Chapter 282
—Of course, the Merlin Corporation decided not to sell the artificial spiritual pathways in countries that didn’t enforce the patent law.
—What! That’s bullshit!
—Bullshit?! Ha, that’s rich. Your country won’t enforce the patent laws and protect intellectual property rights, so why should they sell artificial spiritual pathways in your country?
Although there was some media backlash, Eunhye was able to wade through the difficulties and complete her work in getting artificial spiritual pathways to market. Merlin’s name value and Yongno’s popularity as the Great Mage made her work much easier. The world was changing because of artificial spiritual pathways, and national leaders weren’t blind to these changes.
“Oh, it seemed like the Chinese side was going to do something. They acknowledged the conditions and let them be put in place, but it seems they’re generally dissatisfied,” Eunhye stated.
“They’re probably burdened by the thought of Korea, their next-door neighbor, growing too big. Their voice in the political arena is weakening because of people like me and Seyoung,” Yongno commented.
The case was similar for Japan. If Japan were in a normal state, they would have tried to check Korea at every corner. However, having been vehemently defeated by Seyoung, Japan was now living in a sort of dark age, so it didn’t have the means to make such political moves.
‘Even if Japan were operating normally, what could they do? A public appeal won’t work, media play is useless, and since Yongno operates DIO, any political pressure would only result in firm counterattacks.’
Yongno was a major transnational force that couldn’t easily be reckoned with. His military and technological power transcended the existing systems of the world, so he was relatively free from any pressure.