Fate's Choice: Livestream at the Start Summoning Billions of Ravens

New York time, 5 p.m.

Kyoto time, 6:00 AM the next morning.

Hundreds of millions of television viewers and internet users worldwide found that the programs they were watching were simultaneously interrupted.

Whether it's CNN's live news broadcast in America, CCTV's evening news in China, RT's international commentary in Russia, or BBC's morning programs in France 24.

All screens switched to the same image in the same second.

Against a deep blue background, the flags of five countries are displayed in the center, with a solemn white title below.

Joint Statement on Temporary Control Measures in Japan under Abnormal Circumstances.

"In order to maintain global and regional stability, effectively respond to the extraordinary spacetime event of unknown magnitude that is about to occur in the country of cherry blossoms, and prevent it from causing an uncontrollable humanitarian disaster."

"The Bald Eagle, China, the Bear, the Gallic Rooster, and the British Bull have reached an agreement after emergency consultations."

"Effective from the date of this statement, the five countries will form a joint action force to implement a temporary military and diplomatic takeover of the entire territory of the Sakura Country."

"This temporary takeover aims to protect the lives and property of the citizens of Sakura and the overseas Chinese from all countries around the world residing in Sakura, and to ensure that the entire process of the opening and closing of the time-space event codenamed 'The Door' is under an absolutely stable and completely controllable environment."

"The takeover period is from today until the relevant crisis is completely resolved."

This concludes the announcement.

The screen paused for three seconds before the news channels in various countries returned to normal.

But the world can never be the same again.

The statement was released less than sixty seconds later.

#Five permanent members of the UN Security Council jointly take over Sakura (Japan)#

This term, as if by an invisible hand, was directly placed at the top of the trending search lists in all countries and on all social media platforms around the world.

Within just a few minutes, the comment section had accumulated tens of millions of messages.

"Holy crap? I'm not seeing things, am I? A joint... takeover? A sovereign nation?"

"Wake up, upstairs. Sovereignty? In the face of absolute power, that thing is just a piece of paper."

"It's the 21st century, and I can't believe I'm witnessing something like this... History books wouldn't dare write it like this. This is even more outrageous than the Eight-Nation Alliance; this is a Five-Nation Alliance!"

"Stop making baseless accusations. This is 'for your own good.' Look, the statement says 'protecting the citizens of Japan.' Aren't you touched? Japan: Thank you!"

"Hahaha, I hereby announce that the United Nations is officially dissolved today. From now on, please contact the five permanent members of the UN Security Council directly."

"This move is too slick. I would call it 'high-end business warfare often uses the simplest methods.' Diplomatic mediation and economic sanctions are too troublesome. They just flip the table and take over the venue."

"Sakura Country: I just wanted to summon a heroic spirit, how did the country fall?"

"Bai Xiangguo: Brother, look at me! I set up an altar and performed a ritual to pray to the gods, but instead of a god, a demon came. And you? You didn't even open the door, and your home is gone! We're truly brothers in misfortune!"

"The most infuriating thing is that you can't object. They say it's to deal with the 'gate' and for global security. You can't refute that reason at all. Japan itself is in a mess and is hoping someone will take care of it. This is an open conspiracy, a dimensional attack."

"The comment above is correct. The scariest part is that the five permanent members of the UN Security Council are actually on the same page this time. When was the last time they were this united? Was it during World War II?"

"The temptation of a brand new, lifeless replica of Earth is too great, enough to make these five biggest rivals temporarily put aside all their differences. Japan just happens to be the table on which the cake is placed, and no one cares about how the table feels."

"How are your friends living in Tokyo? Are they still able to buy plane tickets? I suggest you start learning Chinese, English, and Russian immediately."

"Stop talking, I've already seen the parody video on Bilibili, 'Wuchang Welcomes You'."

The online frenzy and deconstruction have had no impact on the cold, hard workings of the real world.

New York, United Nations Headquarters.

The door to the Secretary-General's office was flung open, and his assistant, pale-faced, rushed in holding a freshly printed document.

"Sir... the delegation from the five countries has just sent their 'post-incident report'."

The Secretary-General accepted the joint statement, which was still warm from the ink.

He read it word by word, then wearily took off his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose.

Outside the office, reporters who had rushed to the scene had already blocked the corridor.

He knew he had to say something.

A few minutes later, the Secretary-General appeared before the media, and the flashbulbs instantly turned his face deathly pale.

He cleared his throat and spoke only one sentence into the countless microphones.

"We hope all parties will exercise restraint and resolve the issue within the framework of the United Nations."

After saying that, he turned and left, escorted by security personnel.

No one asked any further questions.

Because everyone knows that this issue has gone beyond the framework of the United Nations.

It's 7:00 AM Kyoto time.

The press conference room at the Prime Minister's residence in Japan.

The Chief Cabinet Secretary stepped onto the podium to speak.

His eyes were bloodshot, his lips were chapped, and he looked as if he had aged twenty years overnight.

He didn't look at the sea of ​​reporters below the stage; he simply lowered his head mechanically and read from the prepared script in front of him in a monotone tone.

"...Regarding the joint statement of the five countries, the government...has conducted careful discussions."

"...For the safety of the lives and property of the people, and to prevent the country from falling into greater chaos..."

"...The government has decided to accept the joint statement."

"Furthermore, we will... fully cooperate with all deployments of the joint operations force..."

The press conference was completely silent.

All I could hear was the sound of the shutter being pressed.

Sudden.

"asshole!"

A local Japanese reporter sitting in the front row suddenly stood up.

He slammed the expensive professional camera in his hand onto the podium with all his might.

"You bunch of traitors!!"

The camera flew through the air in an arc before crashing heavily into the wooden edge of the podium, shattering into pieces.

Two security personnel who were already on standby immediately rushed forward, grabbed the emotionally distraught reporter from both sides, and forcibly dragged him outside.

The reporter was still struggling desperately, his screams echoing in the press conference room.

"We are not slaves of a conquered nation!!"

His voice was quickly cut off by the closed door.

The Chief Cabinet Secretary on the podium trembled slightly, but he forced himself to finish reading the rest of the speech.

At the same time.

White Elephant Country, New Delhi, Prime Minister's Office.

Prime Minister Modi slammed an English document bearing the five-nation declaration onto the ground.

"Colonialism! This is blatant, new-age colonialism!"

He pointed to the trembling foreign minister in the office.

"Immediately! Draft a document! Lay the strongest protest simultaneously to all five of those countries!"

"Condemn them! In the strongest terms! Tell the world that we will never accept this banditry that bypasses the United Nations and tramples on national sovereignty!"

It was exactly 8:00 AM.

The official Weibo account of the Eastern Theater Command of China, the official Twitter account of the Seventh Fleet of America, and the official telegram channel of the Pacific Fleet of Russia all updated their statuses almost simultaneously.

The content format is remarkably consistent.

"In accordance with the Joint Statement on Temporary Controls in the Country of Sakura under Abnormal Circumstances, our ministry will dispatch an advance team to the Tokyo area at 10:00 AM Tokyo time today to carry out peacekeeping and security missions."