Chapter 189: What's going on?!!
Hmm?
Looking at the newly acquired item in his inventory, King couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
Time Stasis Field?
He clicked on the detailed description, and a faint blue data panel instantly appeared before his eyes.
[Time Stasis Field: A special item that can pause time. Upon activation, it pauses time within a 100-kilometer radius. Energy from the Time Stasis Field is consumed during the pause, and the field can be deactivated at any time.]
It feels a bit familiar...
For some reason, an image of a vampire wearing a yellow bodysuit and a green vest on his forehead flashed through King's mind.
Isn't this just time stop?
With a thought, King retrieved the Time Stasis Field from his inventory, and it instantly appeared in his hand.
Looking at the remote-like object in front of him, King rubbed his chin with his right hand and decided to test it out.
He took a step forward, his figure flickering as he arrived at a crowded plaza.
Young couples leaned on each other, their eyes filled with love and sweetness.
Groups of students had smiles on their faces, overjoyed by the happiness of the moment.
Anxious office workers clutched their briefcases, striding toward their destinations and glancing at their wristwatches from time to time.
Observing these various scenes of life, King took out the Time Stasis Field and pressed the large [Stop] button on the remote.
In an instant, everything fell silent.
A purple halo radiated outward from him, instantly covering a radius of over a hundred kilometers.
Everything came to a standstill.
The loving gazes of the young couples were frozen; though they looked into each other's eyes, their feelings could no longer be conveyed.
The office worker was frozen in place, the anxiety and unease clear on his face, with his raised left foot suspended in mid-air.
The students' smiles froze, and their raised hands remained fixed in the air, as if they had turned into lifelike statues.
Within this Time Stop Domain covering over a hundred kilometers, only King's expression remained normal.
Standing where he was, his Divine Sense instantly swept across the surrounding hundred-kilometer area.
It seems everyone has entered a state of stopped time...
Looking at the people frozen in place, King did a brief experiment and found he could move their bodies as he pleased.
In other words, the scenarios from those "mysterious films" involving time stopping could all be realized with this item.
Cough, cough...
Casting aside the unhealthy thoughts in his mind, King suddenly had a new question.
While time is stopped, do these people whose time has been paused retain their consciousness?
King took out the remote again and clicked the [Start] button at the bottom.
A purple ripple spread out, and everyone resumed their previously unfinished actions.
The young couple's fingers remained interlaced, the happiness and love on their faces showing no sign of fading.
The office worker was still anxious, wishing his parents had given him two more legs, while constantly muttering:
"Damn boss... I'm going to be late again, dammit..."
The students continued on their way, with laughter and chatter constantly rising from the young group.
Watching all this, King nodded.
Based on their behavior, the time stop also completely freezes their consciousness, preventing them from retaining any thoughts within the affected area.
For now, King hadn't found a great use for this special item; at most, it could serve as a support tool or for clearing a path.
He just didn't know if this [Time Stasis Field] could trap the Bald Demon King.
With that thought, King acted immediately, flickering into existence in front of a small villa.
This was the villa the Hero Association had given to Saitama for free, though it seemed a few more luxurious villas had appeared nearby, with the laughter of "old money" occasionally drifting over.
"Well then, let's see if the power of time can affect a 'cheat' like him."
King took out the [Time Stasis Field] and pressed the button firmly.
...
At this moment, in Saitama's home.
A shiny bald head lay bored on the floor, holding a freshly opened bag of tomato-flavored potato chips. He tossed a chip into his mouth every now and then, his dull eyes staring intently at the TV.
"Don't you know yet? A Shinigami's battle is a battle of Spiritual Pressure. A Shinigami's power is essentially the power of Spiritual Pressure."
"You, who possess a mixture of multiple powers, have been in my sights for a long time."
"You... what on earth are you talking about?!"
Watching the dialogue between the villain and the protagonist on TV, Saitama couldn't help but complain:
"How is this protagonist's hearing worse than mine? Every time the villain speaks, he acts like he can't hear. Does he even have ears?"
In the kitchen, Sun Sperm had suppressed the flames all over his body and was carefully washing dishes, wearing an apron with a pink heart on it.
He peeked over and saw Saitama happily eating snacks and watching TV, and the bowl he was rinsing almost got crushed in his hand.
Truly a case of "a dog in the plains being bullied by a tiger"... I am a God-Level Monster who has stepped into the God-level... a great being capable of easily destroying the Earth...
To think I've fallen so low, fallen to doing housework for a human every day! I don't even get any entertainment or holidays!
This was what Sun Sperm wanted to cry about the most. Since being recruited as a pet by the Bald Demon King, his days consisted of nothing but housework, grocery shopping, and cooking. He had no freedom at all.
Isn't this just pure slavery!
Just as Sun Sperm was filled with grief and indignation, an aura as terrifying as an abyss suddenly appeared in his perception.
This aura was so overbearing, as if a ten-thousand-foot divine mountain had smashed directly onto Sun Sperm's Soul, making him shudder all over.
K-k-k-k-k-k... King?!
Why is he here all of a sudden!
Oh right, he and this bald guy seem to be good friends.
Should I just go to the entrance later and kneel down to King? Maybe if he's in a good mood, he'll let me go and stop making me be a pet.
Sun Sperm's throat moved as he swallowed non-existent saliva, his mind racing with thoughts.
In the very next instant, a massive sense of crisis suddenly enveloped his entire body, with every cell screaming about the impending danger.
What th—...
Before Sun Sperm could even react, purple ripples quickly spread through the Void, and the surrounding hundred-kilometer area fell into complete silence in an instant.
As expected of a God-Level Monster, even after entering the Time Stop Domain, Sun Sperm still maintained his ability to think.
He couldn't even move his eyeballs; only his thoughts kept running, and he was currently in a state of mental shock.
What on earth is going on?!!