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However, he had made preparations well in advance. His powerful intelligence network, encompassing both legitimate and criminal organizations, had enabled him to adequately respond to and prevent any potential uprisings by the instigators.

—That is, assuming there is no giant ape.

A crowd rioting due to an unexplained attack.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, they launched an uprising in an attempt to seize Lungmen.

The Guard Bureau is already overwhelmed just by maintaining order.

A gigantic beast charging towards us.

besides...

Rhodes Island, which was previously rejected for cooperation, has now sent a request for assistance.

Fifteen seconds left!

All the residents of Longmen seemed to feel the tremors of some giant object trampling the earth.

Ten seconds left!

Even if we accept Rhodes Island's help, they can't get here immediately. All they can probably do is take in the wounded afterward...if anyone is still alive.

Five seconds left!

Rumors of a "giant monster" have spread to the panicked crowd through unknown channels, making the Guard Bureau's security work even more difficult, and the looting and vandalism by the Reunion Movement thugs have been pushed to a climax by this chaos.

The giant ape finally reached a distance that ordinary people could observe with the naked eye, but the residents of the high-rise buildings could not believe that a monster moving at that speed existed in the world.

"Charging complete! Smash it!!"

Wei Yanwu's order reached the core city of Longmen at the last minute.

It's not uncommon for mobile city-states to be equipped with large weapons; after all, possessing one's own armed forces is essential in any era. However, the weapons of Lungmen City—weapons with such a simple name—are astonishingly powerful in terms of firepower among all the city-states.

"Dragon Gate Cannon charging complete!"

"High-purity Originium explosive bomb, activation complete."

"Clear the launch track!"

"Calibration complete... Launch!!"

No magical technique can compare to the power unleashed by the simplest utilization: Originium Blast. This is a principle believed by a certain mercenary, and one that Wei Yanwu also agrees with. No matter how fancy or strange a spell is, it is meaningless if you are blown to dust by enough firepower.

Using the underground passages from the core city to the periphery of Lungmen City as an acceleration trajectory, the mobile city-state itself becomes a launcher, directly powered by the energy of the core city...

Even if the target is the militarized warship city-state of the Ursus Empire, Wei Yanwu is confident that he can inflict heavy damage on it.

Without dodging or defending, the scorching bullet struck the charging giant ape directly—less than ten kilometers from the Dragon Gate.

The giant ape is actually not very large relative to the city-state, only about twenty meters tall. The giant Originium bullet with a diameter of five meters is only about the size of a pair of hands that can be held together.

It just didn't try to catch it with its hands...

"Excellent, a direct hit to the face, then the head is blown to bits..."

But Wei Yanwu quickly realized that it hadn't hit his head.

Instead, the other side bit the bullet.

"Creak...!!"

Then bite it to pieces.

As Wei Yanwu had expected, the Originium exploded, and the flames engulfed the giant ape. The heat and shockwave could even be felt within Lungmen city.

"Old Wei..."

"I know."

There was no joy of victory or relaxation in Wei Yanwu's conversation with the man in the straw hat.

"Being able to follow Elder Wei is the greatest blessing of our lives, and I have no regrets even if I die."

"But I still feel I have let down the people of Longmen."

Rather, it would be an understatement to say that their words were an expression of resignation.

"Boom!"

The deafening footsteps still echoed, yet the giant ape was unharmed.

Wei Yanwu thought he had bitten the opponent's vital point with his dragon tooth, but he didn't expect that the tooth would break.

Longmen is being swept up by a variety of emotions—fear, anger, unease, remorse, or relief.

Ah, and there's also a huge sense of bewilderment.

This feeling comes from Tomat.

Why don't we continue to call him the Great Ape?

Because he had just finally regained his consciousness and reason.

He wasn't so badly forgetful of who he was, but he still stood in place in the body of a giant ape, pondering the last two ultimate questions of life: "Where am I? What am I supposed to do?"

The area around doesn't look like Rhodes Island. Could it be that I've already demolished Rhodes Island?

But the most important thing now is to get back to normal as soon as possible.

The idea of ​​blowing up the moon only lasted for about a second in his mind. He couldn't guarantee what would happen if he arbitrarily destroyed someone else's satellite.

Then you can only find a place where there is no moonlight and stay there for a few hours before your body can recover.

Cutting off his tail is impossible, absolutely impossible, especially since he's too big to even touch his own tail now.

The mobile city-state before us is not a suitable place to hide, so let's find another location.

The giant ape ran away and disappeared into the night, leaving Wei Yanwu, feeling "lonely at the top," standing there on the well-ventilated top floor of the building.

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PS: Great Ape transformation requires continuous moonlight exposure, but once the Great Ape transformation is complete, the Great Ape state can be maintained for several hours without moonlight exposure (from the Turles movie).

Author's note: "I also want to consume such a large amount of pure Originium."

[Main Text] Saiyans, reporting for duty!: Chapter Thirteen: Wild Big Bob

Although the giant ape's cannon did not hit any buildings in Lungmen, even just passing over Lungmen was enough to damage most of the high-rise buildings. The shattered glass and the flying debris fell into the city, causing secondary damage and making things even worse for Lungmen, which was already in the midst of the Reunion Movement riots.

