First thing. I update this chapter and the prologue, for the old there are MANY things that were changed, you can see it in detail.

Second. I want to thank you all for taking the time to read my story, if you can comment on something I will always take the trouble to read it.

Third. There will be changes in this world of One Punch Man. The ones that I can assure you are:

-The magic will be real, so the A-Class hero Rank 07 Magic Trick Man will do real magic and there will be different types and ways of doing it, you will see.

-There will be changes with the S-class heroes, one of which if I can tell you is that they will be stronger and will probably make them fight with King and probably take a full chapter for them.

Fourth and last. I will try to make a fight scene, any complaint or suggestion will be welcome uwu

Any suggestion, in the comments please.

Leaving that aside. Let's start

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"Time room? Is this..." The younger King started.

"Yep. A little something I 'borrowed' from that Chronos guy, as well." The older King said. "Well, it was easier to 'convince' him to give it to me, compared to sending me back in time."

"Honestly, he gave up that little card after what, seven, eight punches? Sending me back? Well..." The older King said, his eyes trailing off. "Let's just say I had to do quite a bit of work."

"R-right..." The younger King said, still not expecting how the older him solved problems. Sure, sometimes he wished he could beat up bad guys with actual strength, and he was about to get that, but for personal gain...? He didn't turn out to be some kind of evil final boss in the future... right!?

"I know what you're thinking, and it's not that. Trust me, the guy was evil already, I beat the shit out of him until he wouldn't attack humanity anymore." The older King explained. "Hell, I think I'd rank him alongside that 'God' fellow that tried to take over Earth. Still, I was absolutely sure he wouldn't be able to do harm to humanity in any way shape or form before I left."

"I-I see." The younger King said. "How did you make sure of that?"

"Simple. I made it so that if he attacked humans in any way, he'd die immediately." The older King said.

"How?"

"Magic."

"Real magic?"

"There's a lot of unknown phenomena in the world, and I can't really care less. If it works, it works. I adopted that mindset 40 years in the future." The older King shrugged. "And about magic, I may be 146 years old, but I'm still not very good at magic, so don't go expecting me to teach you much."

"Real magic exists?" The younger King said, surprised that real, actual magic existed.

"Magic is just unexplained science. Maybe another 30 years in the future when Child Emperor masters it, he'll find some real, tangible science behind it."

"Child Emperor knows magic? Wait, he's still alive in the future?" The younger King asked. If he wasn't mistaken, wasn't Child Emperor 9 right about now? If his future self was 146, and he was 28 now...

"I just went to his 127th birthday a week ago- well, a week before I came back, so yes. He's still alive." The older King said. "Apparently, that 'Spear Of Heaven' that owned Child Emperor before I liberated all of Earth from the 'angels' had placed a mark of sorts on Child Emperor, making him, like me, effectively ageless. Other than that, he also retains his youthful appearance, so despite being 127, he still looks like he's 11 years old."

"That's amazing..." The younger King asked. "But aside from that, who else survived?"

"Well, every single S-Class hero except for me lost, and the 'angels' weren't really big on mercy, either, so... aside from me, Child Emperor and Tatsumaki, all the old S-Class heroes are dead, and the replacement S-Classes... well, I'll say it frankly. They can't hold a candle to their predecessors."

"Tatsumaki's still alive?" The younger King asked.

"Yep. After I fixed her mind by coercing one of the surviving 'archangels', she went back to normal. When I said they crippled her mind... it didn't do anything to lessen her psychic powers, so she was essentially a baby with the power to uproot cities if someone didn't change her diaper fast enough." The older King chuckled. "It was amusing to see her flip over when she got back to her usual self. She basically threatened city-wide destruction if anyone talked about how she was before her mind was fixed."

"Afterwards, she's back to her usual, haughty self that looked down on weak heroes, but she's... less arrogant. I think that loss humbled her." The older King said. "And for some reason, she ages very slowly. You know how she's 27 now but looks like she's 12?"

"You mean..."

"She's 145 but looks like she's 32. And yes, she's still alive." The older King said. "Her younger sister, too."

"Wait, her too? But I thought she looked like any normal 21 year old?"

