Chapter 407: Yama VS Serious Punch
Kaito Shirogane looked at Saitama appearing in front of him and nodded without hesitation.
Saitama looked at the dilapidated city, the humans 'revived' like walking dead, the female reporter screaming in panic behind him, and Fubuki pulling Mercenary Tao with a pale face.
He slowly raised his fist.
"Don't! Mr. Saitama!"
[Lilith] instinctively spoke to stop him, but regretted it after shouting. She didn't know why she spoke to stop him at all. After thinking for a moment, she continued:
"These people are temporarily alive because of Mr. Mercenary Tao's ability. Maybe if you kill Mr. Mercenary Tao, they will die again..."
"And... Mr. Mercenary Tao saved us before..."
She started trying to persuade Saitama with logic, but soon couldn't convince herself and began to 'talk nonsense.'
After all, she didn't think Mercenary Tao was a good person either. It was just that without this evil and cruel Mercenary Tao, she couldn't survive in this world at all.
After saying a few sentences, Lilith fell silent without needing Saitama's refutation. She begged for mercy for Mercenary Tao only for some selfish desires she couldn't even explain clearly. Even just thinking about that emotion made her feel ashamed, completely unable to face [Short Hair] and [Loka] who died miserably in the battle between Mercenary Tao and [Sage].
Saitama looked at this weak, simple woman, his gaze completely different from when looking at Kaito.
This woman was probably the only existence among 'that group' he had seen who still 'looked like a human.'
The opponent still retained everything that made a human human.
Fearing danger, asking for help, praying, calling for heroes.
Having empathy when seeing others in danger, instinctively wanting to help.
Even if... this group of people were probably not the same species as people of this world like him, this woman still risked her life to save Fubuki.
"You, go."
Saitama waved his raised right hand, signaling Lilith to leave. He didn't throw this punch.
Then, he looked at this guy 'gaining fame by deceiving the world' again. His eyes were cold. In his view, after Mercenary Tao destroyed the block, using the power of so-called gods to save others was nothing more than continuing to deceive these people.
To win the title of a hero.
This behavior was far more twisted than those professional heroes who only acted for fame and fortune.
He was exploiting the instinctive expectation and yearning for [Hero] in human hearts.
"You won't run?"
Saitama clenched his right fist. In this instant, the oppressiveness in Kaito's heart reached the extreme. Death intent surged in his chest. Under his bloodline, the power of Yellow Spring surged crazily like never before.
Kaito's head-shaking movement appeared very slow at this time. He was somewhat unaccustomed to the aging muscles.
But he still clenched his left fist bit by bit. Shinra Death Intent condensed constantly. Intense Shinra Death Intent surged together with Yellow Spring. In just a breath, that unique and only characteristic triggered.
[Yama]!
A phantom appeared behind Kaito. Monstrous Yellow Spring seemed to begin surging.
Fubuki looked surprised and suspicious. She indeed heard the sound of some water colliding, and... so cold.
Beside Mercenary Tao, the temperature dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye. Almost instantly, white frost began to appear in her breath.
This was some kind of ability...
Kaito suddenly waved his right hand.
Boom!
The extreme speed of the Eighth Turn of [Setsuna] turned his own right arm into powder in an instant. But the rolled-up gale still blew Fubuki along with the black car dozens of meters away.
"Hide far away, weaklings~"
Kaito's voice was unprecedentedly hoarse, but the tone was still high-spirited.
Lightning escaped constantly from the broken right arm. His [Thunder Emperor's Heart] was beating at a speed beyond the limit.
This was exactly the battle he dreamed of most. While doing all this, Kaito's eyes didn't move away from Saitama for a moment. He drove away Fubuki and Lilith not because of any good thoughts appearing.
But because he really felt the existence of these two people was a bit hindering.
Saitama most likely wouldn't want to affect these two.
Facing Saitama, running away was meaningless.
Whether it was Saitama's full-power punch or a controlled punch, both possessed the ability to kill him. Therefore...
