(Heartfelt thanks to 'Long Lian Qingxue', 'Youyouzi's Lament', and 'Great Teacher ●﹏●' for their rewards!)
"BOOM—!"
Amid an earth-shaking roar, behind the pitch-black monolith that resembled a mountain, the sprawling Self-Defense Force camp exploded in its entirety, turning completely into ruins and vanishing forever into the river of history.
Flames surged like raging waves.
The shockwave spread like a stellar explosion.
A terrifying blast erupted within the Self-Defense Force camp, blanketing the entire base in flames as it slowly began to burn.
"Bang—bang bang—!"
Following the great explosion, an endless series of smaller explosions began erupting throughout the camp.
"Crack—crack crack—!"
The tall walls surrounding the entire Self-Defense Force camp were blasted apart in section after section, scattering broken stones and rubble in every direction with crisp clattering sounds.
Thick black smoke rose from the Self-Defense Force camp engulfed in flames, using the pitch-black monolith as its backdrop as it climbed toward the sky, looking deeply ominous.
The Self-Defense Force camp that had stood beneath Monolith No. 1 ever since the founding of the Tokyo Area had finally become burning ruins today, gradually heading toward its end.
And there was only one person who witnessed all of it firsthand.
Not far from the Self-Defense Force camp, a young man dressed in a formal suit gazed at the burning base as it gradually approached its end, the corners of his lips slowly curling upward.
The young man had an upright-looking face.
An identification badge hung before his chest.
There was a name on the badge.
—Koina Atsuro.
He was Koina Atsuro, a superintendent in the Tokyo Area Police Department, formerly engaged to Kisara, who had received Saint Tenzi's orders to assist Noah in examining the Tokyo Area's surveillance footage.
Yet this young man, who had always presented himself as a promising