"...Is she ever going to stop?..." Saitama wondered, as he just stared blankly at Tatsumaki, who for nearly ten straight minutes had done nothing but shout at him.
You'd think given her fairly small size that there wouldn't be much room for rage inside of the green haired esper. But not only was there plenty of room for anger and frustration, there was also space for her lungs which Saitama believed to be abnormally large. For how else could one woman, non stop, with no signs of exhaustion or strain continuously shout like that otherwise? Yet while he was being bombarded with her insults, scolds, and general disapproving and bewildered exclamations and statements, everyone else by this point was just doing their own thing.
Kaemon, King, and Genos had all redirected their attentions back to the locker room's television to continue watching the tournament, though they refrained from turning up the volume as to avoid being included in Saitama's beratement. Then there was Swim who could not keep herself from watching in amazement, believing that her feat of endless shouting was somehow related to her esp. And finally there was Fubuki, who had grown so used to her sister going off on these rants and verbal explosions, she merely leaned back in her seat and stared towards the ceiling until it was over.
"I SWEAR SOMETIMES I REALLY WONDER IF THERE'S EVEN A BRAIN BOUNCING AROUND THAT HEAD OF YOURS! OR MAYBE IT WAS TURNED TO MUSCLE WHEN YOU STARTED TRAINING! WHAT POSSIBLE REASON COULD THE WORLD'S STRONGEST HERO HAVE TO PLAY KUNG FU MASTER WITH A BUNCH OF LOSERS?!" She asked, before then crossing her arms, "HEY! I ASKED YOU A QUESTION!" She added.
"Oh? I get to talk now?" He responded.
Although not meaning for that reply to come across as sarcastic or rude, in her heated state that is how she heard it, causing her to lift up two nearby sections of lockers and smash them into him from both sides. The resulting sound from this action was similar to that of a car crash, both in the sense of metal on metal colliding together at high speeds, but also in the sheer volume it was sent out in. This caught everyone besides her and Saitama off guard, and by the time the lockers fell to the floor with yet another loud crash, they all stared wide eyed at the scene in which he now sat upon the floor still completely unfazed, as his chair had been destroyed in the collision while his wig had fallen from his head.
"Geez Tatsumaki, you think you went a little overboard?" Her sister asked, earning an immediate glare in return.
"WHY are you so calm? WHY ARE ALL OF YOU SO CALM?!" She shouted while looking to the others.
"We were dragged along." King admitted.
"I came willingly, King's the one who dragged his feet." Kaemon corrected.
"I'm indifferent to the situation, while I find Saitama's plan to lure out the hero hunter odd, so long as he does not ruin this tournament for the rest of the competitors I see no reason to intervene." Genos explained.
"I actually had a civil conversation with him." Fubuki remarked.
"I...just came here to watch the tournament, everything beyond that has just been an unexpected dream come true for me..." Swim confessed slightly embarrassed.
Upon hearing these answers the tornado of terror was about to erupt yet again, with her anger and varied vocabulary of insults directed towards the lot of them. However, she would be kept from doing so, as the door to the room was suddenly flung open with great force.
"HEY! WILL YOU SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY?! I CAN HEAR YOU FROM DOWN THE HALL!" The sole female competitor of the tournament Lin Lin shouted in anger, one of her legs raised indicating she kicked the door.
Similar to that of a western film, where two figures stand in silence opposite of each other waiting for the other to make the first move, did Lin Lin and the occupying people of the locker room she just entered do as well. No one really knew what to do not even the formerly fired up esper, and so for the next several minutes the only source of noise or motion were the fighters on the television. But before long someone would finally move, and fittingly enough it was the very woman who had brought them all to a standstill to begin with, as she slowly lowered her leg to the ground and began to turn to take her exit. One foot after the other at a snail's pace due to the shock she was experiencing she began her retreat, only to be halted entirely as a number of kombu stalks suddenly wrapped around her person.
"Huh?" She sounded in confusion, before much like a cartoon she was pulled from the hallway into the room, the door shutting with a loud slam behind her as she went.
