Simultaneous Crises

After the chaotic scene of demons dancing ended, the heart, made of piled-up flesh and blood, expanded further, looking even more grotesque and terrifying.

Now, not only Tatsumaki, but even Fubuki was somewhat worried, looking at Vegapunk:

"Is this thing really okay? I've watched those science movies, and it seems like very few of the scientists who create monsters end up with good outcomes!"

"What if you end up creating Super Monster that you can't control? Then the problem will be..."

Just then, footsteps sounded at the door, Bald Demon King's excited voice rang out:

"Vegapunk, Vegapunk, look what I've grabbed!"

As he spoke, the Bald Demon King walked in. When he saw the state of the Laboratory on the Underground Level 3, he was startled and clenched his fists, almost throwing a punch.

"Hey, hey, hey, could it be that Vegapunk's research has finally gone wrong? Have all these guys been eaten by the very thing he researched?"

"What do you mean I've been eaten? I'm not dead yet!"

Vegapunk spoke up angrily, and only then did Saitama notice Vegapunk and the group standing near the heart.

"What is this thing? Is it Monsters you created? It seems pretty powerful."

Saitama slowly walked over, looked at the embryo in the heart, and his eyes showed a hint of excitement.

"Don't get excited... Even if he were created, he probably couldn't withstand a serious punch from you."

Vegapunk could tell what Saitama was thinking just by looking at his expression, and he quickly stopped him. He didn't want to wait until his own body was created before trying to fight Saitama —that would be a death sentence.

The Bald Demon King's strength is almost unreasonable, as if he were the strongest designated by the world's setting. If he really lost his mind, the physical body he created would probably be destroyed on the spot.

"I see..."

Upon hearing Vegapunk's words, the Caped Baldy immediately looked listless. For Saitama, apart from his usual lazy life, the only thing that could excite him was fighting against equally strong opponents.

However, for the Caped Baldy king, this seemingly simple request is now almost impossible to fulfill.

After all, the One-Punch World isn't Dragon Ball or American comics. There are very few powerful beings who can treat planets like fireworks. Even a certain Space King who can part the Earth in the middle can only destroy the civilizations of planets on the surface at most.

"Oh right, I just remembered, I caught a really big cicada this time! It's a very rare and unusual Monsters! It should be worth a lot of money, right?"

As if he had just thought of something, Saitama took out a small red and white ball from his hand. It was actually Space Ball that Vegapunk had made for him, specifically to hold some giant Monsters prisoners.

After all, most of the Monsters are quite large, and there are even giant Monsters that are almost half the size of a city. In this case, although Saitama has the ability to drag these Monsters over, the damage and commotion caused are also considerable.

So Vegapunk gave him a Space Ball, so that if he encountered Monsters in the future, he could simply knock them out and capture them inside the Space Ball, which would actually make things easier.

Vegapunk paused for a moment, glancing at the Space Ball. Since Vegapunk himself created the Space Ball, he naturally had a way to see inside through it.

A gigantic cicada, several hundred meters long, was perched inside the Space Ball, its head bearing a huge dent. Though not yet dead, it was clearly badly injured.

Although it's impossible to tell what level of monster this cicada is, just looking at its size and the fact that it survived a punch to the head from Saitama —even if it was just a casual punch from the Bald Demon King without using much force—it's not something an ordinary Demon-Level Threat could easily pull off.

Even if this cicada isn't at the Dragon-level, it's at least at the peak of the Demon-level.

In fact, it's difficult to determine the level of many Monsters defeated by Saitama in the manga. If they had some previous combat performances, it's easier to tell, but if they directly faced Saitama, it's impossible to tell their strength at all.

After all, whether it's Wolf-Level Threat or Dragon-level Monsters, facing the Bald Demon King is basically a matter of one punch. Only when they are close to the level of a god-level Monsters can the Demon King use Serious Punch and show the difference in their levels.

"It is indeed big enough. The embryo I am about to create needs a lot of Monsters as nourishment, so this cicada you sent is just right!"

"Hmm, although I don't know what level of Monsters this thing is, let's just price it as a Demon-level monster!"

Vegapunk accepted the cicada and planned to use it as nutrients for his embryos.

At the same time, as if he had thought of something, he spoke to Saitama:

"By the way, Saitama, I've recently developed some new Immersive Game Experience Machine, and I'm looking for someone to test them out..."

Immersive Game Experience Machine? Upon hearing this, Saitama's eyes lit up slightly, and he looked at Vegapunk with a serious expression:

"This sounds a bit dangerous. Could it have any impact on ordinary people? Why don't I conduct an experiment first?"

"Hmm... but there's a problem... there seem to be some Monsters underground near your place, so I can't connect the network cable there!"

Vegapunk spoke as if sighing, and upon hearing this, Saitama's expression changed slightly, and he immediately clenched his fists.

"Don't worry, no matter how many Monsters are underground, I will clean them all up!"

Seeing Saitama hurriedly leave after taking some new Space Ball and equipment he had invented, Vegapunk couldn't help but smile.

The underground of Z-City is a true gathering place for heroes, with so many powerful Monsters that it rivals the entire Hero Association.

However, no matter how many Monsters there are, it's meaningless against the Caped Baldy. In the end, they will definitely end up here as experimental subjects.

Having obtained so much nourishment, the strongest Monsters he created is definitely much stronger than Orochi of the Monster Association!

Z-City, underground caves.

Deep within the cave stands a colossal, terrifying body that resembles both a god and a monster—the strongest Monsters in the Monster Association, Orochi!

However, this Orochi is constantly causing trouble, and even Monsters belonging to the Monster Association have been devoured by this terrifying creature during this period.

"Roar!!"

