Within a day of the Crimson Moon rising into the sky, the Great Yokota Explosion and the Tailed Beast Bomb bombardment-two disasters almost equivalent to nuclear blasts-had shaken the world.
After the "Great Yokota Explosion," topics concerning the "Yellowstone Volcano supermonster" instantly shot onto trending lists across the world.
Not only were Japan and the United States overwhelmed, but other countries were also left reeling, at a loss over what to do.
In particular, the Four-Tails' sudden emergence and destruction of a city with a single Tailed Beast Bomb, leaving an apocalyptic crater visible in satellite imagery, terrified everyone who knew about it.
What on earth was going on?!
The upheavals sweeping the world had already left people anxious, and talk of the apocalypse had briefly run rampant, but most people had still dismissed it or remained skeptical.
Misfortunes never came alone. The two massive explosions in succession struck like thunder out of a clear sky, jolting the still-bewildered onlookers awake.
Could the end of the world actually be coming?
Even ordinary citizens around the world could sense the tense atmosphere of an approaching storm; naturally, their governments were even more conscious of the danger.
Countries began investigating potential threats within their borders, stockpiling supplies and preparing armaments as though readying for war to face the worst-case scenario. At the same time, they offered condolences through diplomatic channels to Japan and the United States, the two fellow sufferers, and discussed aid.
Their main objective, however, was to find an opening through the two countries and obtain crucial intelligence about the apocalypse.
But the United States curtly rejected all offers of assistance and rigorously guarded against infiltration by foreign intelligence agents.
The Four-Tails, Sun Wukong, had traveled west, but after destroying Idaho City, stopped advancing for some unknown reason. Tearing through