One Punch Man: Double Godly Start Chapter 045

But…

Wouldn’t that also let the enemy know how to get stronger? Is that really okay?!

Although Genos really wanted to know how Teacher Byakuya got stronger, he was worried that if the enemy knew, it would pose a threat.

This made him very conflicted and contradictory.

“The realm I, Byakuya, have reached today is entirely due to my extraordinary talent… Deep Blue, add some points!”

As his voice fell, Byakuya’s hand once again condensed a Rasengan, infused with Kamui power, and he casually tossed it towards Armored Gorilla.

His words and actions seemed inexplicable, but in reality, he just wanted to tell Genos that he truly couldn’t teach him anything.

The Rasengan was given by the system, the Dual Kamui was also given by the system—everything was given by the system.

Since it was just a casual toss, the Kamui-infused Rasengan didn’t fly very fast.

Armored Gorilla was instantly scared and leaped ten meters high, narrowly avoiding the terrifying black energy ball that made his heart pound.

“……”

At this moment, Genos fell into deep thought.

He momentarily failed to understand what Teacher Byakuya had said, so he was in a brainstorming session, frantically analyzing the meaning of his teacher’s words.

Saitama, on the other hand, showed no reaction.

Dr. Genus, hidden in the shadows, looked bewildered. What kind of method for getting stronger was this?

The general meaning was… he achieved this level solely through talent?

After a while, Genos suddenly slapped his palm, as if he had a sudden epiphany.

What the teacher wanted to express was that extraordinary talent is just the most basic threshold, and then diligent training and the correct training methods are the true essence…

This sentence was very profound, making it difficult for the enemy to understand its deeper meaning. This was the teacher’s superior wisdom!

Byakuya wasn’t afraid of Genos looking down on him; he was only afraid of Genos overthinking and over-analyzing.

Byakuya’s worst fear had still come true, though he didn’t know it yet.

“You’re messing with me!”

Armored Gorilla, who had come to his senses, immediately flew into a rage.

Squeak…

At this moment, a sudden change occurred in Armored Gorilla’s body.

His entire body’s veins bulged, and his two eyeballs turned white.

“Wait! Armored Gorilla?! Are… are you going to lose control again?!”

Dr. Genus, hidden in the shadows, cried out in terror.

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to tell me how to get stronger. Anyway, I’m the strongest!!”

In an instant, Armored Gorilla completed his mutation.

His muscles became even more massive and sharply defined, his horns on his head and back doubled in length, veins covered his entire body, his face became even more terrifying, and his previously punctured abdomen instantly recovered.

Asura Mode!

“Heheheh… After activating Asura Mode, I will lose my sanity for the next seven whole days! Even I can’t suppress my battle instincts!”

Armored Gorilla let out a strange laugh.

Before his words even finished, Armored Gorilla’s body had already warped, his speed terrifyingly doubling compared to before.

However, facing this situation, Byakuya merely spoke calmly, “So, you’ll be rampaging until next Saturday?”

“…Huh?!”

Saitama, who had been watching the entire battle with little expression, finally showed a look of shock on his face at this moment.

His brain momentarily crashed, and he fell into a brainstorm.

“That’s right! After killing you, I’ll go outside and continuously slaughter until next Saturday! Hahahahaha—!”

Armored Gorilla punched towards Byakuya, who used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to another marked spot in the distance.

Boom!!

The spot where Byakuya had just been was instantly smashed into a large pit by Armored Gorilla’s punch, with cracks in the ground spreading for dozens of meters in diameter.

The terrifying power of that punch was evident.

“…!”

This scene instantly made Genos’s heart pound with fear.

If it were him, he wouldn’t be able to dodge Armored Gorilla’s punch in his berserk state and would probably be instantly smashed into a pile of scrap metal…

Fortunately, Teacher Byakuya’s speed was fast enough to instantly dodge a hundred meters away.

His dynamic vision simply couldn’t keep up with Armored Gorilla’s speed, especially his teacher’s speed…

Saitama was still in a shocked state of brain shutdown; no one knew what was wrong with him.

“It’s all over… No one in this world can stop the out-of-control Armored Gorilla…”

Dr. Genus let out a helpless laugh from the shadows.

Although this wasn’t the outcome he wanted, at least it would let the world know that the new humans he created were bound to replace the mediocre and foolish old era humans.

“Don’t run! If you dare, face me head-on!”

Armored Gorilla took a step and charged towards Byakuya again, so fast that he reached Byakuya, a hundred meters away, in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, Byakuya’s eyes turned cold, and he also planned to get a little serious.

