Chapter 126 Professional Match! The Dark Matter Pirates of the Universe!
Chapter 126 Professional Match! The Dark Matter Pirates of the Universe!
Last time, I asked William to 'help' pass a message to the Metal Knight, which scared the rat in the gutter so much that it immediately changed its hiding place. Every time a nest is exposed, Borsalino can get more goodies.
This is a trophy that can be brought back to the pirate world. Even if it is not of much use to Borsalino himself, it can be used to arm the navy.
Even though the war mecha sent by Metal Knight last time was vulnerable to Tornado and Borsalino, it is definitely stronger than Vegapunk's Pacifist if it is thrown into the pirate world.
Ordinary vice admirals of the headquarters might not even be a match for that war mecha, and even the weaker Shichibukai would have a headache if they encountered it.
"I see, that is indeed a way to get yourself killed... I hope you can help me with this crisis. An old man like me cannot stand the torture."
Bang sighed secretly, but had no intention of pleading for Metal Knight anymore. He changed the subject and began to try to talk to Borsalino about his training camp.
Although the news that Borsalino's training camp can slightly open the limiter and make the heroes' strength soar, it is only circulated in a small circle of the association's top leaders.
But Silver Fang is a master in the martial arts world.
You can also more or less notice something from the changes in the heroes who participated in the training camp.
Especially in the battle to defeat Deep Sea King, that battle lasted very short and strictly speaking, there was not much to watch, but it revealed a lot of content.
In particular, there were many heroes that Bang was very familiar with participating in that battle, including Snake Fist, Blue Flame and Licenseless Knight. The former did not participate in the training camp and had no problems himself, so his performance was considered normal.
Considering that Snake's strength is only average among A-class heroes, it is normal for him to be beaten up by Deep Sea King, who is considered to be the strongest among the Demon-class monsters.
But the strength displayed by Qingyan and the Unlicensed Knight was very wrong. All three of them had dealt with Silver Fang before. The Unlicensed Knight even tried to become a disciple and learn the Flowing Rock Crushing Fist, but was rejected by Bang because he did not have the talent.
Just by attending a few days of training camp, Qingyan's strength has made a leap forward, and the Unlicensed Knight has almost been reborn. Bang had never heard of such a thing.
"The training method of the training camp is not the key. What matters most is that the heroes have a good foundation and are willing to persevere..."
Borsalino is very honest. He is not the kind of person who seeks credit for others' achievements. If the instructors from the Naval Academy were to train these heroes, the results might be better than his.
After all, the training plan formulated by Borsalino was too casual and failed to fully tap the potential of the heroes.
It also caused some heroes with weaker foundations to be completely unable to keep up with the progress.
But it is impossible to ask Borsalino to develop a one-on-one training plan for them. He is not someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder like Zephyr, and the heroes in the association are not marines from the headquarters of the Navy.
The main reason why One Punch Man World's training camp is so effective is what Borsalino said, the heroes have a very good foundation.
Not to mention Admiral Mizuki who has the potential to become an S-class hero, even the worst unlicensed knight is qualified to be specially trained as a school officer in the world of pirates.
Before this, they were completely wasting their talents fighting monsters. Unless they could be as battle-hardened as Metal Bat, being beaten to death countless times and then fighting back, it would be extremely difficult to become stronger.
"I beg your pardon, I cannot agree with this..."
Just at this moment, a burly man in a vest came over, and Fubuki quickly whispered in Borsalino's ear about the other person's identity and personality traits.
The 15th ranked S-class vest master!
"Well, it is true. No matter how good your foundation is, you still need a guide who is willing to help you."
Bangu echoed that he would not think that the training camp would be the same with or without him because of Borsalino's words.
There were similar training camps before this. The ninja village that was ended by Flash was one of them. However, the only training camp in Borsalino could transform a weakling like an unlicensed knight.
"I am truly sorry for causing trouble to you, my brother."
The Vest Venerable walked up to Borsalino and, to everyone's surprise, bowed his head to express his apology.
