One Punch Man King Engine - Chapter 107
“Saitama is going to escape.”
King watched with his own eyes as Saitama defeated Marugori with a single punch. While lamenting how strong Saitama was, he discovered that Saitama didn’t even pause after killing the giant. The bald Hero immediately ran full speed towards his home in Z City.
“System, use No-Star-Level Card to copy Saitama.”
He felt refreshed, imagining that Saitama Monster Card was being added to his deck.
“With Saitama Card in my hands, I can go anywhere in the world. Tornado becomes vegetable roll, and Silver Fang would surrender. Metal Knight becomes metal scraps, and Atomic Samurai would be as harmless as a fruit knife…”
“Beep! A mirror image of the target has been captured.”
“Analyzing target to be fused into No Star Level Card….”
“Three…”
“Two…”
“One…”
“Sha Sha… di… ka… kaka… kaka…”
King was still fantasizing about devastating everything in his path with Saitama Monster Card in his hands when he suddenly heard a series of hoarse and strange sounds from System. It seemed that there was a malfunction.
“Hey, System, what are these messy sounds? Are you okay?” He asked with slight concern, but System did not reply.
“Dudu… dong… ta ta…”
Instead, the inexplicable noises continued.
He did not give up and asked again, “Hey, System, is this sound of No Star Level Card fusing with the target?”
His heart sank when System still didn’t answer him. Something is clearly wrong.
Bang! Bang! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The noise became more frequent, as if a heavy machine operating at an extreme speed, ready to break at any moment.
“Hey, System! Answer me!”
King’s bad premonition grew stronger and stronger. This had never happened before, and the unknown situation made him feel uneasy. He kept asking System questions, trying to figure out what had happened.
“Boom!”
But the only answer he got was a muffled explosion, as if someone had detonated a bomb directly in his head. He lost his sense of self for a moment, his mind blank. His ears continued ringing for a while.
“Ding! Target strength is beyond System capacity. No Star Level Card cannot withstand the explosive power!”
“Ding! Self-diagnostic of System internal function has discovered many fatal errors. System would enter self-repair mode after three seconds. During self-repair, all System functions would be suspended.”
“Three…”
“Two…”
“One…”
“Ding, self-repair mode activated. System has been suspended.”
Before King could recover from the explosion, System had been suspended, giving him no time to react or protest.
“Goddammit!” He snapped out of his daze, but finding out that System had been suspended dumbfounded him again.
Suspension of all System functions means Card collection, Card possession, and comprehended Skills; all can’t be used. In other words, for the time being, he had returned to the time before crossing worlds, becoming an… otaku without the strength to truss a chicken again?
Hu hu!
Because his Skills are disabled, he quickly dropped from the sky. Fortunately, System dampened his fall; otherwise, the current him would definitely be smashed into meat paste.
Ka!
As he forcibly landed, he was in a rather sorry state. He stumbled on the ground and almost fell down. His clothes were also messed up. But these are insignificant. He looked at the giant laying not far away with a “big building” in his crotch. His heart was filled with grief. He saw a Demon-level or maybe even a Dragon-level Monster die in front of him, but he could not collect its Monster Card. It was too heartbreaking.
System’s dormancy made him depressed on top of that. In the days without System, he would have to tuck his tail between his legs and avoid any battle. It was more or less the same as before, but he had to be extra careful since he really had no strength to fight back against Monster this time.
…
“King… killed the giant?”
King did not know that while he was watching the giant, there were also people watching him from behind. After solving the train crisis, Blizzard finally turned to look at the giant. However, the giant had already collapsed. Then, she saw King falling from the sky. His body was full of “battle scars.”
Her pupils shrank. “King killed the giant? How long has it been? It has probably been less than a minute since King rushed out of the train, right? He is too powerful. The giant had so much strength, but King easily defeated him. Is this the power of the strongest man in the world? Is this the target that my sister wants to challenge? He is impossibly strong!”
“Wait a minute, why… Why do I not see any joy on his face? Why is his expression so sad when he clearly eliminated the giant?”
Blizzard was puzzled to find that King’s face was devoid of any joy from the victory. Instead, his expression was abnormally filled with grief.
What was King sad about?
She followed King’s gaze and looked at the devastated B City. No intact building survived in a radius of a hundred miles, and there were no signs of life. B City had lost all its luster.
“King is grieving for the destruction of B City?” A surprising thought arose in her heart. “King is sentimental enough to grief for the dead? Shouldn’t someone with his strength has a hardened iron heart? Like my sister, even if the sky collapsed and the earth burned, it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t concern her personally.”
…
A streak of shadow quickly flitted across the ruins of B City. The shadow arrived near King in a flash and stared at his grief-stricken face.
King? Did he kill Demon-level Monster—the giant? Hmm? He looks very sad. Is it because of the destruction of B City and the people lost? Well, well, well, very good. He has not lost his heart to his power. He always remembers Hero’s duties and still befits the title Hero.
…
“His strength is clearly top class, but he looks like a furball. His whole body looks soft and weak, and at first glance, he looks like an idiot. Very good. After years of polishing, King’s youthful sharp edge had become akin to old wine. His unremarkable looks hidden an entire world within.” Silver Fang observed King with satisfaction from a stone slab. His old face was framed by silver hair and beard, and his back was hunched.
“Ah, what a perfect successor. However, he is already so powerful and known to be the strongest. There is no reason for him to acknowledge me as his master. How upsetting!”
…
City A, Heroes Association Headquarters.
“Destroyed, eliminated. Minister, the giant’s elimination has been confirmed.”
Maria reported to Sitch in high spirits.
“Is that so?” Sitch was overjoyed. “Do you know who did it? King? Or Silver Fang?”
Maria said with certainty, “It’s King. I’m sure it was King who killed the giant.”
“Is it King? The strongest man in the world!”
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