Chapter 340: The Legend of the New Blizzard Group
"A hero... for fun..."
Saitama looked at the headline. It took him quite some effort to remember that this was his only hobby for a long time in the past.
He put down the items in his hand and read the report in the newspaper. The reporter who wrote this article used extremely flowery words, wishing to portray this hero as a legend from mythology.
"Sensei, recently monsters have started appearing again. Large-scale destruction events have occurred in many cities these past two days. And half a year ago, that Cataclysm..."
Data constantly refreshed in Genos's eyes. He retrieved many events from his database, wanting to persuade his sensei.
He was very unwilling to see his omnipotent sensei become like a walking corpse as he was now.
Genos could feel that Saitama-sensei was becoming increasingly detached and indifferent. Even last week, when the large supermarket in the neighboring city held an anniversary sale, Saitama-sensei didn't show much excitement, just habitually going to queue up to buy things.
The 'humanity' in his sensei was diminishing. He had inquired with the supermarket owner and found that his sensei's attendance record was becoming increasingly irregular. Perhaps one day, Saitama-sensei might completely give up even these boring daily routines.
Genos felt inexplicably anxious about that future. He was very worried about what his sensei would become on the day he truly had no desires or wants.
Can an entity with inhuman power still be called [Human] after losing all desires a human should have?
Dr. Kuseno told Genos that so-called [Humanity] didn't lie in the physical body. Even a cyborg completely modified like him was still human as long as he possessed human emotions and morals.
Then conversely, even with a human appearance and body, one who completely lost human emotions and morals naturally wouldn't be human anymore.
A sensei... no longer belonging to humanity.
That future was unimaginable to Genos.
Saitama's eyes lacked luster. His life had long been occupied by boredom. As monsters gradually disappeared, and as this world became increasingly occupied by people who needed to pay for registration to be called [Heroes], he slowly lost his only hobby.
Feeling dull, he would occasionally reminisce about the past days, but over time, even those memories began to fade.
At this moment, looking at the smiling face in the newspaper and the person's thick hair, he felt a sudden, inexplicable interest.
"That hero for fun, is you?"
The woman crossed her arms, highlighting her impressive figure even more. Her dark green hair was slightly longer than Kaito imagined, reaching her shoulders.
She wore golden circular earrings and a pearl necklace around her neck. Over her dark green form-fitting dress, she wore a black fur coat.
Gorgeous appearance, dignified bearing. This was the head hero of the [Blizzard Agency], currently top-tier in popularity among all Professional Hero Agencies—[Hellish Blizzard] (Fubuki).
Surrounded by blue light, she descended slowly from the air, casually sizing up the surrounding environment.
The woman sneered as she spoke:
"This area is basically abandoned because it's adjacent to the Spirit World Erosion Zone. This isn't your real residence."
"You guy, you're just a hypocrite who ran over from elsewhere temporarily to deliberately hype up your fame, aren't you?"
At this moment, several black sedans had arrived in front of the small building where Kaito was temporarily staying. Men in suits got out of the cars one after another.
Kaito shook his head with a smile at this style, then took a step forward, closing within half a meter of the woman.
This distance was extremely dangerous. The people behind Hellish Blizzard immediately surrounded them.
Fubuki frowned, but unwilling to be suppressed in momentum by the person in front of her, she simply floated upwards. Intense wind pressure accompanied by psychokinesis created a strong oppression as she looked down at Kaito from above.
Kaito knew very well that using Reincarnators and plot characters to heavily hype the title [Hero for Fun] would inevitably attract the attention of some Reincarnators and plot characters.
But he didn't expect the first one to find him would be this Esper, not other Reincarnators.
[Hellish Blizzard], formerly the rank 1 B-Class hero of the Hero Association. Her real strength was probably around the top 10 of A-Class. However, living long in the shadow of her sister [Tornado of Terror], she had never achieved any 'Number One,' so she refused to advance to A-Class and hogged the rank 1 B-Class seat.
Unlike that monster Tatsumaki, she was an ordinary Esper with normal strength.
"Heh. Who knows about that kind of thing."
Kaito didn't defend himself. His eyes scanned the Blizzard Group members behind her. These former heroes, described by Tatsumaki as a 'B-Class Fan Club,' indeed didn't possess much combat power.
At best, they were ordinary people who were physically fit and mastered certain combat skills. They couldn't win one-on-one against slightly stronger monsters.
