Hello there, my readers! The chapter came in the afternoon because i was busy this morning.
Now, however, let's concentrate with today's response!
To Exudus12345:since that chapter took place a little more than two years ago, that Mizuki is not (yet) Captain Mizuki. I'm sorry if it wasn't clear enough...
You already know that OPM does not belong to me, but i'll put it here anyway (the word count HAS to go up one way or another).
Now (finally) onto the chapter!
Two days passed after the fight at the house of evolution.
Shinko was well awake and eating breakfast (courtesy of Monoculor).
"Hey Shinko, come here to see this" Monoculor lazily called from the sofa and Shinko, after finishing his sandwich, went in the living room.
"Sure, what is it-" Shinko said in a calm happy tone, but was cut off by what was being shown in the news:F city was being the target of various terrorist attacks of the Paradise group, who wanted the government to give full financial support to those who didn't want to work and that they won't stop until their ridiculous request is fulfilled.
Besides, Shinko noted, they were all bald people and wanted to target a certain multi millionaire called Monier.
"I already know you want to stop them, so i'll give you the location of his house, after all i've been there a few times with Beetle-Roach" Monoculor said as he looked in Shinko's eyes, seeing the determination they held, and reached for a map of F city under the couch pillow he was sitting on.
"Was that always there?" asked Shinko as he snapped from his trance.
"Just brought it yesterday along with other stuff i've been keeping in my hole" Monoculor said. That hole was some kind of home that he made four months ago when he finally stopped travelling around the cities with Beetle-Roach and the others; it contained maps of various cities, food, money and junk he liked to collect.
"Huh, i didn't know you travelled that much. You gotta tell me about your travels one of these days!" Shinko happily said, seemingly forgetting about the tension of the moment.
"Still, are you going to stop those eggheads or sit here and chat?" a more snarky voice piped up and Shinko was surprised to see Beetle-Roach on the couch as well.
"Were...were you there the whole time?" Shinko asked slowly, surprised of his stealth skill.
"Yes, and now can you go away and bash these brain-dead idiots in the face before they wreck the entire city by accident?" Beetle-Roach reminded Shinko harshly.
The boy gasped in surprise, remembering those thughs, put on a new pair of shoes and exited the house with a hasty goodbye.
"Geez! Why do humans have the urge to destroy each other like that? Monsters do that for them already!" Beetle-Roach exclaimed angrily.
"Humans will be humans, Beetle-Roach, besides monsters make the lives of other monsters worse too" Monoculor pointed out as he cracked a cold beer can.
"I guess this IS the way this world works..." Beetle-Roach said unentusiastcally, then looked over to the beer can.
"You got more of that?" asked Beetle-Roach as he too reached for one, taking it from the messy pile beside the couch.
"I found two more packs of beer in a destroyed mall not far from here, luckily it was not looted yet" Monoculor replied whit a content smile as he drank, savoring the liquid.
"It was a shame that deranged cyborg destroyed the other pack with that flame blast! Anyway, we could probably use some company here..." noted Beetle-Roach as he too enjoyed the beer "Ah! Not the coldest, but still good enough! Why can't we put those in this fridge instead of the other on the back?!" he complained loudly.
"Because i don't want Shinko to gain a drinking habit" Monoculor replied seriously.
"Don't tell me the guy never drank a beer, he has to make this wonderful experience!" Beetle-Roach loudly proclaimed.
"It's his decision, besides he seems nice enough, so i don't want him to get drunk" said a new voice as a blue gelatine matter slipped between the wood planks in front of the sofa.
"Oh come on, Gelgo! What are you even doing here?" Beetle-Roach addressed the new monster with a glare "And get away from the TV!" he violently shook his hand.
The monster was a light blue slime-like creature with no eyes and a slug-like head with two long antennas.
He was one of the group Monoculor founded, called the 'Wastelanders', and immediately took a liking to Shinko when he introduced him to them, although some were skeptical of the young human (or outright hostile, like Ariol).
"I just wanted to stay with Shinko a little bit, he's really nice and i also feel a bit lonely" Gelgo said in a sad tone.
"He went after some bald thughs with power suits, probably with Saitama too" Monoculor said as he thought the guy would DEFINITELY go after these guys, then continued "In the mean time, stay with us on the couch. I heard there's a really good comedy on a channel in the morning"
Gelgo wholeheartedly accepted the offer and set himself on the couch between Monoculor and Beetle-Roach.
X X X
"So, are you sure they are really going to pass here?" Saitama asked while looking at the forest ahead of them.
"Yup! We are right now in Monier's property and there is a road just ahead" Shinko replied as he looked at the map again to make sure they were on the right path, after all he didn't want to make Saitama any angrier since this ordeal would seriously damage his reputation (it already was, but whatever).
"By the way, who gave you that map?" Saitama asked as he pointed at it.
"Monoculor gave it to me" Shinko explained.
"Huh" Saitama said as he faintly remembered the small cyclop who lived with Shinko.
Saitama didn't think of him as a threat since he was quite calm and Shinko looked like he could handle himself (but he would have to fight him in order to better understand the boy's strength).
"Okay, they're coming! Remember, first we try to solve this without fighting, but if things go south, then we'll follow this battle plan:i attack them on the front and you from the back, then we bring them to the police station and prove you're not with them!" Shinko said as they both heard loud steps coming near them.
Saitama, on the other hand, sighed in relief.
That boy definitely talks too much for his liking, but not as bad as Genos.
They both sprinted foward, both ready to stop their rampage.
X X X
It was almost done! After months of (lackluster) preparation, the Paradisers were fully gathered!
With his (awful) leadership and those stolen power suits, their dream of creating a more equal society was going to become much more than an utopia.
Sure, they did cause a lot of damage in the city trying to find Monier's house, but now they were so close!...
