New York and Tokyo are over 10,850 kilometers apart—a flight takes nearly 14 hours. It's a bit far, but there's no helping it. If it were just Diana, Clark could've flown with her directly, but with the Hulk tagging along, that wasn't an option.
Thankfully, J.A.R.V.I.S. had booked business-class seats with beds for Clark and the others, so the 13-hour flight wouldn't be too hard to endure. Plus, it was already nighttime, meaning they'd arrive in Tokyo just in time for lunch the next day.
As Clark and the others boarded the plane, the scene shifted to a large cruise ship less than 300 nautical miles from Tokyo Bay. Dr. Serizawa's assistant, Dr. Graham, approached him with a report while Serizawa was reviewing satellite footage of the underwater creature spotted in Tokyo Bay.
"Doctor, after analysis, based on the time and markings, we've concluded that the stone tablet discovered by Dr. Makimoto belongs to the same era as the murals found in Area 8. Upon further comparison, we believe the creature depicted on the tablet is Sirō-brother (Shirō-kyōdai)."
Serizawa took the report from Dr. Graham, which detailed all the stone tablet's data: marking comparisons, levels of erosion, and more.
"Were you able to decipher the writing on the tablet?" Serizawa asked as he glanced through the report. As a paleobiologist, he specialized in ancient creatures, not ancient scripts—but that was fine; someone else handled that part.
"Yes, it's already been translated. The back of this report contains the decoded ancient text." From Graham's tone, Serizawa could hear the suppressed excitement in his voice.
That excitement made it clear to Serizawa that the next page would contain big news.
With anticipation, he turned the page. The top half showed the original inscriptions from the tablet, and the bottom half contained the translated content.
The writing was brief, but it revealed the resting place of a creature referred to as a "god." According to the text, the monster—called Gojira (Godzilla), worshipped as a god—had its final resting place in the Philippines.
This instantly reminded Serizawa of the mining site they found in the Philippines back in 1999. But he also recalled that within Godzilla's body at that site, another creature had laid an egg, indicating the original Godzilla was already dead.
However, there was some good news—the creature that killed Godzilla and laid the egg had been tracked. The egg caused a stir the day it was discovered, but fortunately, it remained under their surveillance.
Though Serizawa had been part of the "Emperor Project" for over twenty years and had access to all kinds of data on ancient titanic beasts—including photos of a roughly 30-meter tall metallic gorilla—they had always been just that: data.
Until now, Serizawa had never seen one of those mythical creatures in motion with his own eyes. So when he saw the satellite images of a suspected giant lifeform, he immediately rushed to Tokyo with his team.
Reality did not disappoint him. He had now found a stone tablet containing crucial information.
"Doctor, something's happened!" Just as Serizawa was absorbed in the report, a crew member came running to him.
"What is it?" Serizawa asked, distractedly looking up from the report.
"Here, take a look." The crew member handed Serizawa a tablet device.
Onscreen was a breaking news report: massive plumes of steam were erupting from the surface of Tokyo Bay. Additionally, a section of the underwater tunnel beneath the bay had collapsed due to unknown causes, and large amounts of red liquid—suspected to be blood—had flooded into the waterway.
"We're heading to Tokyo, now!" Serizawa connected the satellite footage of the giant creature with this new report. It was clear that what was happening in Tokyo Bay was most likely a sign of Godzilla's emergence.
"Yes, doctor!"
As Serizawa's ship turned back toward Tokyo, Clark and Banner's plane had already departed from New York, en route to Tokyo. Due to onboard restrictions, they had no idea what was currently happening at their destination.
The next morning, when Clark's plane landed in Tokyo, the group learned from the airport news about the Tokyo Bay incident and the collapsed underwater tunnel. Since the multi-billion-yen infrastructure had caved in but caused no fatalities, the Japanese authorities hadn't attempted to cover it up.
"Tokyo Bay… Clark, do you think this disaster was caused by the massive creature Makimoto discovered?" Banner asked, watching the news on the airport TV. His thoughts immediately returned to the enormous lifeform Makimoto had mentioned.
After all, Makimoto had explained the Tokyo Bay layout in detail to Banner. The bay's average depth was only around 12 meters, and it was home to a major underwater tunnel connecting Kawasaki and Kisarazu.
So, the existence of an undersea volcano was out of the question—especially one capable of spewing high-temperature steam. That meant the tunnel collapse had to have been caused by something new. And with the appearance of red, blood-like fluid flooding the tunnel, Banner was even more convinced the disaster had something to do with the giant creature Makimoto had warned them about.
"It's possible," Clark replied, staring at the TV, an odd sense of familiarity tugging at his mind. But he couldn't place it. There were no shots of Japan in the Marvel films that he could remember—let alone any footage involving massive monsters.
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