Chapter 683
Oh, that awe-inspiring, fearsome sight that sends shivers down the spine with its cruel implants and shimmering alloy…! The gaze of the magnificent ruler Anastasia, boldly clad in a pure white dress, looking down upon them with her chest puffed out…!!!
Tremble, tremble.
The decadent fools drenched in luxury and indulgence.
The residents of Neo New York had no choice but to quake in fear…!!!
They must kneel before the majesty of that tomato…!!!
Tremble, tremble…
“Hey! Turn off that chainsaw stuck in your groin!”
“Oh right, I left it on earlier….”
Anyway, it was shaking.
And finally, the great leader of Neo New York, the mayor, appeared, opening the wall’s door, kneeling, and saying,
“I surrender.”
So he did….
Then the merciful Anastasia spoke.
“Okay! From now on, you’re all mine~”
She graciously treated them.
“Oh… oh! How can you be so merciful!”
The residents, overwhelmed by her grace, shed tears and oil, praising her…!!!
* * *
Boooom-!!!
They charged forth!
The great and merciful legion of Anastasia is on the move!!!
Tomatoes, bursting flames from their engines, whirling through the air like drills!
A mohawk-headed man riding a sliced tomato in a wild charge!
Cyborgs leading the way with thick tomato slices in place of tires!
Mecha-tomato belching steam!
The terrifying Tomato Apocalypse cyberpunk soldiers raced through the dream world.
The light of gold bars that adorned the sky faded.
The value of the land deeds that bought the earth also became dim.
And in this place, where no one cared about such things, another dream had turned into a vulgar joke.
They charged on.
Doom-!
Drum-!
Tomatoroid, born from the fusion of tomato and cyborg, pounded the drums with such force that shockwaves erupted, while a person—neither clearly a man nor a woman—danced frantically, drumming with a chainsaw in the groin. Tomato cola, made by mixing tomatoes with water, splattered everywhere, while fires ignited from the tomato oil.
Ziiing-!
The whip tomato, which had shattered the park earlier with its stem, now played an electronic guitar.
Shaking its head wildly, swinging the stem back and forth, a pair of superconducting mechanical arms blasted flames through the electronic guitar, while its superconducting mechanical legs played dual guitars, creating a dazzling and thrilling sound with the strings of the superconducting plasma RGB LED tune!
And so, they charged, invading dreams, conquering, conquering!
[ The great leader of Neo New York, the divine goddess of tomatoes and machines, the cruel yet merciful emperor, who pickles all who dare to rebel into ketchup smaller than a tomato, has arrived here! You shall bow and surrender in awe of her mercy! ]
“I-I surrender!”
Thus, the cyber tomato legion began to invade dreams, conquering and recruiting them as soldiers.
Initially, it was just a legion of tomatoes, but as cyberpunk technology merged, it became the cyber tomato legion, and with the addition of gold bars and jewels, it transformed into the cyber tomato rich legion. This legion also grew increasingly powerful as it conquered other dreams….
At last.
[ Fear! Here comes the Holy Roman Viking Gorania Novelism Empire Cyber-Nuclear Superconducting Supernova Bloody Rich Legion! ]
It had transformed into something holy, grand, and seemingly wealthy.
What is that something, you ask?
Describing it is neither sexy nor tomatic…!
Merely feel it with your heart!
Tomatoes!
“Hee, heeek…!”
[ Surrender! Submit! ]
“Gar, gar, gar! If you can’t win, join us!”
“Your dreams are over! From now on, this place is ruled by our Holy Roman Viking Gorania Novelism Empire Cyber-Nuclear Superconducting Supernova Bloody Rich Legion!”
“If you don’t surrender, I’ll pickle you in ketchup!”
“If you submit, you’ll be treated as a warrior, but as a prisoner, you’ll eat tteokbokki made from rice cakes that are a year past their expiration date!”
Oh.
Look at that fearsome sight…!
That cavalry warrior holding a tomato shotgun, riding a cyber deer!
The wicked witch’s cauldron that can burst any equipment, bubbling with red tteokbokki inside…!
A cyber warrior swinging stretching cheese like a whip!
Even a huge tomato plated in gold…!
