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It wasn't until 17:30 PM, the time when students were allowed to leave school, that Masashi Aso put away his books, changed into outdoor shoes, slung his backpack over his shoulder, and left the school with light steps.
The aftermath of the Genji Heavy Industries building incident in Shinjuku Ward is far from over. Crowds throng the streets, and at almost every intersection, you can see a reporter interviewing local residents, as well as a few protesters holding signs and marching sparsely in the streets.
A middle-aged social activist, dressed in a suit and tie with a banner slung across his body, stood in the crowd in the small square, loudly recounting the atrocities committed by the Tokyo government yesterday, denouncing the corruption and incompetence of the current Diet, and criticizing the prime minister's weakness in foreign policy...
The further we go, the further we stray from yesterday's Genji Heavy Industries missile incident.
Aso Makoto stopped and watched for a short while before turning into a side road.
It's only a 15-centimeter walk from Komagome High School to my new home, and walking is even more convenient. Just cross two intersections and two alleys to reach the front door of my new house.
At the end of the first alley is a Nichiren sect temple. It is quaint and small, and not very popular. There are two stone statues of Bishamonten at the entrance. The path from the temple entrance to the alley is lined with blood-red spider lilies.
The Lycoris radiata flower is also known as the spider lily because its blooming season coincides with the "autumn equinox" in Japan. Furthermore, because of the Buddhist concept of "the other shore," the spider lily has become associated with Buddhism and has acquired the alternative name Manjusaka.
Finally, due to the embellishment and sublimation of the red spider lily in many modern literary works, such as "Love Letter," the red spider lily has also acquired a symbolic meaning of tragic love.
The girl stood in the middle of the road, silently gazing at the majestic temple gate at the end of the path, her JK skirt contrasting beautifully with the sea of flowers. A breeze stirred, causing waves of crimson flowers to surge, the path lined with blooming spider lilies.
Such a beautiful scene, I must take a picture and send it to Gao Kuijun.
The girl took out her phone, turned her back to the sea of flowers and the temple gate, and hesitantly adjusted her angle and pose.
Several menacing-looking young men, dressed in leather jackets and pants, with slicked-back hair and clothes adorned with rivets, chains, and other decorations, emerged from the temple and entered the girl's frame.
"They're biker gangs!" The girl was startled and hurriedly put away her phone.
In Japan, bosozoku (motorcycle gangs) are divided into "civil" and "military." "Civil" bosozoku are working professionals who simply love bosozoku and motorcycle culture. Some "civil" bosozoku don't even engage in street racing.
"Bubosozoku" refers to violent groups with characteristics of biker gangs and a passion for motorcycle culture. They can be roughly understood as idle thugs, ranking at the bottom of the Japanese gang ecosystem.
The so-called "bottom class" refers to the social hierarchy compared to groups like the Kokui, the Snake Clan, and large gangs. For ordinary people, these young, energetic, and impulsive biker gangs pose a greater threat.
Asou hurriedly put away her phone, lowered her head, and left the temple entrance in a hurry. As an ordinary high school girl, she naturally had a fear of such troublesome social groups.
The biker gang members, who had just finished praying to the Buddha statue, glanced at Aso Makoto but didn't seem to pay much attention to the girl. They chatted arm in arm, speaking in a yakuza-accented accent, oblivious to everyone around them.
Will Buddha bless us for this mission?
"Baka! Of course Buddha will protect us. We worship the Great Sun Nyorai, and even Amaterasu is just an emanation of the Great Sun Nyorai!"
"Wow, so the Great Sun Tathagata is this powerful."
"quiet!
Gods and Buddhas' protection alone won't get us anywhere; we must work even harder and be more diligent. This is a huge deal worth 100 million yen, and we'll split it equally afterward, with each of us receiving a massive reward of 20 million yen.
"Tonight, everyone be on your guard! We must capture that Chinese brat named Gao Kui alive!"
"Hi!"
"Hi!"
"Speaking of which, what is the background of that Chinese kid named Gao Kui that Chairman Sakurai is willing to offer a reward of 100 million yen for him?"
"It's said to be related to Genji Heavy Industries, but it has nothing to do with us. All we need to do is get paid."
The girl, who had been keeping her head down and preparing to leave this place of trouble, suddenly stopped in her tracks. The unrestrained chatter of the biker gang behind her gradually faded into the distance and disappeared completely around the corner of the alley.
Aso Makoto's face turned deathly pale.
There was no mistake; she hadn't misheard. The group of menacing-looking bikers were talking about her boyfriend.
