Spaceship, Top Deck
Almost at the same moment Saitama unleashed his Rising Dragon Punch, Boros had already become a makeshift "Moon Delivery" service.
Kaito, leading a group of S-Class Heroes, landed on the spacious top deck—brought there by Tornado's psychokinesis.
"Where's Boros? Where is that so-called Cosmic Overlord?!"Atomic Samurai pressed his thumb against his sword guard, his sharp gaze sweeping the area as his fighting spirit surged.
"Strange… that terrifying energy fluctuation definitely erupted from here just now."Bang stroked his beard, narrowing his cloudy old eyes, trying to sense the fading aura in the air.
"Maybe he's scared of us since there's so many of us? What if he's hiding?"Metal Bat slung his bat over his shoulder, raising his voice.
Tornado, however, scoffed. "Hmph. King, where's that powerful guy you mentioned? Don't tell me he really got scared and ran off."
Kaito didn't answer immediately. With his hands clasped behind his back, he looked up at the deep, starry sky.
Though he couldn't see the battle between Saitama and Boros on the moon—too far for human eyes—that didn't stop him from striking a pose and acting like he knew everything.
"Everyone… calm yourselves. The real show is happening right above your heads."
The reminder hit instantly.
Genos, with his enhanced vision, and Drive Knight, the mechanical cyborg, both snapped their heads upward. Their eyes locked onto the moon.
Their core processors overloaded at once, radiators humming sharply.
"Th-that is…!!!" Drive Knight's usually flat voice glitched with electronic distortion, carrying rare disbelief.
"It's Master! Master is fighting—on the moon!"Genos's excitement made every one of his engines roar. His golden mechanical eyes flared to their maximum brightness.
Without hesitation, he activated the projection device on his arm, streaming real-time images onto the deck.
The light screen flickered to life—a silent, desolate lunar crater.
And in its center… two figures. Small to the naked eye, but each radiating a terrifying presence. They clashed and split apart at speeds beyond human comprehension!
Every punch—
BOOM!!!
Even through the projection, the power felt real. Each impact exploded into energy flashes a hundred times brighter than the sun's core.
Perfect spherical shockwaves spread out, instantly obliterating everything within tens of kilometers. Mountains, craters, ancient rocks—gone. Only colossal, mirror-smooth craters remained.
Dust storms surged up to ten thousand meters high, sweeping outward like tsunamis.
Every kick—
BANG!!!
One figure crashed into the lunar surface like a meteorite. The impact carried the weight of an asteroid strike.
Crater mountains collapsed with mournful groans as cracks spread across hundreds of kilometers. Lunar rocks were launched into space like deadly cannonballs.
The shockwaves even distorted the projection itself. Space rippled like water.
Hiss—!!!
On the deck, there was a collective gasp.
The heroes froze, petrified by the world-destroying battle being broadcasted before their eyes.
Metal Bat's alloy bat slipped from his hands with a dull clang, but he didn't even notice. His jaw hung open, eyes bulging.
"That… that bald guy… Saitama, right?! He was at the very end during the meeting… a B-Class nobody?! Now—what the hell is this?! He's… demolishing the moon?!"
"Can… can humans even do this…?"Superalloy Darkshine's muscles trembled uncontrollably. His indomitable confidence wavered. If one of those punches landed on him… he dared not imagine.
Bang froze, his beard half-pulled from his face without realizing."This old man… I actually thought of taking him as my disciple… teaching him martial arts…"
Atomic Samurai's knuckles went white on his hilt. His proud Atomic Slash was meant to cut even atoms themselves. But what he was witnessing wasn't "skill." It was raw, absolute, unreasonable power.
Could his sword ever cut through that?
Child Emperor's mouth formed a perfect "O." His dark circles, carved from sleepless nights, seemed to vanish in shock.
Frantically, he tapped calculations into his portable computer—only for the screen to fill with:ERROR. DATA OVERFLOW.
His young face went blank."This… this doesn't even fit within physics… No, physics itself can't explain this! Saitama… is he… a human singularity?!"
Even Zombieman—forever expressionless—finally revealed something alien on his face.
For the first time, he looked… horrified.
His proud, "immortal" body—what meaning did it hold against a power capable of reshaping the moon's geological structure itself?Revive once, only to be blasted into elementary particles again?
Even Zombieman felt the weight of futility.
Meanwhile, Puri-Puri Prisoner clasped his hands to his chest, eyes sparkling with starry admiration."Ahh! What a wild, powerful aesthetic! Saitama baby, you're so manly! I admire you so much!"
Flashy Flash's elegant face, usually calm and composed, twisted with disbelief. His "divine speed," once his pride, seemed like the crawl of a snail compared to the flickering figures clashing on the moon.
At that moment, Genos gazed across the deck. The other heroes—shocked, horrified, doubting their very existence—were lost in collapsing worldviews.
And his mechanical heart swelled with satisfaction.
For once, pride outweighed obsession.
Raising his metallic head high, steam venting from his radiators, he silently declared:Look. This is my Master. Not just the strongest on Earth… but the strongest in the universe.
His projection stabilized, slowing down certain collision frames—still too fast to comprehend, yet clearer than before—almost as though he were giving these "mortals" a guided tour of his Master's greatness.
Kaito stood at the forefront, hands still tucked behind his back. He observed the parade of emotions across the S-Class faces—fear, awe, despair, admiration.
And a faint smile curved his lips.
Yet his focus was not solely on the spectacle.Deep within, his awareness sank into the system interface that only he could see.
——Deterrence System——
Host: Kaito (King)Level: 1 (Experience: 0 / 100)
Attributes:
Strength: 58
Agility: 55
Spirit: 47
Skills:
Emperor Engine (Mastery: 15 / 30,000)
Carbonated Gas Bomb (Great Accomplishment: 0 / 3,000)
King's Summon (Beginner: 0 / 50)
Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist (Great Accomplishment: 0 / 3,000)
Haoshoku Haki (Beginner: 0 / 50)
Kenbunshoku Haki (0 / 50)
Armament Haki (0 / 50)
Deterrence Points: 2,560