However, the name Ye Xuan also invoked trepidation among Western countries. After all, the Westerners were not fools. Japan had always been in good relations with the Western countries. How could they dare to use intercontinental missiles?
Yet Japan had not produced any compelling evidence to prove that the incident was Ye Xuan's doing. Moreover, Japan had already ceded territories and paid reparations. The matter was temporarily suppressed by the Western countries.
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Japan, Emperor Pavilion.
Japan's Emperor, Miyamoto Mutten, sat dazed on the floor, holding the broken Muramasa Demon Sword in his hands. Even as the blade's edge cut into his palm, he felt no pain at all.
The dignified Emperor of Japan, kneeling and apologizing in a globally broadcasted event, had signed a series of humiliating and unequal treaties. Such an event was unprecedented in Japan's history.