He wanted to see Saitama's true power!
Amidst Kaito's constantly falling hair, various information about Saitama still appeared constantly, pouring into his brain.
"Hey hey hey, you guy, if you die at this time, it will be very difficult for us..."
Gojo Satoru's voice appeared, but in the next moment, he was suppressed by a grander soul, unable to continue speaking.
In the pure white consciousness world, Gojo Satoru fell from the edge of the [Throne of the Heart]. In his eyes, that white-jade-like throne was now full of cracks.
"This guy..."
Gojo Satoru sensed Kaito's will. That soul power, so strong that it completely prevented him from approaching, clearly indicated the opponent had concentrated to the extreme.
Next, it would probably be the opponent's peak strike, the final brilliance of this host existing in the world.
Kaito's fighting intent was mad beyond Gojo Satoru's understanding. At this moment, he felt the gap between himself and Kaito, even though both had the self-cognition of being born anomalies.
But this mental power and willpower in desperate situations... he was inferior.
"Heh, really lost to you..."
Gojo Satoru struggled no more, looking up at the constantly cracking Throne of the Heart while falling into the surging Yellow Spring.
Suppressing the restlessness of the soul in his heart, the corner of Kaito's mouth curled up with difficulty.
He clenched his left fist. The huge phantom behind him also clenched its fist.
"Ha... now there's no interference, Saitama..."
Saitama saw everything. At this moment, Saitama had a 'wisdom' seeing through everything, or rather, intuition.
He didn't want this world to become like this.
But when this group of guys appearing suddenly were no longer satisfied with trapping him or using him, he lost the right to be a bystander.
This group wanted to change him... wanted to use the life and death of a large number of ordinary people in this world, wanted to use the death of another noble soul, to change him.
This was what Saitama felt disgusted about.
He hated Reincarnators.
[Warning, World Main Storyline changed]
[World Main Storyline: Survive]
[Mission Description: Please survive the pursuit of special plot character Saitama]
**[Mission Reward: Leave this world and obtain A-Class Singularity 1, Dimensional Points 15000]
[Failure Penalty: None]
Scarlet words refreshed in front of Kaito, but he didn't even look, just clenching his left fist hard.
Killing Intent Wave surged so much that various parts of his body began to bleed. Golden Qi also condensed with a whistle.
Conqueror's Haki wrapping completed.
Then came a crashing sound.
Under his feet, turbid yellow water of Yellow Spring began to appear. In the phantom behind him, Yellow Spring rolled up huge waves.
The black phantom raised its left fist. Kaito raised his left fist, stepping out with his right foot towards Saitama.
Intense killing intent wrapped in that cold will of dead silence of all things, strong fist intent condensed behind Kaito in this instant.
Saitama looked up. When seeing the black phantom clench its fist, an illusory gate opened. That was the Gate of the Underworld, the Gate of Life and Death.
This was a madman addicted to battle.
This was an anomaly without a human heart.
This was a twisted person who despised even his own life.
Saitama suddenly had much more understanding of this guy calling himself Mercenary Tao in his heart.
His own loneliness was completely different from this guy's coldness. But at this moment, he decided to satisfy this madman's last thirst.
He clenched his fist, withdrew it in an instant, and spoke:
"Killer Move: Serious Series, Serious Punch."
Kaito's white long hair disappeared completely. A satisfied smile bloomed on his wrinkled face.
Boom.
As if countless Yin Spirits whistled from the open Gate of the Underworld, that black phantom punched out. The aura of death of all things spread with a boom.
But in the next moment, boundless light and heat permeated. Kaito's pupils dilated, feeling all information submerged.
[You made contact with, Limiter]
[EX051, you suffered Conceptual Level Attack · Serious Punch. Immunity check in progress...]
[Immunity Failed]
Crack. Amidst the sound of the world shattering, boundless darkness shrouded Kaito. Then a huge broccoli appeared in his consciousness. The black phantom began to shatter, and Kaito's consciousness also disappeared with it.
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