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**** 241634GOLFMAR18: Kesslerstaadt
The neons of the city state, usually of red and pink color symbolizing moral decay this city found itself in, shined like Christmas lights as they contrasted with the dark tropical sky. Kesslerstaadt - also colloquially called "New Sodom" by those less eager to agree with deeds citizens of said urban agglomeration committed on daily basis - was, without joking, most loose city in the world, where all sort of sexual restraints disappeared long ago. When a cult that was forced to flee from Europe back in the early modern ages, took it's seat here and preserved to this day, with roughly half of the population still involved in it's vile practices. Having enormous amount of influence in politics and culture, the cult worshiped an idol known as Balcom, whom they claimed gave humans enlightenment in the garden of Eden, believing that God of Abraham is "the evil and lesser god" to the one whom they worshiped. To celebrate their deity, the cultists built almost one kilometer tall skyscraper, housing officers, supermarkets, hotels, brothels and the cult's temples, styled after the tower of Babel from Biblical tales. On the top of almost kilometer tall tower, strange rituals often involving abusive acts were performed to celebrate the minor avatar of Balesh (as the cult borrowed a lot from local Hinduism also ) - the Lukayesh, the avatar of the angel of the sun. When the tower was forced to be demolished following infamous 2016 terrorist attacks by Commoner Royal Guard - the cult built a lesser one, which still served it's purpose.
On the top over five hundred meters recently built skyscrapper was an apartment inhabited by a certain multi-billionare, which became his retreat after the entire world pronounced him dead. His name was Amihan Russell, formerly owning an enormous bank known as Russel Financial, giving enormous loans to multiple large companies and thus, building a powerful network of his own. One of his doings was also Amihan Foundation for Development of Freedom, Democracy and Progress (AFDFDP) which financed an enormous amount left wing, and socially progressive movements across the world. Very few people known that this man was once high ranked chief of Asignese Kahaliman network, creating proxies for the Bayan all over Southern Furukuran sea; and personally great fan of Erin Terten's ideology and worshiper of his "Holy Truth". But Kahaliman was now no more; left of his web of contacts he forged during his service, Amihan Russel went to create his own underground power, to realize the dream the banker had since his childhood.
Not always did the multi-billionare know abundance of wealth. He was born in now unresistant country, devoured by a civil war forgotten long ago. Once, as a child, he knew pain when his entire family was slaughtered on his eyes by a militia of a rival ethnic group. That act put him upon long road of hatred towards everything traditional; for nationalities and religions. Deep desire to unify the entire Earth under him was forged in his heart. Like Nietzchean overman, he was going to break the useless bonds of tradition and cast his own morality in place of the destroyed traditional societies; and when emerging forces of the globalization have defeated the reaction, the world will finally know peace and prosperity.
The chance to realize his dreams came to him in his adult life. When he ascended to his wealth, working as a manager for another important businessman at the height of the cold war, he was recruited to be a part of a secret alliance formed between most influential people in Communist Intelligence Services and various multi-billionaires. Purpose of this hidden union was, originally, to prevent nuclear war by influencing governments on both sides. But Russel had other vision - one where the only war to prevent global catastrophe of a new war would be to remove from the face of the Earth things that allowed wars - religion, nationalism or any other form of conflicting identity. Such removal was to be accomplished by a forceful conquest. Now, when as Alvin Toffler predicted, globalization was weakening the institution of nation state, new subjects of international relations were emerging. Those subjects - corporations, religious groups, terrorists or international criminals - had little desire to conform to traditional nation-state system that dominated the world in XIX century. They lacked, however, someone with influence enough to unite them - that was, before Russel had shown up.
Russel sighed as he entered the room, looking around on the assembled members. His co-conspirators were influential people from all over the world; but most of them did not care about grand ideas. Profit was the only thing those greedy faces were thinking about - and profit they shall get, but not before doing the work Amihan assigned them.
"Brothers!" sounded his majestic and full of confidence voice "Sisters! Today we meet here again to continue with our grand plan! The emerging world economy is finally giving us a chance to accomplish the dream we have all shared throughout all those decades when our alliance was formed to prevent the nuclear holocaust from taking place! Since that time, we have known that only way to stop mankind's spiral down towards destruction was to put a sold boot beneath legs of the nationalist and populists! History had proven just how lethal those feelings are, when millions of bodies filled the trenches of World War I. Today however, as a reaction to all the positive developments - such emergence of a global human rights system, increase of democracy around the world or creation of more responsible forms of economic development that ensure social justice and refuse to harm our mother Earth - there is a reaction! Look at the world - countless wars, endless bloodshed, all in the name of nation or religion! But we - the few enlighted souls that have resources to do it - are here to stop it! Shall we, then refuse to make mistakes Redshield made, and finally start implementation of our plan!?"
"Yes! Towards a more stable world!" shouted chorus of voices from both sides of the table they were sitting near. "Hyenas" though in his head Amihan "you follow me only because you can earn something from that..."
