Chapter 68: The Snake Swallows the Elephant, For Man's Heart Is Never Satisfied

The warplane, majestic as a soaring eagle, was annihilated in an instant.

That pitch-black branch was terrifying, swift as lightning; the pilot had no time to react or eject, and was pierced along with the warplane, resulting in the destruction of the craft and the death of the pilot.

Not a single person survived...

Silence.

The live broadcast room fell silent once more; within the government command center, not even a pin could be heard falling; inside the building, reporters and anchors stood dumbfounded, their faces frozen, their emotions still stuck in the previous second.

Everything happened too fast.

Too fast for anyone to regain their senses, utterly unforeseen.

Impossible!!!

Countless people screamed in their hearts at this moment, their eyes bulging as if about to split, unable to believe the scene their eyes saw, feeling as though they were dreaming, everything they saw so unreal.

Yet, they understood, this was not a dream.

Truly, something had not been destroyed under five full minutes of terrifying firepower, and was still alive and well, even launching a counterattack.

Watching the warplanes fall as fireballs, watching within the ten-li expanse of the sea of fire, all buildings effortlessly split in two, as cleanly as splitting bamboo, the clusters of buildings cut in half.

Countless people felt a chill of dread.

【What on earth is that?!】

【What is the military fighting?】

【Hey, hey, is this a joke?】

【Am I hallucinating?】

"This..." Inside the building, the reporter's face turned pale with fear.

Before this, he had always believed himself very brave, unafraid of death; now he saw he was wrong; he wanted to leave immediately, get as far away as possible, even wanted to leave the country right then, never wanting to return to the nation that gave him birth and raised him.

Five minutes of artillery and missile bombardment scouring the ground, yet failing to kill the target; what kind of terrifying thing was this, that he actually lived on the same land as such a terrifying thing.

Many thought this, their bodies growing cold, their souls trembling.

Suddenly.

Remembering that this thing was currently located in their administrative district, every person's body and soul trembled violently, all gazing toward the sea of fire.

That thing... could it be...

Inside the sea of fire.

Listen closely, there are footsteps.

Amidst the surging flames of Wang Yang, a black spot grew larger, approaching from the distance, emerging from within; vaguely visible was a human-shaped shadow, walking out from the sea of fire.

Hiss!!

Countless people felt their souls as if exploding, their brains ringing; reporters and anchors on site fell to the ground in terror, terrified beyond measure.

"De-mon—!!!"

The anchor screamed hysterically, her face covered in fear, her lips turned white with fright.

At this moment.

Right now.

In the live broadcast room, under the gaze of many, a 'human' figure walked out from the scene of the sea of fire.

A creature that seemed human but was not, with antelope horns on its head, possessing six pairs of eyes!

A demon!

This is a demon!

Unlike the incident in Yunhu District, not through the Yunhu Scenery, not through video; this time they truly saw a demon, presented right before their eyes, on the land of the nation where they lived, standing on the earth where they lived.

The six-eyed creature walked, as if strolling in its own courtyard, bathing in the raging sea of fire capable of burning everything, walking out with leisurely ease.

The camera zoomed in; countless people's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

Unscathed?!

That six-eyed creature bore not a single mark of injury; on its hands and fur, let alone injury, not even a speck of dust was stuck.

Everyone trembled, absolutely certain in their hearts that this six-eyed creature before them must be a demon!

Only a demon could possibly face bombardment like artillery scouring the ground and remain unharmed.

Recalling the day in Yunhu Scenery, when the Lord of Demons appeared, causing heaven and earth to submit, wielding the Great Dao Blade invulnerable to weapons, delivering a strike comparable to an aircraft carrier attack; now looking at the six-eyed creature, enduring various powerful barrages without injury...

Comparing thus, whether in the ferocity of appearance or the terror of power, the two were very similar.

Further considering the region, both in Huangchuan District.

Further considering the time, the two appeared only two days apart, a very short time.

