Ordinary people naturally had no idea that, at Japan's request, America had launched a strategic missile carrying "Heaven and Earth Longevity" at Japan.
And after that "Heaven and Earth Longevity" had detonated, a "person" had forcibly suppressed it and annihilated it with a single hand.
Aside from senior officials in the major powers, no one else knew anything about it.
Although the Japanese leadership had been unable to receive satellite signals because the "Blood Sea Soul Locking Formation" blocked them, they had not been able to watch live footage of America launching that "Heaven and Earth Longevity."
But once "Tsukuyomi" had annihilated the "Heaven and Earth Longevity" with a single hand, American officials immediately contacted their Japanese counterparts over a wired network and informed them of what had happened.
Upon learning this, the Japanese officials were stunned. Then, one by one, despair showed on their faces.
"Amaterasu Omikami, have you truly abandoned your people? Why? Why must Japan suffer such a calamity? Even asking America to launch 'Heaven and Earth Longevity' has done no good!"
Japan's leader looked grief-stricken and, unwilling to accept this, let out a long sigh toward the sky.
The other cabinet members present exchanged silent glances, but in the end, all they could do was give a helpless, despairing sigh...
Given the situation, they had absolutely no way to respond or resolve the crisis.
Asking America to launch "Heaven and Earth Longevity" directly at Japan had been the last solution they could think of. They had originally hoped to use it to destroy Orochi, who was rampaging through Japan.
But America had taken a full month to finally agree to launch Heaven and Earth Longevity.
By then, however, the situation in Japan had changed. The threat posed by Orochi had become "irrelevant."
Or rather, ever since