An explosion happens in an instant.
When the wall was broken and the scorching flames rushed towards them, no one reacted. However, these flames did not reach their target. Soon, a golden barrier appeared out of thin air, blocking the exploding flames, high temperatures and fragments.
Fang Zheng sat on the chair, looking at the big hole behind him with a bored look on his face, while everyone else was stunned.
"What's going on?"
Even the heads of the ten master clans were stunned at this moment. They hurried to the front of the hole and looked outside, but the scene they saw next was completely beyond their imagination.
On the roofs around the Hakone Hotel, several men in black combat uniforms were holding light portable missile launchers and firing portable missiles at the hotel. Soon, missiles with white smoke trails flew out and attacked the hotel. Then Fang Zheng snorted coldly and waved his hand. The next moment, the golden barrier appeared again, blocking the missile attack.
"You are really looking for death."
But this is obviously not the end.
While blocking the attack, the air behind Fang Zheng began to tremble, and countless sharp blades appeared out of thin air, aiming at the enemies in the distance. Then, with a flash of light, the sharp blades cut through the sky in the blink of an eye, piercing through the limbs of the enemies in the distance and nailing them to the ground.
However, the opponent's attack did not mean to stop there. Just after Fang Zheng blocked the opponent's missile attack, a strong flame suddenly broke out under the hotel, and then the whole hotel collapsed.
The dozens-story hotel seemed to be demolished by directional blasting, falling and disintegrating. The huge concrete building fell to the ground, causing a cloud of smoke and dust all around, enveloping the entire street. On the rooftop not far away, where there were originally no people, hundreds of pale-faced people were staring at this scene blankly, not knowing what to say.
At the moment the hotel collapsed, Fang Zheng immediately locked onto everyone in the hotel and teleported them directly out of the hotel... It was also because of this that the guests and staff in the hotel were able to escape.
Soon after, the police arrived at the scene and began to conduct on-site search, rescue and evacuation operations. The hotel staff and guests were of course questioned, and Fang Zheng and the people from the Ten Master Clans were no exception.
"Are you really alright, Kasugano-kun?"
"Yeah, it's okay."
Fang Zheng also said a few words to comfort Honoka Mitsui in response to her uneasy voice coming from the other end of the phone.
"You should also tell Shizuku that Erica and Mitsuki don't need to worry. It's just a small trouble and not worth mentioning at all."
After comforting everyone, Fang Zheng hung up the phone, walked to the side of Jumonji Kazuto, and stared at him silently.
"Oh, we won't get attacked in the busy city center, right?"
"Now please stop talking about this..."
Jumonji Kasato's face was as black as coal at this moment. Who knew he could be slapped in the face?
"Forget it. There's no point in saying this now. Has the criminal been caught? What do you know?"
"The criminals have been found, but they are all dead."
"Dead?"
Hearing this, Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows.
"I shouldn't have killed them."
"Yes, Kasugano-kun, you only pierced their hands and feet and nailed them to the ground, but according to the police's on-site examination results, the other party seemed to have hidden poison in his teeth. After realizing that the situation was not good, he immediately bit the poison sac and committed suicide."
"It's a pretty old-fashioned way of committing suicide. This means that these people are not ordinary anti-magicists."
"Uh...yeah."
Jumonji Katsuro also nodded solemnly at this moment. If an attack was launched against the Ten Master Clans, it might have been done by humanists who hated magicians. But being able to commit suicide was another matter. At least, ordinary people would not do such a thing.
"And judging from their appearance, they are all foreigners. We are beginning to suspect that they may be sabotage actions carried out by hostile forces from abroad against our magicians."
"oh……"
Fang Zheng nodded meaningfully without saying anything more.
After that, everyone who had finished the interrogation returned to the Kanto Magician Association headquarters to rest, and Fang Zheng said goodbye and left. After all, the situation was a mess, but according to the intelligence obtained from the Tenth Master Clan, it was certain that the light portable missiles used by the other party were used by the US military during World War III. After the end of World War III, due to the emergence of magic, many weapons used by various countries during the war were sealed up, but some of them also flowed into the black market.
It is still impossible to confirm the identities and purposes of these terrorists, but for Fang Zheng...it doesn't matter.
Because a day later, major news organizations received the criminal statement from the terrorists.
"——Yesterday, we were the ones who attacked a hotel in Hakone. We are the ones who are waging a holy war to wipe out the demonic power of magic from the earth. Yesterday's attack was against the leaders of the magicians, the Ten Master Clans. Unfortunately, the demons escaped justice. But we will not give up, and we will continue to fight to free humans from the mutants called magicians. As long as the Japanese do not exile the magicians, the number of victims will continue to increase."
When the terrorists' manifesto spread through television, the students of No. 1 High School naturally also knew about it.
"I have a pretty bad feeling about this."
In the club room, looking at the army of reporters outside, Mayumi Nanakusa touched her stomach... She has decided to always keep stomach medicine on hand.
"Terrorist attacks are really troublesome. There are already some negative comments about magicians in society."
"For ordinary people, it would obviously be unsettling for them to think that a magician was involved in an attack."
Jumonji Kazuto also shook his head.
"You are really laid back."
Looking at Fang Zheng who was leisurely drinking coffee and reading a book, Nanakusa Mayumi was speechless.
"The magicians are greatly affected now. Don't you care?"
"Don't worry, magicians are affected anyway, but as the eldest daughter of the Ten Master Clan, it can't affect you."
Fang Zheng shrugged.
"And this is not a bad thing for me. At least for now, my plan for a magical autonomous zone has received full support. Humph, the politicians in the Japanese government are a bunch of pigs. There is no hope for them. They are unlikely to offend their own voters for such a small matter. Moreover, from their point of view, it would be better if all the magicians died."
