Rust - Chapter 972
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Rust [RUST] – Episode 972
empire.
The newly elected president raised his voice.
“The empire is in crisis. Earthquakes, tsunamis, giant ants and spiders. And army ants and mutated monsters moving north from the south of Burley, and now cannibals.”
A man with his index finger raised and pointing to the sky makes a declaration.
“But we will overcome it all. We will not give in to any temptation of evil, nor will we succumb to any ordeal. I promise you this, right here and now: The Empire will triumph.”
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Kim Yang said a few words after watching the broadcast of the Imperial President’s inauguration speech.
“how?”
“?”
A question mark appeared above the head of the nurse who was watching TV next to me.
“That’s why. You don’t say how to win, you just say you’ll win.”
“Huh? Isn’t that because you’re confident you’ll win?”
“No. There has to be a way to win and lose. How do you fight? Something specific like that.”
“Ah, again. That’s a professional thing. So, since the experts know it well, shouldn’t we leave it to them?”
Kim Yang clicked her tongue as if she was dumbfounded, then made an expression that said, “You’re so innocent, I guess.” and turned her gaze back to the TV.
No matter how I looked at the newly elected presidential bro, he looked like a crazy person. It seemed like he was trying to show that he was better than Dan Brown…
‘It smells. It smells really burnt.’
Ms. Kim sniffed.
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It was a hot day, but the temperature was a lot lower than last year. Last year’s high was over 45 degrees, so I thought it would really go over 50 degrees.
The highest temperature this summer was 38 degrees. However, the humidity was high, so it was a very humid temperature. It was regularly between 35 and 38 degrees for almost 30 days, and tropical nights continued for over a month.
Then, in mid-September, the temperature suddenly dropped by 10 degrees, and then another 10 degrees in a week. It only took two weeks for it to go from 30 to 10 degrees.
For the past three years, the weather has been literally unpredictable. Corn and soybeans have fared well, but vegetables and fruits have been completely destroyed. If it weren’t for the smart farm, it would be a weather where you wouldn’t even be able to see vegetables and fruits.
Fortunately, before Detroit and Windsor were devastated by the earthquake, they had already prepared for the relocation by moving food and setting up smart farms in advance. Otherwise, something terrible would have happened.
“How is the food situation?”
[There is spare capacity in the warehouse and the food sector is running smoothly, so it is stable.]
Artificial intelligence Diana displayed the food, vegetable and fruit supply situation on the screen.
“Make sure to allocate enough so that no one runs out of things.”
[All right.]
Unlike the Empire, the Holy Kingdom did not have much trouble with the migration of floating cities. This was also because the floating city migrants were moved during the evacuation process.
This was because, up until now, they had maintained a policy of resolutely expelling those who opposed the policies of the Holy Kingdom.
The Holy Kingdom’s policy toward criminals and anti-social leaders was simple: simply banish them. In the early days, they even did labor reform(?), but now there was no need for that.
(This is a repeat theft case.)
(He committed another crime while on probation.)
‘It’s a thief. That. That day, the thief was thief.’
(That day?)
‘Yes. So, it’s a magical day.’
(I sentence you to exile.)
(Make sure the magic is cast somewhere else.)
‘I appeal! I appeal!’
The first trial, consisting solely of AI judges, prosecutors, and lawyers, settled most of the cases. If the verdict was not met, the second trial was held with a mix of human and AI juries.
The first and second trials were held in local courts, and the final third trial, which included both AI and human judges, was held in the floating city.
The principle was that parents would be held responsible for crimes committed by children under the age of 10, and for children up to the age of 15, both parents and the youth who committed the crime would be held responsible. And for children over the age of 15, the person who committed the crime had to be held responsible.
The Holy Kingdom was a country where judgment was based entirely on victim relief. This was because King Maru had decided so.
The view that the perpetrators are also victims of an unreasonable society was ignored. If the Holy Kingdom is an unreasonable society, why do they live here? Why don’t they go somewhere else?
The kind Holy Kingdom gathered criminals in groups of 100 or 200 and sent them to the western and central regions, hoping that they would live happily in a world where they were guaranteed the freedom to commit crimes.
[I thought about it. If those people want to survive and settle down, they’ll have to fight monsters. What if we buy them some of the byproducts and sell them supplies?]
