Joining the Hero Association

"I'm so full! I'm so full!"

Touching his round, bulging belly, Saitama wore an expression of enjoyment, looking even more laid-back.

Just then, the restaurant door was pushed open, and Dr. Genus, wearing glasses and looking like an elite, walked in.

"This must be Saitama! I heard you're a hero, but you haven't joined the Hero Association?"

Upon hearing Dr. Genus's question, Saitama blankly replied:

"The Hero Association? What's that? I'm just a hero I play for fun!"

Vegapunk, who had finished his lavish meal, wiped his mouth with a napkin and said casually:

"The Hero Association was founded by the wealthy man Agoni. The initial motivation was for Agoni to establish it in gratitude to the hero who saved his grandson. It is an organization that operates by raising funds from the public."

"They have also been the main force in the fight against Monsters over the years. The heroes in the association are divided into four levels: S, A, B, and C, based on their combat abilities and social contributions..."

Saitama yawned, looking uninterested, and shook his head:

"Who would want to join that kind of organization..."

Vegapunk paused slightly, then spoke:

"Give me the money!"

"Where can I register for the Hero Association?! I want to join!"

Vegapunk wasn't surprised at all; he just smiled slightly, while Dr. Genus had a twitching expression on his face.

This person can unlock the Limiter? Are you kidding me?

"Becoming a hero isn't an easy thing,"

Vegapunk smiled at Saitama, and seeing Saitama's indifferent expression, he continued:

A written test is required.

Saitama was immediately dumbfounded. When it came to fists and fighting power, this Caped Baldy was naturally fearless, but the written test...

Are you kidding me? If I had been a good student back then, would I have ended up as a hero (unemployed) who does things out of interest?

"But don't worry, Dr. Genus and I have developed a Subminiature Ossicular Machine and Micro-Probe Robot. As long as you use them during the exam, you can definitely get full marks on the written test!"

"You just need to complete some tests and experiments..."

"Incredible!"

"That's impossible!"

"The machine must be malfunctioning!"

Dr. Genus's eyes widened as he looked at the test results, while Vegapunk felt that Saitama still had a lot of room for improvement.

After all, Saitama only just went bald, so there's still a gap between his strength a year from now and his strength a year from now, even though he's already abnormally strong.

Moreover, this strengthening continues endlessly, and even Saitama himself probably can't say how strong it will become.

Of course, even with Saitama's current physical abilities, he could still play the role of a bald, non-flying Superman by wearing his underwear on the outside, which truly opened Dr. Genus's eyes.

"Is this the power of breaking the Limiter? It's unbelievable!"

When Saitama emerged from the Laboratory, Dr. Genus's intense gaze nearly startled him. Dr. Genus spoke with great enthusiasm:

"Mr. Saitama, would you be willing to donate some of your body tissue for our research? The price is negotiable!"

Upon hearing this, Saitama's eyes lit up slightly:

"Great! Back then Vegapunk paid a kilogram of gold for my blood donation! Is this the same price for you?"

"Of course... Hmm?! Has Dr. Vegapunk collected your blood?"

Dr. Genus turned to look at Vegapunk, Vegapunk shrugged.

"Yes! But after studying it for a long time, I found that it was exactly the same as normal human blood, without any difference!"

"This is unbelievable! That was the first time I ever doubted my own research abilities!"

Vegapunk studied for a long time but got no results. It was as if Saitama was the strongest in this world, but there was no basis for the reason why his physical abilities had become so strong!

Dr. Genus's expression calmed down, but his eyes seemed to burn with a raging fire:

"Even Dr. Vegapunk can't reach a conclusion? If I were to make some progress in my research, wouldn't that mean I've surpassed you, Dr. Vegapunk?"

"If you can figure it out, then you will definitely surpass me..."

Vegapunk smiled and said he was pleased with Dr. Genus's research ambitions, thinking that maybe he could actually discover something.

The universe is so vast that Vegapunk doesn't consider himself the strongest scientist. Many worlds still have freaks who surpass him, and some scientists' research is even completely illogical.

Only by truly absorbing the strengths of others can one make progress in their research. Therefore, as long as they are not adversaries, Vegapunk does not mind the growth of other scientists.

Of course, Vegapunk didn't think Dr. Genus could come up with anything, because Saitama's body sample was too simple—just like a normal ordinary person, making it impossible to know where to start.

Saitama's current physical strength is such that even a bullet wouldn't leave a mark on him, let alone a needle. Fortunately, he can still break through his own defenses.

Tempted by the gold, the guy frowned, bit his finger, and let a drop of blood fall. Dr. Genus took it as a treasure, and then handed a large wad of cash to Saitama.

"Saitama, weren't you going to register with the Hero Association?"

In the no-man's-land of Z-City, Vegapunk looked at Saitama, who was lying on the sofa lazily watching TV, and said somewhat speechlessly.

Saitama clicked his tongue, his dead fish eyes darting around, and said listlessly:

"Ah... well, let's talk about that after I've spent all my money!"

In reality, Saitama, being a lazy bum, has very low living capital; as long as he has water, electricity, and food, he's fine.

Although he seems to love money, frankly speaking, it's just a momentary passion. If you give him a lot of money, he might eat a little better and turn the air conditioning down a bit, but there's nothing else he needs to change.

In this situation, once the initial enthusiasm wore off, he reverted to his lazy state. Sign up for the Hero Association? Forget it! I'll wait until I'm broke.

Vegapunk didn't really care whether Saitama went to the Hero Association or not. Seeing that Saitama was unwilling, he didn't say anything more. Anyway, whether Saitama went to the Hero Association or not, he would still do some things to eliminate Monsters, so it wouldn't interfere with his work.

"Alright, I was originally planning to take you with me to the Hero Association this time! It seems I'll have to take Armored Gorilla and the others instead."

