When someone hears news or perhaps a rumor they typically will say something like "I heard it through the grapevine", which is basically a social circle or chain of gossipers who pass word from person to person. Now there is nothing wrong with talking among those close to you or having "connections" that keep you informed as to what's happening in the world and your community, but depending on the people involved as well as the nature of the information, it can easily be taken out of context or given a much more drastic sense of importance than it actually has. And unfortunately for the world's yellow clad red gloved one punching super hero this was another aspect of his celebrity life that he absolutely despised, whether it be something about him being in a relationship which never held any truth, or perhaps it was something more absurd like a new secret training regime, anything pertaining to him and his life managed to find it's way around like a rampant spreading disease.
So you can imagine that as people who weren't even nearby his apartment building saw a massive bird flying through the sky before it dove head first into the building itself, that they were all quite panicked. And word of the inciddent was sure to spread like an uncontrollable wildfire through both the populace and the heroes. But before the news of the inciddent could pick up speed and attract all kinds of attention there was still the matter of how this all came to happen, which Tatsumaki and Fubuki were trying to find out by conversing with the one person who was in the building at the time, which they were doing inside one of the still intact apartments.
"Let me get this straight." Tatsumaki spoke as she crossed her arms "You were just lying around doing nothing, then all of a sudden that bird just crashed into the building and out of instinct you attacked it?" She asked.
"Pretty much." Kaemon replied with a shrug of their shoulders "It didn't say anything either, but then again I guess it really couldn't have since my hair was kinda stabbing it's neck." They recalled with an awkward proud smile.
"That...doesn't make sense." Fubuki admitted as she put a hand to her chin "Monsters never attack City Z because they know Saitama lives here, yet this one for some reason not only decided to attack but specifically went for where he lives." She went on as she looked to her sister "What do you think Tatsumaki?" She asked.
"It was probably just some dumb monster." She answered nonchalantly with a shrug of her own "Even if Kaemon weren't here to kill it Saitama if he had been home would've, and if neither he nor Kaemon were here to deal with it then it's attack would still be wasted, as nothing would've happened other than it's head getting shoved into the building." She explained.
"Still, the fact that this monster was so brazen as to just attack his apartment like this is strange, I think we should tell the association." Fubuki suggested.
"Oh believe me they already know, in fact I wouldn't be surprised if every news outlet in the world doesn't know about this." Tatsumaki replied as she stood up "If anything we should try to find Saitama before he finds out, cause I can guarantee he won't be happy when he does." She said as she headed for the door, Fubuki following after.
"He and Genos said they were gonna hang out at King's today, so you might wanna check there first." Kaemon suggested.
"Sounds good." Tatsumaki replied as she opened the door.
Yet instead of walking out immediately which both her sister and Kaemon expected, she looked back over her shoulder at the young sea folk.
"What're you doing?" She asked.
"Huh?" They sounded in confusion.
"You aren't staying here, so come on." She told them, only confusing them more.
"Why not?" They asked causing her to sigh.
"Will you just get up and come on already?!" She insisted.
Knowing it would be unwise to have her repeat herself a third time Kaemon quickly got up from their spot on the floor and hurried out the door, being followed out by the two sisters. Once outside Tatsumaki then used her powers to lift them into the sky and take off towards City M.
"What was that all about?" Fubuki asked her sibling via telepathy as they flew/
"What was what?" Her sister replied.
"Why did you insist on Kaemon coming with us? they would've been fine on their own." Fubuki inquired.
"Because they're a monster and if any other heroes show up they would've thought they had something to do with the attack, even though there's a giant dead bird laying in front of the building." Tatsumaki explained.
"Ah, so you were concerned about their safety." Fubuki said causing her sister to glare at her.
"NO! DON'T BE RIDICULOUS! I just didn't want any idiots to pick a fight with them and then get themselves killed, that's all!" She insisted as she turned her head "Now keep quiet until we get there!" She ordered.
Rolling her eyes at how her sister still sought to deny she was capable of caring about others beyond the two of them, Fubuki did as she was told and simply looked ahead as they flew. Meanwhile over the course of their short conversation, Kaemon who was flying behind the two of them couldn't help but be confused at why their expressions had changed during that time.
"Did they say something?" They wondered, as even with Tatsumaki's esp helping to block the wind that blew past them it was still quite loud.
