Nuke Miko: Chronicles of America

Next, of course, the glass gargoyles in the Chihuly Glass Art Garden will be "long guns to control insects"-the American soldiers who are used to fighting security warfare in the Middle East battlefield will use bullets of various calibers to kill these supernatural monsters. Life is smashed to pieces, glass shards fly...

There is also the M203 grenade launcher, which shoots the grenade into the building through the window, and instantly blows up a colorful storm of stained glass. The splashed glass shards even jingled on the armored vehicles and the steel plates of the shooting bunkers. It failed to cause any harm.

——The 20-year security war in the Middle East has made the individual equipment of the modern US military more focused on protection, and it has been tested and effective.

Next, after easily eliminating the glass gargoyles outside the building and smashing them all into glass powder, the infantrymen of the No. 20 Fifth Division of "Tropical Lightning" began to carefully leave the infantry fighting vehicles and shooting bunkers, and slowly moved towards the building. Sweep and advance inside the thing, wipe out the remnants...

Because the location of the Chihuly Glass Art Garden is very close to the Space Needle occupied by the great demon Grazter, in order to prevent the big bosses from elsewhere from intruding, the little witch Akiyama Megumi came to hold the [Triium Treasure] in person, and Daniel, the Japanese commander of the No.20 Fifth Division, also came to supervise the battle.

However, in Master Daniel's opinion, after restraining the indescribable supernatural power, the battlefield in front of him was really easy to fight.

— with those snipers and anti-tank rpg teams hiding everywhere.There are also countless roadside bombs, and even a Middle Eastern city where a man in a robe may explode from a corner at any time, this gargoyle lair that seems to make people lose their San value is nothing like a shooting range. different.

Then, the so-called ambush carried out by these glass monsters hiding in the shadows, in the eyes of the No.20 Fifth Division American soldiers who have been tested by the security war all the year round, is almost no different from tickling and playing games-they are in Iraq, Afghanistan And Syria, but it has been tested by various ambushes.

In the Middle East, every time U.S. soldiers go out on patrol, if they want to come back alive, they must open their eyes wide and find a thread used to guide the bomb from piles of seemingly harmless domestic garbage.Or, [-] meters away from the enemy, a small section of the gun barrel was found sticking out of the window.

Those who were not observant enough had already been dismantled into parts by roadside bombs, or had their heads blasted in the air by sniper rifles.

Even if you are patrolling in armored vehicles and tanks, it is useless on the yellow sandy Middle East battlefield, not to mention the overturned infantry fighting vehicles and Humvee patrol vehicles, even if they are hit by anti-tank missiles and the turrets explode. The number of "Abrams" main battle tanks has not been known for 20 years.

No way, as the de facto colonizers and invaders, the US military is basically a hated role in the Middle East.Anti-American organizations in the Middle East have always had almost unlimited human resources. No matter how many anti-American militants killed by the US military, more "terrorists" will emerge.

And the shit-stirring sticks who are willing to take out advanced weapons and funds to block the U.S. military's king are also all over the entire earth, and they can't be blocked.

——In addition to the traditional competitors of the United States, among the sponsors of the anti-American armed forces, there are even many "freedom camp allies" of the United States.

In this way, no matter how beautiful the exchange ratio, such as one to two hundred, one to four hundred, etc., can be played by these American soldiers who have been killed across half of the world in the long security war on the front line of the Middle East, there is no way Completely defeat the opponents in the local battle and destroy their will to resist.

After all, behind those seemingly rustic terrorists, there is a huge nation with more than [-] million people, and it is still growing rapidly!

Therefore, in the face of this situation of "always on the battlefield" and "infinite warfare", only with trembling in the heart at all times, and paying close attention to all abnormalities around and under our feet, can the US military officers and soldiers walk out of the nightmare of blood and sand intact from all limbs battlefield.

Those who can't do this will either be missing arms or legs, or come back in a coffin, or worse, only a stainless steel nameplate can return to China.

