Lin Feng’s counter-bounty, backed by an official certification, burst onto the scene!
Across the globe, every organization with any real capacity for assassination was stirred into a frenzy. As for the original bounty set by the Japanese, it had long since been cast into the back of their minds. When comparing ten billion to a mere hundred million, the former was clearly the far more enticing prize.
Back in the Japanese home islands, the entire Imperial General Headquarters fell into an unprecedented silence upon receiving the telegraph. The way Lin Feng disregarded all others to target only the Emperor filled these fanatics, steeped in the tide of militarism, with a glimmer of genuine terror. Upon learning of this, the Emperor of Japan personally marched to the military headquarters and berated them severely. He then returned to his palace, safe and sound under the protection of several thousand troops.
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