"..." A woman opened the door for unknown guests as she then froze in place, recognizing who her visitors were. She was not in any form presentable nor recognizable from how the public saw her. A large pair of black glasses sat on the bridge of her nose, her hair was an entangled mop of brown locks that went to her waist. She wore an old white t-shirt along with red track pants, along with slippers that definitely needed to be replaced. They were scratched, the thread was undone, and the edges were frayed.

"...Zihua?" One of her unwanted visitors questioned, with an unsure tone. The woman felt a sigh escape her mouth before she heard meowing of five different pitches. Suddenly, she realized that it wasn't a migraine that was let loose, but a small, white flash of fur pushed past the door and outside. Immediately, the woman shouted at the visitor who spoke up earlier.

"GENOS! GET CREAM! GET THE CAT!" She Yelled as she shut her door and pushed past the cyborg. She tripped once or twice over her slipper before proceeding to run down the hallway and Genos bopped his fist in his palm, as if he confirmed something. "Oh! So it is Zihua."

"Yo man...I think we should go catch her cat." Genos's companion, Saitama, commented. A light bulb of realization hits the cyborg and Genos dashed off after her. In an incredible speed, he already reached her side and not much longer, pushed past her and abducted Cream. He awkwardly cradled the cat who had obediently let herself get caught. But Cream showed obvious discomfort while Genos waited for Zihua to catch up. As she panted and finally reached him, she reached her arms out for Cream, who leapt into the woman's arms and shrunk into a ball of fluff.

"You big baby, if you wanted me to hug you so much why did you run away in the first time?" Zihua sighed as she then glanced up at Genos who stared at her him deep thoughts. Stiffening, she looked away and grunted: "Why don't you and your friend come back into my apartment room? I'm not sure about you but I for sure don't want to risk my cat running away again." The cyborg blinked before nodding, without a word. As the two wandered back to the apartment hall she opened her door, peeking in and checking if the four other cats she had were not in the risk of running away. Sighing in relief, she opened it furthermore and ushered her guests in. Gently placing Cream down on the ground and locking the door, she led the two males into her kitchen area, making them sit down at the counter. A Maine coon in the far corner hissed at the guests and shuffled against the walls. Zihua patted the back of the large cat, soothing him, and then encouraged the cat into another room. Straightening up her back, she asked Genos and Saitama:

"Coffee?"

"Yes please, thank you for having us." Saitama nodded in thanks, the glistening smooth surface of his hairless head, catching Zihua's attention. She continuously blinked before peeling her eyes away from his head then faced Genos. "And you? What does my new friend want?" Genos simply responded with: "Coffee is fine."

"To get straight to the point…" Zihua pressed the "On" button on her blender as she adjusted her glasses and glanced over at her two guests. "Why are you two here? How did you know my address and who are you?" She pointed at Saitama who found amusement in watching the arm of the coffee blender swirl. He looked up at her and then pointed at himself, wearing a slightly foolish looking smile on his face. "I am Saitama! Your friendly neighbourhood hero!"

Zihua didn't say anything as she poured out the coffee and rubbed her temples. Saitama? Who the fucking hell was Saitama? Oh...Genos did mention he had a mentor….and it was probably this Saitama. Oh! And she remembered something else. Genos was the disciple of a C class hero even though he was an S class. She had decided not to question it and she plans not to because honestly, she couldn't care less. As long as all of her five cats are living comfortably, her favourite nearby Chinese restaurant was open, and her supply of coffee doesn't run out, she is all set and happy.

One must be curious about the relationship between Zihua and Genos. Well you see, Genos was under temporary supervision and guidance by Zihua, especially because he went immediately to S class. It was also convenient for the upper class to toss the job onto her because she just so happened to come back from a far off trip which was not meant for vacation purposes. She had to keep calm and not wring her hands around the old higher ups. They even promised to take care of her five precious babies but they had fed her cats, LOW QUALITY INORGANIC CAT FOOD. Utterly unacceptable. And though Zihua and Genos were in a very short period of mentorship, Genos was slightly attached to her like a child clinging onto whom they reckon, a secondary parent. It was also inevitable since Zihua 's district was the next to Saitama's which was a easy travel between the two.

"I wanted to introduce you to my master and your address was relatively easy to find, as I traced back to your last phone call and set up a-" Zihua raised her hand, motioning for the cyborg to stop as she placed down their coffees in front of them. "Please...no more talking." She glanced at Saitama with a desperate plea to get rid of the boy but the man returned a pitying and sympathetic stare, which showed no intention of helping.

"Is that all?" Zihua asked as she sat down on a stool on the other side of the island across from the two. She sighed and rested her hand on her chin. She examined Saitama and tilted her head in confusion. "Isn't Saitama a C class? Who's the master here?"

"That was a mistake. Master is a truly remarkable person, he can easily destroy me with a flick of a finger."

"Then did you accidentally mess up the written exam?" Zihua asked as Saitama speedily looked away in shame. She laughed nervously in response before clearing her throat. "Well, good luck climbing up. If you are truly as strong as Genoa's said, then I doubt your skills will be lacking. But there are a lot of petty heroes who hate being outranked and are incompetent."

"Hmm...sounds kinda shitty." Saitama hummed as he picked his nose. Zihua pushed her box of tissue towards him immediately.

"I'm surprised you live here with this environment. After all I thought you smoke a lot and -"

"I have a room just for smoking. And I rarely do it at home. I just do it when I'm stressed." Zihua gave him a pointed look, hinting that he is a type of stress himself. Instead, the cyborg refused to understand her subtle hint and he began to analyze her. Zihua slapped his eyes shut as she exclaimed: "Stop analyzing!"

"So. What are the details of you meeting Genos?"Saitama asked the woman as she sipped her coffee. "Mm. It's a bit of a weird story."

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"Say what?" I stood in the office as I came to complain about how they treated my cats while I was on my last mission. I was already at the beach and the staff at a beach resort offered a luxurious stay as a gesture of thanks. I stayed for initially one night when I arrived there, and then I accepted the offer for another night . But I couldn't stay away for too long because I have my precious cats. So I came back, and now I have another mission immediately.

"Are you joking? I just got back. And you say that this job will take a fucking while?" The higher ups didn't really say a word as I pulled out my smoke pipe. They told me to stop smoking but I replied with a I need a was a knock on the door and the old geezer on the right called him in. A young boy who was a cyborg came in. He nodded at me politely and I just nodded back. The higher up then pointed at him as he said: "Meet the rookie who became an S class right after the exam, Genos. He's your next job. Just bring him around and guide him." And probably to keep tabs on. These bastards gave me this lousy babysitting job because I have 5 cats.

"No." I responded. The higher ups gave me an arched brow. They then pulled out another job, asking: "Would you rather do another job with Handsome Mask-" I accepted the initial job offered. I wrapped my arms around Genos as the two of us left the office. As I released me arm, the cyborg had the nerve to show disrespect: "Um. Sorry but I will only acknowledge Saitama as my master. I can address you by your last name?"

"No need pal. Just follow me and don't create troubles."

"...Yes Miss Li."

Ugh this was already a pain. I waved goodbye to him immediately as I refused to deal with anymore humans. I just want to go back to Cream, GG, Lala, Joanna, and May. Genos bowed and said "Let me know when you will be on a job." We parted ways as I inwardly thought: yeh, no, I am not letting him know.