Toyoda Kosaburo reported the situation in detail to his superiors, and the senior leadership of Wa Country immediately held an emergency meeting. Prime Minister Obuchi said with anxiety, "Ever since Huaxia's rapid rise, our economy has gone from bad to worse. Our electronics and automotive industries have suffered severe blows and are now severely shrunken. Huaxia's robotics industry has developed at a ferocious pace, shutting us out and dealing another heavy blow to our economic recovery plan, leaving us in a desperate plight. What's worse is that Huaxia seems determined to finish us off completely—Kyushu has already fallen, and Shikoku is facing the same fate. How are we supposed to respond?"
The Minister of Foreign Affairs proposed, "We can appeal to the international community to put a stop to this barbaric behavior." The Minister of Home Affairs retorted, "Would that even work? Look at Barbara Island; it's Philippine territory, yet it was forcibly occupied by Yanhuang, and even the whole of Somalia couldn't stop them. Now even America doesn't dare easily provoke Yanhuang—who else would dare to stand up and speak out now?"
The Foreign Minister said helplessly, "Although the Yanhuang people aren't numerous, their state is indeed a formidable power. Right now, our only choice may be forbearance; perhaps we can cede Shikoku Island to them, since we can't hold onto it anyway." The Minister of Home Affairs pressed further, "What about our economic problems?" Prime Minister O…
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