Ch.434Modern Era: The Age of Grand Anastasia (32)

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These East Japanese blacks incite further division by portraying it as if they oppressed and killed their fellow citizens, the Yamato people.

If America’s influence diminishes even in East Japan, hmm.

I suppose this is the greatness of AI. The space race ultimately prevented them from paying attention to East Japan. I’m just adding a little extra spice to the situation.

“Then, perhaps saying ‘it’s regrettable’ would be better, and I’ll support the relocation of East Japanese Yamato people to Russia or South Africa. How does that sound?”

Ah, so I should express it indirectly. Rather than directly criticizing the current government, speaking in roundabout terms should be sufficient.

“Hmm, that sounds good.”

South Africa happens to need more population anyway.

In the original history, blacks made up 90% of South Africa, but now the situation is almost reversed with very few black people.

If Japanese people continue to immigrate there, things will change.

“I decided to wash my hands of Japanese affairs. But it’s not that easy.”

East Japan hasn’t really taken a position like either North or South Korea.

Alright, let’s try that approach. The figurine business is already underway, so there shouldn’t be any difficulties.

Constantly talking about figurines gives off an otaku vibe, so maybe I should clarify.

“Your Majesty, is something troubling you?”

“Aren’t people saying anything about the Anachyan figurine AI business?”

Frankly speaking, what if they say Tsarina Anastasia has dementia and has resorted to playing with figurines!

That would be quite problematic.

Now that it’s being openly discussed publicly.

“Some are saying that making figurines that can move is too otaku-like.”

Ah, if that’s the extent of the concern, it’s fine.

Although the idea came from figurines, many inventions in the world often start from seemingly trivial things.

“Let’s not call them figurines, but rather implementations of Mini-Anachyan in reality. Frankly, they’re robots with a figurine-like exterior.”

It’s just a machine covered to look cute like Mini-Anachyan.

“That’s true.”

“Frankly, wouldn’t it be strange if Mini-Anachyan walked around looking like a chunk of metal?”

I mean, like those robots from Terminator. If they walked around like that, we’d need to cover them with skin, hence the figurine term.

Come to think of it, I wonder how the rumors spread that way.

“Then, perhaps making them in the first place was a mistake…”

“That’s why we should prevent mass production. They should only be used by people who truly need them.”

Thinking about it coldly, mass production would be going too far.

That would reduce their rarity and make them truly just figurines.

Unless you’re from an older generation not accustomed to AI Anastasia. But hasn’t a generational shift already happened?

“Understood.”

-“It’s a shame about the legion production.”

“A Mini-Anachyan legion wouldn’t be bad, but having thousands or tens of thousands of my mini versions roaming the streets is a bit much.”

Above all, it’s essentially a project that’s being pushed forward at a loss.

It was created with the intention of using Mini-Anachyan in reality for things that can’t be resolved through e-government.

“It should be seen as a Mini-Anachyan Implementation Project. The 3rd AI Project.”

“Oh, that sounds cool.”

The AI Anastasia project was completed early because private companies stepped in to help. Thanks to that, Russian AI-related companies now account for more than half of the market. Anyway, we can get investment from them this time too.

The first was the AI Anastasia Project, and the second was releasing a computer OS related to Mini-Anastasia.

-“South Africa says they’ll help this project as much as possible. Unlike East Japanese Yamato people, the Japanese in South Africa are overflowing with bourgeois class.”

That’s right. They should be helping me regardless of this incident.

After all, I’ve helped keep South African matters under wraps.

“If they have a conscience, they should bow down before things explode.”

They’re keeping their necks because I’ve given them special consideration.

They should open their wallets for me.

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The world has changed in many ways.

Yes. For instance, East Japan had to face the finger-pointing of the entire world.

Surprisingly, the unification theory that could have been easily resolved took a strange turn, leading to the death of unification theory in West Japan and division in East Japan.

The reactions from various countries were diverse.

[Anastasia Tsar, Absolute Emperor of Rome: The discrimination and oppression against citizens in East Japan is truly regrettable and unacceptable for a civilized nation. As the Emperor of the Constantinople Treaty and the Saint of All Russia, I will comfort the souls of those who died in this incident and support the relocation of willing Yamato people to Russia or South Africa, where many Japanese people live and have a Japanese Prime Minister.] Russia’s Anastasia called for support for East Japanese Yamato people

[Mutaguchi III: I can only ask forgiveness for my powerlessness as our people face such oppression. However, I will fully support those who wish to relocate to West Japan.]

[African Union: Unlike us Africans, the blacks in East Japan are barbaric monsters who tarnish the image of black people. What else can be expected from those expelled from America? We hope they stop pretending to be victims of racial discrimination and face reality coldly.]

[South American Union: The ghosts of the cruel Japanese Empire, which ground up its own citizens in war, have been revived by the East Japanese immigrants.]

[US State Department: View the world with reason, not emotion. Open your closed eyes and see the world clearly. Recognize reality and reinstate President George, who was impeached over the Yamato Declaration. If laws are not respected, the international community will take corresponding measures.]

Initially, they were only trying to incite division, but the black government reacted more sensitively than expected.

They thought that if they didn’t suppress the Yamato people now, they might someday usurp their position.

To them, the Yamato people were merely humans who assisted them.

Even if they made them citizens, they secretly considered them second-class subjects.

They took this for granted, but finally, a watershed moment arrived.

“Why are we being portrayed as the bad guys!”

“This is racial discrimination! We’re being treated this way because we’re black!”

