I planted a sacred tree in Tokyo.

Chapter 102 The Aftermath of the Maritime Kingdom
"It worked,"

The young white man who tried to fight back was killed instantly by the 'Hidden Lady' without even leaving his name.

Dr. Ramley verified his conjecture.
"The medication injected this time came from those 'failed products'."

"At the same time, the experimental sequence and altar setting I arranged also strengthened the test subjects' will to survive."

"These things...are they useful?"

The wealthy Edgar, who had been observing from the sidelines, couldn't help but ask a question in response.

"certainly,"

"Just as I suspected at the beginning."

After the two men in black suits had thoroughly examined the body, Dr. Ramley entered the room, examining the young white man's body while answering old Edgar's questions.

"I learned from the lady that two factors are needed for successful artificial superhuman transformation: first, a strong body, and second, a strong will."

“Our ‘Father’ bestowed the magic array, and the resulting extraordinary power is even stronger.”

"Correspondingly, the demand for people undergoing transformation is even higher!"

Old Edgar sent men to capture these 'cultists,' but they were all wiped out, and all he got was a bunch of 'failures.'

If they were 'normal' artificially created superhumans, there should be at least a few successful attempts.

"So I switched to using the failed serum,"

"At the same time, please reduce the duration of the 'magic circle' by half."

In this way, although the effect will definitely be much lower, the difficulty will also be reduced accordingly.

"The scene set up can enhance the experimenter's will to survive: faith can also be seen as a kind of 'self-suggestion' in essence."

"Many people facing desperate situations can unleash amazing willpower by relying on a song, a sentence, or even a vision."

And faith is undoubtedly the best example: the reason why there are no atheists in foxholes is because of this.

Judging from the experiment just now, it was quite effective.

"Next, we can begin large-scale conversion!"

Unlike the stingy island nations, America is much more 'unrestrained'.

Dr. Ramley didn't care about the lives of anyone except his daughter; old Edgar, a capitalist who had worked hard for decades, was utterly devoid of 'mercy'; as for 'Kishira,' the pillar of the family:
What does it matter to her whether humans live or die?

Moreover, all of this was driven by Ramli and old Edgar, who were eager to establish a 'church armed force'; she was just an octopus girl who was trying hard to study.

"I plan to name this potion 'Blessed Potion Type I,' madam—"

"can."

The doctor turned his head and looked at another room.

A dozen or so failed specimens were 'eating', and a large number of shells were dumped into the room.

With these as 'raw materials,' it's not impossible for the church to expand at an astonishing rate and even dominate the country!

To be honest, Dr. Ramley wasn't exactly loyal to Cthulhu; however, he had to protect the Secret Lady, Kishira, or his daughter would be in danger.
Winnie, my daughter; I will create a world where you will never be harmed!
Even if this world is not made up of 'humans'.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Yokosuka,
"Be careful,"

"Do not touch the 'sacred tree,' this area is being cleaned manually!"

In the city near the Yokosuka base, a large number of construction vehicles are constantly clearing and towing away the ruins; in addition to these excavators, bulldozers, and heavy cranes, tens of thousands of workers are scattered among them, using tools such as shovels, spades, crowbars, and wheelbarrows to clear the ruins around the 'Sacred Tree'.

The closer you get to the Yokosuka base, the denser the giant vines, some reaching tens of meters in height, become.

These are all traces left by the Inari God's 'messenger', Lord Hakuzosu. Although the messenger did not mention these plants, how could the island nation's government dare to dispose of them at will?
America really wanted to take these plants back to study, but considering the possibility of offending that 'divine messenger,' she had no choice but to give up.

Anyway,
The 'Yokosuka Base' has become a thing of the past.

Putting aside these enormous plants, the sheer number of warships sunk in the harbor has rendered this excellent naval port meaningless.

Fortunately, the island nation is surrounded by the sea and has many excellent ports, allowing the arriving American Third and Fifth Fleets to easily obtain supplies. However, these two fleets did not enter Tokyo Bay but instead cruised the Pacific Ocean as a show of force.

Island nation government!

That's right, these two fleets rushed here not to seek revenge against the 'Sea Kingdom'.

Leaving aside how to find a group of marine superhumans on the vast ocean, the mere existence of 'Sea Roar' was enough to extinguish any interest America had in revenge.

