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"Damn it, why is that weird ninja bastard ranked ahead of me?"
The veins on Saitama's bald forehead bulged.
"I heard that after that person became a hero, the number of missions he completed was at the bottom, barely enough to avoid being fired," Genos explained from the side.
"That guy is annoying, but he's not bad either. He shouldn't be in such a bad state, right?"
Saitama asked, puzzled.
"He didn't seem enthusiastic about being a hero; it felt like he became a hero for other reasons."
Genos replied.
"By the way, where does that guy's master rank?"
Saitama suddenly perked up, and his expression became unusually serious.
"Rank A is number one, pushing Sweet Mask off the spot that had been held for so long."
When Chu Yang's ranking was mentioned, Genos's expression became somewhat strange.
"How is this possible? That guy isn't even S-rank? Are all the S-rank heroes in the Hero Association this strong?"
Saitama looked at Genos in surprise.
"Probably not."
"I'm afraid... just like you, teacher, that person's rating wasn't accurate, and the Hero Association might not know their true strength."
On their way back to D City, the two talked about Sonic and Chu Yang.
Although it was only a brief encounter, Chu Yang left a deep impression on them.
As they passed an old park, the two heard cries for help.
Saitama, eager to level up, rushed over instantly.
The passerby who escaped from the park naturally bypassed Saitama and ran towards Genos behind him.
"You're a hero, right?"
"There's a strange person in the park, please save us."
Everyone surrounded Genos.
Judging by appearance alone, Genos does seem more like a powerful hero than Saitama.
"Hey, I'm a hero too, you can ask me for help."
Saitama silently walked to the edge of the crowd and patted a passerby on the shoulder.
"Stop fooling around, get out of here!"
A woman who looked to be around 50 years old waved her hand impatiently.
Saitama stared blankly for a moment, then silently clenched his fists, veins bulging on his bald forehead.
"There is indeed a big difference between the bottom of S-class and the bottom of C-class..."
Saitama's voice was full of resentment. He glanced at Genos, who was being swallowed up by the crowd, and went to the park alone.
People were fleeing intermittently along the road, but no one asked Saitama for help.
Some people even thought he was cosplaying.
Saitama walked faster and faster, and if his anger level were visible, you could see that the red bar above his head was almost full.
After entering the park, Saitama couldn't see anyone, but he could hear fighting sounds. So he followed the sound and found the monster.
There's more than one oddball.
And someone is fighting them.
Saitama looked strange, because the guy fighting the monsters was none other than Sonic, whom he had just been talking about with Genos.
A large group of brown-skinned monsters kept crawling out of the ground, trapping Sonic in the open space in the center of the park. The number of monsters was roughly estimated to be over a hundred.
"This world belongs to us, the people of the underground!"
"We must take it back from the surface people!"
Underground people?
Saitama scratched his head, looking puzzled. "Where have I heard that before? Oh well, I'd better go help him. He'll have a hard time dealing with so many monsters..."
Before he could finish speaking, Saitama saw Sonic's figure suddenly disappear.
Saitama was somewhat surprised; Sonic's speed had improved considerably since their last meeting, making him seem like a completely different person.
Of all those present, only Saitama could catch Sonic's movements.
To the subterranean beings, Sonic seemed to have vanished into thin air. When they came to their senses, he was already outside the encirclement.
"Numbers mean nothing to me!"
Sonic stared at the underground people with disdain, then began to form hand seals.
"What is he doing?"
Saitama is now like a curious child, his eyes fixed on Sonic's every move.
After completing the hand seals, Sonic took a deep breath and exhaled sharply.
He spat out long, thin fire snakes that swelled in the wind and, to Saitama's astonishment, transformed into a raging sea of fire that engulfed nearly a hundred underground people in front of him.
"Fire Escape·The Great Fire Extinguishes!"
The raging fire instantly transformed the central square of the park into a living hell.
The Great Fire Annihilation Technique, Madara's signature ninjutsu, is only a B-rank technique, but it can unleash different levels of power in the hands of different people.
Sonic immediately took a liking to this ninjutsu and practiced it diligently; it is currently his most proficient ninjutsu.
Amidst the burning flames, the screams of the underground people were incessant, and more than half of them died on the spot.
"what is this?"
Genos, who had finally managed to escape the crowd and rushed over, witnessed this scene and involuntarily trembled.
The power of the Fire Extinguishing Blaze is almost comparable to his Incineration Cannon.
Such a powerful move actually came from the mouth?
Genos said he couldn't understand it.
"Genos, you're here! Did you see that? That guy's mouth breathes fire!"
Saitama pointed excitedly at Sonic, as if he had seen a novel toy.
"Teacher, is this a superpower, or...?"
"I don't know either, but I felt that his aura was completely different from when we last met."
The two were still talking when Sonic had already burned all the underground people to ashes, but he didn't seem very happy.
"Oh no! Master said we should take the monster's corpse back for experiments, and I completely forgot about something so important!"
Sonic screamed in regret, pulling his hair. He was excited because it was his first time using ninjutsu against an enemy, and he had inadvertently forgotten the instructions Chu Yang had given him.
"What do we do? All these underground people have been burned to ashes..."
Suddenly realizing something, Sonic turned around and saw Saitama and Genos watching from the sidelines. He said coldly, "So it's you two. What are you doing here?"
Saitama put his hands behind his head and swaggered over. "I heard there were weirdos here on the way, so I came here. I didn't expect to find you here."
Genos followed behind Saitama, his eyes scanning the battlefield where they had just left, the scorched earth still radiating terrifying heat.
"I'll handle the problem here. You can leave now."
Sonic was in a bad mood after messing up his job, and he adopted a "keep away" attitude.
But Saitama didn't care. He leaned closer to Sonic and asked curiously, "Why can you breathe fire? Is it some kind of superpower?"
"Could it be that you're a weirdo too...?"
"You're the weirdo!"
Sonic glared at him, annoyed. "This is ninjutsu my master taught me! Only ninjas can learn it, what do you know!"
Saitama seemed to have discovered a new continent, and Genos's eyes lit up as well.
The two exchanged a glance and asked in unison, "What is ninjutsu?"
Sonic initially didn't want to pay attention to them, but Saitama was very enthusiastic.
Seeing how interested they were, Sonic felt a little smug and his attitude improved considerably.
After clearing his throat, Sonic began to explain ninjutsu.
"You can release ninjutsu just by forming hand seals?"
"Zi-Chou-Xu-Wu-Shen-Hai-Yin, this hand seal is so complicated!"
"You still need chakra? What is chakra anyway?"
"Physical energy? Mental energy? Meridian system?"
A barrage of incomprehensible terms poured from Sonic's mouth, a dizzying array that left Saitama completely bewildered.
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