The tiles on the ruins were pushed aside, revealing three people, one big and two small, with mud all over their faces and grass growing on their heads.
King thought it was a weirdo and was so startled that he activated the King Engine.
But soon, the three men removed the grass from their heads and wiped the mud off their faces with their sleeves.
It was then that King realized that the three of them were normal human beings.
The one in the middle is a middle-aged man with a full beard and hair, and a somewhat overweight build, wearing a suit.
Beside him were two children holding his hands.
The second largest shareholder of the Hero Association is Bōhuāfù. To his left is his son Háo Rènxìng, and to his right is the son of Arnieg, the founder and largest shareholder of the Hero Association, Nose Guy.
"That's amazing! It really is King! He looks exactly like the one in the TV interview, and that King Engine... King, are you using your power to protect us? That's so cool and Haki!"
Háo Rènxìng looked at King with shining eyes.
"King, have you seen a young man with white hair?"
Nose Guy suppressed his excitement and asked King.
"No."
King shook his head and asked again:
What are you doing here?
"While the battle was raging outside, the shockwave from the fight between the heroes and the monsters caused the wall of the room where the monsters were holding us to collapse, which is how we escaped!"
Háo Rènxìng, raised his hand and said.
At this moment, Nose Guy noticed Eye Guy following King and reached out to poke Eye Guy's head.
"What is this thing? Could it be one of the strange people that King captured?"
Eye Guy broke out in a cold sweat, turned his head away, and looked at King with a mixture of fear and pleading.
"No, this one... is a rare animal. You can think of it as a pet I adopted."
King waved his hand and said.
"Alright, enough said, King. Please lead us away from here. It's far too dangerous here, and we need your protection!"
Bōhuāfù was also very excited, and he shook King's hand and said.
As the Hero Association's second-largest shareholder, he was aware of King's "strength".
Aside from the long-lost Blast, he is the strongest man on Earth, consistently ranking among the top three S-Class Hero!
With King around, they're safe!
"Good."
King nodded in response.
He had originally planned to escape from Z-City.
But the next moment, an unexpected event occurred before them.
"Boom!"
Two streaks of light crashed to the ground, creating a large crater not far in front of the crowd.
Flashy Flash used his sword to prop himself up on the ground, clutching his wounded abdomen and coughing up blood continuously.
Not far in front of him, the Golden Sperm was slowly walking towards him.
Flashy Flash is fast and strong enough to find an opportunity to kill two Dragon-level monsters, Gale Wind and Hellfire Flame, with Flashy Slash at the cost of minor injuries, but he is still much inferior to Golden Sperm.
After a brief struggle using speed to keep up with him, he was inevitably defeated.
"You're pretty fast, but where can you run to next?"
Golden Sperm clenched his fist, looking at Flashy Flash with a mocking expression, ready to make his move.
Are you sure you want to do this?
Upon seeing this, Flashy Flash's lips curled into a slight smile.
Just then, Child Emperor's Brave Giant and the reincarnated Phoenix Man both crashed to the ground.
Even Fubuki, Metal Bat, Suiryu, and Sweet Mask all brought Fuhrer Ugly and Gums here.
"Now we can rest assured!"
The Brave Giant ran out of energy and turned back into a backpack, which Child Emperor carried on his back. But Child Emperor's little face was full of joy.
"Just a few minutes ago, I detected that the signal from the communicator sent to Caped Baldy and King had been reconnected, which means that King should have already taken care of the trouble with Caped Baldy. So I notified everyone to find a way to lure the enemy here and let King deal with them!"
Child Emperor, looking like he was incredibly clever, said proudly.
Upon seeing the monster attack, and with all the S-Class Hero nearly being defeated, King was initially thinking of leading his men to escape. However, upon hearing Child Emperor's words, his face nearly turned green, and he barely managed to hold back.
"King! All those powerful monsters from the enemy are here now. Quickly use your Purgatory Unrivaled Heat Wave Cannon to wipe them out in one go!"
Child Emperor looked at King, who was a dozen meters behind him, and shouted.
The Bōhuāfù, the Háo Rènxìng, the snotty bear, and even the Eye Guy all looked at King with an expression of worship.
