The Metropolitan Police Department's probing of 'Mrs. Inoue' did not go smoothly, as a new situation arose.
"Alert! Alert!"
"An abnormal vibration has appeared in Arakawa Ward..."
"It's the 'Jishin Namazu'! It has appeared again, active in Nishiohisa Town, 1-chome!"
In the special operations room, urgent alarms blared, and at the same time, alarm calls kept coming from other departments. Someone had witnessed the supernatural creature named 'Jishin Namazu' by the Metropolitan Police Department, appearing again in Arakawa Ward.
"Retrieve the surveillance equipment in the target area!"
"Armed helicopters, move out! Head to the scene immediately—"
After thinking for a moment, Superintendent General Takeya gave another order.
"Contact the First Division."
"Please ask them to dispatch the Self-Defense Forces to assist our work."
The Self-Defense Forces' First Division was stationed in Nerima Ward, in the northwest of Tokyo, one of the 23 wards.
With a total of about 6,500 professional soldiers, it had an engineer battalion, an armed reconnaissance battalion, an anti-aircraft battalion, a chemical defense company, an aviation company, and three infantry regiments.
As the army guarding Tokyo, it was responsible for disaster relief and defense work. Needless to say, its salary and benefits were top-notch, and its discipline and will were also at the top among the weak Self-Defense Forces.
Unlike a supernatural being transformed from a normal person like 'Tanimura Wataru', that 'Jishin Namazu' clearly did not seem to be an object that could be communicated with. In addition, its mere appearance would bring large-scale destruction to the city. The Metropolitan Police Department, on one hand, urgently dispatched 'negotiators', and on the other hand, also had the First Division dispatch troops, making two-handed preparations.
"What is that?"
"It's a monster! Ultraman... no, where's the Self-Defense Force?"
Help us!!
Arakawa Ward, Nishiohisa Town, 1-chome district.
Pedestrians stared dumbfounded at the huge black fish emerging from the ground and 'parading through the streets'. The sound of phones dropping filled the air.
Rumble~~
The huge black fish, the size of a building, didn't even pay attention to these 'ants'.
Instead, it swam freely in the ground... that's right, half of its body was below the ground, with only a flat, huge head exposed, and a pair of 'intelligent' eyes. It swung its two python-like whiskers, appearing quite at ease on the street.
Perhaps because the street was relatively 'wide', it did not swim towards the sidewalks and buildings. As for the cars on the road:
"Get out of the car! Get out of the car!"
"Run, there's a monster!!"
"What are you doing up front... Nani???"
Facing the huge black fish 'swimming' towards them, the cars on the road all braked, and the drivers and passengers all jumped out and fled.
The huge black fish, carrying a vermilion 'torii' on its back, lazily swam forward, occasionally sweeping away the cars blocking its path with its whiskers, causing a stir of shock and commotion among the people.
But gradually—
"It, it doesn't seem to be attacking us?"
"Isn't this a movie shoot? But, is there such a realistic movie prop?"
"Mom, it looks like a catfish."
The pedestrians who had hidden on the side of the road, after the initial panic, all took out their phones:
Post on social media!
LINE, Facebook, Discord... and many even pointed their phones at themselves, turning to the giant black catfish, to include both in the camera.
"Family, this is your old friend Arashi broadcasting for you! You'll never guess..."
"So cool! Everyone, please look—"
The UP-ers in the crowd even started a live broadcast on the spot!
...
Tsk.
If I don't show you some color, do you really think I'm a vegetarian?
The giant catfish suddenly stopped. Under the gaze of the onlookers hiding on both sides of the road and under the eaves, its gaze fell on a heavy-duty truck in front.
"Wuuu wuuu~~"
The giant black catfish raised its head, its wide, flat mouth opened, and it let out a hiss.
Its huge mouth revealed two rows of snow-white sharp teeth, and fangs longer than a human arm, which made the onlookers gradually come back to their senses from their shock.
This was no harmless little animal... it was just that the long period of peace had made people lose their vigilance.
The catfish first made a charging motion, and the next second, it suddenly swam forward at high speed.
'Riding the wind and breaking the waves' on the street!
Boom—
Although there were dozens of meters between the two, with the giant catfish's charge, the two collided fiercely.