"She 'awakened' her innate talent afterwards, as well, increasing her psychic output. She's an S-Class now, but still nowhere near Tatsumaki's level of strength." The older King said.

"I see... So how does this 'time room' work, exactly?" The younger King asked, looking at the card in his hands.

"You just place them on any wall, door, any surface, really. As long as it's at least 2 by 2 meters. The entry itself is just 2 by 1 meters wide, but well, it's for convenience's sake." The older King explained. "Also, no need to worry about the thing breaking. According to that Chronos, the thing's unbreakable. Well, unbreakable as long as it isn't the universe collapsing in on itself or something."

"Wow... so is there a time limit or person limit to the room?" The younger King asked.

"Nope. It works like any regular room, and person limit... well, the only limits the amount of people that can fit inside the room, so... basically infinite."

"The room is infinitely big?"

"Not all of them. Some of them are just regular rooms. The one on the end of it, however, is basically infinite."

"Is there like a power source needed for the room? There isn't any crazy restriction to the room at all?"

"I've solved the power situation already, and no, anyone can go in. It's just a basic room. The only real difference is that the time flow in the room is much faster, one year in the room being an equivalent of a day on the outside."

"What happens if you'd say... leave the door open?"

"Well, if you're in the room, everyone on the outside moves 365 times slower. If you're outside of the room, everyone in the room'd move 365 times faster than they usually do. Simple math, really."

"But what if I put one hand in the time room and wave it around?"

"Ah, there's a time-decompression chamber you have to enter before you get into the room, so nothing, really. Just imagine the entryway of a normal house. After you close the door, your time is sped up to the same time-scale as the room, and then you can enter the room. It's like glass, though, so you can still see through and look at the effects of really, really slow time."

"But if I-"

"Right, we're wasting daylight. Let's get to work, shall we?" The older King clapped his hands, silencing any further questions the younger King had. "We can talk while we're training."

"So do I just... put this anywhere that's a surface?" The younger King asked. "Do I need to leave it on for a few seconds, hold it in place, or..."

"It'll be easier if I just show you." The older King said, taking the card and placing it on a wall. Immediately after, the wall behind the card started to morph and form into a door.

"It sticks on its own, so you don't need to bother. The card is also removable even while people are inside, so it works as a emergency bunker for civilians and a storage device, as well. The only way to take it off is when the person that originally stuck it on takes it off." The older King explained, opening the door to the alleged 'time room'.

Looking through, the only thing the younger King could notice was a glass room with an empty corridor on the other side with doors that branched off elsewhere, and at the end, there was a large doorway that lead to what seemed to be an infinite white expanse.

Both Kings stepped in, and the door at the back closed, and three seconds later, the glass around them glowed green, as the door opened. The older King stepped out first, followed by the younger King.

"Right, now in here, for every year we spend, it's only one day on the outside. Meaning, even if we spent a whole month in here, we'd have only spent two hours on the outside. Also, an added bonus is that you don't grow older in here. You can increase your strength, skills, etc. for a couple million years, but you still wouldn't age a day."

"That's amazing... so what're in those rooms?" The younger King asked, pointing at the rooms in the hallway.

"Ah, I spent some time re-decorating the place before I went back in time. This is the sleeping area." The older King opened the first door to the right, with two double beds, a dressing table, mirror, etc. It was like King's old bedroom in his flat, but slightly larger. There were also two beds instead of one.

"What? The 'King Engine' might grant agelessness and overwhelming power, but sleep is still important. At least, until you learn the magic that allows you to literally absorb energy from the surroundings. I know that, but I'd rather get proper shut-eye." The older King said.

"And this one's just the bathroom." The older King then opened the door on the left, to reveal a rather nice bathroom. It was definitely better than the one in his flat, but it wasn't anything too extravagant. And like the bedroom, there was two of everything.

"The other two are just really large rooms. I filled one with training equipment, and the other's completely empty, with the exception of some cooking appliances." The older King said nonchalantly.

"And this... is the training room." The older King said, walking into the infinite white expanse. "It's literally infinitely big, and can go for basically ever. And if you wander too far from the entry, you can just summon the entrance to your location."

"And the best part..." The white expanse suddenly morphed before their very eyes, and in its place was something familiar to both Kings.

