Chapter 56: The World's Best Embarrassing Competition
In fact, not only death could bring back the Aze siblings, but being captured, silenced, losing limbs, even having cement poured in a bucket over their heads, all had the same effect.
In short, Aze Xima's apologies were unstoppable, beyond any bounds.
In the original story, they didn't demonstrate this ability at all!
Of course, this could also be because no one has ever treated them like this before.
Apart from that, it is not feasible to use propaganda to get people to avoid apologizing attacks voluntarily.
People who are kneeling in front of Aze Xima cannot leave or close their eyes, even though they know the terrifying consequences, they can only watch their end helplessly.
The more humble Aze Xima's attitude is, the more arrogant the person receiving the apology becomes, and the faster it takes effect.
This is the experience that was summed up after the research institute failed nearly a hundred times in a row.
During this period, dozens of people were murdered one after another. Although the vast majority of them only experienced memory loss and slow reactions due to timely discovery, there were also unfortunate citizens who were dissolved and then licked clean.
Uesugi Kiyoshi called Ode out. According to the agreement, when it involves abnormalities that may disrupt the order, he has the right to do so.
"Aze Xima... I remember him, the design is indeed quite good, it is interesting, and not too destructive." Ode gave a very high evaluation.
"But is the flexibility a bit too high?" Uesugi Kiyoshi doubted, looking at Ode, "You wouldn't deliberately adjust the abnormalities just to target me, would you?"
Faced with Uesugi Kiyoshi's questions, Ode waved his hands nervously.
"That's not true! Even if it's a demon, designing monsters is not an easy task. Every monster that appears now has undergone my scrutiny for at least ten years before being revealed. I can guarantee its authenticity!"
"If I evacuate the people on Aze Xima Road in advance, will it affect the order?"
The enemy's physical strength is no different from an ordinary person, and it seems they can't even ride motorcycles or cars, so their limited mobility is pitiful.
However, it is inevitable that it will require manpower and resources, which will impact the economy.
"Actually, yes," Ode glanced nervously at Uesugi Kiyoshi and said timidly, "Even Aze Xima himself doesn't know that the power of his apology is proportional to the distance. If no one worships him all the time, the consequences would be unimaginable!"
"Think about it!"
"If he accumulates for a month and kneels in place, his figure will appear in front of everyone in Japan, they will hear his apology, and then melt away. That's probably how it will be..."
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This is too much!
"Is this how you maintain order?"
Uesugi Kiyoshi looked at Ode disdainfully, and the latter could only respond with a wry smile.
"Actually, it's quite simple to maintain order. Just sacrifice one person a day... Well, forget I said that!"
After driving away Ode, Uesugi Kiyoshi began to plan the next steps for his work.
Firstly, he needed to stop restricting the Aze siblings.
After all, each death was etched in their memories. If they kept dying and getting scared, and kept resurrecting in the middle of deep forests, hiding away like that could cause much more destruction.
Of course, he couldn't just let him continue apologizing like this.
Otherwise, there would be widespread panic, and everything would be ruined.
"Actually, what Ode said was pretty good!" Tomie Kawakami, who came to visit, frowned and said. Can't ordinary people or even death row inmates be used? There are so many criminals in prison, just send one over every day, right?
"Human rights organizations might have objections to this, right?" Nakasone Kazuko asked worriedly.
"Oh my, Kazuko sister, why do you care about what they do? These people are just paid to sing against the rules, not even better than me!"
Oh? Tomie actually made a self-deprecating remark?
Uesugi Kiyoshi was quite surprised by this.
However, her idea is still as rotten as ever, death row inmates absolutely cannot be used.
This has nothing to do with human rights.
On one hand, there are too many uncontrollable factors with death row inmates, and on the other hand, even for the most heinous criminals, they would not be sent to strange hands like this.
Because this represents submission, humans submit to the strange, so they must offer sacrifices.
It is said that seeking peace through struggle leads to peace, while seeking peace through compromise leads to destruction. There are people who have the strength to compete with the remorseful devils, and they are not few in Japan.
"Send invitations to all the major political families!" Uesugi Kiyoshi instructed Hoshimi Rie, "I want to see them within a day."
His instructions, in the current Japan, were no different from the sound of a bell. Soon, political families from Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Hokkaido, large and small, gathered together.
The political power of the country of Japan is held in their hands, and the vast majority of officials come from them.
Uesugi Kiyoshi didn't hide anything, he revealed the current situation and asked for their help.
Each profession has its own expertise, what could be better understood than the Japanese politicians about apologizing?
Ordinary people have no resistance when faced with the apology of Aze Xima, and they are just as helpless when faced with the apologies from politicians.
Politicians are well-versed in the situation, experienced, with deep family background and resistance far beyond normal people. When facing Aze Xima, they are much more useful than death row inmates, at least they can withstand for a longer period.
It is not impossible to even surpass the bizarre!
The main reason is that even if some politicians die because of this, Uesugi Kiyoshi won't feel sad.
But these politicians are also not sad for the strange people who die.
"Mr. Uesugi, forgive me for being blunt, but this is risking our lives!"
"Well, sacrificing ourselves for the well-being of the people as noble members of Japan is our duty, but whether it will be effective or not is still doubtful!"
"Sir, if you called us here today for this reason, then I will have to leave."
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After the room quieted down, Uesugi Kiyoshi finally stated his terms.
"We acknowledge the sacrifices and risks you all are taking. Therefore, I have decided that the family able to resist Aze Xima the longest will receive full support from our society! The families ranked second to tenth will be our partners!"
Almost a hundred pairs of eyes in the room lit up at the same time.
The Uesugi Society-supported family is undoubtedly the future's top family, even if they are just partners, they are at least regional leaders.
Compared to this, the lives of a few family members are insignificant.
After successfully capturing everyone's interest, Uesugi Kiyoshi opened a map of Japan and pointed to the location of Aze Xima.
"Japan has a long history of shame culture - the navy should be ashamed, the army should be ashamed, and we should also feel ashamed. How can mere weirdos surpass us in this aspect?"
"Now, I announce the start of the World's Number One Shame Tournament with Aze Xima as the target!"