It was frightening, frightening indeed…!
But foolishly, this dream resisted surrender.
“Shut up! I’m a great American! With just a gun, I can take you down!”
Ah.
How could one be so foolish…!
Everyone sighed.
How dare they try to rebel without knowing their own place…!
If they continued, the cruel ruler would step in…!
“This is absurd…!”
And true to their expectations, Anastasia stood up.
With a dignified gesture, she snapped her fan shut and pointed at the Western man who dared to defy her.
“Legion! Seize that person!”
And according to her command, the legion began to move.
The golden-plated giant tomato rolled, turning the city into ruins, and a tomato with Viking whiskers spun like a propeller, shooting its lycopene death beam.
Boom-!
Boom-!
The powerful death beam could shred helicopters and tanks with a mere graze, rendering the pilots inside perfectly healthy. Furthermore, it didn’t stop there; it left them sticky and shattered their fighting spirit, while mosquitoes swarmed, confining them.
“Hehehehe. Check out this plasma sword! What do you think?!”
“Ugh, agh! I have a lightsaber stuck in my groin…!”
It didn’t take long for the city to be reduced to ashes.
Yeah….
This city had completely fallen.
Before the fearsome Holy Roman Viking Gorania Novelism Empire Cyber-Nuclear Superconducting Supernova Bloody Rich Legion…!!!
And the Western man who dared to defy Anastasia was captured by a Holy Tomatoroid Angel, adorned with angelic wings and a halo, now rolling at her feet.
“Ugh, how could America lose…!”
Anastasia’s eyes sparkled as she looked at the man overflowing with pride for America.
‘I found you~’
She grinned widely and commanded the soldiers around her.
To torture that man.
Thus, the cruel torment began…!
“Hah! How dare you roll around in such a fine Humvee! You don’t deserve to drive this! From now on, you’re reduced to small cars… no, you’ll only ride a tricycle!”
“W-What?!”
“And it’s lunchtime…! Alright, I’ll give you pizza! I’ll even cut it for you!”
“N-No! Don’t cut the pizza into a spiral!”
“Hahaha! You can’t fold or hold this pizza! The only way you can eat it is to slurp it up like noodles with these chopsticks! And you must make sounds while doing so! Haha, of course, this pizza isn’t cold like cold noodles!”
“What kind of cruel bastards are you!”
“But we do have mercy. Now, let’s have a hamburger.”
“What the damn bastards! How is this a hamburger if it has chicken in it?!”
“Shut it! Do you dare refuse the hamburger we provide?!”
“Ugh…!”
“And from now on, you cannot use yard pounds. Got it?!”
“Th-That’s…!”
For him, bursting with pride as an American, these torturous treatments were certainly unbearable…!
“W-Stop! Why are you making the Cuban sandwich soggy?!”
Truly.
“Why would you wash the fried chicken with water…?! What? Too greasy…?!”
Cruel…!
“How could this be! Just stop flooding my house with white ants…!”
It was torture…!
And thus, the man ultimately surrendered.
“O mighty Majesty Lady The Alice…! I will surrender unconditionally…! I… I was wrong! I will disclose all the information I possess…!”
And he began to spill out everything he knew.
Of course, he rambled on a bit, and there were plenty of logical leaps—what they called jumpy narratives—but still, it was quite usable information.
“Mmm! It doesn’t look completely fictional from the videos and photos~”
Anastasia laughed as she listened to the information obtained from torturing the man.
“Well then, shall we move on to the next dream!”
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…
How many dreams had they subdued?
Anastasia had become Genghis Khan Roman Empress King Majesty Ultra Wonder Lady The Superstar Holy Queen Alice…!
“Hmm~ It seems I’ve gathered plenty of information.”
Anastasia mischievously smiled as she looked at her legion.
Then she picked up a suitable souvenir.
“Alright. I’ll be on my way now! Bye~”
She awoke from the dream.
* * *
Awakening from her dream, Anastasia rose from her bed.
She shuffled her messy hair and turned to the man sitting in the chair, watching her.
“Jinseong!”
Then, making a ‘V’ sign with her hand, she proudly declared.
“I’ve got the info!”