"What about the uppercut of justice?" Mutsuko suggested, though it was with a mouthful of food.
After making it back to King's place the trio of heroes decided that the first and most important thing they should do was to get something to eat. And even though King had gotten much stronger after his ordeal his appetite managed to remain the same, meaning there'd be plenty of food for both Saitama and Mutsuko to help themselves to.
"How would that one work?" King asked as she swallowed her food, then proceeded to slam a hand down on the tabletop.
"I would take the bad guy into the air, bring them back down super fast, then you deliver an uppercut right to their face!" She explained with zest.
"That sounds pretty cool." Saitama chimed in, also with a mouthful of food.
"Right? it'd be SO cool!" She exclaimed.
"Yeah, but it'd be pretty hard to pull off." King debated as he readied a bite on his fork "Not only would I have to land it, but you'd have to be going at just the right speed to where it has power, but when you let go of the enemy they don't just go flying right into the ground before I can even hit them." He explained.
"Technical stuff, we can work that out with some practice bad guys!" She suggested.
"Wouldn't we kill a few of them before we got it right though?" He asked.
"So?" She asked causing him to sigh.
"Saitama back me up here." He said as he moved his fork to his mouth.
"Eh, it depends." Saitama said with a shrug as he swallowed his food "If it's something like a mugging or a robbery, then yeah you probably shouldn't do it, but if it's a monster or something than I think it'd be fine." He reasoned.
"Ugh fine, then how about this one?" She began as she held up her hands.
Unfortunately for the eager mosquito, before she could go on to explain the fifth combo move she had thought up on their way over the door to King's apartment suddenly opened, followed by Tatsumaki, Fubuki, and Kaemon all coming through.
"Good, you guys are here." She said as they walked in, the door closing behind them as they did.
"How did you?..." King asked as they approached the table.
"Please, you think a door is gonna keep me out?" She replied as she sat down next to the right of Saitama, while Fubuki sat to his left.
"What're you guys doing here?" Saitama asked, being the first to voice the question they'd all been thinking.
"We came to tell you some bad news Saitama." Fubuki answered.
"What kind of bad news?" He inquired as he looked at her with a raised brow.
"The kind that involves your apartment being destroyed." Tatsumaki answered casually, causing his, King, and Mutsuko's eyes to widen.
"WHAT?!" They shouted in unison, which in turn caused her to sigh.
"Ask Kaemon, they'll tell you the story." She told them as she began to help herself to the food that was laid out on the table.
Immediately shifting their shocked gazes to the seaweed haired monster, who had helped themselves to the food the moment they sat down, Kaemon looked was in the middle of taking a bite when they looked towards them.
"A giant bird flew into the building, and I killed it." They explained in a short and simple fashion, before going on to eat the food that was wrapped in kombu.
"A giant bird? seriously?" Saitama asked as he looked back to Tatsumaki with a look of disbelief.
"It's true, huge raven or something, luckily Kaemon managed to cut it's head off." Tatsumaki replied as she began to eat.
"Whoa really?!" Mutsuko asked as she looked towards Kaemon with a look of excitement "You cut a giant bird's head off?!"
"It wasn't like, clean or anything." They replied as they looked off to the side "When it busted through the wall I just kinda shot my kombu at it and hit it's neck from a bunch of different angles, then when Tatsumaki tried to move it to the street it's head just kinda remained in the building." They explained.
"Still that's amazing Kaemon!" She complimented "I mean, you took a giant monster's head clean off it's shoulders, that's really impressive!" She continued to praise.
"So there's a giant dead bird head in my apartment?" Saitama asked, still focusing on the fact his home was destroyed.
"Oh quick crying baldy." Tatsumaki replied with an eye roll as she patted him on the shoulder "You know the association's gonna take care of all the damages, hell they might upgrade your rinky dinky little place to something better." She said.
"Oh right the association, they're probably gonna ask questions about what happened." King realized as he looked at Kaemon "What're we gonna do though when they find out Kaemon's living next door?" He asked.
"Would they do something?" Kaemon asked, admittedly a little concerned.
"I doubt it, you came with us to the S class meeting when the invasion happened, so everyone else can vouch that you're not like the other monsters out there." Tatsumaki assured.
