blogombal Page 387
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The moment the thought crossed his mind, Mumen Rider recalled a scene he had witnessed in J City.
I remembered that mysterious sword master I had met once before...
The unlicensed rider suddenly slammed on the brakes, and the bicycle slid a short distance before coming to a stop.
He turned his head and looked, but the silver-haired boy was gone.
…………
Inside the video game store.
Ranked 7th in S-class, KING, known as the 'strongest man on Earth,' focused on controlling the controller, manipulating his low-health character to unleash a series of attacks.
【K~O!】
As the words "GAMEOVER" appeared on the screen, KING sighed and looked at the screen with some disappointment, saying, "Seven consecutive wins, are there no decent opponents?"
"You're really good at video games."
The sound from behind startled King so much that he trembled.
He suddenly turned his head to look.
A handsome young man with silver hair and heterochromatic eyes was standing behind him, holding a parfait and eating it.
Seeing him look over, the silver-haired boy smiled at him:
"You're King, the seventh-ranked S-class hero, right?"
Chu Chu Chu!
Accompanied by the sound of the 'Emperor Engine', KING, whose palms were sweating, looked at the silver-haired boy in front of him and said in a deep voice, "Who are you? A weirdo? Knowing my identity, you still dare to appear in front of me. You're really bold."
38, who are you?
"As expected of KING, ranked seventh in the S-class, he is truly composed."
"I know, it's good that you know."
Listening to the deafening roar of the 'Emperor Engine' in my ears, and looking at KING's appearance—actually terrified but pretending to be strong, all bark and no bite—I felt a sense of insecurity.
Ron couldn't help but want to laugh.
Let's tease him a little...
King looked at the incredibly handsome silver-haired boy in front of him and breathed a slight sigh of relief.
This guy doesn't seem to be here specifically to cause trouble for me. Phew, that's great...
"Um... are you having trouble finding a worthy opponent?"
King glanced at the still-lit game screen in front of him, assuming he was talking about the game, and nodded, saying, "I guess so."
Ron smiled and said, "Then I'll be your opponent."
"Okay, about games, I..."
"Game? No, it's not."
"……Eh?"
King looked at Ron.
The silver-haired boy before them had a pair of heterochromatic vertical pupils that shimmered with an eerie light.
The moment King saw those eyes, his consciousness went blank.
…………
Inside a blood-red space.
When King came to his senses, he found himself standing on a sea of blood, with a huge blood-red sun hanging in the sky, covering half the sky and illuminating the world.
King stared blankly at everything before him, blinking in bewilderment.
"Wasn't I playing games at the arcade? Where...where am I?!"
He pinched his face; it hurt.
"Is this not a dream...?"
Sudden.
The sea surface trembled for a moment.
King lost his balance and fell backward onto his butt.
His hand seemed to touch something hard, and he looked down.
It was a skeleton.
King was stunned for a moment, then his face turned ashen.
"Ah ah!!!"
He sprang up from the ground like a startled bird and looked down.
Beneath the blood-red sea surface, endless rows of white bones could be seen, as if the entire sea area was filled with bones.
"Gulu."
King, his face deathly pale, swallowed hard. Sweat poured down his forehead, and his legs trembled weakly. The Emperor Engine was running at unprecedented power.
"What the hell..."
"Haha, you're scared already?"
A soft laugh echoed between heaven and earth.
Then,
The sea churned with a violent rumbling sound.
A mountain of white bones gradually rose from the sea.
Under KING's blank gaze.
The silver-haired boy he had just encountered was sitting cross-legged on the throne atop White Bone Mountain, looking down at him with one hand supporting his cheek.
Behind his throne was a massive blood-red sun that covered half the sky.
Beneath the blood-red light, atop a throne of white bones, a silver-haired, heterochromatic-eyed youth looked down upon the world with a smile, like a demon king about to destroy it.
"KING, the seventh-ranked S-class hero, the strongest man on earth! Hello."
My name is Ron.
"Come and fight me with all your might!"
Ron pointed.
A long, white bone spear descended from the sky and landed heavily in front of King.
At this moment, King stared blankly at Ron, who sat high on the throne of bones.
opponent?
Is that what the opponent is talking about?
Isn't this a game?!
King's legs trembled, and his heart pounded.
I'm just an ordinary person with bad luck, how am I supposed to fight against an opponent like this?!
Absolutely Muli!
He felt a despair he had never experienced before.
"Aren't you going to make a move? Then I won't hold back."
As Ron spoke, he threw a punch at King.
King's eyes rolled back, his body collapsed, and he fainted from fright.
……
In the game room.
Ron crouched down in front of King, who lay motionless with his eyes rolled back, and poked him with his finger.
"You fainted from that level of shock? That was faster than I expected."
He looked at the parfait in his hand.
Already finished.
"Forget it, I've already had my fun and finished my parfait, let's go find Saitama to play with instead."
He placed the parfait cup next to King and got up to leave.
………………
Z City is an uninhabited area.
Saitama's house.