Chapter 151: People getting their heads smashed. (2)

“So, once all this is over, the goddess will let me have her body too, right? If she even pretends to be me, there’s nothing more arousing than that.”

– If it’s really our devout believer asking, I’ll consider it at least once.

I’ll take that lie as the truth.

“Tell them I’m too busy right now. We’re doing something important here. What’s the point of calling constantly?”

“They’re asking for a solution at least.”

“A solution? That’s easy. Just tell them. Since they’ll follow the Pope anyway, tell them to line up all those Chinese laborers and use them to develop North Korea.”

Unpaid labor might be too far, but they can definitely be used cheaply.

All under the name of Kanora.

With the Kanora buff, hunger is less of an issue and health is maintained—perfect for labor.

It’s all for the sake of the Goddess Kanora.

“The construction companies must be thrilled too.”

“Yes. That’s why I already contacted Park Yoo-jeong.”

Now that North Korea’s been annexed, she’ll know what to do.

We’ll get construction firms to invest in North Korea, and our devoted Kanora believers will labor for their divine duty—and for money.

I’ve already issued various orders to Park Yoo-jeong.

“But how will it be done?”

“I told them to build in the Yukranian style, and also called in foreign architectural firms.”

We’re building a new world, after all. We should go all out, shouldn’t we?

Besides, it’s only good news for His Excellency the President.

As long as he holds the Pope title, there shouldn’t be any problems.

Hmm.

But I’m a little concerned about the rocking horse.

There’s no real reason to look after him, but it’s a bit pitiful to live forever as a toy horse.

“By the way, Young girl. The rocking horse said he wants to be released from his toy horse form.”

“That idiot’s been waddling around trying to seduce women even in that form, you know?”

Huh?

In that form?

Is that even possible?

If that’s true, he might be the most depraved pervert ever.

“That’s even possible?”

“Well, I don’t usually keep an eye on him, but I was curious how he’d behave, so I watched him for a day.”

“And?”

“He went up to a married woman with two kids and started flirting with her, shaking those round little legs.”

With that round little body?

He can even walk?

That’s what I’m curious about.

“I seriously can’t picture it.”

“Here’s a video of him I shot up close.”

And the contents of the video were pure comedy.

The toy horse creaked as it approached a married woman with two kids.

Even the way it exhaled was disturbingly off-putting.

– Puhihihing~ Miss, care for a meal with me? I’ll take you to a fine restaurant.

– Uh… huh? A toy horse… speaking?

– I may look like this, but I’m a centaur. How about I give you a night your husband never could?

– Oh my, how funny. My kids would love this.

“Then the kids got on him, and that’s when he got excited. That’s when I knew. ‘This bastard is hopeless.’”

“If he’s that kind of guy…”

If we released him from that form and turned him back into a centaur with a massive, uh, weapon… he’d be a danger to children.

“He’d probably go full lolicon. Best to stop that before he becomes a criminal.”

“That does make sense.”

“By the way, where are we going?”

Where?

No point in hiding it.

“Beijing. First of all.”

“Beijing? Will the CCP accept us? They’re not the type to welcome a new revolution.”

“That’s why we sent people ahead.”

We didn’t conscript all the Chinese in Manchuria for labor.

Some were sent into China in advance.

And they reached the Great Wall… but some of them had traditional weapons.

Hmm, should Ttaengchili handle this?

I don’t speak Chinese.

“Anyone speak Chinese? Cheonma, do you?”

“Hmm… should I?”

“I can too.”

So just Ttaengchili and Cheonma. Probably better to have Cheonma handle it.

This time, I left it to him.

“Then Cheonma, please take care of it. Here’s what we’ll say to them…”

We approached the Chinese military guarding the Great Wall with only Cheonma and myself, leaving the followers behind just in case.

“Who are you?”

“We are here to save the Chinese people suffering in poverty and pain—”

“Hrk! Blackening faction! The Blackening faction is here!”

I don’t know Chinese, but I understood one word: Blackening faction? What’s that?

In any case, the Chinese military and Hunters grouped up around the Great Wall and fortified their defenses.

Breaking through wouldn’t be hard, but China’s reaction was surprisingly fast.

This means they already know about us. But Blackening faction?

I stepped back and gathered our returnees.

“Blackening faction? What is that?”

“You know how before the great upheaval, there was talk of ‘red unification,’ like communist takeover?”

“Yeah.”

“Seems like they call becoming part of the Kanora religion ‘blackening.’ And Kanora’s faction is being called the Blackening faction.”

“Heh. The Chinese know it well—must be from experience.”