"Isn't this... City Z?" The younger King recognized the scenery, as right in front of them was the fence that separated the residential area of City Z and the abandoned area. He had only been here a few times to win gaming tournaments.

"Yep. Saitama-bro used to live here." The older King said, breaking the lock on the gate, and walking in.

"Hey, isn't that-"

"Don't worry. This isn't the real world, it's just a very accurate simulation. Well, not really a simulation. Everything you see is real, just not the one in reality. It's more of a... mimicry." The older King explained.

"And for your first training..." The older King then walked in front of a wide road. "...Is to defeat that thing."

Suddenly, in front of them both, a figure appeared. It was a reptilian-looking man with a long stretchy tongue and green scales.

"Woah!? Who's that!?" The younger King asked, shocked at the sudden appearance of a monster.

"That's one of the monsters that I intimidated into surrendering before I obtained this power. I met some large robot soon after and though I ran, I met Saitama-bro afterwards." The older King said in reminiscence.

"And... my task is to defeat it?" The younger King asked, unsure about this.

"It's literally just some random Wolf-level threat. Just fight like your life depends on it." The older King encouraged, literally pushing the younger King towards the monster.

"Woah! Wait! Aren't you gonna teach me how to unlock the 'King Engine' yet!?" The younger King asked.

"Well, the thing is, I'm not really sure how I managed to unlock it, and though I have a few theories, one thing I regretted was not increasing my skill in combat sooner. The 'King's Engine' just amplifies base strength, and does absolutely nothing to teach you how to properly fight. So what better way to train than to fight a mysterious being?"

"Are you sure about this!?" The younger King asked, still highly unsure.

"Don't worry. I may not be good at magic, but I can do some quick healing spells if things get too dicey. But trust your instincts. It's just a Wolf-level threat, you'll be amazed at how easy it is to take them down, really!"

"A-alright... aaargh!" The younger King charged at the mysterious being, intending to take it down.

Suddenly having the wind knocked out of him, the younger King realized that the reptilian being had shot its tongue directly at King's chest with the force of a professional boxer's punch.

While King was down on the ground catching his breath, the reptilian mysterious being spared no time as it lunged at King.

"Woah!" King barely dodged out of the way, running away from the mysterious being that was ruthlessly chasing King with its tongue.

"Focus! Just calm down and think things through. There's a logical and simple way to do things, and taking down monsters is no different!" The older King advised from the sidelines. "It's just a Wolf-Level small-fry, even nobodies can take them down!"

"Calm down!? As if! I'm being chased around by a mysterious being! Is he sure this is safe!? The thing looks like it's ready to tear me apart and eat me for dinner!" King thought while frantically running away from the mysterious being. "Alright, deep breaths... calm down, calm down! Think, King! How are you going to take him out...?"

Suddenly, King had an idea.

"Running isn't the best option, as that prehensile tongue of its can chase me down to who knows where. I can't tell what's it's range, and I won't be able to harm it from afar, so the logical conclusion would be to..." Dodging another tongue strike, King then rushed straight towards the mysterious being, and landed a punch at the mysterious being's gut.

"Right! It keeps attacking me with it's tongue, and while its tongue is outstretched, it can't fully control the movements of its tongue until it 'reels' it back in! While that, it's exposed!"

Yet contrary to King's expectations, the mysterious being didn't seem fazed, and in fact landed a punch on King itself, stunning him. The mysterious being then pushed King back with such strength that when King collided with a wall, it cracked on impact, and King could also feel a few other things broken.

"Don't worry about wounds! I can heal you afterwards, don't forget! Ignore your pain, just win!" The older King further advised on the side.

"Easy for him to say, fuck, that hurts!" King thought, a hand over his ribs. Yep, there were definitely a few broken ribs in there. He'd be surprised if he didn't also have some internal bleeding.

"I guess I should've expected it, mysterious beings get a boost in strength after transforming from human to monster, so it'll be obvious he's stronger than an average human being!"

"You're thinking logically and critically, that's true. But you're not thinking ruthlessly! That's a monster you're dealing with, no liberties, no holds barred, nothing held back! Just think of the best way to kill it!" The older King suddenly said.

