Hiruko Kagetane's speed was faster than expected.
Or rather, due to the lack of help from many Initiators, that group of Promoters was no match for Hiruko Kagetane, not to mention he also had his daughter, Hiruko Kohina, as a helper.
Just after dealing with the children, the Zodiac's Scorpio was summoned.
Scorpio's roar almost pierced through the clouds, directly reaching the interior of Tokyo.
Scorpio, coming from the sea, was the first to encounter attacks from naval warships.
Even though Gastrea had encroached on most of humanity's living areas, the naval and air forces were still able to be deployed normally.
This is also why some people in this country still harbored thoughts of taking advantage of the world being reshuffled to invade other countries and wage war.
However, these forces posed little threat to the Gastrea.
Varanium could be made into bullets, cannonballs, and cold weapons, but it was difficult to make into large-scale destructive weapons.
Super Varanium, which could harm high-level Gastrea, was even harder to produce.
So the outcome for those naval forces... was predictable.
On its colossal body, larger than a warship, there were countless tentacles and eyes. No matter how one looked at it, it didn't resemble a monster that could naturally occur in nature; it was more like the unspeakable entities from Cthulhu myths that would cause one's sanity to plummet.
But this was Gastrea.
Unlike ordinary Gastrea, Stage Five were formed by the fusion of hundreds of animal genes, transforming into their current appearance.
Thanks to this, Stage Five possessed molecular-level regenerative abilities; they could survive even if thrown into outer space.
If Super Varanium couldn't greatly inhibit or even nullify their regenerative abilities, such beings would be impossible for humans to kill. Every single one of their cells would have to be obliterated to defeat them.
"What do we do! Scorpio was actually summoned!"
"Is Tokyo going to be destroyed?!"
"It's all your fault! If you hadn't failed to protect that thing, how would things have come to this?!"
"What are you saying! Who knew those Promoters and Initiators were so useless, they couldn't even handle a thief!"
In Tokyo's operations command center, many high-ranking officials from the Tokyo area were gathered.
And at this moment, they were like ants on a hot pan, not only pacing anxiously but also not forgetting to shift blame to each other.
The Seitenshi, sitting at the head of the table, could only sit like a doll. Although anxious in her heart, she could not show any panic.
But even so, she didn't know how to handle the current situation.
"Everyone, quiet down!"
The old man who had been standing behind the Seitenshi suddenly spoke, his powerful voice echoing throughout the entire command room, showing no signs of being a sixty-year-old man: "What's wrong with all of you!"
"Even if it's a Stage Five, we in Tokyo are not without a way to deal with it."
Tendo Kikunojo looked at the Seitenshi sitting in front of him.
As if encouraged by the old man, the Seitenshi took a deep breath: "Immediately send people to the location of the special weapon in the unexplored area: the Heaven's Stairway!"
The Heaven's Stairway was a super weapon once left in an unexplored area. Although it was said to be left behind, such an excuse was only to deceive some laymen.
As an abandoned weapon, it still maintained power and communication connections, and its interior was even clean and dust-free, which clearly indicated that someone frequently maintained it.
It was placed here, and it was obvious...
It was not abandoned because it was difficult to move, but because it had to be here.
"Who is the closest Promoter there now?"
The Seitenshi looked at a person who should not have been in the meeting room.
Tendo Kisara...
Tendo Kikunojo's granddaughter, after leaving the Tendo, had already completely severed ties with the Tendo, so naturally she was not qualified to stand here.
The reason she was standing here now was ostensibly because she was the president of the agency, but the actual reason...
The Seitenshi did not look at the old man behind her, but she understood in her heart how terrifying this old man was...
Even if she left the Tendo, his every move was completely under his control.
The person closest to there... should be...
"Report! No Promoter signal within three kilometers!"
How is that possible!?
Rentaro should be nearby.
"Where's Rentaro!? He didn't appear in Hiruko Kagetane's battle, he should be nearby!"
Tendo Kisara asked the question the Seitenshi wanted to ask.
The person who had just reported looked at the Seitenshi, and only after she nodded did he quickly check.
"Satomi Rentaro's current location is at..."
