This part of the town was specially quiet, if not empty, the people that had once inhabited this area had long since gone and moved out to a safer part of City Z or to the other Cities that surround this part of the world, hoping for a sense of safety. It was more cloudy here from the rest of the city this day and there is no chirping from birds that's expected to be heard, though the only type of chirps heard are one of insects. Sometimes, when you listen close enough you can hear something groan within the abandoned stores and buildings that surrounds the zone, or it's the silence itself that could be the danger besides whatever things that made noice within the vicinity.
Yet even though, as abandoned as it is there were still two souls that resides on one of the apartment complex that's long been forgotten by the previous landlord and it's other tenants, one of which a cyborg and the other seeming to be a human, albeit the power that stills within him was not.
"Aah, that was a good sale. "Saitama only sighed quite happily as he puts the grocery down to the counter after he had put his boots aside, whilst he went towards the kitchen to get some water, the cyborg, otherwise known as Genos entered the door after his master— carrying a bag of groceries on each hand. Genos' advanced lenses looked around for any danger that may be around the area near them, but found nothing from his search; so, silently he followed the other's steps and put the other bags aside to be rummaged through when the sun would dip and hide from the horizons.
"Sensei, you should discard of your costume so I will sanitize of it, after all some of the monster's body liquid had been splattered onto you, yes? "Genos asked as he stood from the bald man's side, the other gave him a sideways look as he drank his water. "Ah, you don't need to, it's only a little bit so I can wash it myself and besides, " Saitama paused as he wiped his mouth with the end of his cape, "how many times do I have to tell you that you don't need to speak to me like that. " A small burp, "I don't things need like formalities and I don't want to be talked to like I'm a king or something. " the bald man sighed, dull brown eyes looking at bright mechanical golden ones.
"Apologies, master. " Genos' only response as he dipped his head slightly in shame before his thoughts were interrupted when a small flick in the forehead snapped him from there, making him come back to reality. "It's really fine, man, no need to think so much about it. " Saitama's disinterested voice was heard before a dragging of feet, "I'll wash my own costume while you, uh, fix the groceries or something. " the bald man told him, disappearing from the kitchen and into the laundry room. Genos instantly did what he was told.
Bright mechanical eyes scanned each product and produce in case of any anomalies that would reside in any of the goods, as well as checking the expiration dates for the third time that day. It may seem that he is completely focused on this simple task, he was thinking of today's monster that his master had recently killed. As usually as any other time, all it took was one punch, nothing much for the caped hero that was Saitama.
Genos and the said man was just coming for a sale in City A, which both ran for two hours straight to get to considering that both heroes lived in the far away City Z, not to mention their apartment was within the restricted zone in that part of the area. Basically a ghost town. Despite the distance, his master was determined to get to the sale on time, which also made him determined to do so as well. The other man also kept flinging projectiles at the cyborg as they ran in speed simple humans cannot possibly see, though Saitama had stuff clung to him and was trying to rid of them his disciple mistook it for a lesson of agility and the reaction of anything flung at him while in conquering speed.
Genos, as the advanced cyborg as he is, was able to avoid most of the projectiles flung at him from a distance from his master, whilst Saitama on the other hand was struggling to get the scraps off him without making a hole in his costume. Genos had only been able to avoid the ones that was thoughtlessly let go but didn't get to evade the ones that had been directly thrown at him from Saitama's hold. This went on for half an hour before the bald man had suddenly gained more speed, which of course, the cyborg disciple thought of it as another challenge as well as a race when in fact the bald man had been anxious about missing said sale, so he went faster.
This went on until they have reached their destination, Genos had tried to thank the other of the lesson but the man had been confused, though accepted it nonetheless. Both heroes didn't do much after that, Saitama had killed another monster down in City J where they heard that there was a sale on shrimp there, again terminating the said monster with another one punch— and then going about their day after that.
"Genos. "Saitama called as he emerged from the small laundry room, now wearing his usual t-shirt and pants instead of his hero costume. The said cyborg only turned to his mentor, putting the can of beans onto the counter. "Yes, Saitama-sensei? " he asked with his usual questioning tone, "What's the weather tonight? " the bald man chirped as he brought out a basket of clothing. Genos processed his words for a bit before looking at his master once again, "It would only be cloudy this night, sensei, no showers. " the cyborg answered as the other waved and gave a momentary chirp of 'thanks' before going outside the balcony. Likely fixing up the laundry.
