110. China’s Grand Ambition

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Nanjing Presidential Palace, China

Post-Cataclysm China had descended into chaos. With Aži Dahāka’s rampage leaving devastation in its wake, the Communist government relocated its capital to Nanjing while northern warlords battled monsters to hold their territories.

Chairman Zhang Xue-ti (Zhang Hedi) roared with laughter reading reports of South Korea’s Blue House raid. “Hah! Serves Ha Jung-seok right! That bastard’s only pride was his hair at his age!”

A nervous aide interrupted his merriment. “Chairman, urgent news from Beijing.”

“More successful human experiments?” Zhang’s smile faded. The last batch had killed dozens of Uyghur test subjects – an unacceptable waste when China’s population had already halved since the Cataclysm.

“General Wang Wei proposes annexing North Korea. With Korea’s hunters decimated and even their Divine Sword failing against a mere villain…”

Zhang’s eyes gleamed. North Korea’s core deposits could revive China’s economy. “Tell Wang Wei to mobilize his enhanced hunter corps. Discreetly.” He reached for his phone. “First, I’ll console our bald friend in Seoul.”

As Zhang envisioned crowning himself emperor of a resurgent China, I was live-streaming our territorial claims across Gyeonggi Province.

The internet’s reaction stung worse than any battle:

[TRENDING]
1. #BaldHaJungseok
2. #EggPresident
3. #Baekhwa
…
5. #BaekhwaTerritory

“How is that chrome-domed bastard out-trending me?!” I screeched, shaking my laptop. Apparently “Korea’s Crazy Egg” memes had gone global among hunter-school alumni.

Eumsseupmari shuddered nearby. “I can never return to Triton now…”

“With those floating hands?” I scoffed. “You’re stuck with me.”

As we planned infrastructure projects with Cheonsan Group, Si-woo revealed her corruption method via a disturbingly intimate black ooze transfer. “Mmm…imagining Eunha beneath me~” she moaned, climaxing from the kiss.

“Disgusting,” Lee Yu-jeong muttered, though her flushed cheeks betrayed interest in the proposed mother-daughter threesome.

Final assignments:
– Reina/Yu-jeong: Songdo defense
– Rosemary/Suji/Si-woo: Expansion
– Me: Negotiations with Lee Yu-jin
– Priority target: Seo Ji-yeon (“That snail scent means she’s ready today”)

Leaving my harem to their duties, I prepared for the real challenge – convincing the Ice Queen of Cheonsan to fund rebuilding an entire nation.