I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapters 243 & 244: Visitors from Outer Space

A sliver of red light slid down from the moon, piercing the dark night sky, and landed on the parking lot of a nearby shopping mall with a deafening roar, immediately kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Beep beep beep!"

The noise triggered the piercing alarms of the cars parked nearby.

"Meteorite?"

"Ha, what's the occasion today? First, the crimson moon spectacle, and then a shooting star?"

"What luck! Excuse me, I need to take a picture and tweet it."

People crowded the streets, gazing at the moon. Even after the crimson moon disappeared, they were still captivated when a sudden "shooting star" replaced it, immediately drawing a lot of attention.

Although the smog had not yet dissipated, several people had already walked over with great interest.

On the concrete ground of the parking lot, a large pit, about two meters square and half a meter deep, had been smashed. Among the gravel and sand, something was faintly shimmering with a white glow.

"It looks like something is glowing?"

"If it's a meteorite, then we're rich! It shouldn't be confiscated, right?"

A young man dressed in casual clothes was eager to try, rolled up his sleeves, and looked like he was going to go down into the pit to dig the thing out.

"Hey, watch out for space radiation!"

"I'm from Fukushima, why would I be afraid of this!"

The young man casually remarked and actually jumped into the pit, digging around in the mud for a while.

"Look, what's this!"

The young man held up a fist-sized white tumor-like object, showing it off to his companions standing at the edge of the pit.

"Is this a meteorite? It doesn't really look like a rock."

"It even glows! It's kind of scary."

A daring young man climbed up with the white, tumor-like object, attracting a large crowd of onlookers who began to discuss it animatedly, their phone flashes never ceasing.

"Indeed, it doesn't look like a stone. Could it be a Tai Sui, like the underground Lingzhi mushroom?" someone poked at it with their finger and asked curiously.

"This fell from the sky, how could it be a Tai Sui?" someone immediately retorted. "Even if it were a living thing, it should be some kind of extraterrestrial visitor like a star."

"What is the color of stars?"

"How ignorant you are! You've heard of parasites, haven't you? They're all the same kind."

"That's all stuff from movies and comics, you're really making this up!"

The young man squeezed the foreign object in his hand. It felt as soft and elastic as a piece of flesh, and there seemed to be veins or lines moving beneath the skin. There was even a faint pulse similar to a heartbeat.

It's just like a living thing!

"Baka! Why can't I shake this thing off? It's stuck to my hand and it's getting more and more disgusting."

The young man immediately sensed something was wrong and tried to throw away the white object, but no matter how hard he tried, the thing clung to his palm like a leech.

"Come help me, get this thing out of here..."

"Wait a minute! Look, hasn't that thing gotten bigger?" some onlookers exclaimed.

The young man immediately looked down and saw that the white object, which was originally only the size of a fist, had swelled to the size of a soccer ball. It had originally only existed in his palm, but now it covered and enveloped his elbow.

And it is expanding rapidly at a rate visible to the naked eye!

In just a few seconds, the white, strange object spread like spores all over the young man's body, with only his head sticking out.

"Ah! Help! Help! It hurts so much..."

The young man's face was contorted with pain as he screamed in panic.

"It's not some kind of prank show, is it?"

"This is bad. Should we call the police?"

"It hurts! It's eating me!"

From within the white spore cluster enveloping the young man's body, a chilling chewing sound emanated!

With a "crack," the young man's head, eyes wide open, rolled to the ground, the blood spurting from his neck creating a vivid and tragic oil painting on the ground.

"..."

"..."

The bustling street seemed to freeze in that instant, everyone stunned and unable to believe their eyes.

"Dead, dead man!"

"Damn, I'm live-streaming this!"

"Call the police! Call the police!"

Although some people were still standing there dumbfounded, many more, sensing the danger, began to retreat.

At the same time, the white spore mass that had devoured a human life was also writhing and twisting, splitting off several limb-like strips from the middle, with claw-like sharpness at the tips, and it was still constantly deforming!