Metal Bat, who was originally thinking about watching the show, immediately turned his head away in annoyance, but Child Emperor and Zombie Man were slightly relieved.
The situation was much better than they had imagined. Although Metal Knight could not come because of Speed Flash, as long as the remaining few troublemakers among the S-class heroes did not cause trouble, there was still a certain chance of getting through this major crisis.
"Who is your little brother?"
Borsalino was quite sure that this was the first time he had seen the vest-wearing sage, but the vest on him looked vaguely familiar.
"The vest vegetarian went to your training camp without asking me. I wanted to cause trouble for you, but I didn't expect you to repay me with kindness and teach me everything you know..."
The Vested Venerable spoke out his younger brother's true purpose without any concealment. On the one hand, he was grateful to Borsalino for not attacking the vested vegetarians, and on the other hand, he was impressed by Borsalino's actions.
If it were him, he probably wouldn't be able to be so dedicated and responsible to other people's younger brothers. Not beating him up would be mercy, so how could he possibly teach him the secret to becoming stronger?
Originally, the Vest Sage was just like Metal Bat. He was somewhat unwilling to accept that Borsalino had landed on his head, but now he could only say that he was convinced.
"Oh, it's him. This is what I should do."
Borsalino had no idea who the vest vegetarian was, but since the other party was praising him so sincerely, he couldn't say that he didn't know who he was talking about.
"Wow, you guys came really quickly..."
Not long after, a new S-class hero arrived, but this time he was no longer alone, but Atomic Samurai who came with his three apprentices to see the world.
Compared to the previous S-class heroes who approached Borsalino as soon as they arrived, Atomic Samurai did not have much interaction with Borsalino. He simply greeted him and found a place to sit down with his three apprentices.
It is worth mentioning that Atomic Samurai’s three apprentices are Iai Tetsu, Okama Dance Sword and Samurai Drill, who are ranked 2nd, 3rd and 4th in Class A respectively.
In order to deal with this unprecedented god-level disaster, the Hero Association headquarters summoned all the S-class heroes, except for Dog Man who was unwilling to leave his territory no matter what, and Blast who was elusive. The only S-class hero who did not show up was Metal Knight.
"Speed Flash-senpai, my teacher asked me to say hello to you."
Even Genos and Flash arrived here after Superalloy Darkshine. There were a total of eighteen S-class heroes, and fifteen of them finally came. This was the first time since the establishment of the Hero Association.
After all, S-class heroes all have their own main activity areas. Even after a dragon-level disaster, the Hero Association cannot mobilize too many S-class heroes at one time.
If this major crisis was not likely to be an unprecedented god-level disaster, the S-class heroes would not have given so much face.
After all the S-class heroes arrived, the association's staff took them to the conference room and waited for the arrival of the association's top leaders.
"Ha, what a grand scene! My blood is boiling. I hope the enemy this time is really that powerful!"
The metal baseball bat sitting on the back of the chair was still a little restless. It swung the bat fiercely a few times, as if it regarded the air in front of it as an imaginary enemy.
"There are so many people here. I hope we can defeat them successfully..."
Superalloy Darkshine is a strong black man with muscles as strong as steel, but his personality is not as ferocious as his appearance.
"...As expected, without Metal Knight's presence, we were forced into this state. This is incredible..."
The Drive Knight scanned the surroundings but failed to find the small detector controlled by the Metal Knight. He couldn't help but look at Borsalino in surprise.
When he received the news before, he was still thinking about what conspiracy Metal Knight was planning again, and was thinking about finding an opportunity to remind Flash Speed.
But he didn't expect that the rumor was actually true. Metal Knight was scared by a new S-class hero and hid himself, not even daring to peek at the other party's whereabouts.
"Please fight with confidence, boys. As long as I can still move, I won't let you get hurt!"