Susanoo!

Just as Armored Gorilla’s fist was about to hit Byakuya’s face, Susanoo’s cyan-blue skeleton suddenly enveloped Byakuya.

[Ding! Host has exchanged for “Constitution 110”, deducting “Points 110”. Current remaining points: 0!]

[Constitution + 110]

[Constitution: 588]

As Susanoo’s stage continuously ascended, Byakuya also took the opportunity to add some points to himself.

Susanoo only stopped growing at the third stage.

The third stage is where the Uchiha Tengu armor grows on top of the second stage. The increase in size is not significant, but the increase in defense is very substantial.

“What is that?!”

Seeing the cyan-blue giant suddenly appearing on Byakuya, even larger than Armored Gorilla, Dr. Genus was instantly startled.

Genos’s eyes also narrowed at this moment; another phenomenon he couldn’t comprehend had appeared on his teacher.

“Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora—!!”

The already rampaging Armored Gorilla showed no fear in the face of the suddenly appearing Susanoo, relentlessly smashing Byakuya with both fists.

But every punch landed on Susanoo’s Uchiha Tengu armor, failing to break through its defense.

At this point, Byakuya was too lazy to continue playing around. He raised Susanoo’s twin blades, which were already enchanted with Kamui power, and unleashed an X-shaped slash at Armored Gorilla.

Armored Gorilla’s voice and movements instantly ceased, his body split into four pieces by the X-shaped slash.

[Ding! Host has defeated Dragon-level monster “Armored Gorilla” and received a reward of 80 points!]

Dr. Genus was instantly dumbfounded, his eyes blank and lifeless, his glasses askew.

The out-of-control Armored Gorilla was actually defeated in an instant…

Dr. Genus was undoubtedly questioning his life; this was his most powerful experimental subject.

Meanwhile, Saitama finally reacted.

“Byakuya… I want to confirm something with you…”

Saitama said slowly, his head bowed.

“Go ahead?”

Byakuya turned to look at Saitama.

“What day is it today?”

Saitama asked, his voice slightly trembling.

“Today? It’s Saturday.”

Byakuya replied.

Saitama immediately fell to his knees, clutching his head and screaming, “Gahhh! I got the time wrong! Today is the supermarket sale day!!”

“Don’t get too excited yet, Mr. Saitama. You might still make it if you go now,” Byakuya calmly reminded him.

Hearing this, Saitama immediately leaped up, his terrifying jumping power directly smashing a large hole in the ceiling and even breaking through the ground.

Dr. Genus stiffly tilted his head to look at the large hole with sunlight streaming in, utterly bewildered.

This was deep underground, and the underground base was constructed from extremely hard materials…

Is this even human…?

“Genos, let’s go too.”

At this moment, Byakuya said to Genos.

“Okay, Teacher.”

Genos nodded.

“Wait!”

However, just then, Dr. Genus couldn’t help but rush out from the shadows and call out to Byakuya.

Byakuya turned to look at Dr. Genus.

“You… you really haven’t undergone any experiments?!”

Dr. Genus asked hysterically.

To this, Byakuya calmly responded,

“No effort, all talent.”

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PS: Regarding Susanoo, I went to study it again. Here, I’ll use Madara’s Susanoo as the standard. Initial stage (rib cage), first stage (skeletal half-body), second stage (flesh cloak), and then the third stage (grows legs). Then the fourth stage is the key: on Baidu, Madara’s fourth stage is an Uchiha Tengu form, which made me confused about why Madara’s and Sasuke’s/Itachi’s Susanoo’s third and fourth stages were reversed. After studying it again, I somewhat understood. Madara’s Uchiha Tengu form is a transitional stage to the Perfect Susanoo, or an unfinalized Perfect Susanoo.

In reality, Madara’s true third stage (which would be a half-body Uchiha Tengu) has never appeared. Of course, it could also be due to Kishimoto’s inconsistent settings between early and late periods, so I feel it’s necessary to explain this. Therefore, I have re-established what I believe to be a reasonable Susanoo progression: initial, first, and second stages remain unchanged. The third stage is the Perfect Susanoo (half-body Uchiha Tengu), the fourth stage (grows legs), and finally the Complete Susanoo (Note: in the original Japanese, there is indeed a clear distinction between “完成体” (kanseitai – complete form) and “完全体” (kanzentai – perfect form). “完成体” is the ultimate armored warrior Susanoo, which Madara explicitly stated when he activated it. “完全体” was the term Sasuke and Itachi used for their third-stage half-body crow-tengu Susanoo in the earlier parts of the story).