Golden Sperm, Gums, Fuhrer Ugly, and Reincarnated Phoenix Man all stopped what they were doing and stood Fudō, looking at King with wary expressions.
"No, I can't do it yet."
The King Engine roared to life again, and King, his face grim, stared intently at the four Dragon-level monsters as he spoke.
"Could this guy be scared?"
The Fuhrer Ugly looked at King with suspicion.
"Don't joke around, that's King! I heard a lot about King's achievements when I worked at the amusement Paradise. He's definitely a terrifying being whose strength is no less than that of Tatsumaki and Scarlet Ninja! Now that the King Engine is running, his gaze hasn't left us at all, which means he's already in a state of combat readiness!"
The Phoenix Man looked at King with a wary expression and shouted.
It is said that no matter what strange abilities a monster possesses, King can easily eliminate it. Phoenix Man is also worried that if he is killed by King, he may not be able to be resurrected.
"Is it because you disdain us? You think that insignificant Dragon-level characters like us aren't even worthy of your attention, King? You're far too arrogant!"
The Golden Sperm roared furiously at King, but secretly it had already begun to arrange for a hundred Black Sperm that had not yet merged to escape.
Child Emperor looked at the group behind King and had a look of Satori realization on his face.
King must have decided to hold off on taking action for the time being to protect the hostages, fearing that he would be distracted and unable to protect them if he did!
As expected of King! He managed to rescue the hostages when no one knew anything, and even now he still has such calm judgment and analysis!
Compared to him, I really am just an immature elementary school student!
Thinking of this, Child Emperor patted his backpack, releasing a layer of energy shield to protect Nose Guy and the others.
"King, don't worry about the hostages, we'll take care of protecting them!"
Child Emperor shouted at King.
Fubuki and Sweet Mask also realized what was happening and stood in front of the hostage. Only Flashy Flash, worried that King wouldn't be able to take down all the enemies at once, chose to stand on the other side to prevent the enemies from escaping.
Without a doubt, all the heroes present had extremely high trust in him!
King was the one who was most tormented and on the verge of collapse.
How could he possibly deal with such a vicious group of Dragon-level monsters who couldn't even defeat a group of S-Class Hero?!
"Tch, is the battle already decided?"
The Garou walked down the road with a dissatisfied expression.
He had just witnessed the Psykos-Orochi being defeated, so he slowed down, but continued along the same route.
"Very good! Very impressive, but when it comes to imposing presence, I won't lose to you!"
Metal Bat, covered in blood, is teaming up with Drive Knight to fight against Pochi.
When Child Emperor devised a plan to lure a group of monsters to King's location, the plan to lure Pochi failed, resulting in the Sword Saint Society members and Suiryu being injured and forced to retreat.
Not far from him, in a secluded, ruined house, the Zombie Man was interrogating the Homeless Emperor about information about the God.
However, the Garou followed the sounds of the battle and arrived there.
"Metal Bat! Something's changed! Hero Hunter has appeared within 300 meters!"
Drive Knight suddenly reminded Metal Bat.
Metal Bat suddenly remembered the guy who had interrupted his fight with Centipede Elder, grimaced, and continued to whack Pochi on the head with his bat.
"Tch, that guy, if it weren't for..."
Before Metal Bat could finish speaking, a figure instantly traversed hundreds of meters and arrived there. First, he kicked Drive Knight, who was in "horn" mode, away. Then, he turned around, clapped his hands, deflected Metal Bat's attack, and then used a powerful shoulder tackle to send him flying.
"Or what?"
The Garou sneered and asked the Metal Bat.
At this moment, his appearance had become very abnormal, with black cracks like those of Orochi crawling all over his face.
He is about to enter a freakish state.
"Since you're here, Garou, does that mean your teacher, Silver Fang, and his brother have already...?"
Drive Knight awkwardly got up and stared at the Garou, asking a question.
"Tch, those two old guys are indeed quite skilled. It's thanks to them that I'm now only one step away from completing my supreme fist technique!"
The Garou clenched his fists, which cracked loudly, and deliberately uttered harsh words.
