Hoarding In Hell [EN]: Chapter 295

295. The Worst Person in the World (4)

Banner’s face twisted at Min Soha’s threat.

No matter how broad-minded or angry he was, making such a statement against the U.S. military was tantamount to completely abandoning the alliance.

In a situation where it was difficult to see even an inch ahead, Min Soha’s words were beyond arrogance and close to madness.

“I’ll give you a chance to correct your statement, Commander Min Soha. How dare you speak to my subordinates like that…”

Just then, the phone rang loudly.

It was a direct line to the President’s office in the Blue House [the executive office and official residence of the South Korean President].

Min Soha ignored Banner and leisurely picked up the receiver.

“Yeah.”

She put it on speakerphone as if to let Banner hear.

[General Min Soha? Is that bastard there?]

It wasn’t clear who ‘that bastard’ was referring to, but it was clear that it referred to the person who ordered this operation.

Banner frowned but didn’t answer.

“Yeah, he’s here.”

[Then tell that son of a bitch to call off the fighter jets. It’s noisy as hell. What are you doing in the middle of the night?]

The fighter jets were on standby for the entry of Warhammer operatives.

But there were still spare bombs left, and they had machine guns. And there were additional fighter jets to be dispatched.

Banner scowled and shouted.

“That’s ridiculous, if you don’t surrender immediately…”

[I’ll give you three. Three.]

As soon as Hyun-mu said three, something was heard cutting through the wind. And almost simultaneously, a roar erupted.

There was no need to ask what that sound was. He realized that some of the fighter jet sounds he heard on the phone had stopped.

[Two.]

Another roar echoed. Banner shouted urgently.

“You bastard, stop it right now!”

[That’s not the answer you should be giving. One.]

콰콰쾅 [Sound of a massive explosion].

The last fighter jet seemed to have exploded quite close to the ground, as the sound was deafening.

The explosions continued for a while.

After a while, Hyun-mu spoke again.

[The crazy bastard suddenly rammed into the ground. Oh, well. It seems like no one was swept away, so you can rest assured. It’s a little quieter now.]

“You goddamn bastard, how dare you attack our U.S. military assets? Now you’re dead…”

[Old man, your tongue’s been wagging for a while now.]

Hyun-mu retorted irritably.

[Come to think of it, there are a lot of soldiers here who have surrendered. A little over 100? I’m going to count from 100 to 1 from now on. Decide whether to get out of here quietly, or keep talking nonsense over the phone. Counting. 100……]

It didn’t take even a second for Commander Banner to decide to withdraw his troops immediately.

***

2 hours and 17 minutes after the ‘Leviathan’ mission was declared.

Pacific Ocean, aircraft carrier Liberty Kane.

Lieutenant General Victor, the chief commander of Project Mjolnir, who had just stepped onto the aircraft carrier after getting off the helicopter, doubted his ears at the intelligence he heard from Korea.

“…U.S. troops stationed in Korea have been taken prisoner?”

Currently, Project Mjolnir was being implemented in 87 locations around the world.

Among them were major powers such as Russia, China, Japan, and India.

Accordingly, there were a few places where things were not going as smoothly as expected. It was expected.

However, the main point of Project Mjolnir was that they would have no choice but to accept it over time.

To force the head of evil hidden behind the country to come out and smash it.

However, Korea’s response was different.

“Why Korea?”

“We haven’t received the details yet. Currently, Commander Banner and the U.S. military bases in Yongsan and Pyeongtaek are surrounded, and the Ranger campuses are also being brought under control one by one. The campuses are also requesting a response.”

Victor was surprised, but not nervous. He just thought Korea’s response was unexpected.

He had predicted that there would be countries that would revolt, but he never thought it would be Korea, a traditional ally.

However, Victor’s lips curled up.

“Good. So you’re willing to go to all-out war.”

In the first place, a country that could serve as an example was needed to smoothly execute Project Mjolnir.

