"Come Taste My Super Electromagnetic Cannon, You Losers!"

"General, an unidentified flying object is rapidly approaching! According to our calculations, it's coming from the target's location."

Sherman's expression turned grave. "Deploy the satellites. I want to see exactly what's going on!"

"No good. The magnetic field is being disrupted by some unknown interference, but the target is moving quickly. It's expected to reach the airspace above the base in five minutes."

After a brief moment of thought, Sherman directly gave the order. "Dispatch two F-16s to intercept!"

Two fighter jets took off from the airfield, racing toward the unknown target with shrieking sonic booms.

Before long, Sherman received a transmission from the fighters.

"General, we can see the target. He... he is—bzzzzzz—"

Static poured from the communicator, along with the faintly audible screams of the Air Force pilots.

Sherman's heart skipped a beat. He roared, "What is the target?! How are you?!"

At last, amid the static, the Air Force pilot's final words came through.

"Bai... Bai Xing! It's the target, Bai Xing!"

At the same time, thousands of meters above the ground.

The two fighter jets hung behind Bai Xing at strange angles.

They looked like kites drifting through the air.

Magnetism served as the string, and under Bai Xing's control, the two out-of-control fighters continued toward the base alongside him.

Over the past month, Bai Xing had never relaxed his training. Combined with the nourishment he had taken from Nagai, Sato, and even Yajima Masao, he was now twice as strong as he had been a month ago!

No matter what Sato wanted to do, since he intended to drag Bai Xing into this, Bai Xing would grant him his wish.

Bai Xing knew that even if he wiped out the US Military forces this time, trouble would keep coming afterward.

He might as well intimidate everyone in one go.

Let them understand that Bai Xing was not someone they could provoke so easily!

Before Sherman could react further, Bai Xing had already arrived above the base.

They, too, saw the man hovering in midair, his trench coat flapping fiercely in the wind, with two out-of-control fighter jets circling him.

The anti-aircraft guns opened fire, and armed helicopters took off as well. Then the aircraft cannons roared, and countless bullets swept toward Bai Xing like a waterfall.

But none of it posed any threat to Bai Xing.

After every bullet stopped around him, before the astonished eyes of the countless US Military personnel in the base—

All the bullets, shells, armed helicopters, and the two fighter jets crashed into one another.

They became a dazzling, massive firework, erupting with deafening explosions.

Countless pieces of metal twisted and deformed, compressing together.

They formed a metal sphere nearly eight meters in diameter.

Blinding arcs of electricity spread from Bai Xing's body, spiraling around the metal sphere with him as their origin.

Coil-shaped paths of electric current were traced through the air, enveloping more than half the base in violently surging and shifting electromagnetic force.

All electronic equipment failed. Even the power system burst with sparks, extinguishing the lights and plunging the base into darkness.

Only the lightning flashing continuously in the sky remained, casting a dazzling brilliance that sent chills rising from the depths of their hearts.

Within the electromagnetic field formed by the current, Ampere force began accelerating the metal sphere, while Lorentz force transformed into propulsion and poured energy into it.

The electromagnetic energy carried by electromagnetic force reaching 200,000 Volts was transferred entirely into the metal sphere.

The entire sphere instantly turned white-hot with red at its edges.

"Come taste my Super Electromagnetic Cannon, you losers!"

Bai Xing had planted a Fruit Core into the scientist Yajima Masao. That was precisely why he could build an Electromagnetic Cannon with his bare hands.

--BOOM!!

A circular sonic boom cloud spread outward, and a dazzling orange-red beam tore through the pitch-black night sky.

Traveling at six times the speed of sound, it plummeted toward the Command Headquarters.

Then came a violent roar. Flames shot into the sky, smoke and dust spread everywhere, and the earth trembled. A savage shockwave swept outward, directly flinging away even those standing farther off and tearing their bodies apart in the storm.

The explosion was no weaker than that of a miniature Nuclear Bomb. An EMP shockwave replaced nuclear radiation, paralyzing every electronic device within several kilometers.

After the smoke cleared, everything fell silent. The Command Headquarters had vanished without a trace, leaving behind only a massive, scorched crater.

The ground had been scorched by the extreme heat into glass-like crystals. Chain explosions erupted in the surrounding area, plunging the entire base into an apocalyptic scene.

Severed limbs and heart-rending screams were everywhere, but they were still luckier than Major General Sherman and those at the center of the explosion, because those people had not even left behind a scrap.

However, the base was vast. Bai Xing knew that this single Super Electromagnetic Cannon could not possibly wipe out everyone.

But he did not continue slaughtering them.

After all, he had not come here solely for killing.

A voice like rolling thunder resounded through the sky.

"This is only a small lesson. If you dare provoke me again, the next thing I blow up will be the White House!"

After leaving behind that warning, Bai Xing turned and flew away.

Crisis Management Center.

Nagai looked at Tanaka and the others locked inside the containment room, unsure whether he felt relieved or disappointed.

He was relieved that they had finally captured all of them and protected the Prime Minister's safety.

But he was disappointed that Sato still had not appeared tonight. He had no idea what Sato had gone off to do.

Still, now that all of Sato's helpers had been captured and contained, Sato was left as a commander without troops. He probably would not be able to keep jumping around for much longer.

"We really have to thank you for helping us. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been easy to truly capture those few."

Tozaki Yuu said this from beside him.

Nagai chuckled softly. Before the operation began today, he had been somewhat nervous. Yet once it started, everything had gone so smoothly it hardly seemed real.

Only now did he realize that his strength had far surpassed that of ordinary Ajin.

Even veteran Ajin capable of summoning Little Black had no ability to resist him at all.

Just as Nagai was about to speak, Tozaki Yuu's phone rang.

"Excuse me."

Tozaki Yuu walked aside and answered it.

Nagai had no intention of deliberately eavesdropping on other people's calls, but he discovered that even if he wanted to listen, he could not hear anything.

It seemed that after last time, Tozaki had taken some precautions.

Nagai's initially excited mood gradually cooled.

Not long afterward, Tozaki Yuu returned, his face frost-covered and so gloomy it seemed as though water might drip from it.

Nagai asked curiously, "What happened?"

Tozaki Yuu took a deep breath and looked at him with a grave expression.

"Nagai, something big has happened!"

Nagai Kei's heart jolted.

Tozaki continued, "Just now, someone attacked Yokota Air Base! More than a thousand US Military personnel stationed on the island were killed or injured!

There are reports that the attacker possesses the same ability as you—the ability to freely control electromagnetic force!"

The first person to appear in Nagai Kei's mind was someone.

"Sato! It has to be him, right?!"

Tozaki Yuu frowned and shook his head slightly. "We can't confirm that yet. Go home and rest first. The impact of this incident is simply too great, especially since it involves Ajin. I have a lot of matters to deal with."

Nagai was filled with doubt and unease, but he knew this was not the time to press for answers.

He nodded. "I see... all right, then."