IMPORTANT!

Chapter one, Saitama's final dialogues with Miyabi were rewritten to keep Saitama in line with canon. Also, for future character development of Hoshimi Miyabi.

Chapter two. The part where Saitama talks to Qingyi about her humanity was rewritten to make the dialogue more natural, also, Saitama comes across as more empathetic and not so flippant.

/To the comments\

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The werewolf butler is in complete calm. Today his job in the city is simple, buy a large stock of remedies, pills and painkillers. He checked once again the legal medical orders to be able to acquire that large amount of elixirs. The werewolf noted that there were still two people in front of him. "I'm going to have an hour off. It's been a while since I've had any leisure time... What can I do?" he thought. A hand touched his shoulder. The butler moved his head to look behind him. "Hello." That person who caught his attention raised his hand in a casual gesture of greeting.

The werewolf smiled slightly and bowed slightly to him. "Yes, sir, what can I get you?" The butler observed this person's facial features. A young looking man, balding and well dressed, with an elegant perfume. "His face seems, in the extreme, plain and disinterested, but his dress is refined... uhm..." Were the werewolf's thoughts. The bald man spoke. "I am Saitama. You seem like someone who knows a lot of things. You can tell me places to visit in 'Lighting Scare'." The werewolf nodded in understanding and told him. "My name is Von Lycaon and it seems to me that you are referring to 'Lumina Square'. Yes, I can recommend a few places in this busy city... I don't know the city very well, it would be practical to take a little walk around... though." Lycaon looked once more at his antique gold pocket watch. He nodded as he checked his time once more. "Until the next hour I will have no engagements. If you wish, I can accompany you."

The bald man nodded. "That's fine." Was the simple reply. Time passed until Lycaon was seen to and got all the medications that were ordered for them. He smiled and walked over with his bag half filled with drugs. The werewolf saw the bald man sitting on a bench near a huge structure that seemed to have many cubes interlocked together. The butler spoke. "Mr. Saitama, I finished my errands. If you wish, we can begin the tour." The bald man nodded and rose from the bench, approaching the nearly six foot tall man. Lycaon began to walk and Saitama kept pace with him. Lycaon said to him. "Where do you come from, sir? Only if you wish to share." Saitama began to think. "What had Qingyi told me?... It was something about a marriage... No, Outer Rings. If that." Saitama spoke confidently, though the way he scratched a finger across his cheek gave him away. "I came from the Outer Rings."

Lycaon observed a small Bangboo assembling a paper airplane, the Bangboo threw it to make the plane fly, but it fell to the ground like a bag of potatoes. Lycaon spoke up. "Someone outside of Lumina Square? That's unusual. From what I understand, several people from outside aren't interested in coming to the city." Saitama just said. "I have some paperwork to do here… that's why(¿?)." Lycaon nodded, the walk fell into a comfortable silence, the werewolf looked at an establishment that looked like a small house. The smell of coffee is quite striking. There are several people finishing their first morning commute, sitting and drinking coffee. It's all decorated with plants and flower pots, giving it a more lively look and contrasting with the asphalt and the large amount of buildings. Lycaon pointed with a small nod of his head. "This establishment is the best place to drink coffee in Lumina Square. Coff Cafe. I recommend you try at least once the coffee brewed by Tin Master." Saitama nodded, he doesn't care much for coffee, but he can't deny that the soothing aroma is curious to him.

Saitama and Lycaon continued walking leisurely. Saitama shook off a doubt that had been gnawing at him for some time. "Are you a werewolf?" Lycaon seemed genuinely surprised by the question. The butler chuckled (elegantly?) and replied to the bald man. "While I may be mistaken for one, I fear you are mistaken. I am only a lupine Thiren. I doubt very much that in the Outer Rings you have seen anyone of my race." Saitama shook his head and said. "That's the first time I've seen one. You look great." The bald man thought. "Lupine? Sounds familiar from somewhere." Lycaon smiled and replied. "Thanks, it pleases me to know that my appearance is to your liking." They both continued walking calmly. Saitama saw something in the distance and thought. "She's a cop? She dresses really weird… wait, I know her. Isn't she Qingyi's friend?" He raised his hand and started waving. The black-haired young woman looked at him, recognized him and waved back. Saitama lowered his hand and continued to follow his temporary guide.

