Chapter 196: We Have Value Too!
Seeing the little girl appear at the window, Death Gatling's expression darkened.
"Damn it. There are still residents who haven't evacuated!"
"Plans can't keep up with changes."
Lightning Max looked troubled as well.
"Let's save her first."
Everything had already been arranged, but the situation had changed too suddenly.
Compared to the two of them, Stinger was far more direct.
He leapt to his feet with his Bamboo Shoot Spear in hand, a confident smile on his face.
"I'm the fastest. I'll handle the rescue. You two stay back."
The two heroes who had been about to move stopped when they heard him.
"Then we'll leave it to you."
"Leave it to me!"
With that, Stinger jumped from the rooftop.
His body dropped rapidly through the air.
When he fell past the fifth floor, he twisted his body and kicked against the outer wall with force. Cracks spread across the concrete.
Using that recoil, his figure shot forward like a bullet.
"Monsters, let yours truly punch a few big holes through you walking corpses!"
Gripping his Bamboo Shoot Spear, Stinger thrust forward.
In an instant, the spear pierced through the chest of the tiger headed Monster.
Using the momentum, he stabbed the spear into the wall, vaulted upward, and slipped through a window on the upper floor.
He picked up the little girl and turned to leave.
But when he looked back, his expression changed.
The tiger headed Monster whose chest he had pierced was not dead.
It was charging toward him with that horrific hole still torn through its body.
"Are they really zombies? They don't die even after getting a hole through the chest?"
Stinger had no time to think.
Holding the little girl, he hurriedly fled back the way he came.
Behind him, it was not just the tiger headed Monster chasing him.
The nearby wandering Monsters had also been attracted. One after another, they followed Stinger as he sprinted down the street.
Then they triggered the traps prepared in advance.
Explosions erupted one after another.
Flames surged up and swallowed the Monsters whole.
But within the fire, those Monsters kept moving without stopping, their burning bodies staggering forward like demons crawling out of hell.
Only a few Monsters whose brains had been destroyed collapsed onto the broken ground and burned without rising again.
That detail immediately caught the attention of the three heroes.
"So they can only be killed by destroying their brains?"
Death Gatling stepped forward and stood at the edge of the rooftop.
His Gatling gun aimed downward.
Then he began firing single precise shots.
Every shot blew apart a Monster's head.
But this only slowed them for a moment.
Using that chance, Stinger carried the little girl past the other two and continued running outward.
Behind him, Lightning Max and Death Gatling chose to face the incoming Monsters head on.
A fierce slaughter broke out across the street.
Stinger did everything he could to send the little girl away.
Only after the battlefield behind him could no longer be seen did he finally put her down on the street.
Then he brushed back his bangs, trying to look cool.
"Leave quickly, and don't forget to follow me!"
After saying that, he turned around and rushed back toward the battlefield.
Only the little girl remained standing there, tears streaming down her face.
"Thank you..."
On the battlefield street, broken Monster corpses were scattered everywhere.
The thick stench of blood filled the air.
But the battle was still not over.
Stinger, Lightning Max, and Death Gatling were still fighting the Monsters rushing toward them.
On the roof of a residential building they had not noticed, Sonic had already arrived.
He stood above them, looking down at the battle with cold eyes.
In his heart, he asked, "Will that powerful Monster appear?"
Asuramaru answered honestly, "I'm not sure. But since it's hiding in another dimension, we have no way to deal with it for now."
According to his perception, there was indeed an extremely powerful aura hidden at the end of that street.
But after asking the system, Asuramaru only received one answer.
The other party was hiding in another dimension.
Hearing this, Sonic could only click his tongue and continue standing where he was.
The Monsters below did not interest him yet.
For now, he could only wait.
He watched the battle continue.
After some time passed, even Sonic became bored enough to yawn.
Below, Lightning Max and the other two finally finished off the incoming Monsters.
But all three had suffered injuries of varying severity.
Panting heavily, Stinger still forced out his usual energy.
"We won! My rank should go up again after this."
Death Gatling, standing beside him, was not amused.
"We're all heroes fighting a bloody battle here. Don't care too much about rankings."
Compared to the two of them, Lightning Max simply sat by the roadside.
He no longer wanted to join the conversation.
He was the weakest among the three, so naturally, his injuries were the most severe. The pain alone made him too tired to speak.
But just as the three of them relaxed, something changed in the distant sky.
The air began trembling violently.
Then a strange dark portal, more than ten meters tall, appeared out of nowhere.
It looked like a teleportation gate.
A large number of Monsters poured out from within.
They had almost the same characteristics as the ones killed earlier. Their bodies were covered in stitches, and their movements carried the stiffness of corpses.
But this time, there were far too many.
Among them were several enormous pig headed Monsters, each looking like they had been stitched together from many corpses.
They charged forward together.
From a distance, it looked like a black ocean sweeping through the street.
The expressions of the three heroes froze.
Just a few hundred Monsters had already forced them into a hard battle.
Faced with this number, the three of them were almost certainly doomed.
Even so, none of them chose to retreat.
At the same time, on the streets of City Y, Satoru Suzuki also noticed the commotion in the distance.
He immediately sped up on his bicycle.
But after a moment, he saw the little girl walking alone down the street.
Satoru quickly stopped, got off his bicycle, and approached with a gentle smile.
"Why are you here alone? Did you get separated from your family?"
Facing that gentle smile, the little girl's fear eased slightly.
Still, her voice remained timid and broken.
"No... I was saved by a hero. They're still over there fighting Monsters."
She looked up at him.
"Are you a hero too, big brother?"
"I am a hero."
Satoru glanced toward the direction of the portal before answering.
The little girl immediately asked, "Then can you go help them?"
Facing her simple request, Satoru smiled gently.
"Don't worry. I will."
Then he asked, "Do you know how to ride a bicycle?"
The little girl nodded timidly.
"Yes..."
"Then take my bike and leave quickly."
Satoru placed Justice in front of her and turned toward the distant noise.
"Leave the rest to me."
With that, he rushed resolutely toward the battlefield.
On the residential building, Sonic looked down at the street below.
He was still considering whether to step in and save the three heroes.
Below, the three heroes faced the incoming wave of Monsters.
Lightning Max struggled to stand and could not help muttering, "It would be great if an S Class Hero arrived first."
Death Gatling immediately turned emotional.
"I admit S Class Heroes are strong."
His grip tightened around his weapon.
"But as fellow heroes, we have value too!"
Stinger forced a bitter smile, but he still tried to lighten the mood.
"I hope after I die, my fans come together to pay their respects..."
Even with that joke, facing death was still difficult for the three of them to accept.
At that moment, the city broadcast began.
"Citizens, please evacuate immediately. The disaster level has been raised to Demon level. Citizens, please evacuate immediately!"
Once the disaster reached Demon level, it was completely beyond what the three of them could handle.
And in front of them, the Monsters had already arrived.
On the rooftop, Sonic thought for a moment and finally decided to act.
If he was going to make a move, there had to be witnesses.
If these three died here, who would prove his achievements to the Hero Association?
He placed his hand on the hilt of the sword on his back, about to move.
But before he could, he sensed someone approaching.
He looked down.
A figure rushed past the three heroes.
"I am Mumen Rider, here to support you!"
His voice rang clearly across the battlefield.
"Leave the rest to me!"
With those words, Satoru drew his sword from its sheath.
Dazzling light burst from the edge.
The three heroes stared ahead in a daze.
All they could see was a figure wrapped in brilliant radiance.
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