On the television, Dr. Genus clearly heard what the Zombieman said.
He slightly pursed his lips, then rested his hand on the bridge of his nose, pondering as he spoke.
"Strange, experimental questions shouldn't cause any pain."
Neither the sense of pain nor any related nerves exist in his body, so he wouldn't feel pain even if he were torn to pieces.
Even so, the experimental subject continues to pursue self-destruction.
Is this simply driven by a curiosity that stems from a fearlessness of pain and a desire to experience the feeling of death?
Or is it that the human will is unable to bear the self-destructive feeling brought about by near-divine immortality, leading to a self-destructive plea after the human will is on the verge of collapse?
Zombieman... what excellent material, it's just that he always wants to commit suicide...
Ugh, this is such a hassle..."
While pondering, Dr. Genus briefly recorded some data, planning to further upgrade Zombieman after Zombieman returned and brought back 10 billion.
The development of Zombieman has not yet reached its limit; he is still far from reaching his limit.
You should know that Zombieman is one of Dr. Genus's trump cards, comparable to the Carnage Kabuto, and the template for the future ultimate Monster king of the House of Evolution!
Dr. Genus's current thoughts, on the Hero Association's arena...
Just as the audience below the stage were marveling at Gawain's ruthless methods, and were even more hesitant to go on stage, and even began to doubt the Hero Association's motives.
The revived Zombieman made everyone Dawu.
"Holy crap, it actually recovered!"
"Oh my god, so it was Mr. Gawain who saw through the enemy's abilities, which is why he killed them!"
"Whether it was the Puri-Puri Prisoner or Flashy Flash, Gawain didn't kill them; he simply subdued them."
Is this guy the only one who can't even defeat someone with high temperatures in one move?
Even if your head gets blown off, you can completely heal!
What an incredible healing superpower!
"How terrifying!!!"
Amidst the screams of the audience, Gawain thoughtfully recalled the Zombieman's words.
Is utterly destroying you the greatest help I can give you?
So, does the Zombieman have a control mechanism left behind by the House of Evolution in some part of his body?
Or perhaps it's not something large like a part of a body, but rather a control mechanism simply engraved on a single cell?
So, if we want Zombieman to completely escape the House of Evolution, we must destroy every single one of Zombieman cells and allow him to be completely reborn, right?
Originally, when Gawain met the Zombieman, he was already wondering how the Zombieman had managed to escape the House of Evolution.
If the only way to help him get rid of this problem is to completely destroy him, then it seems that only two people are capable of doing so.
In the original storyline, either Blast or Tatsumaki would make the move; only the two of them had the ability to do it thoroughly.
Let's consider the situation in the special episode...
In the One-Punch Man special episode, Tatsumaki, whether drunk or in some other special situation, always couldn't help but persecute Zombieman.
Stab him in the stomach with a samurai sword, or something else...
In short, Tatsumaki seems to have a habit of killing Zombieman.
Therefore, it's likely that in the original storyline, the person who helped Zombieman escape the control of the House of Evolution was Tatsumaki.
As for the process of getting rid of it...
Judging from Long Kuan's stress response, the process probably wasn't particularly pleasant...
Thinking of this, Gawain nodded slightly to the Zombieman.
Then, Gawain spoke softly, noticing the Zombieman's slightly surprised expression.
"It seems you're being controlled by something."
Destroying you is helping you; perhaps only by completely destroying you can you regain your freedom when you reappear.
In that case, I'm certainly willing to help you.
"I hope that after regaining your freedom, you can join the Hero Association and use your freedom to bring greater help to the world."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gawain clenched his left hand forward sharply.
Suddenly, a surge of lightning appeared out of nowhere and circled directly around the Zombieman's body.
As the lightning continued to scorch, the axe the Zombieman was carrying rapidly melted into dust and molten iron.
Seeing his muscles turn to charcoal in the blink of an eye, and then simply turn to ashes, the Zombieman struggled instinctively while restraining his instincts and speaking to Gawain through his still-present throat.
"Muscles alone are far from enough; even the bones must be destroyed."
