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The vast expanse of space. Billions of glowing lights. In the midst of them all hangs a black shimmering figure. A voice with metallic notes sounds like an echo. - An abnormally high spiral energy has been detected in a distant part of the universe," she spoke in a booming voice, as if to herself.
- This sudden surge is... It is simply incredible. It seems to be one of those planets that has managed to avoid being purged. We've got to get this sorted out quickly before it gets out of hand. Yeah, that's right...
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- Master! I've bought food for supper!" - Genos shrieked as he rushed into the flat.
- Okay, why are you shouting like that?" - Saitama was lying on the floor watching the news without any interest.
- Look! I've found a great hair regrowth remedy for you! And lots of healthy vitamins too! Some of these should do the trick for sure!"
- Genos..." - Grinning, the man threw a brief glance at his self-proclaimed apprentice and then immediately continued watching television. It was on to talk about the rebuilding of City A, recently destroyed by the efforts of the aliens, when suddenly the picture changed to the main presenter:
- "We interrupt the show to bring you breaking news! Huge flying robots have appeared in the centre of city F! As you can see on your screens, they are pink and red in colour, have a disc-shaped top, shoot lasers and destroy everything around them. If you see one anywhere nearby, run as fast as you can! Evacuation declared, threat level: Demonic!"
- Hey Genos, this looks like the way out," Saitama said as he slowly rose to his feet. - Yes," the man's face took on an extremely serious expression.
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- There they are!"
- The cyborg and his teacher ran down the road straight towards the explosions and destruction. The heroes were already quite close to the current main threat to the city, which loomed just a hundred metres above the ground. Between the arriving humans and the five, as they counted, flying machines were only a few blocks almost completely destroyed, chunks of buildings lying everywhere around, and people running away screaming. The cyber-demon leapt onto the nearest surviving structure in one easy jump and found a perfect free line between himself and one of the enemies. The cyborg took aim instantly, planning a swift and powerful strike from afar, hoping to take the target by surprise and finish him off swiftly. A stance, a second's preparation, a shot capable of blowing the hell out of an entire hill, a precise hit, an explosion, waving smoke, not a scratch on the combat airlifter.
- Damn, they're tougher than I thought they'd be,"
- Genos's countenance took on fierce features. - Aye, and you seem to have riled them up as well,"
- the man in the yellow suit standing beside him held out his index finger as some of his foes determinedly lunged at them, already preparing to return fire. However, none of the red laser beams managed to hit the target. The building was destroyed, but the heroes standing on it were no longer there. The men jumped safely to the ground and ran again to attack. Without any enthusiasm, Saitama pushed off the ground and easily reached the height of one of the flying machines and, yawning, punched through it. The latter, however, surprisingly had no intention at all of exploding and turning into a pile of scrap metal as it should. Instead, it disintegrated in an unnatural, strange way, morphing into hundreds of small glowing cubes and pyramids, slowly falling to the ground.
Bald Cloak had no choice but to watch and wait to see what happened next. The show was not long in coming, soon, before he even touched the ground, one of the cubes suddenly formed a powerful explosion, which by a chain reaction detonated all other geometric shapes floating in the air. Thus created a huge explosion capable of demolishing more than one street. Fortunately, all potential victims had long since fled from here, and the ever-yellow suit of the protagonist was successfully rescued by its owner. Inspired by his teacher's bravery, Genos also decided to move into close combat. His arms and chest flamed, he dodged lightning lasers and leaped at his opponent with confidence, but he couldn't get to him that easily - when there was only a matter of time between his strike and the hovering robot, the cyborg suddenly crashed into some invisible protective field, which revealed itself for a second from the collision with the foreign body. It looked like a bunch of flat, multicolored and still glowing squares overlapping each other. The former man landed effortlessly on the wreckage of some building and immediately decided to repeat his plan of attack.
