As the white flag that symbolized humiliation slowly rose up the mast of the Eastern Japan flagship, the entire world seemed to fall silent for a second.
Then it was as though someone had thrown a ladle of cold water into a pan of boiling oil.
The internet worldwide exploded!
Especially in the Dragon Kingdom!
In the livestream, the barrage of comments that had briefly stalled from sheer tension erupted like a volcano!
"Holy shit! They surrendered! Those Japanese bastards surrendered!"
"They raised the white flag! I saw it! They really raised the white flag!"
"Awesome! Fucking awesome! Our Dragon Kingdom is fucking awesome!"
"I lived to see this! I actually saw Eastern Japan's navy raise a white flag to our Dragon Kingdom with my own eyes!"
"I'm crying! I'm a grown man in my thirties, and I'm crying like an idiot!"
"Long live the Dragon Kingdom! Long live! Long, long live!"
"..."
Countless viewers sat before their screens with tears of excitement in their eyes, waving their arms and stamping their feet!
At that moment, their national pride reached its peak!
Over a century ago, in these same waters, enemy warships and powerful guns had blasted open their country's gates, forcing their forebears to sign countless humiliating treaties.
Over a century later, in these same waters, the enemy fleet had raised the white flag in humiliation before their torrent of steel, without even daring to fire a single shot!
What a glorious vindication!
What an utterly exhilarating moment!
Meanwhile, Eastern Japan had fallen deathly silent.
Countless Eastern Japan citizens sat before televisions and computers, staring blankly at the glaring white flag on their screens, their minds utterly empty.
They could not believe their eyes.
The Chrysanthemum Navy, which had once rampaged across Asia with unmatched arrogance, had simply surrendered?