A few hours later...
In her own yard, little Annie was leisurely enjoying dinner—a lavish open-air candlelit feast prepared by her own little White robot—when she looked up and saw two familiar figures returning from the corridor on the second floor of the apartment building beside them.
Without a doubt, they were that bald uncle Saitama and his disciple Genos.
At that moment, he was carrying a large, bulging supermarket shopping bag filled with who-knew-what, while the robot behind him looked to be in rather poor condition.
"..."
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"Hahaha!"
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"Baldy Uncle, how did your disciple's hair turn into that weird shape? And he looks so miserable, too. Were you defeated by an enemy?"
(∩▽∩)
Annie had seen it clearly. The robot called Genos looked utterly wretched.
Not only had his hair turned into an afro, but the coverings on his joints, shoulders, and half his face had also been blown away, exposing the mechanical gears inside. Sparks even flashed from time to time as he walked. Anyone could tell what the two of them had been through just by looking at him.
"No."
"Genos merely set himself on fire while playing with fire. That Asura Kabuto was indeed very powerful, but I still killed him with one punch."
"We won in the end."
According to the confession of the surrendered machine gorilla, Saitama and his disciple Genos soon learned that the mosquitoes, lions, mantises, frogs, slugs, moles, and gorillas had all come from a research organization called the "House of Evolution."
Apparently, that organization specialized in researching strange and dangerous organisms, and had already caused tremendous damage to the country. Tens of thousands of people had died at their hands. Thus, after a brief discussion, the two decided that they could not leave the matter alone. They would