The sexy prisoner looked at the S-class heroes present with shining eyes. It has to be said that the appearance of most of the S-class heroes is still worthy of the audience. Even the muscular ones like Chogoal Darkshine and Vest Sage have many fans who like them.
Not to mention Borsalino, Flash Flash and Genos, there would be no sense of incongruity even if they were pulled out to be idol stars.
For a gay hero like Sexy Prisoner, being in this crowd is like a rat falling into a rice jar.
It’s a pity that he couldn’t defeat any of these S-class heroes, so he couldn’t get close to them.
"Asshole! Stay away from me!"
When the sexy prisoner's gaze swept over him, Metal Baseball Bat, who was sitting next to him, felt a chill in his anus.
I almost couldn't help but want to beat up the sexy prisoner with a baseball bat.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, the top leaders of the association finally walked into the conference room, but only Mrs. Perus, the representative of the wealthy Agni, William, who had dealt with Borsalino before, and several association staff members who were responsible for operating the equipment and explaining the situation.
"First of all, thank you all for being willing to stand up and fight to protect this world and humanity..."
Mrs. Perus did not have the stern attitude she had in front of other senior executives. Even her tone of voice became particularly kind, as if she was really a kind-hearted old lady.
Even the metal baseball bat, which had been sitting on the back of the chair, as if trying to highlight its uniqueness, impatiently sat back on the chair under Mrs. Perus's gaze.
However, William, who was asked by Mrs. Perus to help, would definitely not think so. It is hard to say who he fears the most, but if the top three are listed, Mrs. Perus would definitely be on the list.
"There's no need to repeat unnecessary words too many times. We already know what we need to know. What preparations does the association have for the crisis now? Do you know who the enemy is?"
Child Emperor licked the candy and took the initiative to speak. He didn't have much time to waste. The teacher would be angry if he asked for leave too often.
"What do you think you are facing this time?"
Receiving the hint from Mrs. Perus' eyes, William had no choice but to take the initiative to stand up and slam the table and shout loudly.
Originally, this job should have belonged to another senior executive, but the other party tried hard to refuse. William happened to owe a favor to Mrs. Perus, so he was called upon to help.
Relying on the fact that he was in the right now, William launched a series of roars at Child Emperor, and kept putting all kinds of accusations on Child Emperor's head.
Although he is a genius child with a super high IQ, Child Emperor, who has never experienced such a situation, really cannot win over a cunning old man like William.
"Okay, calm down, Mr. William. Child Emperor just doesn't realize the seriousness of the matter..."
In the end, it was Mrs. Perus who stood up and played the good guy, and Child Emperor, who had not yet realized that he was being used as a target of power, was slightly relieved.
His IQ is definitely the highest among everyone present, but unfortunately his EQ is a little low. By the time he realizes the problem, he probably won't be able to retaliate.
"So, what preparations does the association have?"
However, at this moment, Borsalino yawned and spoke lazily.
Unexpectedly, there would be a troublemaker popping up at this time. William, who had finally taken a breath, couldn't help but curse inwardly. When he was about to continue his duties and curse, he found that the person who spoke was Borsalino.
He had a lot to say but didn't dare to open his mouth, unlike Child Emperor, an S-class hero who had only dealt with monsters before and knew them inside out.
No one in the Hero Association knows Borsalino's true origins, but in the eyes of the association's top leaders, Borsalino is definitely not a good person.
Especially William, who had dealt with Borsalino before, was once frightened by a look from Borsalino.
Even though Mrs. Perus gave him repeated eye hints, William did not dare to speak rashly, and his fat face turned red.
"Well, Mr. Speed Flash, the association is of course prepared. Please trust our professional level..."
Mrs. Perrus glared at William with disapproval, then forced a kind smile and spoke.
To the top leaders of the association, even S-class heroes are just a bunch of tools. Of course, such words must never be said.
"Of course I believe that the Association will not be unprepared and expect the S-class heroes to fight desperately. Please tell me about your preparations."
Borsalino initially had a lot of good feelings towards the Hero Association, but after spending some time in the One Punch World, he gradually transferred these good feelings to the heroes.
