Salute to the General novel Chapter 1502

However, the Japanese royal family was no longer in power as they were just the symbolic figurehead of the country. Under the Japanese constitution, they had no power to mobilize the Japanese military at all.

Emperor Chongmei shook his head. "It's just a small matter. Is it necessary to alert the military and make a big issue out of this?"

"If you alert them, you're telling the whole world that our royal prince bent his knees to a foreigner and got castrated. Do you think this sounds nice? What about our reputation?”

"Anyway, we have our imperial guards, and also martial arts masters in service like Master Watanabe and his group of samurais. Just them are enough to handle Nathan Cross discreetly, and there's no need to humiliate ourselves by utilizing the military."

All of them replied in unison, "Understood, Your Highness!”

Emperor Chongmei asked again, "Have you found out Nathan Cross' background?"

One of his subordinates replied, "Your Highness, we've investigated him. Nathan Cross seems to be a platoon leader serving in the North Army of the neighboring nation. However, he's famed for his combat skills in the army. His wife is Penny Smith, the chairman of Cross Pharmaceuticals."

Emperor Chongmei replied in surprise, "You mean his wife is the boss of the Cross Group that has the one and only liver cancer vaccine in the world?"

"Yes, she's the one. Both Nathan Cross and Penny Smith are here in our country to attend the International Pharmaceutics Economy Summit."

Emperor Chongmei narrowed his eyes. "For so many years, our country's scientists have been putting in so much effort to come out with the liver cancer vaccine, but none of them had any significant progress. And here a foreigner managed to manufacture the liver cancer vaccine before us. This is a very valuable product for them."

Of course it was valuable. Any medicine that could cure cancer was like a gold mine of wealth that would bring in countless profits for the company that manufactured it.

A greedy glint flashed across Emperor Chongmei's eyes. "By right, the crime committed by Nathan and his wife towards my son and Master Watanabe's apprentice is a death offence."

"But if they agree to offer 51 % of Cross Group's shares to the Imperial House of Japan as their compensation, I can pardon them from their death offence and work together with them to earn more money."

The royals' eyes lit up at the wicked suggestion.

Emperor Chongmei instructed his people smugly, "Tell Nathan and his wife that I'll be hosting a banquet tomorrow and I would like to invite them over."