Having traversed countless realms, can you possibly be as clever as me?

Just before the child was about to fall, Tsugumi caught him. The little boy was very polite and immediately looked up at Tsugumi and said...

"Thank you, big brother..."

Tsugumi watched the little boy with a smile, observing his expression change from polite to terrified, and then he burst into tears.

"Wow, Mom, it's the Steel Reaper! Death has come to take us away!!!"

His shout was loud, immediately attracting a lot of attention, and many people's eyes were drawn to him at the same time.

When their gazes lingered on Tsurugi's face, they all turned to astonishment, then disbelief, and finally horror.

The child's mother hurriedly ran over, wanting to apologize, but when she saw Tsurugi, she was terrified and ran away with her child in her arms.

Am I really that scary?

Tsuruga touched her face and smiled smugly.

—Or was he trying to say that I'm that famous?

Haha, but I just like this style. Whether it's good or bad doesn't matter. I love the feeling of being recognized as awesome!

Seeing that the surroundings were empty, Tsugumi simply found a table, sat down, and made herself a cup of coffee. Although it was a synthetic product, it actually tasted more refreshing to her than real coffee.

He didn't wait long, only about thirty minutes.

A young man with slicked-back hair, dressed in a finely handmade light purple suit, hurried over.

When Tsuruga saw him refuse the entourage of his bodyguards from a distance, he came over alone, as if afraid of angering Tsuruga.

"Mr. Tsurue".

He approached Dongjiang, took a deep breath, and bowed deeply to him, his movements appearing extremely humble.

He really doesn't seem like the son and current head of the Vist Group, the largest shareholder of Anaheim Electronics, at all—Cardias Vist.

"Oh, you're so well-informed? Or has Anaheim become the largest monopolistic conglomerate on the moon?"

Tsurue twirled the coffee spoon with interest.

"Fine, then what's your purpose in coming to see me? Or rather, what do you think I'm here for?"

The young Banagher Bhagavan, the Father of God, paused for a moment, then looked up at Tsugumi.

"You've come seeking help."

"Correct, but only half right!" Tsurugi snapped her fingers with a smile.

He did need the help of these lunar conglomerates. Although he claimed to be indifferent to the refugees and Sirocco of Side 2, considering that what he was building was the foundation of the Galactic Empire that Tsugumi needed in the future, Tsugumi decided to lend him a hand.

The lunar conglomerate is the best choice, or rather the only choice—after all, the other two, Tsurugi, must be taken care of first.

"I'm here to take over Anaheim and you tycoons; in other words, I want your obedience!"

Cardias was taken aback. He hadn't expected this legendary true new human to be so straightforward, so... well, just as frank as he appeared.

"You think I can't do it?" Tsugumi stared at Cardias, and for a moment, he vaguely felt that Tsugumi's eyes turned into a rippling blood red.

"Ah, so it was hidden here—wait five minutes."

Tsugumi stood up and said with interest, then, right in front of Cardias, she transformed into a ball of electricity and entered the electronic device next to her.

Cardias's eyes widened. Seeing some fantastical things on a screen and seeing them in person are two completely different things.

—An incomprehensible power—is this the new human?

Soon, the river returned to its original location.

But he not only came back, he also dragged out a large hexagonal program safe.

Upon seeing this thing, Cardias nearly jumped out of his skin; even the noble young master began to stammer.

"How...how did you know—"

"Laplace's Box contains a charter stone that's utterly useless, right?"

Tsugumi's words revealed the biggest secret of the Bister Group. He took a sip of his coffee and smiled.

"Do you really think this thing will have any effect if it's released?"

"The use of the imperial seal is based on having troops. Without troops, the imperial seal is just a stone."

Cardias understood this principle, of course, but he also understood what Tsugumi hadn't said—

Tsurugi: Do I have soldiers? Of course I do! I have the most powerful and strongest force of all! And if I say I'm a new human, who the hell can argue with me!

This jade seal is useless in other people's hands, but in Dongjiang's hands, it's hard to say.

Cardias was well aware of the significance of the thing he was guarding. To say it was completely useless was based on the premise that the Federation was the sole superpower. If an opponent emerged, this thing could really deal a heavy blow to the Federation's legitimacy.

To be fair, the most serious issue in the Charter Stone is only the second article, which states that "if a new type of human is found to be adapted to the space environment, they should be given priority in participating in government operations." However, it never specifies the scope of this new type of human. In fact, judging from the content alone, the lunar people are the closest to this new type of human!

Cardias took a deep breath and looked solemnly at Tsugumi.

"Mr. Tsugumi, are you going to become the new head of the Federation?"

"No, no, no, no, no." Tsurugi shook her finger and laughed gleefully.

"I am the emperor!"

Cardias: ...?

"I have already made my way to Zeon. Now I'm going to the top echelons of the Zeon Federation. Once all the trash is dead, I will unify humanity and establish the Human Empire—that name is unlucky, the Emperor of the Galactic Empire!"

