I planted a sacred tree in Tokyo.

Chapter 480 The Government's Cleanup

The newly developed Tokyo Basin
The colossal 'god' statue, measuring over a thousand meters, is slowly disappearing.
The enemy fled as soon as it appeared; even repelling the enemy before making a move is a sign of strength.

But for the superhuman onlookers:
"What a magnificent battle!"

"That 'Great Tengu' ran away too hastily; the 'Divine Child' had just unleashed his ultimate move."

Around the battlefield, which had been turned into the 'Tokyo Basin', a group of superhumans squatting on giant vines were still savoring the spectacle. To witness such an epic battle was truly worth dying for—the only complaint was that the Great Tengu had turned and run away, leaving many people quite disappointed.

Where is your demeanor as a top expert?
"if not?"

Others nearby were complaining.
"Anyone with eyes can see that 'Miko' is using his real skills in this move: if the fight continues, I'm afraid Ōtengu will be the one to get beaten up."

Moreover, that "Great Tengu" Sutokuin was not someone who would "fight to the death and never retreat." He failed in his rebellion a thousand years ago and surrendered at lightning speed. After being exiled, he wrote scriptures to repent. If he hadn't encountered a cold-blooded and ruthless younger brother, he wouldn't have been forced to swear an oath in blood and fall into the demonic path.

Seeing that the situation was not going well, and having already rescued 'Ijiang', there was no reason for them to stay any longer.

"Let's at least exchange a couple more blows—"

Upon hearing this remark, the person next to him immediately pointed southeast.

"Look over there, most of Chiba Prefecture has disappeared."

"If we keep fighting like this, we'll have to go to the underworld to discuss the battle we just fought."

"Right,"

The great battle ended, and many extraordinary individuals prepared to leave.

Some, however, were cunning or rather, meticulous, and would secretly pick up a few pieces of 'spirit wood' to take back: "Anyway, it's everywhere, and nobody wants it anyway. Picking up a few shouldn't be a problem, right?"

You should know that the spirit wood created by 'White Master' is recognized as a top-grade material in the extraordinary world! It's a great material for making ground-effect vehicles, buildings, sword sheaths, and wooden clogs.

With the physique of an extraordinary person, if they were to fight while wearing ordinary clothes, they would be shirtless in no time.

This is a spirit wood created by the 'Divine Child'!

The intensity of the attack has already been demonstrated in the previous battle; it can only be described as terrifying!

They can be taken back and made into armor, shields, etc., making it difficult for anything below the Demon level to break through their defenses: In the blink of an eye, many of the scattered broken vines on the periphery of the battlefield disappeared into thin air.

"The extent of this destruction is somewhat similar to the 'Arakami Arena' in Takamagahara."

Transforming from the 'fur' cloak he was wearing back into a white fox, and witnessing the tragic scene below, the White Fox was deeply saddened.

"Don't you even look at who's fighting?"

Yuu, who was controlling 'Koei' in battle using remote ninjutsu, rolled her eyes at the fox.

"There aren't many 'gods' in Takamagahara who have this ability."

Most of them rely on their bloodline to live a life of ease and waiting to die.
No, according to the 'setting', as long as Takamagahara is not breached, Amatsukami is immortal.

Forget it, we haven't even seen Takamagahara yet, why worry about this? Let's wrap this up and give some instructions first—

'Xiao Ying, a portion of your power remains within you.'

'Now, you can also use Pillar Cough, a higher-level divine technique; with this power, you can be considered a Demon-level being.'

Now, what's inside Xiaoying's body is no longer ordinary Wood Release, but the power of 'Pillar Release'. With this 'Bloodline Elimination' characteristic, she's enough to advance on the spot and step into the Demon level.

'Huh? You got promoted already?'

Xiaoying felt it was unreal when Yu 'borrowed' her body for a big battle and then leveled up on the spot.

'That's the advantage of having connections; you don't have to work as hard as others.'

Even in the extraordinary world, background and power matters.

Bloodline power is the most outstanding talent. Others are born with "Chatonla" and possess "family secret techniques" and "bloodline limits" when they go out. What can ordinary geniuses use to compete with them?
Of the Konoha 12, only Rock Lee and Tenten can be considered 'ordinary people';
One of them was a martial arts prodigy, and the other was a wealthy woman.

The results of it?
Lee fights with his life on the line; if it weren't for the Crown Prince bringing Tsunade back, he would have been crippled long ago. Tenten is even more of a slacker, only managing to upgrade her by picking up a bunch of Six Paths Ninja Tools at the end.

Orochimaru's obsessive pursuit of bloodline limits, even inventing the "Reanimation Jutsu," was precisely to bridge the insurmountable gap between ordinary geniuses and bloodline geniuses.

Speaking of Snake—

瞥，
His gaze fell upon the countless enormous vines below.

