Infinite Proliferation

"This is..." Genos's mechanical eye instantly erupted with dazzling red light. "Two identical energy signatures detected! Their intensity is exactly the same as the previous copies! There's no attenuation!"

The audience erupted again.

"What's going on?! How did there become two of them?!"

"Wasn't it shattered just now?!"

"What kind of cursed ability is this?!"

Meruem floated in midair, his black wings gently beating. His voice held the calm of someone who had finally taken control of everything. "This is the gift I brought back from the Dark Continent."

He lowered his head and looked at the two black Saitamas standing ready beneath him. A trace of almost cruel appreciation showed in his eyes. "One of the five great calamities of the Dark Continent, 'Infinite Division.' I devoured the queen of that species and obtained this ability. Any individual I create will split into two completely identical individuals at the moment of death, as long as it hasn't been utterly annihilated down to the atomic level."

He raised his head and looked at Saitama, saying each word clearly, "And the strength won't diminish at all."

Before his voice had even faded, the two black Saitamas moved at the same time.

Two black bolts of lightning, carrying exactly the same speed and power, lunged at Saitama from the left and right.

Saitama frowned.

"Troublesome."

He raised his hands and threw one punch to each side.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two dull impacts rang out. The two black Saitamas simultaneously turned into black smoke filling the sky.

Then—

Four strands of black smoke rose from the ground at the same time.

Four black Saitamas.

They stood there silently, their hollow eyes fixed squarely on Saitama.

Saitama scratched his bald head.

"Oh? They can multiply too."

He took a step forward and threw four punches