After the Divorce, I Found a Thousand Bitcoins - Chapter 156

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I Got Divorced and Found a Thousand Bitcoins Episode 156

“We’re acquiring America’s largest mercenary company in its entirety.”

Team Manager Lee Gi-cheol gulped down his dry saliva.

No matter how overflowing their capital was, the opponent was a massive American defense contractor.

Foreign capital couldn’t openly step forward in such matters.

“The Foreign Investment Review Committee will immediately draw their swords.”

“KH’s name won’t appear anywhere in the documents.”

Thud.

Kang Hyeon threw a complex ownership structure diagram onto the table.

Dozens of Wall Street hedge funds and paper companies were entangled there like a spider web.

It was the shadow of Pacific Ventures, secretly established to support Aiden.

“We’ll break up and acquire the liquid stocks released to the market through activist funds. We just need to secure management rights without stepping to the forefront.”

Team Manager Lee’s mouth fell open at Kang Hyeon’s dry explanation.

Striking at America’s heart with ghost-like capital split into hundreds of branches.

It was a hunt so perfect it sent chills down one’s spine.

“Then the deployment contract with the Department of Defense…”

“Will be immediately and completely nullified.”

The justification was inability to guarantee mercenaries’ safety.

That was sufficient.

Kang Hyeon smiled coldly as he finished his remaining iced americano.

Three months after the war’s outbreak.

All of America was seething with terrible fatigue and anger.

[US Military casualties surpass 500. The Middle East quagmire with no exit.]

[Goldwin’s approval rating plummets to 22%. Setting new historic low!]

The streets of Washington on screen were filled with angry protesters holding pickets.

US casualties snowballed due to the vicious asymmetric guerrilla warfare.

Gasoline prices broke through $8 per gallon, mercilessly strangling ordinary citizens.

‘Perfect poetic justice.’

A deep sneer formed at the corner of Kang Hyeon’s mouth as he turned off the screen.

The terror of war had returned as a massive boomerang of fierce internal backlash.

Bang!

“What the hell is this bullshit!”

White House Oval Office.

Goldwin couldn’t contain his rage and hurled thick approval documents.

The papers hit the wall and scattered noisily.

“Iron Shield is refusing deployment? Those bastards who’d jump into hellfire for money!”

“The board of directors was suddenly completely replaced.”

The Secretary of Defense wiped cold sweat with a pale face.

“Wall Street activist funds conducted a surprise hostile M&A. We can’t even identify who the real mastermind behind it is.”

“What?”

Goldwin breathed roughly with bloodshot eyes.

An invisible massive wall.

Someone was perfectly tightening the noose around him from all sides.

It was a war he’d been forced to start to prevent impeachment.

Even his last escape route of mercenary deployment was completely blocked by unknown hands.

Thud.

Goldwin’s legs gave out and he slumped into his chair.

Dense blue aura of destruction clung stickily around him, writhing.

Kang Hyeon held his secure smartphone with his back to the night view outside the window.

Goldwin’s photo attached to the transparent board.

It was now completely covered in terrible blue light, losing its vitality.

In contrast, Aiden’s photo radiated intense red light like the sun.

“Congressman. Did you hear the news I promised?”

-Hahaha! Mister Choi. I just received the report of their deployment failure from the Defense Committee.

Aiden’s voice beyond the receiver boiled with deep ecstasy.

Even Goldwin’s last oxygen respirator had been ripped away.

-The old man’s approval rating has collapsed to the early 20s.

“How’s the atmosphere within the Republican Party?”

-They’re struggling to survive. Rebellion votes are finally starting to pour out.

A cold smile spread across Kang Hyeon’s lips.

America’s terrible war fatigue and approval ratings that had broken through the floor.

Combined with the White House’s endless blunders, everything meshed perfectly.

“Now it’s time to drag the old, sick lion down from his throne.”

-Yes. Tomorrow morning, we’ll officially introduce the House impeachment bill.

The countdown to stop the heart of a great empire.

The leash of old power was finally grasped in Kang Hyeon’s hands.

Buzz- Buzz-

Breaking the heavy silence of the office, the secure smartphone rang loudly.

Restricted caller number.

But Kang Hyeon instinctively knew who it was just by glancing at the screen.

‘It’s time.’

The old lion floundering in despair at America’s heart.

Kang Hyeon put down his teacup and very leisurely pressed the call button.