On a young lady who was bound together by vines and was trying to wriggle away.

"Hehe~~"

Noticing the gaze from above,

Like a caterpillar trying to escape, Jiu Kong Yao Ai rolled over and lay flat.

Neither Xiao nor Teach managed to get themselves out of there!
Useless fellow!
Even someone as willful as Jiu Kong understood that this was far too difficult for them—in the battle just now, two top-tier experts at the Strong Dragon level unleashed their sword energy and rampaged wooden dragons. Even Ghost-level experts wouldn't dare to easily intervene: a single casual move from either of them would result in either death or severe injury.

With a flick of her wrist, she took out a cell phone, and Yu—no, it was Yu controlling 'Xiaoying'—pressed the call button.

"Director, I'm entrusting Jiu Kong Yao Ai to you."

"Ah good."

Without even looking, it's obvious that Takeya Haru of the Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters must be looking conflicted right now.

Yu hadn't originally planned to capture Jiu Kong Yao Ai, but what could she do when she couldn't escape?
Go eat pork cutlet rice at the Metropolitan Police Department for a few days—

'Xiaoying, I'm leaving.'

brush,

The next second, You's consciousness left Xiaoying's body.

"Phew, it's finally over."

The fierce attack and defense just now had left Xiao Ying, who was 'watching,' terrified. Now, thinking about it carefully:
If it were myself...
And this power.

She clenched her fair, delicate fingers; with just a thought, she could create vines and flowers.

Although it looks the same as before, it is actually completely different: the plants she creates now are full of vitality and their strength has made a qualitative leap.

"Reaching the Ghost level so easily feels like cheating."

"Isn't this bad?"

The 'White Hidden Master' beneath him asked enviously,

"If I could, I'd want that kind of power too~~"

Although his true form was also a dragon-level being, he used ordinary wood-type divine magic: the reason why the great yin-yang master did not appear himself was to guide a higher level of power into Xiaoying's body so that she could obtain such power—this made the white fox drool with envy.

You should know that this power belongs to his master: the gray donkey, the mount of the Inari god, cough cough, the gray fox.

If he, 'Hakuzosu,' had such power, he would definitely kick that guy away!
I offered the seat to the host myself.

"You go and ask Yu yourself?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiaoying pictured Youjun with a pair of fox ears in her mind and couldn't help but cover her face.

This is too tempting! No, no, I am a 'divine child', I shouldn't be thinking about these things.

Dadadada~~
As armed helicopters and streaks of eerie blue light flew in, the Metropolitan Police Department arrived.

"Let's go back to the sacred tree, Little White."

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"call---"

Inside the Prime Minister's official residence in Chiyoda, a group of high-ranking officials breathed a collective sigh of relief. It was finally over.

Tokyo Bay

The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism slowly began, "Where is Tokyo Bay now?"

Having been used as a battlefield by four Dragon-level monsters in succession, the entire Tokyo Bay has been completely transformed, with half of it turned into the 'Tokyo Basin'; the mud and sand that have been pushed out in all directions have piled up into a huge ring of 'mountains', keeping the seawater out.

"Shipping from Tokyo—"

It's completely over!
While it's better than dying on the spot, the improvement is still limited.

Satellite maps show that the Koto Ward, Chuo Ward, and Port Ward, which are closest to the battlefield, were almost completely destroyed. The remaining Edogawa Ward, Shinagawa Ward, and Ota Ward were also in ruins. Tokyo, which developed based on maritime trade, can be said to have been sentenced to death.

The economic losses need to be estimated in trillions and thousands of kilometres!

The island nation's decades-long land reclamation project was transformed in just over ten minutes in front of those two.

"Gentlemen, you only see the losses, not the new opportunities."

The Minister of Reconstruction, who was adept at turning funerals into celebrations, took over the conversation.

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"In this great battle, Inari God showed the world His divine power, and I believe other countries will make some kind of 'representative' response."

Regardless of whether the island nation's government has the ability to "invite" the divine child, as long as she exists, which country would dare to show the slightest disrespect to the island nation? In the past, everyone believed that Inari was the "goddess of abundance," that is, in charge of "harvest," "grain," and "luck."

While something is important, it doesn't necessarily mean it's powerful.

Now it seems, it's not that it wasn't strong at all!
He beat up two people with the 'Susanoo bloodline' and easily defeated Kuku Yoa, who had obtained the power of Orochi, with one hand.

Their ferocity is truly befitting of the children of Susanoo.

as well as:

"News just came from the front,"

The Minister of Reconstruction continued speaking.
"The Divine Child left behind a ground full of sacred trees—no, divine trees!"

"According to the Metropolitan Police Department, these sacred trees are extremely sturdy; even a Tiger-level transcendent would find it difficult to leave any trace even with their full power."

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"Good good!"

"Even a Tiger-level weapon can't cause the slightest injury?"