If time were slowed down a hundred times, you could see the front of the heavy-duty truck being instantly flattened and dented. The glass of the driver's cabin shattered and pulverized. Before the fragments could spread out, they were swept back towards the cargo bed by the huge fish head.
The four-meter-high heavy-duty truck, its metal front caved in like paper without any resistance!
Then the shockwave spread towards the vehicle body with a visible trace! A ripple-like distortion, accompanied by a spiderweb-like crack, suddenly spread across the entire cargo bed.
The unreleased impact finally sent the wreckage of this heavy-duty truck flying like a lobster.
Whistling and sweeping out, a terrifying storm swept across the street!
Rumble, rumble, rumble!!!
The wreckage of the heavy-duty truck flew out and slammed into a building in front. The twisted metal broke through the wall and got stuck in the building, only stopping after hitting a load-bearing column.
?????
Facing such a violent scene, this street block was dead silent.
"Run."
"Monster—"
"Mommy, waah, waah, waah~~"
The next second, someone shouted, and everyone turned and ran for their lives. Like a receding tide, or like an ant nest into which boiling water had been poured... what was before them was definitely not a movie, nor was it a rare spectacle to be watched.
It was a monster that could kill people with a single move!
"Wuuu~~~"
Letting out a roar like a steam whistle at the sky,
after finishing off the 'enemy', the huge black fish, in a good mood, raised its tail high from the ground.
Bang!
The tail slammed heavily on the street.
The street cracked like a spiderweb, and circles of vibrations spread out, making those who were still standing there cry out and run away on all fours.
Hmph~~
Still dare to watch,
do you really think monsters are good-tempered?
Akiyoshi Yuu, controlling the giant black catfish, snorted coldly and continued to look for the next target to destroy.
Rat-a-tat-tat.
At that moment, armed helicopters flew over from the sky. In the open cabin door, a negotiator picked up a walkie-talkie with a bitter face.
"The Jishin Namazu below... sir, please stop the destruction."
"I am the government, a government worker..."
"We can talk."
The giant black catfish seemed to be attracted by the 'voice' from above. It raised its head, its lantern-sized pupils, one to the left, one to the right.
"Please rest assured, we have no malicious intent—"
Just as the negotiator was racking his brains, thinking about how to communicate with a 'supernatural catfish', the black fish opened its huge mouth in their direction.
"Danger!"
"Get out of the way!!"
Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've seen a pig run.
This kind of action, in special effects dramas, anime, and movies, basically only represented one possibility:
Pfft.
A small pebble was spat out by the giant black fish.
Compared to its house-like size, the fingernail-sized pebble was almost negligible.
But as it flew upwards, this small pebble expanded out of thin air, and in the blink of an eye, it became a millstone-sized boulder!
Earth Release: Rock Gun Jutsu
This was a ninjutsu where one spat out a small pebble from their mouth, and then the small pebble continuously expanded in the air, smashing into people like a solid cannonball.
It was a D-rank ninjutsu that all Iwa-nin had to learn, and also the most basic one. Although its power was good, its... speed was a major weakness, and it was not a great threat to agile ninja.
In the world of Naruto, the Iwa-nin group would only use this move for dense bombardment in battle. But the so-called slow speed was only against ninja who could run up walls and walk on water.
"Get out of the way—ah!"
The millstone-like boulder hit the helicopter that couldn't turn in time, and the latter, trailing thick smoke, fell towards a tall building nearby.
"As expected, communication is impossible."
In the conference room of the Metropolitan Police Department, Superintendent General Takeya sighed.
"Execute the capture plan. Try to capture it alive."
Although he gave this order, he didn't have any expectations in his heart.
Because this supernatural creature was a 'Jishin Namazu' that could swim freely in the earth!
"I'm sorry!"
"The road ahead is under traffic control. Please turn back immediately!"
"Why?"
"I still have to hurry to—"
Arakawa Ward, all the streets around Nishiohisa Town were blocked by the police, and police lines were pulled up.
The crowd blocked here became agitated. The time was 4 PM, which was when various schools were let out, plus many housewives who were out to buy groceries. It was even more crowded, and complaints were heard one after another.
But soon there was no more sound!
Because one after another, armored vehicles roared over, brutally pushing aside the vehicles in front, and the black muzzles made the car owners on the side dare not have any complaints.
Type 87 Armored Patrol Vehicle, Type 16 Assault Combat Vehicle...
