42: The Wrath of the Kraken!

Warm blood dripped down from the severed neck, staining the hem of his jet-black hunting robe red, splashing into eye-catching flowers of blood on the polished floor.

He, however, did not care in the slightest, as if he were merely holding a piece of insignificant trash.

Under the gaze of the entire Japanese, who were filled with utter horror, Minamoto no Yoshinobu held the still-dripping head high!

Letting that frozen expression of fear be clearly presented before every screen!

"Look closely, citizens of Fusang."

Minamoto no Yoshinobu's voice was like a cold wind blowing from Hell, icy, majestic, and carrying an unquestionable power of domination.

"The cowards of the old era... have exited the stage."

With a slight exertion of his palm, Nakamura Kenichi's head turned to dust in his grip, scattering along with the blood.

"From this moment on!"

Minamoto no Yoshinobu's voice suddenly rose, like a thunderclap, sweeping across all directions with violent power.

"The fate of Fusang shall be dominated by the Dominion! We will lead the Yamato people toward true, supreme glory! I will lead you all to first conquer Divine Summer!! And then conquer the world!!!"

The three pairs of black wings behind his back suddenly unfurled, blotting out the sky and sun, emitting a suffocating and terrifying pressure!

"Those who submit to me shall prosper..."

His gaze swept across the camera, like solid ice picks.

"...Those who oppose me shall perish!"

The image froze on that bloody scene of Minamoto no Yoshinobu holding his blood-stained arm high, black wings spread, looking down upon the world with disdain!

Deathly silence. The entire Fusang Archipelago fell into an absolute, pin-drop silence that lasted for several seconds.

Immediately after, like a long-suppressed volcano, a massive wave of sound erupted from countless corners!

"Lord Minamoto no Yoshinobu! Banzai!!!"

"Support Lord Minamoto no Yoshinobu! This is the leader we in Fusang need!!"

"That spineless Nakamura Kenichi! He should have died long ago! Ceding territory and paying reparations to Divine Summer? Bah! He lost all the face of the Yamato people!"

"Hahaha! Did you see that?! The people of Divine Summer are desperate! Their Kraken must have been slaughtered by the Shadow Emperor and the Amaterasu Miko! Otherwise, why would they be so frantic and exasperated?"

"I told you! Divine Summer's National Guardian Beast? In front of the invincible power of the Dominion, it's just a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered! Vulnerable!"

"Baka! What are the people of Divine Summer? They only deserve to kneel at our feet and lick our shoes! Their resources are ours! Their land is ours! Their women... hehe, they should be our playthings!"

"Lord Minamoto no Yoshinobu! Please lead us! Lead the invincible the Dominion! Trample Divine Summer! Conquer that fertile land! Let the people of Divine Summer be slaves for eternity!!"

"Kill them all! Loot them all! Long live the Empire! Long live Lord Minamoto no Yoshinobu!!"

Frenzied cheers, morbid worship, and hysterical war cries spread and burned across the Fusang Archipelago like a plague!

Facing Minamoto no Yoshinobu, who had beheaded the Prime Minister, bloodied the official residence, and was filled with violence, the vast majority of this nation felt no fear or condemnation. Instead, like sharks smelling blood, they fell into a collective, hysterical frenzy!

Their eyes burned with greed, arrogance, and a twisted desire for conquest, as if they had already seen the scene of Divine Summer wailing at their feet.

Just at this moment, the sky over Tokyo Bay suddenly darkened, as if night had fallen early.

A violent tsunami formed without warning, and a hundred-meter-high giant wave, like an angry city wall, slammed fiercely against the coastline, instantly destroying the dikes, ports, and coastal buildings!

Guarded by the towering waves, a massive, terrifying giant shadow, exuding a suffocating aura of madness, slowly rose from the deep sea!

The Kraken, Su Chen, with a violent will to destroy everything, had appeared!

Woo—woo—woo—!!! The air-raid siren, shrill to the extreme, arrived belatedly, like the wail of a dying man, piercing the clouds and echoing over the city that had just been immersed in frenzy.

The cheers in Tokyo stopped abruptly, like a duck whose throat had been strangled!

The morbid flush on the faces of the crowds on the streets, who had been waving flags, burning portraits, and screaming fanatically, faded instantly, leaving only a deathly pallor!

Countless eyes, filled with unbelievable horror, turned in unison toward the bay—toward the giant shadow that churned the sea and sky, exuding a suffocating, terrifying aura!

Deathly silence! A more thorough silence than when Minamoto no Yoshinobu had killed just moments ago!

In everyone's minds, the devastating scenes from a day ago involuntarily exploded: the lightning storms that tore the sky, the plasma that incinerated the ocean, the Joint Fleet that was easily crushed, and the Polar Giant Crab Clovis, who had been charred by lightning!

"Mon... Monster! It's Divine Summer's Kraken!! He's not dead! He has come for revenge!!"

Someone screamed heart-rendingly, breaking the silence and igniting even greater panic.

"Nani?! Didn't Lord Minamoto no Yoshinobu say... didn't he say he had already killed him?!?"

"Self-Defense Forces! Where are the Self-Defense Forces! Open fire! Kill it! Hurry!!!"

"Don't panic! Don't panic! It's an octopus! Logically, an octopus can't come ashore! We'll be safe once we leave the seaside!!"

Someone tried in vain to comfort themselves, but their voice was shaking uncontrollably.

Fear spread explosively among the crowd like a plague! The crowd that had just been shouting "Conquer the world" now had only the instinct to flee for their lives!

Vehicles crashed madly, people trampled over one another, and the sounds of crying, cursing, and sirens mixed together, instantly dragging Tokyo into Hell!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The coastal defense positions in Tokyo Bay finally reacted from the extreme shock.

The coastal defense turrets let out a dying roar, and the thick gun barrels spat out blinding tongues of fire!

Sea-based and land-based missile silos opened simultaneously, and missiles trailing long tails of flame whistled into the sky, swarming toward the giant shadow in the sea like a swarm of bees!

However—clang, clang, clang! Pfft, pfft, pfft! The shells and missiles struck densely against Su Chen's massive body, which was covered in a dark layer of matter! They exploded into bursts of blinding fire and thick smoke!

As the smoke cleared, not even a trace of char remained on that dark skin! It was as if what it had just endured was merely an insignificant drizzle!

But this futile attack thoroughly enraged Su Chen!

"Roar—!!!" A roar that seemed to come from the primeval wilderness exploded over Tokyo like billions of thunderbolts striking at once! The glass of countless buildings shattered in response!

The next moment, a terrifying tentacle, like an apocalyptic magic dragon, tore through the air, carrying a destructive sonic boom, and lashed out violently from beneath the sea!

Rumble—!!! The tentacle, like a giant whip of a Heavenly God, lashed fiercely against the coastline!

The solid coastal defense fortifications, nearly a hundred meters long and constructed of high-strength concrete and alloy, along with the thousands of terrified and desperate Self-Defense Forces soldiers inside, were instantly crushed to dust, men and equipment alike!

The earth was torn open into a bottomless, terrifying chasm, and seawater poured in madly! This was just the beginning!