Seeing Japan enter the voting pool was a little strange, and this managed to give them a lot of popularity with the voters. Japan easily gained votes over the other Asian countries, and it was a landslide victory that led to them becoming the third host of the Superhuman Tournament.
This happened only two weeks ago, and it was only through sheer luck that Henry managed to catch wind of Mark's desire to enter Japan. Hao was seen talking to the head of the Asian Superhuman Alliance branch about getting permission from the Japanese government to allow the Vanguard Guild to enter Japan, and one of Henry's spies in the agency got that information to him. Henry set up a meeting with Hao, and through him, he got this meeting with Mark.
