Chapter Summaries

After Artoria killed Vaccine Man, the Hero Association promoted Allen and debated how to exploit Artoria’s resurrection ability. Allen found Saitama and brought him home for dinner, while Sakura and Artoria discussed his immense strength and the possibility of a future battle.

• Artoria destroyed Vaccine Man with Excalibur, then healed the wounded and resurrected a young mother while Sakura explained why she had joined the fight.
• The Hero Association promoted Allen to seventh among the S-Class Heroes and argued over how to handle Sakura and Artoria, whose powers had drawn public and political attention.
• Allen waited in Z-City’s uninhabited zone, met Saitama, and offered him bags of fresh food; Saitama invited Allen and Lupos VI to dinner.
• After Allen and Saitama entered Saitama’s building, Sakura and Artoria discussed Saitama’s hidden strength and anticipated a fight between him and Allen.
• Artoria told Sakura that the Hero Association had asked them to visit its headquarters, and Sakura warned that its leaders might target Artoria’s healing and resurrection abilities.

Allen shared a lavish meal with the impoverished Saitama, then invited him to spar on a remote floating island. Their first clash injured Saitama for the first time in years, though Allen realized his opponent’s durability far exceeded planetary scale.

• Allen admired Saitama’s poverty-stricken home and watched him prepare a stew from the ingredients Allen had gathered.
• Allen hinted that he had access to endless fresh food, and Saitama eagerly finished the meal before thanking him.
• Allen teased Saitama about his baldness and claimed his own height shrank as he grew stronger, then challenged him to a fight.
• Allen teleported Saitama to a floating island on Draenor so they could fight without endangering anyone.
• Allen struck Saitama with a powerful Tremor-Tremor Fruit-enhanced punch, and Saitama coughed up blood for the first time since losing his hair.

Allen and Saitama fought an intense, evenly matched battle that left Saitama exhilarated and Allen badly injured but alive. Allen then brought Saitama to his world to gather food, while Sakura reported that Saitama had broken his limiter and Allen ordered her to pursue advanced technology instead of further studying him.

• Saitama and Allen exchanged thousands of punches, and the observers watched in disbelief as their attacks warped space and destroyed everything nearby.
• Saitama warned Allen before unleashing a Desperate Killer Punch, which shattered Allen’s barrier and created a Black Hole; Allen survived and dispelled it with his Singularity.
• Saitama thanked Allen for giving him a worthy opponent, and Allen transported him from Outland to Thorn Valley, where Saitama eagerly gathered enormous animals and seafood.
• Sakura told Allen that Saitama’s genes had become dominant and that his cells resisted replication, confirming that he had broken his limiter.
• Allen told Sakura to prioritize secretly acquiring mechanical, robotic, and biotechnology, first through exchanges and then through hypnosis or memory alteration if necessary.

Allen and Saitama confronted Giant Brother, whose use of an ultimate steroid was destroying City D as he proclaimed himself the world's strongest man. The confrontation ended with Giant Brother accidentally killing his own brother, while Allen laughed at his mistake.

• Allen ordered Sharna to set aside the search for the mysterious organization after its trail went cold.
• The Hero Association called Allen to eliminate the giant threatening City D and City B, and he headed toward the monster with Lupos VI.
• Allen interrupted Giant Brother's boasts by declaring that Whitebeard was the world's strongest man, and Saitama arrived to ask who Whitebeard was.
• Saitama asked Giant Brother how it felt to be strong and told him to put on underwear, prompting the scientist on his shoulder to order an attack.
• Giant Brother slapped his own shoulder and crushed his brother, then wailed over the death as Allen laughed at him.

Saitama killed Giant Brother, while Allen’s wolf destroyed the giant’s falling corpse before it could devastate City B. Meanwhile, Edna Bevin’s team recovered the King of Biceps research and learned Dr. Genos had delayed payment again; Genos was secretly experimenting on a Black Dragon Egg.

• Saitama grew angry over Giant Brother’s destruction of discount supermarkets and punched his head apart after the giant attacked him.
• Allen ordered Lupos VI to blast Giant Brother’s falling corpse into fragments, preventing it from crushing City B.
• Edna Bevin’s team copied the laboratory’s research, including the King of Biceps formula, and prepared to destroy the facility.
• Sharna told Edna Bevin that Dr. Genos had delayed paying compensation for a second time, and Edna allowed him one more chance before retaliation.
• Dr. Genos and his clones examined a Black Dragon Egg and planned to implant human genes into the creature inside so it would hatch within half a month.

Allen watched Saitama battle a mosquito while the House of Evolution’s attack unfolded in Z-City, and he agreed to let Dr. Genos keep a Black Dragon Egg until his research could be judged. Mosquito Girl evolved after absorbing the swarm’s blood and ambushed Genos, leaving him badly damaged.