But such an organization achieved success in the era of professionalized heroes. Because of their large numbers and unity, they played a role in many fields, step by step making the [Blizzard Agency] one of the few agencies still conducting hero activities normally today.
Of course, they were shrewd. Before every operation, they would gather intelligence in advance. They would give up on overly powerful targets, while Fubuki would directly attack weak enemies.
In a sense, the Blizzard Group was the hero organization most adapted to the current era.
Fubuki watched the red light flash past in the eyes of this self-proclaimed [Hero for Fun]. She blocked in front of Lily of the Three Section Staff beside her. The other party's gaze didn't look like a hero at all, but rather... a predator.
"Since you call yourself a hero for fun, you should know that guy."
Fubuki didn't like the man in front of her. Just from one encounter, she felt uncomfortable. If her sister Tatsumaki's arrogance was undisguisedly treating everyone except herself as trash, then the person in front of her hid an evil aura beneath his smile, treating everyone as lambs to be slaughtered.
Such a person calling himself [Hero for Fun] displeased her.
But she had experienced a lot in the past two years. No longer as impulsive as before, she didn't attack but directly asked about Saitama's whereabouts.
Since the Cataclysm, more and more events made her feel powerless. Fubuki realized a hero like herself wasn't enough to protect the world. Therefore, she wanted to reassemble the former 'New Blizzard Group.'
Mobilizing her forces, she already had traces of [Silver Fang · Bang], who seemed to be retired somewhere in Z-City. Witnesses occasionally saw [King] frequenting game shops. Only that man, whom she faintly considered the only one comparable to her sister in her heart, was nowhere to be found.
That was why she came looking for this so-called Nameless Hero.
Kaito's gaze wandered, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly. He suddenly reached out towards Fubuki.
Fubuki frowned. Strong psychokinesis activated instantly. But at this moment, a member of the Blizzard Group had already rushed over ahead of time.
Lily of the Three Section Staff hadn't expected this newcomer who just joined the Blizzard Group to react so quickly and bravely. Subconsciously, she moved aside, simultaneously deploying her three-section staff, preparing to pincer attack this so-called Nameless Hero who extended 'groping hands' towards Miss Fubuki from the side.
But in the next moment, she saw the other party holding several glittering spherical objects in his hands. A huge sense of crisis emerged.
"Careful!"
Hellish Blizzard turned around and saw firelight already erupting. At the last moment, she subconsciously pushed with one hand. Lily was blown away by psychokinesis in an instant, and the explosion's firelight submerged him instantly.
Bang!
Far exceeding the power of any grenade of this era, the violent shockwave made [Mountain Ape] and [Eyelashes], Fubuki's two deputies, feel tightness in their chests. They were more than ten meters away from the explosion point, but their vision still blackened, and the world spun.
The two staggered forward, wanting to check if Miss Fubuki was injured.
In the next moment, they heard a bang. A terrifying gunshot came from extremely far away. Amidst the explosion smoke, blood spurted.
In a forest three kilometers away, a Reincarnator saw blood through the sniper scope. Confirming via the Space panel that he hadn't received a notification for attacking a Reincarnator, he spoke through his earpiece:
"[Wildfire] reporting. Wildfire completed the objective. Plot character Fubuki is injured. Preparing to retreat."
[Hellish Blizzard] was a seductive bomb. Many Reincarnators wanted to capture her but feared her overly powerful sister.
But similarly, Hellish Blizzard was also a sharp weapon for borrowing a knife to kill. One just needed to kill or heavily injure her when she contacted certain Reincarnators, and those Reincarnators would naturally face Tatsumaki's attacks.
"Heh, Mercenary Tao... Wanting to violate the [Iron Rules] isn't that easy."
"Tremble..."
Wildfire turned around, took out a Harley motorcycle from his backpack, and mounted it to leave. However, other orders came through the earpiece.
"No energy fluctuations above [Fierce] tier detected. Wildfire, please confirm if you hit the target..."
Wildfire frowned. He turned back and set up the sniper rifle again. Through the scope, he saw the smoke had cleared. The still-shaken woman's chest heaved, but there were no signs of injury.
In the next moment, Wildfire suddenly felt horrified. Where was that guy...
He rotated the sniper scope and suddenly saw a face right in front of him, along with the cruel smile on that face.
"Wait, I'm Tre..."
Squelch!
The scope on the sniper rifle was violently thrust into Wildfire's eye socket by a large hand.
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