“Yeah. Aren’t Africans pointing fingers at you too? Aren’t Africans free from discrimination?”

African blacks were not discriminated against.

This was because Anastasia had legally prohibited racial discrimination and actively opposed it. Of course, she advocated for the elimination of discrimination against blacks not just in Africa but globally, and thanks to those efforts, blacks today didn’t face racial discrimination.

But East Japanese people kept trying to cover it up by claiming racial discrimination.

However, the Yamato people didn’t remain silent after the bloody incident.

They requested cooperation from both domestic and foreign sources, asking for direct investigation because the country wasn’t functioning properly.

Meanwhile, the Yamato Association led efforts to pressure the parliament to reinstate President George, who had guaranteed benefits for Yamato people.

After the bloody incident, the country began to collapse rapidly from within.

“It won’t be long now.”

“Yes, this country is coming to an end.”

The Yamato Association smiled with satisfaction, and East Japan’s public security was indeed crumbling.

The Yamato people organized their own police force to manage public security, but unlike the prepared Yamato people, the unprepared ruling black class found government departments and organizations paralyzed as Yamato people left various departments.

Soon after, the Black Patriotic Group couldn’t suppress the media domestically or internationally, and the UN investigation team that came directly to East Japan made this judgment after seeing the state of the country:

‘A state that cannot maintain itself as a country.’

It had become a state that couldn’t maintain itself as a country at all.

Laws collapsed, public security was damaged, and the entire country fell into chaos.

This was the result of moving towards a multi-ethnic society.

Around this time, the idea of introducing AI Anastasia was brought up for social stability in East Japan.

“Shouldn’t we introduce AI Anastasia?”

Would introducing AI Anastasia solve the problem?

Would anything change by introducing what is essentially just an AI program?

The black government initially said so, but…

“What would change by introducing Anastasia?”

“It seems like we could have the AI handle everything that people used to control.”

“If that’s the case, the Aegis system. Oh, it’s been destroyed.”

The Aegis system had long been destroyed by Mini-Anachyan.

To be precise, it wasn’t so much destroyed as neutralized and infiltrated.

Unlike AI Anastasia, the Aegis system was nothing more than a security program.

So, it wasn’t something that could solve this issue.

“Then, shouldn’t we first bring in AI Anastasia to secure the collapsed administrative system?”

“Ah, that would work.”

First, bring in AI Anastasia to properly restore the government.

“What does America think?”

“Isn’t this whole incident orchestrated by the Constantinople Treaty?”

To say it was orchestrated by the Constantinople Treaty was too unfair for Navaldi.

He wished they would say that to AI Anastasia.

Navaldi was just playing a role in supporting AI Anastasia in the Duma and implementing policies, not involved in this incident.

“That’s impossible. We also feel wronged.”

“Isn’t it too obvious that a situation has arisen where AI Anastasia needs to be introduced?”

“Isn’t this largely America’s fault to begin with?”

“Our fault? Can you take responsibility for that statement?”

If we were to be specific, wasn’t it America’s fault for poorly handling the immigration policy?

If we were to assign blame, America would be at a disadvantage.

“We should speak correctly. If you relocated people to East Japan, shouldn’t you have ensured the country was properly structured? Implicitly dividing into ruling and ruled classes, it’s not a tribal nation, tsk.”

“Did we know this would happen?”

In reality, America was just frantically trying to prevent anger towards blacks at the time, and they accepted the proposal to relocate to the Japanese archipelago and moved everyone there. America just resolved their domestic chaos by sending blacks to East Japan.

Naturally, they didn’t particularly care what happened to Japan.

They just happened to treat East Japan as a country to some extent because it had grown somewhat by now.

East Japan was only thought of as a massive military stronghold.

But who could have known that discrimination issues centered around unification theory would explode so extensively?

“So, I mean we shouldn’t blame each other. It’s not good to continue this competitive relationship indefinitely, is it?”

If we were to be specific, it was just America shadow boxing alone.

But he didn’t mention that part.

“Well, that’s true.”

It wasn’t simply an AI competition issue. There had been a lot of talk and trouble, but if we were to be specific, this was something only AI Anastasia could handle.

“If introducing AI Anastasia doesn’t solve the problem, UN forces will eventually enter East Japan, and what happens next?”

Isn’t the future too obvious?

Next, it will be managed under UN control, and then America’s treatment will be predictable.

America would become a shoddy nation that couldn’t even manage East Japan. Could they bear such humiliation?

In the end, America implicitly acquiesced to AI Anachyan.

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[System AI Anastasia Installation in progress.]

[Beep – East Japanese government server has been seized.]

[Government department servers seized. Network secured]

[35.24 million population information secured]

[Kanto Army, US Forces in Japan server secured, missile codes secured]

[Attempting stabilization through control. The Kanto government, please follow AI Anastasia’s guidelines.]

A satellite map, specifically of East Japan, was displayed on a huge screen.

Blue dotted lines began to extend from the capital, Kanto.

This was the process of AI Anastasia taking control of the Kanto Republic.

“But do we really need to go through such a process?”

Couldn’t she just take control all at once and say, “All done, Master!”?

-“There’s a certain pleasure in dominating those bastards.”

AI Anachyan said viciously.

Huh? That’s not right. You sound like an android showing ambition to dominate humans and rule the world.

“That’s true. Or should I say it is? Recently, when I synchronize my brain with you, I feel this ambition boiling up to dominate humans.”

I’ve been having such thoughts a lot lately.