Tokyo: The Player Behind the Scenes.

Chapter 160, Section 158: Bloodstained Blade
"Captain, we have just received news that the Japan Coast Guard has prohibited us from entering Tokyo Bay."

"You only started talking now that we're here? We were contacting the docks just a moment ago and nothing was wrong!"

"Uh, they claimed it was a surprise military exercise."

The captain could vaguely see a naval fleet maintaining its formation on the distant sea, heading towards the depths of Tokyo Bay.

The captain, unwilling to comply, had no choice but to order the ships to stop and wait for passage.

“In the past two days, the Demon Sword Monk has killed many more people outside. Even if Muramasa Takii can sense it in time, we cannot send people to arrive immediately.”

"What if, I mean, what if the Demon Sword Monk isn't in a hurry to get rid of Muramasa Takii, but instead continues his killing spree in Tokyo?"

"We weren't 100% sure we'd lure the Demon Sword Monk here, but we absolutely cannot let our guard down or miss any opportunity. As long as such a monster exists, it's a threat to the entire world."

Yokota Command Center.

Today, high-ranking officials from the U.S. military and the Self-Defense Forces have gathered here, along with the Extraordinary Measures Division, which serves as an important supporting force.

The most nervous people here are the Self-Defense Forces, not only because the incident happened on home soil, but also because the contents of the contract between the Muramasa family and the demon sword have begun to spread.

If the demon sword controls Muramasa, then killing 100 million people will not be enough to satisfy him.

Is this some kind of nationwide survey?!

Their entire population is only around that number.

If Muramasa were to die, the demon sword would become even more unrestrained, killing as many people as it wanted, and no one would be able to sense where it appeared. It might even cut Japanese earthworms in half vertically.

Therefore, they had no choice but to kill the demon sword!
Otherwise, they would be the first to die!
The fleet sailed to the sea area near the Sea Forest Park, and a helicopter lifted a small container-like house and flew it to an open space.

At this moment, the place looked as if it had been armed to the teeth.

The drone mothership and mechanical wolf dens were positioned in suitable locations, close-in weapon systems were heavily guarded, and humanoid robots patrolled with weapons.

There were only two Tarot special forces squads among the few survivors.

Missile destroyers and frigates are also patrolling the nearby waters, and several nearby air force bases are ready to take off at any time.

No one knew whether the Demon Sword Monk would come, given that this was clearly a trap to lure them into.

That probably depends on how much Muramasa Takii means to the other party.

Time passed second by second, and Takii continued to rub her knife inside the house, completely absorbed in it.

Finally, around noon, I managed to finish making the knife.

The long sword is simple and unadorned, without any superfluous decorations. It is made of a single piece of super alloy, and the inscription "Muramasa" is still present on the hilt.

She named the knife "Demon Cutter," a name derived from the demonic sword.

It is hoped that the Muramasa family's centuries-long entanglement with the demon sword can be completely severed by this demon slayer.

Holding the Demon Slayer in his hand, he felt no stiffness whatsoever, and countless sword techniques appeared before his eyes, which he could use at will.

The demon sword hadn't appeared yet, but she wasn't in a hurry. In the past few days, apart from awakening its autonomous action ability at the main temple, the demon sword had only appeared at night.

She suspected that at other times she wasn't unable to sense the demon sword, but rather that the demon sword itself couldn't come out.

The authorities have anticipated this, so the waiting time will be one day and one night, until traces of the demon sword appear in other places, at which point adjustments will be made.

At the same time, the surrounding area was closely monitored and crowds were controlled.

Since the demon sword cannot kill Muramasa Takii personally, it is most likely that it will launch an attack by creating sword slaves. Therefore, they set up a dense defensive line on the bridge.

Taki kept recalling the demon sword's methods from the game, making sure he hadn't missed anything.

In the agonizing wait, as dusk fell, the sun sank to the other side, and the indigo scattering of the sky was slowly replaced by the city lights.

“It’s here.” In the silence, Taki suddenly spoke.

Instantly, the Yokota Command Center was activated, and all personnel immediately went into a state of high alert. A large number of drones were deployed, and missiles were ready to be launched at any moment.

"Where is the specific location?"

Taki opened the door and looked out at the night sky.

"Heaven."

A dark red star appeared in the sky sometime during the night.

Then came two, then three.
Soon, countless blood-red stars appeared in the night sky, forming a picture like the Milky Way.

As seen in the rapidly zooming-in footage, those red dots are not stars, but rather long swords of unknown origin, seemingly composed of blood and qi.

They appeared in terrifying numbers, their sword tips angled towards the earth, creating a scene of countless stars.

The demon swordsman, holding his demon sword, floated among the clouds, almost blending into the night.

"Could these all be people it killed? There can't possibly be that many!!" The expert, who had been studying the history of the demon sword day and night for several days, couldn't accept this scene.

Just one glance at it, and it must be worth at least several hundred thousand!
“No, it’s not impossible.” His colleague turned away, his face pale. “The fourth Muramasa was responsible for a massacre. Although the exact number wasn’t recorded, it must have been tens of thousands to over a hundred thousand.”

"Moreover, not every knife necessarily represents a life."

The military didn't care about all that and decided to strike first.

"Close-in weapon system locked, firing restrictions lifted."

"Prioritize locking down the Demon Sword Monk."

The automatic close-in weapon system aimed at the Blood Blade Stars above, its muzzle flashes bursting with flames, and tracer rounds pierced the night sky, weaving a dense spiderweb of barrages composed of a storm of metal.

However, the Blood Blade is too small, making it a real case of using a cannon to kill a mosquito. Even with AI locking on, it is extremely easy to lose the target, and more bullets will pass through the gaps between the blades.

The charred black demon swordsman faced the ground, gripping his demon sword and pointing it downwards.

Immediately, the Blood Blade trembled, trailing a red mist of blood, and fell like a meteor towards the Sea Forest Park, covering the sky and causing a torrential downpour.

With a series of metallic clangs, the close-in weapon system spun rapidly, desperately trying to deal with the blood-stained blades that kept rushing towards it. But in the end, it was outnumbered and riddled with countless blood-stained blades, unable to unleash its firepower any longer.

The ground-based mechanized forces were easily penetrated and cut off, and their counterattacks were merely a drop in the ocean, quickly overwhelmed by the tide of blood blades.

Within minutes, the defenses of Umi no Mori Park collapsed and were completely paralyzed. The ground was now a deep crimson, which, in a daze, resembled a field of blooming spider lilies.

The command center was completely silent.

The only thing to be thankful for now is that the defenses of Umi no Mori Park are not particularly strong, and the losses are limited. They have deployed more of their defenses on the south side of this artificial island, where Taki himself is also located.

We still have the ability to retaliate.

It's unclear why the Demon Blade didn't choose to attack from the south, but instead targeted the relatively weakly defended Sea Forest Park. Clearly, if such a torrential downpour of swords were unleashed, even the most heavily defended side would suffer heavy losses and lose its main force.

However, they soon forgot about it.

The demon swordsman, carrying his demon sword, suddenly plunged headfirst into the ground and disappeared without a trace.

In an instant, the earth began to tremble.

The dense blood-red blades on the ground transformed into a crimson tide, rising into a vast expanse of blood-red mist that spread rapidly, covering almost the entire artificial island within mere tens of seconds and severely obstructing visibility.

In the center of that blood pool, at the original location of the Sea Forest Park.

A dark red castle, reminiscent of the Edo period, slowly rose from the ground before everyone's eyes.

(End of this chapter)