"A demon, it must be a demon," the anchor kept saying, not knowing if she was talking to herself or to the viewers in the live broadcast room, her two legs shaking uncontrollably.

Tokyo, Japan, Metropolitan Police Department conference room.

Since the plan to establish the Supernatural Response Department had only been approved two days ago, and the headquarters of the Supernatural Response Department had not yet been built, the government temporarily set up the Supernatural Response Department provisionally in the Metropolitan Police Department conference room.

The reason for setting it up in the Metropolitan Police Department conference room was to avoid being discovered by others, and also to use the Metropolitan Police Department to mislead the public.

"Professor Zhongtian, have you found out yet? What kind of demon is this creature? What are its weaknesses?"

Saito, who had just become the Minister of the Supernatural Response Department, asked in a frantic rush.

Just before noon today.

They received a notification stating that villagers from Hinglin Village, at the eastern end of the Arakawa group, reported a case, saying a demon had appeared at Hinglin Mountain, descending the mountain to slaughter villagers, and the villagers had called the police for help.

The reports were not just one; villagers continuously called to cry out for help, and finally, even the police officers at the Hinglin Village police station were calling, begging their superiors for aid.

As a department specifically targeting demons and other supernaturals, upon receiving the notification, they immediately dispatched personnel to investigate, and remotely accessed the surveillance of Hinglin Village; the result of the check was that the surveillance captured the demon flashing past.

Immediately, Minister Saito ordered the department to enter Level One Emergency Status.

At first, he tried sending people to communicate with the yokai; after all, judging from the Yunhu incident, not all yokai are bloodthirsty—some are quite rational, like Lord Cimu and the others. Unfortunately, that yokai killed everyone, offering no chance for communication at all, being bloodthirsty by nature.

In response, Minister Saito changed the order, commanding everyone present to capture the yokai and requesting military support.

One could call it unfortunate, or one could call it fortunate: this yokai had been killing its way over at a leisurely pace, like a spring outing, not rushing to travel yet carefully observing every place it passed, searching every location for humans to eat. Thus, it gave the police time to evacuate residents and wait for military personnel and tanks to arrive.

He originally thought the military's arrival would be of some use; the facts proved him wrong.

This yokai is no ordinary small yokai; at the very least, it is a great yokai on the level of the Great Nyudo.

"It's almost found."

Professor Nakata and more than a dozen yokai experts and analysts present were burning the candle at both ends, flipping through one document after another, searching one online analysis after another.

"Hurry up."

Minister Saito was somewhat furious. Damn it, before you seemed so capable, identifying the Great Nyudo at a glance; how have you gone silent now?

At this moment, the operator put down the phone she had just finished using, turned around.

"Minister, a call came from the United States; they are willing to aid us in attacking the yokai, but they... they demand first access to the yokai's corpse."

As early as the Yunhu incident, the United States had already intervened, always wanting to get involved in the yokai matter.

Yokai research; this temptation is too great. Naturally, the United States, as the world's strongest power, was unwilling to let it pass.

"Damn it!"

Minister Saito's anger flared; from just now until now, the United States had been calling nonstop, wanting to intervene.

Humans have selfishness. The Ribenzheng Prefecture did not want the yokai to fall into American hands; they wanted to monopolize it. As a high-ranking official of the Ribenzheng Prefecture, Minister Saito naturally felt the same, not wanting the Americans to take the lion's share, wanting to take the lion's share himself.

So he dispatched a division of troops, believing that with the firepower of a single division, he could suppress the yokai with lightning speed before anyone could cover their ears, preventing the Americans from taking the lion's share. After all, there was only one yokai, and it didn't look as intimidating as the Great Nyudo; its body even looked thin and weak.

Weighing the options repeatedly, Minister Saito clenched and unclenched his fist, clenched and unclenched it again, finally making a decision.

"Go through General Suzuki Kū, let..."

His voice suddenly stopped.

He saw that his eyes, which had not left the screen showing the Higashi-Ōkubo scene, had dilated several times their size.

"This..."

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