"Wow! Dad, look! It's a tornado!"
"It looks like Tornado. She seems to be fighting someone. So cool!"
In a car on a nearby street, a boy watched the scene on the battlefield excitedly through binoculars.
"An S-Class Hero is actually engaged in such a large-scale battle near the headquarters. It seems the situation is extremely urgent. We'd better leave quickly."
Cold sweat kept breaking out on the forehead of the man driving the vehicle.
In a battle between such powerful beings, the mere aftershocks would be enough to tear their family to pieces.
Boom!
A blue light streaked across the sky, swallowing Tatsumaki's figure.
"This power?!" Shock appeared in Tornado's eyes.
This power had exceeded her expectations, so she no longer held back and focused all her strength on defense.
Swish!
At that moment, several boulders happened to fly toward the speeding vehicle. King had no choice but to change direction, instantly destroying all the boulders.
"Damn it, there just have to be humans nearby at a time like this."
King wondered if he should take the battlefield further away, but Tatsumaki wasn't going to let him go so easily.
Psychokinetic Impact!
Rumble!
A terrifying psychic shock instantly enveloped King's body. To protect Psykos behind him, he could only choose to tank it head-on.
"Honestly, to think it's come to this. Then don't blame me for being ruthless."
King's gaze turned sharp, and his body actually withstood Tatsumaki's full output.
"Speaking of which, I've never tried this."
Hero Power, activate!
An unprecedented power surged from his body. The instantaneous sensation was even comparable to Fourth Layer Liberation.
"Break!"
Boom!
King's entire body shook, instantly repelling all the Psychokinesis.
"Hmm? He seems..."
Tornado keenly felt that King seemed to have undergone a complete transformation.
In the next second, a figure appeared before her eyes. King's fist easily shattered the protective barrier formed by Psychokinesis. Before Tatsumaki could react, the fist in her pupils grew larger and larger.
Rumble!
A shockwave shot straight into the sky, splitting the clouds in half instantly.
On the battlefield, King's fist stopped steadily less than half a centimeter away from Tatsumaki.
Swish!
King vanished, taking Psykos with him at the same time.
"That guy..."
Tornado floated in the air, but this time she didn't give chase. Instead, she stared blankly into the distance, lost in thought.
—
"Phew..."
'It seems I can't use this power lightly in the future. Why does it feel even more draining than Fourth Layer Liberation?' King felt a wave of exhaustion.
One had to know that his current physical strength had reached Peak SSS-Class. He wouldn't feel tired even if he fought for ten days or half a month.
'That monster... what exactly was that power just now?' Psykos, who had long since woken up, saw everything that had happened, and a sense of fear couldn't help but surge in her heart.
"Are you awake?" King's indifferent voice came through, making Psykos's whole body tremble.
"You... where on earth are you taking me?"
Psykos asked with a trembling voice.
She didn't know what King was trying to do after going to all this trouble.
"I'm taking you to see someone. You'll understand when the time comes."
"Someone? Who?"
"Someone who can let you fully utilize your talents. But this time, don't even think about that Human Eradication Plan anymore."
King felt a bit speechless thinking about it. Psykos had seen some incredible future through the Third Eye and became bent on destroying all of humanity, which was somewhat unreasonable.
"What do you know? Humans are pests and must be destroyed as soon as possible. The future I saw is something none of you understand." Psykos suddenly became manic. She wouldn't allow anyone to question her ideas.
"Hmph! The future you saw? That was just what someone else wanted you to see."
Others might not know, but King knew very well that the disastrous future Psykos saw for humanity was entirely manipulated by God behind the scenes.
"A mere human, how could you possibly understand..."
Buzz!
A massive power poured into Psykos's body, and her injuries recovered rapidly.
"This is... God's power? How do you have it too?" Psykos's eyes were filled with shock.
Wasn't this familiar power the Divine Power bestowed upon her when she merged with Orochi?
"Since you believe in the Third Eye so much, I'll let you see for yourself."
Buzz!
Psykos suddenly found her consciousness seemingly in another world, a state identical to the images she saw the first time she used the Third Eye.
"Where is this place?!"
Before Psykos's eyes was a boundless, desolate surface. At this moment, two figures seemed to be in an intense battle.
Serious Punch!
Meteor Strike!
The scene was currently on Jupiter. It was the final blow between Dark Mask and Saitama, a world-destroying power that obliterated the already shattered Jupiter.
"Is this really power that a human can possess?"
"What exactly is your identity, and what's the deal with that bald guy?"
Psykos watched the scene before her in disbelief.
Then, the images began to reverse scene by scene: Garou and Dark Mask teaming up against Saitama.
Then time went back to Earth, with Dark Mask performing his second-stage Monsterization, and Garou touching the God's hand to transform into Cosmic Garou.
The scene shifted again, and King's figure appeared. One man suppressing four Dragon-level monsters.
Finally, the image froze on King merging and absorbing the Divine Power from Psykos's body, and the figures of Dark Mask and King overlapped.
"You... You are King!"
"This is the sight your Third Eye saw. Now, do you still want to destroy humanity?"
Thump! Thump!
The deafening King Engine resounded through the sky, and Psykos finally understood everything.
"But... even someone as powerful as you, aren't you also pursuing this power?"
Psykos's conviction began to crumble. She hadn't expected that the ultimate goal she had been desperately trying to achieve was actually misled by God.
"Mere Divine Power, and it wants to manipulate me?"
"I merely merged this power to strengthen myself. Moreover, after my further refinement, the Divine Power's manipulation of earthly biological consciousness has been erased. If you like, call it Light Power." King spoke with a calm expression while continuing his journey.
"Merging to strengthen oneself... Light Power? So this is the Strongest Man on Earth..." Psykos murmured to herself.
The image of King suppressing the four Dragon-level monsters alone could not be shaken from her mind.
"Why save me?" Psykos's expression returned to calm.
After learning the truth, she no longer knew where to go.
"In fact, God didn't completely deceive you. Its goal is indeed to destroy all of humanity. However, for various reasons, God is unable to descend directly. But recently, the number of God's agents has been increasing, and God is constantly trying to descend to Earth in its true form."
"Next, everything we do is for all of humanity and Earth—to resist God's invasion."