Special Chapter: Parallel Universe

A sunny day in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Autumn is ending, people are going to Bjelasnica mountain for skiing, Alexander also one of fan of skiing, 19 years old, studies at University of Sarajevo. At top of Bjelasnica, only one color, is white. Now this time is shortest day of the year, but he met his best time in his life: a Japanese girl also traveling here with her parents, 16 years old, from Hokkaido, Japan.

Very warm and happy day, they're talking about the world, everything of they're knowledge understand. At night, Japanese girl Miyama Shiroyuki still miss her new friend, after dinner, they sit on the snow, looking up to the Milly way Galaxy. Oh, no North hemisphere impossible to see it in winter.

Miyama's winter holiday is over, she has to come back with her parents, before she leaves, she gave a kiss to Alexander's face, that's her first kiss.

You know those days marriages are not popular anymore, since… the Interstellar War with aliens.

Half year later, 2061 A.D.:

Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan:

Half year of Facebook love, or say love by Facebook, two young teenagers meet again, this time, they're take Sinkansen to Tokyo, the largest city on Earth, at Shibuya:

"I worried, but now I feel happy, what we go eat?" Alexander asked.

"What are you worry about? We have chat almost everyday, let's go to eat Miso Ramen, a Japanese traditional noodle, so delicious, my friend."

"You call me friend? Only that? I feel sad."

"Oh, you're beyond friend, don't be sad, much more than friend, ok?" Miyama Shiroyuki says.

Just like most of Japanese movies, dramas, they're talking in restaurants, eating yummy food, and always say:" Oishi" means "Delicious".

Metro in Tokyo almost can go anywhere, Sinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka only 46 minutes, that's all makes Alexander shocks.

"I thought the best technology should be in Soviet Union, now they almost finished rebuilt the Moscow, I heard in 1980's Soviet Union was pure communist state, so wondered."

"Yeah, I learned that from my textbooks too, history teacher teaching us, a Korean Soviets present changed everything. His name…" Shiroyuki are thinking.

"Maxim?"

"Ah, yes, his adopt son of a high level official of Soviet Union Communist Party, after he took over power, the war with aliens are started, after we won the war, Moscow was destroyed, and he moved capital to Minsk, something like that, I don't remember too much, because I study Physics." Shirayuki says: "and now communist party in Soviet Union only 1 of 3 parties, other party freedom party and Union party, Soviet Union flag still with communism logo, but totally democracy as the United States of America."

"Good, I love physics, not he moved capital to Minsk, he was the president of Byelorussia, a Republic of the Soviet Union. Before the war they had 15 countries in Soviet Union, and 3 are out some new in, now 23." Alexander experience.

"So, what time we go Minsk to see that city, my family haven't taken me go there, I really want to. Shirayuki says.

"Yeah, we can go any time, if… your family allows."

"That's… a problem. Shirayuki feels sad.

Two young people sit on the chair at Shibuya, suddenly, Shirayuki see a man hiding behind the tree over next block, and he falls down.

"Hey, let's help?"

They run to that person, a man without any clothes, his hiding behind tree over there, Alexander find a newspaper in his bag give to him, but his speaking in German:

"Where is here?"

"What? You speak English?" Shirayuki asked.

"Yes, where is here?" a blue eyes man, 24 years old.

"Ah, Tokyo, Japan, where you come from?" Alexander asks.

"New York, in America."

"Yes, we know New York in America, are you from Germany?"

"Yes, but from America, I thought Japanese speak German too, looks your lazy as Americans too, can't speak German."

Two of them almost can't talk: "What?! Why we have to speak German?"

"Oh, young people, if you can't understand global language, you can't into high level of society, all the technology, politics resolution are German is it? Don't know that?"

Two young people don't know what should say.

"Yeah, that's… right, so we Speak English here, in fact here is Japan, we all speak Japanese here."

"Uh, yes, in Japan speak Japanese, most of countries in Asia also, but universal language is German. Are you kidding me?" Blue eyes man asks.

"Wait minute, that is the 'The man in high castle'?" Shirayuki says and look at Alexander, Alexander think a moment: "Ah, oh that's TV Drama! I watched."

"Excuse me?" blue eyes man totally no idea about what they're talking.

"So, ok, you're from… the Nazi Germany and Great Japanese Empire won the World War 2, right?"

"Yes?" Blue eyes man wondering" Of course… oh what is that?" he saw a guy wear USA flag T shirt walking on the street: "That's not illegal in Japan?"

In this moment, Shirayuki and Alexander look at each other, they are not thinking this guy are crazy, they look at the alley, try to find the place he crossing over. Just some newspapers around, all from Tokyo local, but some of them burned, and on the ground, a round area burned as well.

