Chapter 1172: Chapter 799: Who’s Afraid of Who? Chapter 1172: Chapter 799: Who’s Afraid of Who? D had long expected that New Arica would extend an olive branch to him.
The reason was quite simple. As a modern feudal religious state, the United States had always comprised a group of religious fanatics—concepts like Chosen Country and God’s children were one of the cornerstones of the nation’s foundation. Ever since the end of the Unification War, President Myers had always wanted to thoroughly and completely unify the United States once again.
After all, during the previous Unification War, the sides were evenly matched until Arasaka intervened to give both parties a way out, and only then did New Arica and the Free State sign a treaty. However, the Free State had joined New Arica in na only and had not truly recognized the new nation.
For President Myers, if she could secure D’s recognition, then as a religious state, it would be equivalent to receiving God’s recognition. New Arica’s comprehensive reunification would then pose no issue.
For D, it was actually a good option. As long as he joined forces with Myers to enhance New Arica’s strength, he could in turn pressure the masterminds behind the scenes to reveal themselves.
However, why should he?
Duanmu Huai had never liked the United States or, more accurately, had always harbored feelings of disgust and contempt for it. Foolish, arrogant, barbaric—the phrase “fearing power without cherishing virtue, minor courtesies without righteousness” from the Historical Records was the perfect portrayal of the United States.
Help unify the United States?
What a joke; he would rather see the United States follow in the Soviet Union’s footsteps.
Therefore, D flatly rejected the requests of New Arica’s leaders. What a laugh; as if New Arica were worth anything—if President Myers dared to show up, he’d make sure she wouldn’t even recognize her own mother.
In this regard, D would rather choose a more troubleso path than enhance New Arica’s influence in this world.
And as D had thought, for Myers, this was an intolerable failure.
“Bang!!”
As she looked at the news report in front of her, President Myers fiercely slamd her fist onto the desk, her face ashen.
In fact, President Myers did hope to prove herself by reclaiming Night City, as it was now the only Free City-State remaining. If she could take back Night City, it would an she had effectively completed the re-unification of New Arica—not to ntion that Night City’s current ruler was a being suspected of being an Angel. If she could gain her support, Myers’s re-election would be a sure thing!
Originally, Myers thought that the other party would choose to cooperate with New Arica, after all, she only wanted a nominal agreent, and if necessary, could sign an autonomy treaty with Night City. Like the Free State, as long as Night City was willing to return to New Arica, it could be allowed autonom, which Myers saw as a perfect solution.
But what President Myers didn’t expect was that the other party didn’t even consider the offer and directly slapped away the olive branch she had extended!
Moreover… the following content was the part that enraged Myers the most.
“How surprising… As far as I know, New Arica has always practiced the values of God…”
“They are nothing but heretics.”
However, before the reporter could finish, D interrupted directly.
“People kill each other, slaughter, conquer lands; that’s their own business. But to invoke the will of God in their speech—so what? Are you suggesting that the deity we serve is a being who thirsts for killing, looting, and slaughter? The evil heretics venting their desires, yet cloaking their sins in the na of God—this country itself is built upon blasphemy against God, a den of heresy that shouldn’t even exist!”
Yes, for Myers, this statent was more damaging to New Arica than a direct nuclear attack.
After all, when the colonists first ca to Arica, they described it as the City on the Hill, believing it was a blessing from God to His people, God guiding His people to establish a nation on the new continent completely different from the old world, a nation favored by God.
And now, God’s envoy, an Angel, straightforwardly denounced all their actions as self-serving desecration of the deity and unabashedly branded them as heretics—to New Arica’s citizens, this was akin to uprooting the values they had long cherished.
What City on the Hill? It was nothing but a den of heretics!
Because this news was broadcast globally, New Arica beca a laughingstock around the world, and internal strife erupted within the country. So despaired to the point of suicide, others protested against the governnt, and there were even legislators proposing to eradicate sin, suggesting that the best way was to completely dissolve New Arica!
In just one day, President Myers had fallen from heaven to hell. Forget unifying New Arica again; she might even face its outright disintegration next!
Especially in the Free State, which had even begun to move, trying to separate once again—although generally speaking, breaking a signed treaty seed sowhat dishonorable. But now, the Free State had an excellent excuse—after all, the Angel had said so, and since they were devout believers, naturally, they had to follow God’s will.
God’s envoy had declared that the country shouldn’t exist, so everyone might as well part amicably.
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