"These sacred trees are our... cough cough, they are the treasures left to the island nation by the divine child!"

The ministers' faces lit up with joy. It was no longer the time when the extraordinary had just reappeared; various extraordinary substances had gradually become more abundant. However, something that could prevent a Tiger-level extraordinary being from even leaving a trace was still incredibly precious.

"What kind of methods does the Divine Child possess?"

"If you can handle the 'Virtual Dog Cannon' with one hand, what's a mere Tiger-class weapon?"

"I think even a Ghost-level being would have difficulty harming these divine trees. I can't even imagine using them as materials!"

What are the bottlenecks restricting the development of modern science and technology?
It's materials!
As long as the materials are good enough, a space elevator can be built!

However, such materials only exist in science fiction. But now, the strength of various extraordinary materials is enough to keep top materials scientists up at night, and in the end, they shout that 'physics does not exist'.

As for the divine tree of the 'Divine Child', it was able to withstand a 'Tailed Beast Ball' of nuclear explosion level without being damaged. Even if what was left behind did not have that strength, it was still very valuable!

The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry's expression changed as he suddenly thought of a question.

"With such high strength, could it be—"

The strength of a Tiger-level superhuman has already surpassed the impact force that a large stamping machine tool can generate; since even a superhuman cannot be harmed in the slightest, doesn't that mean it's possible that:

They can't process it?!
The high-ranking officials, who were just excited, were all stunned, proving that they had also thought of this issue.

If that's really the case, it's like 'facing a mountain of treasure but being unable to enter'!
Should, probably, perhaps, possibly.
Won't that be too awkward?
"Ahem, we'll have to wait for the Metropolitan Police Department's report."

"I also have a proposal regarding the Tokyo Bay issue."

The Minister of Reconstruction raised his hand again.

"Tokyo Bay is unusable, but we still have another outlet to the sea—"

As he spoke, he pointed to the satellite map in the conference room.

Tokyo is located in the 'heart' of the island nation and has a huge natural harbor in the bay: Tokyo Bay, making its geographical location exceptionally advantageous.

Yokohama and Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture, along with most of Chiba Prefecture, form two peninsulas that extend into the sea on either side, sheltering Tokyo Bay from wind and rain. This is one of the reasons why Tokyo Bay is free from strong winds and waves.

While Tokyo Bay has now been transformed into the 'Tokyo Basin', however:

“We can rebuild the pier in the Chiba Strait.”

The Minister of Reconstruction pointed to a circular notch on the island nation.

The attack by 'Great Tengu' from the Chongde Temple directly blew Chiba Prefecture in half; most of the prefecture was reduced to ashes, leaving only half of 'Chiba Island'.

“Look, this strait leads directly to the Tokyo Basin. We can connect it to Tokyo simply by rebuilding a port city here.”

"I approve of this plan!"

"Indeed, in this way, shipping will simply be diverted to Chiba, minimizing the impact on Tokyo."

"Not only that,"

The Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization also chimed in, taking over the conversation.
"Tokyo's population is growing rapidly, and after this 'miracle,' I believe even more people will flock here."

Don't think that this great battle will scare people from other places; quite the opposite! First, the 'Divine Child' of Inari God fought three Dragon-level beings in succession, with two of them losing and one fleeing, which can be described as a great achievement. Other extraordinary powerhouses who want to cause trouble here should think twice about how much of the 'Great Tengu's' strength they have.

Secondly, since the 'Divine Child' is willing to take action, it proves that the Inari God truly protects ordinary people: this is the most important thing in the extraordinary era!
Without the protection of a powerful figure, just a dozen or so evil spirits can wreak havoc on a village.

Everyone has moments of fear, and everyone experiences loneliness. What happens when you're haunted by an evil spirit?
There are still not many warriors who can break free from evil spirits or even fight back.

Most people are ultimately just average.

Moreover, Tokyo has detailed, planned, and safe evacuation facilities; coupled with numerous skilled individuals to withstand the aftershocks, although the damage was terrifying, the number of casualties was not large.

As a result, it is conceivable that even more people will flood into this overloaded city.

“These people can be organized to develop the Chiba Strait.”

It can both give them something to do and quickly build a port city, which is a win-win situation!
Developing large-scale infrastructure projects is the only way to boost the economy.

Of course, the long-term effects are also significant.

However, the island nation of today has no intention of thinking about things ten or twenty years from now.

By then, whether this planet will even still exist will be a question!

"it is good,"

The Prime Minister nodded.
"Please take the time to come up with a plan immediately."

As for the congressional hurdle, it will definitely pass.

The Chiba Strait Development Project: Launched!

what?
A native of Chiba Prefecture?
There are still locals in Chiba Prefecture!

From now on, that place will be renamed 'Chiba Strait'; if you have any complaints, go find 'Great Tengu' Shotoku-in.

(End of this chapter)