"Heh heh heh..."
Carnage Kabuto pointed to himself, lips curling into a savage grin.
He obeyed Saitama—but that didn't mean he'd follow just anyone. He was a true dragon-level monster!
The complete Carnage form!
"Ahem... Dr. Helen, this could be difficult," Dr. Genus said awkwardly. "Carnage's personality is violent. To make him cooperate, you'll probably have to..."
Genus knew him best. Unless beaten into submission, Carnage Kabuto bowed to no one.
Bruce Banner rolled up his sleeves, looking every bit the violent scientist. "Want me to smash him around a bit?"
Helen just smiled. "No need. He's only a beetle."
Only a beetle?!
Carnage Kabuto's pride exploded. He swore he'd teach this woman fear.
Three minutes later...
"Lady Helen... whatever you need, I'll do it! I swear!"
Beaten black and blue, head covered in lumps, Carnage Kabuto groveled. He swore never again to fight her. Her interruptions with the Mind Stone broke his rhythm again and again, until her fists pummeled him into submission.
The Super Martial Arts Tournament.
Crowds packed the arena, roaring with excitement.
Saitama, wearing a wig, had signed up easily.
"Welcome, everyone, to the 22nd Super Martial Arts Tournament!" the host cheered.
Contestants were introduced—many martial artists, some even pro heroes like Lightning Max and Snake.
One after another, fighters postured. One mocked "Charanko" (actually Saitama in disguise) as a weakling unworthy to stand there. Saitama ignored him completely.
Just as the introductions ended—
The crowd gasped as people parted, making way for two elderly figures.
Silver Fang Bang, the grandmaster of Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist.
And his brother Bomb, grandmaster of Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist.
"It's Master Bang!"
"My idol!"
"They said he couldn't come—yet here he is!"
The audience erupted in reverence.
Two living legends. Two grandmasters. Brothers, each having created their own school.
One clan, two founders.
What honor!
The host nearly tripped over himself in excitement, as the two masters ascended the judge's seats.
"This... this is what I must reach someday," thought a handsome young man in the crowd, clad in a long coat, black hair tied in a flowing ponytail.
The previous tournament's champion—Suiryu!
"Bang and Bomb, huh? I'd love to spar them one day," said a burly man with a thick beard like iron spikes.
Last year's champion—Bakuzan!
The tournament atmosphere surged to fever pitch.
The two brothers exchanged a faint smile. They had already agreed on something.
Bang stepped forward. The crowd fell silent.
"I am Bang, founder of Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist. Since age eight, I've devoted my life to martial arts, creating my own style. Today, I announce this: together with my elder brother Bomb, founder of Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist, we will bear witness to this tournament. And the champion... shall inherit my school's legacy."
The words shook the arena like thunder.
The inheritance of a grandmaster!
Every fighter's eyes burned like starving wolves.
Even Charanko, Bang's supposed "disciple," had never received true inheritance. Such things were sacred, passed only to the worthiest.
Now Bang himself promised it here.
The crowd went mad.
And then Bomb spoke—his words igniting them further, the arena howling with frenzy.
This year's Super Martial Arts Tournament would be unlike any before.
(End of Chapter)
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