Aching muscles, bones strained to the point of snapping, all topped off with the mixed odor of medicinal balm and blood painted the perfect picture of Garou as he limped through the empty streets. He didn't know why nearly every place he walked through seemed like a ghost town, did something else happen as he got his ass and then some handed to him by Watchdog Man, or was there some big grand audacious thing happening that everyone but him knew about? Whatever the reason or cause was for the lack of curious eyes and nosey faces he only wondered every so often, as this honestly was a blessing for him as it meant he didn't have to try and sneak his way back to the shack that currently served as his home. Still it was rather strange, not so much as a single person, monster, or animal was to be seen, not even gnats or flies buzzed about trash left out for collection or what little bits of dropped food he saw.
"It's almost like the end of the world..." He thought with a slight grunt, as every inch of his person pulsed in pain, "Was there another monster attack maybe? nah couldn't be, least not one big enough to drive everyone running, would've heard it or even felt it if that were the case, so what the hell is going on then?..." He wondered.
Nearing the end of the street he pulled himself over to a nearby building so he could lean against it, giving himself a few much needed moments to gather his breath and ready for the next stretch. But unknown to the self proclaimed hero hunter as he was far too focused on his exhaustion and strain, even with his well wrapped wounds he still could not keep a few drops of his blood here and there from escaping, causing a fairly decent trail to be formed behind him. A trail, that while normally would've only been noticed by the keen nose of an animal, was currently being followed a full street behind by a group of heroes, believing it's owner to be who he was.
"We should just move in on him now." One spoke as quietly as possible, not wanting to give away their position.
"Agreed, he's at his weakest right now, we shouldn't waste this opportunity." Another said.
"I don't know, it could be a trap, remember how he took down Tank Top Master? he acted like he was weak letting himself get the shit kicked out of him, only then to lay out an S class hero in but a few attacks!" A third protested.
"True, perhaps it would be best if we kept following him, make sure this isn't a ruse to lure in unsuspecting heroes, and once we are certain beyond doubt that this is genuine, then we go in." Their leader suggested, earning a silent nod in agreement from them all.
"Holy shit..." Chikara muttered to himself, as he ventured deeper into the earth behind Martial Gorilla.
When he thought about what to expect when it came to something called "The Monster Association" Chikara honestly expected nothing, maybe something kinda close to the house of evolution but still nothing overall impressive or shocking. Yet as he continued walking for what at this point seemed like hours, only due to the same exact walls, floor, and ceiling surrounding them as they went, it was beginning to don on him just how massive this organization had to be.
"Impressive ain't it? still not too sure how they managed this myself, but hey, not like that's important." Martial Gorilla spoke back to him, keeping his eyes forward "So, I know given your size that you probably think your a big shot, and I'm not trying to say that you aren't powerful, but believe me when I say that the people who run this place are LEAGUES above you, me, and every other monster roaming through these tunnels, so if you don't want to be someone's lunch I suggest you watch what you say, and keep your ego if you have one in check." He advised.
"Am I gonna meet them? the leaders I mean, or do I have to go through some initiation first?" Chikara asked.
"Yeah, sorry bout that, but we can't be too careful bout who we let in, even though it's monsters versus heroes you can never be too sure if someone's got grander ambitions than the good of everyone, so before you can meet with the founders you have to go through a...hazing of sorts." He answered.
"Meaning?" Chikara asked.
"Basically, you're gonna be put with other potential recruits, then some others are gonna put you all through the ringer to ensure you can follow orders and not kill your fellow monster because they got on your nerves, think of it like a streamlined boot camp, just without a drill sergeant cursing you out and making you feel ten inches tall." He explained.
"How long's that gonna take?" Chikara continued to press.
"Why? you needing to be somewhere?" He asked in return, this time looking over his shoulder back at him.
"Nah, I just wanna be part of whatever team, squad, however this works that's gonna be kicking hero ass, and if it's gonna take like a week or so just to get to that then I'll just turn around right now." Chikara answered.
"Itching for a fight that badly huh? heh, can't blame ya, we all want to start making our move on'em, but after we lost the centipedes we gotta be playing it safe for a while, just to make sure we don't lose more, hopefully it won't be too long though." He replied.
