Chapter 36: Are You Kidding Me?!
"Hmph! A measly bald fish like you dares to talk big?!"
Tatsumaki laughed in anger. At least that Scarface guy is known as the Strongest Man on Earth and has a bunch of legendary achievements.
What do you have? A shiny head? And you think you're worthy of lecturing me?!
She raised her hand. Countless chunks of earth floating around them transformed into high-speed projectiles under her psychokinesis, all smashing toward Saitama.
Saitama's eyes sharpened. He threw a nonchalant punch.
A violent gale, carrying terrifying force enough to twist space, instantly pulverized all the incoming earth chunks.
Tatsumaki frowned. She realized this bald man's strength wasn't simple; just the wind from his punch had impressive power.
But so what!
She flipped her wrist. The shattered earth turned into a cloud of fine particles, glowing with faint green light. In smaller forms and greater numbers, they swarmed Saitama again.
At the same time, Tatsumaki diverted over 50% of her psychic power to suppress Saitama directly, preventing him from escaping.
Looking at the faint green glow radiating from his body, Saitama felt like he had become a glowing anime character, irradiated by nuclear waste.
He swung his arms curiously, instantly shattering the psychic energy wrapping his body.
Tatsumaki gritted her teeth, trying to suppress him, but she couldn't control his movements at all.
"Wow, look at all that mud flying in the sky!"
Saitama looked at the cloud of dirt particles with wonder, then took a deep breath.
A violent suction force erupted. The air within a radius of dozens of meters was sucked into a vacuum by this single inhale.
Immediately after, contracting his abdomen, Saitama opened his mouth. A torrent of solidified air burst forth.
"WHOOSH!"
A gale resembling a tornado swept out. Even with psychic reinforcement, the cloud of particles was blown away in an instant.
Tatsumaki was shocked beyond words. She couldn't believe that besides Scarface, there was someone else who could move freely under her psychic suppression.
"Nice. The view is much cleaner now."
With a path cleared by the gale, Saitama smiled. He slowly lowered his body.
The muscles in his legs exploded with terrifying physical power. The ground beneath him collapsed from the recoil, and he launched himself like a compressed spring released.
Tatsumaki saw only a blur. The shiny bald head appeared right in front of her, throwing a red-gloved fist as if playing around.
Relying on her rich combat experience, she instantly judged Saitama's intent. A sneer curled her lips.
You look like a brute-force melee type... trying to get close to gain an advantage?
Laughable!
Majestic psychic power erupted, forming an incredibly thick shield around her body.
With Tatsumaki's god-tier mental strength, even if hundreds of missiles exploded on this shield simultaneously, they wouldn't scratch her.
But in the next second, that seemingly slow red fist hit the psychic shield like Mike Tyson punching a pane of cheap glass.
CRACK.
Under Tatsumaki's constricting pupils, the psychic shield shattered into a shower of light green fragments with a crisp sound.
"Oh, it opened."
Saitama chuckled and stepped forward, grabbing Tatsumaki by the scruff of her neck with one hand, lifting her up like an angry kitten.
Tatsumaki's eye twitched. A sense of absurdity washed over her.
I'm being held up by one hand? By a newbie S-Class ranked way below me? By a stinking boiled egg?
She realized that, just like before, she couldn't rely solely on psychic suppression against this physical monster. She needed to switch to attack methods.
With a thought, her oceanic psychic power compressed rapidly, transforming into needles filled with destructive mental energy.
GO!
These psychic needles moved silently, not even disturbing the air as they flew. They had near-100% accuracy.
Moreover, since each needle contained massive spiritual power, a hit would directly destroy the target's mind, turning them into an imbecile.
Of course, against an S-Class hero, this mental breakdown would probably only last two or three days.
That was exactly what Tatsumaki wanted. Since this baldy is so annoying, let him be an idiot for a few weeks!
In the very next second, a scene capable of shattering Tatsumaki's worldview unfolded.
Saitama didn't even bother to defend—or perhaps he didn't sense them at all. The dozens of psychic needles, potent enough to lobotomize a person, slammed into him.
But the expected mental impact didn't happen. Like clay oxen entering the sea, the needles dispersed rapidly and vanished without a trace.
Impossible! No one can tank that move with their physical body and be fine! Are you kidding me?!
Tatsumaki felt shocked for the first time. Even Scarface had been forced to dodge that attack.
And you're telling me this baldy tanked it?!
Saitama raised an eyebrow. He felt like a vein in his head had twitched just now.
Hiss...
I guess I should stay up late reading manga less often. My head feels a little dizzy.
He yawned. Looking at the Tatsumaki dangling in his hand, he remembered all the insults directed at his smooth head earlier, and his face darkened.
Saitama extended a finger and poked Tatsumaki's cheek, black lines covering his face.
"Hey, brat. Do you understand your mistake now? Don't go around insulting people's sore spots!"
"Let go of me! You stinking boiled egg! Water-boiled egg! Small fry! Trash!"
"What the hell? You're still cursing? I'm really going to get angry!"
Saitama had originally intended to let it go. After all, why should an adult like him be petty with a child?
But his step back was met with a barrage of mockery.
Even with his easygoing personality, he was starting to get genuinely annoyed.
Hearing this, Tatsumaki stared at Saitama silently, her eyes seeming to waver.
Just when Saitama thought the brat was going to apologize...
Tatsumaki opened her small mouth and bit down hard on Saitama's extended finger.
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