Tokyo: The Player Behind the Scenes.

Chapter 188, Section 186: The 100-Meter Giant

The lives of ten or a hundred people can be apologized for by bowing down, but the lives of thousands of people will always require a few respectable individuals to be sacrificed to the public.

The on-site commander felt that he might be one of them.

For the sake of their uncertain future, he genuinely wanted to save people; please, don't die inside.

Therefore, he overturned his previous decision to clear the explosives first and has dispatched a small number of mechanized troops to lure the enemy into detonating the bombs.

But when the troops quickly advanced into the lobby and broke through the glass curtain wall, Takatsukasa still did not detonate it. Instead, he relied on his own weapons and the small number of machines to fight back.

“This person has received anti-mechanical training and may have had real-world experience, so he knows the weaknesses of AI systems.”

The commander narrowed his eyes.

But no matter how experienced you are, you are no match for sheer numbers.

Taking advantage of the enemy's distraction, the commander immediately dispatched additional troops.

Meanwhile, Takatsukasa Tadashi was also multitasking, detonating explosives to delay the attack.

Watching a mechanical squad be destroyed, the commander remained unfazed. The enemy had few cards left to play; they were like a candle flickering in the wind.

"Suicide swarm, enter in batches."

The commander could no longer worry about the injured in the lobby. Since the most worrying explosives had already been used, he didn't want to play a turn-based game with the other side anymore. He just wanted to wait for the drones to make their move before sending out troops A!

Now the only remaining threat from the other side is arson, and he already has a countermeasure for that.

"Has the fire brigade not arrived yet?!"

"I heard it's because they don't know how to use fire missile trucks and fire rescue vehicles, so they're using AI assistance in emergency dispatch."

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The commander slapped his forehead. He had calculated everything, but he had still overlooked the extent to which the fire protection system was utterly useless.

As expected, the other party will definitely set it on fire. If this drags on any longer, the people on the second floor will probably end up on a BBQ.

Tadashi Takatsuya didn't have a good way to deal with these swarms of drones; military drones aren't easy to jam. He could only detonate the last explosive located at the entrance, igniting the gasoline in the process, and the fire quickly engulfed the entire hotel lobby.

The hotel's automatic fire suppression system didn't react at all; he had tampered with it yesterday.

After dealing with the last attacking mechanical dog, the injured Takashi Tadashi coughed heavily, threw down his rifle which was out of bullets, and slumped against the front desk. Blood stained the ground, and smoke filled the surrounding area.

His vision began to blur, and he knew it was due to excessive blood loss and the smoke.

Not far ahead, at the edge of the flames, he saw the plainclothes policewoman leaning against the burning sofa, trying to burn the rope on her hands with the flames.

He had just raised his pistol when he saw several surviving suicide drones wobbling through the flames at the top and appearing before him.

He shifted the gun's muzzle and quickly and accurately shot down two drones heading towards him, the pistol making a crisp click.

We're out of bullets.

The drone rapidly enlarged in his pupils.

Bang!
The nearby flames were slightly deformed by the blast wave, but quickly returned to normal.

The bomb wasn't particularly powerful, but Tadashi Takatsukasa was still human, not some Terminator. After the close-range explosion, he collapsed to the ground, his flesh charred black, lifeless.

Mingli's face turned red as she struggled to hold back her anger, and the rope binding her back was finally burned through.

Ignoring her scalded arms, she continued to untie the ropes from her legs, then dragged her injured legs to the side of the several guards who were dying from blood loss and inhalation of large amounts of smoke.

Only two people remained conscious, and Mingli used metal fragments to cut the ropes for them.

"Fountain, indoor fountain." She managed to utter these words, covering her mouth and nose with her clothes, and walked toward the small indoor fountain she had seen when she came in.

The two rescued men covered their wounds, glanced back at their colleagues who could barely open their eyes, and ultimately decided to follow Mingli. Their faces were almost pressed against the fountain's surface, their wet clothes covering their mouths and noses, intermittently submerging their heads to hold their breath, struggling to await rescue.

dong dong!

Just as they were losing consciousness and about to faint, several missiles suddenly entered the fire and exploded, sending out large amounts of white powder that temporarily suppressed the flames in the lobby.

Immediately afterwards, the Talos team arrived with a mini fire rescue vehicle, tearing through the flames and placing the injured into the coffin-like mini fire truck.

"Rescue the three people, continue to suppress the flames in the lobby, and clear the passage to the second floor."

The team split into several groups, broke through the emergency passage, and found a scene of dismembered limbs and blood. Dozens of corpses were crammed into a small space, and three or four heartless monsters were executing the survivors who were not yet dead.

"Fire."

The squad immediately opened fire and wiped out the monsters.

The flames, due to the chimney effect, had already spread to the upper floors, with thick smoke billowing from the second floor.

The people crammed on the second floor were separated by the sea of ​​fire. Some, led by Genji, jumped out of the banquet hall through the broken windows, while others left through the passage cleared by Talos, struggling to break through the still scorching hall and return to the human world where they could breathe freely.

In that moment of resurrection, countless survivors, nearly charred to death, embraced each other and wept bitterly.

God knows what they've been through.

I was just here for a mundane job and a mundane meeting, only to be told that the company president was an evil supernatural being; then I encountered monsters blocking my way downstairs; after finally breaking through the monsters, explosions suddenly started below me, one after another; and when the explosions stopped, I was engulfed in flames!

Their first half of life, plus the rest of their future, will absolutely not be as exciting as this half hour of experience today, an experience that could easily be published as a book.

Watching the survivors being rescued one after another, the commander wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Thankfully, given the current situation, the number of people rescued is definitely not small, so his position shouldn't be purged.

Next, we can only hope that Muramasa Takii can...
"What the hell is that?!"

With a careless glance upwards, the on-site commander witnessed a scene that nearly caused his heart to stop.

The exterior walls of the top few floors of the hotel building, which is over thirty stories high, are gradually turning into skeletons.

It was unclear when, but a large, white skeletal skull had formed, its empty eyes indifferently surveying everything from a high and mighty position.

On one half of the skull, some blood vessels and muscles are forming. Although the structure is completely illogical, under the gradual coverage of the outer skin, at least in appearance, it is not much different from an ordinary human.

"Muramasa-san is still inside! Contact her! Tell her to come out quickly!"

The commander grabbed his deputy's shoulder, roared, and shook him.

If the only superhuman Japan can cooperate with dies inside, he'll be made into a family bucket!

"Sir, just now, we lost contact with her." The deputy cried as if his own mother were trapped in a quagmire.

If the boss is made into a family-sized meal, his assistant will definitely not escape it either and will have to join the deluxe lunch.

Compared to the belated on-site command and control, the command center in Tokyo had already detected the signs when they first appeared.

They also dispatched several small missiles to probe the area.

They were not worried that an attack of this magnitude would harm Muramasa Takii inside.

And indeed, the missiles struck the giant skull but did not cause any damage, leaving only a dark spot that was quickly covered by the growing flesh.

"Expand the evacuation area and sound the evacuation alarm throughout Kyoto. This time, we are facing a giant."

From multiple perspectives, the torso and limbs of the hotel building gradually become clear, and a giant over a hundred meters tall is beginning to take shape.

The dull, heart-pounding sound could be heard throughout Kyoto.

(End of this chapter)