From Earthbound Spirit to Tokyo Evil

Tokyo has reached extreme chaos. Most ordinary people certainly have no idea what is happening, but people in high positions know something more or less.

Most people might rush to cling to the Watchers because they think the Skeleton will soon be destroyed, but the vast majority of them are not actually qualified to contact the Watchers directly.

The fog brought unprecedented panic and made many things difficult to carry out.

In this situation, the only people who dared to rush into the fog were the people of Akasaka.

Baba Hiroshi immediately began to connect the Akasaka members of the Skeleton Faction who were scattered everywhere. In fact, during the period when the Watchers were temporarily evacuated, their faction was fully developed among the Akasaka members on the front line.

Everyone knew what fate they would face after the skeleton fell. This made them act quickly and efficiently after receiving the call from Maba Hiroshi. Some of them were even watching the live broadcast, and they immediately took action spontaneously after hearing Xia Chuan's words.

Because of the heavy fog, most of the communication could only be done through the Internet and telephone, but this was enough to spread the news that "the Watchers might use nuclear bombs on Tokyo", making more people fearful and suspicious, and making them waver and hesitate when facing the Watchers' orders.

As a large number of servers were forcibly shut down, the number of people watching the live broadcast began to drop sharply, but this instead made them start to frantically search for relevant information, hoping to figure out what they had just seen.

But more and more people in Neon were watching the live broadcast, and many people's minds were still confused, not knowing what they were seeing or what it meant.

But some people also noticed what Xia Chuan said on the phone, and someone immediately started asking questions frantically in the live broadcast room.

"What did he just say? What nuclear bomb? What does that mean?"

Chapter 276 Shadow of Death

"The real war begins now!" said Octopus Paul.

The purpose of the live broadcast was to show Xia Chuan's current actions to a specific target, to prove that the Skeleton Society was not using the thick fog to carry out any ulterior motives, but was fighting to protect Tokyo. Of course, gaining more power of faith through the live broadcast was also one of the purposes, but Xia Chuan did not have high expectations for this.

As long as they can make the Special Management Bureau and the Cheka have even a little doubt about the Watchers' words, their efforts will not be in vain, but no matter what, the most important measure at the moment is to stop the Watchers' actions.

Under the light technique, all the resentment and death energy in the room were cleared away, but Xia Chuan still quickly conducted another check to confirm that this human sacrifice ritual did not leave any hidden dangers.

Paul was still floating beside him, faithfully recording what he was doing through a dozen mobile phones, while also not forgetting to explain what he was doing and his purpose in the form of barrages and pinned comments.

On the other hand, Asakawa Manabu is selecting the most shocking and convincing results of the screen recording, cutting them into short videos of three to five minutes, adding subtitles, and constantly sending them to every platform and forum he can think of through different identities and accounts to create a greater impact.

The Watchers had obviously realized what they were doing. After several major live streaming platforms were simply and crudely shut down in the most primitive way, the account used by Asakawa Manabu was also rapidly seized, and the uploaded videos were constantly deleted. The other party had even begun using hacking methods to track his address, forcing him to spend more time and energy dealing with such investigations.

Fortunately, Akasaka's actions followed up immediately. They also had rich experience in banning and eliminating influence, and had a large number of outstanding hackers. Although they did not have direct contact with Asakawa Manabu and Paul, after watching the live broadcast, they already knew what the urgent issues were at the moment, and began to spread these short videos spontaneously to create an impact.

What they had to do in the past was completely opposite to what they were doing now, but this made them clearer than anyone else what methods the Watchers had. A silent but unprecedentedly fierce war soon broke out between the two sides on the Internet.

Such a result even surprised Natsukawa. He originally thought that among Akasaka, probably only people like Baba Hiroshi who were already highly tied to the Skeleton Society would have to join the battle.

"Master, you have always had enough respect and kindness towards Akasaka in the past. Even after becoming the ruler of Tokyo, your attitude towards them has always been cooperation rather than enslavement. Anyone who is not a fool should be able to see the difference between you and the Watchers. It may be difficult for them to fight against the Watchers face to face, but if they only participate in this battle through computers and the Internet as virtual identities, they will always be able to withstand this level of resistance, right?" Paul quickly figured out the reasoning behind this. "Even better, at this level of the Internet, both aliens and humans can only fight in the same way. It's really interesting."