Struggling in such a purgatory situation for several years, even if he did not take drugs during the war, he may have mental problems after retiring.

In contrast, the fight against these glass monsters was as easy as a one-sided massacre—the monster's tentacles and claws couldn't get close to the soldier's body, so they were smashed by bullets; Although sharp glass shards can make unprotected ordinary people bloody, they can't do anything to the plate body armor, Kevlar composite helmets and goggles worn by American soldiers...

Therefore, after breaking into the Chihuly Glass Art Garden, although the radio communication of the front-line US soldiers' walkie-talkies was full of "contact!" Need support)" are rare, as for "man down!" (someone fell) "medic!"

They even successfully "captured" several "activated glass creatures" and stuffed them into a metal box padded with sponge, ready to be transported away for research.

In addition, the troops sent by Commander Daniel to other parts of downtown Seattle to disperse mobs and supernatural creatures are also progressing smoothly.

In the absence of Democratic Party politicians and officials stabbing in the back, those vicious thugs could not make any big waves. When they saw armored vehicles on the street and machine guns fired, they would run away in fright—as for going deep into the slums to catch criminals, The job of the police, not the army.

What?The mayor of Seattle just blatantly ordered the disbandment of the police department?Then let the city government of Seattle find a way to catch criminals.

It doesn't matter whether you hire security guards, let the citizens form a militia, or even open a Pinkerton detective agency, anyway, the Army doesn't care about it.

(Pinkerton Detective Agency, the largest civilian security company in the history of the United States, its military strength and firepower even surpassed that of the US Army at one time.)

And all kinds of supernatural creatures in the urban area of ​​​​Seattle became vulnerable to the U.S. military equipped with amulets, holy water, and holy tree branches.

Whether it is those "enhanced zombies" that can be alive and kicking during the day, or ghosts without entities, as long as you prepare in advance and follow the advice given by the little witch Akiyama Megumi, with the powerful firepower and sufficient equipment of the US military , don't worry about not being able to wipe it out easily.

——After all, right now is only the initial stage of spiritual recovery, and those supernatural and evil things that have just appeared are really not that tyrannical.

In fact, Daniel's acting division commander is already considering whether his 25th Division can take the opportunity to transfer to a dedicated demon hunting unit, and even hang up under the name of the Pentagon, the S.H.I.E.L.D. Maybe become the first director of S.H.I.E.L.D.?

Since the U.S. government in the Marvel world can let a one-eyed black-skinned bald head be the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and even condone him to create an Avengers alliance.

So, in the real world of America, why can't there be an Asian S.H.I.E.L.D. director over the top of the department to deal with supernatural issues?Well, by the way, there have to be huge funds that cannot be scrutinized, and the means of making money all over the world-otherwise how does S.H.I.E.L.D. work?

If this dream comes true, even the directors of the CIA and the FBI may not be as prestigious as him...

However, just as Daniel, the acting division commander with rich experience in public security warfare, was watching his soldiers wantonly destroying the glass artwork with a very relaxed and happy mood, a sudden and unexpected bad news made him feel very sad in an instant. After breaking the defense, I couldn't help cursing:

"...What? Wizards of the Coast issued a lawyer's letter warning that the Dryads had stolen its IP! Has Wizards of the Coast gone crazy?"

"...I don't know if Wizards of the Coast have gone mad, but the federal courts have accepted this lawsuit."

The little witch, Megumi Akiyama, looked down at the smartphone in her hand, her face sinking like water, "...Unfortunately, Colonel, our cooperation may have to be temporarily suspended. Goddess Melikai cannot tolerate such blasphemous behavior, and I serve The gods also expressed difficulty in accepting this.

Of course, out of feedback for the pleasant cooperation before, I will not take back the talismans and holy water that have been distributed to the officers and soldiers of your ministry.

But until I figure out the true attitude of the federal government towards the gods, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for me to fight side by side with your subordinates—farewell..."

