Bang!
Crack, crack, crack, crack...
As the lightbulbs overhead suddenly exploded, visible cracks began spreading across the restaurant's walls, floor, and ceiling.
And that was not all!
The entire city—even the skies over the whole North American region—was blanketed by thick, pitch-black clouds.
Rolling thunder echoed without end, and from time to time, terrifying, blinding electric light flashed within the clouds. It looked as though the end of the world had arrived.
Seeing this, Artoria had no mind to enjoy the food anymore. She leaped to her feet and shouted, "Allen, calm down! Do you want to destroy this entire continent?"
The moment the words left her mouth!
A lightning serpent as thick as a bucket suddenly descended from the sky!
With a deafening boom, it pierced straight through the three-story building housing the restaurant, striking barely a step away from the group.
Such terrifying destructive power left not only Pepper Potts screaming repeatedly in fright, but even Tony Stark's heart began pounding wildly out of control.
At this moment, no matter how foolish he was, he understood that the "boy" standing before him was no Ordinary Person.
And... he seemed to have angered him.
Coulson rushed in from outside at once and asked nervously, "What happened? What's going on?"
Just as Artoria was about to explain to the good-natured agent how someone had been dancing through another person's minefield, a single word suddenly came from Allen's mouth.
"ROOM!"
In an instant!
The domain of the Ope Ope no Mi rapidly expanded.
Supported by nearly limitless stamina, an enormous spherical space enveloped everyone, every building, and every vehicle in the surrounding area.
Before anyone else could react to what had happened, a constantly beating heart appeared in Allen's hand.
The next second...
He gave it a slight squeeze with his