"Now is not the time to be happy about this kind of thing!" After completing the inspection of the area, Xia Chuan quickly moved towards the location of another enemy that was exposed by the haze. At this time, the opponent also began to move his position.

"Destroy the enemy's manpower in Tokyo first!" Paul suggested immediately.

Xia Chuan immediately adjusted the direction of movement. At this time, Long Qingting received the news he least wanted to hear: "The satellite of the Special Management Bureau tracked that the US military had just launched four cruise missiles through a missile destroyer. The target should be Tokyo!"

"Where's the location? No more detailed information?!" Xia Chuan didn't even feel like swearing. If all four cruise missiles were equipped with nuclear warheads, even if they were just so-called tactical nuclear warheads, they would be enough to kill hundreds of thousands or even millions of people in a densely populated area like Tokyo.

Long Qingting quickly told him the current position, speed and other data of the four missiles: "Your live broadcast is very effective and has caused controversy, but if you can't stop these four missiles, everything is meaningless!"

"Thank you for your nonsense!" Xia Chuan said. "Are the Special Management Bureau just going to watch them mess around like this?"

"I've already said that your actions have already caused controversy. However, because there is no more powerful evidence, and the Watchers are not attacking Daxia's homeland, or even Daxia's sphere of influence, do you think the Special Management Bureau will break up with the Watchers because they smashed their things? In their view, no matter how this matter is explained afterwards, it will greatly damage the reputation and influence of the Watchers. Therefore, although Daxia will definitely be affected and suffer losses, it is completely acceptable compared to the consequences that the United States will have to bear."

"The lives of millions of people mean nothing to them?"

"This is how the world is. Did you just find out?" Long Qingting said. "Haizhi, you are the only one they can rely on now."

Xia Chuan stopped talking and had no energy to track the fleeing enemy. Instead, he focused all his energy on more important things.

Soon, the flock of birds that once caused panic and suspicion in the sky over Tokyo appeared again, and this time, because Natsukawa used the power of word spirit technique, the number of birds was even larger than before.

Paul kept telling Xiachuan the information he knew about the cruise missiles, and Xiachuan controlled the flock of birds to fly towards the area where the four missiles might pass.

At their flying speed, they cannot catch up with cruise missiles. The only thing they can do is to form obstacles in front of the missiles and intercept them by collision. To do so means that in order to increase the success rate of interception, he must deploy more bird flocks in advance in all areas where missiles may pass.

Long Qingting had not hung up the phone, still providing intermittent intelligence about the possible location of the cruise missiles. But after leaving the sea and entering the land, they began to fly close to the ground, and it was difficult for the satellites of the Special Management Bureau to continue to track their exact location.

Xia Chuan could only rely on his own ability to find their traces. A few minutes later, through the sight of the crow, he finally saw the first black spot flying close to the mountains east of Tokyo.

The flock of crows that had been hovering in that area immediately gathered together under Xia Chuan's command and swooped down in the direction of its flight!

At this time, the second black spot also appeared!

Then came the third, and the fourth!

Chapter 277 Storm Rages

All the missiles came from the southeast of Tokyo, close to the sea and the ground. When they entered Natsukawa's field of vision, they had already flown over the Kamogawa River south of the Boso Peninsula. When Natsukawa gathered the flock of birds, they had already crossed the Boso Peninsula along different trajectories and arrived over Tokyo Bay.

Driven by Natsukawa, tens of thousands of seagulls formed a black cloud that covered most of the sky and quickly gathered in the direction of the missiles. The first missile directly crashed into the flock of seagulls at an astonishing speed. The flesh and blood bodies of the seagulls were hit by the missile at a speed of nearly Mach 1, and in an instant they turned into a sea of ​​blood. However, the missile itself was also seriously damaged, lost its balance, rolled in the air, and plunged into Tokyo Bay.

The second missile suddenly rose higher, but it still could not avoid the huge flock of birds. After smashing more than a dozen seagulls into pieces, one of its wings was damaged. It also lost balance and moved irregularly in the air, then hit more seagulls. The missile body was damaged and began to fall downward.

