I planted a sacred tree in Tokyo.

Chapter 405 'Akatsuki' in Action
Tuao,

Catherine City.

Catherine is the third largest town in the Northern Territory, located on the banks of the River Catherine.

It also serves as the gateway to Nitmiluk National Park, a place comprised of rugged terrain, spectacular waterfalls, and lush canyons—a place that attracts few tourists in this day and age. Therefore, the former park buildings naturally became experimental bases.

Sparsely populated, rich in species, and with convenient transportation—isn't that the perfect place to conduct secret experiments?

Da da da da,

boom! boom!
The sudden roar of gunfire echoed through the massive, converted experimental base.

In a base where the power system is paralyzed and the communication system is blocked, and the technology level is regressed by a hundred years in an instant, the sergeants can only use roars to assemble the troops, and the soldiers guarding the experimental base can only use the guns and rocket launchers in their hands to try to slow down the invaders.

"Put your hands up!"

"Not only do they refuse to surrender, but they even dare to resist?"

"Then send them to hell! Open fire freely, but provide cover!"

The attackers were a group of teenagers, charging in a haphazard formation, communicating with each other through shouts and yells—a typical mob.

But when their speed reaches tens of meters per second, they can leap several stories high, and their fists can smash through walls; when the firearms in their hands are all 'superhuman' specialized equipment that leaves a deep crater with every shot, then only:

One-sided lawn mowing.

Even the most elite army, when faced with a large number of fully armed invaders composed of superhumans, can only hold out for a few minutes.

"Quickly, quickly, destroy the experimental data!"

"All power systems were destroyed; this was no ordinary attack."

"It was done by superhumans! Damn it, forget about the data, we're going through the mechanical passage—"

Bang! !

A deafening explosion that sent the panicked white-coated workers trembling erupted behind them!

The door to the main control room was kicked open, and the deep dents proved that the alloy door had done its best.

Faced with the power of a Tiger-level superhuman, alloy steel is as fragile as paper.

"Ladies and gentlemen."

Three figures dressed in black robes with red cloud patterns stepped through the torn door frame; they were two young men and one young woman.
"Could I take up a few minutes of your time? After all—"

The girl with wavy hair glanced at the white coats and generals in the control room, her innocent malice undisguised.

It's like a child clapping and laughing as boiling water is poured into an anthill.

"These are the last few minutes of your lives."

"Fanqiu, stop with your twisted sense of humor."

Xia Jiang observed the crowd while offering his advice.

"Tsk, have you forgotten what these guys did to us?"

"Planting a bomb next to their heart, instead of tearing off their hands and feet and stuffing them into their mouths, is already the greatest mercy."

The girl was clearly the straightforward type, and besides, what these guys did was so terrible that she would not have been wronged even if she were tortured to death a hundred times: not far from this park was an incinerator specifically for processing 'waste'.

It's not hard to imagine how much 'waste' has been disposed of just by looking at the thick smoke that keeps billowing out.

"You...you can't."

The base's security commander, dressed in a colonel's uniform, forced himself to speak, only to be met with a slap in the face.

Snapped,

With a slap, the colonel's chin vanished!

Half a tongue also disappeared along with it.

"Of course we can do that, just like you have."

Grabbing the colonel by the collar, the girl, Fan Qiu, turned to look at the leader of the organization.

"Come on, Ijiang."

"Use your piercing gaze to make this guy spill all the information."

For violent girls,
Yijiang couldn't help but look up at the ceiling.

This companion is excellent in both management and command, as well as combat, but his personality is a bit too aggressive.

Forget it, let’s get down to business.

The spiky-haired boy took a few steps forward, his pupils turning bloodshot and red, his originally black pupils shrinking into three tomoe.

“Look into my eyes,”

Upon seeing the colonel's jaw gushing blood, the man immediately froze and stopped struggling.

The young girl, Fan Qiu, crippled the colonel right from the start. This wasn't just due to her bloodlust and brutality, but rather to weaken his will to resist. Even though Ie's 'Eye of God' could easily subdue ordinary people, she could still take it one step at a time.

"Those eyes are?!"

The old man in the white coat, who was slumped in a chair next to her, narrowed his eyes, clearly recognizing Ie's abilities.

At the same time, he subconsciously reached down to the area below the control panel.

"Trying to pass intelligence outwards?"

Xia Jiang, the boy with tousled hair, kept his attention on the others in the control room.

