Chapter 202: Even God Is Helping Him!
Genos had no intention of letting him pass.
He immediately raised his hand, and energy began gathering in the cannon port of his palm.
But in the next moment, Sonic vanished from the doorway.
His figure appeared inside the apartment.
When Sonic saw Saitama lying on his side on the tatami, lazily watching television, he could barely restrain himself. He stepped forward at once.
At the entrance, Genos only realized a moment later that the figure in front of him had disappeared.
His expression changed.
His eyes scanned the surroundings rapidly.
Gone?
How was that possible?
Where did that stalker go?
Just as that thought flashed through his mind, Sonic's voice came from behind him.
Genos turned his head.
There he was.
But this time, Genos felt a chill in his heart.
This stalker had become even stronger than the last time they met.
At that moment, Sonic stood directly in front of Saitama, looking down at him with a haughty laugh.
"Saitama, I have finally surpassed you!"
Saitama, who was lying on his side on the tatami, looked up at the figure in front of him with confusion.
"Sonic?"
He blinked.
"What did you surpass me in?"
Seeing Saitama's casual expression, Sonic was just about to announce his hero rank.
"I..."
Unfortunately, before he could finish, the news program playing on the television suddenly cut to an urgent broadcast.
The female host appeared on screen with a solemn expression.
"The Hero Association is now broadcasting an important news flash."
"The Dragon level disaster in City Y has been cleared by C Class Hero Sonic."
"After unanimous review, the Association has decided..."
"Sonic will be promoted to S Class Hero, currently ranked fifteenth!"
As the host spoke, Sonic's photo appeared on the screen.
Saitama, who had been lying lazily on the tatami, sat up at once.
His brow furrowed.
The corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably.
He looked at Sonic in front of him and suddenly felt as if he were looking at a stranger.
"Huh?"
His voice was full of disbelief.
"Sonic, you're an S Class Hero now too? Since when did you become a hero?"
Faced with that question, Sonic finally released the emotions he had been suppressing.
"When I became a hero is none of your business."
His smile grew sharper.
"What matters is that my rank is now far above yours, B Class."
He raised his chin.
"Without a doubt, in terms of hero rank, I have already surpassed you!"
Hearing those words, Saitama was truly stabbed where it hurt.
Why?
He had clearly become a hero first.
So why was his rank so much lower in the end?
As his emotions fluctuated, the system notification sounded in Asuramaru's mind inside the sword.
[Ding! Negative emotions detected from Saitama. Gained 200,000 emotion points!]
Asuramaru froze.
"How much?"
His eyes widened in disbelief.
"Two hundred thousand?"
This was not some desperate emotional burst before death.
This was only from annoying the guy.
And it directly produced two hundred thousand emotion points?
One had to know, killing a low Dragon level Monster only gave around a hundred thousand emotion points.
Asuramaru immediately decided to go all in.
"Sonic," he reminded him, "release all the emotions you've been suppressing. Isn't this the day you've been waiting for?"
"Of course!"
Listening to the temptation in his mind, Sonic no longer held anything back.
"Saitama, you live here because you have no money, right?"
He looked down at Saitama with open satisfaction.
"Do you know how much money I earned from clearing that disaster?"
Before his voice could fully fade, a notification came from the communicator at his waist.
[The Hero Association has transferred twenty billion yen to your account!]
Two consecutive coincidences.
Both of them helped Sonic mock Saitama perfectly.
It was as though even God himself was standing on Sonic's side.
The effect was maximized.
Saitama's expression instantly turned ugly.
A faint mask of pain appeared on his face.
He could not even afford two hundred yen fries.
Yet this guy had just earned twenty billion yen.
Where was the justice in that?
Seeing Saitama's expression, Sonic finally could not hold back anymore.
He laughed out loud.
"That's it, Saitama!"
His laughter rang through the tiny apartment.
"I've always wanted to see that expression! That expression of jealousy! Hahahahaha!"
If it had only been simple mockery, that would have been one thing.
But this struck directly at the heart.
The system notification sounded in Asuramaru's mind again.
[Ding! Negative emotions detected from Saitama. Gained 250,000 emotion points!]
If this continued...
Ten million emotion points would be nothing.
Asuramaru could not suppress the rising corners of his mouth.
Both his current mood and Sonic's could be described in one word.
Refreshing.
Utterly refreshing.
But Saitama was extremely unhappy.
The feeling was difficult to describe.
Fortunately, Genos immediately stepped forward and glared at Sonic.
"You stalker can only find confidence through this kind of method!"
His tone was severe.
"After all, you still cannot defeat Sensei!"
Hearing that rebuttal, Sonic only sneered.
"As long as I can beat Saitama, the method doesn't matter."
His gaze swept across their unpleasant expressions.
"From now on, I will surpass you in every aspect."
After saying that, Sonic felt completely satisfied.
He was just about to turn and leave.
But inside the sword, Asuramaru could not sit still.
He immediately reminded him, "Why are you leaving so quickly? Is venting once really enough?"
"Why not stay here, buy this entire apartment building, live next door to him, and make him pay rent to you?"
His voice carried a clear hint of temptation.
"Wouldn't it be even more refreshing to mock him from time to time?"
Sonic was a little confused as to why Asuramaru was so talkative today.
But after thinking about it, the words made sense.
He stopped in place at once.
Then he made a call to the Hero Association and informed the staff that he intended to purchase this apartment building.
The staff moved very quickly.
Not only this apartment building, even several nearby buildings were sold to him as part of a package at an extremely low price.
After all, the Ghost Town had no residents.
Sonic turned back and laughed again.
"Saitama, from now on, I am your landlord."
His smile became even more arrogant.
"Don't forget to hand over the rent to me personally and on time!"
"Hahahahaha!"
Under Saitama's bewildered gaze, Sonic swaggered out of the apartment and closed the door.
After enduring for so long, suddenly venting everything like this made Sonic tremble with sheer pleasure.
He planned to live here for a long time.
He would continue hunting Monsters in the Ghost Town while mocking Saitama up close whenever he had the chance.
This feeling was simply wonderful.
Calling it heaven would not be an exaggeration.
It was the ultimate enjoyment, both physically and mentally.
Meanwhile, deep underground in City Z.
Inside the Monster Association, within the circular hall that resembled an ancient colosseum, Monster King Orochi sat upon his throne.
His face was gloomy, making it impossible to read his expression.
During this period, the Monster Association had lost combat power again and again.
Monsters sent outside frequently disappeared without leaving the slightest trace, as though hunters were hiding in the darkness and preying upon them.
Faced with this situation, Orochi was gradually becoming unable to restrain himself.
He was even starting to consider launching the plan ahead of schedule.
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