Pri Minister Ozawa finished his official schedule with the Korean governnt and visited the Silla Group right away.
He rode in the Windrunner electric car with Yu Ji-ha and looked impressed.
“This is more than just a car for drivers. I can see why the rumors were an understatent.”
“Thank you for your complint.”
“Can I see this car in Japan too?”
“Well, we don’t have a branch in Japan, so…”
He doubted that it would sell well even if they exported it.
The Japanese pride was well-known.
Even when Hansung Electronics’ appliances and Orion smartphones swept the world, Japan ignored them.
They stubbornly stuck to Japanese products even though they were inferior in price and performance.
That was their subtle contempt for Korea that had been ford over decades.
Pri Minister Ozawa knew that too, so he smiled bitterly and looked ahead.
Soon, they sat down in a separate eting room.
Yu Ji-ha spoke first.
“I’ll tell you in advance, but the contents of this eting will be reported to the Korean governnt as well.”
“Of course. It won’t be valid without the consent of the Korean governnt. Then I’ll deliver the official position of Japan. We want to establish a friendly relationship with the Silla Group. We are willing to take all the necessary asures for that.”
“That’s good to hear. I’ll accept it if you declare three things.”
“What are those three things?”
“The first is to declare that the Black tal in the East Sea and Dokdo are permanently owned by Korea and that Japan will never infringe on them.”
Pri Minister Ozawa’s expression hardened noticeably. He seed to have not expected that.
“The second is a sincere reflection on the past history. You don’t need vague words like regret or remorse. It would be troubleso if Japanese politicians say sothing weird later.”
The pri minister’s expression turned sour.
To be honest, he didn’t have that in mind when he first heard that Pri Minister Ozawa was visiting Korea.
He didn’t care about Korea’s history because he was only using a Korean body.
But Arma advised him seriously.
“If you are recorded as the person who received Japan’s formal apology, it will be a great help for your future rule.”
He didn’t really want a title, but he was willing to do it if it helped.
The pri minister was silent for a long ti before he opened his mouth.
“…You said three things, so let hear them first.”
“The last one is the freedom of navigation for warships in Japan’s southern sea…that is, the sea from Senkaku Islands to Kyushu in the East China Sea.”
The freedom of navigation for warships was tantamount to saying that he wanted to use it as his own sea.
“Impossible. All three are impossible conditions.”
“Then the negotiation is over. Have a nice day.”
As Yu Ji-ha stood up, Pri Minister Ozawa grabbed his hand in a hurry.
“What if, I accept those conditions?”
“The Silla Group will treat Japan as similar to the US.”
The pri minister’s breathing beca rough for a mont.
He wasn’t out of breath because he was too old.
“It’s similar treatnt…”
“We will launch Windrunner and Lucia Premium, as well as supply railguns and ion thrusters.”
“What about Unobtanium and nuclear fusion, moon developnt?”
“I don’t think it will be the sa as Korea, but it might be possible as a major participant. And you will also get priority treatnt in the future projects of the Silla Group.”
The offer was as shocking as the conditions.
The pri minister wanted to say YES, but barely held back.
He didn’t want to refuse such an offer, but he was representing the will of Japan.
“…”
A long silence followed.
Did this an that Korea had settled its internal affairs?
On the contrary, Japan was not settled at all.
The reason why he visited Korea this ti was to ask about the Silla Group’s intentions and discuss counterasures.
In other words, nothing was supposed to happen here.
Pri Minister Ozawa wanted to ask one thing.
“President Yu. Do you think Japan and Korea can be friends?”
“If we can shake off the past, I think it’s possible to be friends. Japan just needs to show so sincerity.”
It seed expensive for so sincerity, but the compensation was more than that.
The EU tried to get Unobtanium and got sanctioned, suffering a huge blow of hundreds of trillions of yen.
The internal conflict was so serious that many predicted that they would never return to their forr EU.
In this situation, did they need to antagonize the Silla Group?
If they just swallowed their pride, they could secure a strong rope for the future?
…But how to silence the voices of opposition in Japan was the problem.
He also didn’t think it would be easy to persuade the hardline stance of the Self-Defense Forces.
Should he arrange a visit by the emperor?
Pri Minister Ozawa shook his head inwardly.
If he used that thod and the atmosphere didn’t change, his regi would be in danger.
He didn’t want to hold another general election for the House of Representatives when he had been in office for less than two years.
‘I have no choice but to gather opinions when I go back…’
It was strange.
He was the pri minister, but he didn’t represent Japan at all.
On the other hand, the handso businessman in front of him looked like he was representing Korea.
It was probably because of his dazzling achievents so far.
He didn’t actually do anything for the Korean people, but he was praised for raising their pride.
Pri Minister Ozawa concluded.
“Excuse , Chairman Yu. I can’t decide everything here. I’ll go back and discuss it with the bureaucrats.”
“I hope it goes well for both countries.”
It was a aningful remark.
“Please, this is my last request. Can I visit the solar fusion facility? I want to see the ion beam fusion with my own eyes.”
“That’s not a problem.”
