Hidden Stage

In the end, Xu Yue successfully persuaded Saitama, luring him away with the spare little grilled sausage he carried around for temporary buffs.

All that remained was to take him as far away as possible and stall for as long as possible...

"Ahem, how are things now? Haven't you brought that thing down yet?"

Atomic Samurai, carrying the faint scent of scorched flesh, came over to Tatsumaki. Watching several heroes bombard the spaceship above, his eyes were full of worry.

At the same time, he glanced at Xu Yue's Wood Clone, who had come up with them, and said somewhat speechlessly,

"Director Xu Yue, how about you burn this spaceship down?"

As he spoke, he looked at the half-broken weapon in his hand and felt a wave of desolation.

How long had this sword been with him? Yet it had been destroyed here.

When he had been continuously slicing the last enemy into fragments, he had remained in the area to suppress its resurrection, maintaining his cutting even when the flames engulfed the place.

Then...

If he had not run fast enough, he probably would have turned to nothingness along with his sword.

He had never expected the other party's flames to be so powerful!

What the hell was that fire-countering nonsense? It had "countered" even his weapon!

Yet Atomic Samurai had nowhere to vent his anger, because the other party had kindly warned him to be careful before attacking. He simply had not listened.

He could only swallow this loss in silence. There was no one he could even blame.

"Huh? He can use fire too?"

Tatsumaki continued attacking the spaceship while still finding the time to turn back and look at Xu Yue.

This guy was quite strong—one of the few strong people Tatsumaki could acknowledge. That