One Punch Man: Double Godly Start Chapter 065

Released on May 27, 2025

“Byakuya, I heard you stopped that meteor in City Z before, and you even made it disappear directly. Is that true?”

Byakuya was in the living room, drinking tea and looking at his phone, when a message suddenly popped up.

As expected, it was Lily again.

Byakuya opened the message and casually replied.

“Otherwise, could it be false?”

“How did you do it? Speaking of which, I heard from Fubuki-sama that you’re also an esper. It must have been done through your psychic powers, right?”

“Yes, it was.”

Byakuya originally intended to just reply with “Mmm,” but after thinking about it, he felt it might be a bit impolite, so he added a bit more.

Speaking of which, for some reason, Lily had been sending him various messages more and more frequently lately.

And most of their conversations were about daily trivialities, giving him the impression that she really wanted to chat.

“By the way… do you have any friends?”

“?? What do you mean by that?”

It was clear that Lily’s reaction was quite strong.

“It means exactly what it says. You talk to me, an outsider, about these things every day, when you could be talking to your friends.”

Byakuya was just a little curious.

To Lily, he was at most an outsider. Why would she chat so happily about everyday things with an outsider?

Lily, who usually replied instantly, took two or three minutes to send her reply this time.

“How could you be an outsider? You’re already a member of our Fubuki Group… Even though you’re unwilling to accept it, Fubuki-sama’s intention is to have you join the Fubuki Group no matter what!”

“…”

Byakuya only replied with an ellipsis, then simply put his phone down.

He knew that once Fubuki got entangled with someone, there was basically no way out, so he didn’t care anymore. Let it be what it may.

“Today’s a special sale day again. Want to go grocery shopping together?”

Just then, since the window next to Byakuya’s front door was open, a bald head suddenly poked in.

“Okay.”

Byakuya nodded.

He occasionally went grocery shopping with Saitama.

He then grabbed his phone and went out with Saitama.

Walking on the streets of the uninhabited area, Saitama noticed Byakuya’s phone vibrate several times.

He couldn’t help but ask, “Byakuya, did you get a call or a message on your phone?”

“It’s nothing.”

Byakuya said casually.

Then he opened his phone and set it to silent. He had forgotten to turn silent mode back on after turning it off earlier.

However, while setting it to silent, he still saw Lily’s messages.

They were all various emojis, and some rather meaningless messages.

Byakuya, however, didn’t seem annoyed by them.

He knew very well that girls Lily’s age were just like this. Lily was either a middle schooler or a high schooler.

Of course, a Japanese high schooler doesn’t mean a university student…

Seeing Lily send so many messages consecutively, Byakuya still replied.

“I’m out grocery shopping with a friend. Talk later.”

“You actually have friends?”

Lily immediately sent an emoji expressing confusion.

“Why can’t I have friends?”

Byakuya retorted.

“I always thought you were a lone wolf and wouldn’t have any friends.”

“…That’s not entirely wrong, but I do have a few friends, at least.”

Byakuya was slightly surprised. Lily knew more about him than he had imagined.

He wasn’t the type of person who enjoyed socializing. To be precise, he disliked useless socializing.

As for what constituted useless socializing, that was definitely based on his own definition.

For example, the influence of the [Tanktop Army] was significant in the Hero Association, and then he would force himself to hang out with members of the [Tanktop Army]…

Another example, besides the never-before-seen [Blast (One-Punch Man version)], Tatsumaki was the strongest combatant in the Hero Association, and he knew Tatsumaki’s personality but still went out of his way to try and curry favor with her…

These, in Byakuya’s opinion, were all useless social interactions.

His interactions with Saitama, Genos, Bang, and others were normal interactions, not forced, which was a fundamental difference.

Just then, Byakuya suddenly realized something and asked Lily.

“Could it be that you don’t have a single friend?”

Lily on the other end fell silent again, probably because Byakuya had hit the nail on the head.

At the same time, Byakuya was a bit confused. Wasn’t the Fubuki Group quite large?

As a member of the Fubuki Group, even if she wasn’t close with everyone, it shouldn’t be that she had no friends at all, right?

Or… did this person have an unusually definition of “friend”?

“So what if I do? You’re so annoying!”

At this point, Lily responded.

“…”

Byakuya wanted to ask if there wasn’t anyone she was close with among all the people in the Fubuki Group, but he typed out the words and then deleted them. Because that message involved the Fubuki Group, and he didn’t want to discuss Fubuki Group matters with Lily anymore.

“It’s nothing, just a little curious.”

After sending this, Byakuya turned off his phone.

Silent mode was already set, and it wouldn’t vibrate randomly in his pocket anymore.

“Someone really did message you, didn’t they? You seem quite popular, with high popularity. You’re always chatting with people every day. Are they all fans?”

Saitama, walking alongside him, asked casually.

“Not fans, just a professional hero I knew from before.”

Byakuya explained.

“Oh, oh, not fans but colleagues. By the way, do you have some special feature enabled on your phone? It must be too expensive to chat via text messages every day.”

Saitama asked with a touch of curiosity.

“It seems Saitama-san doesn’t know about LINE yet. It’s an instant messaging app that you can download directly to your phone.”

Byakuya explained.

Instant messaging apps like LINE had only recently become popular in this world in the last few years, as most people still used flip phones. The technology tree in this world had grown a bit crooked.

And Saitama had been quite laid-back for over three years, or even longer. As a typical homebody, watching manga, playing games, watching TV, etc., was enough entertainment. It was normal for him not to know about new apps released on phones.

“Is that so? I’ll look into it when we get back.”

Just then, Saitama suddenly stopped. “I was going to look into it while walking, but…”

As soon as Saitama’s voice fell, a kunai flew over from a distance.

He raised his hand and easily caught the kunai. “A troublesome guy seems to have appeared.”

The next moment, Sonic appeared before Saitama and Byakuya, his eyes sharply fixed on Saitama.

“That person seems… seems to be…”

Saitama seemed to have temporarily forgotten Sonic’s name. “Joint Panic!”

“It’s Speed-o’-Sound Sonic!”

Sonic immediately corrected him.

“Hmm? It seems there’s an annoying extra person…”

Then, Sonic looked at Byakuya next to Saitama. “I want to have a fair one-on-one duel with Saitama. I’ll deal with the annoying guy first.”

“…?”