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"RAAWWWAR-GGHHG-" The ethereal being froze and exploded into thousands of pieces. She expelled the cold air from her lungs. Her red eyes landed on two of those 'putrid' beings. One a wolf, a green drooling being; the mere sight of it provoked retching, its claws and teeth as sharp as razors. The other a simple ethereal being with a sword for an arm, its core, the black hole for a head, it's eyeing its next prey. She pounced at great speed.

As if in the blink of an eye, she appeared behind the ethereal wolf and the being was attacked by dozens of slashes almost simultaneously. She looked ahead, blocking the other ethereal being's pathetic attack with her sword. The woman slashed extremely fast to the front.

The ethereal being left this plane of existence.

The 'wolf' tried to catch her in a leap. "Huh." She just let out that whimper and braked in midair with two slashes that sent icy shockwaves, her sword pierced through the being's snout, preventing it from being able to close its jaw.

Crack!*

The sound of something breaking filled the air as she jerked her sword out sharply, followed by a flurry of frozen slashes all around it. The wolf looked stunned everywhere you looked. She ended the fight with a diagonal slash that cleaved the corrupted being in two.

"Right. Whew…" she let out cold air through her lips again. A male voice was heard in the distance. "Hey, boss, you keep bragging." Sitting at a marble water fountain, with no water, is a young man with a yellow bandage on his forehead, black hair, dressed rather unusually for this semi-destroyed environment. He wears a white shirt, along with gloves; the left glove black and the right glove yellowish. A fanny pack for storage; a black bow on his back, along with a backpack for carrying arrows. Somewhat tight black pants and a vest tied around her waist with the number five – six – four. The woman responded by stepping in the frost on the ground she caused. "What do you mean, Harumasa?" he pointed to where the 'wolf' disintegrated when it died and said to her. "You're taking longer to eliminate them, but you look great." He smiled with complete sincerity, then gave a thumbs up and cleared his throat to say. "By the way, Hoshimi Miyabi, captain of sub division six, it's an honor to have you back."

Miyabi tilted her ears to the sides of her head and replied. "Are you teasing or are you serious?" He chuckled a little, but told her with a silky smooth smile. "Yes and no. I'm glad to work with you again." Miyabi shook her head and folded her arms. "They would have been glad sooner, except you guys locked me up for almost three weeks in recovery. You were watching me like a criminal." Harumasa scratched his head and told her. "Well, we wanted to make sure. You know? This is the second time you were checked into a hospital; the first was about fifteen years ago. Yanagi looked very, very worried, so we all agreed to leave you in recovery. The little blue lady would come into the office and, within minutes, burst into tears." Hoshimi sighed, her heart felt as if a tiny needle was piercing her. She observed the mix between city and fantasy surrounding her, along with the foul scent of corrupt beings. Miyabi commented to her. "I was cured in three days, they should have just let me do my job and be done with it."

Harumasa finally moved from his comfortable makeshift seat and commented to her. "I understand you, but it's good to take a break from time to time and, well, you looked pretty angry when you woke up. The passage of time usually heals everything." Miyabi frowned. "I was bored and frustrated, who would like to be cooped up for twenty days?... Put your hand down…" The young man reciprocated her demand. Harumasa said to her. "Hey, don't blame me. I'm not that lazy either, I was doing your work while you were gone." Miyabi stared at him for about ten seconds, he replied. "Okay, I helped Yanagi to do your job a little, but I was actively eliminating threats that you usually take care of yourself, I swear."