"Wait... that's right. It's a mysterious being, what am I doing, trying to fight it with my fists only...?" King suddenly had an epiphany. King rushed towards the monster yet again, and when the monster raised its guard-

King swept the legs of the mysterious being, causing it to fall. And while the monster was stunned by the sudden attack, King gouged out its over-sized eyes with both hands, blinding it. While the monster was stunned about getting its eyes gouged out, King looked around, picked up the nearest manhole cover, and started beating the monster to death.

The mysterious being tried to attack back with its tongue, but it was blocked by the manhole cover King was holding. King wasted no time and immediately pulled the tongue out as far as he could, and started smashing on it with the manhole cover.

The mysterious being's tongue was rendered useless, and it was also completely blind. Even so, the one advantage it still held was its superior physical strength.

Jumping back before the mysterious being had a chance to get its scaly hands on him, King got a fair distance away, judging his next move. As the mysterious being was blind, it could only look around wildly for an opponent it could not see.

King suddenly noticed a broken stop sign on one side, and limped towards it. His broken ribs stopped him from doing any more running, the previous tackle was the last straw, and any more running would only be detrimental to King.

As King approached the stop sign, the mysterious being suddenly charged at King's general direction. After listening to King's footsteps, it could tell where he was and ran towards the stop sign.

Yet, as it was blind, it could not see when King had already reached the stop sign, and had aimed the sharp end at the monster's torso. As it approached closer, King jammed the stop sign's jutted end directly into the monster's chest, the momentum of the monster's charge further pushing the wound deeper.

The monster raised a hand to grab King, yet before it reached him, it died on the stop sign.

Overcome with exhaustion, the adrenaline rush fading, and the pain of his broken ribs and internal bleeding hitting him all at once, King could only lie down on the concrete pavement, looking up at the sky. Now that he noticed it, it wasn't the same sky as the real world, it was the same lifeless white the room was previously dyed in. Come to think of it, how was the room lit up, anyway? There was no light source!

"Heh, looks like you're getting it." The older King said, walking towards King. "You did pretty well for your first fight, and you were disadvantaged, even. Though you're my past self, I have to give it to you, that was some good fighting."

"If *huff* I wasn't so wounded right now *huff* I'd punch you in the face." King said through gasps. "Heal me up already, my ribs are broken, and I think I'm bleeding internally."

"Ah, nothing that serious. You can heal up normally, just lie down a bit, you'll be fine." The older King said. "If it's something like wounded organs, a punctured lung, etc., then yeah, I'll heal you up with some spells. But you just need to lie down a bit. Don't worry, I'll dress your wounds properly. I learnt first aid some time after I became the Rank 1 S-Class hero."

"For being the *huff* Rank 1 S-Class hero *huff* and my future self... *huff* you're a massive dick, you know that?" King said, before losing consciousness.

"Heh, being called a dick by my past self..." The older King smiled wryly. "Well, I better get the med-kit. I hope I didn't forget the blood-plasma..."

[12 hours later...]

"Urgh... where..." King awoke in one of the beds, noticing the bandages on him and some empty blood bags on the tray on the tables beside him. Damn, his future self wasn't kidding when he said he learnt first aid. Didn't it take professionals to treat these kinds of wounds or something?

"Ah, you're finally up." The older King walked in, a cup of coffee in hand and a glass of reddish-pink liquid in the other.

"How long was I out?" King asked.

"12 hours, give or take." The older King said, setting down the glass of reddish-pink liquid and sipping his coffee. "You should've been up after 4 hours, but seeing as we left late at night, it makes sense you just slept through while you were out."

"Huh, did I grow to be a coffee person in the future?" King asked. Even now, he wasn't really a coffee kind of guy.

"Well, I grew to like it after one employee offered me a cup. I still hate black coffee, though." The older King said. "By the way, drink that liquid. It'll help with healing those wounds."

King took the glass of liquid and drank a mouthful. Disgusting. It was way too sweet, it was as if someone took an entire ice-cream truck, bakery, and sweet shop and condensed it into a single glass of liquid.

It wasn't even the good kind of sweet, it was the nauseating kind. Like those fake cherries on a birthday cake, or those colorful chunks of hardened swill they called 'sweets'. How Child Emperor could even stomach those on a daily basis was something he couldn't understand.

