In Noriko's mind, this giant body was connected to Shikishima's words.
"Is that...Godzilla?"
As if in response, the giant body bent down a little and let out a loud roar that made Noriko and her friends tremble. The windows of the Yamanote Line rattled as the voice sounded like a shock wave.
The passengers, sensing an instinctive fear from the roar, finally realized the seriousness of the situation and rushed to the boarding gates. Noriko was held down by the current and couldn't move from her chair.
Just as she thought that the area outside the window was filled with Godzilla's body, the sound of metal being crushed echoed throughout the train. At the same time, she thought that the vehicle itself was tilted at an angle, and the passengers who were standing on it began to slide down the steeply sloped floor in a ball.
Godzilla lifted the train up in its mouth.
The city I could see outside the window quickly became distant. Noriko's vehicle was also tilted diagonally, several tens of meters above the ground. The door surface used to move to the next car became the bottom of the car, and passengers slid into it one after another.
At first, the person who reached the bottom let out a painful scream from the impact of the person sliding down from above, but as more people piled on top of each other and made a thumping noise, the people calmed down. All they could hear was a groan.
Noriko was sitting on the board next to the chair, narrowly avoiding falling. At his feet, she was trying to figure out how to get out of here, ignoring the plight of the passengers folded into a ball far below.
However, now, the train Noriko is on is bitten by Godzilla and is floating in the sky, attached to the lifted train, making it hopeless for her to escape. At that moment, there was a crashing sound, and Noriko's vehicle could no longer withstand the weight and broke in two from the middle.
And then, with the people piled on top of each other, it fell straight into the downtown area below, crushing all the passengers. Immediately after, the side panel of the chair that Noriko was barely able to rest her body on was torn off, and Noriko herself fell as if following his vehicle.
Noriko immediately jumped onto the train's support, which was now almost horizontal, and ended up hanging from the iron bar near the broken surface of the train. The weight is on both arms. Noriko desperately endured this.
Godzilla jerked his body around 180 degrees and took a step forward. Noriko was being thrown around by centrifugal force. She was still enduring the vibration of that step. She was on the edge of her seat.
Her palms began to sweat from her impatience, and just when he thought she was about to slip and fall into the building below her, Godzilla advanced further. The Sotobori River came into view right below the train.
After a moment's hesitation, Noriko jumped into the Sotobori River. Almost at the same time, Godzilla released the vehicle he was holding.
Immediately after Noriko dived into the Sotobori River, a broken, torn, and mangled vehicle fell right behind her. Noriko was instantly swallowed up by the tsunami-like surge of water that it caused.
Cameramen, reporters, and announcers trying to record the commentary on tape were climbing onto the roof of the Mazda Building, which is located across from the Nippon Theater and the Asahi Shimbun headquarters.
As soon as he climbed the stairs and went outside, announcer Tokuda was shocked to see Godzilla in front of him at an unrealistic size, and desperately wanted to run away. He held back and began recording the reality of what was happening right before my eyes onto the tape.
"What can I say? All of a sudden, an unbelievable gigantic creature and monsters is overrunning the city of Ginza. Is it 50 meters tall? It's completely destroyed. The whole area is covered in black smoke from the fires and dust, making it look like the Great Tokyo Air Raid all over again."
Godzilla charged towards the Nichigeki building and swung his arms, destroying it. Reporters were also rushing to the top of the Asahi Shimbun headquarters building next door, hoping to witness the unprecedented disaster for themselves.
Once Godzilla destroyed the Japanese theater, he turned his body around and swung his tail around like a rack. It happened in an instant. All the buildings within its radius were reduced to ashes. The Asahi Shimbun headquarters building was reduced to a pile of rubble along with the reporters on the roof.
"What can I say? The Asahi Shimbun headquarters has just been reduced to nothing by a blow from the monster's tail."
After completing the destruction, Godzilla turned around and started heading towards the Hattori Watch Store.
The reporters on the roof of the Mazda Building saw Godzilla's huge body approaching them and slowly backed away. The only thing that kept them here was the journalistic spirit of recording this event and preserving it for posterity.
"This place has become very dangerous..."
