A mob of clones

Chapter 500: Fishing for the Ancient King; Tornado that Stole the Monster Again
In the world of One Punch Man, City Z, no-man’s land.

"Dangdangdang~"

There was a knock on the door. Saitama, who was lying on the ground watching TV, patted his butt and stood up. After opening the door, a familiar figure came into his eyes. It was Genos.

Looking at his cheap apprentice whom he had accepted for nearly two months, and seeing his body once again look brand new, Saitama's face showed a hint of surprise.

"Genos~, is your body healed so quickly?"

In response, Genos, whose entire body had been replaced by machines, nodded vigorously.

"Yes, teacher. The doctor is currently researching how to replace the parts for me."

"So the parts I damaged were basically replaced directly, so this time it was much faster than before."

As they were talking, the two of them walked directly into the room.

This is not the first or second time that Saitama has changed houses.

There are many reasons for changing houses.

The uninhabited area in City Z is indeed unattended, with no rent required, and water and electricity are provided free of charge.

But even if it is provided for free, if the water or electrical circuits here are damaged, basically no workers would dare to come and repair them. Even if there are workers, Saitama does not have the money.

Therefore, although there was no scene where the monster in the House of Evolution smashed the ceiling, Saitama still moved to a new residence.

I don’t know whether this is the inevitability of fate or the inertia of history.

But overall it's still the same.

Even the crisis in this incident, the invasion of the deep sea tribe, the Deep Sea King coming ashore to attack the crowd, and Genos being beaten did not change.

But after this upgrade, Genos is confident that he can defeat the Deep Sea King, the big sea fish, the next time.

However, just when Genos was distracted for a moment, Saitama, who had just laid back on the ground, spoke.

"By the way, Genos~, that S-class hero who defeated the monster after you were defeated must be very powerful."

"Hi~"

Genos suddenly heard his teacher's voice and subconsciously recalled it, but then the scene at that time appeared in his mind.

Under the continuous heavy rain, drops of rain fell on the body of the huge Deep Sea King.

What was falling was clearly rain water, but after being absorbed into the Deep Sea King's body, the various scars caused by the battle with him began to recover rapidly at a terrifying speed visible to the naked eye.

Even the wound that was initially pierced through half of his head by his hand cannon was healed directly, which shows his terrifying recovery ability.

Now on the surface, he is being dragged down by other ordinary people in the shelter. He is trying to protect other ordinary people and resist the acid, thus losing his combat effectiveness.

However, only those who actually experienced the battle would know that Genos actually lacked the means to truly defeat the Deep Sea King in that battle. With the opponent's recovery ability, the damage he caused to the opponent would recover quickly.

But there was no way to recover from the damage he suffered.

If the war continues and the Deep Sea King continues to bathe in the sea water, he will still fail.

"It's just different now..."

He really took a look at the new equipment in his hands, and a determined look appeared in his eyes.

As the memory continued to flow, Genos quickly recalled the information Saitama asked and the figure standing in the rain.

Although I only took a quick look, they were only two or three places apart in the S-level ranking.

But Genos was sure that the gap between him and the opponent was not just a little bit.

After all, the last time Genos saw someone who could crush a monster in such an instant and gave him endless shock was his teacher, Saitama.

"Strong! The sixteenth S-class hero, the Harmony of the Stars is indeed very strong!"

"I can feel that it's not just one Deep Sea King. Even if there are ten, a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand Deep Sea Kings, they will not be a match for the other party."

Hearing Genos's comment, Saitama's face became a little interested and he showed a boiled egg smile on his face.

"Souga~, is it that powerful?"

But the next moment Genos opened his mouth again and attacked:

"But if compared with the teacher, I feel that there is still a long way to go between him and the teacher."

In response to Genos's praise, he did not say anything. He just waved his hand and was about to change the subject.

But at this moment...

"Dingling bell~"

Genos' cell phone suddenly rang. After signaling to Qiyu, he took out his cell phone and answered the call.

Then a slightly hurried voice came from the phone...

"Mr. Genos, something terrible has happened! A dragon-level disaster or even stronger..."

……

At this moment, the field of vision turned slightly.

the other side……

In an endless mountain range.

A punch fog core appeared here, looked at the white snow under his feet, and let out a breath.

The warm air exhaled from the mouth instantly turned into white mist the moment it came out and dissipated in all directions, which showed how low the surrounding temperature was.

"If I remember correctly, it should be in this area..."

He radiated his mental power, and the power of the mist core in his fist swept across the surrounding mountains like a radar.

After a moment, he finally locked onto a target he wanted. The corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he reached out and took out a scarlet sword from behind his back.

Then he wrapped it with his mental power, and threw the sword in his hand down like a sword fairy controlling a flying sword, throwing it towards the mountains in front of him, penetrating the ground and the ice, and instantly pierced into a huge figure, igniting a red flame.

