Above Kobe Bridge, a silver moon hung high in the deep, blue-tinged night, while the tides of Osaka Bay rose and fell.
"I hope Director Uchiha and the others are all right..."
Surrounded by a group of fully armed soldiers, Doctor Satomi gazed worriedly at the Rashomon standing amid the ruins of Kobe City, more than ten kilometers away.
The dead person guarding Kobe City's Rashomon was the Mount Penglai Miko.
She was simply too powerful. Tanks, fighter jets, missiles-anything that came within ten kilometers was picked off by her arrows and swept away with crushing force. Nothing escaped.
Besides, even relentless bombardment might not work. An entire squadron of U.S. Armed Forces F-15 fighters had been wiped out at Sakurajima, and Yokota Air Base was now livid.
Doctor Satomi and the other Twelve Divine Generals assigned to take Kobe's Rashomon did not even dare approach. They could only stare helplessly.
To make matters worse, after Director Uchiha and the others broke through Rashomon, they had become trapped inside. There had been no word from them since.
The Cabinet was now in a panic, frantic as ants on a hot griddle.
"Director Uchiha really is incredibly powerful. He defeated the Toad Sage single-handedly. And Mr. Tosu and Miss Yuki actually joined forces to take down an Akatsuki Kage Level fighter," Doctor Satomi murmured, his expression complicated.
They were all members of the Twelve Divine Generals, yet the gap was enormous. Tosu and Yuki were Director Uchiha's right and left hands, while the others, himself included, seemed to be there merely to fill out the numbers, incapable of accomplishing much.
Well, Abbot Kanbara did not count.
Just then, the barrier covering Rashomon flickered for a while, then vanished like a bubble.
"What? The Mount Penglai Miko turned into a beam of