Chapter 408 - 408: The Second Meteor

These American aircraft carriers were the world's largest active carriers—300 meters long, 70 meters wide, even larger than Isobu itself.

Yet a single small Tailed Beast Ball had obliterated it completely. Even the ocean surface was blasted into hundred-meter waves, capsizing the nearby warships.

The sailors on distant ships were all dumbstruck. That was an aircraft carrier—vaporized in an instant?!

"What just happened? Come in! Come in!"

Having suddenly lost contact with that carrier, command immediately tried to reach the fleet near that sea area.

But all the sailors were in a state of extreme shock. No one responded to command's inquiry.

And they wouldn't get another chance to respond, because Isobu was already gathering another Tailed Beast Ball aimed at them...

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For this Battle of Tokyo, the American military had deployed five aircraft carriers—testament to how seriously they viewed Byakuya as a threat.

But what should have been an easy naval dominance for the US Navy—or rather, not even a naval battle, just one-sided long-range bombardment of the CCG—

Instead... they'd encountered only one enemy: Three-Tails Isobu. In just a few exchanges, the US Navy was nearly annihilated.

"Nearly" because a few warships had escaped.

After all, this was a vast expanse of ocean. Isobu's primary targets were those five aircraft carriers, each of which received a Tailed Beast Ball. It naturally couldn't get every single enemy vessel.

[Ding! Host's summoning beast Three-Tails Isobu has destroyed an "aircraft carrier." Reward: 200 Fusion Points!]

[Ding! Host's summoning beast Three-Tails Isobu has destroyed an "aircraft carrier." Reward: 200 Fusion Points!]

[...]

Since Isobu was now Byakuya's summoning beast, its destruction of aircraft carriers earned Byakuya Fusion Points.

Five aircraft carriers meant 1,000 Fusion Points in hand.

For Byakuya, who needed tens of thousands of Fusion Points, this Battle of Tokyo was the perfect opportunity to farm them.

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Tokyo, Ward 23.

The enemy had deployed their second-largest force to Ward 23, recognizing its high strategic value.

They knew Ward 23 held a prison called "Cochlea" containing numerous dangerous ghouls. If they could destroy this prison and release those dangerous ghouls to create chaos, it would work to their advantage.

However, not only were Warden Haisaki and Arima's Squad Zero stationed here, but Six-Tails Saiken was also guarding this location.

The American military figured a fixed target like Cochlea Prison would be easy to destroy—just fire some missiles.

So before the ground forces even arrived, missiles came raining down.

Reconnaissance aircraft and drones had already located Cochlea's position, and those missiles were precisely locked onto the target.

But Six-Tails Saiken was stationed atop Cochlea Prison. The structure was extremely solid—certainly not about to collapse under Saiken's massive weight.

Wisdom Wolf Decay!

Saiken spat large quantities of liquid at the incoming missiles. This liquid was highly corrosive.

It instantly corroded any missiles it touched, preventing them from exploding and leaving Cochlea completely unharmed.

More missiles came in succession, all intercepted by Saiken using the same method.

Not just missiles—bombs dropped by aircraft were also easily intercepted by Saiken. If the bombers flew even slightly lower, being hit by Saiken's liquid would cause them to crash instantly.

Even the ground infantry and armored units were kept at bay by the highly corrosive liquid spread around the prison's perimeter.

Once they touched that liquid, tanks would dissolve instantly—let alone humans.

Under Six-Tails Saiken's protection, the enemy couldn't breach Cochlea Prison at all.

Arima and the others could only sit inside the prison and watch the show.

Since Cochlea was Ward 23's most critical position, the CCG had abandoned the Ward 23 branch. All investigators and bureau staff from that branch had gathered here for focused defense.

If they could win by doing nothing, that was obviously ideal. No one wanted to be bombarded by missiles, drones, aircraft, and everything else.

...

[Ding! Host has destroyed "Norfolk Naval Base." Reward: 500 Fusion Points!]

[Ding! Host has destroyed "Hopkins Air Force Base." Reward: 500 Fusion Points!]

[...]

Four military bases were simultaneously destroyed by Byakuya's shadows, all struck by meteors.

Byakuya received 2,000 Fusion Points at once.

And now, Byakuya's ultimate target was the White House.

He was curious how many Fusion Points destroying the White House would yield.

The next moment, under the horrified and despairing gazes of countless people, a meteor over 250 meters in diameter struck the White House.

"BOOM—!!!"

This single meteor instantly reduced the magnificent White House to ruins.

The White House compound wasn't just the building itself—there was extensive surrounding grounds with many defensive installations and large numbers of police and Secret Service agents stationed there.

Therefore, this single meteor hadn't extinguished all life in the entire compound.

Tengai Shinsei certainly wasn't as terrifying as an actual meteor from space striking Earth, but... Tengai Shinsei could produce more than one meteor...

At that moment, the police and agents on the outer perimeter were knocked to the ground by the shockwave from the meteor's impact. Countless chunks of debris and dust filled the air—in their eyes, it was a scene of the apocalypse.

When the White House was destroyed by such terrifying means, for the American people, it might as well have been the end of the world.

Most of the police and agents on the outer perimeter survived. Their excellent mental and physical training allowed them to quickly find cover and avoid the debris raining down like hail.

But some weren't so lucky. Falling debris easily crushed their skulls or shattered their bones. Countless screams of agony filled the air around the White House...

"It... it should be over now, right...?"

"Is the President safe? Things look really bad over at the White House..."

"I want to go home! I don't want to do this anymore! Which stupid son of a bitch came up with this counter-terrorism operation?! Now we're all screwed!"

"Stay calm! We're fine now. The priority is to contact FBI headquarters immediately!"

"..."

