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Chapter 7182
It was morning in Japan.
Many internet celebrities who make a living by creating videos are currently brainstorming content for their videos.
With so much homogenized content online and plagiarism so common,
Top influencers are now investing more in content planning,
Trying to find more unique themes and angles to attract their followers.
Many influencers have even opened email addresses for submitting materials,
Offering substantial rewards, promising to pay out once the material is accepted.
Just as many bloggers and teams were racking their brains for today’s work,
An email suddenly appeared in their inboxes with a horrifying subject line:
The United States violated the Antarctic Treaty, secretly deployed troops to Antarctica,
Controlled the Japanese Showa Research Station,
And arrested and abused Research Team members!
Upon first seeing the email’s subject line,
Almost all Japanese online influencers assumed it was a prank.
Is the US sending troops to Antarctica?
Controlling Japan’s Showa-era research station, even arresting and abusing Researchers?
How could that be?
In their view, the US-Japan alliance was stronger than the alliances between most countries in the world.
Moreover, Japan had always been subservient to the US, even displaying utmost humility and worship.
These people even held annual events to commemorate Matthew Perry, who invaded their country and forced it to open its doors.
Under these circumstances, how could the US possibly harm its researchers in Antarctica?
However, despite their skepticism, human curiosity led them to open the video file in the email.
What they found immediately left them speechless.
Armed Marines at the Showa Research Station in Antarctica were forcing several Researchers,
All of them were dressed only in their underwear, enduring the extreme cold at gunpoint.
The Researchers immediately erupted in agonizing screams of pain.
The scene was utterly gruesome.
Witnessing their countrymen being treated this way ignited outrage among almost every internet celebrity.
They immediately posted the footage online,
Some directly condemn the atrocities,
Others are questioning the video’s authenticity and urging netizens to help verify it.
Given the increasing prevalence and sophistication of AI,
And the growing realism of AI-generated videos,
They worried that if the video were indeed AI-generated,
It would unfairly accuse their ally country.
These videos immediately caused a huge uproar on the internet.
Most people could tell the video was genuine,
It was undeniably realistic.
Since the video was deemed authentic, all the questions focused on why the US military would attack its researchers.
These research team members were all unarmed civilians!
The Japanese high command discovered the videos immediately,
And was instantly overwhelmed, completely unsure how to respond.
Through Goro Watanabe’s report, they were aware of the US military’s domineering actions in Antarctica,
But they knew they had no control over the US military’s activities there,
So they could only suffer in silence.
They initially thought they could let the US investigate,
But they never expected the US to treat their own research team members so cruelly.
For the Japanese high command, the abuse of their research team members by the US military wasn’t unacceptable in itself.
What was unacceptable was that such incidents were filmed and posted online.
This forced the Japanese high command to no longer turn a blind eye.
They immediately lodged a public protest with the US through diplomatic channels,
Demanding that they immediately cease their mistreatment of the research team members and withdraw their troops from Antarctica.
Within minutes, not only Japan protested, but also China, as well as the permanent members of the UN Security Council, including the UK, France, and Russia.
All lodged strong protests with the United States, demanding a reasonable explanation for their secret military intervention and violation of the Antarctic Treaty.
It was late at night in the United States.
The White House spokesperson, who was fast asleep, jumped out of bed after receiving the report on the phone, grabbed his phone, and hysterically demanded,
“What?! The military intervention in Antarctica has been exposed online?”
“What’s going on with the military?”
“How could they make such a basic mistake?”
Her husband, more than thirty years her senior, was fast asleep when she suddenly jolted awake by her questioning.
He sat up abruptly and instinctively asked,
“What happened, honey? You startled me.”
The spokesperson smiled apologetically and said,
“There’s been a slight emergency.”
“I’m going out to take this call.”
“Honey, you can continue to rest.”
With that, she quickly grabbed her phone and left the bedroom, angrily demanding into the phone,
“I want to know, how could someone film this clandestine operation and post it online?!”
The person on the other end of the line said helplessly,
“I’ve already asked the person in charge.”
“The departments have started investigating the poster’s identity.”
“But they’re hiding it too well.”
“The video was uploaded and sent through an anonymous server.”
“It’s impossible to detect.”
“There’s no way to trace it.”
“So they don’t know who filmed the video and uploaded it online.”
The White House spokesperson paced anxiously back and forth in the room:
“What a bunch of useless idiots!”
“I’m heading to the White House right now.”
“Tell the other staff to come over immediately.”
“I need to meet with them to discuss tomorrow’s public statement and see how to reasonably explain this!”
The other party said awkwardly, “The most serious problem right now isn’t how to explain our deployment to Antarctica.”
“But why were we subjected to the Research Team’s inhumane torture and forced confessions?”
“This is the biggest public relations crisis right now.”
“Some people are even saying that our soldiers’ actions are no different from what the Japanese fascists did back then!”
“What?!”
The White House spokesperson exclaimed in shock.
“You mean our soldiers tortured the Japanese research team?”
“Tortured them? They stripped them naked and took them outdoors in Antarctica at -60 degrees Celsius,”
“And the whole thing was filmed and posted online!”
“I’ll send you the video now, take a look!”
“Quick, send me the video!”
“Okay, sent it, please check!”
The White House spokesperson quickly opened her messaging app,
And soon received a video.
She clicked play and watched the video bit by bit,
Then she felt a wave of dizziness wash over her.
Forcing herself to adjust for a moment, she gritted her teeth and said,
“I’m going to the White House now.”
“Immediately notify all relevant personnel to assemble there.”
The other party said,
“By the way, several permanent members of the Security Council have issued diplomatic notes demanding an explanation for our deployment to Antarctica.”
“Japan is also demanding an explanation for the mistreatment of research team members.”
“There’s widespread outrage in their country,”
“And they’ve started organizing demonstrations.”
“Should we inform the President?”
The White House spokesperson thought for a moment and sighed,
“It’s too late now. Let’s not disturb the President’s rest.”
“He’s been overwhelmed with problems on the island lately.”
“Now is the time for us to do everything we can to ease the President’s burden.”
“We must do this well and not cause him any more trouble!”
The other party said, “Okay,”
“I’ll notify the others to go to the White House now!”
“Okay!”
The White House spokesperson hung up the phone and immediately returned to his bedroom.
As soon as she entered the bedroom, she rushed to the walk-in closet to change her clothes.
Her husband, dragging his tired body, came into the closet and asked her in surprise,
“Honey, what happened? Why are you going out so late?”
While changing her clothes, she said helplessly,
“Something serious has happened,”
“And I have to go there as soon as possible to deal with it!”