Chapter 404: Reincarnators Retreat
"You... what are you?!"
Tornado's pupils trembled. Though she vaguely realized this B-Class hero named Saitama had some special strength, she never thought he possessed this kind of... power.
For a moment, she actually didn't know how to describe this power.
The sky shook, and yellow sand poured upward toward the heavens. The atmosphere and sky of this part of the world were shattered together as if the air above this planet was blasted away. Several yellow sand tornadoes immediately appeared on the desert.
These tornadoes rolled up countless grains of sand and poured them toward outer space.
The sky became phantasmagoric, and physical laws were also affected.
This level of strength could no longer be described by the concept of [Human]. If she, [Tornado of Terror], possessed power that other heroes guarded against as a [Potential Dragon or Above Disaster] due to her esper abilities...
Then what this baldy displayed at this moment should be power that could truly bring extinction to the world!
Unimaginable power made Tornado's expression change for the first time.
Mob dropped his hands. The last trace of luck in his heart disappeared. This guy called [Saitama] was indeed this kind of existence.
Completely unconstrainable. The survival of the world lay solely within a single thought of his.
Saitama, revealing that alienated and indifferent posture at this moment, looked increasingly similar in demeanor to the "person" fighting [Fatalism] until the world's destruction in the prophecy he saw.
Saitama was actually a person quite lacking in [Abilities]. He couldn't shoot lasers, couldn't shoot beams, couldn't even fly, and would subconsciously hold his breath in outer space.
But he pushed the basic abilities belonging to a [Human] to an inconceivable realm.
Can't fly, but a forceful kick is enough to jump back to the ground from the moon.
Can't shoot beams, but one punch creates a shockwave enough to give the planet a "middle part" hairstyle.
His power had completely lost its "Limit." Therefore, it became harder to get satisfaction from battle. That enthusiasm gradually cooled, leaving only that initial wisp of good thought in the brilliance of human nature, making him a "Hero for Fun."
But these people were constantly using him, provoking him, treating him as some kind of rule-based object to try to conquer or influence.
Whether it was this guy pretending to be a supermarket boss, stripping away his sense of gain bit by bit.
Or that guy who conversely deliberately claimed to be "for fun" to awaken him...
Saitama already completely understood the game [Fate Eternal] and Kaito Shirogane played around him.
He actually didn't mind being used. Even if necessary, they could slander him; he didn't care.
But in the battle between these two just a moment ago, that indifference treating their own lives and even the lives of everyone in this world as nothing made Saitama feel extremely disgusted.
Yes, he could clearly feel that Mercenary Tao was deliberately luring that guy to attack. He deliberately provoked that guy to attack him because Mercenary Tao calculated that he and the bad-tempered brat would act...
And that "Supermarket Boss" also understood everything. He knew he and the bad-tempered brat would save Mercenary Tao, so he chose to directly attack the entire city, or even the entire tectonic plate.
Using this form to force the few of them to give up saving Mercenary Tao, or even...
He also had the resolve that Saitama wouldn't kill him.
Saitama liked fighting, and thinking during battle was reasonable. But the thinking and judgment of these two had a flavor that made Saitama feel disgusted.
There was no "passion" belonging to normal creatures. It seemed everything had a line, and they were choosing according to that "optimal" line.
Looking at the notifications in the Space panel, looking at the shattered crown above his head, [Shiyu]'s expression shook, but soon, he adjusted his mindset and gradually calmed down.
[Fate Eternal]'s original Reincarnator codename was [Shiyu]. Because he got used to being addressed as [Fate Eternal] after obtaining the Supreme Crown, Shiyu only now unaccustomedly remembered that he was Shiyu, not Fate Eternal.
Moreover, this Supreme Crown [Fate Eternal] didn't have good compatibility with him. Shattering now couldn't be counted as an unacceptable loss. The next selection cycle was only about two mission cycles away from now...
He quickly weighed the gains and losses in his mind and soothed his own mindset.
His breathing was slightly disordered. Shiyu was also very clear that his current state of mind itself demonstrated his "fear."
He looked at Saitama showing an expression never seen in anime or mission worlds. That fear appearing only when life and death were involuntary appeared again after a long time.
Something... changed in Saitama...
"Hehe, Mr. Saitama, we..."
Saitama's right hand moved back. Shiyu's breathing stagnated instinctively. Divine power flowed in his body. In just a moment, a large amount of fear emotion emitted by himself, mixed with the fear generated by those people in Z-City witnessing his Divine Finger falling twice consecutively, began to be absorbed by him.
As the [Mantra God Race] bloodline improved at the Goddess's place spending S-Class Singularities, he didn't need to rely on emotions from human prayers but could directly use human emotions to enhance divine power.
But this power couldn't give him much sense of security at this time either.
Saitama shook his arm. The creaking sound produced by the friction of muscles and bones made the man, who began to display a stronger aura before his eyes, take a step back.
"Are you afraid?"
"Is it because my behavior exceeded your expectations?"
[Warning, AE21154911, your behavior caused special plot character Saitama to develop Trans-dimensional characteristics. It will cause unpredictable influence on this world. Please stop contact immediately]
[Warning, AE21154911, please stay away from special plot character Saitama immediately]
[Warning, AE21154911...]
Shiyu merely glanced at it, then moved his gaze away from the Space panel. [Black King] was originally a kind of "BUG" in the Space, a special Reincarnator that shouldn't exist.
To make this kind of existence appear, causing the Space to show this kind of warning message naturally meant nothing.
It's just that right now...
He raised both hands in front of himself. At the same time, Mantra Divine Power rose infinitely, ready to activate True Immortal State at any time.
"Mr. Saitama, can you listen to my explanation?"
"You should also be longing for an opponent capable of fighting on equal footing, aren't you..."
His "Talk-no-Jutsu" hadn't fully started when Saitama interrupted again. At this time, Saitama displayed a rare oppressiveness.
"So you have to use this method to drag everyone in..."
Saitama's words didn't sound like a question, but more like finally getting the answer.
But obviously, he didn't like this answer.
Saitama stepped forward. He looked at Shiyu coldly, his right fist swinging back to his waist.
In this instant, a clear sense of death appeared in Shiyu's mind. He released divine power instantly, his figure growing huge within the divine power.
Saitama had already punched out.
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