Hermione forcefully suppressed the panic in her heart, not showing a trace of it on her face.
She just nestled in her parents’ arms, watching the chaotic battle of the three Kaijus being broadcast on TV.
Her parents were already very worried… she couldn’t show fear and make them even more anxious.
Hermione secretly clenched her fists, hiding all her fear and panic deep in her heart.
At the same time, she kept cheering on Godzilla internally, “Go, Godzilla!
You absolutely cannot lose!” Human cannons continuously bombarded the bodies of the two MUTOs, but these explosions were completely insufficient to damage the Titans’ hard skin.
Watching fighter jets and helicopters being shot down one after another, Hermione’s small face grew even paler.
Fortunately, Godzilla was undoubtedly powerful, forcefully suppressing the two MUTOs.
Far away in Antarctica, Canberra also kept a close watch on this battle, which could almost determine the fate of small creatures like humans, using her bio-electrical pulses.
Listening to the continuous roars of Godzilla and the two MUTOs, Canberra leisurely swayed the tips of her ice-wrapped tentacles.
“See?
This is the price the Kaijus pay for loving to fight.” “They just keep fighting and getting hurt.
It’s better to be like her, find a place to nest, grab some food when she’s hungry, and just space out or sleep when she’s not.” “Occasionally, she can even ‘go with the flow,’ letting the ocean currents carry her anywhere.” “Roar!” “Growl!
Growl!” Listening to the sounds of Godzilla and the two MUTOs, one after the other, Canberra clearly knew that Godzilla was about to win.
“Godzilla is going to win!
Mom, Dad, look!
Godzilla is going to win!” Hermione excitedly tugged at her parents’ clothes, pointing at the scene on the TV.
At this moment, Godzilla had already grabbed one of the MUTOs and pried open its mouth.
Godzilla lowered its head, and Hermione watched as a blue light slowly flickered in its mouth.
The blue light reflected brightly in Hermione’s eyes, “Wow…” Powerful, dazzling.
If all Kaijus were like Godzilla, not actively threatening humans…
Hermione felt she would still be quite fascinated by these behemoths.
After all, they were truly amazing, and their power was equally captivating.
As the blue atomic breath was unleashed, Hermione watched one of the MUTOs instantly killed by Godzilla.
Mrs.
Granger pursed her lips, wanting to cover Hermione’s eyes, but looking down and seeing that she didn’t look scared, she gave up on the idea.
Sensing that the bio-electrical pulse of one of the MUTOs had completely disappeared, Canberra knew it was dead.
“See?
They insisted on fighting, and now they’re dead.” “Alas… her kind just doesn’t understand the importance of being calm.” Canberra leisurely swayed her free tentacles, which were submerged in the seabed.
Having been submerged for too long, the tentacles, which had intertwined with the seabed seaweed, instantly broke free and swept towards the distance.
A orca had no time to react before it was caught by Canberra, easily dragged back, and stuffed into her mouth.
The taste was not bad, but it was a bit small compared to the Mosasaurus of yesteryear, Canberra silently evaluated in her mind.
At the same time, she sensed the remaining MUTO growing weaker and weaker.
This MUTO was also about to die; against Godzilla, ordinary MUTOs rarely stood a chance.
Indeed, a few seconds later, Canberra could no longer sense the bio-electrical pulse of the last remaining MUTO.
“Dead,” Canberra concluded, and people all over the world cheered.
Godzilla had won.
Although it was uncertain whether Godzilla was truly harmless to humans…
Compared to the destructive MUTOs, Godzilla’s victory clearly made them feel more at ease.
Hermione breathed a sigh of relief, cheering and embracing her parents.
“Godzilla won!
We’re safe!” “Yes, darling, we’re safe.” Mrs.
Granger kissed Hermione’s cheek, relieved.
Nature’s creations… when facing nature, humans were indeed too powerless.
On TV, the massive Godzilla slowly collapsed to the ground, emitting a dull thud.
Amidst the rising dust, the smiles on the faces of the people standing in the ruins froze.
The Godzilla that had saved them had fallen; this was definitely not what they wanted to see.
Hermione raised her hand to cover her mouth, her heart pounding.
Godzilla had just saved them, saved humanity; she didn’t want Godzilla to die.
