3rd Pov
After spending another 2 weeks in Edo, Ferdinand and Tanya were once again on a plane, flying to the next destination of their trip: the Republic of Zhongguo.
More specifically, the part commanded by President Dong Guanting, who commands the part of Zhongguo controlled by the Zhōngguó tuánjié dǎng (Zhongguo Unity Party), since the other parts of the Republic of Zhongguo were under the control of Warlords, with a part even being controlled by the Socialists.
President Dong Guanting is a General who managed to seize power after seeing the inefficiency that was happening in the Party, using both the Zhongguo National Army, the armed wing of the territory, and the paramilitary forces of the military zone that he directly controlled to be able to take control of the Party, with him now trying to negotiate with the other Warlords to unify the country, using the threat that Akitsushima represented as one of the many coins he put on the negotiating table.
"I just hope that while we're there you don't try something crazy like you did in Edo," Tanya said seriously as she sipped her Santa Cruz coffee while looking at Ferdinand, who was reading a newspaper.
"Oh please, you enjoyed that adrenaline rush as much as I did," Ferdinand said as he lifted his head, stopping reading his newspaper for a few seconds as he looked into Tanya's eyes.
"...Tsk" Tanya clicked her tongue in irritation before going back to drinking her coffee, knowing that Ferdinand was right, but she promised herself that she wouldn't do it again.
'I hate it when that Fascist Prince manages to win me in an argument...damn you, Ferdinand,' Tanya thought irritably as she sipped her coffee.
Ferdinand, seeing Tanya's reaction, just laughed as he calmly went back to reading his newspaper, but in his mind, he was thinking about what he should do in Zhongguo since there was such a large market in that divided country, it would be great to take a piece of the pie and profit, selling guns and other military equipment to the Warlord who is most aligned with Dacia's interests.
'Let's see if this alternative version of Chiang Kai-shek is ideologically aligned with Dacia or something close to it' Ferdinand thought seriously as he read his newspaper, which talked about the events in Edo.
Bucharest, Imperium Daciae
The Imperial Capital of the Imperium was in chaos because of the news that came from the Far East, the population and especially the legionaries were angry upon learning of the danger that Prince Ferdinand had faced in Akitsushima due to the Communist Revolutionaries.
Inside the Imperial Parliament, all the members, who were legionaries, could be seen arguing with each other about this, with the Legatus, Arthur Iordanescu, being in the Parliament to hear what was said and calm their spirits... as much as possible at least.
"These Red Scum dare attack the Heir of the Imperium! Even though they clearly lost because of the clear superiority of our future ruler, who is like all of the Imperial Family a representative of God on Earth, this still demands retaliation!" A legionary shouted in anger, you could see in his eyes that he wanted socialist and communist blood to be spilled.
"We must catch the red traitors who are imprisoned in the Imperium and make them suffer for the sins of their 'comrades'! It should be done at the border with the Federation to send a message! Crucify them all!" Another legionary shouted as he scratched Irritation's neck.
This went on for a while longer before Arthur banged the gavel, silencing the entire Imperial Parliament, who were now looking at their Legatus.
"Gentlemen, I understand your anger and resentment, I was the same when I heard the news, but we must think rationally or we will make a mistake that could endanger the foundations of our Glorious Imperium," Arthur said seriously in a loud voice for everyone to hear loud and clear.
Upon hearing this, some legionaries lowered their heads, knowing that their Legatus was right, they could not act on emotions at such a critical moment.
"I've already spoken with Your Imperial Majesty, Cezar Johan, we agree that continuing to let red ideals spread throughout the world is a danger to everyone, what's the point in destroying the Russian Federation if there are still Socialist and Communist movements in other nations? That's why, to combat this great evil, Cezar had an idea, inspired by Prince Ferdinand's actions in Santa Cruz," Arthur said as everyone's attention was completely focused on him as they listened to every word that came out of his mouth.
"Prince Ferdinand spoke to Ambassador Marku Ciora in Santa Cruz to support the creation and funding of pro-Dacia legionary groups in that country, with Marku Ciora giving such a report to the Central Government, so after much consideration, the Cezar decided that we should do this on a global scale." When Arthur finished speaking, the Imperial Parliament went into euphoria, as everyone there knew what this meant.
"Since the Red Scum has their own 'Communist International', then, to prevent this evil from spreading further, the Imperium Daciae must create an International of its own! One to spread the values of National-Legionarism and prevent the further spread of Socialist and Communist Parties and Movements around the World!" Arthur declared, with the entire Imperial Parliament applauding and giving Roman salutes, with several shouting "Hail Dacia", happy with what was to be done.
Everyone knew that this could irritate the Liberal Democracies around the World, but they didn't care, as long as Socialism and Communism were stopped or even extinguished in other countries, they wouldn't care about the opinion of the nations that followed a form of government that all legionnaires considered disgusting and weak.
Johan already had plans to make this "Legionary International" in the future, with his wife Dmitrievna and his father Frederick fully agreeing, Dmitrievna was the one who insisted the most on this idea after she learned of the attempted coup d'état by the Reds in Akitsushima, which put her baby's life at risk.
We can only say that the Imperial Palace was in chaos because of a certain Mama Bear who was thirsty for blood and wanted to start a war against the Federation before it should have been done.
Of course, Dmitrievna's family was not far behind in wanting blood to be shed, but Alexander and Nikolay were more sensible and knew that they should wait for the right moment before they could launch an invasion to liberate the Motherland and end the Socialist Regime once and for all.