Hoshimi watched him for a moment; then she smiled a little, Miyabi started walking into the cavity. "I believe you. When you want to, you're a hard worker." She advanced quietly and commented. "You know. I've been thinking a lot about my time of… well, inactivity." She looked at his hand, clenched it into a fist and then commented. "I think I need to start a new kind of training, a training of control and discipline… I'll need the help of a second person." Miyabi bit her lips and said as a moment of silence passed. "Can you help me train? I need to be able to deal with any kind of threat." She looked at two cars destroyed by both ether and time. Hoshimi asked. "Can I count on you?... Harumasa… Harumasa… Harumasa… Harumasa?" The head of division six looked to her right to find nothing, then looked behind to see the young man in the distance, he's sitting again at the marble water fountain.

Miyabi approached puffing out her cheeks, a few feet away she claimed to him. "You left me alone!" he just told her. "Yes, I don't know why you left. That was the last ethereal being in the area." Hoshimi blinked, quite confused, and said to him. "What? But I neutralized sixty-eight ethereal beings." He forced himself to smile. "You say that like that's not enough?" she asked. "Do we have to go back?" Harumasa raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised. "Chief. Didn't you hear anything about the meeting we had in the morning? We just have to clear this area to prevent the spread of the ether, and also give the scientists and researchers free passage. That last job doesn't belong to us, though, so yeah. We're going home." Miyabi touched her forehead, as if trying to remember. She nodded to herself and replied to Harumasa. "Sorry, I must have been in my world and excited to start killing all this evil." She pointed to the withered city, Miyabi calmly and earnestly watched the darkness in the distance, there should be more of these corrupt and rotten beings there, she thought. "I really have to go… I can still fight. Shouldn't I continue?" She sighed as she tried to calm the flood of thoughts flooding her. "Shall we? The other two will surely be wondering if we're okay." Harumasa cut off the line of thoughts tormenting Miyabi. Hoshimi nodded almost instantly, though her feet pointed to the 'maw' of this city. She said to him. "Yes, let's go back to base…" He told her calmly as he cleaned his bow (which he didn't use). "I'll help you with the training."

Miyabi nodded at this, smiling slightly. "I have something in mind, I'll let you know in a few days." Asaba nodded and walked beside her to get the hell out of this living hell once and for all. The man stared with one eye at the tip of one of her arrows, he said. "You're still not over defeat, are you? "She sighed, knowing it would inevitably come to that conversation. Miyabi would rather avoid the subject, but she knew it was better to face it now rather than let it torment her any longer. The boss said. "Yeah, I'm still not over her… but it's not the fact that I lost, it was the reason I lost." Hoshimi looked down at the ground and her gaze rested on her katana. She continued. "I can control my strength… but I don't have a middle ground. I attack weakly or with my full potential, is that…" She then looked straight ahead, her ears lowered slightly, but she showed no trace of sadness or frustration in her voice. Miyabi continued. "I always trained to become stronger, but now I realice that just knowing my limit is not enough to face enemies. I need to learn to measure my strength in every situation." Harumasa smiled a little and laid his arrow next to the others on his back. He jumped a small bump to avoid tripping, the young man said to her. "I understand you. Right now, even if I wanted to, I couldn't fake missing with the bow. It's like second nature."

He stretched a little and then commented. "Fighting humans requires control so you don't hurt them badly. The problem comes when it's against someone strong, as it would also take time to find a rhythm to avoid killing the enemy. It is something much more difficult and we are used to only fighting ethereal beings." He shrugged. "See, boss, that's what you get for meddling in police business." Miyabi clenched her fists and bared her teeth a little, she snapped back at him. "Don't reprimand me. I've had enough with HAND… and Yanagi." Harumasa trembled a little, remembering the few times Yanagi raised her voice and showed anger. That woman is scary when she puts her mind to it. Miyabi asked him. "By the way. Do I really have to pretend nothing happened?" Asaba nodded in response and explained with a calm smile. "Yes, yes. Contract stuff. They seem to be worried about the public image. So you must not tell anyone what happened. I recommend you not to break the clauses… I almost got fired once." Hoshimi rolled his eyes and commented. "How ridiculous. Firing you would be losing a great asset." – "Aaaww~." – "Even if you miss two weeks out of four, you're someone impossible to replace." – "Aaww?" – "Normally, in missions, you just watch and do nothing; but that doesn't take away from the fact that you're someone capable." – "Are you defending me or attacking me?" Harumasa asked as he felt a mixture of happiness and nerves.