"Redshield tried to kill me and he failed" shouted Amihan as his voice became even more charismatic "He tried making deals with Kojiro - and look what has happened to him! He is now bitting the sand, his excuse for a brother captured by Inyurstan Intelligence! Thanks to him, various intelligence agencies from reactionary countries refusing to align themselves with inevitable human progress can now boast of discovery of what they call "greatest criminal organization to have ever existed!" - but they have not came even close to beating us! As such, I present you the man who will carry out our next move - Bhagawn Chandradev Upadhya, founder of International Shiva Consciousness Society! "
The doors opened to reveal a short Hindu man, dressed just in a simple orange robe. His head was decorated with a large orange turban from under which white marks and a red dot emerged. His face was round and decorated with a long, gray beard. In his hand was a staff decorated with two, big, white horns like those of a ram. Around his neck was a bracelet shaped like a large, silver naga.
"Pranam!" he said with a calm, totally emotionless voice "I am Bhandradev Upadhya, Supreme Lord of all things and Avatar of Nandi! Shiva has sent me to prepare the entire world for his coming by unifying all true religions under his banner! He told me to inspire brave kshatrias of the world and drive out the scourge of monotheist religions from the land of Bharatiya and all his brothers! And our liberation shall begin on island of Bangka!"
"Bangka!" shouted Michael Freeman, one of Russel's business associates, visibly surprised by the proposition. His words were spoken with disdain, as the buisnessman seen the Guru merely as a tool meant to control people using religion "What are we searching on pis-poor shithole in the middle of Ocean!"
"Mind your tongue!" shouted the Guru with an enormous anger in his voice. Evidently "detachment" was only the face he made for the public.
"No, he is right, you raghead!" came another fierce reply, this time for Walter Siemens - a long time mercenary and former colonel of Self Defense Forces of a certain small, tropical nation. Siemens, unlike the banker - utterly detested the guru. With mockery in his voice, the soldier of fortune continued "Feel free to discern meaning of those visions when you smoke your drugs, but do so after you leave this meeting! Do you have an idea of what Kojiro will do when we make a move inside what he considers his sphere of influence! He will bring wrath of the entire Kaigun against us, and you won't defend that island with few old Pattons and drug-smoking fanatics who think they are new Arjuns and Bhimas!"
"You..." shouted the Guru, drawing an enormous knife from behind his robe "I will flay you al..."
"ENOUGH!" shouted Russel, observing as everyone became stunned following his command "Swami Upadhya is a respected friend of mine! One more insult and and I will gut you all out! Are we clear?"
The tensions visibly decreased, Russel went on to describe next parts of his plan:
"If you are not willing to listen to him, you will listen to me!" voice of the billionare was now visibly raised, full of flowing passion "We chose Bangka for a reason. That island used to be a colony long ago, and a dislike for christian faith remains there since those times. With Nifonese companies moving to exploit the island's rich natural resources - ones we would like to be ours, I would add - tensions between local population and the Christians are at record high. Thus, is where you enter in, Siemens. "
A short silence fell.
"You will be responsible for carrying out a false flag attack in biggest Hindu temple. I will leave this entire matter to you, but you will have to maximize losses and make sure that entire fault will be falling on some kind of Christian group. Do so, and I will pay you one hundred million outright."
"And honorable swami" Siemens said the last two words with enough venom in his voice to shame the most poisonous of snakes "Won't have anything against his followers dying?"
"Only fools think that they can kill the soul!" Walter sighed as the Guru returned to his "preacher mode", once again assuming face of a holy man "Those hindus will have a lot of their bad karma destroyed for participation in such a holy act. As a Swami, I need to be detached from all worldly affairs, including their matters. My concern is merely with what is above."
"And I guess ten Mercedeses you have fell from the sky, right!" sighed Walter, unable to further listen to the swami's words. He at least did not try to hide the fact that he was a killer under higher ideas. Hypocrisy of the Hindu holy man disgusted him.
"Once the attack has been carried out, and island's Kyogokist converts blamed, our media will spread the word. Subsequently, our Swami's followers from International Shiva Consciousness Foundation who have installed themselves upon highest echelons of Bangka Defense Forces will carry out a military coup to depose the government of Wira Setiawan Sasmita. Once he is punished for refusal to cooperate with us. Then, we will take final steps to secure the island's natural resources for our cause."
"Just a question" asked Walter "what will you do when Koijro comes knocking at the doorstep?"
"Oh I know he will!" smiled Russel "his success in dismantling Redshield's empire emboldened him. I am counting on him coming. With the population in anti-Christian frenzy, his forces will be seen as invaders, not as liberators. If he succeeds in taking the island - and he most likely will - he will be stuck on it with a long stabilization operation, as we will fund the resistance. Furthermore, we can use the operation to provoke a bigger conflict between Hindus and Abrahamics; revive Hindu fanaticism that will be beneficial for our cause. While Kojiro will waste his funds on lengthy stabilization operations, we will provoke new conflicts - and soon overextend Nifonese empire, making it fall into the trap of debt, which we will then use to take control of it. Any more questions?"
"I will start looking for proper mercenaries to carry out the attack. Meanwile make sure that you Godman" Siemens looked at Swami Upadhya with disdain in his eyes "Will do a good job. I do not want to clean after him afterwards..."
"And you just got yourself ten more reincarnations, heathen." replied equally angrily the Guru, before all of them went to their directions, to unleash one of greatest crisises Southern Furukuran Sea seen in decades...