• Saitama struggled to swat a mosquito, chasing it from his apartment to the street while Allen realized the swarm might signal the arrival of Mosquito Girl and the House of Evolution.
• Edna Bevin asked Allen for permission to act against Dr. Genos for repeatedly delaying compensation; Allen told her to wait and take his research if he succeeded in hatching the Black Dragon Egg.
• Genos incinerated most of the mosquito swarm, but his flames burned Saitama’s clothes without harming him, leaving Genos stunned.
• Mosquito Girl reappeared after absorbing the swarm’s blood, healed and stronger, and split a building apart with a single strike.
• Mosquito Girl ambushed Genos from behind and cut open his cyborg body, disabling many of his circuits.

Saitama defeated Mosquito Girl, while Allen injected her with an experimental drug and sent her back to the House of Evolution to deliver a warning and potentially trigger the Black Dragon Egg. Allen left Sakura to monitor the results and hurried away to watch another event.

• Saitama killed Mosquito Girl with a slap, and Genos asked him to become his disciple.
• Allen captured Mosquito Girl, injected her with a drug that forced her body to its limits, and used an illusion to send her toward the House of Evolution with a warning for Dr. Genos.
• Allen told Sakura that he expected Dr. Genos to study Mosquito Girl’s altered bodily fluids and use them on the Black Dragon Egg.
• Allen explained his objections to the House of Evolution’s accelerated experiments, and Sakura joked about the physical price Allen had paid for his own evolution.
• Sakura reported that Child Emperor, Dr. Kusuno, and Metal Knight Bofoi had shared technology with them, and Allen left her to monitor the House of Evolution while he hurried away.

Genos tried to become Saitama’s disciple while Allen teased Saitama and left to work. Meanwhile, Mosquito Girl attacked the House of Evolution after being injected with an unknown drug, and Dr. Genos ordered Asura Rhino Beetle released to stop her.

• Genos visited Saitama to ask to become his disciple, but Saitama refused and demanded that he shorten his tragic backstory.
• Allen entered Saitama’s home, drank Saitama’s peach soda, and outran him before leaving with Lupos VI.
• Genos recognized Allen as the fifth-ranked S-Class hero and learned that Saitama considered him a worthy opponent.
• Genos prostrated himself before Saitama and asked how to become as strong as him.
• Mosquito Girl returned to the House of Evolution, broke through its defenses, and killed guards after an unknown injection greatly increased her power.
• Dr. Genos ordered Number Thirty-Three to release Asura Rhino Beetle and Number Fourteen to activate the defenses.

Allen and Sharna watched Dr. Genos’s experiments while Mosquito Girl battled Asura Rhino Beetle inside the House of Evolution. After Mosquito Girl drained Asura Rhino Beetle and grew to ten meters tall, she smashed through the defenses and charged toward the laboratory, where Dr. Genos prepared to inject a newly synthesized serum into the dragon egg.

• Asura Rhino Beetle escaped his cell and fought Mosquito Girl, who had been driven by Allen’s hypnosis and enhanced with a drug.
• Asura Rhino Beetle transformed into Asura Mode, but Mosquito Girl absorbed his blood and gained strength and some of his abilities.
• Dr. Genos’s clones sent Beast King, Earth Dragon, and Armored Gorilla to collect Mosquito Girl’s blood; Beast King and Earth Dragon died, while Armored Gorilla returned with a sample.
• Allen explained to Sharna that human desire for evolution could drive progress, and that he hoped to see what the House of Evolution’s scientists could accomplish.
• Dr. Genos’s clones synthesized a serum from Mosquito Girl’s blood, and Dr. Genos ordered it injected into the dragon egg despite the risks.
• Mosquito Girl drained Asura Rhino Beetle’s blood, grew to ten meters tall, and smashed through the defenses as she charged toward the laboratory.

Dr. Genos’s engineered Dragon Egg hatched into a powerful Dragon Girl, who destroyed Mosquito Girl and broke his wrist. Allen’s people arrived to take the newborn and recruit Dr. Genos, leaving Dragon Girl facing Rafaao and the scientist learning that they wanted his knowledge, not his death.

• Mosquito Girl broke into the laboratory and slaughtered Dr. Genos’s clones while he tried to protect the Dragon Egg.
• The Dragon Egg hatched, and Dragon Girl burned Mosquito Girl to ashes after snapping Dr. Genos’s wrist.
• Allen and Sharna judged the hatching method promising but decided to investigate Dragon Girl for hidden defects.
• Edna Bevin arrived with Rafaao, who transformed into a Black Dragon and told Dragon Girl to return with him.
• Edna Bevin told Dr. Genos that Aelionteu needed his wisdom and technology.

