Through media networks and other channels, it was easy to confirm the current timeline of the One Punch Man world.
To put it simply, at this time, a certain bald trainee had not yet debuted, and the conflict between the two camps of heroes and monsters was already brewing.
It was foreseeable that monster incidents would begin to occur more frequently across the major cities, and the level of disasters would gradually escalate.
Joshiro subconsciously lowered the brim of his hat.
Yeah, this was going to be troublesome.
Boom-
Amidst the loud blast, Joshiro came back to his senses and frowned slightly.
Black smoke billowed from the left block ahead, and faint screams mixed with shouts of panic could be heard.
"There… that's Senmu Commercial Street!"
He squeezed the accelerator, and the small scooter roared with a power that seemed out of place for its appearance, racing toward the site of the explosion.
Five minutes later, the scooter skidded to a stop at the roadside. Joshiro got off, where blazing flames and heavy smoke consumed everything in sight. Thick clouds of soot covered the sky.
The office buildings on both sides of the street were blackened with smoke. Burning vehicles and scattered debris formed a barrier of wreckage that, along with the heat of the flames, cut off any hope of escape for those still trapped inside the pedestrian street.
Apart from those trapped within, nearby pedestrians had already fled.
Joshiro nodded slightly. To keep the place clear, he shed his tie, slipping his police hat and coat into the scooter's trunk. Rolling up his sleeves and twisting his neck to loosen the tension, he strode toward the fire.
Click!
Behind him, a reporter who had just arrived instinctively raised his camera and snapped a photo, capturing the image of Joshiro walking against the blaze.
The reporter never noticed the next detail-the moment Joshiro stepped forward into the choking flames, a layer of azure fire surged across his body. The flame burned like an aura, acting as a barrier that separated him from both smoke and heat.
Due to the rules of this world, Joshiro's spiritual power had shifted through adaptation, manifesting like a psychic ability akin to what the Tornado Sisters displayed-a realistic form of telekinesis.
After a month and a half of training, combined with his daily card draws, Joshiro's combat power had grown far from ordinary.
…
"Help!"
"Someone! Please help me!!"
"Ahh! No! Oh no-I'm dead!!"
"Monster, don't kill me!"
…
Inside the pedestrian street, sparks crackled from a shattered neon sign, sputtering briefly before extinguishing. The air was heavy with the sharp, metallic scent of blood.
Following the cries for help, Joshiro's eyes narrowed and sharpened.
The street was littered with corpses-civilians brutally slain and left behind like prey torn apart by some ruthless hunter.
Suddenly, an explosion rocked the front of a pet shop. Reinforced steel and shards of concrete burst outward, smashing across the street into a clothing shop. In the haze of smoke and dust, heavy footsteps echoed.
From within the smoke emerged five reptilian claws, each footfall cracking the ground beneath with a tremor that chilled the air.
The monster revealed itself as the haze cleared-a towering creature of over three meters with thick scaly hide, powerful hind legs supporting its upright gait, and a massive tail dragging trenches through the road.
"Hisss! I am the Lizard Monster! I mutated for resembling a lizard too much! Hisss!"
Its tongue slithered out, forked and dripping with corrosive saliva that hissed as it burned holes in the pavement.
"Stupid humans! You will pay for mocking me-!"
Bang!
The first gunshot cut through the air, a bullet wreathed in azure energy flames piercing through the monster's left eye socket, bursting the lid and corroding the lens into pulp.
"Aaarrghh!! Who dares attack me from the shadows?!"
Bang-bang-bang-
More bullets answered, each wrapped in the same blue telekinetic energy, doubling their penetrating force. The lizard monster's armored scales shredded under the barrage, leaving bloody craters along its face. Yet its sheer size and regenerative ability let it weather the punishment, muscles forcing the bullets back out as tissue knit itself together again.
Even the destroyed eye began to wither, preparing to regenerate anew.
Its vitality was exactly what defined a monster-stubborn and relentless.
"Tch, strong monster… this is going to be troublesome," Joshiro muttered.
He holstered the emptied pistol and stepped out of the shadows, standing firmly opposite the beast.
The reptile's vertical pupils widened on him, and with a roar, the monster spun and lashed its giant tail, shattering a lamppost as it swung with devastating force.
"How dare you show yourself so openly!"
It charged with terrifying speed for its size, closing thirty meters in only three steps, jaws wide to bite.
Joshiro lifted his head calmly, the corner of his mouth tugging into a cold grin.
"Spider Time-activate."
"Za Warudo!"
The world froze in silence.
In the reflection of the lizard monster's amber eye, a fist wreathed in azure flames grew steadily larger as time resumed.
"Ora ora ora ora ora!"
The barrage of punches tore into the monster's skull before it could react. Its fearsome head warped grotesquely under the blows, bone crunching and flesh swelling into a deformed mass.
Exhaling once, Joshiro drove the final punch through, toppling the monster's entire body to the ground with a thunderous crash.
Snapping his fingers, he activated his ability again-summoning an ordinary N-rank card that glowed brightly before flicking into the air.
From high above, a massive shadow fell across the battlefield.
The lizard monster's remaining eye shrank with primal terror as something impossible appeared out of thin air.
Above it descended a yellow-painted heavy-duty steamroller, driven down by both gravity and the support of Joshiro's psychic flame.
"Road Roller Da!"
"Forgive my japanese but NANI!!!!!!"
The machine fell at once, its massive wheel crushing through the monster's body and silencing its roaring cries beneath tons of steel.
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