Chapter 277 – Reinvestment

From the spring of 1932, the presidential primaries began in the United States, with both the ruling Republican Party and the opposition Democratic Party working hard to select their respective candidates. By summer, the overall picture had become fairly clear.

“The Demon King appears, huh.”

“Demon King? What’s that?”

“The ‘ma’ from Enma-sama and the ‘ou’ from king. You can look up the rest in religious texts. It’s exactly what it sounds like. Someone troublesome for Japan.”

“Who are you talking about? Today’s lesson material, right?”

“Yeah. This person.”

“A presidential candidate… Mr. Roosevelt? Is he a bad person?”

“Well… his campaign platform is rather socialist.”

“Then he’s the same as the Reds.”

On a weekday afternoon, before summer vacation, we were having an English study session at the Ootori main residence. Since we used English-language newspapers as