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Half a day later, the "sacred giant tree" was suddenly poked in, and the Safeco baseball field collapsed.

"...I just announced the dissolution of the Seattle Commune yesterday, and the city is about to return to normal order. What happened today?"

Megumi Akiyama's cheap mother, Ms. Yukie Akiyama, sat on the root of the sacred tree, looking at the tablet computer in her hand with a headache, and rubbing her temples with throbbing veins, "...this is really... the bridge before the river crosses." Demolition! Huihui. I've only been out of work for a few months, and Wizards of the Coast is so crazy?

What exactly does the company think of as a goddess?With just a mere patent, how could it be possible for the goddess to become the company's doll? "

Behind her, the phantom of the goddess of the forest and the ranger, Melikai, rose up. At this time, the face of the goddess Melikai was also as cold as ice.

No matter how kind and gentle the good god is, he can't accept the fact that he is just an asset under the name of a certain company.

"...Speaking of it, this thing feels weird! Didn't Disney cooperate well with us before? There are no conflicts or conflicts now. Wizards of the Coast is under the banner of Hasbro, and Disney and Hasbro have been close partners for a long time."

Miss Dolores, who has been in Hollywood for a few years and knows a lot of insiders in the entertainment industry, interjected with a frown, "...why didn't Disney hear anything about it before it came out? Even if we can't stop Hass Bao is stupid, so you should give us a break, right?"

"...cough cough, your news may be a bit outdated, now Wizards of the Coast is no longer under the name of Hasbro."

Miss Freya, the former assistant to the mayor of Los Angeles and now acting as a manager for Megumi Akiyama, interrupted suddenly.

- For many years, Wizards of the Coast has been owned by Hasbro, a longtime Disney ally.

But this year, the devastation in Los Angeles and the riots in Seattle, and of course more importantly the unstoppable 'Corona' plague, have taken a toll on Wizards and Hasbro - Wizards of the Coast because of the large numbers of key personnel Death and retirement, basically closed down.

The situation of Hasbro is also very bleak. Normal production and operation can no longer be maintained, and the stock price has fallen by 50%.

Of course, Disney's situation is equally bad, and it can even be said that it is difficult to protect itself, and it is really unable to attract business partners.

Therefore, after some complicated equity transfers and mergers and acquisitions, the current owner of Wizards of the Coast has been replaced by...

"...Netflix (Nextfix) just bought Wizards this month, and Disney is Netflix's biggest competitor..."

Freya said so, and Akiyama Megumi and the others realized a little after hearing this.

Chapter 166: Capitalists Be Masters of Gods!

In the current American entertainment industry, Disney is the only one, with a share of nearly 50% of the North American market.

This unmatched Mickey Mouse has become the most powerful media empire in American history and human history.

At the same time, the major manufacturers in Hollywood, which used to be glorious in the past, are gradually sluggish and eclipsed under the impact of the wave of the new era.

The so-called competitors must at least be evenly matched, and now Disney has no evenly matched peers, and its only opponent is itself.

If there are any competitors, then only Netflix (Nextfix) can barely compete with Disney. In terms of global market capitalization, Netflix briefly surpassed Disney and became the media with the highest market capitalization in the world. group.

But if Netflix wants to truly keep pace with Disney, there is still a long way to go.

At present, Netflix's business model is still relatively simple, and the quality of its works is also uneven. Its growth can only be maintained by burning money and high investment, and the growth rate is also slowing down.However, Disney has formed an ecosystem through a variety of business models, and a set of business combinations has made other peers dizzy.

——Especially after Disney started to build its own streaming media platform, took back all Disney copyrighted film and television dramas played on Netflix, and consolidated its position as the industry leader, it posed a very heavy blow to Netflix.

After entering this year, due to the epidemic, natural disasters and various man-made disasters, the US economy has collapsed one after another, and everyone's wallets have shrunk.

