Chapter 32: Tokyo Madness

Everyone was terrified.

Did they accidentally wander into the Monster world?

"This is not an alien invasion at all; it is the descent of demons!" Hongwen Yilang stood with his mouth wide open, eyes filled with horror.

The Cloud Lake scenery, with demons running rampant, was truly like the legendary Night Parade of a Hundred Demons.

Countless people stood stunned; the panic brought by the earthquake was completely overshadowed by the horror of the Cloud Lake scenery, shocking them into forgetting to flee.

In Japan, to this day, aside from preserving culture such as the yakuza, festivals, and kimonos, demon culture is also preserved and has been passed down to the present.

Moreover, demon culture is especially prevalent in Japan today.

The extent of its prevalence, the simplest example: the Japanese anime industry produces at least one or two demon-themed anime every year; even if the theme is not demons, some anime characters are depicted based on demon prototypes to some extent.

Demon culture is not only popular among otaku; many contemporary famous Japanese artists also dabble in demons, with most having painted ukiyo-e of demons.

Regarding demons, Japanese people do not believe demons truly exist, but this does not hinder the spread of demon culture; especially the older generation often uses demons to scare children, thereby teaching them to be obedient.

Almost every Japanese person is familiar with demons to some extent.

Not to mention knowing all types of demons, everyone knows one or two famous demons.

Without exception, everyone in Arakawa Ward who saw the Cloud Lake scenery could find demons they were familiar with in that chilling, hair-raising, terrifying Night Parade of a Hundred Demons scene comparable to an army of ghosts passing through.

"That is... the Hundred-Eyed Demon?!"

Those who owned ukiyo-e of the Hundred-Eyed Demon at home felt their scalps go numb, their souls tingling.

It was too similar.

A demon in the Cloud Lake scene was identical to the Hundred-Eyed Demon ukiyo-e owned at home.

"Could it be... the existence of demons?!"

Countless people were horrified, their bones and skin chilling.

Up to now, since the earthquake began, no one thought the Cloud Lake scenery was merely scenery; they had reason to believe that scenery must be related to the real world.

Otherwise, how could an earthquake happen over there and an earthquake happen here too, with the shaking scenery matching perfectly?

Everything that happened in Arakawa Ward spread at an extremely fast speed to neighboring wards and flew rapidly across the internet.

【Major Event! Demons appear in the sky over Arakawa Ward, Tokyo!】

【Something major happened in Arakawa Ward, Tokyo!】

【Arakawa Ward had an earthquake, shaking out a group of demons!】

Various topics about Arakawa Ward and demons spread across the entire Japanese internet at an astonishing speed.

At first, most netizens did not believe it.

However, as onlookers from neighboring wards and the fearless people of Arakawa Ward, disregarding their own lives, uploaded groups of videos and photos taken of the sky over Arakawa Ward, credibility increased.

The videos were not just one or two, but dozens to over a hundred.

Every video, because the location within Arakawa Ward where the shooter stood was different and the angle of shooting the sky was also different, yet not a single frame was not as real as a special effects movie, and even captured the current earthquake.

To Japanese netizens, these videos were as real as real could be.

Immediately after.

Under the confirmation of online big shots who happened to witness the Cloud Lake in Arakawa Ward and neighboring wards, and some death-seeking live-streaming UP owners who went directly to the scene to film.

The incident exploded completely.

Shocking the internet!!

Countless busybodies, those close to Arakawa Ward, without a second thought, rushed out the door to either take a car or take the subway to head to Arakawa Ward.

Traffic on the roads leading to Arakawa Ward was completely blocked, with long lines forming.

The sound of car horns honking echoed across all traffic roads.

"Those in front, drive quickly!!"

"No way, even this road with few people is blocked? Could Arakawa Ward really be real?!"

Roads were blocked, honking continued.

The scene resembled the Spring Festival travel rush on the other side of the ocean, crowded and congested, with crowds of people everywhere.

Many live-streaming UP owners, greedy for traffic and attempting to go viral with one broadcast, were stuck on the road; seeing they couldn't film the Arakawa Ward live broadcast for the moment, they simply started live-streaming the traffic jam on site.

"Dear viewers, gentlemen, ladies, and young ladies, look quickly, all roads leading to Arakawa Ward are blocked."

"Gentlemen, look quickly, tickets for the subway trains heading to Arakawa Ward are sold out, yet many people are still gathering at the subway, wanting to board."

The streamer UP owners, for the sake of traffic, blew it up, acting as if they enjoyed the chaos even more.

Their live broadcasts accelerated the spread of rumors about Arakawa Ward, further making netizens believe that something major really happened in Arakawa Ward and that demons really appeared.

In today's electronic information network era, following the crowd is the most terrifying.

Even a small matter, under the diverse opinions online, can be turned from false to true and spread widely.

If false things are like this, let alone this real event of the sudden change over Arakawa Ward; its spread is even more exaggerated, even more explosive.

In a short time, the internet was in an uproar; the degree of explosion increased in a stepwise manner, climbing like a rocket.

Countless netizens went crazy.

Not to mention those nearby wanting to go to Arakawa Ward, even those far away, Japanese netizens located in Shikoku and Hokkaido, actually booked plane tickets, preparing to fly to Tokyo.

Even crazier, some office workers directly asked their bosses for leave, the reason being that the commotion in Arakawa Ward was so big, they wanted to go see it.

As a result, the office workers were not fired for their strange reason; instead, the boss also held a phone saying, "Let's go together, I want to go too."

Online opinions grew more and more intense, as hot as the Fukushima nuclear power plant leak of those years, even surpassing it.

The Ribenzheng Prefecture had no time to manage it.

At this moment.

In Tokyo, Japan, the highest conference room of the Metropolitan Police Department.

As the Yunhu earthquake began, Director Takahashi ordered an emergency summons of senior government officials.

As the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Department and the highest authority of the Capital Police Headquarters, Director Takahashi deeply understood that convening a meeting of high-ranking government officials was an extremely serious matter, yet he understood even more that the sudden crisis above the Arakawa District was sufficient to warrant a major meeting.

If the Prime Minister were not in the United States, he would have summoned the Prime Minister himself.

When images of monsters appeared on the Yunhu screen, Director Takahashi confirmed that his decision to convene the highest government meeting was correct.

Director Takahashi glanced at the screen from time to time, then looked at the conference room door; since no one had entered, he frowned tightly and roared.

"What is going on? Have the monster researchers not arrived yet?

Did I not say that regardless of whether he refuses or not, you must bring him here? Did you not understand?

I give you half an hour; I do not care if you airlift them or do whatever, but within half an hour, I want to see all the famous monster experts in Tokyo here.

Also, did Saito not order you to summon lip-reading experts? Why have they not arrived either? Are you all useless idiots!"

No wonder his temper was so high.

The sudden crisis above the Arakawa District was rapidly evolving into unknown terror, allowing him no room for even the slightest relaxation.

Just as Director Takahashi had waited another minute or two, watching the screen footage more and more impatiently, and rose to scold and urge his subordinates once again.

Exclamations of shock erupted from the senior officials present.

Director Takahashi's face froze; before his subordinates could answer, he abruptly turned toward the screen.

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