Chapter 5: The Baldy Faction.

"What?" Saitama questioned, clearly confused.

As of right now, every single White Fang grunt was standing still. Looks of confusion etched onto their faces as they were currently contemplating about the announcement Roman made. In fact, they were contemplating on it so thoroughly that they didn't even realize that Roman had just casually walked (limped) into the building and began blasting the White Fang grunts in the face with his unstable flares. After taking out a dozen or so of the White Fang grunts, they had finally come back to their senses and whipped out their weapons before unleashing hell on Roman.

All bullets were promptly deflected by Genos' metallic body as he had rushed in after seeing the White Fang grunts whip out their weapons. Genos stood in front of Roman as he proceeded to grab the back of Roman's shirt and toss him away from the White Fang grunts. Once he did that, he heard Roman swear at him while soaring in the distance; he ignored him. Standing to face the White Fang grunts, Genos narrowed his eyes as they continued to fire their weapons at him, even though it clearly wasn't even affecting him. Striding towards them, Genos took note of how they backed away from him.

It was a sign of fear.

Honestly, he sort of expected a bit more from the White Fang grunts seeing as to how Roman needed more men for whatever he was going to do. That aside, Genos lunged at the White Fang grunts - catching them by complete surprise because of his display of speed - and began knocking the grunts unconscious one by one with strikes powerful enough to deplete their auras entirely. Having knocked every single one of the White Fang grunts in his area unconscious, Genos took a quick glance over to Saitama; only to see him still standing in the entryway naked. It appeared that the White Fang grunts were ignoring him for now to deal with the ones who were actually fighting them.

Speaking of Saitama, Genos noticed how Neo wasn't anywhere near him. Backhanding a White Fang grunt who tried sneaking up on him, Genos glanced over to the back of the building and saw Neo smashing her umbrella into a White Fang grunt's face, causing him to cough out saliva and collapse onto the ground with a large mark on his face. Genos didn't have to worry about Neo killing anyone since the blade of her umbrella was bitten off by Saitama because he was famished. If she decided to beat any of them to death, he would be able to prevent her; beating people to death does take a lot of hits, so he had felt that there was only two cons to that, and those were obviously death and suffering.

Kinda dark now that he thought about it more clearly.

He turned around to see what Roman was up to, and only came face to face with one of Roman's flares. The flare exploded right in Genos' face, launching him back towards the walls of the building (he was inwardly debating how it launched him this time compared to the first time they met) as he comically spun through the air and made a Genos-shaped crater in the wall. Beside him, two White Fang grunts met the same fate as him. Besides the fact that they were both upside down with their rear-ends sticking out as smoke emitted from their faunus-shaped craters.

Pulling himself out of the wall, Genos came face to face with a White Fang grunt. The grunt glared at him as he fired a bullet at Genos. The bullet ricocheted off of Genos' chest while it impacted the White Fang grunt's forehead, throwing him back from the impact and depleting his aura a reasonable amount. Genos looked down at the White Fang grunt with a nonchalant expression on his face as the White Fang grunt's body twitched comically every minute or so. Glancing back at Saitama, Genos noticed that he had finally started to move instead of standing in the entryway.

Saitama took a step, entering the building as he did so. He observed his surroundings and saw that many of the White Fang grunts of this branch were currently knocked unconscious or engaged in a battle with one of the three. Glancing over in Roman's direction, he saw a White Fang grunt whip out his scroll and contact somebody before one of Roman's unstable flares hit him square in the face, launching him back as he dropped his scroll at the same time.

Roman knelt down and picked up the White Fang grunt's scroll, "Huh, calling your leader, are you?"

The White Fang grunt slowly stood up while glaring at Roman at the same time from behind his mask, "Once Adam gets here, you humans are fucked!"

After the grunt had said that, his face was met by another one of Roman's unstable flares. Roman mocked the faunus by wiggling his finger back and forth and mouthing "ah ah ah" as he stood back up with a smirk forming on his face at the same time.

"Didn't your mother tell you not to talk to strangers?" Roman inquired, playing with the grunt's scroll in his hand whilst limping towards the fallen faunus. The only response he got from the faunus was a slight twitch from his body as the remaining White Fang grunts opened fire, and forced Roman to throw himself behind cover.

Saitama walked over to Roman, assuming that he could talk to him since he was basically just hiding from the White Fang grunts, "What's happening now?"

