Rust - Chapter 790



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RUST -790

[Did something good happen to you, nurse?]

“What’s going on? Is it a good thing?”

Ki-sun’s eyes narrowed even further at Maru’s answer as if nothing had happened.

[The nurse said, Ono Nanae-san. Whenever I see you, your face turns red and you run away, but nothing happened?]

“···Nothing happened.”

Maru firmly told the truth of that day, but the corners of Ki-sun’s eyes drew a half-circle.

[Tell me honestly. Huh? Was it good? It was, right? It was, right?]

“What are you doing? What are you good at?”

[Oh. Are you finally getting things going?]

“What’s the matter? Stop talking nonsense.”

[Are you embarrassed, Your Majesty? A monarch doesn’t call you shameless. When you have to be shameless, you have to be shameless. That way, women won’t be fooled.]

“What. Ah- Okay.”

Ki-soon laughed silently at Maru’s empty expression.

Still, I would have thought that my first experience was in a car. That was definitely the case if you look at the records of cleaning the interior of the car I was dating with the nurse. There was a record of disassembling and cleaning the passenger seat.

Why did I have to disassemble and clean the passenger seat, which has ventilation and heating functions? Maybe it was because a lot of liquid(?) leaked out?

‘Hey kid. You’re bold.’

Ki-soon shrugged and changed the subject.

[This time, it’s the election. The new Korean government is doing something strange. Is that okay?]

“What’s wrong with that? It doesn’t matter. We just have to do as we planned, as we promised.”

The vote was a close one, with the opposition to the Holy Kingdom coming to power by a narrow margin of 51 to 49.

This was perhaps an inevitable result, since after the Holy Kingdom overthrew the cannibal regime, it maintained most of the policies that the cannibal regime had been pursuing.

The biggest change was that he paid attention to the supply of the army. He deployed regeneration units to allow local troops to go on vacation, and he also allowed soldiers to exchange letters with the outside world.

If it had ended up being this far, the pro-Sacred Kingdom forces would have had the advantage, but the problem was that they had reduced the benefits given to pregnant women in order to secure funds to invest in the military. In addition, they had also reduced the budget for support to the media, construction companies, and private schools.

Naturally, the women’s world and the media combined to undermine the Holy Kingdom, and the media and the construction industry combined to undermine the Holy Kingdom.

But Maru ignored it. If he had wanted to, he could have taken over the broadcasting station by force. He could have manipulated the broadcast content using AI, and he could have controlled the internet, but he didn’t.

Instead, it guaranteed freedom of the press and kept the Internet intact.

[Koreans, Americans, and Canadians have different cultures, so a simple comparison would be meaningless, right?]

“There are differences, but aren’t there more similarities than I thought?”

Maru judged that there were many similarities between Ki-soon and Maru, who thought that there were many differences. The two shrugged their shoulders at the same time at the fact that they had reached opposite conclusions despite seeing the same results.

[If you had intervened in the election, you could have created a pro-Holy Kingdom government. Why didn’t you?]

“If I had asked you to interfere in the election, you would have done so, right?”

Ki-sun shook her head at Maru’s question, which was asked calmly.

[···Still, it would have been possible to prevent the writing of indiscriminate speculative articles, prevent unidentified political groups from gaining power, and cut off funding from China and Japan.]

“That may have been the case. But my thoughts are the same as before. I have no intention of interfering in Korean politics. As long as it is not eaten up by China, Japan, or Russia, that’s fine.”

[Isn’t it going to be difficult?]

“No. In the current situation, it is actually more advantageous for the semi-divine kingdom government to do so.”

Ki-soon’s eyes narrowed at Maru’s answer.

Is that so?

Did you think about it the other way around?

If the pro-Sacred Kingdom forces had won, there would have been a high possibility of suspicions of election interference, whether they had intervened or not. If they had tried to do business related to the Sacred Kingdom, suspicions of preferential treatment would have arisen, and transparency issues would have certainly arisen.

Rather, do you think that since the semi-divine kingdom government won, it is more likely that they will try to negotiate behind the scenes even if they pretend to have a conflict on the surface?

“Except for the Holy Kingdom, the only countries Korea can trade with are China and Russia.”

Taiwan was also controlled by the southern Chinese warlords. And the southern and eastern warlords were not on good terms with Korea. This was because the area was attacked by the ROK-US allied forces during the Sino-US war.

As Kim Yang confirmed while working in Taiwan, the sea routes near Taiwan were controlled by the southern warlords.

The southern warlords blocked the route from Korea to Southeast Asia. However, returning to the vicinity of Japan was also impossible. Kyushu and the surrounding seas were in shambles due to continuous volcanic eruptions and tectonic shifts.

The only open sea area is the East Sea, passing through Hokkaido and Sakhalin, Japan, and flowing into the North Pacific. However, according to the results confirmed by Kim Yang’s expedition team, the sea was a mess due to the volcanic eruption.

In other words, if the Holy Kingdom cannot export and import using its own large airships, the only countries that Korea can currently export and import from are China and Russia.

Considering that the majority of the ruling class in China and Russia are cannibals, even if the newly formed Korean government seized power by exploiting anti-Sacred Kingdom sentiment, it would not be able to treat them lightly.

Ki-soon, who was listening to Maru’s stories, smiled bitterly.

[I wish that were the case.]

It was certainly a valid analysis, but this was Korea.

It is none other than Amazing Korea.

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As the upper class, who had become cannibals, was swept away, those who had been planted by China, Japan, Russia, and the former United States were also swept away at the same time.

