December 24, 201X

The christmas present Tokyo got that day was death and destruction.

 

 “Whatever...”

A young man, together with his girlfriend, was at a trendy 35 floor building in Tokyo.

Though they were on a date, only the woman was enjoying it, with him feeling somehow unsatisfied.

In the gloomy midst of wondering why that was, an email arrived at his cellphone.

The sender had no name, and written in the message was just one thing:

 

“Will you decide?”

 

Attached to the email was a shady file.

“What... is this --”

He opened the file.

 

D. I. O. system, compile, link...

 

Abruptly, the woman returned, having bought a drink.

It was then --

 

Flash!

 

Several minutes earlier.

Atop a screen surveilling the Tokyo airspace, countless dots of light suddenly lit up.

“Why didn’t they show up till now?!”

The bellows blended together. The self defence force was in shambles.

 

December 24, 201X --

The flames of nuclear war burned Tokyo to the ground. In an instant, the capital was brought to a halt, countless lives mercilessly taken.

With the crumbling of infrastructure came a giant electromagnetic pulse, destroying the electrical grid, and wiping out what remained of Tokyo’s information systems.

The young pair was no exception. In those final moments, as those out-stretched hands were on the verge of touching, everything was swallowed up by light.

 

Surrounded by debris, those who narrowly survived watch on to see the shadows of countless monsters within the flames.

As if to loudly herald the end of Man.