Roman looked up at Saitama, clearly not surprised that he had just casually walked over to him while ignoring the gunfire, "Well, baldy, what's happening now is that we're engaged in a battle with these barking animals to make them stand down. One of them whipped out their scroll to try and contact their leader of Vale's White Fang branch, apparently."

Saitama nodded his head, "Okay, have any spare clothes I can wear?"

Roman scoffed and responded sarcastically, "Sorry, all I have is beauty pageant dresses, baldy."

"Oh, really? Anything will do," Saitama replied nonchalantly as a bullet flattened upon contact with the side of his head whilst in the background, Genos was soaring comically again because of Neo smacking her umbrella directly in his face.

Roman scoffed once more before sticking out his cane and shooting an unstable flare in a random direction. The unstable flare completely missed the White Fang grunts and only managed to hit Genos, throwing him back towards Neo, who swatted him away again. He fired another unstable flare that hit Genos again, and sent him flying back towards a clearly irritated Neo.

This process went on for several more minutes before Roman had finally managed to hit a White Fang grunt with one of his unstable flares, thus startling several of the White Fang grunts who had been entranced by Genos soaring through the air for several minutes. Breaking out of their slightly surprised states, the White Fang grunts began opening fire on both Saitama and Roman. The bullets harmlessly flattened upon contact with Saitama's body as the flattened bullets bonked Roman on the head, effectively annoying our favorite orange-haired criminal.

Roman fired another unstable flare, "Baldy, get down. I don't want any more of those damned Dust bullets bonking me on the head."

"Okay," Saitama replied, crouching down.

Roman glanced at him while firing an unstable flare once more, "You know, can't you just do something? Instead of doing whatever you're doing."

"I need clothes."

"Forget about that, we're in the middle of a damn battle!"

"We are?"

"For fuck's sake... I told you earlier."

"Oh, right."

Standing up, Saitama weaved through the bullets effortlessly. The White Fang grunts backed away from him as they continued firing Dust bullets at him. One of the White Fang grunts ran up to Saitama, and attempted to blast him in the face pointblank with shotgun shells; grinning sadistically behind their mask, the White Fang grunt believed he had gotten Saitama, but Saitama walked on forwards and merely chopped him on the back of the neck. The White Fang grunt was thrown down onto the floor with enough power to form a small crater and to form cracks that spread to the walls and the ceiling. Looking over to the remaining White Fang grunts, Saitama could tell that most of them had shocked looks on their faces behind their masks, judging by how most of their mouths were open wide.

He began to make his way over to the White Fang grunts, but they continued backing away from him whilst firing their remaining ammunition at him, even though they already knew the Dust bullets weren't harming him in any way. It was like they were trying to shoot and shatter an unbreakable gem. Once the White Fang grunts had ran out of ammunition, they proceeded to throw their guns at Saitama. Saitama just caught the guns and carefully placed them down onto the ground while unstable flares flew past him and impacted the White Fang grunts. Several explosions occurred before revealing the remainder of the White Fang grunts were knocked unconscious.

Saitama looked over in Genos' and Neo's direction to see that they were finished with their portion of the White Fang force. Several minutes passed before the four regrouped. Neo sat on top of a table with her legs crossed as she tapped her umbrella on the table. Genos sat down on the floor with a screwdriver in his hand, but Roman snatched it away from him before pulling up a chair and sitting down on it. Saitama just stood up, still naked.

Seeing that Saitama was still naked, Roman rolled his eyes before walking over to one of the unconscious White Fang grunts to take their clothing. Making sure that the White Fang grunt he was looting was a male, Roman took off every single piece of clothing... yes, even the underwear. He walked over to Saitama with the clothing folded neatly in his hands, and handed it to him.

To say the least, Saitama accepted the clothing with a nod before putting on the clothing slowly. Roman handed him the mask as well, just in case if he wanted to put it on for God knows what. Fortunately, Saitama didn't put on the mask, but in the process of putting it away, he ended up crushing it in his hand. He shrugged at the pieces of the mask in his hand before putting it down on the table Neo was sitting on.

Roman opened his mouth to say something, but he was interrupted by the sound of a White Fang grunt coughing and shivering.

"It's c-c-cold..." they heard the White Fang grunt stutter out.

