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"Hello, Kotaro, can you repair the elevator? How about I do it?" Kitajima said into the communicator.
ZAT does not have an all-round logistics director like Dr. Kijima of TAC. Usually, Kitajima is in charge of these things, as he is better at mechanical and electronic things.
But at this moment, the entire Tokyo Tower shook.
The metal body even made a creaking sound under the heavy load.
The giant cicada weighs nearly 30,000 tons, which is equivalent to three 10,000-ton ships hanging on the Tokyo Tower. It far exceeds the designed load-bearing limit, and it is not surprising that it collapses at any time.
"Oh no! Tokyo Tower is going to collapse!"
At the large observation deck on the middle floor of Tokyo Tower, most of the people who were evacuating had fled. Those who couldn't get on the elevator and couldn't wait also ran down the outdoor stairs.
But Reimu didn't run.
"Aren't you leaving, Reimu?"
Although Sanae also did not sense any hostility from the giant cicada, the creaking sound of Tokyo Tower was real, and it might indeed collapse.
"You go first. Don't take the elevator. It's too dangerous. Just take the stairs."
"how about you?"
Reimu did not leave because she heard people calling for help and praying.
She is the Hakurei shrine maiden of Gensokyo, and can only cast spells in Gensokyo. But now, she has become a citizen of Izumo Taisha, and is also a shrine maiden practicing at Tsukimine Shrine.
Since I have heard the prayers and the requests for help, as a shrine maiden I cannot ignore them.
She took out the Yin-Yang Jade that she carried with her (because it was bound and she couldn't throw it away). It was an ordinary jade, nothing magical about it.
"Although it's against the rules, someone is asking for help and praying to the gods. Can you lend me your strength?"
Even if a miko truly cultivated spiritual power, she should not use it for her own selfish gain, but for those who were helpless and prayed to the gods. Reimu had long realized this.
So, naturally, the Yin-Yang Jade responded to her.
"Amazing!"
Sanae was stunned, her fantasy becoming reality. Reimu's feet left the ground and flew upward along the vents on the vertical surface of the elevator.
The building's facade collapsed, and a huge one-meter-square brick fell towards it.
Reimu waved the imperial coin that appeared out of nowhere in her hand.
The spiritual power surged and turned into a light bullet. It was not a skill, just a casual move.
Having been in Gensokyo for so long, she had long been accustomed to the use of her spiritual power. The skills that the Yin-Yang Jade possessed were powerful, but sometimes they were not necessary and could be more flexible.
The bricks are easily crushed into powder.
But not only the bricks, but also the steel bars soon collapsed and fell. The tower really couldn't bear the weight of the monster. The thick steel bars weighing more than hundreds of kilograms fell one after another. Reimu used the same trick again, trying to use the spirit bullet to knock the steel bars away.
But suddenly a rainbow light flashed behind her, and the steel bars above her head had been vaporized.
Looking down, she was surprised to see it was Sanae.
But Sanae was more surprised than her. She was still fixed in the same pose, but was stunned that she actually used the power in her imagination.
"Love, Love Talisman: Extreme Spark!"
But how could it happen? It really appeared! It was clearly only in my imagination.
She stared blankly at her hands, and then at the Bagua stove in her hands. That was the Bagua stove Freya had given her before.
"Reimu, Reimu, Reimu! Freya really is a magical girl! This Bagua stove she gave me is really magical!"
Chapter 421 The Courage to Trust
The elevator hovered at a height of about two hundred meters.
The emergency brake was triggered and it was fixed by the caliper.
Generally speaking, elevators are very safe. They have several steel cables, each of which is made of eight steel wires, which are enough to carry tons of weight. Even if all the cables break in extreme cases, the counterweight will reduce the falling speed and there will be no free fall.
And when all the above safety measures are ineffective, there are mechanical calipers. It is a mechanical device and is not affected by power failure.
But now this safety device has caused a lot of trouble.
It can't move.
Normally, you just need to wait for rescue. The rescuers will find a way to check the steel cables, safety devices, etc. and restart them after everything is correct.
But now, being stuck in mid-air is fatal, because the entire Tokyo Tower is about to collapse, and if the Tokyo Tower really collapses, no safety measures will work.
Reimu flew up from the elevator shaft and to the bottom of the elevator car.
She could hear crying and sobbing in the elevator, but the sound was very quiet. People were desperate because of fear.
If it is a deity that collects faith, such fear is the best anchor.
But Reimu is not like that, she doesn't care about such 'belief'.
She wanted to push the elevator up to the top floor at 250 meters, where ZAT planes were rescuing people, but she couldn't push it because of the calipers. If she pushed hard, she would damage the guide rails, and she didn't know what the consequences would be.