Xia Chuan breathed a sigh of relief and began to turn his attention to the two missiles behind. At this moment, the falling missile suddenly exploded in mid-air, like a new sun suddenly born in Tokyo Bay. The strong light, heat wave and shock wave instantly engulfed all the flocks of birds in the sky and tore apart the thick fog covering Tokyo Bay. Under the huge mushroom cloud, the mud at the bottom of Tokyo Bay was exposed. Huge waves followed the shock wave, advancing violently around and throwing away everything on the water.

The nearby docks and coasts were directly destroyed, and everything was reduced to pieces. Further away, the light, heat and shock waves first brought fire and destruction, and the subsequent huge waves immediately carried out a second round of ravages on them, engulfing everything again.

The smog in the south of Tokyo was also blown away, revealing the original appearance of the city. As the mushroom cloud slowly rose, the remaining docks, warehouses, factories, and ships along the coast of Tokyo Bay began to burn, and thick smoke billowed.

Xiachuan was unable to capture the explosion from his position, but Paul immediately took a picture of the mushroom cloud that was still rising.

No one would mistake what this thing represented. At this moment, because the haze was blown away by the shock wave, people in the entire southern area of ​​Tokyo could clearly see the mushroom cloud that looked like the gaze of the god of death. Just a few tens of seconds after it appeared, unprecedented power of faith suddenly surged towards Xiachuan from all directions of Tokyo!

The body formed by the soul jade seemed to be about to burst by this surging force. Almost subconsciously, Xia Chuan shouted loudly: "I said, there should be strong winds and thunder!"

Thick black clouds suddenly began to gather in the sky, soon blocking the mushroom cloud that was rising higher and higher. Huge lightning flashed continuously in the clouds, and strong winds began to rage, sweeping up the radioactive dust in the sky and blowing it towards the southeast.

Such a weather phenomenon should have been accompanied by heavy rain, but under Natsukawa's control, not a single rain fell. The next moment, the third missile quickly passed over the Boso Peninsula, but was quickly surrounded by a thunderstorm.

Thousands of lightning strikes occurred continuously within a radius of several hundred meters in a very short period of time. The missile was quickly hit, disintegrated, and broke into fragments and fell to the ground.

Then came the fourth missile, which tried desperately to gain altitude and bypass the clouds.

In just a moment, the nuclear crisis was resolved, but the people who were already in infinite panic did not know this. A huge amount of faith power continued to flow to Xia Chuan. With a thought, a huge lightning bolt hit the fast-fleeing evil god, vaporizing it directly.

The thunderclouds became more and more terrifying, and they were so dark that they seemed to be sticking to the ground. The next moment, a huge tornado suddenly appeared, sweeping across more than a dozen US military bases around Tokyo, including Yokosuka and Yokota, and swept everything that was left there into the sky and razed it to the ground.

"Where is the US fleet that launched the missiles?" Xia Chuan suddenly asked. "Where are the US fleets that the Special Management Bureau has tracked?"

Long Qingting, who had just learned what was happening in Tokyo, realized at this time that the call between the two had not ended.

He suddenly realized what Xia Chuan wanted to do and what he could do, and his mood was a little complicated. However, he soon laughed and readily told Xia Chuan the locations of the US military ships moving within a thousand miles around Neon.

The USS Johnson, which had just launched four missiles at Tokyo, and a temporary fleet consisting of two other missile destroyers and supply ships were sailing at full speed southward, waiting for further instructions from the Watcher.

The commander and technical officers were arguing over the two land-attack nuclear-attack cruise missiles that had suddenly disappeared. At this moment, the submarine suddenly sank, and everyone was caught off guard and fell to the ground.

"What..." The captain struggled to get up, but the question in his mouth was instantly stuck in his stomach.

Their ship had sunk under the ocean surface at some point, and was surrounded by sea water. Huge waves forty or fifty meters high were madly rolling up another ship and throwing it towards them.

Amid screams, the destroyer landed heavily a few dozen meters next to them, broke apart near the bridge, and sank directly to the bottom of the sea without any delay.

At this time, huge waves from the surrounding areas surged over and swallowed them directly.

The whole process took less than thirty seconds. Because of the shock, not a single ship in the entire fleet had enough time to send a distress signal to its superiors.

A few minutes later, the same thing happened to two missile destroyers and a conventional submarine that had received a temporary order to leave Hiroshima base and were heading for Guam base the day before. Huge waves and storms suddenly arrived in a completely illogical way, swallowing them up in an instant. They sank to the bottom of the sea without even being able to send out a complete distress signal.

