The Captured Deep Sea King

Saitama tilted his head, completely ignoring what the Deep Sea King was saying.

Anyway, the Caped Baldy never cares how strong his enemies are, because no matter how strong they are, they can never be stronger than him!

"We need to hurry... Judging from your appearance, you must be the king of this Monsters invasion. If we take care of you, maybe the supermarket cashier will come back!"

"We can also buy discounted items while we're there, it's a perfect plan!"

Damn it, how dare you look down on me like that!

The Deep Sea King's expression changed drastically. He clenched his fist, ready to smash it down, but at that moment, a furious roar came from behind him:

"Justice Crash!"

Crash! The bicycle, which was almost burning out, suddenly crashed into Deep Sea King from behind, causing him to stumble a couple of steps and turn around in surprise.

"B-Class Hero, Mumen Rider, here I come!"

A man dressed entirely in plastic armor and wearing a bicycle helmet stood before the Deep Sea King, his fists clenched, facing him.

"One by one... it's really... too outrageous!"

"Who do you think I am? I am the king of the deep sea, the overlord who will conquer the land!"

Although he was scared half to death by Vegapunk, Deep Sea King no longer dared to have any ideas about the land, but that didn't stop him from bringing up these words to brag and boost his morale!

As soon as he finished speaking, he threw a punch at Mumen Rider.

The Caped Baldy's eyes narrowed slightly, he clenched his fist, and then relaxed it.

Because Mumen Rider had already crossed his arms and was emanating a light blue Chakra aura, he blocked Deep Sea King's punch!

"Eight Gates Formation, Sixth Gate, Open!"

The Chakra system brought about by Vegapunk's arrival has little impact on S-Class Hero and a small number of A-Class Hero. These heroes, due to their own powerful strength, are still in a wait-and-see state regarding this unfamiliar energy system of Chakra.

But for those B-Class Hero and C-class heroes who face a dangerous challenge every time they encounter Monsters, and often struggle on the brink of life and death, they don't have time to think about so many things!

Among them, Mumen Rider was one of the first heroes to search for Vegapunk and obtain the Chakra Seed.

Out of his fondness for this ordinary hero from the original work, Vegapunk gave him a free set of Eight Gates Formation training methods as a bonus.

Mumen Rider, who trained Tenten and fought Monsters, had already honed his physical and mental abilities to the limits of an ordinary person. He did not disappoint Vegapunk's expectations and mastered the Eight Gates Formation to a certain level in a very short time.

Besides being an explosive Secret Technique akin to the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art, the Eight Gates Formation also provides pure Taijutsu training. With the Chakra boost, Mumen Rider's already excellent physique improved by leaps and bounds. Even without activating the Eight Gates Formation, his combat power surpassed that of the original B-Class Hero.

Having opened the Sixth Gate of the Eight Gates Formation, its explosive power is comparable to that of S-Class Hero. At least compared to that bottom-ranked S-class Puri-Puri Prisoner, the current Mumen Rider is definitely superior to many others.

Deep Sea King's expression changed slightly. What was going on? How could a mere B-Class Hero block his punch?

Although I only used seven or eight tenths of my power, it was still something that a B-Class Hero couldn't withstand. Even an S-Class Hero would be knocked out and cough up blood if he clashed with a punch from seven or eight tenths of my power!

"Drink... open it for me!"

With a sudden burst of strength, Mumen Rider pushed Deep Sea King back several steps, then transformed into a blur, relentlessly punching and kicking Deep Sea King.

Mumen Rider has already mastered the Eight Gates Formation, but because he has only been training for a short time, although he has opened up to the sixth gate thanks to his own physique and endurance, Mumen Rider has not yet mastered many of the Taijutsu that accompany the Eight Gates Formation.

If it were Might Guy, the Eight Gates Formation of the Sixth Gate alone would have been enough to defeat Deep Sea King. However, with the current Mumen Rider, he can only cause Deep Sea King some trouble.