The man with the yellow bandage looked with a slight smile at Miyabi, though his mind was elsewhere. On finding the cause of his boss's hospitalization. Asaba Harumasa won't stop his search, he thought. "'Saitama' is clearly just a made-up name. There is no record of anyone named that. This won't go unnoticed. I'll find you no matter what. Hide all you want. For now, enjoy your little victory… I imagine you must even be laughing your head off."

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Hoshimi felt somewhat out of place, normally, she would take advantage of her free time to train (although she often does so during working hours). However, she knows she must show her face once and for all. "Will she have changed his patrol?" she thought, adjusting her sunglasses and hat. Pitifully, she was in no mood for fans. Besides, Miyabi had other important things to attend to. The head of sub division six walked around Lumina Square calmly, she observed the advertisements, the large number of people passing by, the Bangboo at their charging stations and also some white pigeons strolling in the skies. Hoshimi took a deep breath and exhaled. "Ah~... It smells like wet dog..." she found no comfort in the aroma and watched two furry pets being rescued at the shore of the vast sea.

Hoshimi kept walking, looking for a certain individual. She found him at last. "No, she didn't change patrol cars." She said quietly to herself. Miyabi approached a girl with her back turned who is watching the traffic in the classic Pubsec police uniform, the jet ponytailed hair was unmistakable to the head of sub division six. "I still don't know why she doesn't wear something less tight." The fox woman wondered, looking, inevitably, at the officer's nether region in front of her. Miyabi said a short distance away. "Are you busy officer?" she asked in a polite tone. The policewoman turned around to look at her. "I'm on patrol, if you need any-Miyabi! Hi!" the woman raised her hands, almost lunged to hug her; but professionalism stopped her. "Oh, Zhu Yuan, you recognized me." Hoshimi looked disappointed. Zhu nodded and pointed to Miyabi's clothes. The policewoman said to her. "You're wearing your work clothes."

Miyabi offered her an idea "Do you feel like talking while patrolling?" Zhu nodded quickly. "Of course… Uhm, ahem, as long as you don't interrupt my duties as an advocate of the law." Hoshimi quickly denied at that warning and answered her. "Of course I won't interrupt your work. Let's go." Zhu started walking, with Miyabi at her side. The young policewoman said to her. "Y-You, uhm, how have you been?" Miyabi commented, thinking her words through. "I've been fine. Working hard, that's all. I haven't been able to train, I've been pretty busy." Zhu nodded at that answer and commented to the Vulpine woman. "Oh, you haven't even been able to train. That must have been too much stress, even for you." Hoshimi nodded, remembering how they were watching her around the clock to keep her from exercising, took away her weapon and even tied her up at one point (partly her fault, since she escaped out the window on one of those days). Those were heavy weeks for Miyabi, she is a woman who has been used to non-stop running around and being in constant activity since she was five years old. Add to that the fact that she only ended up in the hospital once in her childhood.

Hoshimi spoke to her friend. "Truth be told, I had a really hard time. It wasn't even a fun mission, there was no action, no emergencies, and no carrying things back and forth. I just escorted some people and listened to scientific stuff… Ah, I'm not looking forward to bad things happening, what I mean is that I got really bored, nothing interesting happened." Yuan laughed a little at the Vulpine's pitiful attempt to clear up the misunderstanding. Zhu opened his eyes a little and slowed down as she saw four workers carrying a rather large glass to what looks like a future pawn store. Zhu Yuan said to Miyabi. "I am very glad to hear that you are well. My day was somewhat uneventful, I made time to pick up Qingyi at her home and go to work together. In itself, nothing interesting happened. Nothing much happened these past few weeks either. Although there seems to be a new criminal on the loose. He's said to be immune to ethereal corruption."