You should have that kind of strength; I will be grateful for your help.
However, this is just my own speculation, and I still cannot get rid of my weakness, so I will continue to recklessly challenge you.
If that's the case, I can only apologize in advance and thank you for all the efforts you've made for me..."
"Ha, don't worry."
Gawain suddenly interrupted the Zombieman, then assumed a Gawain stance with his right hand slightly pulling back to gather strength.
While gathering his strength, Gawain smiled and said to the Zombieman.
"If destroying you completely still doesn't get you out of this mess, then I'll throw you into the sun and let you burn for months."
I believe that no matter how powerful the means, they can't be as clear as the sun in the sky!
As soon as he finished speaking, Gawain suddenly swung his right fist!
At the same time...
Click!
Gawain's eyebrows furrowed in surprise. In that instant, he suddenly felt as if a string inside him had snapped!
In the next instant, every hair on Gawain's body stood on end. He couldn't help but widen his eyes, and his right fist, which had just been gathering strength, was now burning with a level of Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki far exceeding anything he had ever done before!
"This... this is...?"
In a daze, Gawain threw out his right fist!
Meanwhile, on the referee's stand...
Bang stood up with a bang, feeling the overwhelming aura emanating from the ring in disbelief!
"That aura... damn it!"
What a magnificent aura it possessed, it was as if... Sweet Commanders were held in the fist!
"Ahhh, something terrible has happened!!!"
In the distance, Atomic Samurai, who was pulling up Puri-Puri Prisoner and Flashy Frye from the ruins, suddenly felt his hair stand on end.
He turned around blankly to look at the arena, then quickly pulled the two of them up and fled from the spot like lightning!
The next moment.
Whoosh!
Gawain extended his right fist.
Immediately afterwards...
Boom!!!
In the utter silence, the Zombieman vanished without a trace, while in front of Gawain's fist...
The opening, far exceeding any previous punch, stretched from the abandoned area of City A all the way into the vast wilderness.
From a distance, the effect of Gawain's punch was so great that it could reach land hundreds of kilometers away!
Along the way, mountains and rivers alike were all transformed into seemingly non-existent air by the effect of this punch...
At the same time, Gawain, who was standing silently on the arena, suddenly heard a strange voice.
The voice was very faint, like a murmur, as if it was impossible for Gawain to hear it from the moment it began.
But Gawain heard it clearly; the voice was distinctly speaking to him...
"Help me... help me...!"
"Who are you..."
Gawain's heart questioned that voice; the ability to Voice of All Things had enabled him to achieve everything he had today.
The moment Gawain's voice rang out, there was a noticeable pause.
A moment later.
"You heard my voice."
So, I am a star wandering in the starry sky.
The gods desire to possess and alter my essence.
And I provide talent to gifted lives, ability to hardworking lives, and strength to those willing to help me, within my reach.
In the end, I was grateful for a life that was talented, hardworking, and willing to help me...
"Open the limiter!"
The sound disappeared completely there, and no matter how Gawain asked, he received no response from the so-called star.
Seeing that there was no response for a long time, Gawain looked at his hands with slight confusion.
With a single punch, it destroyed everything within an area of thousands or tens of thousands of square kilometers.
Hundreds of kilometers long and tens of kilometers wide—doesn't that area start at several thousand square kilometers?
I used to be very strong, but my punches never had this much power!
This is more than just destroying a mountain.
If this force were allowed to rush vertically toward the Earth's core, Gawain could destroy a planet in an instant!
So...
Limiter?
Damn it, has the will of this Earth just unlocked its own limiters?
As is well known, Gawain only has a superficial understanding of the One-Punch Man manga.
He hadn't even watched the two versions of One-Punch Man separately.
Most One-Punch Man fans know that the real One-Punch Man was a comedic anime with a rough art style.
Action anime is nothing more than a product of processing and alteration.
At the same time, Gawain was even less aware of the core story and true background of One-Punch Man.
In this world, the hidden core of the story lies in the secret war between the will of Earth and extraterrestrial deities.
