Recaps

Baicang went to the park intending to confront Mizuki for waking him at five, but accidentally kicked Tanktop Girl instead. After learning why the Tank-Top Organization was after him, he accepted Mizuki’s invitation to have breakfast with her and Tanktop Girl.

• Baicang arrived at the park before dawn and kicked Tanktop Girl, mistaking her for Mizuki in the fog.
• Mizuki appeared and explained she had stepped away to use the restroom, while Baicang told her to schedule future training for nine.
• Tanktop Girl explained that Tank-Top Tiger had spread a photo of Baicang and rallied the Tank-Top Organization against him after his bullying was exposed.
• Tanktop Girl said she opposed Tank-Top Tiger’s behavior and remained in the organization because of her friends and her respect for Tank-Top Master.
• Mizuki reminded Baicang about breakfast, and he agreed to join her and Tanktop Girl for rice rolls.

Sachiko thanked Baicang and Mizuki after the Yamato Group’s collapse freed her from harassment and debt, while Baicang’s concern made her mistakenly suspect he was interested in her. Sachiko invited Baicang, Mizuki, and Tanktop Girl to her home to make more rice rolls, leaving the office worker without breakfast.

• Sachiko told Baicang that Harano had returned to school after feeling safe from the Yamato Group and thanked him for helping her.
• Sachiko served enormous rice rolls to Baicang, Mizuki, and Tanktop Girl, while the office worker waited for his rice ball.
• Sachiko wondered whether Baicang had secretly defeated the Yamato Group for her and became convinced that he was interested in her.
• Mizuki and Tanktop Girl ate the remaining food, and Sachiko invited them and Baicang to her home to learn how to make rice rolls.
• Mizuki snatched the office worker’s rice ball before Sachiko could serve it to him.

Baicang, Mizuki, and Tanktop Girl rushed to Golden Apple Kindergarten after a monster alert, where Baicang rescued Harano and Ling Ling from a tentacle attack. The monster revealed itself as a gigantic mutated sunflower, and Baicang realized the fight would be difficult.

• At Sachiko's home, Mizuki ate Baicang's rice roll while Tanktop Girl cried over a misshapen one she had made.
• Baicang, Mizuki, and Tanktop Girl received an emergency alert about a monster at Golden Apple Kindergarten, where Harano was attending school.
• As teachers evacuated the children, Harano ran back to rescue Ling Ling, and a giant tentacle attacked them.
• Baicang blocked the tentacle while Tanktop Girl carried Harano and Ling Ling to safety, and Mizuki began evacuating the children.
• The monster crushed part of the classroom building, revealing itself as a gigantic mutated sunflower, and Baicang judged that its size and strength would make it a tough opponent.

Baicang fought the Sunflower Monster alone after it moved toward nearby apartments, killing it by driving a steel bar into the human face inside its flower. Mizuki and Tanktop Girl feared he had died, but Baicang emerged alive, badly battered and covered in the monster’s blood.

• Baicang sent Mizuki and Tanktop Girl to evacuate residents while he tried unsuccessfully to reach Saitama for help.
• When the Sunflower Monster advanced toward the apartments, Baicang chose to distract it and attack the flower despite knowing he was outmatched.
• Baicang dodged the monster’s tentacles, was struck and injured, then used one tentacle’s force to launch himself toward the face inside the flower.
• Baicang impaled the monster’s face with a steel bar and held on as it thrashed until it died and collapsed into the school rubble.
• Mizuki and Tanktop Girl returned after evacuating the residents and believed Baicang had been killed, but he stood up and told them he was still alive.

Baicang survived the Sunflower Monster’s attack and went to Sachiko’s house with Mizuki and Tanktop Girl to clean up. Sachiko thanked him for helping her and Harano, then broke down and embraced him.

• Baicang reassured Mizuki and Tanktop Girl that the red substance on him was monster juice and that his injuries were minor.
• Sneck arrived at the kindergarten, and Baicang left him to handle the aftermath before departing with Mizuki and Tanktop Girl.
• A cloaked figure reported that experimental Subject S-102 was dead and received orders to return without retrieving it.
• Mizuki reset Baicang’s dislocated arm, and the group headed to Sachiko’s house to wash off the monster juice.
• Sachiko welcomed them, took Baicang toward the bathroom, thanked him for helping her and Harano, and embraced him in tears.