“This is Choi Kang-hyeon.”

-Oh! Mister Choi! It’s me. Goldwin.

The voice coming through the receiver was pathetically cracked.

The grandiose title of President of the United States who commanded the world was nowhere to be found.

“Mr. President. The nights in Washington seem to have grown quite long.”

-This isn’t time for leisurely jokes! I desperately need your massive capital right now!

Goldwin breathed roughly and very urgently got to the point.

-Iron Shield. Those mercenary bastards suddenly nullified their deployment contract completely!

“Oh my.”

A dry, soulless sigh flowed from between Kang Hyeon’s lips.

“That’s quite troublesome for you.”

-Those Wall Street trash fund bastards conducted a surprise hostile M&A! Mister Choi, please immediately buy up all those fund bastards’ shares with KH’s massive cash!

Perfect nonsense.

Kang Hyeon himself was the owner of the invisible noose strangling Goldwin’s neck.

It was a very pitiful cry poured out without even dreaming of that fact.

Like someone bleeding and begging for life from the owner of the knife that stabbed them.

It was bitter irony.

Kang Hyeon barely suppressed the sneer that almost burst out.

‘Asking me to buy back the stocks I bought at a premium.’

Kang Hyeon crunched the ice from his iced americano and answered coldly.

“Your Excellency. Even KH Group would find it difficult to instantly seize shares of a massive American defense contractor.”

-Mister Choi! Please! The cost doesn’t matter! At this rate, my political life will be completely finished!

Desperate struggle beyond pleading.

Kang Hyeon gazed at the night view outside the window with coldly cooled eyes.

“Let’s first assess how much liquid stock is available in the market.”

-Oh! As expected, you’re the only one I can trust. How reassuring. I’ll wait for good news!

Click.

The call was unilaterally cut off.

Kang Hyeon tossed his phone onto the desk and sneered coldly.

“Foolish old man. There was never any lifeline for me to throw you from the start.”

The next morning.

The massive earthquake that would shake the American political scene finally began.

[Breaking News: Democratic Party officially introduces impeachment bill in House of Representatives!]

[Goldwin trapped in the quagmire of war finally rises to the impeachment tribunal.]

Global media outlets simultaneously poured out urgent headlines.

CNN, Fox News, NYT and all major news outlets interrupted regular programming to organize special reports.

However, Washington’s political experts unanimously offered skeptical forecasts.

-President Goldwin’s impeachment passing? Realistically close to zero.

CNN’s flagship anchor continued analysis with a political commentator, veins bulging.

-Impeachment of a US president requires a House majority and more than two-thirds Senate approval. Currently, the Republican Party holds tight control of both chambers, doesn’t it.

-That’s right. There’s no way the ruling party would pull down their own president.

-Moreover, midterm elections are approaching. From the Republican congressmen’s perspective, they have no choice but to forcibly protect Goldwin to prevent party division.

The screen immediately switched to a video interview with senior Republican Congressman Thompson.

-Congressman, how do you forecast the House impeachment vote?

-Ridiculous talk. Our Republican Party will stand with President Goldwin to the end. Not a single Republican congressman will be swayed by the Democratic Party’s despicable political offensive.

Congressman Thompson drew a firm line with a stern expression.

The experts’ analysis was thoroughly based on statistics and political reality.

The calculation was that no matter how public opinion reached rock bottom, the solid cartel of the majority party holding congressional power could not be broken.

“Everyone’s just caught up in surface-level number games.”

Ha-ryul, who was watching the news in his office, clicked his tongue as if incredulous.

“There’s no law saying stupid politicians will grab onto rotten rope and dig their own graves.”

“That’s what makes politics interesting.”

Kang Hyeon burst into laughter while resting his chin on his hand.

“Because it’s a den of hyenas who might stab you in the back and betray you at any moment.”

Perhaps gaining strength from the media analysis.

The White House emergency briefing room held that afternoon.

Goldwin’s appearance at the podium was more arrogant and confident than ever.

“This is clearly a political witch hunt!”

He pounded the podium roughly, veins bulging in the hand gripping the microphone.

“The Democratic Party’s clumsy impeachment show will never cross the threshold of the House and Senate! The Republican Party will unite as one to protect great America to the end!”

He roared like a madman on screen.

The desperate bluffing of a toothless old lion.

“I will absolutely not be impeached! History will prove that!”

