Battle with Saitama

Two casually strolling figures slowly approached each other.

Saitama looked at the youth approaching him, a trace of surprise appearing in his calm eyes.

Was this person really Monster? Why could he not sense any malice toward destroying the world in him?

"Are you really Monster?"

Saitama could not help voicing the doubt in his heart.

Hane's lips curled up slightly.

"I'm not. I'm a perfectly ordinary human!"

"But why do you want to destroy the world?"

Saitama stopped and tilted his head slightly as he asked.

"Perhaps everyone simply lacks an understanding of me! I merely want to open a path for this world toward a broader world! Are you going to stop me?"

Hane stared directly at the undisputed strongest person in this world. A being who had broken through the world's limits and surpassed the bounds of humanity, a creature fundamentally different from all humans.

"But you've harmed this world!"

Saitama spoke with a thoughtful expression. The youth before him was different from every Monster he had encountered before. No matter what kind of Monster it had been, he had never felt even the slightest pressure—at most, it took a simple punch, or an ordinary punch.

But now, he felt a trace of pressure for the first time in a long while.

"Nothing comes without sacrifice. Some harm is unavoidable. What this world gives up now will bring unimaginable returns. That is all I can tell you! Everything else will have to be proven by time!"

Saitama slowly raised his head.

"Looks like a fight can't be avoided! I have to stop you, because I'm this world's hero. I can't let you harm the world like this!"

"That's fine. Let me see just how strong you are, someone who has surpassed the world's limits! It just so