The electromagnetic projectile, weighing over ten tons and stretching five meters in length, ripped through 160 kilometers in just 30 seconds—its velocity a staggering Mach 20.
At the moment of its launch, the coils that propelled it vaporized into searing steam, leaving behind a brilliant, fiery trail as it tore through the sky.
───「 GODZILLA POV 」───
Though Godzilla was already wreathed in flames, its keen eyes caught the distant flash.
It didn't know exactly what it was, but it reacted.
A searing breath, hotter than the inferno engulfing its body, erupted from Godzilla's maw. The sheer heat ionized the air into a luminous blue, turning midday into a void of pure black.
The blazing torrent surged toward the distant flash—but Godzilla had miscalculated.
The light it saw wasn't the projectile. It was the aftermath—the coil that had vaporized upon launch.
The devastating breath missed its true target and instead slammed into a distant hill. The mountain, once towering hundreds of meters high, was annihilated in an instant. A deafening explosion followed, a high-temperature mushroom cloud rising into the heavens.
Meanwhile, the true projectile, still screaming through the atmosphere at Mach 20, closed the distance. From a launch site deep in the mountains of Nagoya, it had already reached its target.
In an instant, the ten-ton weapon struck Godzilla.
The million-ton titan staggered. A force equivalent to thousands—perhaps tens of thousands—of simultaneous detonations erupted at the point of impact. The sheer kinetic energy compressed the air, sending a rolling shockwave outward at supersonic speed.
The concussive blast tore through the surrounding landscape. Trees, debris—everything within hundreds of meters—was obliterated and hurled thousands of kilometers away. Smoke and dust surged skyward as supersonic air currents lifted the earth itself, forming a colossal dust wall, hundreds of meters high.
A deep rumble echoed across the ruined land.
In the distance, shattered fragments of rock and wood began to rain down—a grim, unnatural storm born from the sheer force of impact.
Slowly, the dust wall began to settle, revealing the form of Godzilla once more.
The aluminum thermite had burned away, and at last, its massive body stood fully exposed.
A gaping wound marred its chest. Six meters wide. Four meters deep. Larger than before.
───「 Human POV 」───
Humanity's divine slayer arrow had struck true.
For the first time, their weapon had broken through Godzilla's defenses.
Across the world, high-ranking officials watched in stunned silence through the eyes of unmanned drones. Then, elation spread through command centers and war rooms alike.
They had succeeded. Their weapon had worked.
Perhaps they hadn't killed Godzilla—not yet. But if they could mass-produce this weapon, humanity would no longer have to fear the beast.
As humans celebrated, Godzilla stood amidst the devastation, clutching its wounded chest. Its gaze locked onto the distant launch site.
Impressive.
In its mind, the creature activated its instinctive radar, seeking out the source of the attack. It found it.
Towering electromagnetic railguns, even larger than itself, stood far beyond the horizon.
So, this was their weapon. Now it understood.
And now, it would adapt.
In the distance, the railgun began charging once more. Capacitors discharged in sequence, filling the electromagnetic rails with an unfathomable surge of energy. A new projectile was loaded onto the track, its acceleration already beginning.
Another shot was imminent.
One hundred and sixty kilometers.
That was the range at which Godzilla's breath had failed to reach.
But at this distance, the humans' supermassive electromagnetic railgun could strike with devastating precision.
Over ten tons of metal, placed at the end of the rail, propelled by superconducting coils and rails—each shot consuming over 200 million watt-hours of energy, with some firing sequences demanding up to 500 million.
Theoretical penetration depth: over 40 meters.
Maximum effective range: 180 kilometers.
This was the weapon humanity had created to bring down Godzilla.
And it was an impressive one.
Godzilla acknowledged their ingenuity. Humans had found a way to hurt it.
But at this distance, this weapon was no longer a threat.
Boom.
From 160 kilometers away, the electromagnetic railgun unleashed another shot. Billions of watt-hours of energy surged through the rails, propelling another projectile toward its target.
───「 GODZILLA POV 」───
Godzilla, standing amidst the dissipating dust, locked eyes with the distant firing point.
Then, it crouched.
The ground beneath its feet cracked.
Then, it leaped.
The earth shattered.
A billion tons of force crushed the already-scarred land, fracturing it into splintered ruin. The terrain, weakened by incendiary blasts and shockwaves, collapsed entirely under the immense pressure.
For hundreds of meters around its takeoff point, the surface caved in—reduced to a spiderweb of destruction before crumbling into nothingness.
Godzilla soared.
Hundreds of meters into the sky.
The world's leaders, watching the live feed, fell into stunned silence.
They had expected retaliation. They had prepared for devastation.
But not this.
Godzilla had jumped.
From a dead standstill, it had propelled its million-ton mass hundreds of meters into the air, defying all logic and expectation.
Boom!
The behemoth crashed back down, slamming into the earth like a falling meteorite. The ground buckled. The tremor that followed could only be called an earthquake.
Yet, Godzilla stood firm.
And the railgun's shot? It had missed.
Instead of striking its intended target, the Mach 20 projectile obliterated a nearby hill, sending another explosion rippling through the landscape.
Half-buried in the crater left by its landing, Godzilla rose.
Its glowing azure eyes locked onto the railgun's location.
Then, it advanced.
It had seen the weapon. It understood its design.
And it knew—if this was all humanity could muster, then they had not yet found a way to kill it.