A terrifying light flickered in the Orochi's mouth, but after a moment, it gradually faded away.

Sitting in front of Orochi was the chubby Gyoro Gyoro with huge eyes, who was also the mastermind behind the Monster Association and the Unit 2 figure on the surface.

"What exactly is going on? Why is Orochi so agitated lately? He's almost impossible to calm down!"

"It feels... as if some kind of threat has been detected..."

"Damn it, I wonder what kind of principle that Underground Race's Flesh Hive uses to create these monsters. Otherwise, I could at least figure out some of the directions by now!"

"Could it be... that the Orochi sensed some kind of special threat?"

Gyoro Gyoro, or rather Psykos, was secretly pondering.

Gyoro Gyoro is just a Human Puppet that Psykos uses in the outside world. Her real body is in a safe room 1,500 meters underground. She influences the entire Monster Association by manipulating the puppet.

Even Orochi was merely a puppet of Psykos, though his instinctive reactions were far stronger than those of the pure puppet, Gyoro Gyoro.

It is precisely because Orochi only possesses some instinctive reactions and has no ability to communicate that Psykos is currently completely bewildered.

Of course, if Psykos hadn't discovered the Flesh Hive while it was nurturing Orochi, allowing Psykos to destroy Orochi's intelligence, Psykos wouldn't be able to control Orochi at all now.

In fact, the reason Orochi is so restless now is because it has sensed the aura of other Flesh Hive, and even sensed the embryos that are being conceived!

Unlike ordinary Monsters born from different Flesh Hive are born with an instinct to be hostile to each other, not to mention the current Orochi, who even feels a great threat.

Having absorbed a large amount of Vegapunk's accumulated knowledge, the embryo gestating in the Laboratory, though not yet born, already surpasses Orochi in terms of potential. This naturally makes Orochi, their enemy, feel extremely uneasy.

It is important to know that these Flesh Hive, and the strongest embryos conceived from Flesh Hive, can devour each other. Moreover, compared to devouring other Monsters, this mutual devouring is far more effective in improving these Monsters, causing their power to increase almost exponentially.

Orochi's restlessness stemmed from two reasons: firstly, he felt threatened, and secondly, he had an almost instinctive urge to greedily devour another embryo with boundless potential.

Unfortunately, Psykos knew absolutely nothing about these things, so naturally he had no idea what was going on.

Seeing that Orochi remained agitated no matter how she tried to calm him down, she finally had no choice but to order all the Monsters to stay away from Orochi, lest they be killed by the agitated Orochi.

Meanwhile, a certain Bald Demon King, holding the Earth Release scroll given to him by Vegapunk, was diving underground...

With a soft thud, after descending hundreds of meters into the soil, Saitama finally landed in the Monster Association's cave. He touched his head, feeling that something was amiss.

"Hmm... It's just installing a network cable for a game console, do we really need to dive this deep?"

"Oh well, we're already here... and we'll get paid for killing the Monsters, so it's not a big deal!"

After thinking for a moment, Saitama gave up and swaggered into the depths of the Monster Association.

In the dark underground cave, many eyes glowing red appeared faintly, staring at Saitama with murderous intent.

Saitama's expression remained somewhat blank, with only his fists slightly clenched.

"Huh? That prophet, whose name was... what was it again? He died? And he made this prophecy before he died?"

Vegapunk blinked, looking at the piece of paper in his hand that looked like toilet paper, on which the five words "Earth is in danger" were written in crooked handwriting.

"Yes, this is the prophecy left behind by our Hero Association's Great Prophet, Shibabawa!"

"Well, this handwriting is worse than a primary school student's... Where is that Great Prophet?"

"Uh... while making a prophecy, he choked to death because a throat lozenge got stuck in his throat..."

"Ha, the Great Prophet could predict the safety of the entire planet didn't even foresee that he would choke to death on a throat lozenge?"

Vegapunk spoke with a slight smile, while the Hero Association member in front of him looked somewhat bewildered.

"Well, although Shibabawa often makes predictions that are not true, all the predictions she makes in the end come true 100% of the time!"

"Alright, alright, I got it. Go and call a meeting with those S-Class Hero. They should know what kind of danger it is then!"

Vegapunk waved his hand and spoke to the Hero Association staff member.

The Hero Association had already been secretly taken over by Vegapunk, and almost all of its staff were Vegapunk subordinates. This is why the first thing these Hero Association staff did was to report to him.

According to the original text, the danger predicted by the Great Prophet should be the invasion of the Space King Boros.

As for the result... this invincible Space King got what he asked for, and was defeated by the Caped Baldy's Earth Dividing Punch, which knocked over his Star Roaring Cannon and killed the Space King instantly.

Hmm? Right, it seems the Caped Baldy has gone to clean up the Monster Association, which means...

The golden thigh, is it gone now?

Thinking of this, Vegapunk's expression changed slightly. He picked up the Hero Association's dedicated communicator, dialed the number, but found that Saitama was in a blind spot.

The Monster Association is located hundreds of meters underground, and in addition, it must have taken some other shielding measures for concealment. Vegapunk really can't contact the current Caped Baldy.

"Damn it, why is everything happening all at once... Well, that makes sense. The plot of the entire One-Punch Man World is already very tight. I had Saitama deal with the Monster Association a month or two earlier, so naturally no one was dealing with that Space King."

Boros's strength is terrifying. Even Tatsumaki, currently the most powerful hero in the Hero Association, would probably only be able to withstand a few moves against this Space King and cause him some minor trouble.

Without the Caped Baldy, it wouldn't be impossible for the Hero Association to be completely wiped out.

"Alright... It seems we need to call the Caped Baldy back before that. Hopefully, the Monster Association won't run into any problems this time because of this move that alerted him."