Chapter 184
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“If you’ve come to Korea, shouldn’t food be the first priority?”
“Th-that is, well. True, but.”
I could already see her folding to the mint chocolate.
“Then how about a Baekhap Sidae concert?”
Baekhap Sidae was a female idol group born from the Idol Training Project, launched under the Cultural Revival Policy begun by the Ha Jeongseok Administration to spread K-pop across the world once more. The group even had an Awakened One with a voice-related ability, so their popularity had skyrocketed at once, putting them on overseas charts too. Japan should know them too. I did think about fucking them, but decided idols should stay idols for now, so I held back.
“Do you not usually introduce male idols to women?”
“Wow, I had no idea the house head liked boy idols.”
A bit of mischief stirred in me, and I covered my mouth as I laughed.
“No, I mean that is what people usually do. I do not particularly like idols.”
Of course she didn’t. Originally, this woman had lived only for Shinohara and her country. If she hadn’t temporarily disguised herself and infiltrated Hanseong for that sin business, she would probably still have nothing to do with me. We might have met somehow, but this woman would not have taken an interest in me. She would have seen me purely as a business partner.
In that case, should I try to score a few more points while I have the chance?
“Then would you like to look around Songdo?”
“Oh. Is that possible?”
It was probably one of Yuzuki’s major interests.
Not just Yuzuki, either. Other countries would be interested too.
After all, the Erosion Zone had been completely purified without any equipment. But Baekhwa had done that. Not me.
Baekhwa is in hiding right now.
“Yes.”
“Is it not an Erosion Zone? Has it really been completely purified?”
Just look at her. Fishing around so casually, huh?
“Yes. Purification is complete. Besides, as the Young Lady of the heavenly sword, you could handle it with internal energy just fine even if it hadn’t been purified.”
“Yes. That is true.”
Staying here would only draw people’s eyes, so I took her to Songdo. She looked around for a while, then smiled.
“Everyone seems so peaceful.”
“Ninety percent are Mutants. And a lot of the rest are people right on the verge of Human form transformation.”
On top of that, the population was still increasing.
Not because we had been diligently boosting the birthrate. The bastards who had been trapped in Erosion Zones all this time had begun moving into Chungcheong Province to live there.
And with that, their numbers had grown exponentially.
It was not unexpected, but I estimated their numbers at over one million.
“How did you purify the Erosion Zone?”
“Why are you asking me that?”
“What? Ah.”
She was subtly teasing me.
“Baekhwa did all of it and handed it over to me.”
“Then this autonomous region belongs entirely to you, Miss Eunha?”
“Yup.”
That’s right. A pretty large swath of the Korean Peninsula was my land.
Aside from the undeveloped parts of North Korea and the Northeast Three Provinces, where hunter Cities had only been established at major points, I might have been the ruler second only to dictator Ha Jeongseok.
On top of that, I was loaded, too - the ultimate king-of-kings yongyong-i.
“Ho-ho. I heard Cheonsan laid the basic infrastructure for you. It must have been difficult for Baekhwa to rally the Mutants at first.”
Even if she said that to me, I had nothing I could say in response.
“Oh, not really. Strictly speaking, the autonomous region probably has more money than the Korean Government right now.”
“Excuse me?”
It wasn’t a lie. Ha Jeongseok had embezzled so much, and he had run plenty of policies into the ground too. Unlike Mutants, who could move their bodies as long as they had demonic energy, Humans needed food, so the food costs for the war had been enormous. Naturally, that was different for me, since purifying demonic energy made money pour in. If anything, it was easier to live here. Cheonsan’s Martial Artist Convenience Store system had been introduced too.
“Songdo has practically endless Cores and large quantities of high-purity mana stones. Even though we are trading mana stones with Cheonsan, we still have a ridiculous number.”
I almost wondered what would happen to the price of mana stones if I released them all onto the market. It was fine since I sold them off whenever I needed to create a source of funds, but if I dumped them all at once, it was obvious what would happen to the world economy.
“Ho-ho.”
“Are you interested?”
If she were interested, I could supply a certain amount. Taking this chance to build a relationship with Shinohara would not be bad for the Baekhwa Cult.