“The outcasts?”
[Yeah. If you didn’t care whether they lived or died, you wouldn’t have tied up over 100 people and banished them. Didn’t you gather them here and send them here so that they could live even though they committed crimes? Or maybe you wanted them to be human indicators to check for any abnormal signs there. Or not?]
“······.”
Ki-soon gave her opinion.
“Let’s do that when the exiles settle down.”
[And then the old man contacted me.]
Ki-soon briefly told the story he had had with Dan Brown.
[That old man. He said that it was interesting that he was dragged down from his seat.]
“The empire will be a mess?”
It didn’t seem easy for Maru to get things done the way Dan Brown had planned.
[I believed that it would purify itself. Isn’t that democracy?]
“That’s not wrong. As long as it doesn’t get so damaged that it can’t be fixed.”
So, don’t those in power try to induce the midnight function to disappear? If you are blinded by power, what can’t you do?
[Ah- The newly elected president has requested a summit, what are you going to do?]
“What kind of summit is this? Who cares? I have nothing to talk to you about, so you should sort it out on your own. If you don’t want to talk to me, then don’t talk to me.”
[Okay, I’ll do that. But what if you really want to come see me?]
“Why would the president come to see you when it’s not even a summit? If he does, you should see him at the Bradley Cooper Tower in Detroit, not the floating city.”
If you’re willing to risk your reputation and everything, doesn’t that mean you’re coming to check out the state of the Holy Kingdom? In any case, you had no intention of showing off a city bustling with hunting, including a floating city.
[You want to see it from the Vlad’Ak Tower? What are you going to do if it collapses?]
“It won’t collapse. The reinforcement work is all finished.”
[What about the internal facilities?]
“Of course we reinforced it. For the time being, our external base will be Vladislav Tower.”
Ki-sun’s eyes narrowed even further at Maru’s calm answer.
[Externally? So everyone who comes from outside sees you in Detroit?]
“okay.”
The Vladislav Tower was a symbolic building of the Holy Kingdom. It was preserved to the extent that it could function, so it was sufficient to welcome guests.
[No way… Is this bait?]
“It wasn’t intentional.”
But if Detroit and the Vlad’Ark Tower become bait, it’ll just be a shame, Maru said with a shrug.
[Okay, I know that.]
“Hey. Please.”
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empire.
“What did you just say? You can’t have a summit? Did I hear that correctly?”
The new president was dumbfounded when he heard that the King of the Holy Kingdom had refused the summit meeting.
The Holy Kingdom, which had been on good terms with Dan Brown, suddenly declared non-intervention and distanced itself, so the newly elected president was the first to extend a hand to restore relations between the two countries through a summit.
“Are you insulting us now?”
The summit is rejected. If you come, I won’t stop you, but you can’t meet the King, so you should meet with Ki-soon, the person in charge of diplomacy, and discuss what you want to say.
[That’s not it.]
“No, that’s not true. If not, you could at least explain it in a way we could understand. Right?”
I wanted to use the summit as an opportunity to go into the center of the Holy Kingdom and check the situation. The Empire suffered great damage from the earthquake and tsunami, but the Holy Kingdom, with almost everything concentrated in Detroit, must have suffered even more.
The Holy Kingdom, with a smaller population than the Empire, was likely to have difficulty rebuilding.
Some have suggested that using ants and rats could help us rebuild quickly, but can ants and rats rebuild human civilization?
The general opinion was that it would be fortunate to just clear away the debris and assist with simple tasks.
The best way to see how well the Holy Kingdom was controlling the ants and rats, and using animals for reconstruction, was to go and see for yourself. But when the Holy Kingdom came out like this, it was a different story.
“Even if something like that happens in the Holy Kingdom, the President must leave.”
“Yes.”
The scale of the talks could have been expanded if the president had gone in person.
[It will be useless.]
“What are you talking about?”
[The Holy Kingdom is a monarchy. It is a monarchy close to an absolute monarchy. Since the king has made the decision, it would be useless even if the president went there himself.]
“Isn’t it your job to do something about that? How can you accept that you can’t even do that when you’ve had a long relationship with the Holy Kingdom?”
The new president glared at Dan Brown on the monitor. Dan Brown made a bitter expression at the president’s gaze, as if he was just doing his job half-heartedly so that he could eat some shit.