Tsugumi raised her hand, clenched her fist, and laughed loudly, revealing eight teeth, as if she were some kind of Nika Jinchūriki.

"I am determined to be the Emperor of Humanity!"

Changing styles doesn't stop the killing spree! : 139. Conquering the Moon

A boy with outrageous powers holds a jade seal that can prove his legitimacy and then announces an outrageous dream.

What Cardias felt was intense absurdity and comicality, followed by panic.

What outrageous things can this madman do?!

Soon, Cardias saw it.

Tsurugi personally demonstrated it to him.

Ding ding ding ding~~~ Interest compounding bank!!!

Tsurugi took out this interesting magical artifact and then showed Cardias the account he had already saved.

The account is named Von Brown Public Construction Limited Bank, and this bank issues Luna currency, which circulates inside the moon.

The most regrettable thing about Tsurugi is that he can't use this thing to crush the Federation and the Zeonians.

Although the Universal Century was technically ruled by the Earth Federation, the basic framework of each country still existed. The currencies circulating within the countries were not unified. Even the currencies issued by the federation government were divided into two types, known as the Hat and the Crew.

If the global economy is already in such chaos, imagine the chaos between colonies.

The Federation has a considerable number of banks, and even Tsugumi couldn't pinpoint who had the most debt. Zeon was even more direct; just look at Gihren's pathetic state, and you can tell that the banks owe him, not the other way around.

If I can't defeat the Federation, and I can't kill the Zeon, can't I at least kill you Moon People?

Tsurugi gave Cardias a brief demonstration of his financial magic tricks.

After witnessing firsthand how Tsugumi used a toy to siphon off 30 percent of Anaheim's assets and staged the disappearance of a factory, Cardias completely abandoned any idea of ​​dealing with Tsugumi.

You can deal with forces you can understand; no matter how powerful they are, you can still comprehend them.

But when faced with something so illogical and beyond reason, any means seem pale and laughable.

What else can we do but submit?

They are businessmen, so they should have the ability to assess the situation. Although the Federation Zeon is powerful in the universe, it is still a force to be reckoned with.

There is no shame in submitting to forces that cannot be understood.

Moreover, Cardias keenly sensed that Tsurugi had little interest in practical matters, so letting him rule over humanity might not be such a bad thing after all.

Although having an emperor above them constitutes autocratic rule, at least the Federation won't have the deeply entrenched corruption problems it has today—given Dongjiang's personality, if anyone dares to do such a thing under his command, he'll go straight to their door and kill their entire family.

Although Cardias Vist is a tycoon's son, he is indeed a rare person who cares about humanity.

Tsugumi successfully gained actual control of Anaheim, but only within the scope of the Vist Foundation's control.

After all, Anaheim is a giant business conglomerate, and the biggest characteristic of such listed companies is their complex network of insider relationships.

Although Tsurugi offered to help Cardias kill all these people, Cardias declined the offer.

After all, many of these intricate relationships are based on kinship, while others are not entirely enemies...

Tsuruga never bothered with these complicated interpersonal issues. He only cared about the results. Anaheim was just a backyard factory to him. If it didn't do what he wanted, he'd lose his head!

After confirming their subordinate relationship, Cardias 'kindly' provided Tsurugi with the names and addresses of the major political families on Earth.

The number of these financial families is not particularly large, or rather, there are only a few surnames that are truly qualified to determine the fate of the Federation and control the economic and political lifeline of the Earth Sphere.

Founding families of the Federation, such as the Marcenas family, still have descendants who hold important positions in politics. Surrounding them is a group known as the G8 Elite Family Alliance, which constitutes the eight most important core member states of the Earth Federation: the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China, Japan, and Australia. These are hereditary political and military family alliances.

In addition, there are some political families that monopolize parts of the world's commerce, such as the Ronah family.

The Federation has long been controlled by a few privileged families and groups that control the political, economic, and military lifelines. It can be said that all the resources of the Federation Army come from these groups.

The person most closely associated with them was the famous General Plywood 369 of the Federation, who was also General Gop, who was in the same batch as Reibir. It can be said that the Federation Army was nurtured by him through his privileged family that communicated with Earth.

Cardias kindly advised Tsurugi to wait until the end of the One Year War before settling accounts with these federal clans.

After all, these gentlemen still need to donate money to fight Jiweng!

But Tsugumi just smiled and patted Cardias on the shoulder without saying anything.

Compromise? Wait? That's a funny joke.

Even these scumbags wouldn't dare to jump under the Titans's tyranny, so what reason does he have to compromise with them for some damn big picture?

Anyway, he had already severely weakened Zeon with his previous actions, so this latest move to strike the Federation again can be considered a dynamic balance.

In any case, no reason is justifiable for him to turn a blind eye to these scumbags!

Seeing that Tsurugi was so unyielding, Cardias could only sigh helplessly and give in.

However, given his principle of either not doing something at all or doing it thoroughly, Cardias 'kindly' offered a suggestion.