Return of the Sword God-Rank Civil Servant novel Chapter 424

U.N. Secretary-General Mac doubted his ears the moment he heard this story.

“What did you say?”

“It’s all true.”

“And...... as someone who prioritizes world peace above all and as Director of the Player Bureau, it was also a sweet offer I absolutely couldn’t refuse.”

“What is that supposed to.......”

Mac closed his mouth.

Then he furrowed his brow and fell into long deliberation.

“......Director.”

“Yes, Secretary-General.”

“From another perspective, this could result in a private individual coming to possess the strongest army in history.”

“You could see it that way, but.......”

Charlie hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth.

“Mr. An told me that if you said that, I should answer like this.”

“What?”

“That’s a pointless worry. Because I can already take on the United States by myself.”

“What?”

“It’s a fact.”

“What is...... Do you think that makes sense? Isn’t that far too arrogant a statement?”

“But on the other hand, doesn’t part of you think it could be true?”

“.......”

Charlie was right.

Mac couldn’t deny it.

“Isn’t the very existence of Gates something even the entirety of the U.S. military can’t resolve? Some monsters aren’t affected by our thermal weapons at all. And Mr. An has taken down dozens—no, numbers in the triple digits—of such Gates, so it isn’t a statement completely without possibility.”

“.......”

“In truth, we have no options. If we consider the worst case and assume he harbors ill intent and becomes an unprecedented tyrant, at the rate we’re going the world will be destroyed by the Gates anyway. And if that happens, Mr. An will die in the end as well.”

“......Understood. Then what should I—no, what should we do for him?”

“For now, he said if he has the U.N.’s support, he’ll take care of the rest himself.”

“Good grief...... Understood. Director, you act as his agent and support him. I’ll prepare the rest.”

“Yes, sir.”

It was the moment the entire U.N. boarded the same boat as Su-ho.

*

“Haha, madman.”

Jeong Cheol-min let out a hollow laugh as he watched Su-ho’s recorded footage on the news rebroadcast.

In fact, this wasn’t the first time Jeong Cheol-min had seen the footage.

He first learned of it when Jo Jin-hwi of PBS sent it to him.

At Jeong Cheol-min’s hollow laugh, Jo Jin-hwi, sitting beside him and sipping coffee, spoke.

“I knew you were more amazing than I thought, Chief, but because of this incident I learned you’re far, far, far, far more...... no, more and more and more and more amazing than I’d imagined.”

“Tell me about it. It’s like an onion—peel and peel and there’s always something new...... By the way, I knew the reporter was trusted by Assistant Manager An, but I didn’t expect it to be to this degree.”

“Haha, same here. Which is why we’ve been tied together as one team this time, haven’t we?”

One team.

Quite literally.

Su-ho asked Jeong Cheol-min to prepare the paperwork for establishing the Save the World organization.

At a glance, it looked like a simple task of handling papers, but Su-ho knew that by the time Jeong Cheol-min moved the documents forward, his Australia footage would be airing on every frequency in the world.

In that situation, what would the higher-ups say if Su-ho suddenly reported that he intended to create Save the World?

“What? What organization?”

“Save the World? A nonprofit?”

“Are you crazy?”

“I mean, our domestic situation is already tough because of the Second Great Upheaval, and now what?”

“Do we look easy to you or what!”

“Absolutely not!!”

This kind of outburst would be the cute version.

“Why insist on establishing a whole organization to do that?”

“Just run it internally within the Grand Hunter Association!”

“Open a new department in the Special Division! I’ll pull strings for you!”

“But let me appoint the department head there.”

“You don’t know civil servants can’t hold dual posts? It’s okay because it’s an NGO? Nothing ‘okay’ about it! Are you kidding me—absolutely not!”

“I mean, if you’re trying to do something big for the world, what kind of nonprofit is that? How is that nonprofit?”

“Chief Jeong, talk it over well so we can push this as a joint project with our government somehow. Ah, he’s your subordinate, isn’t he! A civil servant who eats the country’s grain should shut up and do as he’s told when the top says so, why so many words?”

“But the Minister said he wants to have a meal with Assistant Manager An.......”

Most of them would just try to stick their spoon in.

That was why, along with a global media play, the U.N.’s support was needed.

Of course, Su-ho had not the slightest intention of fighting this dirty fight alone.

Jo Jin-hwi’s joining was all for this reason.

“Let them try to stick their spoons in random places. PBS as a whole will immediately start firing off articles like machine guns. You have no idea how much background material we have. We’ll show them properly this time what it means for the pen to be mightier than the sword.”

“Goodness, just hearing that is scary. You’d think it wouldn’t come to that, but even in wartime, politicians worry about sticking their own spoon in. Then I’m counting on you.”

“Don’t worry. That’s exactly why I’m here.”

“By the way, where is Assistant Manager An doing the follow-up interview? Right now, the only one who actually knows about the Big Gate is Assistant Manager An, so every news outlet in the world must be drooling.”

“Well...... given the scale, even so, wouldn’t it be with the BBC or CNN?”

Just then.

Bzzzz!

Jo Jin-hwi’s phone rang.

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