Tokyo: The Player Behind the Scenes.

Chapter 329, Section 76: The Kiss of Death

"Attention! Attention! This is the final announcement from the London Emergency Management Centre!"

"All residents of Westminster, the City of London and surrounding areas who are stranded, please take note immediately!"

"Your area has been designated as a high-risk zone, and the threat level is immediate and fatal!"

"Repeated, the life threat level is immediate and lethal!"

"Please proceed immediately to your nearest official assembly point, indicated by a flashing blue light. Armed personnel will guide you to an evacuation vehicle."

"If you are unable to reach the assembly point, immediately find a sturdy place for emergency shelter! Stay away from all windows, exterior walls, and low-lying areas!"

The sixth round of ceremonies ended at 4 p.m.

The helicopters in the sky kept circling at low altitude, and the loudspeakers were blasting at full power, urging the last group of residents to go to a safe place or evacuate.

However, this evacuation was not mandatory, and churches of all sizes that were still open were now packed with people.

At this point, many people no longer care whether you are Anglican or Catholic; in the face of the real devil, heresy seems so respectable.

Moreover, in this day and age, there is no longer that genuine hatred for heresy.

Faced with an imminent catastrophe, past doctrinal differences seem utterly insignificant, and any sanctuary that can still offer psychological comfort is of utmost value.

Even temples opened their doors, welcoming all who came, and sheltering fearful souls.

The last few old warships from Portsmouth Harbor set out, each carrying an average of six admirals, flying the Z flag to command the entire navy to be loyal to their duty and to defend the last vestiges of dignity of Britain and the British Navy.

The main force, along with the US carrier strike group, formed a joint fleet and patrolled the North Sea and the English Channel.

Another medium-sized fleet ventured deep into the Thames, anchored at Canary Wharf, with its guns pointed directly at London, ready to provide fire support at any time.

In fact, there have been quite a few strikes in recent days. Over the past few days, bombers from surrounding air bases have dropped a large amount of munitions on London. However, the new landmarks that have sprung up still stand tall, and the effect of conventional weapons is negligible.

Fortunately, the ceremony was moved up by more than a day and the location was set at London Bridge.

According to the extraordinary beings, everything they did was not in vain; the period before the ritual was completed was the window of opportunity to maximize the output benefits.

What they had to do was seize this window of opportunity and inflict as much damage as possible on the Ripper.

Every bit of damage could potentially affect the final winner.

As the countdown to the ceremony drew near, players abandoned their search for new activation points and gathered near London Bridge.

Many automated weapons have been urgently deployed on both sides of the bridge, hoping they will play a role.

As the time drew nearer, the atmosphere grew increasingly tense.

"No abnormal vibration was detected by the bridge deck sensors!"

"Underwater sonar detected no suspicious targets!"

"Upstream hydrological monitoring is normal!"

In the underground command center, the staff officers nervously monitored every piece of data, carefully confirming every slight fluctuation.

William V stood at the back, staring intently at the data he couldn't quite understand, occasionally taking a silk handkerchief to wipe away the sweat that seeped out when no one was looking.

The Prime Minister has a lot to coordinate and has already left London. His presence here is more of a reassurance.

The tense atmosphere grew increasingly strained until...
It was a little past 3 p.m., before the sun had set, and London Bridge was shrouded in fog.

Grayish-white water vapor quickly spread, soon engulfing the entire bridge and both banks, causing a sharp drop in visibility.

"The fog is too thick. Hiro, can you see anything?" Nobita squinted at the buildings on the shore, his vision severely obstructed, and he had to rely on Iwasaki's senses.

"Several streams of water are converging and forming one." Iwasaki could clearly see, through his perception, that the water was turning into strands of silk from the river and beginning to wrap around the bridge.

Crash.

Before Iwasaki could get a clear look at what was happening, a frantic roar of water erupted from both sides of the riverbank.

Along the riverbank, one after another, humanoid creatures formed from the waters of the Thames began to emerge.

They crawled ashore like awakened water ghosts, without facial features, their bodies made entirely of constantly flowing river water, dripping with water droplets. In the sunlight, some of their outlines even showed a few fish swimming inside the water bodies.

There weren't many people who came ashore, so it didn't seem like a difficult situation.
Before the idea was fully formed, the Water Elemental's body suddenly convulsed in a strange way, and then a new Water Elemental of exactly the same size split off from it.