An alien god, in the name of nature, created countless Monsters, including Garou, in Monster attempt to destroy all life on the planet and seize control and alter the Earth in one fell swoop.
Earth may not be special, but the reason the gods did this was simply to make Earth one of countless planets.
Earth is not special, but humankind is.
Humans, like other creatures, can easily be transformed into Monster.
However, the limiters that humanity has built upon its will have given Earth a chance to fight back to some extent.
In the original One-Punch Man manga, Saitama is someone who has unlocked his limiter.
Earth provided him with the key to unlock his limiter, while Saitama paid the price of his hair to unlock his own limiter.
From then on, Saitama became the Superman who only needed one punch to face any enemy...
Of course, due to the art style, the plot of the original manga was adapted to some extent in the hot-blooded version, which made Saitama seem less invincible after encountering a series of enemies such as the wolf.
However, it cannot be denied that...
As a powerful being whose limiter has been unlocked, Saitama's strength is absolutely unmatched in any version of the story.
And Gawain.
He looked at his hands in disbelief.
Could it be that I, too, have already activated the limiter at this moment?
Honestly, he felt nothing at the moment, because not every power must be gained by enduring pain.
The idea of linking rights, status, and power with suffering is the greatest form of psychological manipulation of the weak by those who already possess those things.
Gawain felt nothing; he wasn't even sure what changes had occurred in his body!
But that punch he just delivered was something he could never have done before!
Thinking about it, that makes sense. Opening the limiter isn't supposed to be as grand and dramatic as undergoing a tribulation.
Saitama never knew why he became so strong. He always thought that as long as a person was willing to work hard and do 100 kilometers every day, 100 squats and 100 push-ups, he could gain that kind of strength.
Everything happened so naturally that Gawain was unaware of the changes in himself.
The only thing that can prove he has truly become different...
The only thing that has definitely improved is his... strength.
Looking around, one sees the vast open space created by that punch.
The audience fell completely silent.
As television crews continued to ascend and film aerial views, the open space displayed on the television screen grew larger and larger.
As the entire City A appeared on the camera's screen, the City A's flaws seemed remarkably small compared to the devastated open space.
The viewers in front of their televisions fell completely silent...
Saitama was watching TV and suddenly felt a surge of excitement.
For some inexplicable reason, he just felt that as long as he worked hard enough, sooner or later he would also have that kind of power!
As for the reason?
Does this kind of thing need a reason?
Exercise makes you stronger—isn't that the purest truth in the world?
At least that's what Saitama thinks; he never doubts himself.
Never!
Meanwhile, at the edge of the mountains where the Ninja Village ruins are located.
Looking at the endless open space, Speed-o'-Sound Sonic couldn't help but bite his fingernails.
"After that punch, is Flashy Flash still alive?"
No, no, that punch wasn't meant for Flashy Flash!
Thank goodness it wasn't!
Meanwhile, in the House of Evolution.
For the first time Dr. Genus's eyes widened.
"That is... that is the power I've been chasing!"
Does this mean that beings with that power already exist in nature, even without my experiments?
This is...
No!
This is a creation only nature could have accomplished!
My technological level is indeed far behind that of the omnipresent nature!
By the way, where's the Zombieman?
Haha, whatever, I don't care about Zombieman or anything like that!
I can already feel everything that power is manifesting!
Will the Zombieman escape my control?
Compared to that kind of power, Zombieman's achievements, while not bad, are still far from sufficient!
It's so far!
Just as Dr. Genus was muttering about the Zombieman...
The air in front of Gawain.
On the partially destroyed arena, a shimmering mass of blood suddenly appeared out of thin air.
A moment later, the blood splattered on the ground, then rolled around in the dust!
Next, the bone marrow, then the bones, followed by the tendons and muscles.
Little by little, the Zombieman was forcibly reshaped and reawakened from non-existent air.
"Aaaaaah!"
Finally, someone let out a scream in the silence.
"It's so spicy it hurts my eyes!"
"It's a pervert! There's a pervert here who doesn't wear clothes!!"
Tatsumaki is about to explode with anger...
She would never admit that she was scared.