Baicang recovered at Sachiko's house after fighting the monster, while Sachiko and the others learned more about one another. The chapter ended with Mizuki taking Sachiko to bathe with her, leaving Baicang puzzled and Tanktop Girl dismissing his questions.

• Sachiko comforted Baicang, who showered and discovered that his injuries had healed while removing hardened monster fluid from his body.
• Sachiko brought Baicang clean clothes and a towel, but worried that he might have seen her underwear in the bathroom cabinet.
• Mizuki told Tanktop Girl that Baicang had fought the monster alone to protect them, and Tanktop Girl began to trust him.
• Sachiko told Tanktop Girl how she met Baicang and Mizuki, then shared the hardships she had faced after her husband died.
• Mizuki and Tanktop Girl cried over Sachiko's story, and Mizuki led Sachiko to the bathroom to bathe with her.
• Baicang asked Tanktop Girl what had happened, but she told him it was girl stuff and none of his business.

Baicang worried about Runo’s isolation and planned to bring her to Sachiko’s meal the next day. Fubuki visited to recruit him into the Fubuki Group, but Baicang refused.

• Sachiko invited Baicang, Mizuki, and Tanktop Girl to eat, and Baicang agreed to bring Runo the next day after worrying that she spent too much time alone.
• A white-haired girl froze a werewolf who threatened her with the Monster Association and flew away.
• Baicang returned home, watched news footage of Puri-Puri Prisoner capturing Red Head, and shut off the television in alarm.
• Fubuki arrived at Baicang’s home with Eyelashes, Mountain Ape, and Lily and asked him to join her group.
• Fubuki explained that Bang had praised Baicang and that she had used Tatsumaki’s standing to learn his address, but Baicang refused to join.

Baicang agreed to join the Fubuki Group as an unofficial member after setting conditions, and Fubuki stayed at his home when his younger sister Runo arrived. While Baicang prepared a meal, Fubuki learned that Runo and Baicang had met at an orphanage and was reminded of her childhood bond with Tatsumaki.

• Fubuki tried to recruit Baicang by promising a higher hero rank, but he pointed out the Fubuki Group's lack of money and an S-Class supporter.
• Baicang agreed to join as an unofficial member, with Fubuki accepting his first condition and agreeing to discuss any requests covered by his second.
• Runo came home, and Fubuki and the other Fubuki Group members prepared to leave.
• Fubuki turned back to ask Baicang for the meal he had promised, and he sent Runo to keep her company while he cooked.
• Fubuki asked Runo about her family, and Runo said she and Baicang had met at an orphanage and that having her brother was what mattered to her.
• Fubuki saw her own childhood closeness with Tatsumaki reflected in Runo's affection for Baicang.

Fubuki and Runo grew close while swapping stories about their siblings, though Fubuki privately planned to use Runo to learn more about Baicang. After dinner, Baicang set out to visit a Hero Association branch, hoping to get weapons and equipment after his recent fight exposed his lack of gear.

• Fubuki and Runo bonded over stories about Baicang and their childhoods, and Baicang found them sitting together like sisters.
• At dinner, Baicang told Fubuki he had refused Bang's martial arts training because he disliked hardship, then avoided explaining his psychic powers to her and Runo.
• Fubuki recalled how her relationship with Tatsumaki had changed and decided she would use Runo to learn more about Baicang.
• After receiving an urgent message from Lily, Fubuki left and promised Runo she would visit again, then resolved to prove herself stronger than Tatsumaki.
• Baicang prepared to visit a Hero Association branch to get high-tech weapons and gear, and planned to ask Saitama where his outfit had been made.

Baicang used Fubuki’s points to order a custom weapon and bought a motorcycle, then took Runo for a long ride. That night, he met Kenta to collect information and asked whether Kenta had returned to his old ways.

• Baicang learned that Professional Heroes could redeem equipment with points, but his 500 points only covered unimpressive weapons.
• Baicang called Fubuki, who let him use her points, and he ordered a custom weapon because he considered used weapons unhygienic.
• Baicang also bought Mizuki’s motorcycle model and took Runo on a several-hour ride to calm her down.
• Baicang met Kenta at the intersection, collected his information, and asked whether he had resumed his old ways.
• Kenta swore he had changed, panicked when Baicang raised his hand, and collapsed as a bang sounded.

