"Since you've invited me so warmly, I suppose I can reluctantly accept. After all, it's been over a hundred years since I last visited the mortal world to gather material."
"Unfortunately, I'm far too busy at the moment."
In the end, Jiraiya reluctantly declined the Superintendent General's invitation, waving his sleeve and leaving without taking a single cloud with him.
Was an entire Kabukicho still not enough?
The Superintendent General's heart sank, and he tried to do something to make up for it.
Fortunately, before the Toad Sage teleported back to the heavenly realm, he left them with a remark:
"Once I've dealt with a few trifling matters, I'll drop by Tokyo while I'm at it."
"We look forward to your arrival!"
Although it was regrettable that they had failed to invite the Toad Sage Jiraiya to Tokyo on the spot, his parting words gave the officials something to hope for. They would still have a chance to establish contact in the future.
It was over. Finally over. Those monsters had all left.
But...
The clouds dispersed and the rain cleared. As the thunderstorms and clouds above Sapporo City scattered, satellite imagery and the drones circling overhead captured a clearer view of just how deeply this terrifying catastrophe had scarred the Hokkaido city.
Collapsed buildings, fissured ground, and burned-out ruins formed a scene straight out of the apocalypse.
The Superintendent General clenched his fists and closed his eyes, an intense sense of humiliation welling up inside him.
Superhumans had ravaged a city on their soil and created tens of thousands of refugees, yet all they could do was stare helplessly as those monsters walked away without a care.
That sense of powerlessness and frustration was simply indescribable. He had not experienced it in a long time, not since climbing to