His confident boasting echoed thunderously through the briefing room.

But the truth reflected in Kang Hyeon’s eyes was completely different from his disgusting bravado.

‘Such terrible bravado. While his insides are completely hollow and rotting away.’

Kang Hyeon quietly narrowed his eyes and opened his ability toward Goldwin on screen.

Whoosh-

Instantly, a spine-chilling festival of light unfolded in Kang Hyeon’s vision.

A cold and terrible blue light that had completely lost its vitality.

That ominous color was already perfectly gripping Goldwin’s throat.

Even more desperate was the state of the Republican leadership lined up like a folding screen behind him.

‘They’re all dyed blue.’

The red lines that had been stickily connected to Goldwin were already helplessly breaking away.

Instead, selfish energies seeking their own survival flickered bizarrely within the blue light.

A massive sinking ship.

It was the perfect nature of those who had finished preparing to trample each other and flee like rats to survive on top of it.

Kang Hyeon was certain.

The moment the impeachment bill was put to a vote, unimaginably rebellious votes would pour out madly from within the Republican Party that had pledged solidarity.

“Bluffing is only effective until the cards are revealed.”

Kang Hyeon picked up the remote and mercilessly turned off the TV screen.

Political chaos originating from America.

It drove the perfect wedge into global financial markets that were already bleeding from war.

[VIX fear index hits highest level since 2008 subprime mortgage crisis!]

[NASDAQ plunges additional 5%. Dow Jones collapses below 30,000. Endless panic selling.]

[Flight to safe assets maximized. Gold price breaks $8,000 per ounce!]

The market was filled only with the desperate screams of investors who had lost their reason.

The extreme uncertainty of a sitting president’s impeachment.

That massive monster mercilessly and ruthlessly devoured capital from around the world.

A terrible and horrific free fall where even the bottom couldn’t be gauged.

Even institutional investors joined the selling frenzy, turning the market into a literal sea of red blood.

Bang!

“Chairman!”

The office door opened roughly, and KH Capital’s President Kwangho rushed in with explosive excitement.

His usually meticulous face, which never lost its composure, was flushed red.

“This is the current situation in Capital’s trading room. I couldn’t just sit still, so I ran over.”

The tablet screen he extended onto Kang Hyeon’s desk with trembling hands.

Unrealistic red numbers were racing and jumping around madly there.

“The cumulative return rate on short positions betting on NASDAQ and S&P 500 index declines has surpassed 800%!”

“How about commodities.”

“The profits from oil and gold futures have completely exceeded our system’s calculation range. The profit increase from just yesterday alone was a whopping 5 trillion won!”

It was a breathtaking and amazing report.

Terrible profits expanding geometrically, easily surpassing tens of trillions.

When the market collapsed bleeding in despair, KH’s capital gorged itself by sucking up every drop of that blood.

“Political uncertainty from America is completely maximizing market fear. Buying power itself has completely disappeared from the market.”

Kwangho’s voice trembled slightly, mixed with ecstasy and fear.

It was the distant awe that only those who had seen the end of capital could feel.

“KH Capital’s available liquid cash is just about to surpass 100 trillion won.”

“Amazing figures.”

“If short covering volume explodes in a chain reaction, the return rate will easily surpass 1000%. Where on earth do you plan to use all this enormous capital.”

But even faced with Kwangho’s excitement, Kang Hyeon was cold as ice.

He tapped the desk with his finger and smiled very coldly.

Overwhelming reason without the slightest wavering.

“It’s still too early to be surprised, President Kwangho.”

“Pardon?”

“In a few days, when rebellious votes burst out from within the Republican Party and impeachment passes, the market will be smashed even more miserably than now.”

Kwangho swallowed dry saliva at Kang Hyeon’s confident words.

“Experts were predicting rejection, but you really think impeachment will pass?”

Kwangho looked around and confirmed they were alone before speaking casually and asking.

“Of course. Don’t underestimate the instincts of rats trying to escape a rotten ship.”

Kang Hyeon slowly rose from the plush sofa and approached the open window.

A thick and cruel predator’s light that completely dominated the game flashed in his eyes.

“Goldwin will collapse perfectly.”

Kang Hyeon muttered dryly and sharply, with Seoul’s brilliant night view beneath his feet.

“And we’ll salvage only the choice pieces from the ruins of the collapsed golden castle.”

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