25.NTL Fantasy

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“Are you really sure about this?”

 

The aide, assisting the diplomat dispatched to the UN, asked with a worried expression.

However, Diplomat Modame was adamant.

 

As a right-winger who couldn’t forget the nostalgia of the old Great Japanese Empire, he regarded it as an unbearable disgrace to have yielded Tokyo, even a part of it, to a mere Joseon person, and to a guild at that.

 

Naturally, his feelings towards Harem Palace and its leader, Yu-Eun, couldn’t be good.

 

 

“Of course.”

“But Harem Palace recently introduced a new concept called a stat account. With the existence of aliens revealed and ‘stats’ proven to be a universal phenomenon, this could be a tremendous achievement that allows all of humanity to take a leap forward. This decision could be a bad move that excludes Japan from these benefits.”

 

He tried to explain with a serious face, but his attitude remained firm.

 

 

“Hmph! He’s just a mere adventurer after all. Even if what he says is true, that bastard is dead anyway.”

“It hasn’t been confirmed that he’s dead yet…”

“If we can’t find him, he’s dead! No, they say it’ll cost nearly 4 billion yen just to find him, isn’t that as good as dead? In the first place, he was blown away to somewhere in another dimension. And they’re going to find him? What nonsense. They can’t find him. There’s no way they can find him. Nope.”

“…Still.”

“Still, my ass!”

 

 

Yu-Eun is dead.

 

 

That was the position of the Japanese right-wing groups centered around him.

 

 

As soon as he, who had inflicted a great humiliation and indelible shame on Japan, disappeared, they erased his existence as if the pain they had suffered until now had never happened.

 

 

Because it was convenient, and also because it was what they wanted to believe.

 

 

“It’s okay. Harem Palace without Yu-Eun is nothing. The Saintess? So what if she’s good at healing?”

“So what? She saves people who are almost dead…”

“Anyway, it’s a done deal, it’s just a waste of breath to talk about it more. And, were we the only ones who opposed it? China also opposed it, and Russia too. Even the United States abstained. What can that measly guild do?”

 

The aide had no choice but to shut his mouth at those words.

 

 

Certainly, it might have been a bit dangerous if only Japan had opposed it, but China and Russia had also cast their votes against it, and even the United States had abstained.

 

 

No matter how much Harem Palace was a high-flying guild, he didn’t think they could do anything about it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of course, that was just their opinion, and it didn’t take long for them to realize it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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-Harem Palace: “Opposing and abstaining countries will greatly regret this decision.”

-Yu So-ra says: “Disappointed with the UN Security Council’s decision. It must be reversed even now.”

-Government: “Will carry out Harem Palace support independently.”

-US: “Decided according to international law, no personal feelings. Hope for Harem Palace’s wise response.”

-Japan: “He did not sacrifice himself for the world. Emotional support will only lead to everyone’s ruin.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harem Palace issued an official statement one hour after the UN Security Council’s decision was released, and Seo-Hyun, who could be called the face of the guild, appeared and stated with a cold face.

 

 

It was an impudent attitude towards the countries that lead the world for a mere guild, but Seo-Hyun was confident.

 

 

No one can beat Harem Palace now, and if anyone touches them without knowing this, they must be made aware of their power.

 

 

Subsequently, countries around the world issued official statements, and most countries, except for those who agreed, did not have a very moderate stance.

 

 

Even the United States, which had offered a big deal related to stats, showed a rather cold reaction along with abstaining.

 

 

 

 

Usually, if this kind of reaction came out, they would start analyzing why, but Harem Palace, including Seo-Hyun and So-ra, didn’t.

 

 

It’s not because they can’t.

Harem Palace has plenty of brains. Sonya, Seo-Hyun, or other maids.

 

 

But there’s no need to.

They didn’t want to either.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“From now on, don’t accept patients from opposing and abstaining countries. No, just cut off all transactions with those nationalities for the entire group. All of them.”

“Yes.”

So-ra first chose ‘trade’ as a weapon.

 

 

Currently, the Harem Group was producing and selling high-quality equipment while ensuring a smooth supply by utilizing the B-class and D-class dungeons entirely owned by the group, and was earning huge profits through the enhancement center located only in Gangnam, South Korea.

 

 

In addition, they were also raking in the world’s stats and money through the Stat Casino across the street, and were secretly selling the stats obtained in this way for huge sums.

 

 

Usually, big deals were offered on a national level, and in the case of the United States in particular, they sometimes offered big deals worth tens of trillions of won.

 

 

The problem is that they are not proceeding with transactions since Yu-Eun went missing.

It seems they think that if Yu-Eun is not there, no more stats can be produced, and therefore there is no need to bother with transactions.

 

 

But that’s completely wrong.

 

 

They can dare to do that because they don’t know that Harem Palace’s best cash cow is not Yu-Eun, but Henrietta.

 

 

 

 

The second weapon they took out was not accepting patients from opposing and abstaining countries.

