The Bad Apple Incident (The Three Kingdoms)

"And now, here I am, having grounded your entire military and security with only a scratch, holding onto the very man that controls everything in this country."

- HakureiReimu

The Bad Apple Incident is the name given to the event on, 21st December 2012, where a human shouted a so far undisclosed sentence in jest at  in  in. This call insulted Reimu and as a result she single handedly annexed the entire country. The Bad Apple Incident led to 's takeover of and eventually the establishment of.

was brought into, her being. Lost in a world that was very different to her own, surrounded by skyscrapers, roads and cars, Reimu was nervous. Keen to find, she intended to fly out of New York when she was met by officials of , with an armed escort. They planned to place s in expensive celebrity accommodation to get on their good side, clearly aware that prison would fail at imprisoning them. While Reimu appreciated offers to search for the shrine in her place, she continued to refuse to move to the accommodation and prepared to fly out of the city. Suddenly, a nearby human observer shouted out a so far undisclosed sentence as a joke. Reimu, insulted by the sentence, attempted to approach the native to scold him. The officials, afraid of Reimu's threatening stance, threatened to shoot but Reimu, having never seen guns before, ignored them. The officials opened fire, Reimu immediately realising the fatal nature of firearms. She fought back, overwhelming the natives, and ended up alerting the American military. Reimu was confronted by tanks and aircraft, one particular aircraft drawing blood. She besieged before the president could evacuate, forcing him to cease all military activity and to pass the country to her, essentially birthing the kingdom that would become, named after  in her own world. This period would come to be called The Bad Apple Incident, though it was not called that at the time.