Saitama set out for F-City after learning the Taoyuan Group’s bald members were being branded criminals, while Allen followed the group’s combat suits in hopes of finding the organization behind them. Meanwhile, Dr. Kusuno upgraded Genos with parts made from unusual metals supplied by Aelionteu, leaving him glowing green.

• Saitama heard a report warning people to avoid bald men, argued with Allen about his lack of fame, and hurried toward F-City to confront the Taoyuan Group.
• Hammerhead knocked Unlicensed Knight unconscious with one punch, then led the Taoyuan Group away as the crowd fled.
• Allen treated Unlicensed Knight, explained why he had not stopped the group, and gave him his phone number before disappearing with Lupos VI to pursue Sonic and the organization behind the combat suits.
• Unlicensed Knight recovered and rode after the Taoyuan Group, determined to delay them until stronger heroes arrived.
• Dr. Kusuno told Genos that Aelionteu had provided special metals and installed new parts containing heat-resistant Mithril, making Genos glow green.

Genos tested his upgraded Incineration Cannon while Allen watched Sonic defeat the Taoyuan Group and then demonstrated powerful ninjutsu to him. Impressed and eager to learn, Sonic agreed to join Allen’s ninja village as his subordinate and disciple.

• Genos tested his heat-resistant Incineration Cannon, and Dr. Kusuno told him that a mysterious organization was trading advanced materials and technologies with scientists.
• Sonic slaughtered most of the Taoyuan Group with his speed, but Hammerhead survived, fled, and escaped while Sonic reported to his employer.
• Allen ordered Edna Bevin to retrieve the Taoyuan Group’s bodies and battle suits as research materials, then confronted Sonic and demonstrated Shadow Clone Technique, Great Fireball Technique, Water Dragon Bullet Technique, and Chidori.
• Allen led the exhausted Sonic to a cliff and offered to teach him true ninjutsu if he joined Allen’s ninja village and obeyed its orders.
• Sonic accepted, and Allen appointed him his subordinate and disciple before telling him an altered history of the ninja world.

Allen taught Sonic the basics of Chakra and left him to practice while Sakura and Saitama fought over Hammerhead. After stopping the fight, Allen restored the forest and sent Saitama home, leaving the cleanup and investigation of the hidden organization to himself.

• Sonic accepted Allen’s claim that ninjas were humanity’s alien-descended protectors and agreed to learn Chakra under a one-hour deadline.
• Allen struck Sonic to introduce Chakra into his body, and Sonic sat down to practice extracting it while Allen left a Shadow Clone behind.
• Sakura and Saitama stopped fighting when Allen appeared between them, and Sakura fled while Saitama explained their dispute over Hammerhead.
• Allen revealed that Sakura had likely challenged Saitama to test his strength, then restored the destroyed forest with Earth Release and Wood Release.
• Saitama asked to go home, and Allen agreed to handle the remaining cleanup and investigate the organization behind the battle suits.

Sakura learned that the Organization’s members were likely hidden among Aelionteu’s scientific partners and authorized Edna Bevin to investigate them. Meanwhile, Allen trained Sonic the Hedgehog in Chakra and recruited him into the fictional Arrow Ninja Village, leaving Sonic eager to learn ninjutsu.

• Edna Bevin discovered traces of Titanium Steel Ingots in the captured robots’ processors and arranged to monitor scientists who had traded for the metal.
• Sakura approved Edna Bevin’s investigation and authorized retaliation against the Organization, while worrying about how to explain her fight with Saitama to Allen.
• Sonic the Hedgehog refined Chakra under Allen’s guidance and found his physical abilities had greatly improved.
• Allen gave Sonic ninjutsu scrolls and an Arrow Ninja Village forehead protector, then told him to stop taking Assassin contracts.
• Sonic accepted the village’s creed, “Evil—is—slain,” and promised to end his contracts with his current clients.

Allen watched Saitama’s Hero Assessment and criticized the Hero Association’s bureaucracy, while Bang considered the implications of reform. Saitama and Genos passed the exam, but Saitama was ranked C-Class, and Allen offered to celebrate their employment with a lavish meal.

• Hero Association executives discussed rankings, rising disaster risks, the upcoming assessment, and Genos’s ties to Dr. Kusuno.
• Allen showed Bang Saitama’s extraordinary speed at the sixth examination site and argued that raw power mattered more than martial arts techniques.
• Allen criticized the Hero Association’s bureaucracy, and Bang warned him that people benefiting from the system would resist change.
• Saitama and Genos opened Saitama’s assessment letter and discovered he had scored seventy-one points and entered C-Class.
• Allen offered to request a reevaluation, but Saitama refused and accepted Allen’s offer to treat him and Genos to a meal.
• The loudspeaker summoned Saitama and Genos to the successful applicants’ orientation, while Allen left to wait for them.

