As Jack focused on the entertainment industry, something else was happening. Without the information of any of the citizens, a war was already occurring between two countries.
Of course, this was a cyber war. The country that Azima was facing off against was called Zigo. This country had always been at odds with Azima. They had attempted all means that they could, to try and take advantage of them without launching an all-out attack.
But of course, all there efforts had bore them no fruits. Azima wasn't just any country. Instead, it was a country that was well developed in both the military warfare, and technological areas as well.
For that reason, no matter how hard Zigo tried, they never managed to deal any much damage to Azima. But, since they were attacking, they were obviously supposed to be prepared for a counter attack.
And with the counterattack that came from Azima, there was nothing that they could do but accept the loss that they were going to suffer.
But even so, this country had never given up. And the reason as to why they had been attacking Azima was not anything that was known by all the other nations that were observing everything from the sidelines.
As long as it was not an all-out attack, then, they were definitely not going to interfere. Perhaps, this might be a chance for them to get some profits from the two fighting nations.
….
A few hours before…
Inside the president's office in Zigo country, a man who seemed to be in his late 30s was seated behind a desk with a frown on his face. He was the current president of Zigo country.
Currently, his expression wasn't looking good at all. Instead, there was a hint of burning fury within his eyes. And if eyes could kill, he would have definitely killed many people in case they were standing in front of him.
Unlucky for one man, who was supposedly the advisor of the president was standing in front of the man at that moment. He was Andrew, a man who was in his late '50s.
Andrew had previously worked with the current president's father, who was also a president before. He had thought that perhaps his life was going to be just like it was before, but he had never expected that his life was going to be a living hell when he was serving as the president's advisor of the current age.
"How can this happen? There is no way that Azima can actually neutralize someone like that. With the equipment that he possessed, that was someone even if we faced, we were definitely going to suffer greatly." Kevin said in a low voice.
Andrew remained silent as he didn't know what to reply to that. Even he himself didn't believe that Azima could actually deal with the problem that they had been encountering previously.
They had seen several clips that they had managed to get through their spies that they had planted in Azima. That was the main reason as to why they had decided to take advantage of the period when the military that was located in the central province of Azima could not leave, to launch an attack on the borders of Azima.
Since they had got them unawares, they had managed to deal a lot of damage to the military of Azima. But, just as they were celebrating about this and were about to continue launching their attacks, suddenly, the military force that was located in the central province of Azima suddenly appeared.
With their appearance, they managed to deal with the forces that Zigo had sent over. Since they didn't want to suffer any more loses, they had no choice but to retreat.
But, this was still something that even Andrew didn't know about. He didn't even know the reason as to why they were attacking Azima. As long as Kevin gave an order, it was always followed.
Had this been a normal democratic country, then, perhaps there would have been several people opposing this. After all, trying to attack a nation that was far stronger than them was no different from trying to commit suicide.
But, Zigo was completely different. That democratic system had only been recently introduced. And, Kevin was the first president who had been elected by democracy.
And, his family was the previous ruling force of the country. For that reason, they had very many loyal subjects that held a lot of power. And for that reason, even though democracy was introduced, there was no way that anybody was going to prevent someone from Kevin's family from taking over the position of the president.
But, it wasn't even long after Kevin took over the position of the president of the country that he began launching several attacks on Azima. Since he wasn't launching full scale attacks, then there was no way that Azima country was going to launch a full scale attack that was going to wipe them out.
"Could it be that Azima contains someone who has the capabilities to restrain a person who was armed in such a manner?" Kevin continued thinking to himself.
"But that is impossible. Had it been true that there is someone who really has the capabilities of doing that, then I would have known that already."
After he continued mattering to himself for about a whole half an hour, Kevin finally turned his attention to Andrew who had already been getting tired of standing.
"Andrew, what do you think we should do next. There's no way that I'm going to take this lying down. How can they actually kill hundreds of my soldiers? Do they know how hard I had to train them?" Kevin asked as he continued with his complaints.
Andrew on the other hand nearly rolled his eyes when he heard Kevin's words. 'You are complaining about losing several soldiers. But, weren't you the first person that decided on attacking them first? What is wrong with them deciding to strike back if you are actually attacking them?'
Even though Andrew thought that way, he didn't dare to say that loudly. Otherwise, he wouldn't even know how he died the following day.
"Mr. President, since we cannot beat them in terms of combat abilities, then I suggest that we use cyber warfare." Andrew replied respectfully.
Even though it was true that Kevin was younger than him, Kevin was still the president. For that reason, he had to show enough respect. As for Kevin showing him respect, coming from a royal family, there was no way that Kevin was going to show respect to those that were at a lower level than him.
Kevin's eyes lit up with excitement, but just for a moment before they dimmed again. "How can we do that? We don't possess that much power in terms of technology as compared to Azima."
Even though he didn't want another type of war to be launched between the two countries, Andrew still replied honestly. "Mr. President, I have already organized for a group of people that are very skilled in hacking to deal with that."
"I have collected all those that have a criminal background, and threatened them that if they don't do what we want, then they are going to rot in jail. Additionally, I have managed to get someone that is so skilled in hacking, that he is feared in different countries."
Kevin wasn't an idiot. That was the main reason as to why he was able to get the position of the president despite having a lot of competition back in his family.
He had already thought about the matter of using cyber war on Azima. But, he had been forced to throw the thought out of the window because he knew that the capabilities of his country when it came to cyber capabilities was very low.
But, he was definitely interested in the fact that Andrew had managed to get someone who was skilled enough to be feared in different countries. As for who that person was, that didn't matter to him.
As long as his wishes were fulfilled, he would definitely reward the person that had completed the mission grandly.
"Who is this person that you are talking about?" Kevin asked curiously.
"Virtual nightmare." Andrew responded.
Bang!
The moment that the name was mentioned, Kevin who was still seated on his chair abruptly got onto his feet. He looked at Andrew with great surprise in his eyes, completely not believing what he had said.
"Are you serious? It is not that easy to get the Virtual Nightmare. So, how did you get him?" Kevin asked with his hands already beginning to tremble with excitement.
"It was just a matter of luck. I came across the virtual nightmare's child. With the child as a bargaining chip, I was able to convince the virtual nightmare to work for us. As long as he completes the mission that is given to him, then his child would be released." Andrew replied.
Kevin frowned when he heard that. Even though it was true that he was vicious, and he could have resorted to such means, he still had to think about the consequences of the actions that he was going to take.
"Are you sure about this? I don't want to start having another problem inside while we are already having a big problem dealing with Azima." Kevin spoke in a low voice.
"Mr. President, we can definitely deal with virtual nightmare by continuing holding his child as a hostage. As long as we have his child, there is no way that virtual nightmare is going to do anything to us, unless he wants his child to die." Andrew replied.
It was true that he himself would not have wanted something like that to happen, but he did not have a choice at all. The main reason behind this was, as long as he was not useful to the president anymore, then the president was going to get rid of him.
"Hehehe! That's great! Andrew, that is the reason as to why I always kept you around. I knew that you were useful. Now, I want all the preparations to begin. We are going to lunch an attack on all the important companies and websites of Azima!" Kevin laughed out loud with excitement as he said these words.
"As you command Mr. President." Andrew replied before finally walking out of the office, finally feeling relieved.
New novel 𝓬hapters are published on (f)reeweb(n)ovel.com