Baicang intimidated Kenta and Mountain Chicken into cooperating, then returned home to discover his new superpower, Child of Light. He traveled to the deserted Mount Ohara to test whether he could truly become light and began transforming.

• Baicang caught Mountain Chicken spying on Kenta, knocked him down, and used his superpower on him.
• Baicang threatened Kenta into gathering information and promised him control of turf Baicang cleared, then left Kenta and Mountain Chicken behind.
• Baicang revealed that his threats had been a bluff and checked the list of his next targets.
• Baicang woke to a refreshed superpower called Child of Light, told Mizuki he could not come in, and rode to Mount Ohara to test it.
• After checking that the area was deserted, Baicang closed his eyes, opened them, and shouted, “Transform!”

Baicang discovered that his new light form made him immune to physical attacks but rapidly drained and weakened him. After testing its limits, he went looking for the House of Evolution, then visited Saitama and learned that Saitama had sent Genos to Baicang’s address.

• Baicang transformed into light, destroyed part of a mountain, and collapsed after trying to keep the form active.
• Baicang repeatedly tested his power and learned that movement and attacks shortened its roughly twenty-second limit, while transforming left him naked and mentally exhausted.
• Baicang noticed a swarm of mosquitoes and suspected Mosquito Girl, so he hurried toward the House of Evolution hoping to find Dr. Genus.
• Baicang found the street near Saitama’s home scorched and littered with blood and mechanical wreckage, and realized Genos had already left.
• Baicang treated Saitama to ramen and asked about the cyborg who had sought him out.
• Saitama told Baicang that he had given Genos Baicang’s address, leaving Baicang shocked.

Baicang paid for Saitama’s expensive ramen after Saitama fled to fight a monster, then hurried to the dinner gathering he had nearly forgotten. At Sachiko’s home, Sachiko and Tanktop Girl began preparing dinner while Mizuki’s embarrassment over meeting Baicang fueled Sachiko’s suspicions about them.

• Saitama avoided Baicang’s questions, called Baicang his eldest disciple, and vanished after claiming a monster had appeared nearby.
• Baicang paid Saitama’s bill and extra compensation to the ramen vendor, then rushed off when Mizuki called about dinner plans.
• At the supermarket, Mizuki praised Baicang as a dependable senior and blushed while telling Sachiko how they had met.
• Sachiko and Mizuki returned with groceries and learned that Ling Ling had taken Harano out to play.
• Sachiko started preparing dinner, and Tanktop Girl insisted on helping wash vegetables after Sachiko initially declined.

Tanktop Girl told Sachiko how she had met Mizuki and Baicang, leaving Sachiko curious about their flustered reactions to their first meetings. Baicang brought Runo to Sachiko’s home, where everyone shared dinner until Mizuki suddenly asked to try Sachiko’s alcohol.

• Tanktop Girl told Sachiko how she had befriended Mizuki and recalled Mizuki’s mishaps during hero requests.
• Sachiko asked how Tanktop Girl and Mizuki had met Baicang, and Tanktop Girl blushed and fled while explaining her encounter with him.
• Baicang brought Runo to Sachiko’s house, where Mizuki enthusiastically questioned her and Tanktop Girl learned about the siblings’ circumstances.
• Sachiko and Baicang prepared dinner, while Mizuki and Tanktop Girl welcomed Runo and Runo secretly passed the food she could not finish to Baicang.
• Everyone ate together until Mizuki asked Sachiko whether she had bought alcohol, surprising the group.

Sachiko brought out whiskey and started a question-or-drink bottle game with Baicang, Runo, Mizuki, and Tanktop Girl. After Runo’s question left Sachiko drinking, Sachiko spun the bottle toward Tanktop Girl and asked what she had grabbed when she first met Baicang.