After Saitama became a professional hero and Genos moved in as his apprentice, Allen and Saitama spent a peaceful day gaming until the Hero Association warned Allen that a giant meteor threatened Z-City and City D. Allen, Saitama, and Genos headed toward the Z-City branch, where Saitama hoped to prove himself by stopping the meteor.

• Saitama became a C-Class professional hero, while Genos became his apprentice and moved into his home.
• Allen and Saitama played a fighting game for hours, and Saitama lost every match despite repeatedly demanding rematches.
• The Hero Association learned that a meteor had changed course and could destroy Z-City, City D, and nearby areas, but it could not reach Tatsumaki.
• Allen received the Association's warning during a match and prepared to go to the Z-City branch with Lupos VI.
• Saitama learned that his low rank had kept him from receiving the alert, then agreed to go with Allen after hearing that stopping the meteor might earn him recognition.
• Genos arrived after receiving his own order to gather at the Z-City branch, and the three set off together.

As a meteor threatened Z-City and City D, Allen secured a government deal for a ten-billion bonus and promotions in exchange for stopping it. Saitama shattered the meteor with one punch, but its fragments still threatened the cities.

• Allen, Saitama, and Genos arrived at the evacuated Z-City Hero Association branch, where Silver Fang Bang explained that the meteor was due to strike soon.
• The government issued an evacuation warning, and panic led to looting and violence across the city.
• Allen called a powerful political contact and negotiated a ten-billion bonus and promotions for two allies if they stopped the meteor.
• Allen told Saitama about the bonus, and Saitama asked Genos to carry him toward the meteor.
• Genos hurled Saitama at the meteor, and Saitama shattered it with a Serious Punch.
• The meteor fragments continued falling toward Z-City and City D, leaving the danger unresolved.

Allen and the other heroes completely neutralized the meteor threat, turning its fragments to dust and saving Z-City and City D. The government announced a huge bonus and praised the heroes, while Bang declined his share and left.

• Genos vaporized one large meteor fragment, but the remaining debris still threatened the cities as Saitama fell helplessly through the sky.
• Allen ordered Lupos VI to destroy the larger fragments with Holy Arrows, then used Senbonzakura Kageyoshi to reduce the rest to dust.
• Hero Association staff identified Saitama as a low-ranked C-Class hero and discussed promotions and rewards for the heroes who stopped the disaster.
• A government official claimed credit for arranging the response and announced a ten-billion bonus for Allen, Saitama, and Genos.
• Allen and Bang mocked the official's publicity stunt, while Saitama excitedly wondered what to buy with his share.
• Bang refused the bonus and departed through a window, leaving Allen, Saitama, and Genos as crowds gathered outside to thank the heroes.

Allen rose to third-ranked S-Class hero after the meteor disaster, while Saitama gained the mocking nickname “Caped Baldy” and received a share of the disaster bonus. When the Deep Sea Clan attacked City J, Sonic arrived and used his newly learned ninjutsu to defeat Deep Sea King.

• Allen became the third-ranked S-Class hero as media coverage boosted his reputation and a politician’s approval ratings.
• Allen mocked Saitama’s unflattering fan community, gave Saitama and Genos checks for 3 billion each, and donated the rest of the bonus.
• A broadcast reported that the Deep Sea Clan was attacking City J, and Allen recognized Sonic among the figures on the scene.
• Sonic swiftly cut down the Deep Sea Clan monsters and knocked out A-Class hero Stinger.
• Sonic used Shadow Clone Technique and two wind techniques to defeat Deep Sea King, reducing him to a skeleton.

Sonic defeated the Deep Sea King and drew the Hero Association’s attention, while Unlicensed Knight contacted Allen to ask for greater power. Allen gave Sonic new training materials and tasked him with investigating the Monster Association, then returned to Aelionteu to hear about Dr. Genos’s research.

• Sonic sliced the Deep Sea King into pieces, prompting the Hero Association to investigate him and his connection to Flashy Flash.
• Unlicensed Knight helped the badly injured Stinger, then called Allen and arranged to meet him the next day for help becoming stronger.
• Allen found Sonic, praised his ninjutsu, gave him scrolls on Wind and Water Style techniques and Chakra transformations, and assigned him to investigate the Monster Association beneath Z-City’s abandoned district.
• Allen returned to Aelionteu, where Edna Bevin reported that dragon eggs would hatch within seventy-eight hours and the King of Biceps formula had entered mass production.
• Allen entered the laboratory and found Dr. Genos studying cells from Vaccine Man’s arm with bloodshot eyes.