Because he found that there seemed to be no difference between the top leaders of the association and the top leaders of the World Government and the navy at that time. At best, the latter two were more shameless.
However, considering that the Hero Association has only been established for a few years, and it has already become so rotten, it is easy to think that they are birds of a feather. Mrs. Perrus frowned, and at this moment she could finally understand William's feelings a little.
If she had known that Speed Flash had such a rebellious personality, she would never have let Borsalino be promoted to S-rank so easily.
Of course, Mrs. Perus was just speaking in hindsight. If she had been at the Hero Association headquarters at the time, she would probably have cried and begged Borsalino for help.
Seeing Borsalino calmly waiting for the association to give an explanation, the other S-class heroes also showed an attitude of preparing to watch the show.
Atomic Samurai wanted to help Mrs. Perus make peace.
However, seeing that Bang and Zombieman had no intention of speaking, he chose to remain silent.
The S-class heroes actually don't mind fighting monsters under the command of the association, but since someone is willing to stand up and speak for them, others will not sing a different tune at this time.
After all, the heroes are fighting hard to protect more people. Under this premise, it is a good thing if the Hero Association can help more.
There were also guys like Metal Bat who were there to watch the fun. If he didn't dislike Borsalino, he would probably have been unable to hold back his excitement and cheer loudly.
"Our efforts are not as simple as they seem. Although the staff of the association are not on the front line to fight monsters, please believe that we have been fighting alongside you in other ways."
Mrs. Perrus spoke very sincerely, and Metal Bat, whose face just showed a desire to watch a good show, now nodded in agreement.
We can't expect the association staff, who are completely ordinary people, to be able to fight against monsters like them.
All I can say is that with Metal Baseball Bat's intelligence, it's a bit difficult for him to expect him to realize Mrs. Perus's behavior of changing the concept.
Several S-class heroes showed disapproving expressions, but the rest were more receptive to Mrs. Perus' explanation.
Seeing this, Borsalino did not continue to insist on it. Although he was sure that he could expose the true face of the association if he continued, there was always time to do such a thing.
The main problem now is to deal with the upcoming divine disaster. Borsalino is confident that he can solve it alone, but there is no need to work so hard.
His main purpose was to fight with Boros, the overlord of the universe. He was obviously a very powerful warrior, but it was a pity that he was crushed to pieces by a single punch from the bald devil.
"Next, I will introduce to you the attacks by monsters that have occurred in recent years..."
Mrs. Perus also knew when to stop and did not continue to take credit for the Hero Association and its top management. Instead, she asked the association's staff to explain the association's investigation results into this major crisis.
Although most of the S-class heroes present were involved in these monster attacks, the most they could feel was that the frequency of missions was a bit high in recent times.
When the association's staff compiled the frequency of monster attacks into a table, the S-class heroes present were able to feel the changes intuitively.
"That's terrible. I originally thought it was just an illusion, but now I think the number of monsters I've killed recently has indeed increased..."
Atomic Samurai stroked the sparse stubble on his chin and spoke with emotion.
The only person who is qualified for him, the fourth S-rank official, to take action personally is at least Demon-rank, even if he is not Dragon-rank. Even these monsters who can easily destroy a city are appearing more and more frequently. It is really a worrying thing to think about this.
"I didn't expect you guys have already discovered it. I was just wondering when to remind you..."
Child Emperor put a piece of candy in his mouth, took out a tablet from his schoolbag, pressed it a few times, and released data that was far more detailed than the statistics of the association staff.
If the Hero Association has merely noticed that the frequency of monster appearances is increasing.
Then Child Emperor has even used mathematical tools to preliminarily estimate the time period and general rules for the birth of monsters.
"It's amazing, you are indeed a genius boy..."
Bang glanced at the tablet in Child Emperor's hand and couldn't help but nod in admiration.