• Sachiko shared whiskey with the group, and Mizuki and Tanktop Girl both struggled with its strong taste.
• Sachiko proposed a bottle-spinning game in which players answered questions or drank, and the group began playing.
• Baicang spun the bottle toward Runo, who said she loved her brother most.
• Runo spun the bottle toward Sachiko and asked whom she loved most; Sachiko drank instead of answering.
• Sachiko spun the bottle toward Tanktop Girl and asked what she had grabbed the first time she met Baicang.

During a drinking game at Sachiko’s home, Tanktop Girl and Mizuki revealed embarrassing stories and became drunk, while Baicang tried to manage the chaos. The chapter ended with Baicang pinning Mizuki down after she mistook him for a monster, and Mizuki began crying that he was picking on her.

• Tanktop Girl denied grabbing Baicang before, but Sachiko and Runo noticed her embarrassment, and Mizuki challenged her to drink.
• Tanktop Girl spun the bottle toward Mizuki, who recounted following Baicang at the mall and blushed as she hinted at what happened afterward.
• Tanktop Girl and Mizuki drank heavily and exposed each other’s secrets, while Baicang warned Runo not to listen; Runo secretly tasted his leftover drink and became woozy.
• Tanktop Girl drunkenly brought up their past misunderstanding, then collapsed into Baicang’s arms.
• Mizuki mistook Baicang for a lecherous monster and attacked him, so he restrained her to prevent her from damaging Sachiko’s home.
• Baicang pinned Mizuki’s hands above her head, and she clamped her legs around his waist before crying that he was picking on her.

Baicang dealt with the drunken Mizuki, Tanktop Girl, and Runo at Sachiko’s home and arranged beds for them. After carrying Mizuki upstairs, he was surprised when she kissed him as a reward.

• Baicang asked Sachiko for spare rooms and decided to sleep in the living room while Runo stayed with Sachiko.
• Baicang carried Tanktop Girl upstairs and settled her into a room.
• Baicang found Mizuki playing with the sleeping Runo and agreed to carry Mizuki upstairs too.
• Mizuki clung to Baicang as he carried her, and Sachiko saw them arrive in an awkward position.
• After Baicang turned to leave, Mizuki kissed him and called it his reward.

After Mizuki kissed Baicang while drunk, he fled and tried to sleep on Sachiko’s sofa, but Sachiko later joined him and confessed her feelings. They kissed, and Baicang pulled the blanket over them as they gave in to their desire.

• Mizuki kissed Baicang, who stopped her and left her room while Sachiko followed him downstairs.
• Baicang carried Runo to Sachiko’s room, then returned to the living room and tried to sleep while thinking about Mizuki’s kiss.
• After confirming everyone was asleep, Sachiko went to Baicang and explained that she had feelings for him but could not ask for a relationship because she had to care for Harano.
• Sachiko kissed Baicang twice, and he eventually opened his eyes and pulled her close.
• Sachiko told Baicang to keep quiet as he drew the blanket over them.

Baicang spent the night with Sachiko and shared an awkward breakfast with her, Runo, Mizuki, and Tanktop Girl. After returning home to await Genos, he received deliveries from the Hero Association and was finally approached by a cyborg asking for Master Saitama’s first disciple, Senior Brother Baicang.

• Baicang woke to Mizuki questioning him, while Tanktop Girl dragged her away after Mizuki nearly revealed their embarrassing misunderstanding from the previous night.
• Sachiko and Runo served breakfast, and Baicang exchanged affectionate glances with Sachiko and praised Runo’s rice ball.
• Baicang arranged a day off for Runo, asked Mizuki and Tanktop Girl to take her home, and secretly kissed Sachiko before leaving.
• Baicang returned home to wait for Genos, but a delivery worker brought him a Hero Association package and then another delivery worker brought him a letter.
• A cyborg in a black tank top approached Baicang and asked whether he was Senior Brother Baicang, Master Saitama’s first disciple.

Baicang approved Genos as Saitama’s disciple and brought him to Saitama’s home, where monsters from the House of Evolution attacked. As Genos went to fight the remaining enemies, Baicang headed downstairs to put his plan into motion.

• Baicang approved Genos and encouraged him to persist in winning Saitama over as a master.
• Baicang brought Genos to Saitama’s home, where Saitama objected to taking another disciple but agreed to hear Genos out.
• Genos began explaining his past, but Saitama demanded that he shorten the story.
• A mantis-like monster crashed through the ceiling, and Saitama punched it to pieces.
• Genos sensed two more monsters outside and went to fight them while Baicang took the stairs downstairs.