However, it is not entirely correct to say that the red sword penetrated the ground, because the earth touched by the weapon, whether it was soil or rock, turned into deep red magma in an instant.

The soil that turned into magma was wrapped by other surrounding soil, and in the blink of an eye it formed a tubular channel filled with magma.

The sticky magma continued to flow downwards along the channel, dripping onto the huge figure below whose body was pierced by the red sword, melting the ice on its body.

A moment later, the huge figure that was originally wrapped in extreme cold ice and made no sound suddenly opened its eyes wide.

The next moment, terrifying power erupted from the huge body of that figure.

The hard ice layer shattered almost instantly, and the red sword that was inserted into his body was directly squeezed out by this terrifying force.

It flew outwards quickly like shrapnel from a grenade.

It continued to rotate along the way, turning large areas of the surrounding land into magma. It passed through the rock layers and land and flew back into the sky, where it was captured again by telekinesis.

And just a few seconds after the red sword flew back, the red-hot ground exploded instantly due to the impact of the sword.

A strange creature with a head that was nearly ten meters long suddenly broke out of the ground. The overall appearance of this monster looked a bit like a dinosaur.

But it is much larger than ordinary dinosaurs.

With its sturdy limbs, huge tail, and three keratin-like spikes on its chin, it looks more like Godzilla in a monster movie than a dinosaur.

And this is the goal of One Punch Mist Core's action this time - the ancient overlord, the former ruler of the earth, the strongest among the dinosaurs, the ancient king.

The Ancient King broke through the mountain and came out from deep within the mountains. When he landed on the ground, he caused an earthquake like a meteorite. The snow layers on the surrounding snow-capped mountains formed a huge avalanche because of this huge shock.

The white snowflakes were like layer upon layer of mist that surrounded a large area around, as if forming a huge arena, leaving only the Ancient King and the One Punch Mist Core in the middle, one on the ground and the other in the sky.

"This feeling! As expected, the Underground King and the Deep Sea King are both dead!"

"Then the earth will be ruled by us, the dinosaurs, and by me, the ancient king."

With a roar to the sky, and after announcing his identity to the world like most weirdos, King Guo Dai fixed his eyes, which were as big as a house, on a fist-like mist core floating in the sky ahead.

Even when he saw the long sword in his hand emitting red light and remembered the magma dripping on him before, his eyes narrowed and he asked:

"Are you the one who awakened me, little human?"

"Tell me why you have the Underworld King's weapon in your hand?"

Facing the question from the Ancient King, Yiquan Mist Core stroked his chin and looked up and down at the "Big Head Godzilla" in front of him. Then he asked with a questioning look on his face: "Let's not talk about why I have this sword for now. Can you answer me a question first?"

Of course, although he said so, Yiquan Mist Core obviously had no intention of seeking the consent of the guy in front of him. After saying this, he directly followed up with the next question.

"Are you really a dinosaur?"

When the ancient king heard the words of One Punch Mist Core, it was almost the same as saying to others - "Are you fucking a human being?" It was purely an insult. He immediately became furious and stretched out his huge claws to grab the One Punch Mist Core in front of him.

Although its movements were indeed very fast, it still caught nothing in the end.

It is already quite good that the ancient king has such a huge body and moves so quickly, but fast and slow must have a reference system to have real value. Compared with the One Punch Mist Core, this guy is really too slow.

The shape of One Punch Mist Core was like a butterfly floating in the air. No matter how hard the naughty child, the Ancient King, tried to catch it, he couldn't catch the fur of One Punch Mist Core.

Instead, the punch of the mist core was aimed at the problems of the ancient king in front of him, and there were more and more of them.

"If I remember correctly, dinosaurs lived more than a billion years ago."

"Most dinosaurs became extinct in that meteorite crisis, and even those that survived evolved into modern birds."

"You were frozen in the ice, so you haven't evolved for hundreds of millions of years. This makes sense, but why do you speak the same words as humans?"

"The Underground King and the Deep Sea King did not spend so many years in the ice, so it is not unacceptable for them to have some contact with human civilization and know human language."

"If we are talking about aliens, their technology level is extremely high and they have the ability to translate automatically, so there is nothing wrong with that."

"But as a person who lived hundreds of millions of years ago and survived the frost of nowhere, he chose to become a strong individual rather than a technologically advanced person."

"Even in the era you live in, humans were just a group of scattered rats, not even monkeys."

"Where did you learn the word human?"

Yiquan Mist Core was not just talking nonsense here relying on the biological knowledge from his previous life. He had asked Kinos in detail about this knowledge.

According to various paleontological studies, there is no substantial difference between the One Punch Man world and the modern world of One Punch Mist Core's predecessor in terms of ancient biological evolution.

This is also something that I don’t understand very much.

If you think about it carefully, you will find that these so-called natural freaks seem a little too unnatural.

A punch of fog core, one question after another, hit the ancient king's face like a string of cannonballs. His expression became more and more ferocious, and his movements became more and more flexible and rapid.

