Reborn as a lotus, she initially refuses to hand it over to the state.

Oda Ichiro's expression changed. The moment he saw the blood-red eyes, he felt as if he were facing something terrifying.

He was so frightened that he backed away repeatedly.

Oda Ichiro shouted, "Seal this thing up! Seal it up right now!"

The experimenters hurriedly operated the equipment, but before they could close the sealed box again, the bloody mud suddenly bulged up.

The next second, the researcher standing closest to the camera froze, his eyes quickly becoming bloodshot.

Blood was seeping from his nostrils and mouth through the mask, and the person next to him recoiled in fright: "Yamada-kun, what happened to you?"

The researcher looked up at him, his eyes turning crimson, and growled, "In the sea, there's a door."

Oda Ichiro's face darkened: "What did you say?"

The researcher stiffly turned his neck to look at Ichiro Oda, and repeated the sentence in a low growl.

Oda Ichiro felt a chill run down his spine. He sensed something was wrong; there was definitely something wrong with this thing. He shouted, "Something's not right. We have to deal with it immediately!"

At his command, the people next to him quickly activated the incineration device, and high-temperature flames instantly shot towards the experimental platform.

Strangely, the blood mud was not burned to ashes. Instead, it seemed to be stimulated and began to writhe wildly. The small eye on the surface of the blood mud stared intently at Oda Ichiro.

Then, it suddenly collapsed into a pool of blood, which dripped down the edge of the lab table.

Oda Ichiro's face changed, and he roared, "Stop it!"

However, it was too late. After the pool of blood hit the ground, it nimbly disappeared into the drain and vanished in the blink of an eye.

Upon seeing this, the researchers' expressions changed, and they rushed over to examine it carefully.

"It really is gone," one of the researchers said. "Mr. Oda, that thing went into the sewer."

Ichiro Oda was furious and yelled, "Baka! Seal off the lab immediately, notify the Countermeasures Agency, and suppress this matter!"

He knew very well that this thing absolutely could not be leaked.

Otherwise, if the island nation's people knew that it was they who brought back the contaminated samples from Chixia Ridge, causing danger in Tokyo, Oda Ichiro would be the first to be pushed out to take the blame.

But what he didn't know was...

After the pool of blood entered the underground drainage pipe, it spread rapidly into the depths.

In the dark, damp pipes, several rats were gnawing on garbage, blood flowing through them, and one rat lowered its head to sniff.

The next second, blood seeped into its mouth and nose.

The rat's body suddenly swelled up, its eyes turned scarlet, and fine, sharp teeth grew from its mouth.

Soon, several rats appeared and were infected by the blood. In the blink of an eye, the entire sewer was filled with a dense swarm of red-eyed rats, which began to surge into the depths of Tokyo's underground.

……

A subway station in Tokyo.

Several office workers are standing on the platform waiting for the bus.

Suddenly, someone heard a rustling sound coming from the corner of the wall.

A young woman frowned and asked, "What was that sound?"

The man next to him looked down and his face turned pale instantly.

Along the edge of the subway tracks, rats with blood-red eyes crawled out.

They were two or three times larger than ordinary rats, and blood was dripping from their mouths.

The man turned pale with fright and took a few steps back. He exclaimed in horror, "Damn it, how come there are so many rats? What are the government doing?"

However, no sooner had he finished speaking than the swarm of rats pounced on him.

The screams echoed throughout the entire subway station.

Someone took out their phone to film.

The moment the footage was posted online, the island nation's internet exploded.

[A strange red-eyed rat has been found in the Tokyo subway!]

What exactly is the Disaster Countermeasures Agency doing?

Is this pollution from Chixia Ridge in China?

Within minutes, the video was shared wildly.

When Oda Ichiro saw the news, his face was extremely pale. He knew that the matter could no longer be contained.

"Issue an announcement immediately."

The person next to him asked in a low voice, "Mr. Oda, how should the announcement be written?"

Oda Ichiro gritted his teeth and said, "Just say that the suspected source of pollution from China has leaked out and is affecting the coastal environment of our island nation."

The people around were taken aback, but they quickly understood what Oda Ichiro meant.

This is an attempt to shift the blame; the blame must be shifted to China. Just then, an intelligence officer ran in, his face pale.

"Lord Oda, something terrible has happened!"

Oda Ichiro snapped, "What is it now?"

The intelligence officer's voice trembled as he said, "The Dragon Country has released the company's information. They say we illegally stole contaminated samples from Chixia Ridge, and they even have video evidence."

Oda Ichiro's face stiffened.

The next second, an official announcement from the Dragon Kingdom popped up on the screen.

[A Japanese company is suspected of illegally stealing contaminated samples from a restricted area in China; its operations have been shut down in accordance with the law.]

The announcement was accompanied by a large amount of evidence.

This includes documents from the corporation that collected samples from restricted areas, and a video of the Sakura Shadow Squad disguising themselves as rescue workers and attacking Lin Qingxue.

And records of the route by which the blood mud samples from Chixia Ridge were secretly transported out of the country.

Ichiro Oda was so angry that he stood up abruptly, kicked over the table, and yelled, "Baka! Damn it, how could this happen?"

He was angry, but it was no use at all.

……

Tokyo Bay, the night was as dark as ink.

In undiscovered places, in underground sewers, the source of bloody pollution flows into the sea along with the murky blood.

The blood did not immediately mix with the seawater after flowing into the ocean.

Moreover, drawn by some energy, the blood was quickly led to an endless seabed.

In the unfathomable depths of the sea, a long-abandoned shrine stands silently amidst the silt.

In front of the shrine stands a bronze torii gate covered with seaweed.

The surface of the torii gate was covered with ancient cracks, and the bronze torii gate trembled violently the moment the blood approached.

The eyes that were originally carved on the torii gate suddenly opened, and those eyes were not blood-red, but an eerie deep blue.

On the surface of Tokyo Bay.

Several fishermen were sailing out to sea in their boat when a sudden underwater tremor made their faces change.

"What's going on? Is this an earthquake?" a fisherman asked, his face also changing drastically, and he was trembling slightly.

Earthquakes are very common in island nations, but this earthquake was very unusual.

Before he could finish speaking, another man next to him suddenly pointed at the sea in front of him with a look of horror and exclaimed, "Dead fish, so many dead fish!"

The other fishermen looked closely and sure enough, a large number of dead fish suddenly floated on the boundless sea ahead.

Just as everyone's eyes turned to the dead fish...

Suddenly, several enormous sea snakes emerged from among the dead fish and swam toward them.

......

Disaster Countermeasures Office.

A staff member scrambled into the meeting room.

"Lord Oda, something has happened in Tokyo Bay!"

Oda Ichiro's face turned ashen: "What is it now?"

"The energy level in the seabed has surged, and the source of the pollution is not from the direction of the Dragon Kingdom."

"It's the seabed of Tokyo Bay!"

Oda Ichiro was taken aback: "What did you say?"

The staff member's voice trembled: "Something has awakened in the ocean."

Ichiro Oda's face turned pale instantly.

Before he could speak, the conference room door was pushed open.

An elderly man dressed in a white hunting robe walked in.

He was followed by several shrine maidens and onmyoji.

Oda Ichiro's face darkened when he saw the newcomer: "People from Ise Grand Shrine?"

The old man gave him a cold look.

"You've gotten yourself into trouble."

Oda Ichiro angrily retorted, "What do you mean?"

The old man said coldly, "That wasn't a disaster brought about by the Dragon Kingdom."

"There was originally a seal beneath Tokyo Bay."

Oda Ichiro's face darkened: "Why didn't I know?"

The old man sneered, "Because you're not high enough."