Chapter 185


    Diplomacy.


    A highly strategic political act that cooperates with other countries for the benefit of the country.


    The Republic of Korea has made the United States a key ally with its traditional diplomatic strategy, and has tried to cooperate in any field, regardless of politics, military, economy, or culture.


    “Let''s go together!”


    “We go together!”


    Of course, the United States also has a geopolitical strategic point in Northeast Asia, the Korean Penins, andmunist forces that have not yet disappeared into the dark side of history, China, Russia, and North Korea, were aiming to expand their forces, so South Korea was an existence that they could never abandon.


    That''s why Korea is full of American influence and influence in many areas. However, even in such a situation, there were some issues that they couldn''t touch, and the rtionship between Korea and Japan was one of them.


    -Deration of war started in virtual reality. Korea invader?


    - A city on the Japanese continent on fire. great tragedy.


    - Pride of the Japanese Empire. copse like this?


    Starting with the ck Pirates appearing in the Shouen Empire, to Ben, who waspletely reduced to ashes. The scale of the damage was too great for each incident to be overlooked, so the Japanese media were in a hurry to pull out articles with provocative titles as if they werepeting.


    “what? Are they Koreans again?”


    “Why do they keep going crazy in the game?”


    “Anyway, the damn Josenjing...!”


    It''s Japan where all the people y Arcadia to dismiss it as just something that happened in a game. That''s why it was even more difficult to find people who didn''t get angry while reading rted articles because most of the people who were harmed by this incident except for a very small number were.


    Another incident that happened there.


    [Let''s see.]


    [Will you die or I will die?]


    Dex showed overwhelming force by single-handedly massacring thousands of Japanese users. As the video of his y spread, the fuse of their boiling anger was ignited.


    [This is truly deplorable! Who are the users who remained in the ruins? Aren’t they refugees who lost their ce of y and lost everything overnight due to this crisis? I don''t know why the user did such a thing in the Japanese continent, but their anger was justified and natural. Apologizing to them and bowing my head to ask for their forgiveness, in a situation where it wouldn''t be enough to annihte those users! Is this what humans do? Yes?]


    A critic who appeared on a TV broadcast and yelled at a desk in a fit of rage. Of course, since it was virtual reality, no one actually died, but he burst into foam and drove Dex into a rare yer who killed thousands without blinking an eye.


    [It doesn''t matter if it''s virtual or real. Because Arcadia is a world where everything is perfectly realized, enough to give the illusion of reality. If you canmit such a massacre in such a ce, you should probably suspect that you are not a serial killer like a psychopath in real life. When I expected it, he would definitely be a cold-hearted social misfit without blood or tears.]


    A critic who pours out delusions in his brain that will make the person in question choke up when they hear it. However, the faces of the host and Japanese viewers listening to his story were more serious than ever.


    -that''s right. No matter how virtual reality is, at this level, it wouldn''t be strange to do something simr in real life.


    - Could it be that you have already done something?


    -Cheek Show!!!!! This human scum has been killing us Japanese!


    -Yeah..... Even if I don''t ask for forgiveness, I think it was wrong to annihte the angry users.


    Japanese people began to sympathize little by little as they listened to the critic. And to them he shouted.


    [And that''s not all of this problem! The user called ‘Dex'' who came over to our continent where he enjoyed the game peacefully and caused great damage, but the bigger problem is the Korean users who stand by and support it!] ‘Japanese people''s unhappiness equals Korean people''s happiness''


    .


    Strongly advocating this theory, he yed several videos and photos from the Inte on a huge monitor.


    [Long live Dex!!!!]


    [Chwiiik!]


    A mosaic-covered video of a man tearing his ck panties and crying.


    - Dex! Dex! Dex! Dex! Dex!


    - Search all the short-haired Cherries!


    - Uhhhhhhhhhhhh. This is Joseon''s counterattack.


    - Jumo! Jumo! The kimchi is all gone!


    Comments praising Dex and making fun of Japan poured out like a carpet bombing.


    He continued to show Koreans cheering and rejoicing at their misfortune and suffering.


    [Fellow Koreans, this is Korea''s malicious and retaliatory attack and aggression towards our proud Japan. It is just a game and should not be dismissed as virtual work. Just think of the simple facts. These ‘Josensings'' will be delighted and happy to see the despair and frustration of the Japanese people. As always.]


    Josenjing.


    He spit out the word that was taboo in the Japanese media and broadcasters and disappeared without hesitation. In a normal situation, it would have been judged as a broadcast ident and the broadcast would have been finished right away, but no one has taken issue with it as of now.


    [Don''t lose to these Josenjings. Please remember the damage and pain this has caused. And to these fucking bastards...]


    [Let''s pay it back someday.]


    This critic''s remarks were broadcast live all over Japan. From this point on, public sentiment between Korea and Japan reached its worst ever. It''s as if time had gone back to the middle of the 20th century.


    * * *


    “Hoo..... How is the atmosphere upstairs?”


    “It looks better than I thought.”