In the blink of an eye, the white spore cluster had transformed into a humanoid monster on all fours.

The monster was about the size of an adult male, hairless, with a grayish-white keratin covering its body. Its limbs were abnormally long, and its fingers, when spread apart, resembled sharp bone knives.

The monster's head had no eyes, nostrils, or ears; it only had a gaping maw that split open to its chin, covered with sharp teeth.

"Awooooo!"

Faced with such a terrifying monster, even the most oblivious person would come to their senses, driven by their most primal instincts, and let out screams of utter terror.

The streets were thrown into chaos. Apart from a few people who were so terrified that they collapsed to the ground, everyone was fleeing for their lives.

The monster let out a deep roar from its throat, its voice filled with a thirst and greed for flesh and blood. It lowered its body and its two hind legs, which were thicker and stronger than a normal person's thighs, suddenly pushed off, instantly covering a distance of more than ten meters.

"puff!"

The monster's sharp claws pierced straight through, landing in the chest of the last office worker.

"Ahhh—!"

The unfortunate office worker let out a heart-wrenching scream.

The office worker turned around, waving his arms and legs, trying to struggle in despair, but the grayish-white monster opened its mouth and spewed out a cloud of white mist that covered the office worker's head.

"Ouch, my face is ruined! It hurts so much..."

When an office worker's head is sprayed with the mist, it's as if sulfuric acid has been poured on it. Hair falls out, and the skin on their face is corroded into a pool of blood that flows down, revealing the bare bones. They die within just a few breaths.

The monster couldn't wait to stick out its tongue and lick the blood that had melted away from the flesh.

"What happened?"

The streets were teeming with people, all of them looking like they were in the apocalypse and running around in panic.

Those who witnessed the young man being swallowed by the white spore mass and the spore mass transforming into a monster at the forefront fled in panic. The screams and shouts of various people merged into a terrifying torrent, sweeping away the rationality of others. Even those who did not know what had happened were involuntarily swept away by the chain reaction of panic and ran backward.

"Everyone, wait a minute! This will cause a stampede!"

Two police officers patrolling near the station in Nakano Ward heard a loud commotion and screams coming from the street ahead, and everyone was running around in panic. They immediately became alert.

A patrolling police officer stopped a citizen who was running away from him and asked:

"Sir, what happened?"

"Murder!"

The citizen's face turned pale, and he spoke with a trembling body.

The two patrol officers' expressions immediately changed. Murder? And in the bustling Nakano Station area, where there are the highest pedestrian traffic?

Is this yet another indiscriminate street attack and murder?

Keep in mind that this is Tokyo; this would definitely be a heinous attack that would shock the entire nation.

"Dead people, no, no!" the citizen who was being held back stammered incoherently. "It's a monster! Monsters kill people, eat people! It's terrifying."

The two patrol officers looked at each other, wondering if they had misheard.

"Sir, please calm down..."

"Monster! Monster, it's coming!" Terrified, the citizens broke free from the patrol officers' hands and ran away screaming.

Things are getting weirder and weirder!

"Please... Officer..."

A woman dressed like a housewife collapsed to the ground as if she had seen two patrol officers, her face pale and her lips trembling so much that she could barely speak.

"My child... accidentally fell behind..."

"Ma'am, what happened?"

"I...I don't know, the crowd in front suddenly screamed...and rushed towards us, and I...ran too, but I don't know where my child went..."

The woman's body went completely limp on the ground. She could only barely keep from falling with the help of two patrol officers. She sobbed uncontrollably as she spoke.

"Please...please help me...save him..."

The older, middle-aged patrol officer, realizing the gravity of the situation, said to the other officer with a serious expression:

"Fujita, immediately notify the command post. A very serious murder attack has occurred here."

The older patrolman glanced at the trembling housewife and ordered, "Also, take this lady to a safe place, I'll go get her child!"

"Chief Inspector of Western Sichuan, I'll go with you!"

The young patrolman touched the baton at his waist and said with a mixture of panic and excitement.

