**Chapter 48: Piccolo's Ferocity**
"Hmm, boss, hand me that Dumb Lamb mascot suit. I want it to try it on and see if it fits."
king brought **Piccolo** to a cartoon mascot suit store. At this moment, **Piccolo** was wearing his hoodie, a baseball cap, a mask, sunglasses, and gloves, fully geared up, looking exactly like a robber.
He wasn't much better himself, wearing a hoodie and a baseball cap, the standard criminal outfit seen on TV.
On their way there, the two attracted a lot of stares. Passersby frequently looked at them with suspicious gazes, and some even called the police because of them.
To this, he could only conclude that people were too easily surprised.
"O-okay..."
The store owner looked at these two individuals in front of him, who seemed unwilling to show their true faces, and his heart skipped a beat. Were these two repeat offenders? Had they just robbed a bank?
king didn't care what the store owner thought. His gaze swept over the various cartoon mascot suits in the store. Hmm, that pink hip-hop bunny mascot suit looked good, he could buy that. Oh, that chubby cow mascot suit was also quite nice; **Piccolo** would definitely look adorable in it, and it would increase its popularity. Wow, that maid mascot with two pigtails was so cute, he absolutely had to buy it. Yes, tonight he'd make **Piccolo** wear it, and he'd hug it to sleep. Should he dig a hole in the mascot's butt? After all, **Piccolo** needed to poop. Uh, this was a question worth considering...
What? You say these mascot suits are too childish, too low-brow, and don't suit the domineering Vaccine Man identity? Uh, isn't **Piccolo** just a kid?
**Piccolo**: "..." Someone drag this guy away and beat him to death!
king didn't linger in the mascot store for too long. He bought **Piccolo** several mascot suits in one go, treating them as everyday changes of clothes.
Then, he took **Piccolo**, now wearing the pink hip-hop bunny suit and looking utterly miserable, to the supermarket. Originally, there weren't many food reserves at home, and now with an extra mouth to feed, it was natural to buy groceries.
Given that **Piccolo**, dressed like this, would be searched upon entering the supermarket, he instructed **Piccolo** to wait for him at the supermarket entrance. Since **Piccolo** had already been bound by the **System**, there was no chance of it escaping. Furthermore, he had also given **Piccolo** commands, so he wasn't afraid of **Piccolo** running away at all.
After instructing **Piccolo**, he pulled down his baseball cap, put his hands in his pockets, and walked into the supermarket.
"..."
**Piccolo**, wearing the pink hip-hop bunny suit, stood blank-faced at the supermarket entrance. That utterly dejected, lifeless expression made anyone who saw it feel pity. Once upon a time, it was also a valiant and magnificent Great Demon King. Now... it lowered its head and glanced at its tender pink hip-hop bunny outfit. Sigh, don't even mention it, its heart ached.
"Wow, Mama, there's a hip-hop bunny here! So cute!"
A young, trendy mom was shopping at the supermarket with her five or six-year-old daughter. The little girl, like a porcelain doll, immediately spotted the pink hip-hop bunny — **Piccolo**. Her small face instantly bloomed with a flower-like smile.
"Mama, I want to take a picture with the hip-hop bunny! Hmm, I want to play with the hip-hop bunny."
The little girl wriggled free from the trendy mom's grasp. Before the mom could react, she suddenly pounced on **Piccolo**, her small hands constantly pulling at **Piccolo**'s clothes.
"Lan Lan, quickly get down! Don't disturb them while they're working."
The trendy mom thought **Piccolo** was a supermarket promoter and was worried her daughter would interfere with **Piccolo**'s work. Therefore, she urgently tried to pull the little girl off **Piccolo**.
"Hmph, you're asking for death!"
**Piccolo** lowered its head, staring at the happily laughing little girl, its gaze gloomy. It opened its palm, and an egg-sized energy ball immediately appeared, floating in its hand, softly glowing and flickering like a firefly.
Because it had been bound to king as a pet by the **System**, its ability Level had been reset to zero. All its skills had uniformly become Level 1. In other words, it now only had the strength of a Wolf-level **Mysterious Being**.
However, killing a small girl was more than enough.
"Oh, is this a glow stick?"
The little girl curiously looked at the energy projectile in **Piccolo**'s hand. Her small hand curiously poked it. It was soft, like the warmth of her mother's embrace.
"Glow stick? Heh, this is the guiding light that will send you to heaven!"