Because the storm suddenly covered many sea areas in the northwest Pacific region, satellites were severely interfered with, and the US Pacific Command was unable to even determine in time what had happened to the two temporary fleets that had lost contact.

A few minutes later, the tsunami suddenly hit the US military base in Guam. The two aircraft carriers anchored in the port were pushed onto the land by the huge waves and were seriously damaged. Three destroyers and two nuclear submarines sank in the port, and the rest of the ships were also damaged to varying degrees. The runway and hangar of the Guam Air Force Base were directly razed to the ground. Because the incident was too sudden, all the fighter planes did not have time to move and were all damaged. The arsenal was also hit by lightning, causing a serious explosion, and even razed the nearby military camps to the ground.

The news finally reached the Pacific Command, but just as they were reporting to the mainland and the Watchers, a tsunami hit the US Wake Island base again, razing the entire island to the ground, leaving nothing behind.

Chapter 278 Ambassador

"I did something wrong." Xia Chuan said to Paul.

"Owner?"

"I shouldn't have directly destroyed the US military base in Japan. I should have used the things inside to trade with the countries of Lu and Xia." Xia Chuan said with a sigh.

"Well...if you need bargaining chips, I can actually salvage the ships that sank to the bottom of the sea. However, after losing my body, I can no longer stay away from you for too long. If you want to salvage them, you have to wait until things here are over, and you have to make time to accompany me."

"I'm just a little bored and have nothing to say." Xia Chuan sighed again, but after this interruption, his mood seemed to become relaxed.

Using the Word Spirit Technique to create tsunamis and thunderstorms at such a great distance from him consumed far more spiritual energy than Xia Chuan had imagined, to the point where the soul jade that made up his body began to dim.

Fortunately, ordinary people did not know what was happening. Whether it was the nuclear explosion in Tokyo Bay or the overwhelming dark clouds and thunderstorms that followed, they were enough to maintain their panic and make them continue to pray to Natsukawa. With the replenishment of millions of devout wishes, the consumed power was quickly replenished, and it was even enough to support Natsukawa to maintain the existence of thunderstorms over Tokyo for a long time.

In this case, no matter how many nuclear bombs the Watchers launch, there will be no threat. But the problem is that people cannot stay in panic 24 hours a day, and it is even more impossible to pray to Xia Chuan 24 hours a day. When they stop, the income from their wishes will not be able to maintain this defense method for a long time.

Xia Chuan's body had solidified again, but this body that was born from various coincidences could not be replicated. In order to prevent himself from bursting, he continued to create soul jades, and even tried to use soul jades to make a new body for Paul, but failed.

While he was waiting, soul jades of all sizes continued to appear around him. Things that were priceless to the monsters and could be considered heirlooms fell to the ground like stones.

"Your Majesty, the ambassadors of the two countries are outside asking for a meeting!" A warrior chosen by God came in cautiously to report.

He witnessed the entire base being destroyed in less than a minute in Yokota, while the surrounding houses were completely unaffected. For him, there was nothing else worth doing in the world except serving the gods in front of him.

"Let them in." Xia Chuan said.

"Yes."

They were notified at different times, and the distances between the two countries' embassies and this location were completely different. However, they arrived at the same time so cleverly. It is not difficult to guess that they must have had contact and secret discussions before, and even communicated with the country.

However, this is exactly what Xiachuan hoped for.

"Please take a seat, both of you." Xia Chuan used the soul jade to create two chairs and asked the two to sit down.

The two ambassadors did not know what material the balls were made of, but balls of the same material kept appearing and falling out of thin air. This sight forced them to look at each other secretly, and after whispering their thanks, they sat down carefully.

"I wonder what advice Lord Haiqi has for us?"

"No advice, I just want to ask, now that things have come to this point, what do the Special Management Bureau and the Cheka think now?"

The two had different expressions, but this was not a question they could answer casually.

Xia Chuan did not wait for their answers, but continued: "You two should also know what happened half an hour ago, right? No matter what, I am going to save your lives, why don't we put aside our countries and identities for the time being and discuss this purely from a personal perspective?"

The expressions on the two ambassadors' faces became more and more embarrassed. They thanked and apologized repeatedly, which made Xia Chuan shake his head and laugh.