With the enhancement of the Eight Gates Formation, Mumen Rider unleashed a frenzied barrage of attacks, suppressing Deep Sea King to the point where he couldn't even retaliate. However, Deep Sea King's eyes remained incredibly calm, and even when he took some punches and kicks, he managed to block them with his arms and legs as much as possible.

On the contrary, Mumen Rider, who kept attacking, was experiencing a continuous decline in speed and strength. The Eight Gates Formation is extremely energy-consuming, and the brutal Chakra would cause great damage to oneself. Not to mention that although the Eight Gates Formation can increase strength and speed, it cannot improve the most important physical constitution.

In this situation, due to his own immense power, the recoil generated when Mumen Rider clashed with Deep Sea King was enough to injure Mumen Rider. The longer the battle lasted, the more severe the injuries would become.

After all, the Eight Gates Formation is an explosive secret technique. Once it fails to win quickly and enters a stalemate, its fate of defeat is already sealed.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, the Mumen Rider, who had already pushed himself to his limit, finally couldn't maintain his offensive and paused slightly.

In that instant, Deep Sea King saw the opening and threw a punch, sending Mumen Rider flying backward, spitting out blood as he crashed to the ground.

The powerful Chakra that Mumen Rider once possessed dissipated as if the tide were receding. After the Eight Gates Formation were forced to be interrupted, he immediately entered a weakened state and could not even stand up.

"Hmph, I never expected that a mere B-Class Hero like you would be this strong... Your power when you unleash your full potential is probably unmatched even by a typical S-Class Hero."

Deep Sea King grinned and said, but to be honest, he had only encountered two S-Class Hero: Vegapunk and Puri-Puri Prisoner. His so-called "general S-Class Hero" was obviously referring to Puri-Puri Prisoner.

"However, this is the end! Having defeated you, no one will be able to stop me anymore. Let me end your life, human!"

Just as Deep Sea King was making his villainous statement with an air of arrogance, he suddenly felt something poking and prodding his leg from behind.

He turned around angrily, just in time to see Saitama staring at him blankly, and said:

"Why do you say no one stopped you? I'm still here, aren't I?"

The Deep Sea King's face immediately contorted into a ferocious expression, and he opened his blood-red maw, revealing sharp teeth and claws.

"Hmph! Laughable bald man, you're a hero of the Hero Association too? You haven't even run away yet... Should I praise your courage?"

"But since you want to die sooner, then I'll grant your wish..."

"Found you... So that's where you came from!"

A voice tinged with joy rose up, and the Deep Sea King trembled all over, a chill rising from his tailbone all the way to the top of his head.

Oh no, it's that metal man who controls lightning! Run!

Almost instinctively, Deep Sea King immediately jumped up, ready to escape, and casually swung his hand at Saitama, who was blocking his way, trying to knock this obstacle away.

With a snap, foul-smelling blood splattered out instantly. The Deep Sea King sneered. Just a bald guy, and he's been turned into mincemeat.

Huh? Why is this blood blue? Isn't human blood red? Blue should be the color of our Deep Sea Race's blood...

Sensing something was wrong, Deep Sea King looked down and saw Saitama turning his head to look at him, holding in his hand the arm he had just swung out... or rather, the severed arm that had just been twisted off!

"Ugh... Ughhhhhh! What happened? My hand, my hand!"

"It's so noisy! And my clothes are covered in fish blood, which is really hard to wash off!"

Saitama picked at his ear, looking at the blue blood on his body, his expression turning somewhat grim.

"Fine, I'll just break your limbs... and send you straight to Vegapunk!"

"Ten Million Volts, Thunder Dragon!"

Before the Bald Demon King could even begin to torment the Deep Sea King, Vegapunk unleashed a dragon-shaped Lightning Flash that struck the Deep Sea King so violently that his bones were exposed. With a piercing scream, the Deep Sea King collapsed to the ground, emanating a faint aroma of grilled fish.

"Not bad, it has a pretty strong vitality. Even in this state, it hasn't died. A living being is much stronger than a corpse!"

Vegapunk checked Deep Sea King's condition and nodded in satisfaction. Although he had calculated beforehand that the attack shouldn't kill Deep Sea King's current state was too miserable, so checking him made him feel more at ease.