He had to show the world how desperately the United States was willing to carry out this plan, and how prepared it was to do so.

“Deploy the carrier strike groups in Guam and Okinawa. First, it would be good to blow up the Blue House as an example. Then, after receiving surrender from the next person in charge remaining in the ashes, continue with Project Mjolnir.”

“Excuse me?”

“Bomb the Blue House and strike the command network, including the Ministry of National Defense. It’s okay to turn Seoul into ashes. Once the command system is paralyzed, immediately dismantle the encirclement formed in Pyeongtaek and Yongsan. And…”

“But what about the U.S. troops stationed in Korea who have been taken prisoner? Besides, there are many Americans inside Korea…”

“It’s an unavoidable sacrifice. If that’s not enough, you can use the secret weapon hidden in Yongsan.”

The officer who was reporting looked at Victor with an expression as if he was crazy.

The secret weapon was a strategic nuclear weapon that had been hidden even from the Korean government, which had already been an ally. If it were used, Seoul would literally be blown away.

There were tens of thousands of Americans who would be swept away by it.

The United States would never accept an attack that sacrificed its own citizens.

If a foreign army committed such an act, it would immediately face the wrath of the United States, and if the United States committed it, Lieutenant General Victor would be immediately dismissed and put in the electric chair.

“I can’t accept it. Lieutenant General Barques, this is an unlawful order!”

As the officer shouted in protest, Victor looked at him with a leisurely gaze.

The officer felt a chill down his spine.

Victor’s eyes were burning like faintly heated iron.

“Then we’ll need someone to deliver the order instead. Soldiers!”

At that moment, someone grabbed the officer’s arm and twisted it. The officer looked to the side with a bewildered expression.

The soldiers and non-commissioned officers, who he thought were his colleagues and friends, were holding him. All of their eyes were burning crimson.

“Dispose of the traitor and deliver the order. Along with the message that not only Korea, but all countries that resist will end up like this.”

The officer screamed with curses, but it didn’t reach Victor. For him, the agent of the star of conquest, conversation was only done with iron and blood.

Not long after the officer was dragged out, a gunshot rang out. And the sound of something falling into the sea was heard.

Victor stroked his chin and wore an expectant expression.

“Their blood will ignite the fire of war.”

***

Swoosh!

A squadron of fighter jets streaked across the sky with a sharp sound.

The fighter jets, which had already broken the sound barrier, were unmanned to withstand the G-forces of super-acceleration.

It was truly the strongest fighter jet on Earth, sparing no expense or cutting-edge technology.

Their target was the Blue House, located in the heart of South Korea.

And the Ministry of National Defense, the National Assembly, the Korea Military Academy, and finally a mountain range somewhere south of Seoul.

There were questions about the last target, but they were just following orders.

After all, the pilots were drone operators on board an aircraft carrier thousands of kilometers away.

The fighter jets, painted with state-of-the-art stealth paint, were not detected by radar.

It was even easier because South Korea’s air defense technology often relied on the U.S. military.

The fighter jets, which easily broke through South Korea’s air defense network, quickly entered the airspace of Gyeonggi Province.

[Approach to range complete. Commencing bombing. 3, 2……]

It was the moment when the drone pilot was about to press the launch button while muttering. Suddenly, an unidentified object that had not been visible until now suddenly appeared above the fighter jet.

It tried to quickly snatch the fighter jet with its sharp claws, but failed to the extent that it scratched the outer skin.

[Oh my god, it’s a human-faced bird! The one that appeared in North Korea…]

It was that moment.

The human-faced bird screeched sharply.

The fighter jet’s electronics temporarily stopped with a crackling sound. At the same time, anti-aircraft batteries, which were placed on top of tall buildings in Seoul, spewed fire.

In an instant, the sky over Seoul lit up as if it were a fireworks display.

Thousands of anti-aircraft firepower formed like a net.

The fighter jets staggered, unable to get their bearings.