"Still, this is like the first time ever a monster attacked City Z, let alone Saitama's apartment, don't you think they'd assumed that Kaemon might've had something to do with it?" King suggested.
"Oh right, like Kaemon's some big evil mastermind who orchestrated a giant bird to attack the building, only then to kill it when it did, makes a LOT of sense." She replied, trying to be as sarcastic as humanly possible.
"Yeah, there's nothing to worry about." Saitama agreed as he looked down at his plate "Besides, if someone tries to blame them I can just say otherwise and they'll believe it." He suggested.
"That's true, I don't think anyone would argue against anything Saitama would have to say," Fubuki agreed.
"Of course not, everyone's too scared he might flick them on the nose and blow apart their head to argue with him." Tatsumaki said as she patted his shoulder once more "Luckily we know better so we can argue with him all we want."
"Still, even if everyone doesn't ask any questions about Kaemon, they're gonna want to know why the bird attacked in the first place." King said.
"Does a dumb giant bird monster HAVE to have a reason to do something stupid?" Tatsumaki asked.
"Well...no." King answered.
"I rest my case then." She replied as she took a bite of her food.
"But what if there is something more to it than just a random monster attack?" He argued.
"Like what? a group of monsters that have banded together to try and take down Saitama?" She suggested as she swallowed her food, only to laugh immediately after "Is THAT what you're implying?" She asked.
"I dunno, it could be possible." He said.
"Even IF there was a group of monsters out there who were stupid enough to think they could stand a chance against him, don't you think they'd send something better than a bird?" She asked.
"She does have a point." Mutsuko chimed in "If I were to try and attack Saitama, not that I ever would, I'd go all out from the get go as that'd be my best and only option." She reasoned.
"True, if someone did want to hurt Saitama even if that were possible, their best attack would be their strongest as everything else would just fail." Fubuki agreed.
"Even then it'd just be a waste of time though, right cue ball? Tatsumaki asked.
"Probably." Saitama simply replied with a shrug "To be honest, the only time I've had to try and win a fight in a while was against that Boros guy, but even then it didn't take much to beat him."
"See? even he admits that there'd be nothing to worry about." She said as she resumed eating.
Even though King still thought the whole thing was a bit odd they did make a good argument, even if somehow a bunch of monsters had teamed up try and take on Saitama it's not like it'd ever work, even an alien who had conquered most of outer space barely held his own, so the chances of there being someone out there who could pose a threat were next to none. But even so, to say there could never be anyone who was capable of challenging him, would be a dangerous assumption to make.
"N-No...p-please..." Battery Man begged as he laid on the ground, beaten and battered within an inch of his life "D-Don't kill me..."
Even though many C class heroes aspire to climb the ranks as to become more famous and be better paid they rarely ever respond to incidents that exceed their capabilities. So when word spread of some punk who was going around from city to city beating up anyone ranked in class C, they reasoned that if a bunch of the got together then they'd have no issue taking them down. That was the idea anyways, but the moment they tracked the culprit down and tried to attack him, they soon discovered that they weren't some punk looking to make a name for themselves, but were something far worse.
"Kill you? why would I do that?" They asked as they squatted down beside them "There'd be no point in killing you, anyone can do that, it's a lot more terrifying if you live to tell people about this." They explained
"Y-You're sick..." Battery Man replied, causing a smile to appear on their face.
"I'm sick? what about you?" They asked as they gestured to his attire "You call yourself a hero? really? I barely did anything to beat you and your friends, some hero you turned out to be." They taunted as they stood up "You're lucky though, if you actually put up a fight you might've gotten yourself killed, so in the end it all worked out for the best." They reasoned.
"Y-You won't get away with this..." Battery Man told them as they started to walk away "Once the association finds out, more heroes will come after you..." He threatened, causing the other to laugh.
"You act like that's supposed to scare me!" They exclaimed as they looked back at him, a twisted grin stretching from ear to ear present on their face "If anything that's EXACTLY what I want, send every hero you've got after me!" They challenged before walking away.
Leaving Battery Man and the other heroes who had been present lying there for someone else to find, the assailant with but a casual pace went on their way.
"They can send all the heroes they've got, C class, B class, A class, hell even S class, I don't care!" They said to themselves as they looked to the sky "All of it will make good practice for when I challenge him."