Hotlines connecting refugees to China and Japan were immediately cut off, as were hotlines connecting them to Russia and the United States.

“There is nothing we can do. The southern Chinese warlords have already closed the waters around Taiwan.”

“We have killed all the former government officials connected to the southern warlords, so we need to establish new relationships···.”

To do that, there had to be a new species, or cannibals according to the Holy Kingdom’s claims, to be able to communicate with the cannibal Chinese warlords.

“First, let’s stop the hunt for cannibals.”

“Whether they are murderers or cannibals, they should be punished by a government established through due process. It would be wrong for the Holy Kingdom to step in and exercise power.”

“I agree.”

“If the Holy Kingdom has been helping Korea to normalize with good intentions, it should now step aside.”

The first request made by the new government was that the Holy Kingdom should no longer get involved in politics. That was the beginning of the Korean government’s request.

“Are you asking me to hand over command of the regeneration unit?”

[The regeneration unit members are strictly Korean citizens.]

Maru was not excited by the shamelessness of the Korean government, which was trying to take it quickly by mobilizing all its technologies so that one person could do his share.

The Korean government’s argument was simple: It was problematic that the procedure was performed without parental consent, and it was also problematic that the procedure was performed without official permission from the Korean government.

The story was that if cannibals created pregnant women while ignoring their human rights and thinking of people as food, then the Holy Kingdom would ignore the human rights of the newborns created in that way and turn them into war machines, then try to drag them to the Holy Kingdom.

The story that the Holy Kingdom had taken away the child was the main story in newspapers, broadcasts, and the Internet.

[I never saw the child’s face.]

[Please give me back my child.]

[The Holy Kingdom that took away children by Caesarean section, wake up!]

[The sacred kingdom that broke the natural order must reflect!]

[What is the difference between cannibals and demons?]

[Is adoption without parental consent considered adoption?]

[The Holy Kingdom that turned children into war machines while claiming to cure disabilities. Is this really a normal country?]

[The Truth of the Regeneration Unit. A name that reveals the concept of humanity held by the Holy Kingdom.]

[The Divine Kingdom that uses the word rebirth to describe people.]

[Can a country that kidnaps over a million newborns be considered an ally?]

Ki-soon shrugged.

“I really didn’t know it would turn out like this. That’s amazing.”

“He’s acting like that because he wants to die. It sounds like he’s begging to die, so it’s right to give him what he wants.”

Not only did he save someone who was about to be eaten by cannibals, but he also saved someone who was about to be eaten by Chinese refugees and Japanese refugees. What the heck? Kim Yang was purely angry.

[It is true that it is burdensome in many ways for a biological mother to be the one forcibly separating her child.]

[If you want to have long-term friendly relations with Korea, it seems necessary to negotiate.]

Hood and PD suggested that negotiation is better than a hard-line approach.

“How absurd. When there was a cannibal government, you sold your child for good, but now you don’t return the child. So the Holy Kingdom is just like the cannibal government?”

Maru was honestly impressed. If he wanted something, he would have expected that he would negotiate behind the scenes, but he didn’t expect him to openly bring things up like this.

What makes you believe that?

What if the Holy Kingdom just leaves?

Are you trying to balance China and Russia?

How are you going to solve the Chinese and Japanese refugee problem?

You can’t even touch the Chinese and Japanese refugees who are whining that the areas they control should be treated as special autonomous regions, but you’re openly trying to manipulate the Holy Kingdom?

“Because that’s politics. And that’s what Koreans want and are used to.”

“When it was a cannibal government, you couldn’t say anything?”

“They said that wasn’t the case.”

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“There were so many people who went missing after martial law was declared. There were rebels, and people with abilities who were caught fighting as guerrillas and were put on leashes. There are probably quite a few Koreans who still think that the Korean government is doing a good job of pressuring the Holy Kingdom.”

“···As I said before, it doesn’t matter. But I need to check why you’re thinking this way.”

Maru said he wanted to use the summit to find out what he truly wanted.

“So, you’re saying that the King will go to the Korean National Assembly and also hold a summit?”

“That’s what I was going to do.”

Ki-sun’s expression changed to ‘No way’ at Maru’s calm response.

“No way. You’re not trying to make us vote one more time, are you?”

“······.”

Maru was silent.

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The South Korean National Assembly and government welcomed the idea of ​​the King of the Holy Kingdom attending the National Assembly to address the nation and holding a summit meeting thereafter.

“Look at this. The Holy Kingdom must have been considering Korea as its base in East Asia.”

“Aren’t all the other countries ruled by cannibals? The only countries that aren’t ruled by cannibals are the Holy Kingdom, the American Empire, and us.”

“The technologies we need to secure are energy-related technologies and regenerative medicine-related technologies.”

“The regenerative medicine technology of the Holy Kingdom is honestly amazing.”

“Treating mental illness using brain technology. It’s definitely a different way of thinking.”

Not only autistic, borderline intellectual disability, and ADHD, but also drug, alcohol, and gambling addicts can be completely cured through whole-brain surgery.

“The same goes for transplant technology using stem cells.”

“You can actually be free from incurable diseases, including cancer.”

“It may not be immortality, but you can live a long and youthful life.”

“In energy technology and medicine, it is certain that we are at least one or two generations ahead. If we can secure that technology, our people will understand.”

Vladimir Kalin in the Korean National Assembly, which has completed all preparations.

The King of the Holy Kingdom entered.