21 Secret Preparation (2/2)

And what do you know?

Jurassic Park tops the box office of 1993, follows by Mrs. Doubtfire and the Fugitive. I guess that those three are the movies I should make.

I am planning to make three blockbusters movies a year after all.

Making those movies three years in advance is also a good idea. I won't have to deal with unwinnable copyright lawsuits.

Well, not that they are unwinnable.

I am in the belief of that if there is a will, there is definitely a fucking way.

Honestly, if I can't think of anything, I could always have the original creators meet with an unfortunate accident if they cause me too much trouble.

Car crashes. Leak gases. Deadly allergic reaction.

There are plenty to choose from. Hydra and Shield is pretty good at finding ways to kill people without anyone raising an eyebrow. If there are witnesses or those too smart for their own good, they won't live long to tell anyone about it.

Is that too evil? Definitely. Do I care?

Eh… a little.

It is because doing that too much will have the entire United States government bearing upon me and my associates. Without Shield telling me, I know for a fact they are looking into Chrono Holdings and other major companies right about now.

There is no way they are not considering Chrono Holdings has predicted the market to almost perfect accuracy. Henry makes a few mistakes here and there to make it seems legit.

I am also in the belief that any secret will eventually come to light.

Just be prepared for that eventuality, hence my countless plans. Keeping track of so many plans really make my head hurts. So many things can go wrong due to too many moving parts.

Maybe it is time to activate XCOM.

Well, it isn't exactly called XCOM.

I just like to call it that on the account I love the game so much.

It is actually called XCOMBAT – my personal drone army.

Unlike Hydra or Shield, who has human operators in every divisions, XCOMBAT is composed entirely of machine. A fearless and unrelenting army that does not sleep, eat or feel. They will not stop until they accomplish whatever mission I give them.

They are backup plans to Hydra and Shield. Yeah. I'm not going to have those two organizations have a chance to backstab me.

XCOMBAT Headquarter is in China, the land of the rising dragons.

Yes. I'm exploiting poor Chinese farmers on the countryside to build my deadly robotic army. At least they get a decent meal 3 times a day and a bit of money to take home to their family.

I have been working on this army since 1976, right after Mao died. I think might have something to do with that.

Historically, Mao should have died around that time, but he refuses to due to divergent timeline, so I suggest to Hua Guofeng to put him down and seize power.

The man did with a little bit of help from XCOMBAT of course. He is still in office right now. All power of the People Army lies within his hand. However, he is a bit paranoid right now, fearing death and people stabbing him and what's not.

That is why I didn't bother him too much in the past decade.

I will have to once Atlantis makes their move since China is one of the world superpowers of the future after all. Having them under my control will prevent World War 3.

The sun has risen in the horizon by the time I was done preparing everything for Terra Entertainment and all its subsidiaries.

It will be a very long week ahead.

I just hope no one gives me anymore trouble. It a waste of time teaching them a lesson, honestly.

But I couldn't just turn a blind eye and let it go.

Once I do, everyone will stop fearing me and start doing shit on their own. I can't have that.

But before all of that – Antigone! Daddy is home!

Did you miss me?

Her screaming pierces my ear.

I guess she did miss me. Heh.

Ah. Fatherhood…