One begets two, two begets four. Their division speed is extremely fast. In just a few breaths, the shore is already filled with a densely packed army of water people, making only gurgling sounds, like a humanoid tsunami about to crash down.

Good news, this isn't the Ganges, so don't worry about eating shit.

Bad news, just kidding, there's a lot of E. coli in the Thames River too.

“I’ll bet a bowl of spaghetti,” Hayato grinned, twisting the throttle a few times, and the Blazing Chariot roared, scorching flames engulfing the vehicle. “This thing can definitely combine or revive even if it’s broken! But if I get hot enough, I’ll evaporate them all and see how it can revive!”

Before he finished speaking, he had already transformed into a blazing meteor, crashing headlong into the surging crowd!

laugh--!
A large amount of water vapor instantly evaporated, and the water figures in the front row vanished like snow in the blazing sun, but more water figures in the back immediately and silently filled the gap.

"Don't waste your energy clearing out the minions! The target is above!" Iwasaki reminded them, and black mist shot into the sky, standing out conspicuously in the white fog, serving as a guide.

He rushed straight toward the massive water heart above the bridge, which was already taking shape and was formed by countless intertwined water threads.

Just as the black mist was about to get close,

boom!
The river surface under the bridge suddenly exploded, and a huge water sphere with a diameter of more than ten meters leaped high like an orca, opening its vortex-shaped mouth to meet the black mist, swallowing the black mist that Iwasaki had transformed into in one gulp.

The turbid river water churned violently inside the water sphere, and a dark, inky shadow could be clearly seen darting left and right within it, causing the surface of the water sphere to constantly bulge and deform.

Sizzle, pop!

Just seconds later, the water sphere burst under the strain, turning into a shower of water.

Iwasaki escaped, but in that brief delay, a violent waterspout had already formed around the water heart, erecting a barrier of wind and rain to firmly protect it at its center.

Iwasaki suddenly realized that this was how they wanted to target him.

He tried to penetrate again, but the spinning force of the waterspout greatly hindered his penetration.

This is truly one of the few abilities that can restrain him.

Meanwhile, other players have also put their skills to use and are engaged in a fierce battle with the swarming water elemental army.

Hayato was already driving his tank against the current, going up the bridge's steel cables. The wheels and cables sparked with ear-piercing sparks as he charged forward like a cannonball into the heart of the raging waterspout.

"Die, you bastard!!"

Boom! ! !

A compressed ball of flame suddenly erupted at the center of the tornado, flashing brightly in an instant. The blazing fire ring expanded violently, evaporating a large area of ​​water and even breaking several water lines connecting to the heart of the tornado.

But the waterspout regenerated faster than anyone could have imagined. Almost immediately after the explosion, an even larger volume of water was drawn from the Thames, quickly extinguishing and tearing the flames apart. The next second, Hayato and his motorcycle were violently flung out by a tremendous force, tracing an arc as they plummeted into the distance, leaving behind only a fading shout: "I'll be back soon—!"

Is it possible to break into the center of this tornado simply by being fast enough or having a thick enough defense?

Nobita summoned the unicorn, but he hesitated.

Even if the unicorn could carry him to the center, he lacked confidence in his attack power, especially his swordsmanship.

The saying "You can't cut water with a knife" is well-known, and it seems that only legendary masters whose swordsmanship has reached a state of divine skill can cut water with a single stroke.

He subconsciously looked at Muramasa Takii.

At this moment, Uesugi had a good idea.

"Listen to me, meow!" Uesugi transformed into his cat form, leaping onto the unicorn and gripping its mane tightly.

The unicorn shook its head in dissatisfaction, but out of consideration for the holy spring water from last time, it still didn't kick the ungrateful cat off its horse.

"Meow! Meow meow meow!" Uesugi meowed at Takii.

Taki nodded thoughtfully. Nobita blinked beside him, "Wait, how did you understand that?"
“It’s a plan worth trying, Knight. I’ll leave the direct confrontation to you,” Takii said to Asano.

Nobi nodded solemnly. Since Takii thought so, it was probably true.

He then raised the sword of the hero and charged towards the ever-surging water people.

Taki mounted his horse and gently stroked the unicorn's neck: "Unicorn, lead us through this wall of water!"

"Hoo-hoo!" The unicorn let out a clear neigh, eagerly grinding its hooves on the spot before accelerating along the bridge's steel cables.

The shikigami Moyu emerged from Uesugi's hair, transforming into a black streak of light to clear the way ahead.