Baicang and Saitama defeated the House of Evolution monsters while Genos subdued the armored Gorilla. The Gorilla begged for his life after seeing that Beast King had been killed, leaving the group poised to question him.

• Baicang left Genos to fight the armored Gorilla and went to help Saitama, who was trapped underground with Beast King and Earth Dragon.
• Saitama climbed free and confronted Beast King over the damage to his house while Earth Dragon attacked Baicang from beneath the road.
• Baicang lured Earth Dragon into surfacing, and Earth Dragon saw Saitama kill Beast King with one punch.
• Baicang shot Earth Dragon through the head with a laser and complained when Saitama’s punch sent chunks of Beast King raining down.
• Genos defeated the armored Gorilla and threatened to erase him unless he answered questions, but the Gorilla surrendered when Baicang arrived carrying part of Beast King.

Baicang, Saitama, and Genos destroyed the House of Evolution’s surface base and descended into its underground facility. Dr. Genus sent Carnage Kabuto to capture Saitama, and the monster attacked Baicang and Genos when he reached the group.

• Baicang led Saitama and Genos to the House of Evolution after learning about its operation, and Genos destroyed its building with a blast.
• Baicang, Saitama, and Genos found an underground entrance in the ruins and descended into the facility.
• Dr. Genus asked Carnage Kabuto to deal with Saitama, showing him a photograph of Saitama, Baicang, and Genos.
• Genos detected two approaching life signs as the lights went out along the corridor.
• Carnage Kabuto charged at the group carrying Genus, identified Saitama as his target, and struck at Baicang and Genos.

Baicang evaded Carnage Kabuto’s attack and urged Saitama to fight him, while Genos hurried ahead after being badly damaged. Baicang confronted Dr. Genus about his beliefs and led him to the laboratory to witness Saitama’s power.

• Carnage Kabuto struck Baicang, who turned into light, then smashed Genos’s head into the corridor wall.
• Saitama agreed to fight Carnage Kabuto, and the two vanished down the corridor toward the laboratory.
• Baicang caught Genos as he fell, and Genos ran ahead to help Saitama while Baicang stayed with Dr. Genus.
• Baicang told Dr. Genus that he was a C-Class esper and criticized his plan to evolve humanity, demonstrating how his hand could turn into light and cut the wall.
• Baicang claimed that God was connected to the emergence of monsters but was helpless before Saitama, then led Dr. Genus to witness Saitama’s power.

Baicang tested his Light Particle Transformation against Carnage Kabuto, then left the fight to Saitama so he could get to a supermarket sale. Saitama killed Carnage Kabuto with one punch, leaving Dr. Genus stunned.

• Saitama handed the injured Genos to Baicang and prepared to fight Carnage Kabuto, but Baicang asked to try his new move first.
• Baicang used light blasts and blades to injure Carnage Kabuto and cut off his wings.
• Carnage Kabuto entered Asura Mode, while Baicang returned to normal, got dressed, and told Saitama to hurry because the supermarket was closing.
• Carnage Kabuto charged at Baicang, but Saitama punched him apart in midair.
• Dr. Genus stared in disbelief as Carnage Kabuto's remains fell around him.

After Saitama defeated Carnage Kabuto with one punch, Baicang recruited a devastated Dr. Genus and found that the House of Evolution had lost nearly all its resources. The group prepared to abandon the base, while Baicang learned that recreating Carnage Kabuto would not be easy.

• Saitama stopped mourning when Genos told him they could still reach the supermarket before it closed, then punched a huge hole through the laboratory wall to leave with Genos.
• Baicang encouraged Dr. Genus to continue his research under Baicang's guidance, and Dr. Genus accepted his offer.
• Baicang learned that Genos's attack had destroyed most of the House of Evolution's equipment, research data, and remaining funds.
• Baicang told Dr. Genus to gather the surviving valuables after Armored Gorilla returned and then evacuate the base before the Hero Association investigated.
• Dr. Genus admitted he could not readily create another Carnage Kabuto, and Baicang gave up on the idea for now.