At this moment, only Canberra, in Antarctica, knew that Godzilla was merely exhausted from the great battle after just waking up.
Kaijus were not that easy to kill.
Sunlight slowly shone on the earth, also illuminating Godzilla’s tightly closed eyes.
A huge jet sound rang out, and after exhaling a breath, Godzilla slowly stood up.
Everyone around the world watching this scene simultaneously cheered again.
Hermione, already sleepy-eyed, forced herself to open her eyes and showed a faint smile at the sight of Godzilla standing up again.
Godzilla wasn’t dead… that was good.
“Sleep, darling, sleep.” Mrs.
Granger leaned down and kissed Hermione, gently comforting her.
Hermione snuggled into her mother’s arms, closed her eyes, and quickly fell into a deep sleep.
Having not slept all night was indeed a significant drain for a six-year-old child.
The battle between Godzilla and the two MUTOs had completely exposed the existence of Kaijus to the eyes of the entire world.
Equally renowned globally was the Monarch Organization, dedicated to investigating and researching Kaijus.
Regarding Kaijus, after this incident, humanity was divided into two factions.
One faction believed that humans should maintain distance from Kaijus, striving for peaceful coexistence and avoiding conflict.
The other faction believed that humans should find a way to completely eradicate these creatures that posed serious threats to human survival, to prevent future incidents like the MUTOs harming people.
Among the two factions, those holding the first view were more numerous, and the second view, as soon as it was proposed, was strongly rebutted by the militaries of various countries.
Eradicate Kaijus?
Were these people insane?
Hadn’t they seen the terrible state the two MUTOs had left the M-Country’s military in?
Hadn’t they seen them chew nuclear warheads like snacks?
They were an army, not a suicide squad!
After this incident, Hermione also became thoroughly interested in these powerful creatures.
Now in elementary school, she spent most of her free time learning about Kaijus.
She excelled in school, listened to her teachers, and was particularly obedient and rule-abiding, so most children were reluctant to play with her.
However, Hermione was happy with this; her mind had matured very early, so she didn’t really need friends her age.
Or rather… she felt she didn’t need them.
With this time, she could read more books, learn more knowledge, and understand more about Kaijus.
By constantly consulting material, Hermione gradually discovered traces of Titans’ existence in past ages.
Many of the monsters in the legends circulating in various places highly overlapped with the Kaijus revealed online.
Although she didn’t know if it was true, Hermione still recorded them on the world map she had drawn.
This map was bought by her father after the great battle between Godzilla and the MUTOs.
It had been used for five years now, from her first year of elementary school until her graduation.
Hermione had marked potential Kaiju locations on various continents and in different sea areas.
These were all derived from myths and legends and rumors she had summarized from leaked Monarch Organization internal information online.
Although just speculation, if someone from the Monarch Organization were to see this map here…
They would probably find that the locations Hermione had marked were not significantly different from their current outpost stations.
The error was even less than twenty percent, which was extremely impressive for a little girl who hadn’t mastered professional information and was not yet eleven years old.
Over the past five years, Canberra had also quietly hidden herself deeper into the ocean.
Although Godzilla hadn’t done anything after waking up, just aimlessly swimming in the sea, this still made her feel a bit uneasy.
She didn’t want to fight that guy and take an atomic breath… not worth it, not worth it, Canberra shook her head.
Besides Godzilla, the awakened Kaiju, what else gave Canberra a bit of a “headache” was that humans had started large-scale patrols of various sea areas.
It seemed they wanted to investigate whether there were any Kaijus they had missed, not recorded in their registry.
Canberra didn’t feel offended by this; it was purely that their reaction when she first saw humans was too terrified.
Canberra didn’t really want to deliberately scare them, a pretty interesting bunch of little guys… she’d just avoid them.
Moreover, she had once watched some naval exercises from a distance, and those cannons, missiles, and so on looked quite powerful.
Would it hurt to be hit by one?
Therefore, Canberra had lived below 20,000 meters in the Antarctic seabed for these five years, avoiding Godzilla while also avoiding humans.
However, she had been feeling a bit unwell recently.
Canberra’s resentful gaze turned towards the Antarctic ice sheet 10,000 meters above.