Borsalino also deeply agrees with this. Although Child Emperor's upper limit is likely to be even lower than Saitama's lower limit, considering his age, he is almost comparable to Borsalino back then.
Whenever he saw Child Emperor, Borsalino couldn't help but recall the time when he was a teenager, pretending to be cool and flirting with pretty navy girls at the naval academy.
It was a pity that apart from him, no one else could restore their lives and cultivate to the level of eternal youth. Even the big sister Azuru, who used to be as beautiful as Gion now, turned into Granny Crane who made Borsalino unable to look directly at her.
Fortunately, at that time, he followed the habit of "a rabbit does not eat grass near its burrow" and did not take action against the leader Ahe, otherwise he would have been embarrassed to death for decades to come.
It is not difficult to see that the association staff responsible for the explanation have tried very hard, but the prophet Shibabawa died too suddenly, and apart from the approximate time, they were unable to give even the approximate type of disaster.
In desperation, the association could only list all the possibilities they speculated and provide them to the S-class heroes for reference.
Among the disasters listed in several tables, alien attacks were also included, and their priority was given to a very high level.
I don’t know whether to say fortunately or unfortunately, the concept of aliens is not too unfamiliar to people in the one-punch world.
However, with their imagination, most of them cannot understand why aliens would travel through the universe for twenty years and come to the "remote place" of Earth to find warriors who can fight with them just for a prophecy.
To put it in plain words, he is asking for trouble, and this man is the overlord of the universe, the captain of the Dark Matter Pirates who makes countless aliens tremble in fear.
"When I was a navy soldier, I fought pirates. I didn't expect that when I was a hero, I would also fight pirates..."
Only then did Borsalino remember that Boros and his gang were also pirates, so it was a professional match for him to run into the hands of a navy admiral.
And soon Borsalino's thoughts began to diverge. Are those "monsters" on Boros' ship considered human beings?
After all, even a giant dragon like Thor who can transform into human form can pass through the dimensional chat group, so there is no reason why those space pirates who are not even in human form cannot pass through, right?
In this case, is it possible that he captured this group of space pirates and brought their spaceship back to the pirate world?
If this is really possible, it will be the biggest gain for Borsalino since he joined the dimensional chat group.
"Hey, what are you thinking about?"
After the meeting was over and the other S-class heroes left one after another, Tornado realized that Borsalino was still in a daze.
"Hmm? Is it over already?"
Borsalino, who had decided to "return to his old ways," looked up.
Only then did he realize that he and the two sisters Tornado and Blizzard were the only ones left in the huge conference room.
Because all the participants in the meeting were S-class heroes, Fubuki could only wait outside like Atomic Samurai's three apprentices, and could only come in after the meeting was over.
"It's boring, right? You'll get used to it slowly. Those guys are incapable of doing serious work. All they do all day is hold meetings, meetings, meetings..."
Tornado's little face was full of resentment towards the meeting, and she kept muttering to herself. For an impatient person like her, the working style of the Hero Association was really a bit unfriendly.
"Sister, what is the association going to do?"
Fubuki asked with a little curiosity. Before this, because of Tornado, Fubuki had been deliberately avoiding things related to S-class heroes.
But now that Borsalino has become the 9th S-class hero, and even her sister Tornado has reconciled with her, Fubuki naturally wants to know about the daily work of an S-class hero.
"What else can we do? All we have to do is to divide us into groups and take turns on duty, so as to be prepared to deal with the god-level disasters that may occur at any time..."
Tornado curled her lips and spoke with disdain.
The actual arrangements were naturally much more complicated than what Tornado had said, but leaving aside insignificant details, the association's arrangements were indeed a bit too conservative.
Perhaps the senior executives were frightened by the divine disaster they imagined, and even those who were on vacation fled back to the association headquarters as quickly as possible.
Under the premise of not knowing what disaster may happen, the association headquarters that gathers most of the S-class heroes is obviously the safest place in the world at present.
What the association's top leaders never expected was that they were facing Boros, the overlord of the universe who was bent on finding a powerful opponent.
