Chapter 114: The Framework and the Slap (Please Subscribe!)

“Zeng!”

A sharp blade sliced through the air.

A cold, piercing gleam of steel erupted from Saeko’s hand, gliding through the creature’s cervical vertebrae like a master butcher carving through a beast.

The three-meter-tall headless monster staggered a few steps, then collapsed in the path of the charge.

Its grotesque head rolled off with a dull thud at the base of Kaito Shiraido’s feet, the jaw still opening and closing spasmodically.

Saeko’s mature, well-formed body, not even fully protected by her hazmat suit, swung the blade with force, sending blood splattering, then she swiftly sheathed her sword.

“That was... a bit too easy?”

The purple-haired beauty beneath the mask frowned, disbelief flickering in her eyes.

“Normal,” Shiraido replied as he stepped forward. “Godzilla’s rate of evolution is terrifying, no doubt about that. But even a godlike monster like Godzilla wouldn’t suddenly develop an ability that leaves us helpless without ever having encountered a martial artist before, right?”

Shiraido crouched down, inspecting the headless body of the creature with keen interest.

“The superhuman hardness and strength of its body, and the lack of eyes... it must be using some kind of spatial sensory organ instead.”

“The only flaw is the rigidity of its joints; any slight rotation beyond the preset angle causes dislocation. The connective tissues also lack sufficient strength, which makes joint destruction its weak point.”

Their brute strength could tear human limbs apart barehanded, and their bodies, covered in sharp spikes, allowed them to move three-dimensionally within buildings.

Their sturdy bones rendered small-caliber ammunition practically ineffective, like mere scraping against the surface.

No wonder just a handful of these creatures could instantly wipe out a fully armed Self-Defense Force team downstairs.

To ordinary humans, it was no different from facing machine guns with bare flesh.

Thanks to the pure Godzilla blood coursing through his veins, Shiraido could easily perceive the structure of these Godzilla derivatives.

But what astonished him most was...

“It seems that to prevent these derivatives from breaking away from the main body, Godzilla instinctively stripped itself of the ability for its cells to proliferate indefinitely. Instead, these derivatives are maintained by organs similar to a ‘brain’ and must regularly return to replenish energy.”

This explained why decapitating or breaking their necks—methods effective against humans—could halt their movement.

Godzilla, lacking intelligence, had instinctively achieved yet another complex evolutionary feat.

According to records, every single Godzilla cell has the potential to become a new individual. That’s why most of the five permanent seats in the United Nations advocate for nuclear eradication of Godzilla.

Because with such proliferative capability alone, it qualifies as a threat capable of overturning Earth’s entire biosphere.

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