[No matter who goes, no matter what the conditions are, it is difficult to reverse a decision that has been made. And···. If you put me in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs because of my relationship with the Holy Kingdom, I hope you realize that it is meaningless.]
The new president and administration were frustrated.
It was because of the Imperial Congress’s decision to eradicate the giant ants and spiders just before the presidential election. The new president, who was elected on the premise of a strong empire, had to do something to get rid of the giant ants that had settled in New York and the spiders that had taken over Philadelphia.
Having lost half a million men in the Panama campaign, the assistance of the Holy Kingdom was needed to achieve results with minimal casualties.
It wasn’t completely impossible. While the giant ants and spiders were entangled with the ants and rats of the Holy Kingdom, wouldn’t it be an easy subjugation that could be finished by simply spraying tactical nukes or napalm?
So, if only I could use the ants and rats of the Holy Kingdom. If I could just bring the ant pheromone translator and the woman who controls the rats, then victory is certain.
“Okay. I’ll send someone else.”
If the president’s departure is useless and Dan Brown’s departure is meaningless, then it would be better to send a negotiation expert in the classic way.
So a delegation of expert negotiators went to the Holy Kingdom, and the results were just as Dan Brown had expected.
The Holy Kingdom will not interfere in any way with the affairs of the Empire.
Even though negotiation experts were present, the result did not change.
The new president, the imperial administration, and even the Congress were all outraged.
“These damned bastards. Weren’t they the ones who said we had to exterminate the ants and spiders? And now they want us to do it ourselves? What the hell are they thinking!”
“Maybe it just has to be that way.”
The man who went as an envoy of the Holy Kingdom began the story cautiously.
“You’re saying that we can’t send out a pheromone device and an animal control woman?”
“Yes. Detroit was completely destroyed and they were busy cleaning up the rubble.”
“It was the same with Windsor.”
The story is that the capital city of the Holy Kingdom, represented by Detroit and Windsor, has completely collapsed. It is a difficult situation to clear away the rubble and restore it with ants and rats.
It was expected that even that would become difficult as winter was approaching, and that each and every pheromone translator would be precious, as the production facilities and everything else were scorched earth. There was only one person with the ability to communicate with animals in the first place.
“Then… isn’t now the opportunity?”
“You said that the Vladiak Tower, where the technology of the Holy Kingdom is concentrated, is intact?”
“If we just occupy that place, wouldn’t we be able to absorb the entire technological base of the Holy Kingdom?”
“Are you crazy? If you want to kill yourself, just do it alone.”
“That’s a dangerous thought.”
“I am absolutely against it.”
Some people had first-hand experience with the monstrous floor during the Imperial Diet terror attack, and many people were quick to join in the fray.
When the great earthquake weakens your power, you must absorb the technology of the Holy Kingdom.
No. It’s best not to touch them at all costs. In the first place, there’s a monster that founded a country with just a sword. Can you handle it if it lands in a sea city?
The senior president decided to start by attacking the giant ants in New York.
“Are you confident, Commander?”
The commander of the operation answered the president’s question confidently.
[Our military is strong. We will prove it with results.]
I knew full well that ants were dangerous.
“We need a victory. A victory that everyone will be excited about.”
[I will definitely win.]
Early October, cold weather with temperatures dropping below zero in the morning.
The Imperial Army began bombing the giant ants, whose radius of activity was slowly shrinking.
Beep be …
An imperial airship radiating powerful high-frequency waves took up position on the runway. It was a high-frequency sphere formation, not like the Holy Kingdom, where crows would push away the surrounding flocks of birds.
Even the flock of birds that would flock madly at the sight of an aircraft were not strong enough to push through the high frequency, and as they flew away, the Empire’s proud Lancer bombers rose into the sky one after another.
In an instant, bombers arrived in New York and began dropping reduced-power tactical nuclear weapons on New York like regular bombs.
They said it was a small tactical nuclear device with a reduced radiation risk, but when they were spread like carpet bombing, it instantly turned into a sea of fire.
After the first tactical nuclear bombing, napalm bombing using airships followed. After three days of continuous bombing, ground forces were dispatched.
A total of 300,000 troops, including 150,000 main ground troops and 150,000 penal units made up of petty criminals, advanced into New York City, which had been reduced to ashes.
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