Wearing his Action Mask combat suit, Shin-chan arrived at the entrance of a park.
This was the new gathering place for the former Kasukabe Defense Force, now the Royal Capital Defense Force, after Japan was destroyed.
The park wasn't big. It had a slide, a sand pit, and a few old trees. The benches under the trees were painted red, the paint somewhat mottled. It looked a lot like the park where they used to gather in Kasukabe.
At that moment, Kazama, Masao, Nene, and Bo-chan, also members of the Royal Capital Defense Force, were wearing their combat suits as well.
Like Shin-chan, they had undergone Vegapunk's human modification, gained the same superhuman-level power as the Vinsmoke Family, and become C-Class Heroes.
"Yo, everyone looks so weird," Shin-chan greeted.
'Not weirder than you, okay.'
Kazama rolled his eyes.
Their combat suits were designed relatively normally. They were basically the same style as Sanji's brothers in the One Piece World... solid-color bodysuits with different colored numbers on their chests. Beyond that, there was nothing special.
Only Shin-chan had forcibly modified his according to his requirements to look like Action Mask's, with red underwear on the outside.
Wearing this kind of tokusatsu outfit, Kazama already felt pretty embarrassed. If he had to wear Shin-chan's style, he felt he might as well die.
Shin-chan clicked his tongue and leaned close to Kazama's ear. "Kazama-kun, you really want to wear the Moepi style, don't you?"
"What did you say?!"
Kazama's face instantly turned bright red. He tackled Shin-chan to the ground and covered his mouth.
Moepi was the main female character in his favorite magical girl anime. When she transformed, she would shout, "Magical girl of love and justice, Moepi."
Kazama had always tried hard to hide his otaku nature. But actually, the members of the Royal Capital Defense Force all knew. They just pretended not to know normally. Only Shin-chan would casually tease him about it.
Nene and the others quickly pulled Kazama and Shin-chan apart. "Today is the first day of school. A lot of new students are joining the school. We need to go to the scene to maintain order!"
Hearing this, even Shin-chan stopped fooling around. The group prepared to head to the school.
Just as they were about to leave, the sound of an argument came from the other side of the park.
"It's okay, Kacchan. We still have another chance next year."
A timid voice had just finished speaking, followed immediately by the sound of kicking and punching.
The five of them turned their heads to look.
A durian-haired high school student kicked the green-haired high school student next to him to the ground and kept stomping on his back.
Each kick produced a dull thud.
Bakugo's forehead veins bulged one by one. His teeth ground together audibly.
"Next time! Next time! Next time! Is there even going to be a next time?!"
Passersby nearby gave them a wide berth. Some turned their heads and quickened their pace.
No one dared to step forward to stop them.
The day before, the two had gone for their interviews at the Superpower Academy again. Both of them had been rejected.
The reason Bakugo was rejected went without saying.
As for Izuku, it was because he was too close to Bakugo.
Itsuki, the interviewer, felt that if he didn't distance himself from this friend, Izuku would end up having problems sooner or later.
What's more, this kid's personality was indeed too timid. He wasn't suited to be a Hero.
Seeing Bakugo's behavior growing more and more excessive, Nene couldn't help stepping forward and shouting, "Hey, why are you hitting people?!"
Bakugo paused. He turned his head, his gaze sweeping over the five elementary schoolers.
Seeing those kids who didn't even reach his waist, the corner of his mouth twitched. He snorted coldly. "Get lost, or I'll beat you up too!"
He recognized these kids... the 'child prodigies' who appeared on the news every day, several years younger than him yet already C-Class Heroes.
This strong contrast made the raging monkey even more upset.
However, Shin-chan and the others, who had already gained superpowers, weren't about to be intimidated by a threat like this.
Though they were only bottom-tier C-Class Heroes, they already had experience fighting Anomalies.
Just as Bakugo was about to stomp on Izuku's head again,
Kazama suddenly rushed out and was in front of the raging monkey in an instant.
Kazama raised his foot and blocked the bottom of Bakugo's foot with the top of his own. He didn't budge.
With the height difference between them, this scene looked just like the iconic scene in the original One Piece where Doflamingo was about to stomp on Law and was stopped by Luffy.
Kazama looked up, his eyes fixed on Bakugo. "This is illegal. Come on, turn yourself in."
"Get lost, kid!"
The raging monkey flew into a rage and swung his palm at Kazama's face.
He was already furious about being rejected by the Superpower Academy three times. Seeing these brats who had become Heroes earlier than him made him even angrier.
Seeing someone dare to hit Kazama, Shin-chan naturally couldn't stand it.
He jumped directly over, did a spinning top move in mid-air, his round butt in his outer-worn red underwear tracing an arc through the air, and precisely slapped Bakugo on the side of the face.
"Butt Attack—!"
Smack—!
The sound was crisp and loud.
Bakugo's body flew sideways as if hit by a truck, tumbling twice on the ground before stopping.
A tooth flew out of his mouth, looking especially stark on the concrete.
Shin-chan landed and spun around, like dancing a swan dance, spinning two and a half times before stopping. His prominent butt squeezed out through the gap in his pants.
Kazama looked at the state Shin-chan was in, speechless. "Can't you use a normal move?"
Shin-chan's overall combat power was unquestionably the strongest among the five of them. But this fighting style was just too embarrassing.
If he could help it, Kazama really didn't want to team up with him.
Nene took handcuffs from her waist. The metallic click was especially clear in the quiet park.
She then dusted off her hands and had Masao and Bo-chan carry this guy to the police station.
Masao and Bo-chan were about to make their move.
But before their hands could touch Bakugo's shoulder, Bakugo suddenly looked up. His bloodshot eyes pierced straight ahead like two knives.
Masao shivered and shrank back a step. "Th-this guy's eyes are so scary..."
Bo-chan didn't react much. Expressionless, he bent down and grabbed Bakugo by the ankle.
Nene punched Masao on his rice-ball head. "You're a Hero now. Can you stop being such a coward?"
Nene's tone was urgent and fierce, but her eyes showed more helplessness.
Masao covered his head, said 'oh', and dared not speak again. He thought to himself, 'Nene-chan was the scariest after all.'
The raging monkey was carried upside down, with Masao and Bo-chan carrying him one at each end, like a pig being carried for slaughter during the New Year.
The raging monkey stared at the ground and didn't struggle anymore, but his fists were clenched tight, his face full of defiance.