Apparently, it was the White Fang grunt that Roman had stripped, who had woken up. He looked around at his surroundings, before they heard him stutter something out again, "L-Lieutenant... you're here! W-Where's Adam?"

"Don't address him like you're familiar with him," the group heard the Lieutenant speak.

Looking over to the entryway, the group of four saw a tall and muscular faunus standing in the entryway with a chainsaw as his weapon. His mask was a slightly different design as it covered his entire face; he had short black hair. He looked over to the group of four and made an audible clicking sound with his tongue.

"Pathetic, an entire branch building taken down by four humans?"

The White Fang Lieutenant began walking towards the group of four as he revved up his chain.

"N-No! Lieutenant, don't! Wait for Adam!"

"Why should I? It's just four pathetic humans."

"These four pathetic humans wiped out every single pathetic animal in this building," Roman cut in, ashing his cigar before inhaling and exhaling smoke. He then ashed the cigar once more and tossed it over to the Lieutenant as it dropped right in front of his feet. The Lieutenant looked down at Roman before glancing over to his fellow White Fang member. He took a step back while holding his chainsaw down, showing that he was going to listen to his fellow White Fang member.

"Fine."

Hearing the Lieutenant utter that one word made the White Fang grunt let out a relieved sigh. It immediately turned into panic due to Roman swiftly tossing a red Dust crystal and shooting it with an unstable flare. A large explosion of flames was the result as it engulfed the Lieutenant whole. The Lieutenant stood in the fire until it cleared, revealing that he had minor burns all over his body. Roman clicked his tongue in annoyance.

"Lieutenant!"

The White Fang Lieutenant walked forwards, revving his chainsaw up once more, "You pathetic human. Thinking you could defeat me so easily by merely catching me off guard?! I'll make it easier for our leader, and tear you all to shreds!"

The Lieutenant began to run straight at the group of four, but Genos reacted before anyone else could and ran straight towards the Lieutenant. Seeing Genos approach, the Lieutenant held his chainsaw high into the air and swung down at him, but his eyes widened behind his mask to see Genos hold up his arm and effortlessly block the chainsaw, even though the blade was constantly trying to shred his arm to pieces.

The White Fang Lieutenant grunted quietly, increasing his strength output to push Genos back, but even after doing that, Genos showed no signs of being pushed back. He barely reacted in time to when Genos threw his other arm forwards and unleashed his Incinerate attack. A concentrated beam shot forwards and melted through the walls of the building. The Lieutenant clicked his tongue in annoyance as he was going to barrage Genos with a flurry of attacks, but he didn't notice Saitama casually walk up beside him and karate chop his neck. He met the same fate as his subordinate earlier, who had been karate chopped on the neck by Saitama.

The cracks in the walls and ceiling became even bigger as small pieces of the ceiling began raining down for several seconds before stopping. The White Fang grunt, who was still naked, watched with a shocked expression on his face until succumbing to unconsciousness once more due to Neo strolling up to him and smacking him in the face with her umbrella.

Seeing that they were finished, Roman lit up another cigar, "All bark and no talk. That's exactly what is expected from these mutts."

Everybody went back to their original spots before the Lieutenant had arrived. Genos sat down in front of Roman with a serious look on his face. Roman, on the other hand, having seen that look on Genos' face many times, inhaled and exhaled smoke before sighing loudly. Neo just looked at Roman with a confused look on her face.

"What is it, cyborg? I don't like that look you're giving me."

"The 'Baldy Faction?' Why did you say that?"

Roman exhaled smoke once more, "Do I really have to explain it?"

Genos continued staring up at him; not answering his question, for which Roman took as a "yes" to his own question.

"I do what I do to survive. Simple as that. I see a strong person, I cooperate. I see an even stronger person, I abandon the weaker one and join the stronger one. I see a person with godlike strength... I abandon the weaker one and join them. The process would continue to repeat itself, but the godlike strength appears to be a once in a lifetime opportunity."

"Then what about Abitch?"

"What about her?"

"If you plan on abandoning her now, I'd rather you not," Genos started, "Since what you're saying is that you're joining us. I'd rather you work as a spy."

Roman smirked, "I thought you were just a dumb cyborg. To think you could think of something like that is ludicrous."

Genos - for some odd reason - couldn't help but be slightly amused, "Sensei would've said the same thing."

