The Swords I Raised Are Too Strong - Chapter 94

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Chapter 94. Advanced Nations (2)
“They built that damn Japanese Government-General building right in front of King Sejong’s residence and acted like dogs, so we should do the same!!!”
Despite the furious tone, Patriot’s face radiated unmistakable joy.
Finally, I was going to show those Japanese bastards what we’re made of!
That exhilaration simply poured across his entire visage.
“The Japanese Emperor is dead, and I bombed Yasukuni Shrine myself….”
Patriot grinned widely as he began contemplating where to construct the [Korean Empire Surveillance Tower].
The name itself reflected his desire to erect a structure so towering it would cast its shadow across all of Tokyo.
“Those bastards who built a structure that violated the sunlight rights of King Sejong’s residence….”
Patriot recalled seeing that grotesque Japanese Government-General building on television as a child, and his fury was palpable.
Whenever he thought of that edifice standing in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace, his blood boiled.
‘If he remembers the building’s name well enough to harbor this much resentment, compromise is impossible.’
At this rate, he was genuinely prepared to construct an eccentric structure that would engulf all of Tokyo.
I glanced subtly to the side.
When I gave the signal, King Sejong stepped forward.
“Patriot, those are innocent people.”
“But you hid the Japanese Emperor away? Is Your Majesty’s mind still soft? Are you saying that again?”
Patriot—truly the master key to this treasure.
“That is precisely why I did not spare the Japanese Emperor. What greater punishment exists than a Joseon king executing the Emperor himself?”
“Damn—that’s brilliant. Ah! How did I miss that? Kang Mu-jin said he just erased him in an instant. Is that true?”
“The Japanese Emperor, that abominable existence, has been completely annihilated without even a name remaining.”
“Ohhhhh….”
Patriot lamented not witnessing it firsthand, then resumed deliberating the location of the [Korean Empire Japan Surveillance Tower].
Truly, Patriot’s mental state transcends ordinary human comprehension.
“We’ll build an absurdly massive tower right in the center of Tokyo. Something like that tower attached to the Imperial Palace, Junior!”
In a certain sense, could he not be considered a genius?
“That’s an excellent idea.”
“I knew it, Junior!!!”
The moment I agreed, Kang Mu-jin and the other government officials displayed visible bewilderment.
I genuinely believed Patriot’s proposal was sound.
‘We’re constructing a branch of the Ruzbella Empire’s Magic Tower.’
The Magic Tower was an endless skyscraper that symbolized the empire’s cities.
And Patriot desired to erect an architectural marvel of staggering height in the heart of Tokyo.
Though his reasons differed from mine.
“As time passes, its shadow will expand, blocking out the sun over all of Tokyo.”
“Ho, so you’re transforming the entire colony into a sundial?”
“Exactly! Your Majesty grasps it immediately?”
“Jang Young-sil would be delighted to see what you’ve become.”
“Mad scientist… Ah! That crazy American posted on social media, but surely Jang Young-sil won’t go insane like him, right?”
Patriot had apparently seen Elon’s tweet as well.
Based on the reactions around me, it’s possible that all of humanity witnessed it.
“Jang Young-sil is my subject before he is a scholar. Would I have selected someone capable of betrayal or madness?”
“True enough. There’s no possibility that someone chosen by King Sejong, who possesses humanity’s greatest intellect, could be a traitor or a lunatic.”
I’m struggling to keep pace with the flow of conversation.
Is it only someone of King Sejong’s caliber who can lead a discussion while dealing with Patriot?
I should just summon a Demon and talk things through.
Whoosh——.
The moment I summoned a single Demon, the Japanese delegation flinched visibly.
And….
Tap-tap-tap-tap.
Patriot’s hand trembles.
He quietly stepped back and spoke.
“Right, you two talk.”
It seems that having witnessed Cheonsal-seong directly, he’s grasped the true nature of Demons.
But here’s the thing.
