Chapter 241 – The Blood Pledge Corps Incident

On the final Sunday of January, a quiet first memorial service for Ootori Souichiro was held by the Ootori family.

However, wary of terrorists and wishing to keep it limited to close relatives as much as possible, the scale was reduced. Properly speaking, it should have been held on the anniversary of his death, February 3, but even after trimming the guest list there were still many attendees, so it was moved up to Sunday.

We took ample precautions, and since no figures important enough to be targeted were present, the service concluded without incident.

Meanwhile, we heard that in Geneva, Switzerland, a conference had begun to discuss overall disarmament, not only of naval forces but of armies as well. It was called the Geneva Disarmament Conference.

A few days later, the incident occurred.

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