Should We Rule the World?

Skye stared at Saitama, barely even blinking.

"Hey, why are you looking at me like that? It's making me uncomfortable even trying to eat." Saitama shifted in his seat, feeling awkward.

"You—you just said you went to Argentina. And you ran there?" Skye asked again.

"Actually, I only ran part of the way. Then I swam to Argentina," Saitama explained, thinking that was a more precise way to put it.

"Swam? You swam all the way from the United States to Argentina?"

"I hadn't meant to go to Argentina, but I got lost at sea without realizing it. I ended up there."

"Heh, hehe. You're joking with me, right?" Skye found it hard to accept. What Saitama was saying was just too ridiculous. How could anyone travel all the way from the United States to Argentina in such a short time—and swim there, at that? She absolutely couldn't believe it.

"Joking? No. Hey, Skye, is there anything that could help me not get lost? On land, it's fine—there are signs, and even if there aren't, I can ask someone for directions. But at sea, I can't do that at all. Once I get lost, there's no one to ask." Saitama couldn't help asking Skye for help.

Skye didn't answer his question. She just stared straight at him.

"Hey, hey, Skye, are you okay? You seem kind of strange. Do you have a fever?" Saitama said, reaching out to feel her forehead.

Smack!

Skye slapped his hand away. "I seem strange? I seem strange? You suddenly tell me that you swam all the way from the United States to Argentina in just two hours. How am I not supposed to act strange? And then, just a few minutes later, you ran straight back from Argentina to the United States, all the way home. How do you expect me to accept that? Saitama, are you even human? Or are you actually some legendary god, or an alien who came to Earth from another planet?"

Skye was worked up. It all felt like a dream, because Saitama's abilities had completely shattered her understanding of the world.

Sure, Saitama was amazing. He'd even made Kingpin back down. But even so, how could anyone be this amazing? Did that mean nothing could catch up with him once he started running?

"Of course I'm human! I'm no god or alien—though, maybe that's not right. I might be, might be..." As Saitama spoke, he suddenly felt that something was off. He rubbed his chin, thinking about whether he really counted as an alien, as Skye had put it.

Even if Saitama was a bit of an idiot, he understood by now that he wasn't in his original world anymore. This was a peaceful, stable world. Sure, it had plenty of thugs and hooligans, but at least it had no monsters. People here didn't have to live every day under the threat of monsters. Yeah, this was a very peaceful world—or at least, that was how it seemed to Saitama.

So if someone from another world suddenly came to this one, what did that make Saitama? Was he an Earthling, as Skye called them? An alien? Or a god? Even Saitama wasn't sure anymore, though he was certain he wasn't a god.

"Uh, could you really be an alien?" Seeing Saitama like that, Skye stared at him in surprise. But when she thought about how incredibly fast he was, she realized that him being an alien would actually make sense.

"No, I'm just an ordinary human. I just trained hard for three years to become a hero," Saitama explained, though he didn't sound entirely sure.

"...You trained for three years? Don't tell me everyone on your planet is like you, and can become this strong after only three years of training?" Skye had already decided Saitama was an alien.

"Hmm, I'm not sure about that. But I've never met a monster or a human stronger than me. Especially after I went bald, every time I met a monster, I'd take it down with one punch." Saitama threw a punch in the air.

At that moment, Skye thought that the training method Saitama had told her about earlier might actually be real. It just didn't work because Saitama's body was different from the bodies of people on Earth.

"By the way, Saitama!" Skye suddenly fixed her gaze on him.

"What now?"

"Have you ever thought about conquering the world and ruling the entire planet?" Skye stared intently at Saitama. He was so dangerous that if he had ambitions like that, Earth would be in danger. And if he really wanted to do it, should she try to stop him? But she probably couldn't, even if she tried. Saitama was so strong, and she was just a weak woman. Well, maybe she could stay by his side and guide him in her own way, making sure he didn't become as cruel as an ancient tyrant emperor. That alone would be a great service to humanity.

"Conquer the world? Rule the Earth? Why would I do that?" Saitama blinked, looking both adorably clueless and confused.

"Uh..." Saitama's answer left Skye dumbfounded. "But—but you're so strong. Don't you want to rule the world?"

"No way. It sounds like too much trouble." Saitama rejected the idea without a second thought.

"..." Skye was speechless. But then she thought back to when she'd met Saitama. Despite having such incredible power, he'd been hungry, and by his own account, he'd had a very difficult life before.

Even though he had such incredible power, he'd never used it to do evil or seize benefits by force. Someone like Saitama really didn't seem like he'd ever try to conquer the world. He had no such ambition at all.

Thinking this, Skye breathed a sigh of relief.

"Skye, if you don't eat soon, there won't be any beef left," Saitama reminded her. She'd been staring into space since they started eating, acting strangely.

"Huh? At least leave some for me!" Skye snapped out of it and hurried to grab some meat. By then, she'd completely forgotten all about who Saitama was or what kind of being he might be.

Whatever Saitama had been before, she felt safe and at ease with him now. Living together made her happy, and that was enough.

PS: My contract reached Qidian again today. It should change to signed status in the next day or two. I really hope they don't somehow lose the contract again.