"...What?" came Saitama's question, clearly confused.

"He definitely would not be able to think of something like that."

Genos felt his amusement fade away in an instant as he glared at Roman, "Sensei is the wisest man I know. You just don't understand his ways."

Roman rolled his eyes, "And the dumb cyborg is back..."

Their conversation came to a halt for several minutes before Genos stood up, and stared over to the entryway. There in the entryway, stood a tall man with red and brown hair that spiked backwards, his mask was different from the Lieutenant's and the grunts' with it only covering half of his face. Two horns were on either side of his head. He wore a long-sleeved black trench coat as he held a scabbard in his right-hand, and a gun in the other hand.

He examined the mayhem all around him. The unconscious bodies of the White Fang grunts, and the unconscious body of the Lieutenant made him frown. He appeared to have taken the lives of his subordinates seriously, and obviously was not happy at seeing them like this. He watched as Roman took a step (more like a limp) forwards, the smirk still plastered on his face.

"I take it you're Adam?" Roman inquired.

"And you are?" Adam responded, in answer to Roman's question.

"Roman Torchwick."

"I've heard of you... and your deeds," Adam stated calmly as he walked into the building, still holding the scabbard in his hand whilst he put away his gun. He walked over to Roman and circled him a few times before coming to a stop several feet away from him, "Though, the question is: Why are you here?"

Roman inhaled and exhaled smoke from his cigar, "I came here with a proposition."

"And I refuse," Adam responded in an instant.

Roman spread his arms out wide, "You would still refuse, even with the lives of your subordinates on the line?"

Adam stared at Roman, the frown still present on his face. He appeared to have been in deep thought, before he unsheathed his sword from its scabbard and rushed forwards towards Roman. Roman ducked down as he looked up and saw Adam's blade pass right over his head.

"Whoa, whoa! Calm down. Is it because I have red?!" Roman questioned with a mocking tone slightly visible in his voice.

Adam's frown deepened as he prepared to decapitate Roman, but right as he was about to do so, Saitama caught his blade with his fingers. He spared a glance at Saitama before taking out his gun in an instant and blasting a bullet right in Saitama's face. Saitama didn't budge an inch though as Adam got a clear look at his face. If he was surprised, he did a good job of not showing it since the bullet he fired at Saitama didn't even impact him. Saitama had caught the bullet with his teeth before spitting it out onto the floor in front of Adam.

Adam yanked his blade away from Saitama and shot another bullet at his face for a distraction before he lunged at Roman and prepared to swing his sword horizontally, aiming for another decapitation; but once again, he was stopped by Saitama, who caught his blade once more in between his fingers. He had a bullet in between his other fingers as well. Adam, deeming that Saitama was more of a threat than Roman, yanked his sword away from Saitama once more before he began barraging Saitama with a flurry of slashes. Saitama ended up dodging all of them effortlessly whilst behind him, Genos fired a beam, but he didn't see the glint in Adam's eyes because of the mask.

Adam held up his sword and absorbed the beam that Genos fired, thus causing his body and weapon to glow a faint red. He then swung his weapon at Saitama, hoping to injure him this time, but once more, he found his blade caught between Saitama's fingers. If his frown could get any deeper, it would have due to seeing his sword being caught even after absorbing Genos' beam.

The faint red aura continued to surround his body since he had not managed to counter the force back at anybody yet. Saitama then lightly jabbed him in the gut with his fist, sending him flying dozens of feet backwards as he crashed into the wall. Adam collapsed down onto the ground, the faint red aura no longer surrounding his body due to his aura being drained completely.

"What... just happened?" Adam thought, shocked inwardly.

"I made sure not to knock him unconscious," came Saitama's voice.

"Okay, that's good I guess," Roman said, limping over to Adam's downed figure.

Adam slowly looked up to see a smug looking Roman staring down at him, "Mind listening to my proposition now? You know, instead of lashing out like you just did?"

Roman stared down at Adam for a bit, before he finally decided to answer, "I'm listening."

"How would you like to cooperate with the Baldy Faction?"

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"The what?"


Several hours later...

