"Report! The fire has spread toward Kuramae Kokugikan. We must organize firefighting efforts, or it may spread to Chiyoda Ward."
"Understood. The city fire brigades summoned in advance are already geared up and ready."
"Report! Unrest has broken out among the Self-Defense Forces cordoning off Asakusa. Personnel keep demanding to withdraw."
"Those idiots! Not a chance!"
Urgent reports kept pouring into the temporary command center established in Tokyo's suburbs, leaving government officials scrambling in harried circles.
"Gh, is this the power of a Kage-level fighter? Even the aftershocks are this destructive..."
Satellite imagery showed that over a hundred thousand square meters of urban area in front of Senso-ji had become burning ruins. The hot air from the blaze ignited by the explosive collision of the reflected True Fire of Samadhi clashed with cold air, generating powerful convection winds. Fire tornadoes rampaged through the rubble, creating a scene like purgatory.
Only the barrier of the Sumida River had prevented the flames from spreading to Sumida Ward.
Even so, the endlessly flowing waters of the Sumida River seemed to have nearly boiled in that brief time, scalded fish and turtles floating to the surface with their white bellies up.
An urban area almost half the size of Yoyogi Park had been razed, leaving the assembled dignitaries speechless.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government had evacuated Asakusa's residents, preventing civilian casualties. Otherwise, who knew how many would have been killed or injured?
"According to Lord Jiraiya, this isn't even a Kage-level fighter's full power. It's only a third of his original body's strength."
Someone groaned the words, making everyone else's teeth ache and their faces turn bitter.
If the Age of Gods truly returned, and unreasonable monsters like Kage-level fighters-even all the gods and Buddhas-could stride freely across the earth in their true bodies, what