The rapid deterioration of the social environment has certainly made it difficult for Disney, a giant in the media industry, to make ends meet, and its operations are bleak.

But Netflix's business is certainly no better -- if not more miserable -- than Disney's.

It's a bit strange to think about it this way-Disney's cash flow is about to break, how can Netflix have spare money for acquisitions?

Although Wizards of the Coast suffered heavy losses during the epidemic-initially it was just a large number of business cuts, layoffs of non-core employees (Akiyama Megumi's cheap mother was kicked out at this time), core employees worked from home... and then because of the epidemic Too many people died, most of the core employees died suddenly, even the president and vice president died, and the rest generally asked for sick leave and had no intention of working.

But as the world's largest fantasy adventure card game company, a 50-year-old store with a long history, even if all the wizards of the coast are all killed, Wizards of the Coast will become an undead company.But with so many famous IP copyrights held by Wizards of the Coast, they are worth a lot!

So, where did Netflix get so much money to buy Wizards of the Coast?And the acquisition is so fast, can it be called lightning fast?

Then, why did Wizards of the Coast dare to challenge the coming DND true god just after completing the acquisition and changing masters?

No matter how you look at this matter, there is a conspiracy behind it...

"...There is indeed a conspiracy, and this conspiracy may lead directly to the White House! Wizards of the Coast is just a stepping stone thrown out for temptation!"

The former assistant to the mayor of Los Angeles, Ms. Freya, who had worked hard in the political arena for many years, said with a heavy face, "...whether it is the information obtained through my contacts, or the news transferred urgently by Disney, the Christian church, the Republican Party, the medical industry, etc. The oligarchs, the Medical Association, some Wall Street bankers, and even the White House are all joining together to push Wizards against us!"

"...Joining forces to attack? Why? What are they trying to achieve?" Akiyama Hui and her cheap mother couldn't help frowning.

——After a few years in the American imperial society where the weak preyed on the strong, Ms. Akiyama Yukie also understood that there is no self-discipline commandment here, only endless fighting and games.So it is meaningless to ask why others want to deal with you, it is better to find out the purpose of the other party.

"...The co-operation of so many forces naturally has its own purpose. When it comes to Wizards of the Coast itself, and the investors who own Wizards of the Coast..." Freya hesitated, "... They probably want to use the IP in their hands to make the gods bow their heads, right?"

"... Huh? You actually want to rely on copyright to be the master of gods?" Qiushan Hui was so angry that her face was going to blush, "...that's so brave!"

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——For a society with solidified classes and a high degree of rigidity, the rise of any new forces is something that established forces do not want to see.

Especially when this rapidly rising new force refuses to abide by a series of light and dark rules that have been established for many years, and instead wants to violently overturn the table and break all pots and pans, the backlash it provokes is even more comparable to a tsunami!

Although Megumi Akiyama and her cheap mother feel that they are already very law-abiding and aggrieved.

But the problem is that even so, some members of the upper class in the United States still feel intolerable towards them.

For example, the Christian church is outraged at the mass loss of believers, all worshiping strange powers and gods from nowhere.

The golden-haired president of the Republican Party and the White House was about to gloat over the chaos in the blue states of the Democratic Party, but then there was a sudden change in the style of painting, and the true gods came down to earth, and the blue states seemed to be blessed by gods...

How can this work?We must add more chaos to the Democratic Party and ruin the good things on the other side!Otherwise, how can we win this year's general election?

——So far, supernatural powers have all appeared in the blue states of the Democratic camp, but right now the White House is dominated by the Republican Party!

As for the bigwigs in the medical field in the United States, as well as the medical schools in North America, they are even more despondent and hate the emergence of healing magic.

Because this means that a large group of magic sticks are coming to compete with them for jobs!

In fact, from Akiyama Megumi's first appearance to the present, complaints and reports against her and other superpowers for "illegal medical practice" have never stopped.It's just that the local law enforcement agencies are also afraid of death, and they don't want to fall out with the only life-saving straw during the plague, so they all pretend not to see it.

