Viltrumite, Is Your Mightiest Chat Group Fake? Chapter 18

Could this be my NP gauge?

But from that description, he suspected Alaya or something had written it. So it was taking a jab at him.

Next time we meet, I'll shatter another Grand for you in a dream, all right?

He forwarded it to the group.

[Orange-Haired, Golden-Eyed Evil Human: It's actually a Noble Phantasm! Then does that mean Leon is my first Servant? Hehe.]

Seriously. If I'd had a stat monster like this back when I was playing, that would've been great.

Three red cards, straight back to the Throne of Heroes.

Without paying much attention to the group's reactions, Leon turned his gaze to his phone.

A news alert had popped up. Some villain was apparently causing trouble.

Why not give it a try?

The Strongest Hero in the World, That's It?

This seemed to be something like a DC or Marvel major event.

The villains across the entire Beacon seemed to have made plans beforehand, causing trouble in their respective cities at the same time.

Darkwing's villains were plotting something, Immortal Man and Omni-Man's archenemies were the main force, Red Rush's speedster foes were lurking around the outskirts...

In short, though no one knew what they were after, the Global Guardians had been surrounded and attacked in a trap, leaving them unable to spare any manpower.

Meanwhile, Nolan had been flying around on the news, doing nothing but rescuing civilians.

He was probably slacking off. It couldn't be that one punch had actually injured him, could it?

Either way, Leon knew one thing:

No one would be paying attention to him for the time being, so he landed atop a high-rise across from a power plant.

The villain he had chosen was the electric man currently wreaking havoc inside.

His current outfit was a hooded jacket and a mask.

His Viltrumite intelligence kicked in, telling him that as long as he didn't reveal his crucial flying ability, people wouldn't connect him to himself so quickly.

So for now, he only needed to run.

Locking onto that bright yellow figure, he lowered his body and sprang forward.

The next instant, the chunks blasted up by his feet rose higher and higher.

In an instant, every window along one side of the building shattered!

At the same time, inside the power plant.

"Submit to me!"

The electric man, clad in a yellow bodysuit and wearing a lightning-shaped crown, roared at the hero before him.

Though he didn't know what the organizer's objective was, they had been quite sincere in preparing everything at the power plant for him.

He immediately drew power from the grid and knocked them all down.

His own strength then surged as he absorbed it! Exploded upward!

"Hehehe, with the Global Guardians gone, I am—"

INVINCIBLE

Leon, wrapped in countless strands of electrical arcs, came down with a punch from directly above his head.

"What no-name hero thinks he can come here and make trouble?!"

The electric man naturally sensed the change. He neither dodged nor retreated, simply gathering electrical energy and charging head-on into Leon.

Yet unlike Immortal Man, whom he had fought before, this fist was unstoppable. It tore through layer after layer of lightning and instantly reached his cheek.

Something's wrong!

Realizing this, he immediately transformed into lightning and circled a pillar to get away from Leon.

When he looked back, he saw that hand buried in the spot where he had been standing. Cracks slowly spread outward in rings, and then—

It sank.

Cold sweat broke out!

Pulling back his fist, Leon studied the electric man with curious eyes beneath his mask.

In his impression, this guy wasn't supposed to be this strong.

Only after looking around the power plant did he understand.

"So the villains here are all so kind? They even powered themselves up for my sake."

Now that he thought about it, Mechanical Head had not only solved his identity and schooling problems, but had even prepared a place for him to live.

Then he had no choice but to repay their kindness with everything he had.

Leon assumed a stance and faced off against the electric man until the latter finally spoke first.

"Y-you've still got some strength, huh? Heroes like you are everywhere around here, so—"

"What about speed?"

Electricity crackled across the electric man's entire body.

He triggered an explosion in the equipment, which instantly spread along the cracks Leon had made and blew apart an entire floor.

Amid the debris raining down from above, he stepped onto a fragment and charged at Leon.

Once! Twice!

The current he had become brushed past Leon time and again, surely inflicting considerable damage.

The electric net woven from speed also continued generating power, binding him in place.

As long as I restrict his movements, it doesn't matter how strong he is. The advantage is mine!

As for Leon, he gave it a five-star review.

So this was what real electrotherapy felt like.