Going on the rest of the way after that exchange in silence, they would keep descending until they reached what Chikara assumed was the bottom level, and if it wasn't it sure wasn't far. Although they were underground miles by this point from Chikara's estimate, once they stepped into the fairly large carved out space it was strangely like a breath of fresh air, if solely for the change in sights to be seen from the tunnel. Everywhere his eyes landed they found a monster that was unlike any other in the space, sure there were some surface level similarities like a few seemed insect based such as himself, others reptiles, and some he had no idea what the hell they were supposed to be. But as he continued to scan the room he would see something at the opposite side that caught his attention the most, a large armored door that almost resembled a vault of some kind, which stood starkly out of place from everything else.
"Alright, this will be where you're staying for right now, but I promise it won't be for long, especially since we gotta get things moving quickly given recent developments, so at worst you'll be here with the rest of the recruits for two days tops, that'll be long enough for your strengths and weaknesses to be evaluated and a place figured out for you, sound good?" Martial Gorilla asked.
"Yeah sure, say, what's with that door over there? got a bank or something down here?" Chikara asked while pointing towards it.
"Oh that? don't worry about it, while back we found this monster but he was completely savage, I'm talking gnashing teeth and snarling and everything, yet for some reason our leaders insisted we bring it back here, but in order to keep it from trying to rip us all apart we had to put it behind that door, so now it's just in there till they can figure out a way to make it civil, or at least not murderous towards us." He answered, before then turning around "Anyways, I need to be getting back to my post, I'll see you later." He said.
Simply nodding in response, once he was certain the other was gone so far back up the tunnel he wouldn't look back and see him, Chikara then made his way through the crowd of assorted creatures to the door.
"What kind of monster could be so uncontrollable that even the monster association can't handle it?" He wondered, lightly hitting it with his knuckles to determine a few things, "Certainly is durable for one thing, sounds pretty thick as well, honestly it reminds me of my old door back when the doc kept me locked away, what the hell is in there?" He continued to ponder.
"Hey!" A voice called out, followed by approaching footsteps.
Looking behind him he would feel his eyes widen in surprise at who the voice belonged to, a monster that strongly resembled a dead bean sprout.
"...Okay, guess anything can be a monster..." He thought as it reached him.
"What do you think you're doing?" It asked, speaking to him with an air of authority despite their drastic size difference.
"Uh, sorry, I just saw this huge door when I came in and was curious." Chikara responded honestly, genuinely unconcerned about this...thing.
"Oh? is that so? well do you wanna take a look inside?" It asked.
"Wait, I can?" He asked in return.
"Sure, everyone else has seen it, kinda hard not to want to see what's behind such a massive door right?" He responded as he pointed towards it, "See that right there? that's a little door in the door you can pull back to look in, we use it to check on the monster inside there and toss it food when it's feeding time, go on have a look." He urged.
Even though that made sense Chikara still found it surprising they were so lax about showing what was behind that door, but seeing as how it wouldn't blow his cover or be of any issue he went ahead and did it. Yet as he pulled open the small slot which he didn't think you could get any food through, and began to scan the near pitch black enclosure of this mysterious beast, he would feel his eyes shoot open as wide as they could once he saw the creature.
"Is...is that?..." He wondered, his mind in a state of shock from what he had just discovered.
Very few things were able to make Lord Boros excited, even before his death and further back before his agonizing boredom, the only thing that could make his heart beat fast and his blood pump was combat. But as he and Doctor Genus walked towards one of his many research rooms, admittedly with a hastened step as with his confirmation he knew the mysterious creature, there was a great deal of work that needed to be done. And while there were many questions going through both of their heads, for Boros there was also the powerful and unmistakable emotion of relief, as he thought that every last member of his crew had died when he went berserk.
"I can't believe one of my lieutenants managed to survive, and seeing how it's Geryuganshoop I'm guessing he must have teleported once I began destroying the ship..." He reasoned, as he closed his eye to focus more on his thoughts, "Even so how did he avoid dying to the planet's champions? even if Saitama did not find him, I highly doubt after surviving my attack and the strain it would've caused him to teleport to a safe distance, he would have either landed right in the midst of their defending forces, or be discovered not long after as he was vulnerable, just another mystery we have to solve I suppose." He decided.
"We're here." Doctor Genus spoke as he came to a stop, bringing him to one as well.
