I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapters 178-180: Volunteers of the United States

A white spine, over a meter long, jutted out from behind the lizard monster's head, its sharp, angular spines gleaming with a cold metallic light.

Moreover, the proliferating bone is also wrapping around the vertebrae and slowly rotating.

"What is this move? I've never seen it in the files before!" Section Chief Mori muttered to himself, his eyes wide.

Even when the Metropolitan Police Department and the Self-Defense Forces cornered Wolverine and he was captured, he never used this move.

"Awooooooo—!"

Wolverine stood on all fours, his bone claws digging deep into the ground, letting out a painful howl, and bloody saliva gushing down his face.

It looked like he was in excruciating pain.

"Prepare to activate the third emergency response plan," General William ordered, a cold glint in his blue eyes.

"General, are you making a mountain out of a molehill? This partition wall is 2000mm thick; it is not something that flesh and blood can break through."

"The Japanese have no right to speak here," General William said dismissively. "Do as I say right now!"

"clear!"

An American officer saluted and hurried out.

"roar!"

Meanwhile, Wolverine's offensive was complete.

With a roar, a two-meter-long spiral-shaped white bone spear formed from its spine spun out and shot out, actually piercing through the heavy, thick, and seemingly impenetrable metal partition door!

"Lord!"

The officers in the operations command center were stunned by what they saw, and then their faces showed signs of panic.

The most powerful Barrett sniper rifle, the XM109 25mm Pelaude, using an improved high-explosive armor-piercing round, can only penetrate 50mm of armor plating.

The AGM-114 Hellfire missile has a range of eight kilometers and can penetrate steel plates up to 1000 mm thick.

However, compared to Wolverine's Spiral Bone Gun, it was nothing.

"Hiss hiss hiss."

Wolverine let out an excited and joyful howl, and the bone spikes and armor on his body retracted into his body, revealing smooth, hairless, pale skin like a human's, and his size suddenly shrank considerably.

Immediately afterwards, it crawled into the hole less than a meter in diameter that the Spiral Bone Gun had drilled in the partition wall.

"Wolverine has invaded Sector D." Bad news kept coming over the loudspeaker.

As soon as Wolverine escaped to an open area, bone plates and bone spurs immediately grew on his body, fully arming himself and leaving no openings.

"Wolverine's impenetrable bones are really troublesome! Even sniper bullets and rocket launchers would have a hard time penetrating them."

Section Chief Mori had also participated in the battle to capture Wolverine and was still wary of his defensive capabilities.

This type A superpower allows it to freely manipulate all the bones in its body. Subsequent laboratory research revealed that it can even manipulate its own osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and even calcium concentration without limitation.

He bears a striking resemblance to Logan Howlett, the Marvel superhero who sprang bone claws from his hands.

That's why the lab ultimately gave it the codename "Wolverine".

"Does that mean we have to use other, more lethal weapons?"

"No, absolutely not! We must capture them alive."

The research director, wearing a white lab coat, was the first to object:

"Wolverine is very special. Not only is he the only Omega-class Type A in the entire base, but the human experiments centered around him are also the only ones among the many sub-projects of the superhero program to have entered the second phase."

The underground research base in Yokosuka Port holds a large number of Type A prisoners.

Since 1990, the laboratory has been deciphering the mysteries of supernatural life forms and attempting to replicate them in humans to create extraordinary beings.

This project is the Superhero Project.

The lab, of course, paid no heed to the copyright warnings from Marvel and DC's legal departments, and named various sub-projects Type A as Human Torch, Aquaman, Black Torch, and so on.

Human experiments include, but are not limited to, transplanting the organs of monsters into volunteers, or injecting the cells, serum, spinal fluid, and other bodily fluids of monsters into volunteers after processing.

However, no matter how they tried to treat it, they couldn't even get past the first stage of rejection; the volunteers would usually die within 60 minutes.

The monster's cells are like cancer cells or viruses, extremely aggressive and completely incompatible with humans.

Wolverine is also the most special among the many types of A projects. Its spinal fluid is the most "human-friendly". The volunteers' survival time is far longer than other types of projects, generally more than twelve hours.

Although the pathological mechanism is still unclear, most experts and professors in the laboratory believe that the breakthrough for the superhero project lies in Wolverine!

While other sub-projects are still underway, the lab has poured most of its resources into Project Wolverine.

If Wolverine were killed, his body would turn to ashes, with no value to be recovered, making it an unbearable burden for the laboratory.

"Don't worry, I'm well aware of Wolverine's importance."

General William sat in front of the screen, resting his chin on his clasped hands, and said in a deep voice.

"Release nerve gas!"

After Wolverine broke into Sector D, he continued to run along the corridor. After running for a while, Wolverine suddenly began to convulse and collapsed to the ground.

Unbeknownst to them, all the ventilation openings and doors in Zone D had been completely sealed off, and colorless and odorless nerve gas permeated the entire enclosed space.

With the advancements in chemical technology, the toxic gases that humans can produce are terrifying. Even holding your breath is useless, as the toxic gases will penetrate the skin and kill you in just a few seconds.

Although monsters are supernatural beings, they are still made of flesh and blood, and nerve gas can still have an effect on them.

The nerve gas that General William released was not a lethal gas, but while it had a strong paralyzing effect, it would also cause irreversible damage to the human body.

It is precisely because monsters possess the ability to regenerate severed limbs that they are able to boldly release nerve gas.

"It's a success!"

"Prepare for recall!"

General William breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Wolverine being successfully taken down.

If even the third emergency response plan fails, then the only option left is to activate a more dangerous, or even last resort, emergency response plan.

The extent of the damage to the laboratory at that time would be unimaginable.

"With the addition of a doctor with superpowers, can the human experiments in Project Wolverine be successful?" General William asked with a grave expression.

After Dr. Satomi was sent to the Yokosuka Port military base, the laboratory immediately and astutely discovered that using Dr. Satomi's superpowers to treat patients was a waste of his talents, and that the most valuable use of them was in human experimentation.

The project manager pondered for a long time before cautiously replying:

"With Dr. Satomi's cooperation, reaching the third stage shouldn't be a problem, but it's only a half-finished product. To truly put it into actual combat, we need to reach at least the fourth stage."

"I'll have Section Five handle the psychological work for the super-powered doctor, and your lab needs to speed things up as well."

General William glanced at Section Chief Sen and said calmly, "If there are any other difficulties, please let me know."

"The problem is that we don't have enough volunteers."

"It's nothing special. In the prisons of the United States, there are plenty of patriotic volunteers who are eager to dedicate themselves to their country! It's just that they themselves haven't realized their own loyalty and haven't had the opportunity to do so."

General William said with a nonchalant smile.

"The CIA will naturally help those 'trash' volunteers to unearth the noble ideals deep within their hearts, the ideals of dedicating everything to the Stars and Stripes."

"this……"

The project manager looked reluctant, opened his mouth to speak, hesitated for a few moments, and then finally said:

"Based on our experimental records, the Wolverine Project aims to significantly improve the survival time of volunteers, with the optimal age range being between ten and fifteen years old..."

"That means those scumbags aren't very useful anymore."

General William also fell silent, and after a long while, he managed to utter a sentence with difficulty:

"May the Lord forgive our sins. Amen!"

Of all the yokai tested in the Higuchi Orochi and Yokosuka Port experiments, only the Byakugan and Shikotsumyaku have the potential to be transplanted into humans.

What they have in common is...

(End of this chapter)