"The fuck is in here?" King asked, retching after just a single gulp of that horrid liquid.

"I have no clue. I can't do anything about the taste, either. When Child Emperor created it, the taste is all natural, no additives, no sugar, no nothing. Something about the chemicals and substances in there just create that utterly disgusting combination of sweetness." The older King explained, shuddering at the sight of King swallowing the reddish-pink liquid.

"Also, every attempt to minimize the sweetness neutralizes its healing properties. So all we can do is stomach it and hope we don't puke it out after. Child Emperor seems to not care and keeps it as a sort of painkiller-regeneration mixture."

"But how, though? It's like, the worst possible combination of the overwhelming sweetness of those candies, the gooey consistency of those fake caramels, and the sheer taste of its artificiality... how does he even stomach it?"

"Haven't you seen how much candy he eats? Like, almost every time he does hero work, does commercials, etc., he always has that sickening lollipop on him."

"Do I really need to drink all of it, though?" King asked, looking at the reddish-pink liquid in disgust.

"Well, can you feel its effects?" The older King smiled. "Try working out."

"Working out? What'd you mean-" King then realized how light his body felt. Getting out of bed, King realized that numb pain he had in his ribs were gone, and he could even run and jump!

"It functions like a mix of steroids and morphine, but without all the adverse effects. It's basically like a protein shake. It even heals at an accelerated rate, like, repairing fractures and internal bleeding in five minutes." The older King explained.

"I've already done most of the work while you were unconscious, so it should be basically gone right now." The older King said, looking at King. "I might even say you're in top form right now."

"You're right! I feel stronger than before I fought with that reptile-looking mysterious being! But, wait... does that mean..." King looked at his future self with slight dread.

"Yep, more fighting."

[1 week later...]

"Well, you're definitely getting better at fighting than I expected. Looks like that change in perspective was all that mattered, eh?" The older King joked.

"You don't *huff* make it any easier, though!" King gasped for breath, just barely managing to win this fight as well. So far, he's never lost against any of the Wolf-level threats that appeared, but he's probably still too weak for Tiger or Demon-level threats.

"Of course, otherwise, how'll that make it training?" The older King chuckled. "By the way, that giant crab thing was actually a Tiger-level threat. It was a known monster from before the Heroes Association was even formed, and almost killed Chairman Agoni's grandson, but was saved by a passerby."

"Wait, you're right! I thought it looked familiar. I remember when before the formation of the Heroes Association, it was considered a threat that was too strong for even the police force, so they put out an order for everyone to avoid it. The police's anti-mysterious being weapons weren't strong enough to pierce its weak points, and bullets even bounced off its shell, so they could do basically nothing." King said.

"But still... it was a strong opponent, yet..." King looked at his fist, dyed blue in the monster's blood. "It's shell was tough as hell, that's true. But I managed to at least leave a few cracks on it, and the weak points were what allowed me to take it down. Its exposed eyes were just begging for me to crush them."

"You're right about that. Still, the main point is that you're getting stronger, bit by bit. I'd say quite a bit stronger. It only took you what, a week to go from a normal human being to being able to take down the weaker Tiger-level threats. Even some B-Class heroes can't do that." The older King said. "To be completely honest, you're growing rather fast."

"Huh... so can I learn how to use the King's Engine yet?" King asked. For the past week, he had to fight and take down various Wolf-level threats while he was as strong as an average human being, and only recently was he able to defeat a weaker Tiger-level threat! All without that 'King's Engine!'

"Well, not yet. For now, you have one last mysterious being to take down... it should be one you're rather familiar with." The older King said cryptically.

"Right, just one more? Good. I don't think my muscles can handle any more." King complained, but suddenly had a bad feeling creep up on him. "...It's just going to be another Tiger-level threat like earlier... right?"

"Let's just say..." A katana suddenly materialized in front of the older King, whom promptly caught it. "I let you have a handicap. You get this sword." The older King extended it towards King.

Eyeing it suspiciously, King asked; "And the reason you're giving me a weapon now is...?"

"It evens the playing field. Now do you want the sword, or do you want to fight it with your bare hands?" The older King said, smiling.

