Sengoku Shōshō's Rekishi Kenbunroku 0042

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Kasugayama Castle, Narumi Shogunate

Lord: Uesugi Dōsanmaru Kagetora

Witnessed by: Shōshō (Junior Attendant)

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◆ Year of Tenbun 451, July 31

"From Global Warming to Boiling Catastrophe"

In the beginning of the Tenbun era, it was not as hot as it is in the Reiwa era. Rumors say that nearly ten billion people inhabit this third planet, but it is feared that humanity might only survive for another fifty years. Whether you believe it or not is up to you. About five billion years ago, the fourth planet had a similar cosmic environment to the current third planet. They referred to that time as the era of super ancient civilization. While the recorded history of humanity on the third planet dates back around ten thousand years, your genes do not contain memories before that period. The ancestors of the third planet came from the fourth planet, and you continue to tirelessly attempt to settle there. You must be familiar with Olympus Mons, standing at a height of 27,000 meters, the largest volcano in the solar system. It became a red planet due to several nuclear wars and had no choice but to settle on the fourth planet. It is said that Vaisravana's avatar made that decision, so it must be true. When the last dinosaurs on the third planet perished, those who barely escaped from the fourth planet are considered your ancestors. Even in the Reiwa era, the instinct of the third planet and the propensity to kill others have not diminished. It's truly a sorrowful state of affairs. The accumulated remains of Earth for billions of years have turned into crude oil and minerals, and you are intent on digging them all up. With the never-ending extraction of lithium batteries and crude oil, not only has greenery disappeared, but the danger of global warming has escalated to the point of boiling catastrophe. Even in an interglacial period, this state of affairs cannot continue for long. The President of Ukraine must sit at the table of peace, even if it seems unreasonable. The same goes for Mr. Putin. The fate of the third planet is solely in the hands of the remaining humanity, holding the key to its future.

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