"Ok, so, let's go to convenience store, buy some thing for you eat? Or you want to go restaurant?" Shirayuki asks, smile with him, Alexander says:" Typical Japanese, always 'Oishi'. I know you want to eat some noodles, Ramen, right?"

Shirayuki feels shy, her face turn to red.

An American Nazi man, somehow traveling through parallel universe, to this one. Alexander and Shirayuki guessing, his universe really similar the TV Drama "The man in high castle"?

Real or fake? Let's find out.

3 of them eating yummy beef noodle, blue eyes man says:

"I am Felix, from New York."

"Oh that… New York, I see, I am Shirayuki, was born in Tokyo, Japan."

"Alexander, from Belgrade, Yugoslavia, but study at Sarajevo."

"Oh, so I… you told me this is other parallel universe? I… I don't know that machine doing, just touched when I…"

Finally, Felix accepts his traveling from other side, and after he tell a lot of story of his world, Alexander and Shirayuki are not so surprised.

"All right, it's almost similar The man in high castle, Japan occupied the west, Germany in east of America, that's crazy…"Alexander says: "In our world, Allied won, and cold war, landed on the moon, by 12 Americans, until President Maxim Kaspersky became president in Byelorussia, aliens from Andromeda invade earth, Maxim Kaspersky became President of whole Soviet Union, major cities are destroyed by alien attacks, the last war in Warsaw, Poland, after that United States of America and Canada became one country, Minsk become Soviet Union's capital, Maxim Kaspersky let Soviet Union became multiparty democracy country, USA cancelled visa policy first, then the world became Visa free. Later, Soviet scientists Invented the immortal drug, can make everyone looks 18 again, but only have 50 years "visa" on Earth, after that must go Mars or other planets.

United Nations became Earth Union, after the war. It is similar European Union… Oh your place is Great Germany in Europe. I guess."

"So have President or Chairman of Earth Union?"

"Yes, 4 years for term of office, he has all military on Earth, but also not, because military can't against any humans, so he holds the strongest military on earth, but can attack no one." Shirayuki says.

"Ha-ha, no, can attack Martians, they're immigrations from earth, but already born on Mars for generations."

"Uh, right, Chainman of Earth Union can attack Martians, that's right, but Earth can't have civil war anymore."

"Wow, good, we are doing that too, The Reich is planning to fight with Japanese, let Union the whole world, but some of people on party are against that, so we still not finish Union the world yet" Felix says.

"So, his the most powerful people on Earth?" Felix asks.

"Well, we don't have real leaders on Earth anymore, because Earth Union following the words of former President of Soviet Union Maxim Kaspersky says: 'No policy is the best policy', that's why people can decide to do anything, government is tiny now. Everything just votes by people." By Shirayuki.

3 of them finish eat, outside already night, Christmas eve, lights up, snow falling, beautiful Tokyo tower shining…

"Ah, Snow, right, aha, can you believe once of time, Soviet Union's President are husband of US President?" Alexander says.

"Yes, her name is Snow Nguyen, her family form Vietnam. That family had highest power on earth, b Shirayuki says.

"Oh, right, in that moment, the earth belongs to them." Alexander.

"So, what now?" Felix says: "Your universe so crazy. They're suppose to be enemies, how can become family?"

"So, yours?" Shirayuki:" How long was Hitler lives?"

"Yes, April 30, 1989, just over 100 years old."

"Oh, April 30, that's…" Alexander and Shirayuki looking each other, smiles.

"Yes, he was too bad with human rights, that's why the Third Further changed whole Reich, now all of us in democracy world."

"Ah, so who was the second…"

"Let me guess." Shirayuki says: "Himmler?"

"Yes, how do you know?"

"Just guess. Ah, I remember, your said most powerful people on Earth? Most powerful things are votes, but former President Maxim Kaspersky has 10% votes, means if in 1000 people, his one vote equal 10% of that, will be after add him, 100/1100. Maybe his the most powerful man on Earth, I think. So, your world, now still Third Further?"

"Ah, no, that was my grandfather, now are fifth."

Helicopters makes Tokyo Tower are Christmas tree, and 3 of them still have many questions need to ask.

Our worlds in middle of 21 century, are all become democracy? No matter the name of countries is Socialism, or Capitalism, Communism, Nazism?

The capital of the world, are Minsk, Berlin, Tokyo, New York? Or Washington? Finally, we are in one world, one dream.

Since when, or where, human can really learn?

November 23rd ~ December 9th, 2019