Miyabi barely raised an eyebrow, noticed how a lady fell on the ground, got up and pretended it didn't hurt. Miyabi said. "Someone immune to ether? That is, at the moment, impossible. It's just exaggerations." Zhu nodded, took a deep breath, then sighed and said with a slight smile. "I'm glad to hear someone with an opinion the same as mine." Miyabi didn't bother to hide her surprise, she opened her eyes accentuating her irises. Hoshimi answered her. "What? It's totally normal to think it's impossible." Zhu nodded and answered her. "Yes but… ehm… well, I shouldn't tell you." Hoshimi was taken by surprise again. Miyabi said. "Is it so confidential that even HAND's own Elite must not know?" Yuan wrinkled her face and gritted her teeth, she scratched her head slightly. Zhu replied. "Well, partly yes and no…"

Hoshimi, seeing Zhu Yuan's clear discomfort, merely kept quiet and did not inquire further. The fox woman saw a candy store and took the opportunity to change the subject. She said. "I know I said not to interrupt your work, but I need to buy some sweets for a young lady. Can you wait a minute?" Zhu smiled and agreed to that humble request. Miyabi walked into the shop. Zhu sighed and thought. "I don't want to withhold information from her, but my colleagues don't want any of the divisions getting into the case… They want all the credit, I understand them, but I'm not comfortable. As long as Hoshimi doesn't demand to know, I can hide it. If not, I must comply and give the information." Zhu nodded to herself, technically, she's not disrespecting someone higher up, she's just avoiding the subject.

Zhu looked to the right, across the street. There were two odd people. The oddest was a lupine Thiren, practically a large white werewolf dressed very elegantly and finely, like a butler. The other stood out not because of the eccentric, but because of what he was doing. He was a man dressed in a suit, bald, and was waving at him from the other sidewalk. Zhu Yuan recognized him and muttered. "Qingyi's new friend." She raised her hand and returned the greeting. Zhu watched them leave and cross the corner. Miyabi came out of the candy store with a small bag. She adjusted her glasses and hat. Hoshimi said with a latent ego. "Covert to perfection." Yuan covered his face with one hand and shook his head slowly. The officer said. "Miyabi, really, friend, it's not a good disguise." Miyabi snorted and replied. "What do you say? It works." She smiled. Zhu just followed her patrol. The afternoon, in the end, would be more fun than expected. Besides, having quality time with his former partner was something that was greatly appreciated.

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"Finally, there's the jewel of the city. Meet the HIA club. Hollow Investigative Association." Lycaon pointed to the place with an open palm. He continued. "In a vague way, you can name this property as a virtual reality experience. However, HIA is not minimalist, behind these supposed 'VR games' is a greater goal. To find people capable of dealing with ethereal beings and corruption, in addition to improving each individual's combat skills." Saitama looked calmly at the black building with thin yellowish stripes. Most notable, besides the double door with an 'HIA' logo in the center, was a globe-shaped metal ball sitting high above the main door, with the initials H.I.A in the middle.

Lycaon told him, arranging his red scarf almost level with his neck. "I would venture to say that, because of this establishment, Lumina Square possesses much of its fame." Saitama blinked and looked through the glass of the door. Several people dressed in white were monitoring the place. There were also two girls at the counter serving some people, plus those Bangboo's milling around. Saitama couldn't help but relate this to the entrance of the hero association. He asked the werewolf. "They recruit people to be heroes?" Lycaon looked at his pocket watch and said. "You could say yes. I have fifteen minutes left. Actually, that you don't let the place terrify you. It's completely safe, I recommend you try the experience, Mr. Saitama." The bald man thought for a moment. "Uhm, Qingyi I think told me something about this… I lose nothing by giving it a try." He nodded and said. "Fine, I'll give it a try."

Lycaon smiled slightly. "I assure you it will exceed your expectations." He opened the door and said. "Mr. Saitama. Please come in." The nearly six-foot wolf and the bald human passed through almost in unison. Saitama looked at the white walls, white counter and gray floor. He took a seat on a white padded stool, the body of which was gray with orange stripes. Lycaon positioned himself next to Saitama, the werewolf spoke. "Young Bertha, very good afternoon." The red-haired woman with green eyes smiled at him and replied "Good afternoon to you too, Von Lycaon, do you wish to try the combat simulation?" she observed Saitama, smiled at him and said. "Or is it your friend who wants to do it?" Lycaon laughed a little and said. "It would be highly inappropriate to call him a friend, he's a good man I met less than an hour ago. He's never tried the HIA simulation, so I encouraged him to do it." He commented and gave no information from Saitama, that none of them noticed. Saitama, in all this conversation, thought, "What does this woman have on her head?" looking at what looks like an angel halo, only stretched out a bit along with a black ball that is attached to her hair.

