One Punch Man: Double Godly Start Chapter 046

“……”

Upon hearing that reply, Dr. Genus’s heart sank into complete despair.

This wasn’t just a mental breakdown; it was a despair so profound that it negated everything he had done in the past.

Both the red-eyed young man and the bald pervert had utterly shattered his worldview.

Dr. Genus fell to his knees, his legs giving out.

I should give up on this research. It’s not this world that needs to change, but me…

“Teacher, aren’t we going to dispose of him too?”

Seeing Dr. Genus running away, Genos couldn’t help but ask Byakuya.

“No need.”

Byakuya didn’t explain further; he simply turned and left.

He knew that what happened today would make Dr. Genus completely change professions and start making takoyaki.

“Understood…”

Genos didn’t say anything more and followed in Byakuya-sensei’s footsteps.

On the way, Byakuya felt the changes in his body.

He noticed that the burden of the Third Stage Susanoo was indeed significant; even using it for a short while made him feel quite unwell.

This was even more true for the Perfect Susanoo, which Byakuya wasn’t considering for now.

For now, to freely use the Third Stage, either his Hashirama cells needed to reach a certain purity, or he needed to possess the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. One of these two conditions had to be met.

Byakuya felt that the former at least offered some hope, while he had no idea how to achieve the latter, the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

After all, Obito didn’t have a biological brother, and the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan was always achieved by fusing the Mangekyo Sharingan of biological siblings.

…………

After leaving the House of Evolution, Saitama barely made it to the supermarket’s special sale day.

Byakuya had also returned home.

As for Genos, he had gone back to his own place.

Byakuya originally planned to take his phone and go to the Hero Association because he wanted to report his record of defeating monsters.

But as soon as he picked up his phone, he saw a flood of message notifications, all from Lily.

After Lily sent three messages and received no reply, she sent three “angry” emojis after a while.

[૮₍ꐦ-᷅⤙-᷄₎ა]

[૮₍ꐦ-᷅⤙-᷄₎ა]

[૮₍ꐦ-᷅⤙-᷄₎ა]

[……?]

When Byakuya saw Lily say that he had joined the [Blizzard Group], he slowly typed out a question mark.

Within a few seconds, it showed as “read.”

Immediately after, Lily replied almost instantly.

[You finally replied, do you never look at your phone?]

[I was busy earlier, so of course I couldn’t look at my phone. Also, who told you I joined the Blizzard Group?]

[Blizzard-sama, of course. Is something wrong?]

“……”

Byakuya sent an ellipsis and fell into thought.

He clearly hadn’t agreed to join the [Blizzard Group], yet Fubuki had still told Lily such a thing.

In other words…

Fubuki had no intention of letting him go…

[First, let me clarify, I never joined the Blizzard Group. Also, I’m going out to run errands again. We can talk later if there’s anything else.]

After sending this message, Byakuya turned off his phone and put it in his pocket.

Immediately, Lily’s message bombardment began.

[Wait! What’s going on?!]

[Blizzard-sama clearly told me that, did you change your mind at the last minute?]

[Don’t leave yet!]

[ʕ.•᷅ࡇ•᷄.ʔ！ʕ.•᷅ࡇ•᷄.ʔ！ʕ.•᷅ࡇ•᷄.ʔ！]

“……”

However, no matter how many messages Lily sent, they all showed as unread.

Because, other than calls, Byakuya usually kept his phone on silent, so no matter how many messages there were, they wouldn’t bother him.

He would naturally open his phone and see the messages when he had time, so he never liked message vibrations or notification sounds.

…………

Using the Flying Raijin Jutsu, Byakuya instantly arrived at the Hero Association Z-City Branch.

His Kamui Dimension contained the corpses of House of Evolution monsters like Carnage Kabuto and Beast King, which could serve as proof.

However, since the disaster levels of monsters like Carnage Kabuto and Beast King had not yet been defined by the Hero Association, the association was temporarily unsure how to determine their disaster levels.

“Mr. [Kamui], since we at the Hero Association don’t have data on these monsters, we cannot currently determine your specific contribution.”

The review committee member said with a troubled expression, “How about this? We’ll report it to our superiors first, and at the same time, send these monster corpses to headquarters for research, so they can determine your contribution.”

“That works, just do what you think is best.”

Byakuya said casually.

There was no rush anyway.

He was the only one who would actually bring the House of Evolution monsters over; Saitama wouldn’t bother reporting such things at all.

As long as the Hero Association wasn’t too lazy to calculate his contribution, it was fine.

…………

Three days later, the research results from the Hero Association headquarters came out.

Carnage Kabuto was initially defined as a Dragon-level monster, Beast King as a Demon-level monster, and the others as Tiger-level monsters, which was relatively accurate.

But with this came skepticism from headquarters.

After all, Byakuya was only a B-class hero, and the monster corpses he brought were ones that even ordinary S-class heroes couldn’t handle.

This naturally led to suspicion.

Headquarters specially convened a high-level meeting for this purpose.

Those participating in the meeting were executives of the Hero Association.

“You should all be aware of the matter concerning B-Class Rank 7 [Kamui], right? What are your thoughts on this?”

“My view is to continue observing. If he can defeat more Demon-level or even Dragon-level monsters later, just like [KING], then there’ll be no problem.”

“I think so too. If he’s truly a hero who suddenly made a name for himself like [KING], then we shouldn’t casually doubt him.”

“……”

Ultimately, with the majority ruling, the executives decided to adopt a wait-and-see approach towards Byakuya.

Of course, they did not prevent Byakuya’s ranking from increasing.

The meeting regarding Byakuya lasted less than ten minutes.

If Saitama and Genos hadn’t had enough hero activities yet, these guys would have spent another two hours brainstorming hero names for those two new S-Class heroes.

As a rare pragmatic executive in the Hero Association, Sitch sat there feeling helpless.

It wasn’t that he firmly maintained a skeptical attitude towards Byakuya, but rather that a rare and important executive meeting was held, and these guys ended it so hastily in less than ten minutes.

It was like child’s play; it would have been better if they had discussed other serious matters.

…………

Afterward, Byakuya was promoted to A-Class with contributions far exceeding those of a B-Class hero.

This was also why he neither usurped Fubuki’s B-Class Rank 1 position nor needed to undergo a promotion interview.

However, he was the last in A-Class, specifically A-Class Rank 39.

This was a Hero Association rule: new promotions to a higher class always start from the last rank.

[Ding! Host has been promoted to A-Class Hero, receiving rewards: 30 points + Mangekyo Sharingan (Shisui)!]