On the contrary, the island nation: ever since the Seventh Fleet was destroyed, the 'God of Fertility' bestowed upon it a colossal tree like the 'World Tree' in mythology, and the island nation government immediately became more assertive!

Extraordinary collaboration?

Yes, but America must share all relevant technologies first.

Rebuild Yokosuka?
That works too, America can fund and clean it themselves: the 'sacred tree' must not be damaged.

As for other issues, they are not off-limits for discussion, but the principles of 'fairness and impartiality' must be upheld.
In short, the various preferential treatments America once enjoyed are gone forever; although it hasn't reached the point of deliberately making things difficult, it's a pipe dream to expect them to exercise the authority of a "superior nation".

Why?
Of course, it's because of the fame of the 'Inari God'!

Seeing their 'son' so unfilial, the American side was naturally furious, but they had no choice but to begin negotiations.

At the same time, they could only console themselves with a bittersweet feeling, thinking that at least a miracle had occurred in the island nation; if the neighboring "West Eight" had a god backing them up, given their tempers, they would be so arrogant as to demand that the American Grand Commander personally come and kneel before them.

In the world of capital, if you can grab something, grab it; if you can't grab something, fight it; if you can't fight, talk it out; if you can't reach an agreement, pretend to be weak.

Just as the island nation and America were arguing amongst themselves and simultaneously began cleaning up the damage caused by the typhoon, a live broadcast message shocked both sides.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

"Two members of the Sea Kingdom have been discovered?"

In the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Chief Inspector Takeya, who was engrossed in reviewing documents, suddenly stood up from his chair.

"Yes, Director."

Fuji Seiko, who was in charge of reporting the situation, saluted.

"Outside Omaezaki City in Shizuoka Prefecture, a video blogger is live-streaming two members of the Sea Kingdom who are fighting."

? !
"Aren't they... in cahoots?"

Upon hearing this report, Director Zhu Ya was somewhat puzzled.

The 'sea kingdom' of Suzuka Mountain demonstrated their naval strength to the entire world in the Battle of Yokosuka.

Not to mention the almost invincible 'Sea Roar', the other three 'commanders' are also very powerful: they can cut a cruiser in half with a single slash, isn't that powerful enough?
In ancient times, they would be like gods or demons. No, if extraordinary beings were everywhere in ancient times.
"have no idea,"

When asked this question by her superior, Fuji Seiko shook her head decisively.

She was just an extraordinary police officer, so how could she possibly know why those 'great demons' were fighting?

"The two sides in the battle are two generals from the Sea Kingdom: a samurai and a ninja."

Aside from the little girl named 'Kani-hime', neither the island nation nor America knew almost anything about the other two 'generals' of the sea kingdom. They were simply referred to as 'samurai' and 'ninja'.

But to everyone's surprise, the two generals actually started fighting each other.

"Gather all extraordinary beings!" Regardless of what these two sea-nation generals are doing, the island nation cannot stand idly by: even if they ignore it, America and other extraordinary beings...
Wait a minute, maybe America really will hold back?

Director Zhuya stopped in her tracks. Given America's infiltration of the island nation, the other side should have known about this matter at the same time she received the intelligence.

But Brigadier General Thomas didn't contact him. Could it be that America is scared?

"let's go!"

With a wave of her hand, Director Zhu Ya decided to go and see for herself what Hai Guo was up to.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

"New friend, I'm blogger 'KYG'!"

"I'm currently live from Omaezaki City, Shizuoka Prefecture, at Ryuyo Marine Park—"

Boom!
In the background, a wave roars in from the ocean, shredding a large number of motorboats moored on the shore into pieces, before crashing back onto the coast, leaving deep cut marks.

"Please like, comment, and share this post, since I'm risking my life to do this live stream for everyone."

[The camera is focused on the sea, you bastard!]

Stop with the nonsense, let's see the fight! The fight!

[Unfollowed, the blogger talks too much nonsense.]

Urged on by a barrage of comments, the young man who was live-streaming had no choice but to point his device towards the sea.

That's right, he's the same video blogger who filmed the American army battling a giant octopus near Yokosuka base. Although 'Niconico' took a break for a while for some reason, he returned to being a 'superb streamer' after resuming broadcasting.

It's not about broadcasting some extraordinary performance, but about searching for traces of extraordinary existence.

It has to be said that some people are just born lucky. This blogger named 'KYG' actually encountered an extraordinary battle here for the second time.