But there was an obstacle, one that took the form of a small, white haired teenager.
X X X
"For the last time, I'm not a kid! And Saitama is not someone who wants to join you! We're here to stop you and we won't hold back if you don't surrender!" Shinko loudly (and angrily) proclaimed to Hammerhead and, to get his point across, took a battle stance.
Hammerhead didn't seem intimidated at all, given his opponent's shortness, while Saitama was furiously discussing with another member on the back, who was now preparing to attack.
'This is getting us nowhere, it seems these guys can't be talked through' Shinko thought while Hammerhead was out of patience and said "Then if you stand aganist the Paradisers prepare to die!" while preparing a powerful attack.
Shinko sighed and prepared to attack too, and Saitama was now going for the attack too as he was getting pissed at the member's continuous remarks about his bald head (even if the one talking meant them as compliments).
Hammerhead, Shinko, Saitama and the other guy all attacked at the same time:the Paradisers' attacks were ineffective, while Saitama and Shinko's generated two powerful shockwaves that created a massive explosion, launching the members in the air, which soon plummeted into the ground comically.
This ridiculous display of power caught the attention of a certain bodyguard lurking in the shadows.
X X X
Sonic was told by his client, Monier, that he should take care of a group named 'Paradisers', which was on the way to his mansion.
But when Sonic arrived he was greeted by the following sight:a tan, white haired boy was talking to a bald man in the weirdest outfit ever and between them there was a ton of unconscious, semi naked bald people with pieces of armor around.
'Is this a confrontation of sorts?' Sonic thought, but then shook his head 'No matter, i'll just have to deal with this fast'
'What was done was done' Shinko thought as he and Saitama looked over the mess they made.
"Ok, now let's get to the second part of the plan" Shinko calmly said as passed by Saitama and raised his hand "To the police station!"
"Wait" Saitama said as he placed a hand on Shinko's shoulder "How are we supposed to bring them along? The police station is on the other side of the city" He then pointed out.
That was actually a problem, not because of the weight of the criminals, but because they didn't have anything to move them without the risk of dropping a few along the way.
As Shinko understood the situation he began pondering on a solution, while Saitama was getting even more bored as these suits weren't that special.
Suddenly something was thrown from one of the farthest trees.
"Look out" Saitama said as he grabbed the speeding knife mid-air while Shinko just now got off his train of thoughts.
Then a figure came with a katana and Shinko, now prepared, grabbed it with a hand and snapped it in half, surprising the figure.
"Who are you and why did you attack us!?" asked Shinko an alarmed tone.
"Who are you?" said the figure instead to the two 'heroes' "and most importantly how did you see through my technique?"
"I am Saitama, a hero for fun who is here for personal reasons" "And i'm Shinko, someone who wants to help, so what's the problem? "
"Never heard of you both" said the figure to Saitama, who gained a red tick mark on his head, and continued "but what IS the problem is that you saw through my techniques that i have refined ever since i was small child. I cannot let that slide, my pride simply won't let me"
"Aww, don't be like that" Saitama said suddenly smiling "i know you only want to try your techniques on us, i can tell by that child-like smile of yours"
What Shinko saw was the most terrifying expression he ever saw in his life.
He would have never imegined that a human was capable of that.
The ninja jumped away at extreme speed, exceeding the speed of sound, with Shinko following suit.
'If he wants a race i'll give him just that' Shinko thought as he went after the ninja.
Sonic looked back, only seeing a sideways chop coming for the side of his skull.
The hand was fast, very fast even for Sonic who barely dodged it, the shockwave from that hand cutting trees like nothing.
As the fight dragged on and as he saw his opponents' movements carefully, Sonic felt odd:Shinko's speed was something unusual and Sonic lost track of his movements quite a few times (which annoyed him).
And when Shinko attacked, his hands weren't fully visible to Sonic and he could just barely dodge them as they cutted several trees without even touching them.
And then it hitted him:the only logical reason was that this guy was holding back.
Sonic felt rage surging in him. How dare this brat make fun of him like that!
Then he had an idea and at the center of it was one very near bald man.
Shinko was indeed holding back simply to check out the ninja's techniques.
Sure, he couldn't choose a worse time to do that, but that was probably the only occasion he would get to fight a real ninja and he wasn't going to waste it.
So, in order to not demolish him immediately, he had to move way faster than him and then slow down the attack (even though he wasn't as good at regulating the speed of the attack as the power behind it) just enough for him to dodge it.
But something happened:the ninja changed course and went after Saitama.
Saitama was incredibly bored as as the two kept chasing one another, it became even more boring when he noted that Shinko was holding back and could have easily beated the ninja by now (what even was his name?).
But then he went towards him and Saitama raised his head and asked "Can i go home now?"
The ninja was surprised by the man's reaction and attacked him with his leg using his technique "Wind Blade Kick"
Saitama just raised his punch and, without even intending it, catched his opponent in the balls.
Everyone's eyes widened and the world seemed to stop for some minutes.
X X X
"I'm speed of sound Sonic, the best ninja there is, but enough of that" Sonic said solemny, purpose and determination clearly visible in his eyes "Saitama and Shinko, you two are formidable opponents and i won't training until i will be victorious therefore..."
"Next time we will meet, my ninjutsu will bring an end to the BOTH of you!" Sonic said in a more acute voice with his legs trembling, the painful trauma now palpable by everyone in the area.
"Good, then you better train hard!" Saitama said and took off.
"Then i won't stop training either, i'm really looking foward to see your techniques! Take care!" Shinko said before waving at Sonic and taking off to his home too.
And that was the chapter! I'll post a new one this Thursday and i'm sure that it will be interesting. As for how the story's going, i assure that it's going almost smoothly.