"Go to the Hero Association? Vegapunk, aren't you a scientist? You want to be a hero too?"

Saitama asked in surprise, Vegapunk shrugged and explained:

"The Hero Association has quite a few hidden scientists, and their technology is quite advanced. I plan to go there and see if I can learn more about science and technology!"

"Then what are you doing bringing those Monsters along? Are you going to cause trouble?"

"It's okay... Actually, there are quite a few heroes in the Hero Association who are not much different from Monsters."

"Furthermore, I have developed an artificial version of the Human-Human Fruit, and the Monsters under my command can now turn into humans and also possess human rationality."

Yes, in order to solve the problem of the Monsters' unstable sanity, Vegapunk directly created artificial Human-Human Fruit and fed them to those Monsters.

In reality, these Monsters possess considerable intelligence; it's just that their personalities are more inclined towards destruction, and they are prone to losing their minds.

When Vegapunk created the Human-Human Fruit, he slightly modified its biases, making it more inclined towards the benevolent side, greatly increasing the rationality of these Monsters, and also making their personalities less inclined towards evil.

It can be said that the Human-Human Fruit created by Vegapunk can be called a regular Benevolent Fruit.

In this way, Vegapunk transformed the Monsters in the House of Evolution into beings who could switch between human and Monsters states, allowing them to go out and explore.

If scientists in the One-Punch Man World knew about Vegapunk's research, their eyes would probably widen in disbelief! You see, Monsters is almost irreversible, or at least impossible to reverse under external influence!

However, Vegapunk can restore the personality and rationality of creatures that have become Monsters, which completely subverts the rules of the One-Punch Man World.

In any case, after Dr. Genus finished reading Vegapunk's research, he was completely dumbfounded and his worldview was shattered.

"Oh, I see... Good luck!"

Unfortunately, Saitama, this good-for-nothing, had no idea how rare these studies were. He just watched TV, casually waved his hand, then reached for a bag of potato chips and started crunching away with relish.

As for Vegapunk joining the Hero Association, he simply indicated that he knew about it.

"Would any of you like to join the Hero Association? Please register here!"

Vegapunk arrived at the Hero Association's registration desk, accompanied by a voluptuous and beautiful woman and a super-sized man.

"Good, give us three copies of the registration form!"

Vegapunk took the registration forms and handed them to the two people behind him. Soon, the three of them filled them out and handed them to the waiter.

"Alright, Mosquito Girl, Carnage Kabuto, and Mr. Vegapunk, please go in now for the exam..."

Vegapunk didn't have time for any exams. With a casual Genjutsu, he controlled the teachers, and several teachers and testers immediately gave them full marks on their written and physical tests.

As for the testers who were in the same batch as them, they were also completely bewildered by Vegapunk's Genjutsu and did not react to this behavior at all.

Although Vegapunk himself wasn't particularly talented in combat, the Quantum Chip he possessed gave him a level of skill far exceeding that of ordinary people in ninjutsu requiring precise control, such as Sealing Techniques, Medical Ninjutsu, and Genjutsu. Not to mention, his Chakra reserves alone were comparable to Princess Kaguya Otsutsuki, making it easy for him to deceive a group of ordinary people.

Just a few days later, the Hero Association sent them their notification letters. All three of them had undoubtedly scored full marks. However, even so, they did not become S-Class Hero, but instead became the bottom of the B-Class Hero.

The reason why a certain Demon Cyborg was able to rise to the top in one step is because he was quite active before joining the Hero Association and had a record of fighting against Demon-Level Threat. After joining the Hero Association, he naturally became S-Class Hero.

Just like King, the strongest man on Earth who was a fraud, he joined the Hero Association without taking any exams—if he had actually taken the exams, he would have been exposed long ago!

Within the Hero Association, heroes need to improve their ranking by defeating Monsters. Vegapunk didn't have that much free time, so he simply created a Wood Clone and sent it off to farm points.

Vegapunk joined the Hero Association simply to get in touch with the S-Class Hero from the technology side.

With Saitama, the Caped Baldy, existing in this world, it's virtually impossible to completely control it. He doesn't have any other ideas; at most, he wants to use the Hero Association's power to develop some Space Gate.

Several months passed quickly, and Vegapunk's hero ranking, thanks to the activity of his Wood Clone, rose to the top ten of the B-Class Hero.

"Is this the House of Evolution?"

Several black cars rolled through the grass and stopped in front of the House of Evolution. The car doors opened, and a beautiful woman with a slender figure and short hair in a dress stepped out.

She has short black hair and green eyes, is tall, and has fair skin. Her gaze is somewhat sharp, and she has a curvaceous figure. She wears pearl necklaces and other jewelry, a dark green long dress, and black high-heeled over-the-knee leather boots.

She's a mature and elegant beauty that's instantly captivating!

"That's right, Lady Fubuki, this is the House of Evolution. Those B-Class Hero rose through the ranks so quickly came from here!"

The underling who opened the car door for Fubuki spoke earnestly:

"These guys are very strong, and their rise is quite impressive! Lady Fubuki, shouldn't you reconsider?"

"Yes! Lady Fubuki, the three of them are a team. It might not be so easy to recruit them all into the Blizzard Group."

"Alright! They're just three newcomers!"

The short-haired beauty was none other than Hellish Blizzard. At this moment, she waved her hand, seemingly unconcerned, but a hint of caution was revealed in her eyes.

As a superpowered individual who suffers immense pressure and even some psychological trauma due to her older sister's overwhelming superpowers, Hellish Blizzard is only a B-Class Hero, but that's only because she wants to enjoy the title of number one.

In fact, if we only consider strength, Hellish Blizzard is among the top ten, or even close to the top five, of A-Class Hero. This is precisely why she is here with such confidence.