I wonder if there's any difference between these races of Monsters and ordinary Monsters? I remember that in the entire One-Punch Man World, besides the Deep Sea Race, there were also the Underground Race and the Sky Race... I wonder where these guys came from, and why no one noticed them before?

"Hey, this is my prey!"

Saitama said with some dissatisfaction, "The Bald Demon King used to not care about these things, but now these Monsters can be recycled!"

The Bald Demon King doesn't care about his reputation or his hero ranking, but he does care about money!

If it were sent to Vegapunk's Laboratory, with Deep Sea King's status as a peak Demon-level being, it would be worth at least several hundred thousand or even millions, right?

"Even if you don't lift a finger, I can still take down this salted fish, so this Deep Sea King will only have to pay you a little trouble fee at most!"

With a slight smile, Vegapunk spoke and removed the helmet from his armor.

Saitama was stunned when he saw Vegapunk take off his helmet and reveal his true face. This was his sugar daddy! How could he even steal his work performance?

But he couldn't argue with Vegapunk, since Deep Sea King was indeed killed by Vegapunk, and Vegapunk was the one who had to pay in the end. As long as he didn't pay, arguing about this was pointless.

In fact, Vegapunk wanted to encourage Saitama to be more active, since Saitama tends to stay home and avoids giving him much money once he has it.

"Damn it, I should have been faster next time, otherwise someone would have stolen my monsters!"

Saitama muttered a couple of things, but his face didn't show much disappointment. After all, he had some money, didn't he? This lazy bum still had a lot of Ah Q spirit.

The invasion of the Deep Sea Race came to an end. Ultimately, the vast majority of these Deep Sea Race went to Vegapunk's Laboratory, including their Deep Sea King.

After all, even after the Hero Association recovered the corpses of these Monsters, they were all handed over to Vegapunk for research.

This was the first time Vegapunk had encountered a race of Monsters, so he was naturally quite interested. However, the results of his research surprised him greatly.

"Vegapunk, do you think this research result is true?"

"Since both of our studies have yielded this result, then it's probably true. What do you think, Child Emperor?"

"Uh... it's a bit surprising to think about, but it's not too unbelievable! It's just that we've never considered this kind of thing before."

The three scientists looked at their research reports and discussed them with each other, their expressions somewhat strange.

The reason is simple: according to the three researchers, this so-called Deep Sea Race is actually a result of human genetic mutation!

It's not even a multi-generational mutation, but rather a mutation that occurred in this very generation. If the research goes a little deeper, the Vegapunk people can even be certain that the mutation time of these Deep Sea Race is no more than 5 to 10 years!

If the Deep Sea Race is like this, then what about the Sky Race and the Underground Race? Are they actually all human? Or did they just turn into those bird-like creatures due to genetic mutation?

If that's the case, it could explain why these strange and unusual races have never been discovered by humans before.

However, this raises another question: these Deep Sea Race all believe they have lived in the deep sea for thousands or tens of thousands of years, so who exactly altered the memories of these Monsters?

Moreover, the mutation of a person is completely different from the mutation of a race, not to mention in a place like the deep sea. It looks like someone deliberately did this.

On the third floor of the underground Laboratory of the Laboratory Home, there are all kinds of culture tanks. Inside the transparent culture tanks, one after another, Demon-Level Threat float with their eyes closed.

Vegapunk walked to the Deep Sea King's cultivation tank, first performing a series of operations to pull the Deep Sea King out, and then directly extracting memories from his brain—even Genjutsu couldn't work. This Deep Sea King truly believed that he was the king of the Deep Sea Race from the beginning, and even thought that the Deep Sea Race had lived in the sea for countless years.

Clearly, this was a memory designed for him by someone like the Mastermind. If he himself believed it to be true, then ordinary Genjutsu wouldn't be able to elicit it, because what he said was indeed what he believed to be the truth.

However, intelligent beings possess extraordinary memory abilities. Even things long forgotten can be restored by Vegapunk through machines. This time, he wanted to use this opportunity to learn the truth about the Deep Sea Race.