"Run!"
Quan Tiehua felt the power pack being forcibly torn away and shouted backward without caring about anything else.
The solar emergency backup power supply inside the armor, which could sustain it for a month, activated once again.
If the armor had an artificial soul at this moment, it would probably be cursing. The solar emergency backup power supply had been activated twice in a single week.
What, are you trying to ascend to the heavens and stand shoulder to shoulder with the Golden Throne?
When the Blood Angels saw the power pack being thrown away, the warriors on the outermost perimeter immediately turned around and ran in all directions without a word.
The warriors inside threw over the last of their remaining weapons, then followed close behind as they withdrew toward the perimeter.
Chapter Master Affos and Gers were still holding back the demon Papatyr.
The two struck and forced it back, then kicked off the ground and leaped a great distance backward. Several Melt Bombs landed precisely between the three of them.
Boom, boom—
The explosions of the Melt Bombs stopped the demon Papatyr, who had wanted to continue charging. More explosions from thrown weapons followed close behind.
The explosions lasted only seven or eight seconds, but they directly held back the demon Papatyr.
By the time he tried to give chase, he discovered that the Blood Angels had already fled without a trace.
He split open his huge mouth, filled with sharp teeth, and his long, pointed tongue whipped through the air. His fleshy wings suddenly spread wide.
Just as he slightly crouched down, preparing to leap—
The corner of his eye caught sight of the power pack removed from the body of the culprit who had brought him here. It was actually beginning to emit flames.
Just as he was about to leap without hesitation, a beam of light instantly blocked his vision.
Earlier, the moment he shouted "Run!", Quan Tiehua had already shot away like an arrow loosed from a bow. He smashed through several wooden walls in succession before charging out of Yasukuni Shrine.
When his vision widened and he saw the modern buildings around him, he froze for a moment. However, muscle memory and his sense of danger kept his feet moving.
Especially after he charged out and saw those familiar Asian faces, he inexplicably felt a sudden bitterness and grievance in his heart. Yet the instincts honed through years of battle as an Astartes allowed him to immediately sense that something was wrong with the armed security personnel.
They had a somewhat sleazy and narrow-minded air about them.
He reached his conclusion at once.
Sure enough, the next second, a voice he found somewhat irritating rang out. "Baka..."
Quan Tiehua had originally intended to go around them, but he abandoned the idea and charged straight forward, smashing the man's head into a cloud of blood with a single swing.
The various pistols that opened fire right afterward struck his plasteel armor, ringing out with metallic clangs.
The group of little bakas behind him stared in stupefaction.
Then came a series of crashing sounds behind them. When they turned around, they saw a group of men over two meters tall, clad in identical crimson-red armor, charging toward them. Terrified, they threw away their pistols and fled in all directions.
The Astartes were unbelievably fast. On top of that, the locals' own reverence had placed this site in the very center of the capital. The residence of the Idiot Emperor lay only a few kilometers away.
Furthermore, in the hope of becoming imbued with the aura of so-called heroic martyrs and receiving their protection, they had built a ring of schools around the site.
The local private religious academy Shirayuri, with schools ranging from kindergarten to high school, was also located nearby.
As the Astartes charged out, the panicked pedestrians on the streets stared at the scene in astonishment.
As the danger receded, their initial panic vanished completely after they saw what had happened and heard the gunshots from inside Yasukuni Shrine. They surrounded the area, took out their phones, and began filming.
It was now 2024, and the international information age had fully taken hold. Even with monsters causing disturbances, the development of modern technology continued steadily.
In a very short time, videos had been uploaded to foreign websites.
When the Blood Angels who had charged out saw the heads of those pure yet backward humans, they all froze for a moment.
But when they thought of the danger behind them, they charged into the crowd without hesitation and ran toward the distance.
They were so fast that several people dancing in front of Yasukuni Shrine, unable to dodge in time, were sent flying with blood spraying from their mouths and their chests caved in.
"Someone's been killed!" a panicked girl shouted in Japanese, uttering the words that made everyone begin screaming and fleeing the next second.
The Blood Angels paid no attention to the fleeing civilians. They continued charging straight through walls and ran as far away as possible.
At that moment, several F15 DJ fighter jets streaked through the sky not far from Yasukuni Shrine, flying rapidly toward the site with flames pouring from their exhausts.
Far behind them, more than a dozen H215 helicopters belonging to the Metropolitan Police Department followed at a great distance.
Just as they were rushing toward the site, a flash of light suddenly erupted.
Boom—
While the people around Yasukuni Shrine stood dazed for a moment, a searing sensation suddenly swept over their entire bodies. When they focused their eyes, a blinding light instantly burned their faces into charred husks, and their eyeballs turned to ash.
Two fighter jets were directly flung away by the sudden shock wave. They crashed into the surrounding residential districts and exploded violently. The ammunition and weapons they carried caused the explosion to form a small mushroom cloud.
The next second, the sudden fireball merged into it.
The dozen or so helicopters in the far distance were not directly affected fatally, but the terrifying shock wave still scattered them in every direction. One after another, they crashed into the surrounding residential districts.
The explosion itself did not cover a large area. Only several residential buildings and schools within a few blocks of Yasukuni Shrine were engulfed.
However, the affected area nearly covered one-tenth of central Tokyo.
Although the deadly force of the explosion did not threaten the Idiot Emperor's doghouse, the shock wave still caused severe damage to it.
Especially the current Idiot Emperor's idiotic son, whose genetic defects had been caused by inbreeding. He was so frightened that he squatted on the spot, wet and soiled himself, and wailed loudly.
"What exactly happened? What the hell are those cabinet ministers doing?" The Idiot Emperor hurriedly scooped up his son and, ignoring the feces and urine, quickly retreated toward the bunker under the protection of the security personnel.
Meanwhile, on the international stage—
The news across the entire country had exploded completely.
Especially after the explosion. In just five or six minutes,
The major popular forums and platforms were already ablaze with discussion. One leading platform was even flooded with users to the point that its servers nearly crashed.
"Hahahaha. Which hero did this? Such righteousness! May I ask what this bomb was called? The Thin Man or the Little Girl?"
"Hahahaha! You're killing me, dude!"
Just then, various videos and photographs suddenly began appearing, accompanied by all kinds of captions: "Breaking news! Suspected to have been caused by an unknown civilization. The footage clearly shows giants over two meters tall, clad in steel armor, who were completely unfazed by gunfire."
Within just five or six seconds, the video froze for a moment. After the page was pulled down and refreshed, its popularity skyrocketed by more than a million views.
The author who posted the video was grinning so widely his mouth nearly split open.
"I'm going to be famous!"
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