The pronunciation of "Gao Kui" is not quite standard; Huaxia International; kid; has connections with Genji Heavy Industries...
Yesterday evening, the assistant of the young master of Genji Heavy Industries specifically approached them and warned them not to go out in the next few days, lest someone try to harm him.
These guys are probably the ones that Ms. Yabuki Sakura mentioned, the ones who are going to harm Takagi-kun.
The fear in her heart vanished. The girl turned around, held her breath, tiptoed, and tiptoed toward the alley corner where the biker gang had disappeared, her steps slow but resolute.
The girl is genuinely love-struck.
The girl no longer cared about whether she would be discovered if she followed them rashly, or what would happen if she was discovered. At this moment, she only had one thought in her mind: to secretly follow them.
The girl's stalking skills were a complete mess, even worse than Ma Kui's; her unease and nervousness were practically written all over her face.
The girl tiptoed to the corner of the alley, took a deep breath, and like an exaggerated stalker in an anime, held her breath and suddenly poked half of her head out.
There was no one around; the biker gang had vanished beyond the corner. The girl looked around frantically, but couldn't find any trace of them. Only then did her heart, which had been pounding in her chest, begin to ease.
Her crisis is temporarily over, but Gao Kuijun's is not.
With her back pressed against the wall, Makoto Aso took out her phone, found her boyfriend's number in the memo, and planned to pass on the information she had just learned to him.
Before she could even press the dial button, a large hand suddenly entered the girl's line of sight, and Asou Makoto abruptly looked up.
Several bikers who had disappeared reappeared in front of her, snatched her phone, smashed it on the ground, and stomped on it until it was broken.
"Mission accomplished. Contact President Sakurai immediately."
Chapter 151 Action
Dark clouds loomed overhead, and the sea surface rippled uneasily. A white research vessel, anchored, floated silently on the water above the Mariana Trench.
Dozens of researchers and technicians hired by Jiu Demai were moving about on the deck in an orderly manner, making final adjustments to the Deepsea Challenger and attaching torpedo launchers and throwing systems to the newly built deep-sea submersible.
Unlike the Trieste from decades ago, the Deepsea Challenger can only accommodate one crew member and is correspondingly smaller in size. It can be directly deployed into the sea using the research vessel's crane, without the need for an offshore platform.
Kazama Ruri changed into a deep-sea combat suit specially made for her by the technical team. It was waterproof, fireproof, and pressure-resistant, and supposedly protected against everything. However, Kazama Ruri felt that if she really encountered a sea creature with dragon blood underwater, or even an ancient dragon, this all-protective combat suit would probably be of no use.
Once the pressure hull of the deep-sea submersible is destroyed, the pressure of eight hundred standard atmospheres would be enough to crush her and the submersible into a pulp. Even if her bloodline could be further enhanced, she would still be unable to move an inch under such pressure.
If there's anything about this combat suit that Kazama Ruri is satisfied with, it's probably that its lines, texture, and color scheme are very similar to the combat suit from "Neon Genesis Evangelion," the one worn by Rei Ayanami.
Extremely stylish.
"We have mounted two custom-made torpedoes on this deep-sea submersible. At the same time, we have attached a simplified version of the launch assist system to the Deepsea Challenger's operating platform. This assist system can calculate and adjust the trajectory of the torpedo after launch in real time based on the external water pressure to improve accuracy."
The premise is that your target must be within 1.5 kilometers. The torpedoes are custom-made, powerful enough to blow a large destroyer in two, and can easily handle even deep-sea creatures with dragon bloodlines.
Finally, and most importantly, there's the explosive pod, which contains a nuclear warhead with a yield of approximately 45 kilotons. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, we paid a heavy price to obtain this nuclear warhead from Ukraine.
In short, this is a very powerful little guy. Don't underestimate this little guy just because modern nuclear powers have nuclear warheads weighing tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of tons.
It's worth noting that the Little Boy bomb that the United States dropped on Japan had a yield of only 1.5 tons, which is just one-twentieth of this little guy's yield.
Oh, I'm sorry, I was just talking about the little boy..."
The technician who was instructing Kazama Ruri on how to operate the equipment realized he had misspoke and quickly apologized.
"No need for an apology. Japan deserved to be bombed." Kazama Ruri interrupted the technician's apology with a blank expression.
Ruri Kazama originally paid no attention to events during World War II. She was completely indifferent to whether Japan was right or wrong, or what Japan did.
After meeting her prince, Kazama Ruri is forced to pay attention to events during World War II: her views and stance on the war could very well affect her love life.