These humans claimed to be doing scientific research in Antarctica, drilling a hole here, conducting an experiment there.
They were constantly clanging tools and rumbling as they dug holes and extracted ice.
Perhaps they thought their sounds were quiet enough.
But for her, as a Kaiju… she could really hear everything clearly, okay?
It was very noisy and annoying.
Canberra annoyedly swayed a tentacle, and a massive current of water instantly surged out with the movement of her tentacle, slowly dissipating only after several thousand meters.
Throughout the long years, Canberra’s physical strength and the mysterious energy within her body had been continuously growing.
Yet, she herself had never seriously “fought,” so she had no idea how terrifyingly powerful she truly was now.
What to do when her home was too noisy?
Canberra’s choice was simply to move.
Hundreds of tentacles simultaneously flexed, and Canberra abruptly shot forward in the deep sea.
Instantly sweeping out of the Antarctic waters, Canberra swiftly swam through countless regions, carefully avoiding Godzilla and human vessels.
Unbeknownst to anyone, Canberra was rapidly approaching the Cornwall Coast of the UK.
Hermione, who had just graduated from elementary school, sat in the car, constantly writing something in her notebook.
Mrs.
Granger, sitting in the front passenger seat, turned around to look at her, sighed helplessly, and took the notebook from her hand.
“Hermione… don’t read or write in the car.
You’ll hurt your eyes.” “No, Mom,” Hermione looked up, making a pitiful expression at her mother, “I promise I won’t get nearsighted.
Please give me back my notebook.” Mrs.
Granger huffed, but ultimately returned the notebook to her daughter under her coaxing.
Seeing that Hermione didn’t open the notebook again, Mrs.
Granger nodded with satisfaction.
However, she was still a little curious, “Hermione, what are you writing?
Can you tell me?” Hermione was almost eleven years old; she was a big girl now and should have her own secrets.
If she didn’t want to talk, Mrs.
Granger would absolutely not press her.
Of course, this was also because she had absolute trust in her daughter.
Hermione had been smart and mature since childhood, not easily deceived, so there would be no safety issues concerning her.
“Of course, Mom.” Hermione’s eyes instantly lit up.
She spoke rapidly, as if she had finally found someone to share her discoveries with.
“Mom, do you know?
Through my research, I found out about a monster rumored to be named Rodan by the Monarch Organization.
It’s a giant bird with magma blood flowing through it…” Throughout the entire journey to the Cornwall Coast, Hermione talked incessantly about her knowledge and discoveries regarding Kaijus.
Mrs.
Granger also occasionally asked questions and offered her own opinions.
Mr.
Granger, who was driving, also chimed in with a word or two sometimes.
Although the couple wasn’t particularly interested in Kaijus, Hermione was.
So, as parents, they were very happy to discuss the behemoths with Hermione.
Nurturing a child’s interests was also a parent’s responsibility, a belief Mr.
and Mrs.
Granger firmly held.
“You’re amazing, Hermione,” Mrs.
Granger looked back at her daughter with admiration, “You’re really dedicated to those behemoths.
I think when you grow up, you could become a scholar who studies them.” “Oh…” Hermione’s face flushed slightly.
She nervously fiddled with the notebook in her hand, “I’m still far from that, Mom.
I still need to learn a lot more.” “Have more confidence in yourself, my little girl,” Mr.
Granger focused on the road ahead, “I dare say your dedication to those behemoths will definitely lead you to considerable achievements in that field later on.” Hermione pursed her lips, seemingly flipping through the notebook in her hand to hide her nervousness.
“Oh, I thought… I thought you wouldn’t like me to have more contact with them later, after all, Kaijus are still relatively…” “Relatively dangerous, we know.” Mrs.
Granger smiled and nodded.
“But this is your interest, and we can’t stop you because of it.
What your father and I can do… is just remind you to be careful.” “You’ll promise not to be reckless, to learn more, and to protect yourself, right?” “Of course.” Hermione nodded vigorously.
Although she liked Kaijus, she was also very aware of their dangers.
At the Cornwall Coast, the currents surged in, and people carried by the waves towards the shore cheered happily.
No one noticed that this particular wave was a bit stronger than the previous ones…