Kai didn't go to Washington.
Washington came to him.
đŹ Black SUV, No Plates
Three men stepped out of the vehicle.
No suits. No smiles. No introductions.
One handed Kai a folder.
"You'll want to read this somewhere private."
He didn't.
He opened it right there.
Inside:
A nondisclosure form
A contract draft
Photos of test subjects
Results from merged food trials on military bases
MergeEggs reduced recovery time by 41%.
MergeMilk boosted cognitive alertness under fatigue.
MergePork sustained soldiers in desert ops twice as long.
The conclusion was handwritten:
"We want a direct, secured supply line. Merge-grade only."
đĄď¸ Contract Negotiation
Kai flipped to the last page. The number was circled.
$50,000,000 â Five-year supply deal.
Merge-grade food, delivered monthly, tracked and sealed.
Kai had conditions:
Deliveries are product only â no animal sales.
MergeMaster remains anonymous â no public connection.
No branding, no inspections. Just the results.
They agreed.
đˇ MergePork Scaling
With the deal in place, Kai ordered another 20,000 pigs.
MergeCore's Swine Zone lit up:
Mass merging cycles 24/7
Specialized feed tuned to build lean Tier 4 muscle mass
Environmental controls for heat-neutral growth
Within days:
1,400 Tier 3 MergePigs
120 Tier 4 Crimson Swine
3 new experiments underway to push Tier 5 boundaries
đ MergeTractor Trials
Kai turned his focus back to machines.
With this contract, he needed the land to work faster than humans ever could.
[MERGE: Tractor A + Tractor B = Tier 2 â Fuel Efficient]
[MERGE: Tier 2 + Tier 2 = Tier 3 â Terrain Adaptive]
[MERGE: Tier 3 + Tier 3 = Tier 4 â AI-Controlled MergeHarvester]
Tier 4 machines ran 24/7.
They didn't break. They didn't stall.
And they automatically flagged beds that needed merging.
đĽď¸ MergeMart Expansion v2
MergeMart added a secure contract dashboard:
Private military portal
Controlled logistics
Merged inventory tracking
Everything moved through Kai.
Everything was under his control.
Earnings
MergeEgg Tier 4 (military): +$80,000
MergeMilk Tier 4 (military): +$90,000
MergePork Tier 4 (military): +$120,000
Lettuce + Tomatoes: +$38,000
Cigarettes: +$45,000
Government Signing Bonus: +$10,000,000
Expenses
20,000 Pigs: â$360,000
Swine Infrastructure Expansion: â$240,000
MergeTractor Upgrades: â$110,000
MergeMart Backend Logistics: â$90,000
Net Profit: +$9,573,000
Kai's Total Net Worth: $11,968,000
He wasn't selling food.
He was feeding nations.