"Alright..." King took the katana. He was no longer in top fighting form, seeing as he just went through maybe 7, 8 Wolf-level threats and a single Tiger-level threat without a break in between. That sword would definitely make things easier, and hell if he'd just pass it up.

"Great, and the last monster of the day is..." The older King suddenly jumped up to a much higher building, and shouted; "That big guy behind you! Use that sword to your advantage!"

King turned around, and-

No. No. No fucking way.

Octoclaw Man was crashing into building, wreaking havoc-

In his general direction.

"YOU COMPLETE ASSSSSSSS-" King yelled, hiding behind the buildings to hide from Octoclaw Man.

"Ah... Well, at least I gave him a sword, so it's even." The older King sighed, looking at Octoclaw Man chasing his younger self down the street. "I know he's my past self, but..."

"He's growing really fast. Too fast, even."

[6 months later...]

"Heh, you've come a long way in these six months." The older King said, looking at his younger self take down the mimicry of Vaccine Man with his bare hands. "You took down a Dragon-level threat that was supposed to attack City A in a year. At least you'll be prepared for him next time, eh?"

"You still haven't shown me how to activate the King's Engine, though. What was the point of telling me all about it if you weren't going to show me how to use it?" King looked at his older self. He was still kind of mad at his future self for telling him all about some broken cheat-skill like the 'King Engine'... and not showing him how to get it.

"Hey, giving you the King's Engine immediately after I met you would be like getting the final level 99 sword when you just start the game. That wouldn't make sense, right?" The older King chuckled.

"It'd make the game a lot shorter, that's for sure." King groaned.

"But the whole point of this training is to increase your base strength. If you use the King's Engine afterwards..."

"I guess you have a point. Just one second would be enough to turn the tides." King sighed. "But at that point, is there even a need for the King's Engine anymore?"

"God-level threats. The difference between a God-level threat and a Dragon-level threat is like the difference between a Dragon-level threat and a Wolf-level threat. It's an absolutely massive disparity. Right now, against that 'God' fellow that'll invade Earth in a few years, you wouldn't last 5 minutes. Maybe against that Chronos guy you'd last 6 or 7 minutes, but no more than that." The older King informed.

"I see... and is this 'training' going to end anytime soon?" King asked.

"Hahahahaha, not until you can take down God-level threats without needing the King's Engine!" The older King laughed.

"So you're not going to teach me the King's Engine at all?" King asked. "There's no point to it, then."

"Pretty much. It's powerful, but it's more trouble than it's worth. It makes you way too strong. If you left it unchecked for half a minute, you'd be able to crush entire galaxies simply by walking too hard." The older King said. "I'll still teach you, though. The time just isn't right, yet."

"There's plenty of God-level threats that you'll face in the future, and there wasn't one that lasted longer than 5 seconds against me with the King's Engine." The older King said. "But don't get cocky. There might be that enemy that'll be too much to handle, King Engine or not."

"You say that, but I've been living for a couple hundred years without losing, have I?" King shot back to his older self.

"You're right about that, but one can't be too cautious." His older self chuckled.

"Well, I think that's enough for today. Your training for now is over. Why don't you go out and show the world how strong King, The Strongest Man On Earth is, eh?" The older King said, pointing towards the exit.

"Finally, I thought you'd never say that." King let out a sigh of relief, that his hellish 'training' was over for now.

"Still, you should at least come back once or twice a week, maybe on weekends?" The older King suggested.

"You mean I get five days of rest, and then more hellish training for two straight years? Yeah, I think I'll pass." King said, walking out the time room.

"I get what you're saying, but not like it's a straight shot's worth of training. Tell you what, you can enjoy the next part of Doki-Doki Sisters."

"Which one?"

"Doki-Doki Sisters: Pink Skies." The older King passed his younger self the new Doki-Doki Sisters game, the cover featuring the main character, the main heroine, and a rather pinkish sky.

"The next time you come back, I'll give you the next part."

"I'll be back in a week."

"Well, at least that's six more times you're ensured to come back in." The older King chuckled.

"There's six more parts!?" King asked. Did that mean there was eight total parts of Doki-Doki Sisters?!

"Well, there's part one to six, then the first half of part seven, and then the second half."

