Ch.251Red Flavor Federation is Lonely Today (3)

# Chapter 251: The Red Taste Federation is Lonely Again Today (3)

The question was what Arto was targeting with his actions.

The State Security Administration of Fuxviet had not yet been able to figure that out.

“Be careful, since it’s ‘that’ Minister Arto taking action, we cannot predict what methods he might employ.”

“Examine all possible measures. We don’t know when or how he might catch us off guard.”

Moreover, if they made a mistake, the destination of the Spirit Bomb Fleet—combining the forces of all ISTO member nations—might be their capital, the Puscali-Hagers planetary system.

Because of this, the State Security Administration suddenly activated a 24-hour emergency duty system.

“Remember, the banner of the great Fuxviet Federation stands firm through our sacrifices.”

“Yes, sir!”

“The enemy could attack at any time. We must increase the level of intelligence operations within ISTO and activate surveillance systems.”

Beyond maintaining constant vigilance in preparation for any contingency due to their wariness of Minister Arto…

They were making every effort to organize and inspect their posture, striving to deploy a powerful defensive stance once again.

Meanwhile, at that very moment, Arto was…

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[Event: Elimination of Fuxviet Spies!]

[Your subordinates have won the counterintelligence battle against the Fuxviet State Security Administration that infiltrated Sevelli!]

[Fuxviet Federation’s intelligence on the Holy Sevelli Empire -10]

‘Mmm, yummy.’

Either enjoying the sweet event and rewards he received…

“Minister, I have a question.”

“What is it?”

“It’s good that we’ve planned to catch and punish the Emperor, but how do we know when and where the Emperor will come so we can prepare?”

“Don’t know?”

“…”

“We believe in religion, don’t we? Pray that just as our fleets finish positioning in formation…”

“…”

“All our available firepower will rain down from every direction without any blind spots, completely obliterating even a single cell of the Emperor.”

Since he was stuck on the most important part of his plan…

He was busy casting a thorough “prayer meta” strategy.

He was skillfully going about his business, keeping himself busy.

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Of course, there was no way for Fuxviet to know in real-time what Arto was doing.

“Minister Arto is the mastermind who led the creation of ISTO.”

“In the Sevelli Empire, which leads ISTO, he’s officially ranked sixth in the power hierarchy… but his actual rank is considered second, right below the Emperor.”

“So for someone like him to personally implement a plan…”

“It means he can deploy not only military options but also diplomatic and economic cards all at once.”

“Could it be…”

Without any idea that Arto was going all-in on the prayer meta strategy in front of Riel…

The leadership of Fuxviet, including the Secretary-General, took the unnecessarily exaggerated threat seriously and once again engraved the spirit of “holding on” deep in their hearts.

“Hold on a little longer. Although supplies and resources are running low… they will eventually retreat!”

Since Arto himself was busy following the luck-based prayer meta strategy above…

As he had no intention of even thinking about “messing with” the ISTO treaty forces for the time being…

“Just hold on a little longer, and the ISTO bastards will retreat… and then we can trample not only Eternia but also the territories of the ISTO Eastern Alliance.”

Such thoughts from the Fuxviet leadership could only be described as a monumental exercise in false hope.

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But to be precise, unlike the admirals on the front lines…

The leadership could clearly see the situation from a neutral perspective from their home country…

Though they talked about crushing ISTO…

The “real” target in the eyes of the leadership and the intact fleet admirals was none other than:

“What’s the internal situation in Eternia?”

“Since the psionic veil was lifted, battles seem to be continuously occurring near the capital planetary system.”

“Hmm, this is an interesting development.”

“Could it be a rebellion?”

“Oh.”

With the psionic veil gone, leaving them defenseless…

Through the various “explosion” flashes continuously occurring near the capital planetary system…

‘Could it really be a rebellion?’

Their purpose was to invade the territory of the Holy Empire of Eternia and absorb the Dark Age technology there.

That was precisely the current objective of the Fuxviet leadership.

But to be exact… this situation was also quite strange:

The admirals on the front lines preferred the territories of ISTO and Prosnack…

While the “normal people,” including the general staff, focused more on securing technology through the conquest of Eternia…

The nation’s priorities were suddenly ambiguously divided, making Secretary-General Czesar’s decision—known as the Iron-Blooded Ruler—more important than ever, but…

“If we do it right, we could have both. Why should we give up one?”

“…Excuse me?”

What had bewitched him?

Was it Eternia, aged for tens of thousands of years, seductively removing one layer of its veil to reveal its hidden flesh(?)?

Or was it ISTO’s enchanting temptation(???), seemingly full of resistance but inwardly ready to fall at any moment?

Either way, it was clearly an emotion that ordinary people with normal, unbiased perspectives and minds could not handle…

The important thing was that whether it was Eternia or ISTO, he wanted to devour them both…

While pretending to move fleets deployed at the border, he was putting on a daily show of “public” Supreme Military Council meetings…

Pretending to move fleets while not actually moving them, showing an inability to abandon the spirit of perseverance even as their capital was about to be destroyed.

And this method…

That is, if they openly showed signs of planning to invade neighboring countries…

The surrounding nations…

Especially the former Triple Alliance, now treated as the ISTO Eastern Alliance, which had previously been invaded by the Fuxviet Federation itself…

The Syr-Hod Federation, the Nurval Republic, and the Uko’Praknar Interstellar Union would clearly not stand idle…

Along with the show through the “public” Supreme Military Council mentioned above…

“I’ve already told you 15 times that our country is really going to collapse at this rate.”

“Aaaaah, mic test one, two, one, two.”

“…”

Despite all the complaints and outbursts coming from the Treasury and rear areas…

Through negotiations with their representatives, deliberately pretending not to reach proper conclusions in meetings…

Feigning political confusion to justify not moving their fleets deployed at the borders…

That is, through maximum “disguise,” they were trying to deceive the eyes of ISTO, the most troublesome opponent among those remaining.

Of course, regarding this approach, questions were spontaneously arising from some staff members within the Fuxviet Federation.

“Why adopt such a difficult and complicated method?”

“Especially when there’s little return, why bother…?”

Of course, in response to such questions, the chairman, who was relieving the stress accumulated from ruling Fuxviet, said:

“That’s not important. What matters is how powerfully we can act toward Eternia and Sevelli… no, the three Eastern nations.”

“…???”

Though this statement seemed strange…

The important point was that the will of Supreme Leader Secretary-General Czesar was very firm…

“Are you disrespecting our Secretary-General’s words right now?”

“Wh-what?”

They couldn’t dare contradict the Supreme Leader’s words at such a time…

The atmosphere within Fuxviet was gradually solidifying under the leadership of Iron-Blooded Supreme Leader Secretary-General Czesar…

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And so, in a very complex and delicate situation that could explode at any time, as if a detonator had been inserted…

They were carefully walking a tightrope set up on thin ice, thinking hard about which direction would be best.