"Don't waste your energy. Our comrades have already melted down all the electronic equipment here and are constantly interfering with radio wave transmissions; everything that's happening here—"

No one outside the community will know, and it is impossible for them to know!

Modern technology is indeed powerful, allowing information to be transmitted in an instant.

However, for a group of 'lightning-type' superhumans, dealing with them is not too easy.

The Akatsuki organization's first move was to cut off the power and then create widespread electromagnetic interference, rendering all high-tech equipment useless on the spot. Under these circumstances, there was no need to worry about intelligence leaks: Ie's Eye of God was their trump card.

"How is this possible? How is this possible?!"

The old man in the white coat trembled as he muttered to himself, "This 'eye of God' is among the most powerful of all superhumans: it is said to be proof of awakening 'divine bloodline' and possessing incredible power."
"Okay,"

With just a brief glance, Yijiang already knew all the secrets of this laboratory.

Click,

With a force exerted by his five fingers, he broke the colonel's neck.

The girl, Fan Qiu, fixed her aggressive gaze on the others.

"We're going to liberate the people in this base."

Ieyasu was the first to turn around and go out, using the information she had just obtained from the 'illusion torture' to head to the 'living area' to rescue the boys and girls who were being used as test subjects.

"Don't waste too much time,"

Xia Yin gave a word of advice and then turned to leave.

"Ah~~!!"

"Spare me—"

A piercing scream immediately rang out from the control room behind them.

Dealing with miscellaneous soldiers was something the leader didn't need to do himself; Fanqiu would handle it on his behalf.

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.

"Everyone, you are free."

Not long after, in the laboratory where the gunfire had ceased, a group of teenagers dressed in surgical gowns, their faces full of confusion, gathered at the training ground.

Since the laboratory is located on the surface, it saves the trouble of using 'ball lightning' for lighting.

"We are the Akatsuki organization, and we have come to liberate you." In front of these people, Ie, wearing a black robe with red clouds, explained to these test subjects who did not yet understand what was happening.

Around the training ground were a group of teenagers carrying guns, wearing power armor, and exuding a bloody and murderous aura.

"You should have realized it by now: Australia, no, the Commonwealth government, is just using you as human test subjects. The promised freedom and future never existed in the first place."

"We escaped from another laboratory just like you, and at the same time learned that the Commonwealth was preparing to 'destroy' us!"

"The evidence is that there isn't a single white person among us."

Buzzing

Upon hearing this, the boys and girls in surgical gowns immediately erupted in gasps and curses.

Nobody is an idiot, especially in this age of information overload.

These young men and women already had some suspicions.

Now it's irrefutable.

"Next, you will join us in fighting the Commonwealth for freedom and justice."

"Should I return to my family?"

After saying that, Yijiang added a sentence.

"If you choose to return to your loved ones, leave Australia immediately and head to the Libyan Peninsula in the north: at least there, the Commonwealth won't dare to act recklessly."

That area is the territory of the Sea Kingdom, and it also has numerous extraordinary forces of all sizes. These forces are recruiting soldiers and building their own 'countries' while expanding. At this time, as long as an extraordinary person comes to join them, they will not be refused.

Although the Commonwealth is now more 'united' than ever before, it dares not act rashly in the face of extraordinary non-Protocol forces.

"Brother, we'll go with you!"

"I was sold by my parents."

"No one lives in my house anymore!"

Soon, most people chose to join the Akatsuki organization; the remaining few, after some hesitation, also chose to join.

On the one hand, it's questionable whether their relatives are still alive; on the other hand, if they separate here and encounter the Commonwealth army: a single canine-level superhuman has no right to ignore an army.

Let alone dog-level, even wolf-level would perish if surrounded by an army;

Don't forget, the Wolf-class was initially classified based on heavy tanks!
"Okay, there's one more thing."

The image of the spinning three-ringed magatama reappeared in Ie's eyes.
"First, eliminate the spies among you."

? !
"Is there an undercover agent among us?"

"Brother, I'm definitely not!"

The group of teenagers were shocked. They couldn't hide their excitement and each tried to prove their innocence.

"Don't panic,"

Xia Yin clapped her hands, and the girl Fan Qiu waved her hands, causing the crackling lightning to silence everyone.

“Our leader naturally has ways of identifying the spies among you.”

Being sold out by Ogura once wasn't all bad.

At least for now, when Yi Jiang, Xia Yin, and others encounter newcomers, their first reaction is that there is an undercover agent among them, and they will check them first.

