Hell Gale

[Ding! Host refused Fubuki's invitation. Reward: 10 points!]

At that, Fubuki finally lost her patience.

"Eyelashes! Mountain Ape!"

"Teach him a lesson! Make sure he can never work as a hero again!"

Fubuki stopped wasting words on Bai Ye and ordered her subordinates to attack.

"Yes!"

Eyelashes and Mountain Ape had long since taken a dislike to Bai Ye, and they immediately charged at him.

Mountain Ape attacked with fists bigger than his head, while Eyelashes wielded a pair of eyelash curlers.

Of course, Eyelashes' curlers could actually transform into weapons. They weren't just for curling eyelashes.

"..."

Bai Ye was at a loss. He thought he'd been polite enough, yet they still wanted to fight at the slightest disagreement.

Still, there was no downside. Defeating the second- and third-ranked Class B heroes would earn him points.

Bai Ye remained rooted to the spot, calmly watching the fists and eyelash curlers hurtle toward him.

The next instant, both the fists and the curlers passed straight through his face.

"?!"

Eyelashes and Mountain Ape thought they'd hit him, only to discover, to their horror, that he was as untouchable as a ghost.

The instant they passed through Bai Ye's body, he reached back, grabbed their clothes, and hurled them straight out of the building.

After all, his physical capabilities were now over twenty times those of an ordinary person, further enhanced by hashirama cells. Tossing people weighing dozens or even a hundred kilograms around like toys was effortless.

"...?"

Surprise immediately crossed Fubuki's face.

She hadn't expected Eyelashes and Mountain Ape to be taken out so easily by someone who was merely a newcomer ranked fourth in Class B.

"You attacked first, so don't blame me for being rough."

Bai Ye spoke mildly.

"So you're going to stand in my way too?"

Fubuki's expression only grew colder.

"?"

A question mark practically appeared over Bai Ye's head.

Who exactly was standing in whose way?

The Blizzard Group had been the ones causing him trouble from the very beginning...

Then Fubuki began using her psychic powers.

As an esper, Fubuki possessed powerful telekinesis.

The winds she controlled created a scene like hell itself, which was how she'd earned the hero name Hellish Blizzard.

In an instant, Fubuki seized control of the air currents within a hundred-meter radius. They swept up countless pieces of rubble, forming a storm centered on her.

"Don't say I didn't warn you. You'd better keep the noise down."

Bai Ye calmly watched the rubble filling the air.

Normally, Saitama would be playing video games with Vaccine Man right now. Too much noise would disturb them next door.

But Fubuki wasn't about to listen to Bai Ye's warning. Rather than rein herself in, she poured even more power into her attack.

"Incidentally, that ability won't work on me. Don't waste your energy."

Bai Ye offered her a friendly tip.

He was being quite considerate.

But to Fubuki, those words sounded like mockery. "You think you're better than me? You'll regret this!"

Having built the storm to its peak, Fubuki unleashed it.

"Don't worry. I'll leave you breathing!"

"Hell Gale!" (Also translated as Hell Blizzard.)

As her voice rang out, the storm surged toward Bai Ye.

The storm burst out of the corridor. Instinctively assuming Bai Ye had been swept outside with it, Fubuki followed up with another deadly move, continuously compressing the winds and rubble.

That would compress Bai Ye along with the storm engulfing him, while the countless fragments of rubble gave him no chance to catch his breath.

Tearing flesh and crushing bones, it was a vicious move that could force someone to submit in an instant.

Fubuki wouldn't have wanted to use it if he hadn't refused to obey.

Her position as the top-ranked Class B hero was extremely important to her. If he refused to submit, that meant he wanted to surpass her...

That was something she absolutely could not tolerate. She would show no mercy to anyone who threatened her standing!

"Have you had enough? Playtime is over..."

Just then, Bai Ye suddenly appeared behind Fubuki.

He was completely unharmed, and even his clothes were untouched. With Dual Kamui and the Flying Thunder God Technique, there was no way this so-called Hell Blizzard could hit him.

To Bai Ye, Fubuki's actions and motives were no different from playing house.

"?!"

Hearing Bai Ye's voice behind her, Fubuki was startled.

She spun around to find him already right in front of her.

He's so close!!

Fubuki hurriedly tried to retreat, but Bai Ye had already activated Kamui in his right eye.

With her weak physical capabilities, she had no chance of escaping Kamui's pull.

Yet just as Bai Ye was about to make Fubuki spend some time "reflecting on her mistakes" in the Kamui Dimension, an uninvited guest suddenly descended from the sky.

"They had to come right now...?"

Bai Ye had already detected the intruder.

He'd figured the House of Evolution would probably send monsters to trouble him, but of all times, they had chosen this moment to show up.

There was nothing for it...

He could only toss Fubuki aside and deal with the House of Evolution's monster first.

"...?"

Seeing him suddenly stop, Fubuki had no idea what had happened.

The next instant, a humanoid mantis fell from the sky, landing where Bai Ye and Fubuki stood.

Nearly struck by him, Fubuki was so startled that she fell onto her backside.

[Ding! Host redeemed "Rasengan." Deducted "Points ×50." Current points remaining: 370!]

[Ding! Host redeemed "Physique ×260." Deducted "Points ×260." Current points remaining: 110!]

[Ding! Host redeemed "Hashirama Cells ×11." Deducted "Points ×110." Current points remaining: 0!]

Bai Ye took the opportunity to allocate his points. He generally only upgraded himself when he needed to fight.

[Physique +260]

[Hashirama cells +11]

[Physique: 478]

[Hashirama cells: 20]

At that moment, the system notifications continued when they should have ended.

[Ding! Host's hashirama cells have reached 20. Reward unlocked: Wood Release: Wood Clone!]

Bai Ye was immediately delighted.

Sure enough, once his hashirama cells reached a certain threshold, they unlocked the corresponding Wood Release jutsu.

"Ahem, ahem! My name is-"

Meanwhile, the humanoid mantis had barely landed and opened his mouth before Bai Ye casually decapitated him with a single stroke of the Red Night Blade.

[Ding! Host defeated the Tiger-Level Monster "Mantis Curie." Reward: 20 points!]

The twenty-point reward meant this mantis monster was relatively powerful among tiger-level monsters. Unfortunately, his opponent was Bai Ye.

Mantis Curie's voice cut off abruptly.

"Was that... a monster...?"

Fubuki looked rather disheveled as she sat on the floor with her knees bent and her legs splayed out to either side.