"Wait, they sold two halves of a game?"

"Hey, don't underestimate them. The first half of part seven is at least three time bigger than the first part, and the second half is twice as big as the first half."

"Well then... I'll be back soon." King said, a fiery determination burning in his eyes. Never in his life did he feel such burning resolve. It even eclipsed the time he learnt that there was a new limited edition of Doki-Doki Sisters coming out.

"You will. Anyway, we should get out first." The older King said, entering the glass chamber. King followed behind as the glass door closed. Three seconds later, the glass glowed green, as the exit opened up to the real world.

Immediately after the exit opened, King ran towards the balcony, and opened the sliding door.

"Ahh... the air feels so invigorating!" King took a deep breath, savoring the first breath of fresh air in six months.

"Much better than the stale air in the time room, huh? Makes you think how it was actually just a bit over 11 hours in real life." The older King said. "Makes those six months look like nothing."

True, he was basically put through hell for six whole months, but he only spent a bit over 11 hours in the real world, and he was strong enough to take down a Dragon-level threat with his bare hands, and with a weapon? Six or seven wouldn't be an issue. A God-level threat would still be beyond his means, though.

"To think six months have passed, but it's only the next day in real life..." King sighed, looking out the window. "I didn't think I'd ever see the day where I'd miss the real world more than my apartment."

"Well, there's just something about that refreshing clear blue sky. It's much better than the bland whiteness of the time room, eh?" The older King chuckled, taking down the time room by pulling off the card off the wall.

"Here, take this and paste it back." The older King said.

"What? Why?"

"Since I was the one that put it on, I was the only one that could take it off. Now you put it on, so you can take it off. I'll be in the time room if you ever need me." The older King passed the card to King. "Remember, you don't grow older in the time-room, so even if you didn't need me for a few months, say, 90 years in the time room, I wouldn't age a day."

"Okay then..." King placed the card back onto the wall, the door to the time room reappearing.

Before walking back in and closing the door, the older King had something to say.

"Before I go back in, I just want to remind you... don't go letting the S-Class die on you, alright? They might not be the best heroes, but they're sure as hell stronger than their successors. It'll make your job easier, trust me."

And with that, King's future self walked into the time room. Taking off the card, King simply thought about what happened to him in the last six months in the time room.

Though his future self was a bit of an asshole at time, thinking back...

In those six months, he already managed to gain strength, enough strength to defeat Dragon-level threats.

"I guess my future self wasn't that big a jerk, after all." King thought, remembering how despite the extremely close fights his future self pitted against him, he was always treated afterwards with that disgusting reddish-pink liquid. His strength grew phenomenally afterwards, and after fighting Octoclaw, he was even provided weapons from time to time to help fight the monsters with.

Still, it'd have been nice if he just taught him how to use the King's Engine...

"Now, it's time to enjoy the next part of Doki-Doki Sisters!" King said, holding the next part of the series in his hands. He couldn't wait to continue playing.

Suddenly, King could hear his phone ringing. Annoyed, King picked up the phone.

"Mr. King! It may be sudden to call you right now, but there's an emergency!"

{Inside the time room...}

"Oh, wait, I forgot to tell him that there'll be another threat appearing nearby today... Ah, well. He should be strong enough, it's just a regular Demon-level threat, and if I'm not mistaken, he's fought the mimicry of that monster before." The older King said, looking up from his manga, before going back to reading his manga. "I mean, that should be it, at the time I just closed my eyes and hoped for the best. It disappeared afterwards, so..."

The older King then looked at the direction of where the exit was supposed to be. "...I hope that's all."

{Outside the time room...}

"Sigh... Fine, which one?" King asked, annoyed at the current turn of events.

"It's approaching your current location! It should be just outside your apartment-"

King looked out his balcony, and saw the problem.

A massive red dragonfly was wreaking havoc just outside his apartment with a large truck in it's mouth.

"Hey, I've fought that one before..." King remembered when he was in the time room, he once fought one just like that.

Jumping off his apartment building, King immediately squashed the giant dragonfly with such ease it was as if he was swatting a fly.

"Done. It's some big red dragonfly, right?" King asked, expecting the whole ordeal to be over.

