The sense of mortal danger vanished into thin air. Elder Centipede shook his head, dismissing the momentary standstill in his thoughts as nothing more than his imagination.
After all, he had gotten up too suddenly and was still half asleep.
(~O~)
The next moment, the eerie human face atop the enormous insect let out a string of shrill, piercing, Hall of Souls-grade cackles. He continued burrowing beneath the city, wreaking havoc, still unaware that everywhere he passed was already deserted.
"Keh keh keh keh..."
Z City.
The trainees' vision blurred for an instant, and Super Police and Bald Caped Hero, who had been sitting in the instructors' seats, appeared right in front of the group.
"Everyone."
Josen raised a hand and pressed it downward, immediately drawing everyone's gaze toward him and Saitama.
"S City is under attack by a gigantic monster. Its disaster level has essentially been confirmed as Dragon-level!" Josen looked around, meeting pair after pair of determined eyes. "Would anyone like to come with us to take it down?"
"I'll go."
"Me too!"
"..."
Without any hesitation, almost everyone responded at the same time.
They were all professional Heroes to begin with, and they had just spent an entire month in intensive training in Z City.
All the girlfriendless Yanzus knew that bottling things up for too long always tended to cause trouble...
┑( ᖛ▽ᖛ )┍
Now that they heard a Dragon-level Monster was rampaging through S City, their eyes practically glowed green!
Kill monsters, grab credits!
Dragon-level?
Dragon-level is exactly what I'm here to fight!!
"Hmph, a gigantic Dragon-level Monster?" Atomic Samurai snorted around the toothpick in his mouth. His icy gaze and defiant expression displayed the master swordsman's confidence in full. "I wonder if it can withstand my current supersized slash. Heh..."
King also rose