The Japanese military carries out a bombing run with the goal of destroying the petrified Godzilla. Instead, Godzilla's outer shell shatters, revealing that it has completed its transformation into a new, fully-terrestrial form, and it releases a massive cloud of red dust that covers all of Tokyo. The military succeed in wounding Godzilla with another bombing run, but Godzilla develops the ability to reshape parts of its body into flexible armor and withstands the blasts. Meanwhile, Jet Jaguar and the Otaki team continue battling the swarm of Kumongas; Jet Jaguar holds off the creatures while the humans take shelter in a nearby building...