The pri minister was imdiately guided to the solar fusion facility and listened to the explanation of Director Ahn Yong-hoon.
“Ion beam fusion is a thod of creating plasma by shooting ion beams at fuel pellets through multiple accelerators and causing an implosion effect…”
The explanation was not bad for a layman, but the pri minister’s eyes and ears were reading the atmosphere around the demonstration reactor.
‘Things are busy and fast here.’
It was natural for this place to be noisy like a newborn baby.
But the pri minister saw a fundantal difference between this fusion reactor and Japan’s.
Compared to Japan, which had nothing more to do than routine experints and data collection, this place was definitely lively.
That didn’t guarantee the outco, but if anyone asked which side had more potential, they would choose this one.
Especially since they had Lucia, who was considered the world’s first artificial intelligence.
He could see the researchers adjusting the ion beam accelerators under her guidance.
He could sense their expectation of sothing being born from their sweat and smiles.
‘If only we could send our researchers here…’
He felt like they could learn a lot.
Ozawa bowed slightly to Chairman Yoo Ji-ha.
“Thank you for the tour. I will try to bring good news when I return to Japan.”
His visit to Korea ended there.
But the real thing started when he returned to Japan.
…
Ozawa’s visit to Korea caused a huge wave in Japan.
He tried to secretly gather opinions from various circles, but it was leaked in the process.
The conditions offered by Korea and the opposition to them dominated the internet and terrestrial channels.
Many Japanese people showed trendous resistance when they learned of the contents.
—Black tal is one thing, but giving up Takeshima permanently? That’s absurd!
—What is this innocent passage right? The Ozawa regi that gives up Japan’s sea is anti-national!
—We are tired of Korea demanding apologies and compensation. Severance is the answer.
Compensation was a fabrication of the right-wingers and it worked.
The Self-Defense Forces maintained an absolute no position on the three terms, and various groups also issued statents of opposition.
On the other hand, so upper classes reacted that it was not bad to have a close relationship with Korea at that level.
—Let’s calm down and think constructively. In reality, all we lose is lending our sea.
—Didn’t they say they would share railgun and fusion technology? It’s amazing to get the sa treatnt as the United States.
—Especially Unobtanium is a problem. This material is not impossible for Japan alone, but the price is too high to be aningful. Japan should not be excluded from the Unobtanium ecosystem.
Japan’s business community also cautiously voiced their opinions.
—As a car union, we hope that things will be resolved peacefully as much as possible.
—With the help of Silla Group, Japan’s economy can escape stagnation and leap forward.
However, these opinions that sought profit were not easily noticed.
It was always stimulating claims that attracted people’s attention.
There was a growing anti-Korean sentint in Japan.
Many people protested how Korea could demand such things.
As this soil was ford, the right-wingers diligently sprinkled fertilizer.
—Let’s expel Zainichi Koreans and sever ties with Korea! Japan can no longer afford to lose!
—Let’s just not have anything to do with Korea. Even currency swaps should be rejected altogether.
—Japan should have nuclear weapons too. Then railguns or ion thrusters would be laughable.
Japan’s attitude was also known in Korea and caused quite a fierce reaction.
—Look at those bastards making up things again. There’s no compensation in the conditions, why are they ranting?
—Think about it, it makes angry? From the beginning, Dokdo and black tal are ours, and we deserve a sincere apology and innocent passage rights anyway?
—Just let them sever ties. But then exclude them from black tal, drones, artificial intelligence, ion thrusters, solar fusion Unobtanium and moon developnt altogether.
—Let’s just ignore each other and live. Don’t interfere with anything in the future.
Compared to before, Korea’s atmosphere had changed a bit too.
With Yu Ji-ha’s appearance, so areas achieved overwhelming results, making them relatively relaxed.
There was also a strong voice saying let’s sever ties and go our own way.
So argued that what about Japan’s trade deficit, but few people cared.
And so the negotiations ultimately broke down.
The Korean governnt left a comnt of regret and the Japanese governnt did not make any significant response.
But internally, there was a feeling that they could not sit still.
—In two or three years, Korea’s military power will grow rapidly. Railguns with a range of over 500km, submarines equipped with ion thrusters and hypersonic anti-ship missiles… I doubt Japan’s power can stop them.
—What we need now is asymtric power. Only this can protect Japan.
The most famous of the asymtric powers was what?
Just then, a report on the possibility of nuclear developnt from the Atomic Research Institute ca to the pri minister’s office.
“Nine months… at most a year for the first nuclear test…”
The secretaries advised him.
“Recently, the United States is skeptical of Korea’s attitude. If we lobby properly, they won’t oppose it much.”
“EU and China are also very resentful of Korea. If Japan takes a confrontational stance against Korea, there won’t be much sanctions.”
“We can handle the backlash from Russia, India, Germany and so on.”
Ozawa pri minister pondered deeply.
Chairman Yu Ji-ha said that Japan and Korea could be friends, but it seed difficult.
Soon after, an order to enrich plutonium ca from the pri minister’s office.
And Yu Ji-ha was receiving all of this from Arma.