In short, the hostile actions of some forces in the upper class of the United States against supernatural forces have long been brewing—it’s just that when the United States encounters a sudden abnormal state with the current mode of operation of the United States , The reaction speed is really not that fast.

It can take decades to build a high-speed rail in California, and it can take nearly half a century to dig a tunnel in Boston. How efficient can other things be?

Therefore, Keisai Akiyama mistakenly thought that the attitude of the U.S. officials towards him seemed to be quite friendly: in fact, it was just that the opposition did not have time to act.

Now, although the official moves have not yet begun, the first wave of small moves by the people has already been displayed.

Chapter 167: Capitalists' God-Taming Art

As a very pure capitalist society, the American upper class has always been greedy and lacking in integrity.

As for the pharmaceutical giants in the United States, they have no medical ethics at all, and they are all about making money. The drugs they research are not about how to cure diseases, but how to make patients use them for a long time, and they can’t get rid of them for life—— American society So many highly educated drug addicts who are addicted to drugs are often not initially due to young and impulsive curiosity, but because they were prescribed too many anesthetics by doctors after injury or illness.

In the United States, getting some narcotics is even easier than getting a bottle of antihypertensive drugs-anesthetics can be addictive, but antihypertensive drugs cannot.

Therefore, the per capita medical insurance expenditure of the American people is twenty times that of China, but the average life expectancy is lower than that of China, because the medical price is extremely terrible.The price of a bottle of insulin in the United States is US$320, but it is only US$30 in Canada. The reason is that monopoly pharmaceutical giants are desperately raising prices.

For a long time, American pharmaceutical companies have harvested too many excess profits by virtue of their monopoly position, which has made the difficulty of seeing a doctor for the American people a global laughing stock. Although they are called developed countries, if the American people have no medical insurance or poor medical insurance, A random trip to the hospital can go bankrupt.

Nowadays, it is clear that the "Corona" epidemic is rampant in all states in the United States, but very few people are willing to pay for the examination at their own expense-rather than go to the hospital for examination out of a little worry, and then receive tens of thousands of dollars in hospital bills a few months later Well, it might as well be easier to die, let's just lie down at home and fight hard.

As a result, although there is no vaccine or specific medicine, the pharmaceutical giants in the United States are still making a lot of money in this epidemic.

Therefore, when the "healing magic" was unveiled, the pharmaceutical giants across the United States were naturally jumping in a hurry, wishing to immediately send troops to slaughter gods and demons.

——Although we have played it off and are helpless in the face of the "Corona" plague, we cannot allow others to treat the common people!

Those untouchables either die or take our medicine, how can there be a third choice?

And the doctors all over the United States were also furious: Although I don't know how to treat this disease, you have to obediently give me money and don't go to see a doctor elsewhere!

——Thinking of how many years of hanging on the beam and studying hard before I was admitted to medical school, I had to carry student loans that I hadn’t paid off for n years, and I had to survive so many years of unpaid internships to get a decent doctor. The position can be easily replaced by a group of gods with no education and no status...

Every American doctor can't help but feel angry, and the jealousy and resentment in his heart can hardly be described in words!

Putting aside the fact that you can cure the plague, compared with us doctors with professional backgrounds, how can you laymen have the qualifications to practice medicine?

This kind of illegal practice of medicine that disrupts the order of respect and inferiority must be severely cracked down!

But the problem is, in the face of the COVID virus sweeping across the country and mutating wildly, these quack doctors can’t cure not only the poor, but also the rich—at least they can’t cure the rich infected with the “Corona” plague with 100% guarantee. There is no way to guarantee that the patient will not leave sequelae after recovery.

At present, there are not many celebrities and rich people who have died of this plague, but there are even more noble people suffering from sequelae such as tinnitus and fatigue.