—Brother, good to see you.
Demons are beings capable of communication.
The [Eye] that Iris bestowed upon Patriot signifies a prospective kinsman of the Demon.
A friend and family.
Also proof of brotherhood.
Lick!
The Demon rubs its head against Patriot.
Then it extends its tongue and licks him.
Indeed, Patriot.
“Hup!”
I thought he’d lose consciousness.
He endures with eyes wide open.
Without a single flinch, his noble spirit remains——.
Whoosh!
[Hello!]
At that moment, Hunminjeongeum, injected into my WorldNet, responded.
Though I hadn’t asked anything.
Operating of its own accord….
[You, Si-woo, are using the ‘Creator’ version—you are a God.
King Sejong, who reveres you, has granted you the highest authority!]
Along with a brief explanation.
Hunminjeongeum spoke.
[Patriot is currently in a state of unconsciousness with his eyes open!
So don’t worry and feel free to converse. Also, King Sejong asked through me whether he could transfer one Demon to you.
It’s a means to gain another method of controlling Patriot.]
I see.
Patriot had simply lost consciousness while his eyes remained open.
So such a thing was possible.
‘Demon distribution is entirely feasible.’
Only the Japanese were trembling for no reason.
I took the Japanese delegation members up onto the aircraft carrier deck during this lull.
They stared at me with visibly tense expressions….
I asked them as I observed their faces.
“Is Japan in grave danger?”
The fact that they were willing to abandon national sovereignty and rely on us spoke volumes.
This was not a matter to be considered simplistically.
* * *
For multiple reasons, the Japanese government had been driven to its limits.
1. Japan harbored political factions.
—Because Yuki had impulsively broadcast on WorldNet, all Japanese citizens learned that the Japanese Emperor was still alive.
“Protests are erupting nationwide.”
The opposition faction to the ruling Japanese Prime Minister was leading the charge….
Such a thing was unimaginable in our unified South Korea, where distinctions between ruling and opposition parties had dissolved.
2. Japan had failed to eradicate the Demon Worshippers.
—Large-scale disappearances were occurring in remote regions beyond the reach of Japan’s Transcendents’ vision.
Unlike Korea, where unmanned drones conducted surveillance twenty-four hours, three hundred sixty-five days a year, they couldn’t prevent crime.
Beyond that, due to limitations in power supply, some cities could only use electricity on a rotating schedule, resulting in chronically poor public safety.
“Crime rates continue to rise… and bizarre phenomena are occurring where entire prefectures vanish without a trace.”
3. The disappearance of the Lava Gate at Mount Fuji had given Japanese Hunters breathing room.
Yet instead of handling Gates within their own country, they established a ‘Hunter Association’ to consolidate their own power.
“The very catastrophe upon which the nation’s survival depended has vanished, yet how did matters come to this….”
For reference, the Lava Gate at Mount Fuji was the handiwork of the cult leader Gye Man-hwi—a charlatan who had fled Korea and founded the Gaecheon Faith.
If it weren’t stopped, the nation would be destroyed!
In that situation, everyone cooperated with their lives on the line.
But once they caught their breath, factions formed, interests were seized, and chaos ensued.
“Don’t the Japanese Transcendents exercise control?”
“Yaksha and Yuki are cooperative with the Japanese government, but Hakki Yakou….”
Remarkably, even Japan’s Transcendents refused to cooperate with one another.
One of Japan’s Transcendents, who dealt with spirits, had established the ‘Hunter Association.’
A perfect meal for demons.
“With Japan’s backward system, they simply cannot respond as Korea does.”
Thus, the Japanese Prime Minister, wagering the nation’s fate, sought to become a vassal of South Korea and receive favorable protection.
Somehow, the name had simply changed to colony.
‘This is actually standard.’
South Korea and the United States were the unusual cases.
Even Japan’s resilience could be considered remarkable by comparison.
