"Long time no see. It's been over half a month since you went back to M City, hasn't it?"
Josen sat down on the sofa, fetched a bag of snacks with Psychic Power, and chatted with King as he ate.
"So, how's your training going?"
"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Josen. After all this training, I'd estimate my voltage has just about crossed the fifty-thousand-volt threshold."
King answered somewhat bashfully, like an elementary school student whose homeroom teacher had pulled him aside on the first day of school to check his winter break homework.
Josen immediately perked up. "Fifty thousand volts? That's pretty good progress!"
"Yes." A little embarrassed by the praise, King smiled gently. "Aside from training, most of my breakthroughs actually happened during combat."
"I also tested myself using the method you described, Mr. Josen. Shattering a small boulder with one punch is no problem now."
After exchanging a few pleasantries with Josen over the phone, King asked, "Mr. Josen, are you free right now? I called because there are some things about combat I'd like to ask you."
"Of course." Josen stuffed a handful of snacks into his mouth. "I'm at Saitama's place right now. Ask whatever you want, King."
"Great! Then I'll get straight to it. Here's the thing..."
After listening to King describe the so-called strange phenomenon, Josen's expression froze, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
"You mean a lot of monsters die as soon as they see you, before you even start fighting?"
"If I'm understanding correctly, you mean you scared them to death?"
"Yes... and no. I'm not sure exactly how they died either. That's why I wanted to ask you."
"As you know, Mr. Josen, I used to be just an ordinary guy who was pretty good at video