— — WARNING — —
"Emergency evacuation alert! Emergency evacuation alert!"
"Z City downtown is under attack by a Monster. Disaster level—Demon! Nearby citizens, please evacuate immediately, evacuate immediately!!"
"Repeat! Emergency evacuation alert…"
— — WARNING — —
Z City, Downtown Commercial Street.
The afternoon sun fiercely baked the asphalt road, and an unsettling smell of scorching filled the air.
The once bustling commercial street had now become a chaotic battlefield.
"Tighten the cordon! Evacuate the masses!"
Several Class C Heroes in uniform sweated profusely as they maintained order, their faces pale, their voices betraying an unconcealable tremor.
Not far from them, a humanoid, upright Monster, of ordinary human size but composed of dark green seaweed entangled with a pitch-black body, was wreaking havoc.
This Monster called herself "Infinite Kelp," and her feminine, sharp laughter echoed above the street, like a curse from the deep sea.
"Hehehe… You small fries! Is there really no one who can fight?"
"I heard a powerful Monster urban legend resides in this ghost town, that's why I came here to investigate."
"What… This isn't a ghost town, the abandoned area next to it is?"
"So what? It's not too late to take care of you all and then go there! Hehehehe~~!!"
Infinite Kelp brandished the hundreds of steel-tough seaweed tentacles on her body, her pitch-black form constantly dripping slimy mucus, leaving behind disgusting puddles on the ground.
"Whack!"
A tentacle lashed out casually, precisely hitting the Class C Hero "Armed Section Chief" who was attempting a flank attack.
This middle-aged, bald Class C Hero, clad in strange battle armor, didn't even have time to let out a scream before he was sent flying dozens of meters, embedding himself heavily into a clothing store's display window, his life unknown.
"Damn it! This guy's defense is too strong, that seaweed body can't even be pierced by bullets!"
"My flamethrower is useless too! The seaweed has too much water, it won't burn at all!"
"Ah… Help me, I'm tangled in seaweed—!"
"…"
The remaining heroes huddled together, back to back, despairingly watching the approaching humanoid disaster.
Every strand of seaweed on Infinite Kelp's body seemed to possess independent life; they twisted, coiled, displaying astonishing flexibility and strength.
"My body possesses both the toughness of steel and the strength of rubber!"
Infinite Kelp proudly demonstrated her power, a tentacle suddenly thrusting out, piercing through a discarded car.
"You pathetic creatures of the surface, you're not even fit to scratch my itch!!"
She listened to the terrified screams of the surrounding citizens, a look of excitement appearing on her pitch-black face, where only her eyes and mouth were visible.
"That's right, scream! Be afraid! When I defeat heroes, there should be such background music to make it taste right~~~!"
Just as the heroes were preparing for a desperate struggle and the citizens plunged into despair.
At the other end of the street, two leisurely figures appeared.
"This glossy sheen… this full texture… this posture, swaying in the wind, full of vitality…"
Saitama's eyes gleamed with a light called desire, his smile gradually turning perverse: "No mistake… This is definitely… the finest quality kelp!"
Hansen: "…"
I mean, there's nothing wrong with liking good food, but you're acting way too scary! What if you scare the Monster away!?
Clearly, the latter part was the focus.
"Hey! You bald guy over there!"
Infinite Kelp also noticed these two fearless individuals, especially the bald one, whose naked, strange gaze instinctively sent a chill down her spine.
"What are you looking at! Do you want to die?!"
She wasn't scared away, just felt a little disgusted.
What followed was pure rage.
Damn humans, how dare you stare at me with such a lewd gaze!!
In her fury, hundreds of tentacles extending from Infinite Kelp's head simultaneously rose!
Like a peacock fanning its tail, they blotted out the sky, then, carrying immense force, slammed down hard on Saitama and Hansen, who were encircled within them!
This single blow was enough to utterly destroy them along with the street beneath their feet!
"Be careful! Danger!"
The heroes present cried out in alarm.
However, the two individuals targeted by the Monster remained unfazed.
Saitama, in his yellow uniform, even gestured to Hansen not to act, and he himself eagerly stepped forward.
Casually transferring his shopping bag to his left hand, he simply raised his right hand.
Normal Series —
"Normal Wave!"
Clap clap clap clap clap —!
In an instant, dozens of muffled thuds merged into one resonant sound with a built-in reverb.
And the red rubber glove on Saitama's hand waved like a Thousand-Armed Guanyin; the terrifying mass of seaweed, capable of splitting mountains and rocks, was all caught by him at the same time and clutched in his hand.
The onlookers, both citizens and heroes, were simultaneously dumbfounded; some even rubbed their eyes to confirm they hadn't seen wrong.
What the hell?!
The seaweed attack that could casually overturn a truck with a single blow, could it really be caught so easily by hand?!
Infinite Kelp was also stunned for a second, her body maintaining the posture of exerting force, yet she found herself unable to advance an inch.
"You… what did you do?!"
She shrieked in terror.
Saitama did not answer; his gaze was focused and fervent, as if he were selecting the plumpest fresh fish at a market.
He gripped the base of that bundle of tentacles, then applied a little force, and gently tugged.
Rip—!!!
With a crisp, loud sound, a large bundle of indestructible seaweed tentacles, like green onions pulled from the soil, was forcibly ripped from its roots by Saitama!
At the break, hardly any sap flowed out; it was smooth and even.
All the heroes:!!!
Infinite Kelp:???
Saitama didn't care what others thought.
He weighed the heavy, several-hundred-pound trophy in his hand; the slippery texture and fresh oceanic scent made him very satisfied.
"Hmm, good quality."
Saying this, he opened his shopping bag and stuffed the bundle of seaweed inside, the bag instantly bulging full.
On the other side, the utterly humiliated Infinite Kelp controlled her mud-like, pitch-black body, and immediately, dense, long, narrow seaweed grew out again!
Seeing this, Hansen, who had been slacking off the whole time, brightened up.
"Infinite Kelp, so the key to this guy's ability is on the 'infinite' part?"
"Damn it! You damned bald passerby!! Urgh…!"
Infinite Kelp, who had almost instantly regrown a body full of seaweed, glared fiercely in Saitama's direction, gritting her teeth.
But she found that in the time it took her to grow some hair, her vision was completely filled by a gleaming bald head!
"You, you, you, you, you…!!"
Saitama raised his dazzling, egg-shaped head, his gaze intensely fixed on Infinite Kelp's seemingly endless mass of seaweed, a simple, honest smile appearing on his face that made Infinite Kelp's soul flee.
"So your seaweed grows so fast? Then I'll pull off a bit more, you wouldn't mind, would you?"
Infinite Kelp:!!!
"You… don't come any closer!!!"
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