The orc gave a hollow laugh.

Well, we did walk all the way here—exhaustion makes sense.

“Hmm. So that means China already knows what’s coming.”

“It seems like it. It’s already chaos over there. Some scholar in China claims that separatists from Manchuria or Korea are trying to split off Manchuria while neighboring countries are in turmoil.”

By now, Ttaengchili had hacked into Chinese websites and was browsing through various information.

Amazing.

He could even access those sites?

“Wow, that’s impressive.”

He even managed to guess that much.

But surprisingly, it’s not wrong.

Hard to believe, but with the power of our Goddess, she made everyone into the children of a god through divine strength.

Whether by blood or not, all believers under Goddess Kanora become brothers, sisters, or friends.

“Some say it’s Korea trying to reclaim its ancient territories, and they suggest sending in the army. But the Chinese President doesn’t seem like someone who acts rashly. He’s reportedly controlling the media and cutting off foreign contacts.”

“Oh?”

“They’re trying to isolate us. To stop us from coming. But that also means China’s situation is ripe for the spread of Kanora’s faith.”

Wow, they’re actually thinking carefully.

“So they drew the line at the Great Wall?”

“Seems like it.”

“So, basically, everything north of the Great Wall is now considered Kanora Church territory?”

It’s almost like China itself set the Great Wall as the new border.

“Foreign media are treating this as a major event too. But since Kanora’s faith isn’t communism or anything like that, they’re only cautiously observing, not hostile yet.”

Thinking back, I hadn’t considered that angle.

Well, not my problem anyway. That’s all Han Sang-jae’s responsibility.

“Whatever.”

“The problem is that the U.S. contacted Han Sang-jae separately.”

“What?”

That’s dangerous.

Even though America’s not as dominant as before, now that China and Russia have fallen, the U.S. still commands huge influence.

If America turns against Kanora Church?

Han Sang-jae alone won’t be able to handle it.

“They asked if the country on the Korean Peninsula is now Kanora Church Nation or still the Republic of Korea.”

“So basically, if it’s not Korea, they’ll cut ties.”

“The Blue House is delaying a response, but oddly, the Japanese Prime Minister answered instead. Look at this — it’s a vague and crazy response.”

-Japanese PM: “Japan and Korea share the same roots; we are unified under the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere led by Kanora Faith.”

-Japanese PM: “Proposes forming the Kanora Federation or Theocracy under President and Pope Han Sang-jae.”

-President and Pope Han Sang-jae collapses from overwork.

Just reading that makes my head spin.

No wonder Han Sang-jae collapsed from overwork.

If I were him, I’d have a headache too — America demanding clarity, Japan saying crazy stuff.

And now he’s a “Pope” too.

He never even wanted that in the first place!

“President Han Sang-jae is really pitiful.”

Honestly, though, this Japanese Prime Minister is way over the line.

It’s creepy how he’s spouting exactly the ideas I vaguely had.

Even Korea must be baffled — they’re not even that influenced by Japan compared to before, especially with the Hunter Association being strong.

Well, it’s up to the President now.

I already solved all the hard stuff — diplomatic mess is his to handle.

This isn’t like the easy days before the Cataclysm.

Now, even the U.S. might think it’s better to use Kanora Church instead of fighting it.

Han Sang-jae can deal with it.

“So, the only issue left is how we get into China.”

Judging by the Goddess’s attitude, it doesn’t seem that urgent.

“Should we set up camp nearby for now?”

“How?”

“They say there’s a dungeon near here — we’ll use it.”

“Oh?”

I saw several dungeons on the way here.

We can make use of them.

“The fact that there’s a dungeon nearby means Northern Chinese hunters use it.”

“Exactly.”

“We just have to enter at the right time.”

“But what if the dungeon’s too easy? Then your whole strategy falls apart, right? Your original plan was to help struggling hunters and spread Kanora’s ideology.”

That was the plan: help struggling hunters in dungeons, convert them into believers, give them buffs, and make them dependent on Kanora Church.

But—

“Forget that plan for now. Their guard is up way too high. We’ll just help them quietly instead. We’ll say our believers fled from the blackened Manchuria to China.”

That much, China should accept.

“Hm, so a slow infiltration.”

“Alright, let’s enter a Chinese dungeon.”

What sort of mess awaits inside?

My heart’s already pounding with excitement.

Near the Great Wall, several dungeons stood.

As expected of China, where hundreds of millions died during the Great Cataclysm — the gates were enormous, like shattered windows from a giant’s world, openly torn into space.

There was movement inside, too.

Looks like there are already hunters active.