I impersonated God in America

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St. Mary's Church.

Lynn observed the fire monsters created by the observer through the system panel.

Despite the limited time available, the fire monster had already swallowed several city blocks and expanded to several times its original size.

Actually, the Flame-Flame Fruit was in a very unstable semi-awakened state due to the continuous infusion of wish power.

The previous bull was stimulated and turned into a muscle monster that followed its animal instincts.

But honestly, this isn't a bad thing; a decrease in IQ actually reduces energy expenditure.

He now understands why elemental fruit awakening might fail.

For example, the instinct of the Flame-Flame Fruit is to burn, and the product of failed awakening follows its own burning instinct, using everything around it as fuel.

Ultimately, it transformed itself into a calamity-causing creature called "Burning Phenomenon".

Let the bullets fly a little longer.

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Manhattan streets.

Firefighting aircraft repeatedly flew overhead, spraying large amounts of fire-extinguishing foam downwards, but when poured onto the surface of the fire monster, it only stirred up some steam.

It's just a drop in the ocean.

Giovanni had just arrived at the battlefield, not far away.

He stood on the fire escape of an apartment building that hadn't yet been engulfed by flames, watching the massive ball of fire slowly expanding eastward.

He held Durandal in his hand, but he was powerless to do anything about it.

He had just tested his slash, and it was like mud flowing into the sea for that fire monster.

[Damn it, am I too late?]

"I wish it would suddenly rain."

Boom boom boom!

drum?

Suddenly, a deep, muffled drumbeat from afar caught his attention.

Boom boom boom!

The sound of drums pierced through the sirens of fire trucks and the distant rumble of collapsing building ruins, striking everyone's hearts with each beat.

Giovanni stared intently.

In a wide square, dozens of Iroquois people were gathered in a circle.

In the center stood a giant drum taller than a person, and a strong man with his upper body painted with red and blue patterns was constantly striking the drum surface with two thick wooden sticks.

Boom!

Boom!

With each beat of the drum, the muscles in his arms trembled together.

Beside the drum stand, an old man wore an exaggerated wooden mask with colorful feathers, the eye holes of which were carved into the shape of glaring eyes.

"rise!"

Two strong men carried a magnificent deer to the center of the square, where a bonfire blazed in front of it.

"Hoo-ha!!!"

The old man raised the obsidian dagger high, and all the clansmen raised their right hands at the same moment, pointing their eyes and gestures in unison towards the cloud-covered night sky.

Giovanni understood the purpose of these Iroquois at this moment.

Is it some kind of rainmaking ritual?

"Sigh, if it were really that easy... what?!?"

Hey.

Suddenly, the first drop of rain fell into his hand.

Then came the second drop, and the third drop.

His eyes widened, and he couldn't help but look up at his surroundings.

It's raining.

In just a few seconds, the drizzle turned into a downpour.

Boom!!

The fire truck's searchlight cast a cold light in the rain.

Raindrops fell continuously from the clouds, pattering softly on the campfire.

As the liquid dripped onto the fire monster's body, it stirred up large plumes of white steam.

Giovanni couldn't believe it.

[This is the flame of that hellish monster! And it's just ordinary rainwater? No, wait!]

He suddenly remembered the information he had seen about the Iroquois before...

Could it be that...?

The old man not far away raised his dagger high into the sky, the feathers on his sleeves fluttering in the rain.

Is it because of the appearance of demons? They actually came!

"Demon from hell, look up at the sky! Your judge has descended upon this place!"

Boom!

A bolt of lightning struck down from the very center of the clouds.

The entire night sky was illuminated in a purplish-white light in an instant.

The arc of lightning spread along the base of the clouds, outlining a huge wing shape in the gaps between the clouds.

Giovanni stared intently at the figure that was flashing with lightning deep within the clouds.

The mere glimpse of the figure wielding lightning sent chills down his spine.

His face was now completely soaked with rain, and he shielded his eyes with his arm to make himself see more clearly.

"It's actually genuine?!"

Chapter Sixty-Five: Opening the Door

The evacuation of the crowd proceeded northward along the road.

The flames spreading behind them expanded with each building they engulfed, and the shops along the street were consumed by the fire. Under the intense heat, shop windows began to shatter continuously.

Glass and billboards were charred and fell in the flames.

A little boy was bumped by the crowd moving backwards in front of him, his right foot slipped on the broken bricks, and his knee hit the edge of the sidewalk.

"mom!"

The flames spread along the street toward him.

"I can't run anymore..."

He sat on the ground, trying to stand up by supporting himself with his hands, but because of his sprained ankle, he only struggled for a moment before falling back down.

"Dani, hurry up and climb! Don't be afraid, Mommy's coming!"

Just as the fire was about to spread.

rain.

It landed.

Raindrops hit the boy's forehead.

Ta-da.

Then came a dense pelt of raindrops.

Rain poured down on the spreading flames.

Sizzle sizzle

As steam rose, countless flames that could not be contained by the fire-fighting foam began to contract violently.

Within seconds, the flames along the entire street were quickly extinguished.

"Dani!"

The little boy's mother squeezed through the crowd and picked him up.

She looked up at the dark clouds that had somehow appeared in the sky and thought of the news she had seen earlier.

Is it the Thunderbird that appeared during the Minotaur incident?

She looked at the unharmed child in front of her and kissed his forehead.

"God, thank you for your protection."

They seemed to sense that rain was coming.

More people stopped in their tracks and turned their faces toward the sky.

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In the center of the square.

The elder clan chief danced continuously in the rain, following the rhythm taught in the ceremony.

He raised his arms high, feeling the rain falling from the sky and flowing down the feathers that adorned his body.

An excited smile appeared on the face beneath the mask.

Grandpa didn't lie to me! The stories passed down through generations are all true!

The last time Thunderbird appeared, he only caught a fleeting glimpse of it while standing in the square.

After much deliberation, he still couldn't be sure if it was the guardian deity passed down through generations.

But this time is different from the last.

This ceremony was based on the records in that animal skin book.

"When evil comes, the prophets will use the stag ritual to attract the thunderbirds."

Just like now.

Perhaps his ancestors danced in the same way a thousand years ago, and then beat the drums again and again on this land.

[Through rituals, evil is driven out of its dwelling place.]

This is our guardian angel!

The old patriarch pushed his mask up a bit higher on his forehead and looked up at the silhouette that was drifting in the clouds.

Rainwater streamed down the paint on his face.

I can't tell if it's rain or tears.

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Pentagon, Special Affairs Bureau.

James stared at the clouds on the screen, which were expanding outwards.

Terrifying lightning, visible to the naked eye, was flashing continuously.

Each flash illuminates the streets below.

"Although the Thunderbird used lightning to kill the Minotaur last time, this time the enemy is intangible flame. Is it possible that it can do the same? I don't think it's very likely."

"Wait! The flames that even fire-fighting foam couldn't suppress were melted by rainwater? This is definitely not normal rainwater."

The meteorological analyst in the back row turned on the satellite echo image onto the main screen.