Lycaon handed her some sort of card that Saitama didn't recognize. Bertha looked at it for a moment, typed in the computer and then gave the card back to the werewolf. She said to him. "He will pass as your apprentice for today, well then. What level of threat do you wish to simulate?" Lycaon told her calmly. "Level one, for the moment." Saitama said. "God level." Bertha and Lycaon watched him for a moment, not understanding anything. Bertha covered her eyes because Saitama's bald head reflected the light.

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Both men passed a sliding glass door, now surrounded by large full-body machines, where people are positioned so the simulation can begin. Lycaon said. "This is machine three, Mr. Saitama. Remember, it's just a simulation, no real damage." The bald man nodded and got on the machine, he said. "Is this really used by professionals?" Lycaon nodded with complete assurance. He showed his palms to demonstrate his sincerity. "Without a doubt. According to my information, even the 'Void Slayer', Hoshimi Miyabi, comes to this facility in her spare time to train." Saitama opened his eyes and said. "She is strong?", The werewolf answered him. "New Eridu's strongest force to date." Saitama said. "Wow, I'd like to meet her."

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Saitama opened his eyes. "So this is the simulation?" he jumped and thought. "It feels quite realistic." Suddenly, in this lifeless artificial city, polygons gave birth to a corrupted being. "They look like the ones I killed in the cavity… Was it called that? I think so." He thought as the being with a core resembling a black hole, approaches with a sword edge instead of hand. The black skin with green crystals gives you the clue that this monster is rotten. The being approached.

KA- KA-*

The foul monster hit a pensive Saitama in the bald head. It seemed to have clashed metal on metal.

Crack…*

"What's your problem?" asked Saitama as he destroyed the monster. He blinked as he saw the giant yellowish 'Wipe Out' logo suddenly felt a tug and he snapped back to reality. Saitama came out of the machine seeing a calm Lycaon. The bald man said to him. "That's it?" The werewolf just said to him. "I could see your combat, let me be as honest with you as possible. You have a lot of potential, do you want to try a higher threat level?" Saitama nodded without a second thought.

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"…What are those things?" this time it wasn't a monster, they are strange machines. Two are round machines about a meter tall; their core is a glowing hole surrounded by orange mechanical plates, resembling a mouth or some kind of energy cannon. Its back is covered by rocky structures, making it imposing and it clearly looks tough. The second one stands out for its large size and humanoid appearance. It has a muscular and dark body, with huge arms reinforced by industrial yellow mechanical parts. Its face is aggressive, with a mouth full of fangs and bright yellow eyes. It has a gun mounted on its back, similar to a heavy cannon. It looks like a construction machine adapted for combat. Saitama couldn't help but think. "Are all the monsters going to have that black thing on their face?... Come to think of it, I've never seen what they're capable of."

One of the little guys lunged towards him, its claws swiping at him, causing the bald hero to back up a few steps. Saitama shrugged, he thought. "They're not fast."

The beings fired some sort of purple projectiles heading towards him. Saitama shook his head. The projectiles followed him though and hit him. "Oh…" was all he thought.

The large being fired an orange laser beam; Saitama received it and was sent pushed hard until he hit the wall.

One of the small ones came up to scratch him and the other fired more projectiles. Saitama was scratched, then hit by the projectile and at the end an orange beam impaled him against the wall.

Plaf.*

Saitama kicked one of the small ones, it was destroyed and its polygons disappeared into thin air. Saitama ducked, dodging another laser beam. In that position, he hit a purple projectile, it dissipated on contact with the bald man.

Saitama, with a rocky part of the stage, threw it and stuck it into the core of the small being. This one exploded as did his companion. "What level threatening would they be?" Saitama thought.