His body had still been faintly aching after fighting Nolan, but now that he was being shocked, it felt as though his blood and energy had become much more active.

Not only that, his resistance to electricity was rising rapidly, and he could feel newly added empty vessels filling up.

So taking hits builds NP, I get it. But what about attacking?

With the ground rushing up at him, Leon secretly adjusted his posture using Intelligent Atom and landed steadily.

Then he shook off the electrical arcs covering his body and accurately grabbed the ankle of the electric man, who had just thrown a punch and was about to fly away.

"Eh?!"

The smile curling beneath the electric man's mask froze.

How could he keep up with lightning and catch me? In this world, only Red Rush—

In that instant of acceleration, he was violently smashed into the ground, his limbs bending at unnatural angles.

The agonizing pain from those fractures directly interrupted his transformation into electricity, and he lost consciousness.

"Almost full."

Leon looked at the electric man, who was barely clinging to life. This guy had good attack speed and sufficient power. He was excellent for farming NP.

He then tossed him into the ruins and prepared to leave in search of another villain.

Just then, a voice came from above him.

"I received intelligence that someone is destroying the power plant. Is that you?"

A bearded, muscular man in blue and yellow slowly descended while speaking into his communicator.

"I've arrived. No need to come over here."

"I came to stop this attack. The villain is lying over there."

"I can believe you, but since I've encountered you, an unknown hero needs to be registered."

Immortal Man swept his gaze over the scene. There were only enough people in the world who could cause this kind of destruction in human form to count on two hands.

Now another one had appeared. Superhumans with this degree of destructive power needed to be watched closely.

Just like Omni-Man, who claimed to be from Viltrum...

Besides, the person before him had not yet cleared himself of suspicion.

"Can I refuse, Immortal Man?"

"Unfortunately, although many people still refuse to comply with this act, I saw what happened."

"Then what else is there to say?"

Leon assumed his stance again.

"Just use some coercive measures, then."

Seeing Leon being so ungrateful, anger briefly appeared on the man's face. Impulsive, hot-tempered, domineering—very Immortal Man.

But since he was here, Nolan and the others had probably already been freed from the siege.

Thinking this over, Leon crossed his arms and blocked Immortal Man's flying charge.

He had no intention of using his flying ability to disperse the force. Maintaining his posture, he was carried into the air.

He landed, then deliberately staggered back a few steps.

A little light. This was the legendary guy who could instantly defeat Omni-Man?

But... it's full.

Let's end this quickly!

When Immortal Man charged in for the second time, he saw that the hooded figure made no move to defend himself and simply raised a hand chop.

"Has he gone mad? Does he think that kind of gesture can hurt anyone?"

Though puzzled, he accelerated forward.

Yet when he came within a few meters, an intense sense of danger—

A sense of danger so intense that even someone accustomed to death still instinctively received a warning—engulfed him.

At that moment, the seemingly ridiculous hand chop became like an impassable chasm, slashing viciously toward him.

"This strike will be very—what was it again?"

Immortal Man saw it. In the reflection of those eyes beneath the mask, tension was spreading across his own face.

I need to dodge—

But before he could move, his consciousness was swallowed by the collapsing building.

One minute later,

Leon stood atop the building and took a photo of the smooth cut left by the hand chop cleaving vertically through it before the entire structure collapsed.

"Limited destructive power, but specialized cutting performance?"

Now he finally understood how hard Nolan had been holding back. With strength that let him instantly defeat anyone he met, he still had to play along.

[Viltrumite Honor Student: @Orange-Haired, Golden-Eyed Evil Human Look, how's this Noble Phantasm's effect?]

[Orange-Haired, Golden-Eyed Evil Human: It's a deal. Next time we run into someone annoying, I'll use a Command Spell to strengthen you, then you go up and cut them in two with one strike.]

[West China Tiger: I remember Leon's Noble Phantasm says "Anti-Person," right? Is this really okay?]

[Spicy Donkey Head: Maybe Leon is just too strong.]

[Yellow Weasel, Neither Man nor God: Looks like I need to speed things up. I'm very much looking forward to it, Leon.]

[Kansas Farm Boy: With this level of destruction, was there a powerful villain who forced you to go all out?]

[Kansas Farm Boy: Uh, the other side was a villain, right?]

Not long after, Leon had just returned home when his phone lit up.