When all the S-class heroes, who represent the highest apparent combat power on this planet, gather at the Hero Association headquarters, they will also attract the attention of the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates.
After several days of sailing, the huge spaceship mothership finally arrived in outer space only thousands of kilometers away from the earth.
This distance may seem far away, but for a spacecraft that can cross distant galaxies, it is already very close.
"I finally found him. After such a long wait and across such a great distance, we are about to meet him. He is a powerful warrior who can fight against me!"
Boros sat on the throne, looking down at the blue earth revealed by the transparent ground beneath his feet, and murmured while trying to suppress his excitement.
In front of him were the three most senior fighters of the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates, all of whom were powerful men who had once followed him to conquer the galaxy.
However, in front of Boros, no matter how powerful Melzagardo is, he has unlimited regeneration ability and is almost immortal.
Whether it is Goryuganshup, the number one telekinesis user in the universe, or Gloribas, who comes from a mysterious race and has extraordinary strength, they are no match for his next opponent.
"Lord Boros, we have confirmed that almost all the strong men on this planet are gathered in this specific area. Among them must be the powerful warrior you are looking for!"
Goryuganshup, who looked like an alien octopus, reported respectfully that during the time when the mothership arrived on Earth, the probes they released had already roughly scanned the entire surface of the Earth.
It was confirmed that the natives of this planet seemed to have noticed something and were gathering together the strong men who were originally scattered all over the place to resist the unknown enemy.
But in Goliuganshup's opinion, all these efforts were in vain. Even if the prophesied warriors really existed on this planet, they could not be a match for Lord Boros!
"Lord Boros, do you still need to make a final announcement to the rulers of this planet as usual?"
The one who spoke was the top-level fighter Gloribas. His head and fists were both big mouths full of fangs. At first glance, he looked quite similar to those wolf- and tiger-level small monsters, but this alien possessed terrifying strength that far surpassed that of the demon-level monsters.
"No need, just land, kill all the guys who are in the way, and bring the warrior in the prophecy to me!"
Boros' voice was very cold. As the overlord of the universe, he had slaughtered countless planets in the past. Naturally, he would not care about the lives of humans on Earth.
If Boros had waited for twenty years before discovering Borsalino, he might have had some patience and waited for the prophesied warrior to come to him.
But now that he has discovered Borsalino's existence, there is naturally no need to continue waiting. Compared with the battle with Borsalino, destroying a mere planet is no big deal.
"Yes! Lord Poros!"
The three executives of the Space Dark Matter Pirates responded sternly. They were the space pirates who admired Lord Boros the most on the spaceship, but also the ones they feared the most.
As long as it was Boros' order, he would sail aimlessly in the universe for twenty years to attack a planet that had no value at all.
And all this was just to satisfy Lord Boros's desire to fight, and the three of them did not dare to complain at all.
Soon, a spaceship appeared in outer space outside the earth and flew straight towards the direction of City A.
The unidentified spacecraft was first discovered by an artificial satellite deployed in space.
But it was immediately destroyed by the spaceship. Fortunately, the Hero Association headquarters quickly received the news and immediately summoned all the heroes to prepare to fight the enemies from the universe.
“Wuwuwuwuwu…”
The shrill sirens sounded at the Hero Association headquarters and even in the sky above City A. The citizens who had experienced many disasters hid in the underground air-raid shelters in a 'well-trained' manner.
Only the powerful S-class heroes and a few A-class heroes who volunteered were left ready to join the battle.
At first it was just a small dot, but in the blink of an eye, a huge spaceship with a length of more than ten kilometers appeared above City A.
"Say hello to the natives of this planet first..."
Gorriuganshoop, who looked like an alien octopus, ejected a tentacle, and used its powerful telekinesis to solidify billions of cubic meters of air under the spacecraft, and then rapidly compressed it into a huge cube of hundreds of thousands of cubic meters, smashing it toward the ground.
(End of this chapter)