Longyang Ocean Park

As a park that has existed for decades,

There have naturally been various legends about sea monsters here, but those are just anecdotes from the older generation. In this era of increasingly advanced technology, the so-called extraordinary beings have had their mysteries unveiled by cameras.

Until these unabashedly 'extraordinary beings' appeared.

On the vast ocean, waves roll and a 'warrior' wielding a long bone sword walks on the waves.

With a flick of his longsword, the waves either surged forward in layers of fish scales or attacked from the left, center, and right like a trident, as if the sea beneath his feet were his soldiers.

His opponent was a female ninja.

The female ninja appeared frail and small, and had no special abilities to change the course of events, yet she moved freely in and out of the waves.

Often, just as a giant wave submerges her, her figure reappears on the other side of the sea.

"Hai Ren, you traitor!"

Unable to break through after a prolonged siege, the samurai wielding a bone blade roared in anger.

"Are you secretly collecting the 'Killing Stone' in preparation for 'that person's' allegiance?"

? !
Upon hearing the samurai's voice, the live stream suddenly froze.

Immediately following was a dense barrage of comments!
It's that sir!

"Oh, it was that esteemed person. No wonder."

This member of the Sea Kingdom called 'Sea Ninja' has also defected to that lord's command.

Amidst countless comments about "that person," someone suddenly asked:
Who is that person?

If you don't even know this, are you even from Japan?

Is he a foreign spy? I've reported him!

Not to mention the densely packed live stream chat, even many extraordinary individuals who were watching this battlefield through the live stream suddenly stood up.

The Killing Stone, who is it actually involved with?

I absolutely have to go!
"traitor?"

Standing on the sea,

The female ninja, whose lower half of her face was covered by bandages, snorted coldly.
"Kyujira, I have never betrayed Suzuka Mountain."

"This title suits you quite well: a remnant of the pirates who once tried to plunder Mount Suzuka."

? ?
Ouch, ouch.

There's some big news!

The countless viewers watching the live stream were immediately engrossed, never expecting that there were actually grudges and entanglements between the generals of the Sea Kingdom.

[Blogger, hurry up and interview both sides!]

[Who is the real traitor? I bet Hai Ren isn't. My Hai Ren is so valiant, how could she possibly be a traitor?]

[Bullshit! How could an upright samurai like Kyūjīra be a traitor?]

As the two began their conversation, the comments section erupted into a heated argument.

At the same time, the art style began to change drastically—

[Sister Hai Ren, please give me a girl group!]

【Lord Kyukira, I want to have your babies!!】

[Lord Hairen stepped on me.]

Even from behind a screen, netizens in the island nation are enjoying the spectacle; if they were to actually meet the person in person, they might go even crazier.

Although there is no news of 'supernatural childbirth' yet, 'half-demons' are said to be everywhere in Japanese legends. The 'samurai' in the live broadcast, Kyukijira, has sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, and a nose like a hanging gall bladder. He looks like the kind of loyal and brave person.

The 'Ninja' Hainin had a neat ponytail. Although her face was covered by bandages, her slender figure and the face beneath the bandages were alluring. She held a 'nodachi' in her right hand, and a short sword, a kunai, and a shuriken in her three left hands respectively. Wouldn't that be even more exciting!

With such handsome men and beautiful women, even if they were demons, there would be countless men willing to offer themselves to them.

In fact, many men in the Reiwa era have already started doing needlework in front of the 'Sea Ninja' behind the screen.

However, how could the two generals of the Sea Kingdom possibly look down on ordinary people?

Even the blogger 'KYG', who was live-streaming from a park by the coast, didn't bother to give it a second glance.

"Put down the 'killing stone',"

With a long bone sword pointed at his opponent, the samurai named 'Kyujira' issued his ultimatum.

"Otherwise, I will break the oath I made to the young master and avenge my friend."

"You're the one who's going to die,"

With a tremor of his longsword, Hai Ren refused to back down.

"You remnants of the pirates, you destroyed my homeland! Even if the young master takes you in, I will still take your life!"

Words fail to express their disagreement, and the two sea kingdom generals clashed fiercely. The roar of the waves and the fleeting shadows provided a thrilling spectacle for viewers watching the live stream, while also leaving them with some lingering questions:
What deep-seated hatred do these two have?
(End of this chapter)