Because they were good at quickly hitting and running rather than complex evasive maneuvers due to their ultra-high speed. One fighter jet worth hundreds of millions of dollars disappeared with flames in vain.

[Wouldn’t it be better to retreat?]

[No. Continue. Just destroy the Blue House and get out.]

The fighter jets were launched because there was also a plan to support the surrounded U.S. troops.

If they retreated here, they would only give the opponent time to prepare. Even if South Korean fighter jets were dispatched, they were confident that they could hold out.

In the mock simulation, the exchange ratio between this fighter jet and South Korean Air Force fighter jets was 1:22.

The number of fighter jets participating in this operation was five. In other words, unless more than 100 fighter jets rushed in at once…

[Warning! A large number of fighter jets have been detected on radar.]

[A large number? How many… what the hell is this?]

[At least fifty, no, more than a hundred. Oh, oh my god. This, this is not a South Korean fighter jet!]

Although it had been a long time since they had been outrun, the name that was mentioned first when talking about countries competing with the United States for world hegemony.

Russia’s state-of-the-art fighter jets were entering the skies over Seoul across North Korea.

***

[To America.]

[You have not been able to correct the vulgar behavior of the imperialist era. As a group of illegal immigrants who were founded by expelling indigenous people from the root, we realize once again that we cannot hide our origins. However, it has been more than a hundred years since we advocated that humanity should move beyond such barbarism and move towards intelligence. It has been enough time to understand and consider your habitual aggression as a simple genetic level. We wonder if this obsession with missiles and giant aircraft carriers is due to an inferiority complex about the phallic complex hidden in the Americans’ inner selves…]

“I think it’s better to stop reading.”

Lieutenant General Victor took his eyes off the screen and said.

Across another screen, U.S. President Albert met his eyes with a tired expression.

“Anyway, what Russia wants to say is ‘get out of Korea.’ I can’t believe they sent all the writers to the concentration camps, but they wrote it all out.”

[That’s right. They warned that if we use nuclear weapons, they will retaliate with a proportionate level of nuclear attack. If we blow up Seoul, they will blow up Washington at a similar rate.]

Victor tilted his head.

“I don’t think the Ivans [a somewhat derogatory term for Russians] have the guts to risk a nuclear war.”

[Whether they have the guts or not, we have no intention of having a nuclear war.]

President Albert glared at Victor from across the screen.

[I heard there was a plan to launch a nuclear attack in Seoul.]

“I know that you authorized me to do so within Project Mjolnir…”

[That’s right. Before we got caught. But now that there’s a possibility of nuclear war, I can’t easily allow it. Some of Project Mjolnir is already taking place in Russian territory. But seeing as they ran to Korea, leaving that aside… they’re serious.]

“……”

[They’re going to retaliate with nuclear weapons if we detonate a nuclear weapon in Korea. They don’t care if both sides become a sea of radioactive fire. Are they going to play Russian roulette? I don’t know why Russia is trying to protect Korea so much, but let’s back down for now.]

Victor honestly wanted to say that he didn’t care. He wanted the whole world to be a sea of fire.

The star of conquest would rise with iron and anger in that molten world.

His insides were itching just thinking about it, but he couldn’t say it out loud right now.

President Albert looked at Victor with heavy eyes and said.

[Let’s put Kang Hyun-mu on hold for now. There are many other targets. He’s evil, but I don’t know why he’s so high on the list. I don’t think he’s on par with terrorists and dictators.]

President Albert, who belonged to the alliance, roughly guessed the reason, but decided to postpone the ranking for now.

Now was the time to quickly deal with the simple things rather than the complicated ones.

[Let’s catch the other moles first.]

“…Yes.”

Albert inwardly grumbled and postponed the attack on Kang Hyun-mu.

It was 6 hours and 23 minutes after the ‘Leviathan’ mission began.

And it was 10 hours and 8 minutes after the ‘Leviathan’ mission began.

A huge mushroom cloud soared over the west coast of the United States.