Opening his eye he saw what at first glance appeared to be just another metal retracting door that was common place within the building. But upon further examination he found there were a number of precautions put in place to make it especially secure.
"Why the need for so much security doctor? for this room specifically I mean." Boros questioned, as Genus not only entered a code into a keypad, but also placed his hand into a device that he assumed was scanning it for authenticity.
"This is the room dedicated to my interactions and work with the hero's association, any materials, files, or ongoing projects that are at their request or of my suggestion are kept here, and while everything in this building is valuable the fact is my work culminates to my creations, while there is sensitive information in here that must be kept safe." He explained as the door opened.
Stepping inside Boros was impressed by what he saw, the entire space resembled that of his own ship's security station, fittingly enough given that Geryuganshoop was in charge of said division. Walking over to a nearby terminal a few swift presses of the connected keyboard would bring up on it's screen several files, many of which were merely more pictures and brief glimpses of his subordinate.
"What little information we possess was all obtained due to the assistance of the hero Metal Knight, his drones were present in the area and besides gathering data on the creature which attacked the city, they also captured everything we have on your comrade, from what footage and photos were obtained we know that he is both a telepath and that he seems to be in perfect health, though given he is completely foreign to our world and these are the only records we have of him, before we begin our search I'd like you to validate these assumptions." Doctor Genus explained.
"Certainly." Boros agreed, as he stepped forward to get a better look at it all "Hmm...yes, he's definitely in a better state than I would have expected, though given how he didn't destroy this monster within an instant, it would be fair to assume that at that point he was still in recovery, as he is far more than a simple telepath doctor." He informed him.
"How so?" Doctor Genus inquired.
"Geryuganshoop is the single most powerful psychoknetic organism I ever encountered, which is saying a great deal given that he hails from a planet of them, capable of producing forces that are equal to that of black holes, if he were in peak condition he would have been able to tear it apart even at a cellular level, he is truly that powerful." He explained.
"Well then, I suppose we better find him and do so quickly, the association would not like to hear that a being comparable to a black is wandering around the planet somewhere." Doctor Genus said.
"Finding him will be difficult doctor, as evidenced from your lack of information, no offense." Boros replied.
"None taken, believe me when I say Metal Knight and I have done our best efforts to try and locate him, but given the nature of the situation as well as how it all goes back to your attack on city A, the entire thing is incredibly sensitive and so any involvement from anyone else has been impossible, but now that you are assisting us along with your suit we should find him in no time." He assured.
"Let's hope so doctor, I do not wish for anyone such as Saitama to find him first, as I fear he would simply kill him on the spot." Boros said.
So quickly can a once peaceful environment become akin to the of a warzone, as the sounds of metal crashing into concrete and structures being destroyed filled the air with such boisterous volume. Mixed together with the varying sounds of different attacks all ranging from firearms and blades, to psychokinesis and the cracking of whip and tail, the atmosphere of the conflict was as intense as it was dire. For despite having the numbers advantage of five to three, Captain Mizuki and her team were still struggling to get an advantage over their adversaries, causing them but mere minutes into the altercation to begin feeling tired and drained. This is not to say their adversaries were any better off though, even with their opponents comprising of three C class heroes and two B classes, they were holding their own incredibly well.
This was all thanks to how Captain Mizuki commanded the situation, at the beginning of the battle she quickly gave everyone a task to focus on as to better their chances of survival. On defense you had both her and Gearsper, the latter of the two utilizing his powers to catch any projectiles or weapons thrown towards them, while Mizuki focused on serving as a distraction with her baton to help their offense get in close. Which is where Tank Top Girl and D-Pad came in, the former while not as nimble and athletic as Mizuki hit like a two ton truck, so any successfully landed blows would definitely help tilt the scale in their favor. As for D-Pad he was a surprisingly well trained close combat specialist, able to dodge and counterattack many of the attempted strikes directed towards him.