The announcer groaned as he tried to suppress his desire to run away. However...Godzilla crossed in front of the Mazda Building without attacking it.
As the announcer watched a huge body like a small mountain pass in front of him, he suddenly thought it was beautiful. The profile of Godzilla viewed from below, bathed in the May sunset, looked almost divine.
At that time, Godzilla's feet gouged and destroyed the first floor of the Mazda Building. The weight of the structure, from the second to the eighth floor, rested on the destroyed section. There was no way it could endure it.
Like a Daruma drop, the falling structure collapsed under its own weight. Daruma is a "round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted" (Source: Jisho.org)
"Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
Relaying was no longer possible.
The last thing recorded on the tape recorder was the announcer's death cry and the deep thud of the rooftop slamming into the ground. After casually destroying the Mazda Building, Godzilla proceeded step by step along Harumi Street towards the Hattori Watch Store.
Meanwhile, amidst the hustle and bustle of the people around them, Noriko was walking around like a ghost. Noriko was exhausted. Noriko had used up most of his strength when he barely made it to the surface of the water from the turbulence caused by the falling train.
By the time she noticed it, she had washed up on the edge of the river on the side of the outer moat. Noriko managed to get up from there and ran, dodging the pieces of the Nichigeki flying at her. His clothes were soaked with water and clinging to his body. Many people who were running alongside the train lost their lives, both here and there, as they were crushed by debris from the Japanese theater.
Noriko ran, ran, and used her remaining physical strength to the limit, and finally reached this point. Godzilla's feet were right behind her, but she didn't want to take another step. She just wanted to be happy now. Maybe being trampled by those feet was a relief for Noriko right now. Noriko fell down when the body of the fleeing man collided with her.
"Get out of the way!"
Noriko had no strength left to stand up as she listened to the man's insults.
The commotion was very similar to the air raid that killed his family. Noriko was exhausted and could no longer tell whether the people were running away from Godzilla or from the flames of the air raid.
If she keeps falling like this, she'll feel better. Just as Noriko was trying to compose herself with an exhausted mind, something tugged at Noriko's arm.
"You can't die!"
"!"
It was Shikishima. Shikishima found Noriko while going against the crowd. Feeling like she was being dragged along by Shikishima, Noriko somehow managed to burn up all the stamina she had left and ran. She ran. She ran.
Godzilla slowly stopped and started spinning her body again. He twisted his tail and swung it around. It mowed down the signboard buildings along the road and the stalls lining the sidewalk, one after another.
The people who were right behind Shikishima and his friends were blown away as they were mixed up with the debris and crushed. Shikishima and Noriko, who narrowly escaped, turned around when they heard an explosion coming from above. Bullets hit Godzilla's upper body one after another.
From the direction of the National Diet Building, a new type of No. 4 tank, which had been kept secret for the decisive battle on the mainland, began firing. Some of the deflected shells collapsed surrounding buildings, and the area was obscured by smoke and dust from falling debris. People expected Godzilla to die as he became motionless.
— There was no way there was any living thing that could survive being hit by multiple bullets from tanks — That's what everyone wanted to think.
Except for one person, Shikishima, who saw the tragedy in Takao...
— It's impossible with a tank gun.
Eventually, the smoke was blown away by the wind, and Godzilla slowly appeared.
His eyes were fixed firmly in the direction of the National Diet Building. Looking at his angry eyes, he realized that the people's wishes had vanished in vain. Eventually, something strange happened.
The dorsal fin, which grew all the way to the tip of its tail, began to protrude. And each of its roots began to glow blue. The phenomenon progressed from the tip of the tail, to the waist, to the back, and toward the head.
Godzilla's back was now wrapped in blue light emitting from the base of its protruding dorsal fin, making it look like it was carrying light on its back. The people felt an instinctive awe and fear at the sight, and stood still in front of the situation, as if they were seeing a raging god. Shikishima muttered.
"This... is the same as then."
Could this be the blue light seen underwater when Kaohsiung was destroyed by heat rays? If so, after this...
A blue mist of light began to form around Godzilla's mouth. Then, the dorsal fins made a sound and dug into the body.