It would not be bad for Shinohara either.
“Would you trade with Shinohara as well?”
“If you wish. But would trading with a Mutant Group not tarnish the name of japan or Shinohara?”
It was a Mutant Group, after all.
“By that logic, Korea, which treated Mutants as a Righteous Army and mobilized them for war, might have become part of the Axis of Evil long ago.”
Then doesn’t that mean Baekhwa Cult’s international standing isn’t bad right now?
“True. And we even have the Northeast Three Provinces.”
The Northeast Three Provinces were in Baekhwa Cult’s hands. Had any country complained about that? No.
That meant the world powers might be turning a blind eye because of Baekhwa Cult’s tremendous strength, or because they had seen us participate in the war as a Righteous Army.
Either way, it wasn’t bad.
“But, Miss Yu Eunha.”
What was she trying to say, lowering her voice again like that?
Her face was frightening too. She was smiling, but it felt murderous. You know that look. The one that says, I may be smiling right now, but I am furious all the way to the top of my head.
It felt as if she might take a swing at me if I said one wrong word here.
“Yes?”
“I heard from Kotone that you received my invitation.”
I got it from you. Mm.
“Ahem. Um. I’m sorry. Something came up, so I think I’ll be a little late.”
“Even so, is that not a bit cruel, considering the house head of Shinohara personally invited you?”
She let out a deep sigh.
I couldn’t help it. If she was going to put it that way…
“Well, the matter is more or less wrapped up now.”
To be honest, I had wanted to play around fucking Heungbu’s Wife and fucking Magnute too, but if Yuzuki was this desperate, what could I do?
“Understood. I’ll go within the week.”
“If that is true, I will trust you and wait.”
Should I maybe bring jumbo shrimp as a gift?
No, for that, her chest was already plenty big. Better not touch it for no reason.
For now, I should show her the mighty Baekhwa Cult, the kind she could later ask for help from when she was in danger.
This time, I decided to show her the Training Ground.
“This is the Baekhwa Cult Training Ground. We run indoctrination and combat training for Mutants here.”
“So it is an evil organization?”
Rude. I would prefer if she simply called it an autonomous region.
“Things are different now. Even Mutants can control their instincts if they are educated properly.”
“That is…”
Yuzuki pointed to two women in a corner of the Training Ground who were warmly embracing each other just from looking at one another.
“Heh heh. I taught the Mutants to love, and now even the Mutant unit has couples.”
This was the ideology I had personally instilled in them so they would not yield to their instinct for violence - the so-called yuri-ism.
“Women with women!” Something like that.
Of course, that did not mean I broke up perfectly fine married couples or female-male lovers.
“Oh, I see. But why lesbians, specifically?”
“Because they are beautiful.”
Beautiful things were always best.
Dicks rubbing together versus pussies grinding together - which looked better?
From a woman’s perspective, maybe the former. But to me, with a female body and a vicious beast lurking inside, the latter looked better.
At my words, she gave me an incredulous look.
“I heard from Kotone, but you are truly consistent.”
“A person should always be consistent.”
To begin with, there weren’t many males in the Mutant unit, and I was too jealous to allow polygyny.
Wasn’t it beautiful for women to be paired with women?
If I had still been a male, I probably would not have had this ideology. But people adapted to their circumstances.
Just look how beautiful those females embracing over there were.
Honestly, shouldn’t they be grateful I had not set my sights on citizen TS transformation?
…Could I get the TS Transformation Ability if I used persuasion on Author Yu Eunha?
It was time to seriously consider it.
Honestly, an ending where everyone became a beautiful woman would not be bad.
It would then be the founding of the Yongyong Kingdom.
“What are you thinking about, Your Excellency?”
“Nothing. I was just making future plans for a moment.”
Good. I would achieve the dream of citizen TS transformation.
Just imagining it was fun.
Wouldn’t that truly be what you call an evil organization?
“Future plans?”
“It’s a thing.”
It was still only half serious, and she might think I was a nutcase, so I decided to hold back.
“Mm. This really is Cheonsan. Cheonsan did a fine job with the infrastructure.”
