.

Oh, and not even foreign media is allowed.

Therefore, the warning department must be called over to check if anyone nearby has captured this scene.

The others, with smiles on their faces, welcomed Milo in.

"There are so many people here. So many people. It looks like there are even more people than Times Square in Manhattan!"

After entering, the first sentence everyone heard from Milo was this.

Anklei said quickly:

"That's normal. After all, New York has only 6 to 7 million people. But in Tokyo, there are almost 100 million people living here. There are much more people in Ginza than in Times Square."

"Yeah. There are indeed a lot of Japanese people." Milo responded with a smile, then looked at the other people with flattering smiles on their faces.

"Anklei, won't you introduce me to him?"

"Of course, Milo, this is Jack Saxon, this is Clay Mondale, and this one..."

“…”

Following Ancre's introduction, everyone, including Ichiro Tanaka who had just returned from a phone call, shook hands with him one by one with a smile on their faces.

After the greetings and introductions, Milo was escorted by them into the large living room on the first floor.

He smiled and pretended to be curious: "Anklei, didn't you say you would take me to Ginza for a drink? Is this a bar? But I don't look like one."

Anklay and Jack Saxon looked at each other, but it was Clay Mondale who spoke first.

"Oh, Mr. Blackburn. It's not a bar, but it's a place where you can have a drink."

Clay Mondale: "This is one of my clubs. As long as you want, you can enjoy everything that Neon has here. Whether it's alcohol or other things, including..."

This guy, who was in his forties, looked very much like his father but was fatter than his father, smiled in a way that all the men present could understand.

"oh?"

Milo remained calm and smiled, "Then I'd like to give it a try."

"Well, I just came from Los Angeles. I'm a little tired from the jet lag. As far as I know, the hot springs in Neon are very famous. Don't tell me you even have hot springs here?"

Hearing Milo's request, the three Americans, Ancre, Jack and Mondale, smiled at each other.

Clay Mondale: "If it's okay, Mr. Blackburn, I'd like you to go upstairs. I think you'll be satisfied."

then……

"Hello, Lord Blackburn, I am Takako Tokiwa, please take care of me."

The one who spoke to Milo and bowed deeply was a young Japanese woman.

This young woman is about 20 years old, with delicate features and the unique softness of Asians.

She has black shoulder-length hair, a beige kimono, a dark inner garment, flesh-colored stockings, and is barefoot. She is about 5 feet 3 inches tall, with her legs tightly together, bent over, and her hands on her thighs. She gives off a dignified, virtuous, gentle, and gentle feeling.

"…I'm Norika Fujiwara. Please take care of me."

"…I'm Nanako Matsushima. Please take care of me."

"…I'm Matsu Takako, please take care of me."

“…”

It's not just Takako Tokiwa.

This should be on the fifth floor of the building, in a huge space with a total area of ​​about 600 to 700 square meters.

At this time, there was steam everywhere, and it was arranged into a group of indoor hot spring pools that looked very wild.

Four Asian women, all dressed up exquisitely, wearing kimonos of different colors, bowed to Milo and introduced themselves in English.

“We can’t bring in a real hot spring though.”

Clay Mondale smiled and said, "But here we will transport fresh hot spring water from famous hot springs all over Japan every day. Before the water is replaced, it will be heated and disinfected completely."

"Water from most famous hot springs is available. For example, the famous local hot springs such as Arima Onsen, Beppu Onsen, and Gero Onsen are available."

"Each hot spring pool represents a type of hot spring water."

(End of this chapter)