**Piccolo**'s lips curled into a cruel smile. The **System** stipulated that it couldn't harm king, but other humans were not within the designated protection range. Whether or not to kill other people depended on its mood.
Right now... it was very annoyed!
Therefore, it needed to vent!
Little brat, go to hell!
"Look out!"
Just as **Piccolo** was about to smash the little girl to death with the energy projectile, a flash of electricity streaked by. A red afterimage flickered past its eyes, and when it focused again, the little girl clinging to its chest had vanished.
"Huh?"
It dissipated the energy projectile in its hand and squinted at the red figure beside it. The guy looked young, dressed in a full red insulated bodysuit, with a "P" lightning bolt symbol on his chest. He carried a large branded battery on his back — **Nanzi**. He wore a red mining helmet, with a wire connecting the back of the helmet to the battery. The mining light on the helmet emitted a faint green glow.
It narrowed its eyes: "Who are you?"
"Lan Lan!"
The trendy mom, in a panic, hugged the little girl and ran away.
**Piccolo**: "..."
"Asking me?" The red figure stood with his hands on his hips and said faintly, "On a night of thunder and lightning, I was conceived and born. With my left hand I grasp thunder, and with my right hand I seize lightning. From then on, I command the thunder and lightning of heaven and earth. I am..."
"Trash!"
**Piccolo** scoffed. How could there be such an awesomely born creature in the world? Even it was only born through the will of Earth. This guy in front of it was about to blow his own trumpet so hard it would burst.
Hah, to actually make his origins sound even more powerful than mine, that's really annoying.
Since it was annoyed, then... it would eliminate him!
"Burst Energy Projectile!"
It extended its hand, opened its palm, and condensed an egg-sized energy projectile.
"Not trash, it's **Lightning Kid**! **Lightning Kid**! I am B-Class hero Rank 65 — **Lightning Kid**!" **Lightning Kid** pointed at **Piccolo** and said, "Hey, you! What kind of egg is a Burst Energy Projectile? A chicken egg? A duck egg? A goose egg? Or is it a bomb?"
"Hmph, you guess!"
**Piccolo** sneered, and the energy projectile in its hand instantly shot out.
"Hmm?"
**Lightning Kid** crossed his arms to protect his body!
Boom!
After an explosion, he was safe and sound. "Oh, is that all you've got? It seems you're destined to be my stepping stone to B-Class hero Rank 64."
He sneered. The electric baton in his hand emitted crackling, intertwining sounds of lightning. The next moment, his figure suddenly vanished, and in the blink of an eye, reappeared before **Piccolo**, shouting, "Taste the power of lightning! Lightning Impact!"
Zap!
The electric baton in his hand struck down fiercely towards **Piccolo**!
Bang!
**Piccolo** didn't dodge. Its body suddenly became incredibly powerful, muscles bulging, it was like an iron man made of stacked iron blocks. It extended its hand, directly catching **Lightning Kid**'s electric baton.
"Idiot! Anyone who dared to catch my electric baton with their bare hands is already in hell!"
(**Underpants Monster**: Excuse me??)
**Piccolo** grabbed **Lightning Kid**'s electric baton with one hand and sneered, "Idiot! Go home and read more physics books! I'm wearing a mascot suit, it's insulated! Your lightning is useless against me!"
"What?!?"
"Burst Energy Projectile!"
Boom! Whoosh!
**Lightning Kid** was sent flying backward, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.
"Hmph, satisfying!"
**Piccolo** gave a cruel smile, and its body suddenly grew larger, directly bursting out of the bunny mascot suit, revealing the appearance of **Piccolo** the Great Demon King.
"Wow, a **Mysterious Being**!!!"
"Everyone run! The hero has been defeated by a **Mysterious Being**."
"Quickly notify the **Hero Association**."
People secretly observing the situation around them discovered that **Piccolo** was actually a **Mysterious Being**. They were immediately startled and scattered, running away.
"Humans, go to hell and repent!"
**Piccolo** clenched its fist, and it suddenly grew enormous, as if stung by a bee and swelling up, comparable in size to a weightlifting dumbbell. It slammed it down towards **Lightning Kid**, who was struggling to get up.
"**Piccolo**, you little brat, stop right there!"
king's angry roar drifted over.
**Piccolo**: "..."
I have a "MMP" I don't know whether I should say or not!
(end of chapter)