Saitama, Genos, and Neo all sat around a table in the main building of the White Fang's branch in Vale. Saitama had new clothes, and had only managed to find two pieces of accessories that matched his hero outfit back in his world, his white cape and his red rubber gloves. To say the least, he felt much better knowing that he had more clothes to change into. Since after all, the only pairs of clothing he had in this world were his pajamas and the black suit that Neo got him, but unfortunately the black suit had been incinerated when Genos' had accidentally crushed that Dust crystal. Genos, on the other hand, most likely didn't even need to wear clothes because of his body being entirely metal, but he still chose to wear clothes either way.

That aside, the trio were currently sitting at a table while Neo enjoyed her Neapolitan ice cream. The trio could tell without even looking that the White Fang grunts around them were staring at them, wondering why humans were in the main building of the Vale branch of the White Fang. Saitama was just staring at Neo's ice cream as a thought ran through his head before he decided to voice it.

"Oi, Genos. What day is it today?"

Genos shrugged, "Sorry, sensei. I don't know what day it is either."

"It's Tuesday, humans."

"Ah, okay."

"Why would you ask that, sensei?" Genos inquired, taking out a notebook and pen.

"I was wondering if they have bargain sales here..."

Genos began scribbling notes down in his notebook while he glanced up at Saitama every once in a while, "Bargain... sales... for sensei..."

Putting the notebook away back into his pocket, Genos examined their surroundings, only to discover that about a dozen or so White Fang grunts were standing behind them and staring down at them. He looked up at them, and once he did, they turned away. Then once he looked away from them, he felt their gazes on them. Turning to look back at them again, Genos saw them swiftly turn their heads away. In fact, one of them turned their head around so fast that they ended up popping their neck.

"Weird..." he muttered under his breath.

Another hour passed before the trio heard the squeaking sound of a door opening. Roman emerged from the room with Adam following on behind him. Roman still had the smirk plastered on his face whilst Adam's frown remained as well. Roman made his way over to the table where the trio were sitting at as he pulled up a seat beside Neo. He rested his cane against the edge of the table; he made eye contact with Adam and nodded his head at him.

Adam stared at Roman for several seconds before he walked up to a White Fang Lieutenant and whispered something into his ear. The Lieutenant nodded his head while Adam left the building with two White Fang grunts following on beside him. Roman's smirk widened when he saw Adam leave the building. Averting his attention to the trio in front of him, he rested his chin on the palm of his hand.

"How'd it work out?" Genos inquired.

"It worked out perfectly," Roman answered immediately.

"You're telling us the details later."

"I know that, cyborg. No need to remind me."

Then soon enough, any White Fang Lieutenant present in the building began to inform the White Fang grunts on something, and once they did, they all began to file out of the building in organized lines. To say the least, Roman was impressed that they could actually form straight lines in an organized manner. Once the building was confirmed to be empty, Roman stood up as the others copied his action.

Roman began limping towards the room that was right beside the one that he came out from. He opened up the door, and lead them into the room. The room had stairs leading down into an underground tunnel. Genos and Neo shared a look before they followed Roman down into the underground tunnel with Saitama following on behind them.

Once they entered the underground tunnel, Roman took out his lighter, and lit it. It didn't emit much light, but it was still better than not being able to see at all. They continued down the path of the underground tunnel, until they saw bright lights and heard the sounds of voices. Roman put his lighter away once they neared the bright lights. Roman stopped as soon as he confirmed it was the exit to the underground tunnel, and leaned against the wall while sighing.

A few seconds later, the voices were made out to be cheers as it got even louder and louder. It eventually died down after a minute or so. Then that's when the group of four heard Adam's voice.

"Brothers and sisters of the White Fang, we have gathered here today for some very important news that could bring forth more power and great cause for the White Fang."

The cheers started back up.

"Not only have we been offered wealth, we have been offered the opportunity to obtain weapons of great power to support our main cause."

The cheers grew louder.

"It is an unreleased Atlesian prototype, but we have already made plans to snatch one for ourselves... and eventually the entirety of the White Fang itself."

The cheers grew to the point where it had been deafening.

"That is not all, we have been offered a partnership... which I personally took the time to evaluate for myself. Many of you may have mixed emotions of this, and I know for sure many would despise this choice."

The cheers became silent as every White Fang member listened closely.

Everyone in the crowd swore they saw Adam almost face palm before making his next statement, "We have been offered a partnership by... the Baldy Faction."

Laughter broke out in the crowd.

"Why'd you choose the name 'Baldy Faction' in the first place?" Genos inquired, narrowing his eyes.

