"Warning, warning—illegal intrusion!"
A giant sentry bot thundered into view before the kids. "Step out slowly. Do not resist."
For a heartbeat they just froze—then panic hit.
"Oh no, he's a Decepticon! He'll kill us!"
"Told you—last kid they caught got strung up like a toy on a high-rise for three days!"
"Jed, I said not to mess around on Decepticon turf!"
"Well we're already here—too late to regret it now!"
"Run!"
Hands raised, eyes darting, they tried to wordlessly count down and bolt.
From the roofline, Saitama twitched his mouth. Red-dot sights were already skating over their chests, and they still wanted to scatter? Adorable… and suicidal.
"Didn't think I'd bump into a pack of troublemakers right here," he sighed. Still—these kids were the hook that would draw out the Transformers 5 heroine. He'd picked up plenty of quips lately, but one thing hadn't changed: his drive to protect humans.
"If taking one step back means watching the world shatter, then you don't step back."
Whoosh.
Saitama dropped to the street in front of the children.
Facing the sentry, he said, "Buddy, tell Megatron this—if he doesn't want more enemies, let the kids go. I'll be your opponent."
The robot's voice rasped like grinding gears. "Identify yourself… krrr—another intruder detected!"
Deep within the Decepticon network, Saitama's image blinked onto a holo-feed.
Atop the tallest human tower, Megatron stared at the pale-blue projection of a bald man. "Decepticons, explain. How is he back on my grid?"
"L-Lord Megatron, we only discovered this human today. We're tracking him now…"
"Then what have you learned?"
"Name: Saitama. Combat power: very high!"
"How high?"
"Um… slightly lower than you, my lord."
"…?"
"Not slightly. Two points. Maybe three."
Megatron knocked the lackey across the chamber with a single punch. "Bring him to me. Now. Useless scrap!"
Tail tucked, the underling hustled out—and the moment he cleared the base, a red glint slid through his optics. "Saitama… just you wait."
Back at the ruins, Saitama didn't give the sentry more time. The Transformers 5 world here wasn't quite the one he knew; delays would only endanger the kids.
And then—his system chimed and a hidden side quest popped up:
"Protect these children and safeguard 'Boyfriend'! Reward: 1 × Autobot collectible model, plus a detailed City-2 map!"
He didn't get why this triggered it—until he punched the sentry and it exploded like a steel watermelon. Then it clicked. In the movie's line, the kids should've been saved by the young heroine; her little blue gadget would have lost an arm here, unable to transform afterward, and the Autobot who shielded her from a missile would die. The system's "Boyfriend" reward? That specific Autobot model.
Saitama's lips curled. "This system's got jokes."
What he didn't account for was how humans in this world would react.
The kids stared, saucer-eyed.
"D-did he just one-punch a Decepticon?"
"You're not seeing things!"
"Is he… a robot in human form?"
"If he's fighting Decepticons, then he's with the Autobots, right?"
Saitama smiled. "Call me Autobot-adjacent for now. You rascals, move. Unless you want Megatron's goons to bag you."
"Y-yeah, no thanks!"
"Let's scram!"
They took off. The last to leave—round glasses, a bit like a baby Bill Gates—looked back and grinned. "Thanks! You're my Earth Guardian!"
"…"
Saitama's face went flat. Great. One minute he's a normal bald guy; next minute he's the 'Earth Guardian.' Kids these days and their titles…
"Whatever. Let's check the loot."
Sure enough: a yellow mini-pickup Autobot model slotted into his system inventory—the one linked to the girl. A full City-2 map appeared as well.
"Nice. Means I don't have to bug Andrew's team for routes." In fact, it was better than that: a real-time, live-traffic e-map somehow immune to Decepticon interference. Don't ask how the system carved it out beyond the TF5 world's edge—it just did.
"Hey, big brother—why are you zoning out?"
While Saitama checked the system, the scarf-masked young heroine stepped from cover, the blue mechanical ladybug peeking at his ankle. "You exposed yourself picking a fight with a Decepticon. This area isn't safe anymore. They'll come for you soon."
Saitama glanced at the rosy-cheeked girl—and the blue bug-bot at her heel. The system pulsed again.
"Escort Mission: START!
Protect the girl and break out of the danger zone until you've shaken all Decepticon pursuit.
Reward: Attribute Enhancement."
His eyes narrowed. "That… might be a problem."
(End of Chapter)
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