The unicorn's speed increased, and its body emitted a pure glow.

It deftly bypassed Park Min-woo, who was entangled with the Water Man, Arthur, who was firing guns non-stop, and Ethan, whose blade flashed like a blood-red rainbow. It replicated Hayato's previous route, slid diagonally into the air along the steel cable, and finally leaped fiercely at the edge, crashing into the outer wall of the waterspout!
The unicorn shone brightly, and the shield rubbed violently against the turbulent water, emitting a piercing shriek.

Iwasaki unleashed two invisible hands, forcefully protecting a portion of the fierce wind and rain.

*Snap!* Taki and the others successfully broke through the waterspout barrier and entered the relatively calm central area.

But even above this place, a violent waterspout was blowing, obscuring the darkness.

In the dim and chaotic center of the rapids, one can clearly see the nascent, enormous water heart, with its countless thin tubes of water flowing through it like chains, right up close.

"Meow!!" Uesugi Hitsuki seized the opportunity, took a deep breath, and leaped up with all her might, her petite cat body almost touching the surface of the heart.

“Hihaha——!!!”

Super Breath Form!
She suddenly opened her mouth and exhaled a burst of extremely cold air, her Ice Heart operating at overcapacity.

Click!
Visible blue frost rings rapidly spread across the surface of the water's core, instantly freezing a small area into a solid block of ice!
"Hehe. I've done my best! Now's the time!"

Uesugi, exhausted after using his power, nearly collapsed on the frozen ice and shouted.

This is a private message. In fact, their previous exchanges were also via private messages, otherwise Taki would not have been able to understand cat language.

Without any hesitation, just as the unicorn could no longer maintain its airtime and was about to fall, Takii lightly touched the horse's back with her toes, her body soaring into the air. She gripped the Fire-Breaking Pill tightly with both hands, her gaze fixed on the center of the ice layer that Uesugi had indicated with his claws.

舜！
The blade flashed like lightning, piercing through the ice without hindrance and penetrating deep into the heart of the water.

Cuckoo!
In an instant, as the blade pierced through, a surge of energy, a mixture of resentment and viscous energy, flowed back through the blade.

Takii groaned, gripping the hilt of the sword tightly and channeling all his strength into it.

Click
Cracks spread across the ice surface, and with the tremors, several pieces of ice quickly broke apart and fell downwards.

"Meow!"

Uesugi could no longer hold on; he let out a meow and was swept away by the increasingly violent waterspout.

It turned into a cat tornado.

However, Uesugi used a possessed paper doll, and was prepared to sacrifice himself, so it was at least a game of giving his all, which should earn him a decent performance score.

puff!

High-pressure water gushed out through the cracks in the ice, easily leaving scratches on Taki's arms and cheeks.

The protective jade shimmered with green light, and the wounds healed rapidly.

Finally, in this brief tug-of-war, the ice completely collapsed, and Takii, having lost her support, tried her best not to be swept into the area with the strongest winds, and fell towards the water's surface.

Despite continuing to absorb river water and expand after this ordeal, the missing section of the water heart has never been replenished.

The bombing plan was cancelled at this point, with officials worried that the seemingly manipulated waterspout would throw the bombs back onto the plane.

However, the naval guns were allowed to fire.

The naval fleet anchored at Canary Wharf had completed its artillery unit adjustments, and the commanding voices sounded like they were tearing their vocal cords apart, roaring as they fired at London Bridge with blood-stained saliva.

As the naval guns roared and fired, the Thames River splashed everywhere, and the bridge, bearing the marks of history, was occasionally blown apart, the fragments sinking into the river.

One by one, the water-men were blown into water droplets, and several buildings that had survived World War II bombings could not escape this bombardment.

The waterspout gradually subsided on its own.

But everyone knew that this didn't mean they had successfully stopped the ceremony.

And that heart made of water completed its final accumulation.

The clock hand is moving toward four o'clock.

On the dilapidated London Bridge, the water chains connecting the heart of the river break off automatically, scattering into mist.

As the fog gradually dissipated, amidst numerous stares and the roar of artillery fire, my heart slowly began to contract.

thump.

The first heartbeat was heard.

The Ripper's voice echoed eerily.

"Water, it is endless, like hatred."

"The tears of the Thames have become my rage, and I will lead the streams back to London with the kiss of death."

A terrifying torrent of water seemed to appear out of nowhere, pumping out in all directions along the left ventricle with each heartbeat, creating a rainbow.

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