Finally you have Gasmask Cowboy who served as their support, with both his skill at marksmanship and lassoing he could aid either offense or defense when need be, it also allowed them to keep the trio of femme fatales at a distance and to use the objects around them to aid them. Even so the monsters still had MANY advantages, such as the snake woman's sheer size allowed her to control a fair amount of the battlefield, and even just the wind created by her tail when she used it as a weapon was enough to send them stumbling back. Then there was the one who resembled a horned lizard of some kind, and besides her blades which she kept retrieving to use against their offense, the aforementioned horns made it near impossible for them to engage with her for too long out of fear of being gorged. Lastly you had the one who seemed to be the leader, the bdsm crazed woman was easily the most dangerous of the three, as her skill with her whip not only gave her the most range but also allowed her to interfere with any interactions either side had with each other.
All of this came together to bring both sides to an uneasy stalemate, where they'd try to get in close to harm the other only to fall back and regroup to form a new strategy. This couldn't go on forever though and both knew it, what would ultimately happen if this continued for too long would be the heroes retreating, thus giving the monsters the perfect opening to move in full aggression, or the monsters would grow impatient and attack full force while they still had their position, thus giving them a near perfect victory.
"So, how we looking guys?" Captain Mizuki asked her team, as she did her best to catch her breath.
"I'm still good on ammo, bout eight, maybe ten full rounds I reckon." Gasmask Cowboy answered, looking over how many bullets he had left.
"I haven't had to try and do anything too crazy, so I'm still pretty solid." Gearsper answered.
"We haven't been stabbed, or whipped, or crushed yet, so just give us a few seconds and we'll be ready to go." Tank Top Girl answered, as her and D-Pad stretched lightly to make sure they weren't tensing up too much.
"That's good, but we should start figuring out how to end this, we can't do it forever especially if we lose our range advantage." She told them.
"About that, I might actually have a plan on how we can either win this, or at the very least put'em on the run." Gasmask Cowboy said.
"Really? what is it?" She asked, as all eyes fell on him.
As the gas proof gunslinger began sharing his plan with them, down the disheveled street the trio of terror was having it's own discussion of what they should do.
"I say we just attack them from all sides, Eyesight goes down the middle since she's the biggest of us, then we go from the left and right, by the time they gather themselves from her charging in we'll be close enough for your whip to hurt them and my blades to meet their mark." The horned lizard suggested.
"Why do you think we haven't done that already? that cowboy's actually a good shot, my scales might be durable but if he opts to shoot at me with one of his pistols while fanning the hammer so he can unload all his shots, it'll break right through them and leave me dead on the street." Eyesight countered.
"There's also the problem of that pesky esper, they're quick enough to dodge your blades but if we went in he'd focus on keeping my whip in check, leaving me open to be punched by miss beefcake and be sent flying backwards, a head on attack just isn't a good idea." The woman added.
"Then what the hell are we gonna do?! we can't just stand here going back and forth like this! eventually another group of heroes will patrol near here and once they hear us fighting we're screwed!" The horned lizard exclaimed in frustration.
"True, we need to make a decisive blow here and now or just retreat, prolonging this any further will only make it worse." Eyesight agreed.
Unfortunately for the three monster women their discussion would be interrupted, as all three of them were forced to dodge a sign post that had been thrown at them with incredible precision and power. Shocked by this they all turned their attentions back to the heroes, only to be surprised further as the only two they found were Captain Mizuki and Gearsper, along with a pile of signs and poles they had removed from the street around them.
"Sorry to interrupt, but we're ready to end this now." She told them, as Gearsper using his esp was bending the ends of the aforementioned objects to come to a point.
"What the, where did the others go?!" The horned lizard questioned, causing her to smirk.
"Oh them? they were pretty tired so we told them they could go home, not like we need them to beat monsters as pathetic as you." Captain Mizuki taunted.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU BI-" The former began to shout, only to be stopped by the woman as she placed a hand to her chest.
"Don't, she's just trying to antagonize you." She said, before lowering it back to her side, "You do know how dangerous this is right? the whole reason you've kept alive for so long is because you've stayed together, splitting up like this might've just gotten you killed." She told her.
"That's a good point, a little stupid and arrogant, but a good point I guess." Captain Mizuki continued to taunt.
Feeling her own eye slightly twitch at that, the woman knew she couldn't take the bait like her teammate almost had, as their focus needed to be on figuring out what they were doing. Thankfully eyesight was aware of this as well, as she began using the snakes on her head to look around them and see if they couldn't spot any movement.