"Okay, I know you are not qualified to express your opinions or decide anything. So, I have a few questions that I would like you to ask the leaders of the Special Management Bureau and the Cheka for me."

"Please tell me."

"The Special Management Bureau and the Cheka should have seen what kind of power I have and what I can do. So, I want to ask, if I am really the remnant of the Japanese militarists who are plotting revenge, I can destroy Guam and Wake Island, and all the US military bases in Japan. Why don't I clean up Kyushu and Hokkaido at the same time? Russia doesn't have many big cities in the Far East, and the few big cities are all on the coast. With my ability, is it difficult to flatten them? I can destroy the US military fleet, so can't I destroy the Russian Far East Fleet?"

He turned to the Daxia ambassador and said, "Let alone you. If I really occupied Tokyo for revenge as the Watcher said, then why did I do nothing at this moment when I clearly have the ability to destroy your country's most economically developed and densely populated areas and easily kill hundreds of millions of people? Is there a more cruel means of revenge than this?"

This seemed like an excuse, but in fact it was more of a threat, causing the two ambassadors to hastily state that the Special Management Bureau and the Cheka absolutely had no such idea and had never believed the slander of the Watchers. Everything was due to misunderstandings caused by poor communication between the two sides.

"If that's the case, then why did the Special Management Bureau and the Cheka, as important defenders of this world order, watch the Watchers commit such anti-human acts without any reaction?"

"Mr. Haizhai, this incident was too sudden and too unbelievable. The international community was shocked by such atrocities and had no time to react. This was a helpless result. But I can assure you that at this moment, all countries in the world must have seen through the evil nature of the Watchers. Soon, people all over the world will unite to despise the Watchers' behavior and will make them pay the price for their actions!"

"Haha." Xia Chuan laughed. "There's no need to say that. I know very well why you would sit back and watch the Watchers do this. It's simply because of my identity. As human beings, you have a deep-rooted aversion and fear of aliens like me. However, I absolutely do not believe that you are ignorant of the true identity of Agent A. Forget about those agents who are just cover agents. What kind of people did he send to deal with me? Didn't you see them? For the Special Management Bureau and the Cheka, who is more threatening, an alien like me who is weak and has no ambitions, or an alien like Agent A who holds the most powerful military force in the world and controls and commands a large number of evil gods?"

The expressions of the two people opposite finally changed. After a moment, the Daxia ambassador stood up first: "Mr. Haizhe, we also know that your time is precious, but if it is convenient for you, can you participate in a video conference?"

"Of course." Xia Chuan said. "Any time."

Chapter 279 Tripartite Talks

The encrypted line was quickly set up, and Xia Chuan also exchanged views with the leaders of the two countries in a "cordially and friendly" manner, confirming each other's attitudes and bottom line.

Xia Chuan expressed his attitude again.

It does not seek to possess nuclear weapons, nor does it seek to expand its sphere of influence, nor does it even seek to expand its scope of influence.

As long as Neon is handed over to him intact and infiltration and sabotage are stopped, the two countries' political, economic and military interests in Neon can be retained. After Xiachuan completes the strangulation of the Watchers and their hidden forces, the business communities of the two countries are welcome to invest in Neon and strengthen economic exchanges and political cooperation among the three countries.

Of course, the price the two countries have to pay is to jointly endorse the Skeleton Society's rule over Japan, and the three parties must sign a joint defense agreement as soon as possible, publicly announcing to the world that any country or organization that attacks Japan first will be regarded as an attack on the two countries and will lead to military retaliation including nuclear strikes.

He did not pursue nuclear weapons because he felt it was unnecessary. The power Xiachuan showed was no less than nuclear weapons. He could not use this kind of thing himself. He had to go through the Japanese army and a series of personnel, technology, funds, scientific research and maintenance forces. With the strange character of the Japanese people, who knows what kind of extreme and weird ideas and consequences would arise after possessing this kind of thing. Instead of going through so much trouble, it would be better to give up from the beginning. On the contrary, it could greatly reduce the aggressiveness shown by himself and avoid unnecessary suspicion and vigilance.

The same consideration applies to not expanding the sphere of influence and scope of impact.

After this incident, Xiachuan no longer had any hope for himself. He knew very well that he would never be able to do as Kiryu Ichiryu advised, and treat believers and clergymen as mere sources and tools of willpower without actually considering their safety and demands.