 

 

The patients referred to here are those who are almost dying or have terminal or incurable diseases, and they come out completely healed after entering the healing field spread across an entire floor of the Casino Building.

 

 

Of course, So-ra installed it, and with the help of some maids, she installed it permanently.

 

 

As a result, the perception of Harem Palace (more precisely, the perception of So-ra) has improved quite a bit, but she has placed restrictions on it.

 

 

 

 

Patients from opposing and abstaining countries are prohibited from entering.

 

 

 

 

Even this was a pretty powerful weapon, but it wasn’t enough to move countries yet.

 

 

But there was a killer move.

So-ra had a means comparable to a nuke.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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-Thank you for loving the peopleㅡ,

“Enough, change the Prime Minister.”

-Huh?

“Prime Minister.”

-Who are you…

“What do you think will happen if the nuclear power plant explodes again?”

-Yes?

“Change the Prime Minister.”

-….

 

 

The secretary was flustered by the sudden phone call.

But he dismissed it as a ridiculous prank call and hung up, saying, “You’ll be in big trouble if you make prank calls.”

 

 

“…I see. I understand.”

 

So-ra put her phone away and walked forward.

 

 

 

 

It’s been decades since the Fukushima accident, but Fukushima is still closed.

The reason is radiation.

 

Of course, Chernobyl is still a closed city.

 

 

 

 

 

“Are you really going to do it?”

“Yes. I think I’m being seen as a pushover compared to my power.”

“Um…but you’ve built up such a good image so far…”

“I built it up to bring him back anyway. And don’t worry too much. If they give me a satisfactory answer in time, not many people will die.”

So-ra said that and bent down to pick up a stone.

Then, she pulled her arm back as far as she could, made a stance, and shot the stone towards the towering cooling tower.

 

 

She’s a ‘Healer,’ but her Strength stat is about ‘320 million’.

And her attack power is a whopping 75.1 billion.

 

 

Considering that the world’s top adventurers have an attack power of only 100,000 at best, this is such a balance collapse.

 

 

 

-Taang-!

 

 

 

She just threw a small pebble, but it ignored the resistance of the air too easily and forcibly tore it apart, leaving a straight, flashing aftermath along its trajectory and hitting the gray cooling tower.

 

 

Immediately, an attack power of 75.1 billion and a critical damage of 585333346% were applied, collapsing the cooling tower with damage of about 44 kyong.

 

 

Again, she’s a ‘Healer’.

 

She’s a ‘Healer’ who ‘assists’ by using healing skills, not a warrior or martial artist who uses attack skills to beat monsters and protect party members.

 

 

 

 

That Healer is dealing 44 kyong of damage.

It was a scene that directly showed how absurd Harem Palace is as a group.

 

 

 

So-ra coldly watched the nuclear power plant collapsing with a roar, and the people watching it being engulfed in screams and despair, before turning her body.

 

 

As many people witnessed her actions, criticism and various controls immediately came in, but she and Seo-Hyun leisurely soared into the sky on Ah-Heuk.

 

 

 

 

 

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-Japan: “An incident that can never be overlooked. We will hold them strictly accountable.”

-US: “Harem Palace, which harms international peace, must immediately realize the seriousness of the matter and apologize and compensate.”

 

Voices of astonishment mixed with horror erupted from countries around the world.

 

 

There was anger along with bewilderment.

 

 

No matter how much they didn’t get the desired result, how could they bomb a nuclear power plant of all things?

Is this something a person should do?

 

 

What’s even more shocking and disappointing is that So-ra, who had built up a good image all along, had completely changed and committed such an act.

 

 

 

The number of people who have died or suffered irreversible injuries from this incident has already exceeded a thousand, and casualties are also occurring among firefighters, police officers, and Self-Defense Forces dispatched from various regions.

 

 

Criticism from all over the world poured in on So-ra.

 

 

But she indifferently accepted it and even held a press conference, saying Yu-Eun-esque words like, “You should have done better,” earning her a barrage of insults.

 

 

International organizations immediately pressured South Korea and Harem Palace to quickly resolve this situation, but So-ra went even further.

 

 

For example, if China says something about this, she retorts, “Do you want to explode too? Tell me your location.”

 

 

China, as well as the United States, flinched at this ultra-strong response, and even though they outwardly protested, they subtly offered negotiation cards behind the scenes.

 

 

Of course, rejected.

 

 

There are no negotiations now. There will only be unilateral demands.

 

 

This was So-ra’s position, and she had the ability to carry it out. Even against the whole world.

 

 

 

 

 

“Everyone in Japan, you know very well what radiation is, right? It’s entering your bodies. And it will continue to do so. For the rest of your lives.”

 

 

So-ra turned on a live broadcast through her own broadcast channel.

And she spoke to the whole world, to Japan.

 

 

“You want to live, right? You want to live without disease, right? You know what you have to do…right?”

 

That broadcast was recorded as the most chilling broadcast in human history.