“Japan is enriching plutonium and the United States is watching it.”
“We’ll have to go with Plan B.”
…
“Is this the material called antron?”
“It’s an elent developed by Director Ahn Yong-hoon and Lucia. As the na anti-neutron implies, it suppresses the movent of neutrons.”
“What does that an exactly?”
“It ans that no nuclear reaction occurs when this material explodes. The reactor will stop working, and the nuclear missiles will beco scrap tal.”
“…”
President Jo Hyung-geun lost his words and looked at the monitor in the lab.
He ca here because he heard they made a great discovery, but he never imagined it would be sothing like this.
The monitor showed a simplified diagram of the situation when the ion beam was accelerated through the accelerator and hit the pellet.
Dr. Ahn Yong-hoon’s explanation accompanied it.
“To be precise, when a pellet using deuterium and helium-3 as fuel is heated, it emits proton rays and neutron rays. But in this diagram, there are only protons. So…”
“Neutrons don’t move at all.”
“…Then the nuclear reaction is suppressed? Nuclear fission too?”
“In theory, yes. We need to prove it through experints.”
“Actually, this is an elent made by Lucia. Black tal undergoes various phase transitions under special conditions, and one of them is antron. Lucia predicted that such a material could exist theoretically, and it was exactly right.”
“It’s not even a rare earth tal, how can there be such a material?”
President Jo Hyung-geun’s grumbling was understandable.
It was used as armor material, made batteries, went into ion thrusters, and now even suppressed nuclear reactions.
It wouldn’t be strange to call it a miracle material.
But for Yu Ji-ha, it was only natural.
It was just replicating the biological reactions that occurred in Plague’s body.
And there were many technologies and concepts in Settler that couldn’t be brought out right away.
For example, gravity wave radar.
Even in this era, gravity waves were detected and researched in various fields.
But gravity wave radar was a thing of a different dinsion from those studies.
If he brought it out now, he would seriously be suspected of being an alien.
Quantum communication and diamond semiconductors, cultured at technology were more manageable and ready.
Actually, they would be unveiled after he conquered Korea and established a state.
President Jo Hyung-geun listened to Director Ahn Yong-hoon’s explanation for a while and then grabbed Yoo Ji-ha’s arm.
“Excuse for a mont.”
As the security guards guarded the door of the conference room, he spoke in an excited tone.
“You know what I value most, Chairman Yu.”
“The result is more important than the process. Simply put, using this elent, you can completely block North Korea’s nuclear missiles.”
“How soon can you produce it?”
“North Korea has…”
“About 60 or 70 units.”
“If we speed up the schedule, we can make enough to offset them in six months. Korea’s L-SAM Janggung can intercept them in the ascent phase.”
It was easy to approach within 500m with the recently developed anti-ballistic missile.
“So you’re saying we can treat North Korea’s nuclear missiles as nonexistent?”
“That’s correct.”
“Six months, six months…”
Now President Jo Hyung-geun started walking around the conference room.
He couldn’t calm down from his excitent.
He probably had nothing but thoughts of advancing north with the 7th Corps after blocking all of North Korea’s nuclear weapons.
He had a rare political orientation in Korean politics called right-wing nationalism, which earned him the reputation of being a weirdo in the opposition and a madman in the ruling party.
His ambition was one thing.
To enter Pyongyang with tanks, plant the Taegeukgi flag at Junseong Palace, and extradite Kim’s family to South Korea for trial.
He didn’t care much about the damage or burden that South Korea would have to bear because of the war.
Only northward advancent was the solution to unification and the rest would be taken care of by future generations.
Yu Ji-ha threw him a sweet bait.
“China’s movents are not good lately. They seem to want to attack an external enemy to resolve their internal conflicts.”
He nodded roughly.
“I know. All intelligence agencies are raising intelligence that they will attack Taiwan soon. They probably won’t last this year.”
Yu Ji-ha’s words ended there but President Jo Hyung-geun naturally imagined the rest of them.
—Wouldn’t a two-front war be difficult for anyone?
He didn’t actually say it, but that’s how it sounded.
That’s how much President Jo Hyung-geun’s mind was in a state of excitent.
‘If China attacks Taiwan, North Korea will have no resources to pour into it. All we have to do is contain the Shenyang Military Region’s troops.’
It wasn’t easy, but if they could block the important nuclear weapons, and if they got support from the US military, it was worth a try.
Especially since the recent news about North Korea was supporting his decision.
They said they had no oil, so they couldn’t fly planes or ships.
Even the entire army corps had deserters and it was hard to maintain the unit.
There was a riot in Pyongyang and the Ministry of Security brutally suppressed it.
It wasn’t just a rumor, but information from multiple agencies.
North Korea was literally collapsing, and South Korea was barely holding on.
Various new weapons were not yet operational, but if they could block nuclear weapons, they could easily crush North Korea’s conventional forces.
‘I don’t know when this opportunity will co again.’
What he needed now was an opportunity.
And he could make that opportunity as much as he wanted.
President Jo Hyung-geun left the solar fusion without a word.
Yu Ji-ha knew everything he was thinking.
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