Chapter 145: Tatsumaki's Complaint
"Location Tracking is quite useful; too bad it will disappear once its duration expires."
King walked along the street, quite pleased with the Location Tracking he had obtained from the Tracking Fiend. However, he regretted that he hadn't successfully grasped it, as the Tracking Fiend's power would vanish once the time was up.
"Hmm, that's right, I have a Skill Copy Card. I wonder if I can use it on myself?"
A thought sparked in his mind, and he tentatively asked, "System, can I use the Skill Copy Card on myself?"
The System's voice was icy, "Ding! The Skill Copy Card's use target is everyone."
King's eyes lit up. He had enough understanding to know that "everyone" naturally included him.
"System, use the Skill Copy Card on me. I want to copy the Location Tracking Skill."
"Ding! Skill Copy Card used successfully."
"Ding! Congratulations to the Host for successfully comprehending 'Location Tracking'."
"Heh, it worked."
King listened to the System's prompts with pleasant surprise and quickly pulled up his attribute panel to check his Skills.
Location Tracking Lv1: As long as you lock onto a character, you can accurately and flawlessly track the target, leaving them nowhere to hide or escape. Their whereabouts will be brazenly exposed within your line of sight. Note: Current search range: within the district.
"Saitama, you can't escape my demonic clutches, hahaha— *cough cough*, that laugh was too sinister; it doesn't fit my image as a strong man. Let me try again... Heh heh."
In his excitement, King started amusing himself, playfully mocking his own words.
He silently thought of Saitama's name and image, "Saitama, you rascal... *cough*, you mischievous monkey, you ultimately cannot escape my Rulai's demonic grasp."
"Drip, drip."
A radar-like image instantly appeared in his mind. He was the flickering green dot, but he didn't find Saitama's red dot on the radar map.
"Huh? Saitama isn't within the sensory range?"
King frowned. According to the "Location Tracking" Skill description, the search range for Level 1 "Location Tracking" was "within the district." As for how large "within the district" was, it was unknown and uncertain. If you thought this was a bug, then the final right of interpretation belonged to the official.
Well, just like this book, if you find any bugs or loopholes, they're not actually bugs or loopholes; it's just that I haven't had time to explain them, I'm just letting you guess.
Seeing that he couldn't find Saitama, King called Sitch to ask about the situation with the House of Evolution. The answer he received was that everything was normal at the House of Evolution. In other words, Saitama hadn't yet set out to eliminate the House of Evolution. Good, my Carnage Kabuto Card is still safe.
He glanced up at the nearly dusk sky, crimson clouds reflecting across the heavens, a fiery red expanse. "It's getting late. I'll pay Saitama a visit tomorrow!"
...
While King was preoccupied with the House of Evolution incident, elsewhere, the Terrible Tornado was also fighting non-stop.
Since the appearance of Mysterious Beings more than a decade ago, as time passed, the frequency of Mysterious Being appearances grew higher and higher. Large cities like Z City and A City even reached a terrifying frequency of daily Mysterious Being appearances.
And with the continuous emergence of Mysterious Beings, the workload of the Hero Association was constantly increasing, and the shortage of heroes continued to expand. The Hero Association had organized hero tests multiple times to recruit social elites, but unfortunately, the growth in the number of heroes still couldn't keep up with the speed of Mysterious Being appearances.
The A City downtown alarm suddenly blared.
"Urgent evacuation alert! Urgent evacuation alert! A giant unknown lifeform has appeared in A City! Citizens, please evacuate quickly!"
On a certain street.
"Wow! It's a giant Mysterious Being!"
"Run!! The Mysterious Being is attacking!!"
"Haven't the heroes arrived yet??"
Panicked pedestrians ran non-stop, not daring to pause for a moment, terrified of being trampled to death by the giant Mysterious Being following behind them.
The giant Mysterious Being was a rock Mysterious Being as tall as a four-story building. Its entire body was composed of rocks. Just a moment ago, a once quiet and peaceful mountain suddenly cracked open, and the Mysterious Being emerged from the middle of the mountain, wantonly destroying the town's streets.
"Tremble, humans! I am the ultimate lifeform buried deep underground—Myriad Devil Rock! I have slept in the underground magma for a thousand years, continuously accumulating energy, and finally became a sentient lifeform! Today, I officially awaken!"
"Throughout these thousand years, you lowly humans have relentlessly and cruelly mined minerals, wantonly harming my mineral brethren! You even processed them into various tools, making my brethren disappear from the world!"
"This genocidal hatred must be repaid in blood!!"
"Humans, die!"
"Just weak-bodied, low-level mammals! I only need a gentle wave of my hand, and you will be pulverized! Hmph, hmph, I will smash you into a bloody pulp, tear you into shreds, grind you into dust, you all..."
"Hey, you're so annoying! You're talking me to death!"
A delicate voice suddenly appeared. A tiny loli-like figure, clad in a green high-slit cheongsam and high heels, green aura enveloping her, clothes fluttering. Who else could it be but Tatsumaki?
The Terrible Tornado impatiently pointed at Myriad Devil Rock. Psychic energy surged, and green light flickered. For a moment, powerful wind and gravitational forces, like a tatsumaki (tornado), swept towards Myriad Devil Rock.
"Aaaah!"
A miserable cry unexpectedly rang out.
Rumble!
Rocks collapsed, debris flew.
In an instant, the towering rock giant crumbled to the ground, instantly killed by Tatsumaki!
Clap, clap, clap!
"As expected of Miss Tatsumaki! A splendid extermination battle, and still no innocent casualties! Truly amazing!"
Tatsumaki's exclusive driver and liaison officer, Glasses, in a suit, applauded with a faint smile.
Tatsumaki crossed her arms, arrogantly tossing her head, "What are you talking about? I heard that there was a very powerful Mysterious Being that couldn't be dealt with, and it required my intervention, so I came. But it's just such a weakling; other heroes could have handled it too!"
Glasses explained, "This Mysterious Being was a Demon-level threat, which ordinary heroes don't have the ability to eliminate. And all the other S-Class heroes happened to be on missions! Furthermore, very few can achieve virtually zero casualties like Miss Tatsumaki! So, we could only request Miss Tatsumaki's help."
Tatsumaki was not appeased and continued to grumble, "Honestly! Non-stop clearing out Mysterious Beings every day, I don't even have a single day off!"
"Shouldn't the other heroes in the Hero Association reflect on themselves? They're professional heroes too; they should at least achieve something when asked for help."
Glasses smiled bitterly, "Miss Tatsumaki's fighting style is unique, and her strength is incredibly powerful, which is why the Hero Association wants to entrust particularly vicious Mysterious Beings to you for handling..."
"Is that so? If it really requires my power, then there's no other way!"
"But what are the Strongest Man King, martial arts master Bang, and sword master Atomic Samurai doing? Seriously, these so-called heroes, and the Hero Association... they're all an unreliable bunch!"
As Tatsumaki spoke, her voice still lingering, she zoomed off the ground with a whoosh, green light flickering as she vanished into the sky, leaving Glasses deep in thought.
"A holiday? Perhaps it's possible."
Thanks to Shak, King (Shak... O'Neill?), and Captain Brooke (Captain, Brooke, I swear I'll never again sneak off to women's cross-dressing without you!) for their donations.
(end of chapter)