The refugees from Chernobog, who had been locked out due to the previous emergency lockdown, witnessed the giant ape's rampage firsthand—and its "escape" after receiving the artillery fire, causing them just as much turmoil.

Just when the Guard Bureau couldn't allocate enough manpower to handle various matters, Rhodes Island's main ship arrived at Lungmen and docked with it.

Originally, even Kal'tsit thought the agreement would lead to a heated debate, but Wei Yanwu had no choice but to agree to it due to the current situation in the city.

If it weren't for the appearance of the giant ape, he would have been fully confident in dealing with the anticipated Reunion Movement riots. But now, any power that can help Lungmen is a small contribution.

"What a terrible sight... Was it all done by that monster from last night?"

The chaotic city didn't give them any leisurely time to hold a meeting. While receiving photos sent by Lungmen, Amiya, the Doctor, and Kal'tsit from Rhodes Island were discussing various matters with Wei Yanwu.

“I am well aware that Lungmen is also a target of the Reunion Movement. If nothing unexpected happens, this kind of thing should be handled internally by Lungmen. However, Lungmen is currently experiencing what seems like a natural disaster. Under such circumstances, an uprising has occurred, and we will not refuse to provide more assistance. I have agreed to the conditions proposed by Rhodes Island. In return, I ask all the ‘experts’ who have survived the disaster to fulfill their obligations under the treaty.”

"Then the agreement is reached. Let's encourage each other and overcome this difficulty."

The meeting concluded with polite well wishes, and Rhodes Island immediately began its operation to support Lungmen from the outside.

"Dr. Kal'tsit." After the meeting, Amiya, who was packing her equipment in preparation for heading to Lungmen, suddenly left the preparation room and came to Kal'tsit's side, quietly tugging at Kal'tsit's sleeve. "Tomat... oh wait, is Operator Tomat really missing?"

“Hmm,” Kal’tsit replied. “Don’t worry about him for now. Also, during the negotiations just now, as payment for helping them find the designated infected target, we also asked for help in finding the operators. Quite a few operators in Chernobog have lost contact. It’s possible that they left Chernobog and went to the nearest Lungmen, but just didn’t have time to contact us. So when I gave them the operator data, I also included that person’s information.”

"If he were in Lungmen, we would definitely run into each other, right?"

Kal'tsit didn't answer, she just nodded.

Ultimately, she couldn't be certain of Tomat's motives for suddenly leaving Rhodes Island that night. She could only connect his equipment, his ambiguous identity, and the mysterious monster that appeared afterward to construct a plausible hypothesis...

However, she couldn't guarantee the accuracy of this guess, nor could she casually share this with Amiya, who was worried about Tomat.

Because that might make her more worried.

"Don't worry, he didn't fall off the ship and get run over. Kal'tsit told us last night that he just flew away and hasn't come back yet." A deep voice came from behind her; it was Ace, who had finished organizing her equipment, speaking to her.

Although Ace, like most of the operators on the island, didn't get a proper rest last night after Tomat left and the giant ape appeared, he doesn't look like someone who just crawled out of a hospital bed.

"Although prioritizing contracts, rescuing citizens, and maintaining order are our main tasks, I don't want to let the Reunion Movement's grudge go so easily." Ace and the other operators who had gradually completed their preparations headed towards the Lungmen-Rhodes Island docking route. "Doctor, give the order to attack. Blacksteel, who is on standby, and Penguin Logistics, who are scouting ahead, are probably getting impatient."

The operation to eliminate the rioters of the Lungmen Urban Integration Movement, which will begin from the outer ring of Lungmen, is about to commence.

However, let's shift our focus to another area.

That was where the giant ape-like Tomat hid from the moonlight.

[Hours before the Lungmen-Rhodes Island meeting began]

"The surrounding area has been razed to the ground... There's nowhere to hide. Should I dig a hole and hide there?"

"And what should we do with the clothes afterwards?!"

The giant ape Tomat wandered the wasteland under the moonlight, surrounded only by traces of its past rampage.

However, he didn't give up so soon.

He leaped high, almost reaching the height of the clouds, and then looked down at the terrain. It was from this excellent view that Tomat discovered the ruins of a mobile city-state that had not yet been destroyed.

Although it's only a small portion, it's more than enough for hiding.

Moreover, the ruins of a city-state should at least have some leftover clothes, right?

The enormous body could still use the Flying Technique to quickly approach the deserted ruins in a short time.

"Is it Li Boli?"

"Is it an aircraft?"

"No, it's a monster!"

But from the deserted ruins, various exclamations could be heard here and there.

The giant ape landed in an open space, shaking the surroundings. The sources of the earlier exclamations did not converge in this direction—which was normal.

Just in case, he tiptoed to a building that had collapsed into a hollow structure due to construction quality issues or some other reason, and hid there, quietly waiting for the transformation effect to end.

"The buildings here are very similar to the original city. Is it part of that city? We escaped here and were still affected."