Wmmh!-Wmmh!-Wmmh!-Wmmh!*

He crouched, jumped, moved to the right and then to the left. As it was close he raised his fist. The humanoid mechanical being raised his muscular arm.

Plaf-Clang…*

The being ended up with his arm destroyed. The mechanical monster began to prepare an attack from its cannon. Saitama closed the mouth of the cannon with his hand and preventing this monster from attacking. With a kick he finished destroying the mechanical being. "Well, Genos would find this entertaining."

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Ten minutes passed quickly and now both Saitama and Lycaon were outside the HIA facility. The werewolf said. "It was nice sharing this hour with you." Saitama just shrugged his shoulders. "It was nice." Lycaon nodded and handed him a black personalized card, with a crest saying 'Victoria Housekeeping' the werewolf told him. "You have great potential for combat. Don't hesitate to call me if you need a job in New Eridu. I will gladly give you a chance." Saitama took the card and put it in his pocket. The hero thought. "I don't know what Qingyi thinks, but I don't want to be a burden either. If the wolf is looking for me to fight, then it'll be fine." Saitama nodded to himself and told him. "I'll think about it."

Von Lycaon smiled slightly, he replied. "You must not rush, besides, you live in Outer rings. It's an abrupt change." Saitama asked him scratching his chin. "What's the job about?" Lycaon answered him almost instantly. "I'd love to go into detail, but time is pressing. I must go, it was a pleasure, Saitama… I must let you know of something else." The werewolf pointed slightly at him HIA building and said. "You were allowed in because of my tutoring ID. The most practical use is for a minor to participate. You will need to leave your details if you wish to enter on your own. That's all." Saitama waved and dismissed Von Lycaon, the werewolf walked as if he was at a gala to his destination.

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"Perfect, welcome back to society, Genesis Saitama." He looked at the documentation card. The bald man asked somewhat irritated. "Why is my last name Genesis?" Qingyi said in his monotone voice, though he played with his cane to calm his minimal anxiety. She said. "I greatly regret the decision. Believe me, it is necessary. Otherwise there would be a lot of trouble. Your last name is not registered anywhere; I mean it doesn't exist, you have no family branch. You needed one, so I put mine. Otherwise you'll have a lot of legal or bank asset problems." Saitama didn't understand much of the explanation. Qingyi continued. "In my defense, I tried to put your name alone. It was obviously rejected. Then with your surname, it was not suggested to me, the disadvantages far outweigh the advantages. So, officially, you're my brother."

Saitama sighed, but still, he nodded and spoke. "Fine, if it's for the best." Qingyi nodded and told him. "Of course. I'm helping as much as I can, brother." Saitama narrowed his eyes. "Yeah… don't call me 'brother'." Qingyi nodded and replied. "If that's what you want, Tama." Saitama suddenly felt the distinct sensation of having experienced this, a déjà vu. He shook his hands and spoke uncomfortably for the first time in this world. "N-No! Saitama, just Saitama. No brother and no diminutives either." Qingyi looked at him unblinkingly. The silence lasted for about seven tense seconds. The android finally spoke. "Okay, I understand. It may be odd for you. Though I suggest calling each other in a friendlier, closer way. It will help us assimilate and normalize our 'family relationship'. Still, it's no problem, I'll keep calling you Saitama."

They walked to Qingyi's home, she told him. "As promised, I'll keep my word. I will make an elaborate meal with more fervor." Saitama smiled slightly and said giving a thumbs up. "Great." Qingyi's phone began to ring. The android checked to see who was calling. The ministry of security. She answered. "Say… I'll go as backup… You say it will be explained to me there. I doubt very much I need details… Sure, I'll go to the cavity. We'll catch that criminal." She cut the call and said to her new 'brother'. "I have a matter to attend to. See you later at our home." Saitama nodded and wished the android luck. Qingyi went running to the assigned location. She thought. "A person immune to corruption. Ridiculous and unlikely."

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/Author's Notes\

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So much for my love. I finished the chapter. I hope you like it.

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