Chapter 228 – The Great East Japan Earthquake (3)
After saving the first village from the tsunami, we moved around to other tsunami-affected areas.
As much as I wanted to stop all the tsunamis, unfortunately, even for Nyotengu, that was impossible.
To be precise.
“I need to conserve my strength, so this is the best I can do.”
She said that if she wanted to, pushing back all the tsunamis along the coast would be a piece of cake.
But because she had to conserve her strength for what I asked her to do, this was the best she could do.
Anyway, after pushing back the endless tsunamis that came with the earthquake, how much time had passed?
The walkie-talkie I had prepared beforehand started ringing.
[Haa…]
The first thing I heard when I answered the call was Grandpa’s sigh.
It seemed things weren’t going as smoothly as we’d hoped.
“Grandpa, what’s not going well?”
Takuya asked Grandpa in a calm voice.
Judging by his sigh, it seemed like it wasn’t a minor issue.
Grandpa, as if snapping out of it at Takuya’s voice, slowly began to explain the situation.
[The tsunami hit the Fukushima nuclear power plant, and even though we gave them the backup power as you said, it seems things aren’t going well.]
“So, they didn’t reinforce it after all?”
[…..Yeah.]
To understand our conversation, I needed to briefly explain what happened after the Fukushima nuclear power plant was submerged by the tsunami.
After the massive tsunami, the power plant was flooded, and naturally, the substation equipment was also submerged.
Due to the substation being flooded, they couldn’t receive power from the emergency generators.
They managed to get backup power somehow, but even that couldn’t be properly used because the connecting cables were also submerged.
Even this was a big enough problem, but the real issue was that if the power was cut off like this, the cooling system that cooled the reactor wouldn’t work, and the heat would increase endlessly, leading to an explosion.
This was the sequence of events of the Fukushima nuclear accident.
Of course, there were many other issues in between, but explaining all of that would take too long. So, skipping that, anyway, the reinforcement I was talking about was the reinforcement of these connecting cables.
We had contacted Tokyo Electric Power Company for a year, constantly offering to reinforce the cables to prevent this disaster, but they refused, saying they would take care of it themselves.
So, we did forcibly complete some of the equipment with hypnosis in the middle…
‘But since all the other cables are underground, what can you do…’
From the start, it was insane to install the power grid underground in an area with a high risk of flooding.
Anyway, the reason why Grandpa Yuzuke was saying this was very simple.
It seemed like we had to execute the backup plan we had only been thinking about. He was probably calling to confirm.
“Of course, it was a success.”
[Haa… That’s a relief.]
“Anyway, Grandpa, prepare to expose the Tokyo Electric Power Company executives right away, linking them to other corruption. Oh, and if you’re going to do it, stay nearby. It’ll be quite a spectacle.”
[I will, but when are you planning to start?]
“How long do the experts think they can hold out?”
[Hmm, they say they can hold out for about 15 hours.]
Perhaps it was thanks to the backup power. They were holding out much longer than the original history, which was about 8 hours.
Of course, that didn’t change anything.
From the start, the Japanese government decided to inject seawater after 48 hours.
This time, with the backup power, it might be even later.
“Okay, call me again when the cooling system shuts down.”
With those words, I cut off Grandpa’s call.
There was still work to be done.
***
After stopping a few more tsunamis.
Nyotengu and I arrived at a safe house quite far from Miyagi Prefecture, which Grandpa had prepared in advance.
Nyotengu went straight into rest after arriving at the safe house.
Rest was essential for her to use the abilities she had mentioned, so it was natural. I had more than 10 hours left, so I contacted Miyuki, my family, Haruka, the Snow Woman, and others.
I reassured everyone on my contact list by talking to them directly this time.
After finishing the calls, I took a nap and woke up, and there was still quite a bit of time left.
The news was reporting that some pressure-reducing devices had been successfully installed, but cesium had been detected, and there was a risk of a meltdown.
I wasn’t very interested.
From the start, this accident had no solution unless seawater was injected immediately.
It couldn’t be helped. It was already decided when Tokyo Electric Power Company ignored our words.
