Padong ran desperately down the street, its four little legs moving so fast they nearly left the ground.
It glanced back and, seeing no pursuers, let out a slight sigh of relief.
Suddenly, the ground began to tremble.
Padong instinctively looked toward the source of the disturbance. A tremendously heavy fat man was charging straight at it. That enormous body had erupted with unimaginable speed; his fat rippled like waves as he ran, yet it did nothing to hinder his agility.
In an instant, Pig had crossed dozens of meters, his huge palm about to seize Padong.
At that critical moment, a nimble blond figure darted into Padong's view. The newcomer clenched his right hand into a fist and punched the oncoming mountain of flesh.
The air boomed as if it had exploded.
Terrifying force ignited at the tip of his fist like high explosives. Before Padong's horrified eyes, Pig's massive body burst apart section by section.
Flesh, bones, and organs all turned into fragments that sprayed backward, swept along by the pressure of the punch.
A vacuum passage stretching over a hundred meters appeared along the street behind him. Stone slabs, wooden barrels, and building facades were all destroyed by the punch's aftershock.
The front wall of a three-story building at the end of the passage collapsed completely, exposing the terrified residents within.
Dawn withdrew his fist, which was steaming white, then turned to the stunned Padong with a friendly smile.
"Are you all right?"
Padong jolted, its fur standing on end as it stammered out an answer.
"I-I'm fine..."
Its voice trembled. The power this man had displayed was completely beyond its understanding. That punch... had been like a natural disaster.
"What's your name? Why were they chasing you?"
Dawn asked another question, his gentle tone forming a