The sun was still out but it had begin to dip minutes ago, so it was still pretty early in the evening. Saitama stared at the horizon, wondering if tempura is good enough for tonight's dinner— but didn't completely miss out the beautiful, even though starting still, sunset. The colors were nice and soft to the eyes, almost pastel.
Hours later into the night, Saitama and Genos were sitting side by side as they ate their dinner; roasted shrimp and udon. They watched the news as they ate, looking at whatever catches their eye while the woman on the screen talks; she was talking about the monsters popping up on City M and Q, the ones that are recent and not the ones in the early afternoon. The said beasts were terminated by Lightning Max, A-Class Rank 19 and Stinger, A-Class Rank 10 during that time. The monsters were Level Demon, but also speculates to be higher than that. Though the two of them knew the beasts were not strong enough to be level Dragon.
Soon, the news turned around to focus on the other topic of the day— the monsters that had rampaged and been eliminated in both City A and J. Then, the woman reporting showed a picture of another woman with long black hair tied in a tight ponytail, her eyes red as blood as it pierced through even from the screen.
"The monster's strange patterns and remains were reported by A-Class Heroine, rank Two, Ultramatica as it is said that— "
"Who's that? "Saitama asked as he gestured at the said heroine in the screen, pointing at the picture with his chopsticks. Genos analyzed the picture and the name of the woman, going through his database when he had scrolled through the heroes of each strong classes in his phone weeks ago. "That's Komuru Kaimetsu , otherwise known as the heroine Ultramatica due to her strong physical ability. A-Class, rank Two and member of the Hero Ranking Committee. " Genos paused, making sure the other could process the information before continuing, "She is also the leader of the hero group; Black Dogs of City A to C, Rank 6 in group ranking within B-Class. Ultramatica is a highly respected individual. " Genos finally finished.
Saitama hummed in thought, "That's weird, if she's that famous then how come I've never seen or heard about her around? " the bald man wondered again, slurping the last of his udon as he continued to stare blankly at the screen. Genos smiled and looked at his master, "Like most heroes Ultramatica tends to keep to herself, it has also been reported that her hero work is mostly done underground— specifically consisting more private work than public. "
"Ah, that explains it. It's like we do, too, though it really isn't I guess. " the powerhouse sighed and put down his bowl in satisfaction, his belly full from the good meal Genos had made.
After a while, the topic about what happened that day was slowly being forgotten in Saitama's mind, including that of the heroine's. The bald man had been already sleeping when Genos had finished with his daily chores, only to stay up again that night noting all of his master's actions and *lessons* into his notebook. It was pretty much silent that time of night and he had heard nothing other than the constant drip of something downstairs, probably a leaking pipe. The cyborg had also made a mental note about the heroine mentioned earlier, as the reporter had said that the woman was the one reporting of the strange aftermath of the monster's demise. The same one that his master had killed from their way back to City J.
It wasn't really the first time, he had heard rumors going on from inside the Hero association ever since he and Saitama had joined, which was only weeks ago. The heroes and civilians that had crossed the remains of the monsters that the bald man terminated was assumed that it was done by one of the A-Class or at least S-Class despite no one having taken credit for some. The cyborg had been unsurprised by that considering that the bald man never reported the monsters he destroyed, but this time it was voiced by a higher level level hero and not just any other lower B-Class or C-Class like Mumen and the like.
Like what the newswoman had stated, the heroine had told that none should take any credit for the termination of the monster as it had clearly been someone else outside or inside, or someone else aside a member of the Hero Association had done it. Also inquiring that it could be something or someone unknown from the database she had shared. The heroine noticed.
As I said before, this wasn't new, Genos knew that there were accounts similar to this that had happened even before Ultramatica's report, though the only reason why this was mentioned was because of the credit possibly being taken. He needs to meet the woman somehow, since she was considerate enough to even relay this to Sitch despite other files already existing— but only more informative this time.
Genos had already decided by the time he had stopped writing and closed his notebook, storing the thing in one of his compartments within the small apartment. The cyborg is eager to ask what the woman saw or analyzed, maybe it could help his master rank higher than he already is in the low ranking C-Class. He deserves something more than that; maybe it could even provide evidence that the bald man wasn't actually a liar or a cheat, like what most people says he is nowadays.
They could work together, if the heroine even allows it, to bring at least the justice his master deserves to light.
A/N:I know that there are the original A-Class members inside the association but I know little about their characters to put their perspective, so I had to make an OC so I am familiar with enough so I can continue this story.