Now, Kazama Ruri is a genuine traditional Japanese leftist.
After a pause, Kazama Ruri asked again, "How do you use this?"
"It's very simple, yet also very complex."
The technician snapped his fingers: "We only have nuclear warheads but no launchers, and to prevent the warheads from being crushed, we can only put them in pressure pods."
Therefore, you will need to control the Deepsea Challenger and personally deploy it to the location where you want to detonate it. Then, before surfacing, press the detonation button. We have set the detonation time; the nuclear warhead will detonate 40 minutes after activation.
Forty minutes is enough time for you to ascend and allow us to escape to a safer location.
The technicians then taught Kazama Ruri some techniques for operating the deep-sea submersible and torpedo launching system. John Wick sat to the side, polishing seven alchemical swords one by one; his task was equally demanding.
Just like the bosses in movies, TV series, and games, each boss's map or instance is filled with a large number of monsters and guards.
In *The Mummy Returns 3*, the Terracotta Army guards Qin Shi Huang. Sephiroth in *Final Fantasy VII* has three thought forms. Orochi in *The King of Fighters* commands the Orochi Clan and the Eight Orochi Warriors.
The same applies to dragons.
According to Mai Shude, his brother's Nibelungen is home to a large number of Death Servants, Corpse Guardians, and even sub-generation Dragon Servants.
If the King of Bronze and Fire is like this, then the resting place of the mighty White King must be no less impressive.
With Takamagahara blown open, the Dead Servants, Corpse Guardians, and other guardians within may rise to the surface and cause chaos. John Wick's mission is to team up with Kazama Ruri to deal with those Corpse Guardians and prevent them from wreaking havoc on the world.
If the Yamata no Orochi doesn't run away immediately but instead rises to the surface as well, then they will need to take care of the Yamata no Orochi as well.
This is a difficult task, one that only a super hybrid can undertake. Fortunately, John Wick is a humanoid dragon king, and Kazama Ruri is a demon comparable to an emperor.
The technicians left.
“When can we officially begin the plan?” John Wick asked, looking up.
"We still need to wait for the king's notification."
Kazama Ruri looked up at the radar display, where two red dots marked the location of their group, the Sumeru Throne, at sea and the distance between them: 80 nautical miles, or about 150 kilometers.
This is the closest distance that can be maintained with the Sumeru Throne, even after alarming the Eight Serpent Clan.
The Sumeru pedestal of the Snake-Headed Eight Families is directly above the burial site of the gods, with a deviation of no more than one kilometer. That sea area can be considered a forbidden sea area for the Snake-Headed Eight Families.
Regardless of where other ships approach or pass by, their ship, operating under the name of James Cameron's team, must not easily get close to that area.
The Mariana Trench is over 2,000 meters long. If you want to challenge deep-sea diving records and test the stability of your submersible, which area can't you go down to? Why come here specifically above the burial site of the gods?
Therefore, they could only stay in the sea 150 kilometers away from Sumeru for the time being, waiting for the king's instructions.
"Didn't we discuss this before? In order to hold back the emperor of the Snake Clan and the prince of Northern Qi in Kassel, the king has a special plan."
Once he sends us his instructions, that's when we'll head towards the sea area where Sumeru is located and officially execute the plan.
“I know Wang will send a notification when we officially begin implementing the plan. The question is, when will he send that notification?”
John Wick impatiently wiped the saber in his hand: "We've been at sea for a day and a night."
"Soon, the Demon Clan and its forces launched a fierce attack on the Snake-Headed Eight Families starting yesterday. Neither the Snake-Headed Eight Families nor we can hold out for long."
If the king is truly going to make a move, it will likely be today. I have a feeling that his message will arrive no later than midnight.
“I hope so.” John Wick quieted down a little.
Kazama Ruri then looked at John Wick, the boy sitting there impatiently wiping his alchemical sword over and over again. Kazama Ruri had seen that look on countless faces countless times before.
It's a kind of anxiety and frustration when dealing with work. This expression is very common on the faces of Japanese office workers. They work themselves to the bone until late at night, but all they get is a monthly salary of a few hundred thousand yen. Stock prices, dividends, and the company's bright prospects are all irrelevant to them.
Ruri Kazama was also anxious, as was Wang Jiang. Their anxiety was more akin to that of a company founder before the company goes public, or a company shareholder before receiving year-end dividends.
Everything they desire is closely related to this plan. Once the plan is completed, they will be one step closer to what they desire most.