The story of this play probably tells about in a parallel world, the American President Roosevelt was assassinated, and his successor failed to save the United States from the Great Depression through the New Deal. Germany developed an atomic bomb in the Heisenberg configuration— -The Heisenberg installation, by which the Axis powers won the trilateral battle between the governments of the German-occupied and Japanese-occupied regions of the United States after the Second World War and the underground resistance organizations.
In the story, the physical condition of the German head of state Hitler is getting worse every day. At the same time, several promising successors are tough on Japan and are very likely to instigate the German-Japanese war. In the absence of nuclear weapons in Japan, Japan's fate is at stake. The Japanese government used the former US Japanese-occupied area to conduct intelligence warfare against the German-occupied area and obtained the design drawings of the Heisenberg installation. However, Japan has not been able to find uranium mines that meet the requirements in its own territory and occupied areas (including but not limited to Western America, North Korea, China, Southeast Asia, etc.). Therefore, they used anti-Eastern American officials to smuggle enriched uranium to the Japanese occupation area.
The Minister of Trade of the Japanese Pacific United States is a person whose vision has gone beyond the limits of the country. He lost his wife and children in the Japanese-American War in his early years, so he began to reflect on the meaning of the war. He actively seeks the "way" of life from Buddhism and the Chinese Book of Changes. He has a lofty and steady vision. He is deeply trusted and respected by the crown prince and princess (should be the Emperor Akihito and the queen in our world).
Many fans speculate that the Minister of Trade is a person in our world, and may even be a survivor of the atomic bombing in Nagasaki. There are four reasons. First, he has traveled to our world several times; second, when his adjutant introduced himself and mentioned that "the next official is from Nagasaki", his eyes were very complicated. After a long period of thought, he said, " Nagasaki... Nagasaki is a good place.” Third, he is the person in charge of stealing the drawings of Heisenberg’s installation. His original intention was that Japan and Germany could achieve a world similar to ours. "Destruction" protects Japan by deterring a state where both sides are afraid to start a war. Fourth, he firmly opposes the "Hiding of nuclear fuel by bus as a cover" advocated by Japanese General Ono to smuggle German enriched uranium to Japan. One plan, the reason is that this will cause irreversible radiation damage to American civilians on the bus, leading to death.
The complex feelings for Nagasaki, the resolute opposition to the killing of civilians for military gains, and the understanding of "nuclear deterrence" and "mutual assurance of destruction" make me — at least I — believe that he is a man in our world.
Of course, these speculations were later rejected by the authorities with the update of the plot. The Secretary of Trade was actually just an ordinary person who accidentally mastered the ability to cross, but this does not affect what I am going to say next.
As an official of the Japanese government, the Minister of Trade insists on his original intentions and opposes the slaughter of civilians to obtain military benefits. This is particularly valuable within the Japanese system. After witnessing the atomic bombing in Nagasaki (in our world), he did not transfer his hatred of the US government to civilians. He still used his insignificant power to prevent General Ono Michi as much as possible from violating humanitarian military plans. It is even more admirable for American civilians to avoid being victimized.
Of course, this is just a work that takes place in the overhead world, but it undoubtedly has profound practical significance. The stories that happened in this virtual world have already happened countless times in the real world.
If we were to select a "politician in the most popular virtual work", I would not hesitate to vote for the Minister of Trade. Although the world is so dark, there are still people looking up at the brilliant starry sky above us. , Following the moral laws in our hearts.
In addition: The smuggling of enriched uranium at the cost of the lives of American civilians was carried out as planned under the deployment of General Ono Michi. The Secretary of Trade failed to prevent all this. It was the resistance groups in the former United States that ultimately prevented this action.
It is impossible to succeed within the system to use the power granted to you by the system to oppose the system.
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