The person reporting suddenly stopped speaking. In fact, he didn't need to report, as everyone else also saw the small dot displayed on the map.
"How could it be in that place..."
Seeing the others' silence, Tendo Kisara had no idea what was happening: "What's wrong!? Is there a problem with that place! Why is Rentaro there!?"
Problem? A huge problem!
Except for Tendo Kisara, most of the people present were high-ranking and powerful, so they naturally knew about the being who claimed to be a god and had visited two days ago. Although the other party showed incredible abilities, no one present believed his identity and even tried to keep him, and the outcome was naturally self-evident.
Tendo Kikunojo speculated that the other party wanted to spread his reputation. Although the reason was unknown, everyone collectively decided to block all information about him.
As a result, almost no one among the citizens within Tokyo now knew that there was a being on the outskirts of Tokyo who gathered Cursed Children and even claimed to be able to save the world.
"We should have taken down that place back then!"
The Minister of Military Affairs slammed his fist on the table.
Because of the tight schedule, the other party did not make any moves, so the Tokyo area had not dealt with them, and they did not expect to be backstabbed at this time.
"Then immediately arrange a helicopter to send professional personnel over!"
Although this credit could not be given to Rentaro, in order to prevent Tokyo from being annihilated by Scorpio, this was the only way.
But just as this order was given, bad news came again.
"No, this is bad! Seitenshi! The Heaven's Stairway... has been destroyed!"
"What!"
This time, it wasn't just the people below; even Tendo Kikunojo couldn't remain calm.
"Is it a Gastrea? The Heaven's Stairway's material contains Varanium, so it shouldn't be chosen as a target by a Gastrea."
"Immediately open the surrounding surveillance!"
"Yes!"
As the surveillance was opened, the scene near the Heaven's Stairway was displayed in front of everyone. The Heaven's Stairway, which originally looked like a sniper rifle magnified a thousand times, now had its barrel bent by something unknown.
No, it wasn't bent, but as if it had melted, then automatically sagged due to gravity, and then cooled again.
"How is this possible? The Heaven's Stairway's material uses high-temperature resistant materials; even thousands of degrees shouldn't be able to soften it."
Originally, when the Heaven's Stairway fired shells, it would generate extremely high temperatures, so its barrel could be said to be the strongest part of the entire weapon. Yet now, this strongest shield was broken under its greatest advantage.
And at this moment...
A figure stood beside the cliff where the Heaven's Stairway was located.
"Enlarge that figure! Who is that!"
Following the commands of several people, the image on the surveillance screen quickly magnified, and a familiar young figure appeared in everyone's eyes...
It was that very young man who claimed to be a god.
Who is he? Why is he here?
Unlike the others present, Tendo Kisara did not recognize this young man who appeared on the screen and was treated as a formidable enemy by everyone else.
"No, no, no, this is bad! Seitenshi!"
"Why are you panicking! What's wrong now!"
Tendo Kikunojo understood that although the young Seitenshi had undergone rigorous training, she still lacked some ability when encountering such sudden incidents.
"An unknown signal has invaded all networks in Tokyo. Now all screens in Tokyo are playing..."
"Playing what!"
"Playing... Scorpio's invasion..."
"What! Quickly cut off the network!"
Following the command, the operator frantically operated the console for a while before giving a despairing answer.
"Cannot cut off..."
Neither the spiritual ability to manipulate electronic signals nor the Herrscher of Corruption could be resisted by these people.
To conserve Honkai Energy within the Divine Key, Takatsuki tried not to use Jizo Mitama, but instead used his own abilities to manipulate the signals. Fortunately, the war technology in this world was very advanced, but the civilian aspect was weak and could be easily manipulated. Things like mechanized modified soldiers or Gastrea viruses were all created for war.
"Can't it be physically cut off!"
The answer to this idiotic question was naturally no.
They couldn't find the source of the signal at all; to physically cut it off, they would have to cut off all power in Tokyo.
Making all of Tokyo lose power was simply impossible.
Just then, the screen in the command room suddenly flickered and displayed the same image as outside.
"Good evening, residents of Tokyo."