But look at distant India or Southeast Asian nations, and the reality becomes utterly hopeless, doesn’t it?
As for Europe….
‘They’ve banded together tightly because of the British Empire.’
Because the ring surrounding Britain is regarded as a catastrophe of unprecedented scale, Europe remains unified around the EU.
Europe has created transcendent agreements and allied forces among themselves, jointly managing Gates and disasters.
In any case—.
“There is one simple and swift method.”
I presented a path forward to the Japanese Prime Minister.
“Accept colonial rule and request that the Patriot dispatch aircraft carriers.”
Having examined Japan’s circumstances, there was no alternative but the Patriot’s approach.
First, the very path they’ve walked over the past decade differs fundamentally.
A world where political factions actually exist.
“South Korea’s transcendents are not subject to any laws.”
I am not.
Neither is the Patriot.
South Korea’s laws contain no provisions on what to do with ‘transcendents.’
Instead, what transcendents are capable of doing is explicitly and unambiguously stipulated——.
[Transcendent Special Law: Transcendents may do whatever they wish. However, under the premise of serving the nation.]
It was a statute the Patriot personally inscribed after executing all government officials.
“As for opposition….”
“Initially, the entire nation opposed it.”
I myself thought he was insane.
South Korea’s intellectuals held protests denouncing transcendent dictatorship.
Yet remarkably, the Patriot only punished criminals and left such people untouched.
Only the executions of countless criminals continued in Gwanghwamun Plaza.
And for twenty-four hours, three hundred sixty-five days, Yi Sun-sin’s aircraft carriers and Yulgok Yi I’s special forces fought tirelessly.
The people came to understand.
—Without the Patriot, our nation would collapse!
Through such history, our South Korea was able to be reborn as a developed nation.
“You will come to understand how much peace of mind having an aircraft carrier hovering overhead provides.”
The Japanese Prime Minister’s face grew bewildered.
Yet he could not bring himself to speak further, only gazing at me.
“Would it not be possible for Si-woo-sama to descend upon us?”
He suddenly grasped my pant leg and pleaded.
“Please understand our position in having to explain colonial rule to our own people….”
I understand well enough how difficult this truly is.
Nevertheless, the Japanese Government must receive the Patriot’s protection.
‘Because of the World Tree and Yuki situation.’
I have my own schedule to keep.
And normalizing the nation is a field where Patriot is more versed than I am.
I could handle dealing with that Hakki Yakou, but when it comes to eradicating criminals or normalizing anti-state forces, there’s no one better suited than Patriot.
So I say this.
“It’s merely a name—a colony—but the benefits are tremendous, so please accept it. In exchange, I’ll construct a Magic Tower right in the heart of Tokyo for you.”
“A, a Magic Tower!!!”
The Imperial Magic Tower that stands in my Imperial Palace.
That colossal structure is the symbol of the Ruzbella Empire’s cities.
“A jointly administered zone between the Republic of Korea and the Ruzbella Empire. I’ll make Japan reach that level.”
As the saying goes, seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times.
I proposed a Korea tour to the Japanese Delegation.
* * *
“Incredible….”
The Japanese Prime Minister and his delegation.
They gazed upon Gwanghwamun Plaza in the Republic of Korea with expressions of shock.
They had hoped for a smoother term like “tributary state,” but instead found themselves bearing the ominous title of “colony.”
“The Korean Empire and the Ruzbella Empire both belong to a greater empire. So let us not dwell too much on such nomenclature as ‘colony.'”
Yet the Japanese Prime Minister could not refute this.
The Republic of Korea had also obtained the symbol of an empire, and the Ruzbella Empire was already an empire that appeared in human history.
That even such empires served another empire….
‘Shin Si-woo sama.’
The truth of the world as Shin Si-woo had spoken it.
The very structure of empires serving empires was terrifying.
I could not even fathom what empire they served.
And….
Whoooooosh———.
An aircraft carrier drifting across Seoul’s sky.