Every time a huge foot lands on the ground, a huge deep pit will appear on the ground. The snow around it caused by the avalanche is also constantly vibrating at this moment, forming regular patterns.

At a certain moment, the Ancient King seemed to finally realize that it was impossible for a simple physical attack to touch the One Punch Mist Core. He immediately gave up the pursuit, looked at the One Punch Mist Core drifting away, and opened his mouth. Huge energy bombs continued to gather in his mouth.

Looking at the energy balls that were gathering more and more in front of him, circling in the ancient king's mouth like a small sun, he punched the mist core with a "cut" sound, and then raised his hand.

"Don't want to answer? That's fine too."

Yi Quan Mist Core stretched out his hand and pointed, and a huge fishhook appeared in front of him without warning, and it hooked the ancient king's open mouth very accurately as it was swung.

The ancient king saw nothing, but felt a pain in his mouth, as if some sharp weapon had pierced his upper jaw.

But before it could react, it saw a fist of mist core not far in front of it waved at him with a smile.

"See you later……"

Before the Ancient King could figure out the true meaning of the phrase "one punch of the mist core", he suddenly felt a terrifying pulling force coming at him.

The next moment, the huge body of the dinosaur instantly left the ground and rushed into the sky like a fish in the water.

The speed of its ascent was so fast that the terrifying gale even blew away the energy ball bred in the ancient king's mouth.

The ancient king wanted to struggle, but he didn't even understand what force was pulling him. How could he attack something that didn't exist?
Fortunately, the ancient king soon no longer had to worry about these problems, because he could now see the entire earth.

The air in his lungs was quickly sucked out, and the ancient king stared at the huge earth in front of him with wide eyes, his consciousness becoming hazy as if he were ascending to heaven.

When his consciousness disappeared, only one thought remained in the ancient king's mind - "Is this the feeling of ascension?"

……

The view returns to the One Punch Mist Core.

Yiquan Wuhe was holding a fishing rod in his hand at this time, one hand holding the fishing rod and the other hand quickly turning the spinning wheel.

At this moment, he was using the Hand of Returning Shadow from the Eighteen Fishing Hooks...

Feeling the struggle on the fishing line subside, Yiquan Mist Core smiled and nodded:

"Very good, the big fish is in protection."

Yiquan Mist Core could sense that the ancient king in outer space was probably in a coma, but he was not in a hurry to pull him back.

With the strength of the ancient Wang Zhen-Dragon-level monster, he would not die if he stayed in space for such a short while.

If he wakes up after falling down, wouldn't it be a waste of time to punch the mist core? It's better to let him sleep for a while, sleep a little more, then pull him down and put him in the culture tank for dissection experiment.

As for Yiquan Wuhe himself, he just lay in the void with his legs crossed, waiting quietly, waiting for time to extend backwards.

Of course, we still have to inform the Hero Association and ask for the bonus.

"Hey~, Hero Association? Mission accomplished!"

……

At this time, on the other side...

Tornado here...

"Hey!!! Mission accomplished?! What do you mean mission accomplished?"

"Of course I know the mission has been completed. A hero killed the monster! What I'm asking is why you asked me to complete the mission and then told me halfway that the mission has been completed. What does that mean? Don't play dumb!"

Tornado, who was holding a cell phone on the plane, had a terrifying black aura coming out of his whole body.

The aura emanating from it made the pilot of the plane tremble involuntarily, and the plane also shook slightly.

Tornado: "Drive well!"

A driver: “Hi——”

With this pair of angry eyes, Tornado turned his gaze back to the mobile phone in his hand.

However, the staff on the other side of the phone also looked a bit helpless at this time.

"But Master Tornado, it is true. Even if you are angry, there is nothing you can do. After all, the mission has been completed and the monster has been dealt with. You can't let others revive the monster and let you deal with it again..."

Hearing the staff opposite her twisting the meaning of her words, Tornado, who was already very angry, became even more furious.

"Is that what I mean?! Every time you send someone on a mission, they complete it halfway through the journey, leaving me with a wasted trip!"

"Isn't it your problem or mine?"

“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa——”

Tornado's scolding about cell phones lasted for a long time, just like before in W City.

It turns out that the reason why Tornado could reprimand those guys from the W City branch was not because she was from the headquarters, but because she was Tornado...

However, just when she was having the most fun scolding, a weak voice sounded in her ears.

"Um, um, Master Tornado..."

"Master Tornado..."

"What do you want to say? Say it now!"

At the moment, Tornado was very angry and was not polite when speaking to anyone.

Seeing this, the pilot in the cockpit did not dare to delay and said quickly:

"Master Tornado, we have arrived~, but since the mission has been completed, do you still want to go down?"

"There seems to be someone down there."

Hearing this, Long Juan gritted his teeth and turned off the phone in his hand. Then he gritted his teeth and said:

"Go! Why not go!!!"

……

(End of this chapter)