Having said that, Fang Zheng took another sip of coffee.
"I have already discussed this with the principal. We will take this opportunity to close the school and start the work of transferring it to the artificial island."
"Hey? Are you ready already?"
"Almost. The central area is almost finished. Beishan Industry is still very capable, unlike those idiotic politicians who take half a month to approve a note."
“…”
Hearing this, Nanakusa Mayumi didn't know what to say. The current situation was indeed very troublesome, especially after the terrorists issued a statement. Many people and the media did not think it was the terrorists' fault, but instead thought it was the magician's fault. This also had a great impact on the students in the first high school. Most of the boys were angry at the media's indiscriminate behavior, while the girls were more afraid of the trend of hostility towards magicians in society.
"However, if the world thinks that we chose to run away because we were afraid of them, it would make me unhappy. So before that, I must let them know that we magicians did not leave our homeland because we were afraid of these stupid and incompetent idiots."
"Kasugano-kun, what are you doing?"
Watching Fang Zheng put down his coffee cup and stand up, Nanakusa Mayumi felt her stomach starting to ache again.
"To be interviewed. Isn't that what these reporters are here for?"
Fang Zheng opened his mouth wide, revealing a ferocious smile.
"I promise I'll give them some big news."
When Fang Zheng arrived at the school gate, as expected, the reporters who had been waiting for a long time immediately surrounded him.
"Kasugano-kun, what do you think about this terrorist attack?"
"Is the Magic Autonomous Region Plan prepared for this?"
"According to the police report, the terrorists who attacked the Hakone Hotel are actually residents of NX City in the United States. Do you think this has anything to do with the magical disaster that Shiba Miyuki once caused there?"
Facing the reporters' inquiries, Fang Zheng said nothing, but just made a gesture, and soon the reporters quieted down. It was not the first time for them to interview Fang Zheng, so they naturally knew that this young man had a very tough and aggressive personality... They did not want to run into the other side's gunpoint.
After the reporters shut up, Fang Zheng looked at them and spoke with a sneer.
"First of all, I want to make it clear that the Magic Autonomous Zone Plan was not prepared for this reason. To be honest, in my opinion, the anti-magic atmosphere in Japanese society is already bad enough, and it doesn't make much difference whether there is this terrorist attack or not. That's why I proposed the Magic Autonomous Zone Plan. Since you are so afraid of coexisting with magicians, then let's just separate, you live your life, I live mine, and we don't interfere with each other. What's wrong with not interacting with each other forever?"
"Well……"
Faced with Fang Zheng's merciless ridicule, the reporters were a little embarrassed, but soon someone objected.
"But there are also some opinions supporting magicians..."
“It makes no sense.”
Fang Zheng waved his hand.
"To put it bluntly, discrimination against magicians is racial discrimination. It is no different from discrimination based on origin, skin color, or ethnicity. No matter how you try to disguise it, you cannot hide its true nature. You keep saying that you are afraid of magicians and discriminate against them because they have great power. How is this different? Wasn't this also the case when white people discriminated against people of color? They are barbaric, rude, and dangerous, so they need to be controlled... Well, it's useless to say this now. Whether you want to admit it or not, it's the truth."
Having said that, Fang Zheng sneered.
"As for that terrorist attack... hehe, are you so sure it was a terrorist attack?"
"……?"
Hearing this, the reporters' eyes lit up. Fang Zheng's words seemed to have a hidden meaning... Could there be some big news?
"Think about it for a moment. The identities of the terrorists have been confirmed. They said they came to avenge the magic disaster, which is not a lie. But the question is, where did they get the weapons? The Yokosuka U.S. military base has been inspected, and no weapons were missing. So where did they get the light missile launcher? That thing is not a pistol. It was brought in secretly. There is a Pacific Ocean between Japan and the United States. How did they sneak the weapons in without being discovered?"
"this……"
The reporters were also stunned at this moment.
Yes, now that you put it that way, it does seem like something is a little off?
"Quite simply, because in reality, this was not a terrorist attack at all."
However, soon, Fang Zheng dropped a bomb on them.
“Not a terrorist attack?”
"That's right."
As Fang Zheng spoke, he took out his terminal, opened it, and pulled out an intelligence file.
"Look, this is an intelligence document I got earlier. It says that a member of the U.S. Congress secretly transferred a batch of sealed weapons to a group of people of unknown origin. So... do you understand?"
“This…this…”
The reporters were shocked when they saw the documents Fang Zheng sent to them.
This is big news!
"You mean..."
"Yes, this is actually an operation by the US government disguised as a terrorist attack to try to weaken Japan's magic power. This is also normal. After all, it is not the first or second time that Americans have privately incited rebellion and created terrorist attacks in other countries. Americans just like to do this kind of shit."
Speaking of this, Fang Zheng's face darkened.
"But they actually dared to do this to me, that's another matter. It's rude not to reciprocate, so... Onyxia!!"
Following Fang Zheng's call, a giant black dragon descended from the sky and appeared in the sky behind Fang Zheng. The reporters were shocked to see the giant dragon suddenly appear, and the more perceptive ones... immediately cried out inwardly, "Not good!"
"Since those terrorists are threatening us, I don't want to be accused of being afraid of these idiots, so I'll make it clear here."
Having said this, Fang Zheng stared at the camera.
"What you have done constitutes an act of hostility against Japan and Japanese magicians, so I demand that you idiots surrender immediately. You can continue to carry out terrorist attacks, but for every terrorist attack you carry out, I will destroy a US military base in retaliation... Empty words are useless, so... Onyxia, go and destroy Pearl Harbor for me."
“——!!!”
After hearing Fang Zheng's order, the black dragon roared, spread its wings, and flew into the sky. As the dragon flew away, the reporters looked at each other, then turned around and ran away.
This is a really big deal!!!