Ch.254The Space☆Monster That Drives Pa and Ka Crazy (2)

# Chapter 254: The Space☆Monster That Drives Fans and Haters Crazy (2)

Meanwhile, at that very moment when our teddy bear friends, the Fuxviet Federation, were being torn apart by space monsters…

Inside the ministerial office of the Foreign Affairs Execution Citadel in Ka’zan, the capital city of the Holy Sebelli Empire.

I was busy formulating plans to take down the Emperor while simultaneously handling various administrative tasks as usual.

But just then.

-Tiririririrorirong♬

[Time Pause]

[Quest: Treat the enemy of my enemy as the enemy of the enemy’s enemy.]

[Use the space monsters to inflict damage on the Fuxviet Federation.]

[By doing so, you’ll secure your rear flank as you proceed with your plans!]

[Reward: +10 Intelligence Network within the Fuxviet Federation, +5% Biological Research Capability for the Holy Sebelli Empire for 5 years]

‘Kiyaaaaa, Lord Jumo!’

With that unnecessarily long, cheerful yet bizarre notification sound.

A month and a half after the Triple Empress Alliance.

I was secretly feeling great joy at the fact that my plans against the Fuxviet were working remarkably well.

‘This is actually working better than expected?’

Though I had my doubts, our red comrades have surprisingly created a fantastic triangle of corruption, armchair theories, and incompetence, effectively turning the Fuxviet Federal Forces—once counted among the galaxy’s three major powers—into complete fools.

‘These lunatics lost 10,000 ships in just one month of warfare?’

Is this the pinnacle of incompetence?

Of course, according to the spokesperson of the Fuxviet Supreme Military Committee:

‘This is merely because the space monsters are too powerful, not because we are incompetent!’

They tried to defuse the situation with such statements, but…

Even considering that most were small vessels.

Despite fighting along their fortified defensive lines.

If you lose a third of your forces, retreat in defeat, and lose numerous vast industrial zones and agricultural planets to the point where your territory is about to be split in half.

Can you really claim that’s not incompetence?

‘I never expected them to be so helplessly pushed back by space monsters.’

Of course, given the Fuxviet’s fleet battle doctrine and equipment characteristics.

It’s understandable that they would be helplessly overwhelmed when facing an enemy that pushes with greater quantities than their own.

‘But it’s not our concern anyway.’

And since I had no intention of continuing to enjoy this happiness all by myself.

As I felt my thoughts and emotions finally settling down.

[Time Pause Release]

I released the time pause and, as always, tried to lean back comfortably against the plush cushions of my beloved sofa.

-Bang!

“Minister! Big-news!”

But as always.

My small and precious moment of rest disappeared completely as Riel kicked open the office door.

No, she performed a 720-degree spinning hurricane kick as she flew into the office.

“…What is it, Riel?”

As I watched Riel, whose physical abilities—no, whose mechanical specs seemed to be increasing with each passing day, I opened my mouth.

“Did you see the terminal? The Fuxviet Supreme Military Committee just announced they’re officially implementing cloning technology!”

Right after Riel’s words.

-Ding!

[Time Pause]

[Event: Galactic Alliance Law Violation (Cloning Technology)]

[The Fuxviet Federation, unable to withstand the continuous fleet losses, has declared they will extensively use cloning technology, which is legally prohibited by the Galactic Alliance.]

[In response to such outrageous behavior, the Galactic Alliance’s Department of Justice has immediately decided to impose all economic and legal sanctions against the Fuxviet Federation.]

[Of course, the Federation has left a commentary asking the Galactic Alliance to refrain from activating the sanctions, considering their current situation.]

[The Fuxviet Federation has been given the “Galactic Law Violation” trait by the Galactic Alliance (Diplomatic Goodwill -50, Galactic Credit and Basic Resource Supply Rate -10%)]

With the familiar notification sound and the event message that appeared, I found myself nodding inwardly.

‘Poor Fuxviet teddy bears.’

How full of unfairness must they think the world is?

I already knew what method the Fuxviet Federation’s teddy bear friends were planning to use.

It was none other than the patrol ship-torpedo boat spam strategy of vi☆tory that players commonly used before I was possessed in this cursed game.

If not that, they had no viable strategy to win against the tens of thousands of space monsters still remaining, so it was an unavoidable choice for the Federation.

Yet the Galactic Alliance, without considering their circumstances, immediately imposed economic sanctions just because they announced they would use cloning technology.

By now, the Supreme Military Committee, or whatever they call themselves.

The Fuxviet leadership must surely feel that the entire universe is treating them unfairly.

But if they were so upset, they should have refrained from causing diplomatic chaos and properly managed their international trust relationships.

When they were doing fine, they mercilessly backstabbed or invaded other countries, frequently caused border disputes.

After I had worked hard through sleepless nights organizing diplomatic agendas, these bastard leaders ignored all compromise proposals and proceeded as they pleased.

Their behavior perfectly embodied the term “arrogance.”

So I felt a refreshing sense of satisfaction, like drinking cider, watching the Fuxviet suffer so miserably.

‘Is this… what they call schadenfreude?’

Now that I think about it, it feels somewhat ambiguous.

Anyway, what does it matter?

Having organized my thoughts, I decided to release the time pause and continue my conversation with Riel.

[Time Pause Release]

“Yes, I just confirmed it through the event message.”

Of course, since the event message had limited information.

I stared intently at Riel, silently pressuring her to provide additional information.

“…You could just ask directly.”

Riel shook her head at my behavior and began a brief briefing about the situation following the Galactic Law violation that I hadn’t heard in the message.

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A little while later.

“So… they’re not doing the patrol ship-torpedo boat spam?”

I had assumed the Fuxviet would use the vi☆tory’s patrol ship-torpedo boat spam rush when they mentioned cloning technology.

“Yep, that’s right. The Defense Minister’s grandfather said they’re taking it to a whole new level beyond the conventional approach.”

Surprisingly, according to Riel, the strategy Fuxviet had chosen was even more extreme.

And that strategy was…

“They’ve gone beyond quantity warfare with patrol ships and torpedo boats, completely transforming their fleet power to an extreme degree.”

“It’s hard to tell who the space monsters are now.”

They canceled all additional construction of small ships below destroyer class and cruisers.

Then they reorganized their fleet with numerous battleships, cruisers, and heavily modified super-large carriers.

They loaded these super-large carriers with “clone legions” in carrier-based bombers, sending hundreds or thousands of aircraft in each battle.

Using super-high-powered weapons like quantum torpedoes mounted on these aircraft, they pounded the giant space monsters from a distance.

‘I didn’t expect modern aircraft carrier tactics to emerge here.’

Given the insane armor plating and anti-aircraft equipment on ships, carrier-based aircraft had only been used in very limited roles.

To think that this deeply red communist federation would use American carrier group tactics.

‘What a hybrid this turned out to be.’

And there was an even more shocking aspect to this strategy.

‘Since clones don’t live long anyway, isn’t it better to use them as consumables?’

‘Oh.’

…With this disregard for human life, most of the clone bombers launched from the super-large carriers would expend all their ammunition in a single battle.

Rather than returning to the ship, they would overload their bombers’ reactors and perform suicide bombings against the monsters.

“Are they insane?”

“You think so too, Minister?”

Of course, using bombers as one-time consumables would be a considerable burden even for the Fuxviet…

“They’ve even removed all essential equipment like emergency ejection systems and radar from the bombers used by the clones.”

“…”

“It’s basically just a flying coffin with an engine and torpedoes attached.”

I was at a loss for words, hearing that these people—already known for their disregard for human life and treating soldiers like crops to be harvested—were now literally manufacturing them in factories.