Those hiding in cover were still shaken. Some stared blankly in a daze, some had completely lost control and were cursing up a storm, some were calmly trying to figure out what to do...

But they never could have imagined that there was more than one meteor...

The next moment, another meteor broke through the clouds—and this one was twice the size of the first!

The second meteor had a diameter of 516 meters. When it broke through the clouds, everyone on the White House perimeter was struck dumb.

"This... this has to be a joke, right? What even is this..."

"It's over... it's all over... we're all going to die here, no one can escape..."

"Mommy! I want my mommy! I want to go home!"

"..."

At this moment, everyone was utterly hopeless, their expressions blank, jaws dropped, staring up at the second meteor plummeting toward them.

"BOOM—!!!!"

The second meteor struck the first, instantly producing even more terrifying energy.

In that moment, it was as if the world had gone silent.

The entire White House had no more signs of life—only two meteors that had smashed deep craters into the ground.

Although Tengai Shinsei was a suicidal technique, and Uchiha Madara had only used it while in the regenerating Edo Tensei state...

Byakuya had transferred himself into the Kamui Dimension when the first meteor fell, so he was completely unaffected.

[Ding! Host has destroyed "The White House." Reward: 1,000 Fusion Points!]

The White House was utterly annihilated, and Byakuya received his Fusion Points.

A full 1,000 Fusion Points. As expected of America's White House—high value indeed.

After Tengai Shinsei ended, Byakuya emerged from the Kamui Dimension.

He sensed the area below where the White House had been, confirmed there were no signs of life, and departed.

This also meant that even the President and senior officials hiding in the Presidential Emergency Operations Center had not escaped death.

The emergency center's design assumptions had been fairly accurate—capable of withstanding any attack except a nuclear strike. But Tengai Shinsei's power was truly comparable to a nuclear bomb, and the emergency center simply couldn't withstand it.

...

The front lines quickly learned that the White House had been destroyed. The participating generals were first shocked and horrified, then the same thought occurred to all of them: surrender and negotiate.

Four military bases and even the White House had been destroyed by meteors. The President's fate was uncertain. For them, this war had lost all meaning.

Continuing would only lead to certain death.

With no one opposing, they immediately announced defeat to the soldiers on the battlefield.

They didn't even bother with face-saving euphemisms, directly stating they'd lost and should surrender or retreat immediately, fearing that any continued resistance from the front-line soldiers would further anger Byakuya.

When the soldiers received this news, many found it hard to accept.

They couldn't accept that their country had lost so catastrophically. In their eyes, their nation had always been the world's strongest.

But the situation on the front lines was also extremely grim. Across all 23 wards, they hadn't managed to capture a single one. They also had to constantly watch out for those dark-red humanoid monsters that kept appearing—the Dragon Orphans.

Before the battle officially began, Byakuya had released those Dragon Orphans from Ward 24 specifically to disrupt the American forces.

The Dragon Orphans had indeed played a significant role in this battle, causing the American troops tremendous grief.

Therefore, even if they couldn't accept the reality of defeat, they had no choice but to surrender. Otherwise, only death awaited.

[Ding! Host has achieved victory in the "Battle of Tokyo." Reward: 1,000 Fusion Points!]

"It's over already? I haven't had my fill yet."

Seeing the enemy before her raise white flags, Eto stopped her kagune arm mid-motion. Otherwise, the tank in front of her would have been torn to pieces the next moment.

On the ground lay numerous soldiers missing arms and legs—clearly Yoshimura's handiwork.

He still followed his "no killing" principle, merely rendering these soldiers unable to fight.

These men were actually lucky—becoming prisoners meant they could at least survive.

After this battle, the American soldiers who'd fought in Ward 20 would probably carry permanent psychological trauma from the Non-Killing Owl and One-Eyed Owl—two monsters that dismantled tanks with their bare hands. They'd never faced such terrifying enemies.

With the battle over, Yoshimura and Eto naturally released their kakuja forms.

When the surviving prisoners saw Yoshimura and Eto's human appearances, they were all stunned.

Those two terrifying monsters had transformed in an instant into a kind-looking elderly gentleman and a cute, petite girl.

"It ended so suddenly. Byakuya must have done something, right?"

Yoshimura speculated.

"Probably. That guy probably just went and wiped out the enemy's home base single-handedly."

Eto said casually.

After all, based on her understanding of Byakuya's strength, he was completely capable of such a feat.

If that were true, the enemy's sudden surrender made perfect sense.

...

As news of the White House and President's destruction, along with the American military's crushing defeat, spread worldwide, people everywhere found it utterly unbelievable.

Though the US military was no longer an undefeated myth, losing this badly was truly hard to believe.

Not only was it a blitz among blitzes, but the casualties were devastating, and their White House had been directly destroyed on home soil.

Byakuya had shocked the entire world with this battle, showing everyone his absolute power.

And this still wasn't even his full strength. America had simply been too weak to force him to display everything he had. Plus, he didn't want to harm innocent civilians, which was why he'd only targeted the White House and military bases on American soil.

But Byakuya didn't care whether he'd become world-famous.

Meanwhile, as the CCG's representative, Byakuya was negotiating with America's designated representatives.

On the American side, besides the participating generals, there was a hastily appointed Vice President—he was the primary representative.

The negotiations took place at CCG Headquarters in Ward 1. Numerous domestic and international media reporters were present, filming and live-streaming. Many reporters focused their cameras squarely on Byakuya's face.

Because they all knew this young man had destroyed the White House. Countless people worldwide were intensely curious about him—this was key to attracting viewers. By comparison, the actual negotiation content was almost secondary.

[Ding! Host has entered negotiations with the American side. Reward: 100 Fusion Points!]

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