Sure enough, under the Sharingan's abnormal vision, several suspects were quickly identified. With a genjutsu, they immediately confessed everything and were then trampled into mincemeat by the enraged others!
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.

London,

10 Downing Street, Westminster.

Just as a certain 'Akatsuki' organization was growing stronger, the Commonwealth finally couldn't sit still any longer.

"Gentlemen, we can no longer let this go unchecked!"

Sitting in front of the man at the back of the office were a group of important figures connected via video call. These were all powerful figures from major Commonwealth countries, and even if they weren't prime ministers or presidents, they were still second or third-ranking officials.

Now, these important figures have lost all their composure and are all looking anxious and impatient.

“Those experimental subjects are attacking our laboratories everywhere and massacring our officials. This is a crime! This is treason! They must be destroyed immediately!”

“That’s your lab, your officials, not ‘ours’.”

Another important figure slowly spoke up, saying that although the Commonwealth had united again due to extraordinary pressure, many countries were still far away, and at most they could only provide material support; naturally, the various 'gains' were much less, especially the secret experiments that had been exposed this time, which some countries were completely unaware of.

Hmph, England.
Several important figures who had been sidelined glanced discreetly at the old man in a certain video.

"Gentlemen, it's time to take action."

The number two figure in Canada cleared his throat. As the eldest son of the British, Canada had a very close relationship with the British: when the British “rebellious son” America launched a rebellion, Canada sent troops to invade Washington and set fire to America’s presidential palace.

To cover up this failure, America painted the presidential palace white: that's right, that's where the 'White House' came from!

Therefore, when the number two figure at MIT spoke out, it represented England's position.

"Based on the analysis reports of numerous experts,"

"Among these defected test subjects, some possessed abilities such as reading memories."

The actions of those test subjects were too direct and their objectives too clear; there was absolutely no investigation, they went straight for their targets, making one suspicious of their intelligence sources; it was also very simple to verify, just give the 'frontline' personnel in charge of the experiments in Australia some specific intelligence, observe their actions, and you will get the answer.

Because each appearance of those experimental subjects resulted in widespread power outages and electromagnetic interference, the Commonwealth knew very little about them and had to rely on guesswork and verification.

"If we continue to investigate these defected test subjects, it's hard to guarantee that the investigation won't reach you gentlemen. At that point..."

Those who possess extraordinary abilities will not talk to you about political compromises.

kill!

As soon as these words came out,
Many important figures remained silent.

Who isn't afraid of death? Especially in this extraordinary and turbulent era, who would be willing to die?
The reason they conducted this experiment was precisely to obtain superhuman power safely and without any cost.
However, the test subject went berserk, broke out of the laboratory, and turned around to overthrow the government behind the scenes. This kind of 'idiotic' plot from a movie actually happened!
Especially after verifying that the other party possessed the ability to 'read memories,' many important figures were filled with fear and dread: normally, when something went wrong, they could throw out a few pawns to take the blame; but in this situation, even if they stubbornly claimed ignorance, the other party could simply read their memories.
"but,"

The prime minister of a small country hesitated before speaking.
"Won't doing this anger the Akatsuki?"

The Akatsuki organization he mentioned was naturally not those experimental subjects, but an extraordinary force with the 'Six Paths' in charge!

"Won't,"

The second-in-command at the University of California, Berkeley gave a resolute answer.
“Our personnel have investigated and found that genuine members of the Akatsuki organization all possess the ‘Magic Ring’ as a token.”

"Judging from the escape of these test subjects and their behavior during this period, they are just a group of inferior imitations of the 'Akatsuki' organization, and are definitely not real members of the 'Akatsuki' organization!"

The Commonwealth's intelligence network isn't just for show; besides, the current situation is that if these guys are allowed to grow stronger, they—

They will all die!
Rather than waiting to die, it is better to fight to the death.

"Gentlemen,"

The old man from England finally spoke.

"Now, let's vote on whether to take 'forced destruction' measures against those defecting test subjects."

"I agree!"

The second-in-command at Jiama University was the first to raise his hand.
"I second that,"

"I second that,"

"More than half of the votes were in favor,"

Concluding remarks by the elderly Englishman:

"Operation Dawn is officially launched!"

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.

P.S.: I recommend a friend's book, "The Farming Wizard, and Then He Grown a Witch?"

Although it also involves planting a 'divine tree,' it's more like a combination of farming and witch-themed gameplay. Those interested can check it out!
(End of this chapter)