    Yasuhiro, head of the Cab Investigation Office. He confirmed the contents of the decision notice handed down at the cab meeting and said with a slightly cheerful face.


    “It seems that the Prime Minister has turned the direction of diplomacy toward strongly pressing Korea with this incident.”


    “...It is only natural that public opinion haspletely turned around due to this incident. Isn''t it something the Prime Minister can''t help if it''s like this?”


    Hajigen Chateau, head of the Cab Office of Investigation.


    He shook his head and murmured, as if in pain.


    “Still, it’s fortunate that the operation to manipte public opinion using that critic was sessful. If that had failed, neither you Yasuhiro nor I would have been able to sit still.”


    “...I apologize for the part that caused concern about that part.”


    Yasuhiro''s strategy to expand his influence in the game by pouring a huge amount of money into virtual reality. Not only did the n he was promotingpletely copse overnight, but he also suffered huge financial losses, so if it became known to the upper line, many people''s lives would be at stake.


    So, they nned this operation for their safety. In order to reduce their responsibility as much as possible while inting the problem of one individual into the problem of the whole country. And their n worked so well.


    “It''s okay..... It''s a problem that has already passed and it doesn''t look like they''re going to me us given the circumstances... Rather, I heard that there are instructions from the Prime Minister?”


    “Ah, you mean...?”


    To Chateau''s question, Yasuhiro said with a slightly serious face.


    “That''s it... The Cab Investigation Office has instructed us toe up with a n to respond to this incident. However, there is a n that the Prime Minister himself mentioned...”


    “Prime Minister Abin himself...? What is it?”


    “That''s... to find a way to steal Arcadia''s internal information rted to virtual reality technology...” ”


    Isn''t that an operation already in progress? I bet the Japanese branch already provides quite a bit of information?”


    The Japanese branch of Arcadia Co., Ltd., which has already been in the hands of the Cab Investigation Office. Since he was stealing various important information in advance through the staff working there, Chateau, who heard Prime Minister Abin''s instructions, asked with an iprehensible expression.


    “Well... isn''t most of the information provided by the Japanese branch about schedules and operational guidelines for updates and detailed in-game ns? I don''t think you like that there is nothing about the main technology rted to virtual reality.”


    He asked back at Yasuhiro''s words as he exined Prime Minister Abin''s intentions with a slightly embarrassed face.


    “Does that mean... that we should steal key technology information from somewhere other than Japan?”


    “That''s right. ording to previous investigations by our team, Arcadia Co., Ltd. is headquartered on the US side. However, it was identified as a ce where only a minimum number of personnel resided, and it was judged to be a ghostpany. Rather, the general manager of Arcadia Co., Ltd., Lee Mi-yeon, is constantly residing here...”


    “I guess Korea is ying a more key role.”


    Chateau is lost in thought as he finishes Yasuhiro''s words instead. He looked at something with his sharp eyes shining, and then asked him.


    “What do you think?”


    “It is just an estimate, but the original technology of virtual reality is owned by Argos Silico Ajin Electronics. In other words, the virtual reality technology cannot bepleted until all the technical information of these three ces is extracted. However, if the information on the core technology of these threepanies is stored on the server of Arcadia Korea branch...” “It


    would be like catching three birds at once. Not a bad n. It will be much less burdensome when the operation is exposed to the South Korean side rather than the US.”


    The Cab Investigations Office, which is very aware of the formidable power of the US intelligence and investigative agencies. It was true that it was much easier to work on the clumsy Korean side rather than operating under their wide surveincework. Besides, in the current situation, the justification was also good.


    “Even if the operation fails, the Korean side will not be able to say much regret. Public opinion in Japan is already on the decline because of this incident.”


    “That''s right. So he told me to n an operation in the direction of Korea.”


    If you seed, great.


    Even if you fail, if you stumble over it, stop.


    Compared to the small risk, the return reward was too sweet, so Chateau ordered while looking at Yasuhiro.


    “good. Then, I will attach a team dedicated to the Korean operation, so try it.”


    “I mean...?”


    Looking at Chateau, who entrusted the operation to himself, Yasuhiro asked back with a slightly puzzled face. He thought that the reason why he had been away for a while was because of himself, so he was reprimanded and thought that he would be on guard for a while, so his decision to entrust such a big operation was embarrassing.


    “Can you really do that...?”


    “Which team has the most information about virtual reality or thepany Arcadia? Aren''t they the 3 teams you aremanding? I know there are mistakes, but I need your team in the context of a stealing operation like this.”


    “Chief.....”


    “It is not that I will forgive you for this incident. It''s true that I almost got into trouble because of you.”


    Chateau will put off taking responsibility for a while. He said while looking at Yasuhiro with cold eyes.


    “So, make sure to handle it this time. I will not forgive any small failure.”


    “Hey!”


    Yasuhiro answered with a voice that was as determined as it was tragic. He promised that he would make this operation a sess and rectify all mistakes.


    In this way, a new operation team was secretly formed in the Cab Investigation Office.


    With the goal of stealing the core technology of virtual reality from the Korean branch of Arcadia Co., Ltd.