"Baldy here is bald, hence the reason why I called it the 'Baldy Faction,'" Roman answered nonchalantly.

Saitama slumped down a bit, but Genos patted him on the shoulder, "Sensei, everything will be fine. I shall go bald with you."

"Please don't. I don't want two baldies present," Roman deadpanned.

Saitama slumped down even further while Genos just gave Roman a quick glare. Whereas, meanwhile, Neo was just watching them interact with a smirk on her face. The laughing in the crowd only continued to get louder and louder, until several minutes passed before the laughter subsided entirely as the crowd awaited for Adam's next statement.

The group of four averted their attention back to Adam.

"As I said earlier, many of you will despise this decision... the Baldy Faction is a group of four people... humans nonetheless."

As soon as he finished his statement, Adam was met by the erupting roars of protest from the crowd of White Fang members.

"WHAT?! HUMANS! IS THIS WHAT THE WHITE FANG HAS RESORTED TO?!"

"WHAT CHANGE CAN FOUR HUMANS DO?!"

'What change can four humans do? What change can one human do? You'll see soon enough on why I chose this decision."

The crowd went silent for a few moments before a White Fang Lieutenant in the crowd asked a question, "What will you be showing us?"

"Watch and see. For our guests are here."

Roman took that as the cue to walk (limp) out into the open. The other three followed on behind him, and as they walked, White Fang members cleared the way for them. They didn't receive any good looks either, the only looks they received were either looks full of hatred or looks that clearly said they wanted to kill them right on the spot. Roman and Neo both accepted the looks without a care in the world, while Genos and Saitama didn't pay them any attention. They were apparently too busy discussing something, with Genos writing stuff down in his notebook. By now, they were halfway to the stage where Adam was standing at.

Adam stood on the stage passively as he watched the group of four walk towards him. He ignored the protests of the members of the White Fang in the area as his eyes narrowed behind his mask upon seeing Saitama stroll beside Genos, who still had his face buried into his notebook while furiously scribbling down notes on what Saitama was saying. Still, the thing that was in the back of his mind right now was how ridiculous Saitama looked. He was wearing a white cape with red rubber gloves, while wearing a White Fang grunt's outfit.

Roman stepped onto the stage first, the seemingly omnipresent smirk plastered on his face. He walked over to Adam, and held out his hand. Adam lightly pushed his hand away and just shook his head sideways. Roman walked past Adam with an audible snort as Neo walked up on the stage next. She didn't bother greeting him as she merely flashed him a smirk before looking away, and walking past him. Saitama and Genos were the last ones on the stage, they both ignored Adam as they walked past him while Saitama was still talking to Genos. Adam picked up the lines, "groceries" and "bargain sales" when they had passed him.

To say the least, it made no sense as to why they were discussing that sort of stuff in this type of environment. Especially when Genos was taking careful notes and highlighting words that sounded important.

The group of four stood side by side on the stage as they looked out at the crowd of White Fang members. The first thought that ran through Roman's mind was how much the White Fang looked like a cult since they all had masks on and were looking up at them strangely. Neo basked in the glory of all the attention being directed at them whilst both Saitama and Genos were still discussing their heated topic. Adam stared at the group of four, awaiting to see if they would live up to his words or else he'll look like a complete fool.

Something appeared to have been happening now, since Saitama stopped his conversation with Genos as his eyes began darting around the room. He outstretched both of his arms and clapped his hands together so fast that his arms became a blur, the clap echoed throughout the room. He wasn't done yet, his eyes began darting around the room once more as he started clapping repeatedly for no reason.

"Mosquito!" Saitama yelled, irritated as he began running around the stage while clapping his hands together.

He then slammed his palm on the wall, destroying it effortlessly along with everything else behind the wall. It wasn't just a small portion of the wall, it was the entire wall that was destroyed. Tick marks were visible on his head as everyone became silent; due to their silence, every person listening closely could hear a faint buzzing sound coming from the stage as Saitama continued running around and clapping his hands.

Saitama slammed his palm against another wall as it flew off into space, literally. He stood there and looked at the palm of his hand, he smiled at seeing the crushed body of his nemesis, the mosquito. He turned around to see that every single White Fang member was gawking at his strength, even Adam stood there with his mouth slightly ajar. Genos, Neo, and Roman weren't surprised though, since they have seen his display of strength many times before.

