"What?!"
Little Japan's representative sprang to his feet, fear surfacing in his eyes.
Huaguo's walking nuclear weapon had actually gone to Mount Fuji in their country. What was he planning to do?!
Whatever his original intentions were, surely he would not discover the secret they had hidden in Japan?
Meanwhile, in Tokyo, inside a heavily guarded underground command center.
Little Japan's domestic leadership was also stunned by the news.
As they watched the blurry satellite footage on the enormous screen before them, the blood instantly drained from their faces.
"Damn it! Why did that harbinger of disaster suddenly come to Mount Fuji?!"
"What does he want?!"
"Don't tell me he's going to set off Mount Fuji?"
"If he sets off Mount Fuji, Japan will be destroyed, but Huaguo and the rest of the world will suffer too. He wouldn't dare!"
"He doesn't need to trigger a full eruption. If he could stop the avalanche on Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, couldn't he also control the scale of a volcanic eruption?"
"That isn't the main issue. What we should fear is him discovering the secret realm entrance."
"Damn it, can any of the weapons we can deploy now even hurt him?"
"..."
Little Japan's terrified leaders argued among themselves and swiftly issued deployment orders.
But their actions could not possibly keep pace with Chu Zhou.
At that moment, high above Mount Fuji.
Chu Zhou stood in the air, his robes snapping in the wind.
He looked down at the world-famous, snow-covered volcanic cone, his gaze utterly calm.
Since ancient times, Huaguo had regarded "holding a victory ceremony on Mount Langjuxu" as the highest honor for a military commander, but that no longer suited the modern age.
Still, if someone could "ride into Tokyo to admire the cherry blossoms," that might become a