These steel beasts, although they were only 'light' armored vehicles, their cold armor, the obliquely pointing cannon muzzles, and the serious-faced, unblinking Self-Defense Force soldiers on them made everyone subconsciously shut up, understanding that something big had happened.
There were no heavy tanks, but these armored vehicles were enough for a small-scale battle.
Don't look at how arrogant a certain yakuza organization usually is. In a real battle, this army could sweep through all the yakuza in Tokyo as easily as eating and drinking.
This was a sharp weapon invented by humans to kill their own kind. Even if it was used to fight monsters...
Boom!
The Self-Defense Force rushed into Nishiohisa Town along the street.
The leading armored patrol vehicle suddenly flew up, and in the terrified eyes of the other vehicles behind, it was thrown like a toy by a mischievous child, rolling and smashing into an armored patrol vehicle behind it. The high-tech creation, worth tens of millions of yen, turned into scrap metal without firing a single shot.
"As expected, it's not working."
Armed helicopters, armored vehicles, drones... a large number of cameras were aimed at Nishiohisa Town, monitoring the battlefield from almost three hundred and sixty degrees.
In the Metropolitan Police Department, the many big shots looked at the 'giant net' covering the street and all felt a headache.
That was the 'fishing net' fired by the armed helicopters, woven from carrier arresting gear cables. The four-cornered long spikes, fired from net guns, penetrated dozens of centimeters into the street. Once entangled, let alone a mere elephant, even a blue whale would be captured.
But...
The Jishin Namazu, caught in the net, just sank down and dodged this creation that condensed countless high-tech technologies.
"The target is an earth-attribute supernatural. This method is impossible to control it."
The chief priest of Yushima Tenmangu beside him shook his head slightly. He was the 'chief priest' of a shrine and gave the impression of a transcendent being far from the world. However, at home, he also often played Dream of X, and there were no longer any truly ascetic practitioners.
"Then in your opinion, sir, how should we deal with it?"
Facing Superintendent General Takeya's question, this chief priest raised his hand and pointed to the back of the 'Jishin Namazu'.
"The key,"
"is on this torii gate."
Then he fell silent, leaving everyone quite speechless.
This 'Jishin Namazu' had a vermilion 'torii' on its back, which was so conspicuous that everyone knew there must be something to it.
But what was hidden inside, a group of head priests and chief priests of large shrines couldn't say for sure, and others had no way of knowing.
"Mr. Takeya,"
"Let's see how this supernatural creature performs under modern firepower."
As for the Americans, they were all in high spirits. This kind of 'monster' vs. army drama was exactly what they liked. Anyway—
even if there were any losses, it would be the island nation's people and buildings.
Rat-a-tat-tat.
Arakawa Ward, Nishiohisa Town, the fierce battle was in full swing, and the sound of guns and cannons was continuous, as if it were not Tokyo, but the Middle East.
On the Type 87 Armored Patrol Vehicle, the 25mm Oerlikon autocannon spewed out deadly projectiles. The 600 rounds/minute of bullets formed a long steel whip, fiercely 'lashing' at the giant black fish.
"Wuu?!"
Such dense fire was enough to tear flesh and blood to pieces.
Light armored forces would only be 'massacred' in the face of this vicious weapon, but that huge black fish let the bullets enter its body, not only did it not react, but it was even attracted and rushed towards this armored patrol vehicle.
"Retreat, retreat, retreat!"
While cursing his superior in his heart, the gunner shouted.
In fact, he didn't need to say it. The vehicle commander had already turned the steering wheel sharply, and the armored vehicle flexibly reversed while turning.
"Vehicle commander, the higher-ups are ordering us to continue firing!"
?
Hearing the radio operator's words, the commander of the armored patrol vehicle instinctively cursed.
"Let them go themselves—"
The radio operator raised his hand and knocked on the vehicle commander's tactical helmet, indicating that they were currently in communication, which made the vehicle commander shut his mouth in disgust.
"Roger, we will continue to attack!"
However, the armored patrol vehicle's attack did not achieve any results.
"The 7.62mm machine gun and the 25mm cannon have no effect, then..."
In the combat conference room of the Metropolitan Police Department, Superintendent General Takeya rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"Assault Combat Vehicle, use the 105mm cannon!"