Chapter 120
"Let's talk while we eat first."
Viktor said this, pointing at the table.
The table was full of all sorts of dishes, each with a splendid appearance. And in the center was a whole roasted animal of unknown origin, enormous in size.
"Koreans like rice so much, don't they? So I prepared plov."
Viktor gently pushed a bowl towards Jinseong. The bowl was full of something that looked similar to fried rice, but unlike the rice usually eaten in Korea, it was made with rice that looked longer and lighter.
It was Indica rice, called long rice (длинный рис) in Russia.
"And since you were served meat at the amusement park, I prepared meat too. You said it was capybara dish last time, right? I thought about doing the same, but then I had this thought."
Viktor smirked and said.
"It seemed too petty for this Viktor, this Viktor with the fate of a king, to do just that. Merely returning as much as I received is something that I, and the Russian blood flowing in this body, cannot allow. So I roasted a whole lamb, and filled it with a special dish made using the innards."
Saying this, Viktor grabbed the head of the whole roasted lamb on the table and twisted it off. Then he raised his qi to make it sharp and separated all the flesh in seconds, then threw the skull towards the kitchen.
"Let's eat the head first. In Mongolia, there's a custom of giving the sheep's head to honored guests first. Of course, you're not a Tatar, and neither am I, but..."
Viktor twisted the corner of his mouth as he served half of the meat to Jinseong.
It was an expression that meant 'you know without me saying it, don't you?'
Jinseong smirked at this sight and picked up the meat.
And they both put the meat in their mouths simultaneously. This was an expression that Viktor knew what to do after being elected president, and it also implied that tragedy would surely strike when he ascended to the presidency.
Mongolia.
The incarnation of destruction and conquest.
Good treatment for those who submit.
Terrible retribution for those who resist.
Before the regression, Viktor showed behavior that made one wonder if he was the incarnation of a Khan.
Under the ambition of recreating the glorious past and raising Russia again, he moved numerous troops to occupy neighboring countries, and if they didn't properly bow their heads, he unhesitatingly carried out terrible massacres. If they submitted, he would recognize them as Russian people, but if they rebelled even once, he would implement 'special management' along with 'special education' to fully incorporate them as Russians.
And if resistance forces arose, or if there was a rebellion...
He would completely erase the city.
Just as the Khans of ancient Mongolia did, he completely eradicated the seeds of rebellion.
And his method was incredibly fierce.
Nuclear weapons.
As if to dispose of all the nuclear warheads stockpiled during the Soviet era, he went around detonating them without hesitation.
Of course, he didn't use nuclear weapons from the start.
In the early stages of the war, he didn't use nuclear weapons. This was partly due to being wary of the United States, and partly because he didn't want to play chicken with the 'Red State Alliance' that had plenty of biochemical weapons. But when the Red State Alliance used biological weapons to neutralize Russian special forces, Russia unhesitatingly unsealed its nuclear weapons, as if they had been waiting for this.
And then...
Boom.
Giant mushrooms began to appear on Earth.
A concentration of troops?
A nuclear bomb was dropped.
A large-scale sorcery ritual taking place?
The altar, materials, and sorcerers were all blown away with a nuclear bomb.
A magic engineering laboratory?
First, they would send spies, and if the security was so tight that they couldn't even get a tooth in, they would just dispatch special forces to detonate a nuclear suitcase.
Naturally, such actions should invite sanctions from other countries.
But sanctions can only be imposed if one has leeway, and interfering in others' affairs can only be done after one's own problems are resolved.
Because the whole world was swept up in madness, there were no strong countries that could interfere with Russia.
Japan was at war with Korea, and China started a war of conquest, babbling that the world's chaos meant the Mandate of Heaven had returned to the Middle Kingdom. In Germany, Nazism revived and grew in strength in the former East German region, and in France, a crazy group appeared claiming they needed to unite and exert power by supporting a king again, turning the country into a mess.
Belgium erupted into civil war triggered by a racial discrimination incident, and Italy plunged into civil war between the north and south following the north's declaration of independence. And England, perhaps to recreate its past glory amidst this chaos, went around stirring up the entire country, and in the process of this stirring, numerous sparks erupted and created numerous conflicts.
The United States also had no leisure to interfere with Russia.
Some crazy magician occupied Massachusetts state, saying ‘Humans should be controlled by machines that have no heart and only consider the law as truth. If everyone lives with only one machine above their head, humanity can become one and achieve a peaceful world without war or conflict, achieving infinite development.’
Texas, Alabama, and South Carolina seceded from the United States and established the New Southern Confederation.
Racial discrimination incidents erupted everywhere, causing problems.
In Hawaii, someone claiming to be royalty called for the restoration of the monarchy, occupied Hawaii with a secret army they had been raising, declared independence, and then made contact with China.
Moreover, crazy people who wanted to attack the United States to boast ‘I'm such a great person. I can control America's emotions, I can dominate America's emotions!’ attempted terrorism in the United States almost every day.
There was absolutely no leisure to extend a hand to Russia.
And this madness, far from getting better, only grew larger as time passed.
Magicians who had thrown ethics and morality to the dogs conducted human experiments, all sorts of terrible experiments failed or leaked, causing worldwide damage, a madman appeared trying to overthrow the country by creating an army of Humanzees (human-chimpanzee hybrids), and in this wave of madness, humans who died became vengeful spirits and evil ghosts, wandering around.
Later on, magicians from the Antarctic and Arctic tried to bring an ice age to Earth, a lunatic claiming we should return to primordial nature tried to make all artificial satellites fall to Earth, someone caused a commotion trying to revive beings like dragons and fairies that had disappeared into records, ending up creating some kind of monster.
It was truly hell itself.
And in this hell, Viktor held power for a long time. A very long time.
Typically, in chaos like war, charismatic leaders gain power.
Viktor had sufficient charisma.
His almost reckless temperament was packaged as decisiveness, and his authoritative attitude became a charm that could sway people in chaotic situations. His love for war could be seen as a drawback, but as he produced excellent results that expanded territory and made ordinary citizens' pockets plentiful, it transformed into an advantage.
However...
Nuclear weapons are omnipotent, but they destroy relics and erase records.
What was an advantage for someone couldn't be an advantage for everyone.
For Jinseong, nuclear weapons were truly hateful things.
Because they completely destroyed relics and records that might have contained information about sorcery he didn't know.
Moreover, it wasn't just regular nukes, but ones that burrowed underground and flipped the earth.
If they had just used regular nuclear weapons, relics and records deep underground might have remained intact. No, even if not intact, they might have remained to some extent and could have somewhat resolved his obsession with sorcery.
But unfortunately, the nuclear weapons Russia used were special.
They were items made to strike Communist countries accustomed to creating bunkers deep underground and operating from deep underground bases.
The nuclear weapons Russia fired plunged into the ground like bunker busters. And they exploded underground, overturning the earth itself. In the process, actual underground bunkers exploded, and innocent relics that were just sitting there exploded along with them.
Yes.
Into pieces.
Without a trace.
"You will become a great president. And if you follow my advice, you will make Russia stand tall once again with vast territory, many people, and intact wealth."
Jinseong didn't want that terrible event to happen again.
The loss of relics and sorcery had to be prevented.
Absolutely.