She was just a shrine maiden, and this kind of sophisticated stuff was really beyond her comprehension. Even if it was the Hakurei shrine maiden of Gensokyo, she was just a junior high school student.
At this time, Kotaro found the control room of the elevator.
If he were Taro, it wouldn't be difficult to rescue these people, but he wanted to try as a human.
As Lingye said, it is humanity's sin that has killed so many lives on the planet.
If this is the punishment, I shouldn't be able to escape it as a giant of light.
She probably thought so too, right? That's why she didn't transform into Gaia.
Kotaro doesn't think Ling needs to repent.
Putting aside the fact that although her last name was Oshima, it was impossible for her to know about the Oshima Group's investment at the time. The construction of the property began more than three years ago, and the investment should have been made even before that.
At that time she was still a little princess with both her parents around.
What's more, the extinction of those creatures is the responsibility of all mankind.
Looking up from the bottom of Tokyo Tower, the tower has tilted about 20 degrees. For a building more than meters high, such a tilt is already very dangerous.
Kotaro, who was standing on the observation deck at the top of the tower, felt that the entire ground was crooked. This was not a big deal, but the concrete and steel bars that kept falling on his head were the real killer.
"Release the emergency brake. It should be here..." Kotaro found the controller and quickly scanned the error code.
This is not difficult. To let the elevator continue to go down, just clear the error record and press the start button.
"How's it going, Kotaro?"
It was Captain Asahina asking on the communicator.
"No problem. Give me five minutes."
"pay close attention!"
The current situation of the Tianjing is not safe at all. In order to wait for Kotaro, it hovers above the Tokyo Tower, only more than 20 meters away from the monster.
If the giant cicada attacks them, the Sky Whale may be shot down. At this time, there are more than 20 civilians on the Sky Whale, and these people don't even know how to parachute.
Fortunately, the defense forces did not come to cause trouble. If they attacked at this time, the consequences would be very bad.
Commander Takakura just has different ideas from them, but from the perspective of humans, he will not joke about the safety of citizens.
"It's so hot today." Nan Yuan, who was controlling the plane, wiped the sweat off his face.
Of course, the Tianjing has air conditioning. The air conditioning on an airplane is not called air conditioning, but an environmental control system.
But perhaps because of nervousness, he still felt very hot.
It was really too hot to stay in the air without any shade! The temperature outside the plane had reached over 35℃.
Suddenly, the giant cicada started chirping.
The sound of cicadas is not made by their mouthparts, but by the vibration of their wings.
The cicada wings vibrated at high speed, making a loud sound that echoed throughout most of Tokyo. The first to be hit was the Sky Whale, which was only 20 meters away. The huge sound wave almost blew the plane away.
"Oh no, Tokyo Tower can't take it anymore!"
The Tokyo Tower, which was already leaning, began to sway violently due to the flapping of the giant cicada's wings.
Kotaro held on tightly to the metal handrail of the elevator control room next to him to stabilize his body. Both the ceiling and the ground were crumbling. An ominous creaking sound came from the elevator shaft.
The caliper could withstand the weight of hundreds of kilograms of more than a dozen people in the elevator, but it could not withstand the distortion of the shaft itself. After a moment's pause, it suddenly began to fall.
There were desperate cries in the elevator car.
Kotaro took off the badge and was ready to transform, but he found that something seemed strange.
The elevator car did not continue to fall, but instead slowly rose upwards.
Under the elevator, Reimu lifted up the elevator car, which weighed tons including the weight of the elevator itself.
It was a bit strenuous. This was not a fantasy. It required not spiritual power but brute force. Even the body strengthened by the Yin-Yang Jade was a bit overwhelmed.
But the other hand also lifted the elevator car.
"Sanae!"
"It's Marisa Kirisame's death from Gensokyo!"
Yes, she is now Kirisame Marisa. She rides on a mop that she found from somewhere, with one hand supporting the elevator car and the other holding the Bagua stove.
"Reimu, it turns out that what you said is true!"
She also heard that voice, the voice of the gods.
[Helping others, saving others, even if no one knows about it, without any reward, even without thanks. Are you willing to do this? ]
Of course!
She had waited too long for this day.
She doesn't need others to repay her, or even know about it. On the contrary, it's better this way.
As long as you know it yourself, she is Marisa Kirisame from Gensokyo!
The elevator reached the top floor to Kotaro's surprise. He thought it was Gaia's doing, but it wasn't.
Gaia, Lingye, she is still in the shade of the trees under the tower.
A voice in her heart told her that Gaia could not take action this time.