The White Silver Wings and the Chrysanthemum Blade

The world was on the brink of destruction. In the year 2035 AD. The world entered a second Cold War due to conflicts between China and America over trade friction and expansionist policies. Each country spun their economy and sent funds to the military-industrial complex. International tensions were caught in a whirlpool where a world war could break out at any moment. Then in 2038, an accident occurred during China's development of a new bomb, and it detonated. The blast with a force comparable to the Tsar Bomba and a storm of massacre... but that wasn't all. The blast tore a large hole in the dimensional barrier, and countless monsters poured out from beyond it. Fifteen years passed from that point. Japan was not exempt and was caught up in the flames of war. Seventy percent of the Eurasian continent became wasteland, and the fighting advanced as far as northeastern Kyushu. An engineer belonging to the 12th Division of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. Kiku is left alone on the battlefield as his unit is annihilated. Even so, he continued to fight, but the government decided on a scorched earth strategy. Seeing the figure of his sister who had supported him in the storm of slaughter unfolding below... *Also published on Kakuyomu*