Greater Cantonian Republic
Dividing the indivisible
1940.04.22 0300
Presidential Palace, Gwong'zau
Gaan Gwok-dung was sitting on his chair, looking at the Asia map on his table. The dark-blue belt lands south of Cantonia was circled by a pen, and written as "half-liberate". Suddenly, the door was knocked.
"Please come in." Gaan Gwok-dung said.
"Good evening, Mr. Gaan." Akira Kuroi came in and asked, "Why did you summoned me here?"
"I think you know, Mr. Kuroi." Gaan Gwok-dung stared at him and said, "French State ceded the Indochina to Japan, right? And Siam joined the alliance too."
"Yes......"
"And I heard that Japan wanted to cede Cambodia to Siam, and kept the rest of Indochina." Gaan Gwok-dung said, "You probably know that we had claimed those lands for years, and as the second strong nation of the alliance, why didn't we receive an inch of land?"
"You know, Mr. Gaan. Politic is merely a radical extend of Business." Akira Kuroi said, "Siam agreed to become our puppet, so we have to reward her. What did Cantonia gave to us?"
"Aren't those countless resources traded to you enough?"
"You said the word 'trade'. This is NOT a gift."
"Alright, Cantonia can give Japan nothing in this time." Gaan Gwok-dung sat back.
"Then may I leave now?" Akira Kuroi laughed and asked.
"Please wait, I have something to lend you." Gaan Gwok-dung said, and took out a black book from his briefcase.
"What's that?" Akira Kuroi questioned. The only words on the cover was '19400407'.
"Read the fist ten pages, and you will wish that you didn't read it."
Akira Kuroi took the black book, and started reading. As he flipped several pages, his face became more and more intense.
"You once studied in University, so I think you know what those numbers means." Gaan Gwok-dung smiled.
"How can you reach such a advanced technology......" Akira Kuroi were shocked. "If all in this book was true......"
"Think, what if I build this thing, and give you the authority to use it?" Gaan Gwok-dung said.
"I, I wanted to go back to Tokyo now. This is a serious business!" Akira Kuroi yelled.
"Leave the book here, or you will leave your head here." Gaan Gwok-dung looked at the book on his hand and said. After Akira Kuroi ran out of the room, Gaan Gwok-dung put back the book, and laughed.
"I won this gamble." He thought.
Edit : Sometimes the one more educated can be scared easier, as they know what real terror is.