D-Genesis: Three Years after the Dungeons Appeared Volume 6 by KONO Tsuranori

Author:KONO Tsuranori [KONO TSURANORI]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2024-06-17T00:00:00+00:00

Smith returned to his post, and Simon made his way back to the JSDF encampment to share what he’d heard and discuss what to do with their remaining day.

The heavy atmosphere that had settled over the camp broke with news of the new weapon. In particular, it looked as though a great weight had been lifted from Iori’s shoulders.

***

“There. Now they can just sit on their laurels and wait for the equipment tomorrow. No last-minute, desperate plans getting in the way.” Smith chuckled to himself, out of earshot.

Had the same incident occurred on US soil, Smith imagined that they would simply send in as many troops as needed—hundreds of thousands—armed with M14 flamethrowers to burn until the burning was done. Any casualties would be a small price to pay.

America might actually have been able to employ the same solution in Japan, though he partially doubted they could gather enough M14s in time.

However, National Security Adviser John R. Dalton had sidestepped the very possibility when suggesting plans to the president, jumping straight to the nuclear option.

Before coming to Yokohama, Smith had received a single order from Dalton: make sure nuclear arms were used.

Dungeons were physical subspaces; no damage would extend to the exterior of their confines. In addition, any earthly items left inside were already subject to deletion at the hands...if they could be called that...of the dungeons’ slimes.

The boys in the Department of Defense had been working up a sweat over the thought of some rogue nation making a bid at becoming a nuclear power by tapping into the potential of those spaces to both conceal development and clear waste.

A confined, indestructible subspace. Could the world’s seismic, hydroacoustic, infrasound, and radionuclide stations detect nuclear tests conducted in them? If not, then any country could be conducting nuclear tests under America’s nose.

In addition, how the dungeons handled radioactive waste was of the utmost interest to the States. Or rather, to the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, and last but not least the Washington State Environmental Protection Division.

The Hanford Site cleanup.

The Hanford Site, in Washington state, had manufactured the bulk of the plutonium used in America’s nuclear bombs. It was also the site of a staggering amount of buried nuclear waste, disposed of before proper regulations were in place. Leakage from the site had become a problem which, along with the exorbitant funds predicted to be required for cleanup, was the source of a major political headache.

But what if they could safely and properly dispose of the waste simply by shoving it into a dungeon?

The world had speculated on the dungeons as a nuclear waste disposal option ever since they’d appeared. After the WDA assumed management of the dungeons, testing had stalled, but the Yokohama situation offered an unprecedented chance—one Smith had been ordered to seize.

Without such an opportunity, they’d never learn how dungeons might interact with radiation. According to Dalton, anyway.

“What? All we’re doing is what’s necessary to save Japan. No, the world.” He smiled.

The radiation could be a danger.

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