Chapter Summaries

Baicang searched for the giant after its fight with Saitama, but stopped to rescue people and got delayed by their requests. When a man tried to guilt him into staying, Baicang tricked the crowd into letting him leave and discovered the man worked at Chiba Bank.

• Baicang followed the giant’s trail through the ruined city, then abandoned his search for a time to rescue injured residents and gather survivors.
• A rescued woman asked Baicang to find her missing daughter, but he told the crowd he had an urgent assignment and needed to leave.
• A bespectacled man accused Baicang of neglecting his duty to protect the survivors and tried to pressure him into staying.
• Baicang claimed a temporary power-boosting technique would make him attack people, then staged the man collapsing in terror to persuade the crowd to let him go.
• After leaving, Baicang checked the employee badge he had taken from the man and learned he was Chiba Bank manager Da Cheng Jungui.

Baicang hurried through the disaster zone while Fubuki and the Fubuki Group searched for a missing girl and encountered a Mole Monster. As the monster overwhelmed Fubuki, Baicang arrived, rescued her, and introduced himself.

• Baicang headed toward the giant's remains, then heard a child crying nearby.
• Fubuki led the Fubuki Group through the ruins to search for a missing girl and blamed Baicang for reaching the civilians before her.
• The Mole Monster attacked the Fubuki Group, and Fubuki directed her members in fighting him.
• The Mole Monster transformed, escaped underground, and attacked from beneath the ground, exhausting Fubuki as she tried to protect her group.
• The Mole Monster caught Fubuki off guard with a red flash in his eyes, but Baicang kicked him away, caught Fubuki, and greeted her.

Baicang rescued Fubuki from the Mole Monster and then returned with the lost Xiao Cai. After Fubuki reunited Xiao Cai with her group, Baicang fled when the girl began reaching for him and threatening to cry.

• Fubuki was startled when Baicang suddenly appeared beside the fallen Mole Monster, which he had defeated with Psychic Plague Source and an elbow strike.
• Baicang rushed away after hearing Xiao Cai crying, leaving Fubuki to rally the ashamed members of the Fubuki Group.
• Baicang returned carrying Xiao Cai and learned that Lily and the others knew her mother had asked them to find her.
• Fubuki gently took Xiao Cai from Baicang and promised to bring her to her nearby mother.
• When Xiao Cai reached for Baicang and looked ready to cry, he promised Fubuki a meal next time and ran off.

Baicang reached the cordon around the giant’s corpse, where Bang approved of his feigned heroic motives and accompanied him inside. They arrived at the enormous body, while Bang wondered which hero had defeated it.

• Baicang found the Hero Association had barred C-Class heroes from approaching the giant’s corpse, and nearly hit an employee before Bang’s arrival stopped him.
• Baicang told Bang he wanted to avenge the people harmed by the giant, and Bang praised him as a promising hero and allowed him to enter.
• Baicang and Bang reached the giant’s corpse, and Bang reflected that its size suggested Dragon-level strength and wondered whether Blast had defeated it.
• While Baicang was away, a bald man frantically ate the hot pot beef rolls despite Runo’s protest that his big brother had not eaten yet.

Baicang rejected Bang’s offer to teach him Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist after seeing the giant’s body and deciding he would not risk the potion’s apparent cost. He returned home to find Saitama had eaten the hot pot and spent the evening watching television with Baicang and Runo.

• Bang carried Baicang onto the giant, where Baicang saw its smooth crotch and lost interest in the potion that had made it grow.
• Bang demonstrated Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist by blasting a huge hole through the giant’s leg, then invited Baicang to become his disciple.
• Baicang refused Bang’s offer, explained that he already had a teacher, and promised to introduce Bang to Saitama another time.
• Before leaving, Baicang took a flesh-and-blood sample from the giant’s wound and headed home.
• Runo told Baicang that Saitama had eaten all the hot pot meat, and Saitama helped clean up before watching the news with Baicang.
• Baicang asked Saitama whether defeating the giant had affected him, then scolded him for picking his nose before touching the remote.

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.