“Yes.”
“How many troops can the Baekhwa Cult mobilize?”
She was suddenly asking something important.
Yuzuki was the leader of japan.
No matter how hostile she was toward the prime minister, she would be curious about Korea’s situation as the leader of a country.
She too had seen the last war, so she might feel a sense of crisis.
She had come to pressure me, but at the same time, I couldn’t forget that she was here as Shinohara Yuzuki, the ruler of a country.
“Oh. That’s classified.”
“Even if you are the Baekhwa Cult Leader, you are still a hunter, are you not? Well, if it is a state secret, it cannot be helped. But for now you are a villain.”
Baekhwa Cult’s image had improved from the Baekhwa TV days all the way through its participation in the war as a Righteous Army. However, some people still viewed it through tinted glasses.
With me as leader, at least, it should improve going forward.
“As the Baekhwa Cult Leader, I would like to keep it hidden. But I suppose I can show off a little.”
“It must be quite a lot.”
Of course. This was the Baekhwa Cult I had raised.
“Mutants are not limited by food or physical specs, so once they learn the basic training methods, they can be deployed immediately. At most, probably two hundred thousand.”
There probably would not be a war where we would use numbers like that.
In the original, the Korea-China War was the largest in scale.
The Sins were strong, but when it came to scale, the Korea-China War was the big one.
This Mutant Legion would probably be used less for war and more as a means to protect the Baekhwa Cult and keep Ha Jeongseok in check.
“That’s incredible.”
“That’s probably more than the Korean hunters have.”
Even if you gathered all the Korean hunters and the military, they would barely reach one hundred thousand.
Unlike the past, this era had Magic Civilization, so no matter how many Conventional Weapons you mobilized, there was no point.
Except for nukes, of course. Even those had been scrapped because they could affect Gates, so, in the end, hunters were the strongest.
And we had two hundred thousand troops capable of standing against those hunters.
“The tail is wagging the dog.”
“Strictly speaking, other countries probably have Mutants in their Erosion Zones too.”
In fact, if you thought about it, other countries would have Mutants in their Erosion Zones too. It was just difficult to unify them.
They did not have me.
The Sins could handle Mutants too, but they probably could not unite them. Their personalities were far too rotten for that.
Dragon-lover Johanna raised only monsters, exactly like a dragon-lover, and as for Sloth, they at least kept Mutants under them, but I doubted many would gather under a hikikomori like that.
Sloth themself might be satisfied with things as they were.
“So in the end, Baekhwa - no, Yu Eunha - is leading them well?”
“Well. I. I guess that’s how it is?”
It felt like she kept twisting Baekhwa and Yu Eunha together when she spoke.
After looking around Songdo together for a long while, Yuzuki smiled cutely.
“Heh heh. Today was enjoyable. I will see you next time then. I will be waiting at Shinohara Castle.”
Shinohara Yuzuki said that and then came a little closer to me.
Mwah.
Huh? A soft smack sounded against my lips.
Yes. This woman named Shinohara Yuzuki had just kissed me on the lips.
Very lightly. Just a brief touch.
It felt like a sweet cherry scent spread through my mouth.
Sweet, sweet.
And for a bitch who led an entire country, she was seriously seductive.
What did that mean? It meant she wanted to grind with me, obviously.
“W-wait, what was that supposed to mean just now?”
I asked her as if slightly probing. But this seductive bitch stared straight at me and smiled with her eyes.
“If you come, I will tell you. Let us call it a day for today.”
She winked at me once, then opened a portal and stepped inside.
It was probably connected straight to the Hunter Association or Tokyo.
“!!!”
Fuck! I ought to just - !
I almost jumped her then and there, but held back.
I seriously wanted to pounce, but I barely managed to restrain myself.
The current yongyong-i was a good, patient yongyong-i.
Mother and daughter incest lesbian yuri was waiting, so I would endure it for now. Then I would do it with Yuzuki at Shinohara Castle too. Perfect plan.
“Heh heh. Surprisingly, I may be the same sort of person as you. If you come, you had best look forward to it.”
Gulp.
How was I supposed to resist going after that? I absolutely had to go!