He held his hand, showing the crushed mosquito to everyone, "Caught it."

"Impressive as always, sensei!" Genos stated, behind him you could see both Neo and Roman nod slightly in agreement.

Adam closed his mouth as he turned around to face the White Fang members, "Do you understand now?"

The members of the White Fang stood there in silence for several seconds before they all nodded their heads in unison, in slight approval since after all, the group of four had the approval of the leader of the Vale branch of the White Fang. Adam looked down at his subordinates, before he held out his microphone to Roman.

Roman limped over and grabbed the microphone out of Adam's hand before limping past him, "Alright, I would like you all to refer me as 'boss' from now on, understood?"

"FUCK NO!" a White Fang grunt shouted from the back of the area.

"You will sooner or later, mutt. That aside. Several weeks from now, we will conduct our first big operation. It's going to be a large shipping of Dust from the Schnee Dust Company. So the Dust quality is obviously going to be good. We will need many men for it, since there will obviously be guards for the shipment and we're going to need a way to transport the large shipment. Originally, this operation was planned by a woman named, Cinder Fall."

Roman spared a glance at Genos, to see that his eyes were narrowed in suspicion, "You mean Abitch, right? So, 'Cinder Fall' is her alias, huh."

Roman resisted the urge to face palm at Genos' statement before he continued, "None of you obviously do not know who Cinder Fall is. I'll tell you one thing, she's a manipulative bitch, and if you see a woman walk up to you and she has long black hair that looks like she dipped it in ash, along with amber eyes that make her look like a kitty; attempt to beat the shit out of her, or just run away and notify one of us."

He looked out at the White Fang members, most of them perked up at his way of referring to them when he had responded earlier to the faunus who refused to call him their boss; but they seemed to have absorbed the information he told them like sponges. He felt a breeze brush up behind him, so he turned around and saw that it was getting brighter outside. He also saw the path of destruction that Saitama made when he was trying to kill the mosquito from earlier.

The most impressive thing was that they were underground and Saitama had hit the wall hard enough to create an enormous tunnel that lead all the way outside. Now the thing that they all hoped the most for, was that a random person wouldn't just stumble upon it and discover their hidden underground area.

"With our future plans told... I would like to introduce the leader of the Baldy Faction. His name is, Saitama. He will lead both the Baldy Faction and the White Fang to the end of our goals with his godlike strength!"

This time, the White Fang began cheering to the point where it was deafening for the second time that day. Whereas, meanwhile, Genos and Neo were both wondering what their goal was anyways as Saitama just stood there and looked at the giant tunnel he made. He yawned, it seems the group of four ended up staying up for the entire day.

Roman handed the microphone back to Adam, who stared at him with the usual frown on his face, "Quite the speech you gave."

Roman was barely even able to decipher what Adam had just said over the loud cheering from the White Fang members below them. He merely smirked at him before shrugging nonchalantly and limping back towards Saitama, Genos, and Neo, "It's the one and only speech I will give."

He approached his fellow members and leader of the Baldy Faction as they turned around to face him. Roman smirked at them while Genos stared at him with a questioning look on his face. Neo, on the other hand, applauded Roman for his speech as she too smirked. Saitama stared at him with the usual expressionless look on his face.

"Can we go now? I'm tired," Saitama stated plainly.

As if it was on cue, the other three yawned after they realized how long they stayed up for. The - now known - Baldy Faction walked off the stage (Roman was an exception) as the White Fang members made a clear path for them while they continued cheering. This time, when they walked through the pathway, there were no looks directed at them. The White Fang members appeared to have accepted them in some form of way, even though they knew they were humans... or most likely because they were terrified of Saitama's strength.

They re-entered the underground tunnel while Roman took out his lighter and lit it up again to provide them some light.

One thought ran through his mind as he chuckled with an unreadable expression on his face.

"Cinder... you and your group are fucked."


The Baldy Faction returned to their hotel room, sooner or later they were going to need a different place to stay at. Saitama crawled into his bed as he closed his eyes and fell asleep immediately. Genos and Roman both took a seat at the table so Genos could ask some questions whilst Neo went over to the fridge and took out some ice cream to snack on before going to bed.

Neo licked her ice cream as she focused her attention on Genos and Roman.