"Hmph, this is a bit too much for a fledgling police officer."

The patrol chief of western Sichuan took out a police revolver from his waist and gave a dismissive laugh.

"I don't need you getting in my way. There are armed guards here, don't worry!"

"Please take care." The young patrolman hesitated for a moment before helping the woman to her feet and retreating.

The patrol chief of Chuanxi released the safety of the new Nanbu pistol and carefully jogged towards the street ahead.

Turning the corner, one sees the street in a mess, with shoes, cell phones, wallets and other debris left behind by the fleeing crowd.

The sharp-eyed patrol chief of western Sichuan could also see a body lying in the middle of the road, its fate unknown.

Where is the murderer?

To his surprise, he didn't see anything, but he didn't dare to be careless.

The patrol chief of western Sichuan swallowed hard, holding his police gun in his hand, the dark muzzle constantly scanning the area.

Just then, the patrol chief of western Sichuan heard a child's sobbing. He quickly followed the sound and found a child who was only six or seven years old behind a GG sign in a store.

"Don't be afraid, the policeman is here. I'll take you to your mother right away."

The patrol chief of western Sichuan forced a kind smile onto his face and picked up the child from the ground.

"Officer... there's a monster..."

The frightened child whispered in the ear of the patrol chief of western Sichuan.

monster?

What's going on? Why are they all talking about monsters instead of murderers?

Although the patrol chief of western Sichuan found it strange, he didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that they were probably just talking nonsense in a state of extreme panic.

Now that the murder suspect has left and the missing child has been found, it's best to evacuate as soon as possible for safety's sake.

"Click."

The patrol chief of western Sichuan twitched his ears and heard a barely perceptible sound, immediately becoming alert.

"Who is it? Step forward!"

The patrol chief of western Sichuan, holding a child in one arm and a gun in the other, shouted.

Behind a van, a hideous, grayish-white monster slowly crawled out.

It really is... a monster!

The patrol chief of western Sichuan's pupils trembled violently. In his more than ten years of police service, he had never dealt with such a monster.

"Stop! Stop! Don't come any closer, I'm going to shoot!"

Ignoring the warnings issued by the patrol chief of Sichuan, the monster slowly approached, hissing and growling as it craved human flesh and blood.

"Ah! Drink! Ah!"

Seeing that he couldn't communicate with the monster, the patrol chief of western Sichuan resorted to the method he used when encountering wild animals in the wild, making various strange noises in hopes of scaring it away.

But the monster remained unmoved and continued to approach.

In that case, we have no choice but to shoot.

The patrol chief of western Sichuan had already put the child down and hidden him behind his back. Large beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead as he held his revolver at the monster with both hands.

In his nearly forty years of life, he had never faced a life-or-death moment like this!

"Bang bang bang!"

Just as the monster was about to pounce, the patrol chief of Chuanxi decisively opened fire!

He fired all his bullets in one go, and several bullets hit the monster at this distance, knocking it to the ground.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

The patrol chief of western Sichuan was covered in sweat, his face showing relief at surviving a disaster.

But the next moment, the monster flipped itself up, opened its hideous and terrifying mouth, and spewed a large plume of white smoke at the Sichuan West Patrol Chief.

"Hiss hiss hiss—"

The patrol chief of western Sichuan quickly rolled on the ground with the child in his arms, but his shoulder was still grazed by the smoke. Not only were his clothes melted, but a large piece of his skin was also torn off.

"Ugh, the gas this monster spews out is just like strong acid!" Chief Inspector Kawanishi groaned in pain.

Seeing the monster's mouth twitching and its tongue lolling out, as if it were about to spit out something, Chief Inspector Chuanxi couldn't help but feel despair for a monster that even bullets couldn't kill.

"Croak!"

The monster turned its head to the side, trembling as it let out a few strange cries, its voice filled with undisguised terror. It dropped its prey, jumped onto the roof of the car, and then darted into an alley.

"They escaped? They escaped?"

(End of this chapter)