Takuya, after watching the news and roughly regaining his senses, looked at Nyotengu, who was replenishing her strength in a meditative pose.
An unknown black, ominous energy was swirling around her body.
Perhaps this was her divine power.
Takuya thought so internally and waited for Nyotengu to gather her strength, and after a while.
[Hoo… I’m ready.]
Nyotengu, as if she had finished preparing, said so while exhaling a cold breath.
And a little later, Nyotengu and I moved to the sky above the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which had already been hit by the tsunami.
Takuya could see people moving busily below.
They were probably the nuclear power plant employees.
Takuya and Nyotengu glanced at those people, then turned their heads and looked at the four nuclear reactors.
[Can I use it there?]
“Yeah. Just make it unusable.”
[Understood.]
She smiled at Takuya’s words, looked at the power plant, and lightly flicked her finger.
—Click.
But the result of her action was not light at all.
That’s because.
[How is it, my power?]
“Huh—”
I was taken aback, no. I was shocked.
Nyotengu was manipulating the tsunami water to make it look like four dragons were ascending.
Takuya could see a glimpse of the power that the person, no, the monster in front of him possessed.
There was a reason why the Tachibana family feared her.
But Takuya didn’t feel fear, instead, he smiled.
From the start, she was on the same side, and the sight was much more reverent and beautiful than the weapons of evil that humans had created.
The four dragons slowly lowered their heads as they ascended.
Then, as if the dragons were breathing fire, they began to spew water.
—Swaaaaaaash!!!!
An incredible scene that looked like it was from a movie CG.
Takuya leisurely watched the spectacle.
Honestly, there was nothing more Takuya could do, and the sight before him was magnificent.
So, does that mean I can just stay in my room?
According to Nyotengu, after that breath was over, the technology to safely finish off the reactors could only be used if I was there.
So, we had no choice but to wait outside together.
‘It’s unavoidable to stop this crazy disaster.’
Takuya thought so and quietly stood by Nyotengu, who was concentrating on controlling her breath.
***
Meanwhile, at that time.
The Tachibana family, who had learned that Nyotengu’s seal had been broken due to the collaboration between Takuya and Nyotengu, were now.
“What the hell! You want us to believe that?!
“We’re, we’re all dead…”
“The Black-Winged Slaughter God is descending! Kyaaaaaaak!!!”
It was a mess, no. It was close to chaos.
It was natural.
The monster that the family had been imprisoning for hundreds of years had escaped, and not just any monster, but Nyotengu!
This was not just a problem for the Tachibana family, but a danger to the entire country of Japan.
To inform them of this, the Tachibana family contacted various political connections, but the situation was not good.
“Don’t you know we’re busy with the earthquake right now?!”
“Later… let’s talk later…”
“Instead of such trivial things, use your power to stop the earthquake!”
The politicians, who were already busy dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake, didn’t listen to the words of these exorcists at all.
Thanks to that, the Tachibana family sounded the emergency protocol.
Where? Of course.
“Gather all exorcists and ninjas, regardless of their rank, from special to lower, in Japan.”
“But, but right now, because of the earthquake…”
“We’ll call helicopters or planes for those who are far away. Just hurry up and call them!!!!”
To all the exorcists and ninjas that the Tachibana family knew.
It was a natural result, given the bad timing.
Kurotsubasa no Satsugami (黒翼殺神).
As the name Black-Winged Slaughter God suggests, Nyotengu is a god who becomes the strongest when death is near.
In other words, when a great disaster like this occurs, her power is more abundant than ever.
It meant that wiping out the Tachibana family was nothing to her.
So, they had to call the people to protect the Tachibana family before she fully recovered her power.
Thinking so, they were about to contact the exorcists and ninjas in other areas when.
“L, Lord! The news, the news!!!”
Suddenly, the secretary who had run in said something strange.
The head of the Tachibana family was wondering what he was talking about, so he turned on the TV.
[Th, the current Fukushima nuclear power plant…]
“What is this…”
It was a scene of huge dragon-shaped water spewing out breath.
The head of the family wanted to faint right then and there.