"You sure are cocky for someone who's not done much, did throwing that sign really make you feel so powerful hm?" She asked, causing her to fold her arms.
"Well, considering I am a gold medalist in javelin throwing it does feel pretty nice, but it has been a while so I'm a bit rusty, hence why none of you are a reptile shish kabob right now." Captain Mizuki answered, before then picking up one of the sharpened signs "But don't worry, I got plenty more javelins to send your way!" She exclaimed as she then threw another at them.
However, with their attentions now focused solely on them there was no need to dodge, as the woman on her own sent forth her whip to wrap around the makeshift weapon, planning to then send it back at an ever greater force and power. But once her whip was uncoiled enough to where a good amount was straight, it suddenly broke apart forcing her to once again dodge to avoid being skewered. Unsure as to what just happened to her weapon she brought it back to inspect the tear, only to have anger fill her body as it was clear what had happened.
"Guess you were right, this sheriff's got a pretty good eye." Gasmask Cowboy spoke, stepping out from a nearby alley with one of his pistols smoking.
Letting loose a growl of anger the woman was about to lash out at him, only to be stopped as Eyesight moved her tail in front of her. Unsure as to why she would do this soon the snake woman would let out a pain filled scream, and as both her partners looked to see what caused it. They found the reason she had moved her tail in the first place was to protect them, from what seemed to be some kind of medal that was now lodged into her flesh.
"May not be an athlete, but I still have one hell of a throwing arm." Tank Top Girl spoke, stepping out from an alley that was a bit closer to them, one of her hands holding a small pile of medals.
Letting loose another small scream as the woman pulled the medal out of Eyesight's tail and tossed it to the ground, all three of them were now rapidly scanning their surroundings trying to find the fifth hero who had yet to reappear.
"Look, I know we've been fighting for a while now, and I know especially after what just happened you probably REALLY want to kill us, but I am still willing to give you three one final chance to surrender, do so right now and allow us to apprehend you and you can leave this alive." Captain Mizuki offered.
"Go to hell bitch, you think we're gonna let this shit slide? not a chance!" The horned lizard shouted at her, drawing her blades.
Immediately following those words all three of them would hear the sound of running footsteps from somewhere nearby, only to then see D-Pad running towards them from behind. Quick to act Eyesight sent her tail backwards to swat him away and hopefully kill him, only to cry out for a third time as it became impaled in the road by one of Captain Mizuki's javelins. With D-Pad now close enough to begin his assault he opted to attack the woman out of the three of them, for all that was left of her weapon was but it's handle and a small slither of the former whip. Being forced on the defensive she began backing away while dodging, doing her best to also counterattack but kept failing as he dodged as well.
With Eyesight focused on trying to free herself from the javelin the horned lizard decided it would be best to help the other, readying her weapons to attack as she lunged for D-Pad's backside. This was the worst course of action she could have taken, for while the woman was entirely focused on dodging his strikes, and her other ally was incapacitated, this meant she was open from both sides giving Gasmask Cowboy and Tank Top Girl the perfect chance to attack themselves. Gaining her attention first the sharpshooter unloaded in rapid succession a series of shots, which she noticed just in time to either deflect with her blades or dodge entirely. Sadly this gave Tank Top Girl all the time she needed to get in close to deliver a blow, swinging her fist towards her so the medals she held would also connect, the sound of her ribs being broken was loud enough for all to hear.
But she wouldn't be able to scream as the sheer power behind the blow sent her flying into a nearby store, many shards of glass being sunken into her skin as she went through it's windows. Gasping and practically howling in pain from how much of her was hurting, before she could so much as lift her head to try and see how badly injured she was, she was already grabbed by her assailant via her tail and flung across the road into yet another building. All the while this went on both Eyesight and the woman continued to try and get back into this fight, the former despite her enhanced strength unable to make the javelin budge even by the smallest margin, while the woman so focused on evading her attacker had made a horrible error. Having been attacked from behind meant that as she stepped backwards to dodge his advances she was headed straight towards Captain Mizuki, and once she was close enough the athletic heroine rushed forward, brought forth her baton, and with a quick extension of it's length smacked her in the center of her back.