"What? A large dragonfly? No, we were talking about a large swarm of-"

"Oh, for fuck's sake-"

A massive swarm of grotesque beings were flying towards King's apartment, each of them different from the other, the only thing that connected them together being tentacles on the bottom of their bodies and 3 large wings.

"I just-" King jumped straight into the heart of the swarm.

"Wanted to-" King started a barehanded slaughter, but the more he killed, the more attacked him.

"Enjoy my-" Shrugging off their attacks, King ripped and teared through the swarm like paper.

"Time off!"

[1 hour later...]

"That's dealt with. Anything else?" King said, completely covered in blood and annoyed as hell.

"Y-y-yes! Of course!" The Heroes Association employee quickly agreed, and put down the phone.

"Right. That's all. I think." King said, looking around. It took him the better part of an hour to fully exterminate all of those flying monstrosities. He was covered in blood, guts, and everything horrid. He's experienced this before in the time room, but this being the real world, the blood and guts were just that much more disgusting than the fake ones in the time room.

"I need to take a bath..." King said, looking at this turtleneck sweater covered in blood. Going back to his apartment, all he could think of was taking a bath, and finally enjoying the second part of the Doki-Doki Sisters series.

[3 hours later...]

After taking a bath, King had fun playing Doki-Doki Sisters: Pink Skies. All the cliffhangers of the previous game were gone, replaced with fun and exciting new routes to follow.

Just as he was at the best part, his phone rang again.'

"What." King was mad. He just wanted a few days to himself. That was all! Five days was all he had before another two years of pure hell. True, he'd get the next part of Doki-Doki Sisters, but he'd like to finish the part he got first!

"Um, so sorry for interrupting you, Mr. King, but we'd like to invite you to the Heroes Association to re-rank you." The employee said.

"Re-rank me? What do you mean?" King asked.

"Well, we've re-evaluated the threat assessed by the large swarm of enemies earlier, and we've decided that the large swarm was a Dragon-level threat. Each individual being was already a Demon-level threat on their own, so to take down a massive swarm of them, you've been re-ranked from Rank 6 S-Class hero to Rank 5 S-Class hero." The employee said.

"That was fast. Is that really all?" King asked.

"Y-yes! That's all! The meeting place is Hall 777, we'll wait for you there, Mr. King!" The employee said respectfully before putting down the phone.

King looked at the phone, and looked at the ceiling of his apartment. "Rank 5, huh... I'm replacing Child Emperor right now."

"Oh well, he shouldn't mind all that much, and it shouldn't be all that big of a deal, anyway."

[2 hours later, Hall 777...}

"So you're the newest S-Class hero? Well, you certainly look capable. That doesn't mean I believe that you're 'The Strongest Man on Earth' like they say, though!" Tatsumaki said, floating above King.

"Heh, you're already approaching my rank. I'll tell ya this, King. If you surpass me, I'm dueling you to take back my honor." Atomic Samurai chuckled.

"I can tell, you're a man of incredible strength. Those eyes are the eyes of a man that has faced countless harsh trials... The future looks bright for the young ones, that's for sure." Silver Fang smiled.

"Hmm... I may have been surpassed in rank, but at least it's because you're strong! I saw the video of you fighting that swarm with your bare hands. That was amazing, Mr. King!" Child Emperor praised.

"...You'll make a great hero, King. Now if only you had my skills and discipline... If you wish, I can teach you if you want. I don't always accept disciples." Flashy Flash said.

"Sigh... why me?" King thought to himself. He was just supposed to rank up one place, why was the entire S-Class here?!

"N-now, as per what we've agreed on, you're now the 5th ranked S-Class hero, King." Sitch said, passing King the new certificate.

"Right, thanks." King said, taking the certificate under the eyes of the other S-Class heroes.

"Um, Mr. King, if I may be so presumptuous..." Darkshine suddenly called out to King.

"Yes?"

"Can we spar?"

CONTINUE

As you could see, there were many things that changed and honestly, this story is built on the go, I know where to go and everything but each chapter I write in 1 day.

I hope you liked it, I hope your comments and until next time

This chapter change a lot, lol

Editor's Note: I changed quite a bit, but the main plot still remains the same.