"So, cyborg. What is it that you need to ask?" Roman inquired.

"I can ask anything now, can I not? Since after all, we're on the same side now..."

Roman smirked, "Ask away."

"Why does Abitch go by the alias of 'Cinder Fall?'"

Roman stared at Genos with a look that asked if he was stupid, but he answered anyways, "First of all, 'Abitch' isn't her real name. 'Cinder Fall', is her real name."

Genos folded his arms, "I'm sticking with Abitch. It sounds more like her real name, and makes more sense for some odd reason."

Roman folded his arms as well, "Somehow, I can't help but agree."

Roman then extended his hand forwards for Genos to shake. Genos stared at his hand for a bit before extending his own hand, and grabbing Roman's. They shook on it.

"Abitch is Cinder's new name," Roman stated confidently.

Genos nodded his head in agreement.

"Now, tell me what you know about Abitch and her group."

"I'll be honest with you, I don't know much about them, but I can tell you more about them eventually since I'm playing the spy right now," Roman answered honestly, "Though there are two people that seem to stick around her like they're her lackeys."

"Okay."

"One is a female, her name is Emerald Sustrai. Her name actually fits her appearance, mint-colored hair, dark skin. Stands out like a sore thumb. The other is a male, his name is Mercury Black, Emerald's partner in crime. Once again, his name matches his appearance. Except his is his clothing, his hair is like a shiny gray. Once again, sticks out like a sore thumb. Unfortunately, I don't know their abilities... yet."

Genos rubbed his chin thoughtfully, going over the information he had just received, "Okay... now, what did you and Adam discuss earlier?"

Roman leaned back in his seat, "We just discussed what happened when we barged into one of their branches earlier today... or last night. I sort of threatened him a bit, and when that didn't work out, I just offered him some money and information."

Genos continued to rub his chin, appearing to be deep in thought. He rested his hand back down on the table as he decided that his questions had been answered, for now at least.

"That's good, for now I guess. Think you will be able to gather more information?"

"Of course, Cin-erm, Abitch doesn't even know I've betrayed her yet."

Genos nodded his head in understanding as he stood up from his seat. Roman copied his actions while behind them, Neo finished up her ice cream with a smile. Roman took off his hat before placing it down on the table, along with his cane. He walked over to Neo's bed and crawled into it with a tired sigh. He pulled the blanket over himself, and made himself comfortable.

"Cyb-no... suppose I should call you by your name now. Genos, tomorrow Neo and I will be heading out to 'regroup' with Cinder," Roman said before he closed his eyes and drifted off to slumber. Genos simply nodded his head once more as he saw Neo stare at Roman's sleeping figure with an annoyed look on her face.

Genos walked past Neo and entered the bathroom. Shutting the door behind him, he crawled into the tub and used the shower curtain as his blanket. He closed his eyes and pondered about the events that had occurred today before succumbing to slumber.


Meanwhile, when everyone else was asleep, Neo was struggling to find an area to sleep at. She most definitely did not want to sleep on the floor. It'd be too cold. The bathroom had been occupied by Genos, and her spot on the bed was stolen by Roman. The guy took up a hell ton of space on the bed as well! The only option left now was Saitama.

Walking over to his bed, she crawled into it, before yanking all of the blankets away from him and taking a pillow that he wasn't using. She laid a blanket down on the floor and placed the pillow down; she then laid down and pulled the remaining blanket over herself. Closing her eyes, she too, drifted off to sleep.

The newly formed Baldy Faction had a new day awaiting for them tomorrow... or later that day... since it wasn't really nighttime anymore.


A/N: That's a wrap! Sorry for the late update, I updated chapter 4 with a note saying that I would be gone for a week since I would be in California. It took me several days to get there, and several days to get back. Hence the long update. Unfortunately, some time in July, I might have to take a 2 week hiatus, because my cousin is taking a 2 week trip, so I need to be there and take care of his business. I might be able to update when I'm there, because I might take my computer. Honestly, I was also surprised on the feedback with the clichés, haha.

That aside. Roman and Neo have defected from Cinder-erm, Abitch, and the White Fang branch in Vale have allied with the Baldy Faction! What will happen next? Only when the plot progresses shall it be revealed...

I couldn't help but feel that this chapter was of lower quality than the others. I would appreciate your opinion on this, since after all, I haven't updated in a week.