This would go on to be but the start of a combination attack, for instead of being sent back down the street this gave D-Pad the perfect opening to punch her square in her stomach. Having her body forcibly be bent both backward and forward so suddenly and quickly caused her to let out a breathless silent scream. With her sufficiently reeling in pain now one final blow was in order, which would come from Gearsper who using a fair amount of his power would send her away, causing her to skid across the road before coming to a stop. Panting heavily as both her head and her body were violently throbbing, as she just barely got to her feet her head between her knees, she would feel yet another powerful force send her flying back, this time in the form of her teammate being thrown at her by Tank Top Girl.
Both bodies would land near their ally with a loud thud and a few cries of pain, both now covered in scrapes, bruises, and gashes. Horrified by seeing her teammates be brought to such a state, Eyesight looked back to the heroes only to find Gasmask Cowboy now standing in front of her, both his pistols pointed at her face with the hammers drawn back. For but a moment she thought that he wouldn't shoot, given that his leader had offered before to end this peacefully, this would be but a hopeful wish as he not only shot, but unloaded every round. To both her surprise and her misfortune however he wasn't shooting at her, instead he was blowing apart the heads of the snakes that made her hair.
This would prove to be too much pain for her to handle, as with but a shriek of agony she fell to the ground, her snakes' bodies all bleeding around her head causing a pool to quickly form. Popping out the chambers of his revolvers and reloading them swiftly, he'd keep his guns on both her and the other two as his team approached.
"Great job guys!" Captain Mizuki praised peppily, as they all came to a stop around their fallen foes.
"Yeah, that went about as well as we could've hoped, everyone's okay right?" Tank Top Girl asked.
"Little winded and sore but otherwise I'm good." D-Pad responded.
"No change here." Gearsper replied.
"Only thing I'm missing is ammunition, so I'd say I'm right as rain." Gasmask Cowboy said.
"Awesome! now we just need to call this in and we can call this whole thing a success!" Captain Mizuki exclaimed.
"I'll take care of that, you guys just make sure those two don't go anywhere." Tank Top Girl offered, as she pulled out her cellphone and began to dial.
"Want me to bend the remaining javelins around them? you know to keep them from trying anything." Gearsper asked.
"Sounds great! I'll help you carry them over." Captain Mizuki offered, as they walked back over to get them.
"This...ngh...can't be...happening..." The woman grunted out, stuck beneath her ally as she was out cold.
"Hey look, Captain Mizuki gave you guys your chance to surrender, not her fault you were too stupid to take it." D-Pad told her.
"He's right, if yall had any sense in ya you would've just given up, although in all fairness you did put up a pretty decent fight." Gasmask Cowboy complimented.
"S-Screw...you..." She managed to get out, before succumbing to her own pain and blacking out.
"Alright, the association's sending some people, they'll be here shortly." Tank Top Girl said, as she hung up and put her phone away.
"You know, I don't remember the association ever taking monsters prisoner before, unless they surrendered to One Punch Man, is that something they've started doing in general now?" D-Pad asked.
"Actually yeah, it was pretty recent that they decided to start at least trying to incarcerate these things, for what reason I have no idea though." She replied.
"How're they gonna transport them? they're all pretty big, especially snake skin here." Gasmask Cowboy asked, as he lightly poked her head with his foot.
"They said they were sending some people from the house of evolution, so who knows, maybe they'll use them for science or something." She suggested, just as Captain Mizuki and Gearsper returned with the javelins.
(A/N: Big update, over the next week or two this entire story's getting a face lift, as I said a good long while ago I was going to update the previous chapters to bring it up to my current standard, however as I began reading through the story, as well as received reviews and messages from those pointing out some inconsistencies, I decided it was best to rewrite those chapters in their entirety word for word to improve the story overall, so if you see the number of chapters has changed, some or perhaps even many chapters no longer exist, or if their names are different, it is because they were either merged with another chapter for the sake of streamlining everything, or were removed all together, I've got them all written up in notepad and will be making the changes and replacements as said over the next week or so followed by HOPEFULLY a consistent upload schedule of some sorts for new chapters now that this is finally done, thanks as always for reading and until next time, peace)