This was the first time I had seen it this close—the very one that had rained bombers upon Japan.
My body kept shrinking back instinctively.
“No one seems to mind the aircraft carrier.”
Then, the transcendent Yaksha murmured.
This was the first time I had observed Korean life in such detail.
Unmanned drones and bombers flew about recklessly in the sky, yet no one paid them any mind.
Every citizen’s face was brimming with vitality.
“So many office workers during lunch hour….”
Korea had countless enterprises.
Still, businesses vibrantly created jobs, and society’s members belonged within them, each doing their utmost in their respective duties.
It was truly different from Japan, where unemployment ran rampant.
“Th, that is!!!”
Then, a problem suddenly arose.
——Eeeeeeeee———!!!
——Weeee-ooooo-weeee-ooooo-weeee!!!
A piercing siren wailed from the sky.
Was an air raid incoming?
The Japanese Delegation instinctively hunched their shoulders, eyes fixed upward.
From the Aircraft Carrier, an unmanned drone equipped with warning lights suddenly accelerated across the road at tremendous speed.
Its peculiar silhouette resembled some kind of ‘transport vessel’.
Could it be carrying a nuclear warhead?
But then….
“What’s in that apartment?”
The drone halted at the apartment window.
It settled safely against the window frame, extracted what appeared to be a chair from within, and loaded someone aboard.
After the person transferred into the transport drone, it resumed its deafening siren.
Only then did the Japanese Delegation understand the drone’s purpose.
——This drone carries a pregnant woman. Under the Patriot Pregnant Woman Protection Act, all vehicles must halt immediately.
Beneath the sky where the drone soared.
Nothing moved.
As if the world itself had frozen, everyone waited with composed patience.
Only after the drone vanished did the halted world resume its motion.
“Hoo….”
The Japanese Delegation swallowed hard, witnessing such obsessive, uncompromising procedures that tolerated not even the slightest exception.
“What’s our birth rate again?”
“0.5.”
“Korea’s?”
“They say it’s broken through 1.5….”
Now it made sense.
The Japanese Delegation continued walking.
Before Gwanghwamun Plaza stood Korea’s largest building—the [Awakener Management Agency Headquarters].
In front of it loomed a newly constructed temple-like structure.
“Si-woo, please let us pass the Awakening Management Bureau civil service exam!!!”
The world’s officially recognized second deity—[Si-woo].
A temple erected to venerate Shin Si-woo.
Though only days old, it was already an impressive edifice.
Rivaling Japan’s grandest churches.
“Si-woo… please bestow your blessings upon Japan as well!!!”
The Japanese Delegation offered a prayer themselves.
Officially, all Japanese were Christian….
The benevolent Jesus would surely forgive them for praying to another deity.
“Th-the guillotine!!!”
While witnessing the magnificence of advanced South Korea.
The Japanese Delegation arrived at Gwanghwamun Plaza.
A guillotine stained crimson with the blood of the condemned stood before me, and beyond it, citizens had come to picnic upon the grass.
‘So it is no longer a symbol of fear….’
A place where vast commercial districts had flourished.
A cultural space where all people laughed and enjoyed themselves.
That was Gwanghwamun Plaza.
And—.
【Prosecutor Kang Mu-jin, known as the Prosecutor of Justice, has stepped down from his prosecutorial position and announced his candidacy for President in an official government announcement.】
Following the Gate Incident, the government announced the beginning of South Korea’s second presidential election.
【Candidate Kang Mu-jin, who has passed the scrutiny of South Korea’s Transcendent Shin Si-woo and Patriot, has been nominated as the sole presidential candidate with the support of our citizens’ expectations.】
A democratic nation that selects its president through [voting].
Observing this orderly and highly advanced civilization, the Japanese Delegation found themselves wishing they too could experience such colonial rule.
【Tomorrow at noon, a vote for and against will be conducted through WorldNet, and we request the participation of all citizens.】

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