Bang and Bangp were indeed seriously injured, but they did not die.
With their physical abilities capable of crushing Dragon-level monsters, they might be able to fully recover after a while.
Metal Bat's injuries were more severe, but his aura also increased significantly, and he glared fiercely at Garou.
"You bastard..."
"Roar!"
Metal Bat was interrupted halfway through his sentence by a super-high-temperature laser cannon fired by Pochi, forcing him to dodge away.
Shut up, you stinking dog!
Metal Bat's body was flung high into the air by Drive Knight, and it slammed into Pochi's chin.
"Sit down!"
Garou also threw a punch with his right hand, slamming it into Pochi's head.
Pochi's massive body was instantly sent flying, shrinking rapidly like a deflated balloon, whimpering as it lay on the ground like a little dog, pitifully wagging its tail.
"You actually attacked a fellow member of the Monster Association?"
Drive Knight looked at the Garou in surprise and said.
"Hmph, what's a weirdo? I'm the weirdo! A true weirdo represents true evil! Absolute evil! And I represent that evil, so..."
Garou adopted a starting stance that was completely different from Flowing Water Crushing Rock Fist and Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist.
"In the face of absolute evil, there is no difference between monsters and humans; both should be objects of your fear!"
The rebellious, chuunibyou (delusional) boy Metal Bat felt that Garou was even more rebellious and chuunibyou than himself.
Rebellious to the point of attacking his own master, rebellious to the point of committing absolute evil.
"I don't care about your damn evil!"
The metal baseball bat, carrying a force powerful enough to smash a mountain, slammed into the Garou.
Metal Bat's momentum has surged once again, and even a monster at the peak of the Dragon-level like Pochi could now contend with him single-handedly.
"That's interesting."
Garou chuckled and flicked his finger, skillfully changing the direction of the baseball bat and setting it on a lower trajectory. With one strike, he would kill Drive Knight had transformed into Keima form and was attempting to launch a sneak attack.
"Your strength is quite good, but your technique is absolutely terrible."
"Hungry Garou commented indifferently."
"That's enough to deal with you!"
Metal Bat roared again and charged towards Garou.
"Very good, your momentum is still rising! You are qualified to help me perfect my supreme fist technique!"
A similar aura emanated from Garou, bearing a striking resemblance to that of Metal Bat.
Orochi possessed the ability to learn any skill with a single glance, and Garou is actually quite similar now.
He is a martial arts genius that is rare among humans, and he can learn any martial arts move quickly. When he challenged Mumen Rider, he learned to use his limbs to imitate the fighting of wild beasts. He also grasped the use of momentum when he fought Metal Bat last time.
These things constantly transform into nourishment, forging a powerful Garou whose strength is almost on par with that of a dragon, making his current learning and imitation abilities even surpass those of Orochi.
Furthermore, he is now no longer limited to learning and imitation, but has integrated what he has learned to create his own works.
What Garou needs to do now is to keep Metal Bat's momentum rising until it becomes a threat to him, and finally defeat him to perfect his new fighting style.
"Boom!"
The terrifying punch exploded out, and the super alloy bat in Metal Bat's hand, which the Hero Association had painstakingly crafted, was blasted in two by this punch. Metal Bat himself finally fainted and collapsed on the ruins.
Beside him was Drive Knight, whose body had been dismantled and was now just a head.
"If my attack exceeds the power your aura can withstand, how can you continue to increase your aura?"
The Garou clenched his fist, a satisfied smile spreading across his face.
At this point, he had basically entered a monstrous state, his body was covered by a layer of blackish-purple keratinous armor, and demon-like horns had grown on his head.
"Now, my fist technique is completely complete, and I am absolutely a god-level calamity! In that case, let's name this supreme fist technique the God-Slaying Monster-Harm Fist!"
Garou turned his head to look at another battlefield, then at the battle scene outside the Psychic Power protective shield that enveloped Z-City.
"Faced with absolute evil, whether hero or monster, they can only submit to my fear. So, let's start with the easy and move on to the difficult!"
In the blink of an eye, the Garou disappeared at a speed that even the mechanical eyes of the Drive Knight couldn't capture.