Another leap, another powerful blow, but this time he knew where to strike first. The fist hit its target, smashing straight into that energy field and creating an enormous shockwave, but still, his arm immediately bounced back, failing to break the barrier, while the demonic-level threat still loomed over the city as if nothing had happened, and with its deadly laser it tried to eliminate the incoming defender who stood in its way. Repeating his actions a few more times, and trying again to attack from afar, Genos had given up hope of breaking through the damn shield, but after only a second he had nothing to worry about. The Master leapt from a nearby building and, as if without the slightest resistance, he slammed through the protective field and destroyed the last of the infernal machines, as well as all of its allies before it. The cyber-demon was left to admire his mentor's victory, while at the same time getting away to avoid being hit by explosions from the remains of his former foe. Threat averted, all aggressors eliminated.
- Well, that's about it," Saitama scratched his nose in a casual manner.
- Genos, let's go home, you're hungry," he stood beside his apprentice while the other only had to admire his strength.
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Space, countless stars, a dark shimmering figure.
- Our scouts seem to have been destroyed. Thanks to the data, we now know that on this planet the development of the spiral force took place without the aid of mechs. Instead, intelligent life-forms developed their own bodies. This is dangerous. The spiral energy on this planet exceeds all safe limits. It must be gotten rid of as a matter of urgency.
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- Ge-enos, when will breakfast be ready?"
- Saitama, in a place he had already taken a fancy to, was still lying on the floor playing a game he had borrowed from King.
- Just a second! I'm almost done," the cyber-demon, meanwhile, worked unsparingly at the cooker, trying to cook the perfect dish as a tribute to his teacher.
- Uh... What is this nonsense?" - The main character started to turn the console in his hands in a puzzled manner. - Did something happen there?"
- There's a weirdo in the game, it goes all the way to the screen. And can't turn it off," then the man turned his gaze to the switched on television.
- Er, he's on the telly too! What's going on? Before the two men had a chance to say a word, a black silhouette with two white circles for eyes began its own speech.
- Citizens of the planet, we are the anti-spiralists. It is our duty to eradicate and completely destroy all spiral forms of life in order to preserve the present universe. Your evolution has gone too far and soon you will be the main cause of the Spiral Nemesis, the end of all things. To prevent this from happening, this planet will be irrevocably erased by us in the near future. At this point the picture disappeared and the TV continued with the low-budget TV show. - What? Is it aliens again?" - It could be a practical joke", - Genos was just putting the food he had prepared on the table.
-Yes, but you know, you should always expect the worst. You don't have to make any arrangements for the best, but if you're not prepared for the worst, you might as well pay the price."
- Oh, my God! What wise words! I should write them down!" - The cyborg took out his notebook and with a twinkle in his eye began to sketch the hieroglyphs, but the light from the windows suddenly and almost completely disappeared.
- A solar eclipse? Is it this month?" - Saitama looked out the window.
Both men decided to go outside to find out what had happened, but what they saw was beyond ordinary people's comprehension. In the middle of the day there was suddenly such a total night that even the stars had disappeared from the sky. The newly blue sky became dark and completely empty, and the temperature in the city dropped drastically. Steam began to come out of people's mouths.
- Are those aliens the ones who did this?" - Saitama asked, but before his companion could answer, the latter suddenly received an urgent call from the Heroes Association.
"S-Class Heroes, an urgent meeting has been announced! All who can must report to our headquarters immediately!"
- Looks like it's serious", the bald hero announced in his usual bored voice.
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- Heroes! We have gathered you here to announce a divine-level threat! - A man with a potato nose was loudly chanting to the five individuals who had arrived. - Deathstroke, King, Ironbat, Cyberdemon and... Bald cape, you again? OK, we're not into that now. Less than 15 minutes ago, the entire world received a strange message from some anti-spiralists and immediately afterwards, our entire planet was engulfed by an unknown space object! However, according to the data received, at this very moment we are inside some huge ball, and it does not have a single hole! It's beyond comprehension how and where this thing suddenly appeared! And also...
- Stop filling our heads with this information, what do you want me to do?" - Metal bat exclaimed.
- I can't reach that thing with my bat, so why did you ask for it? Can I go now? My little sister's gig starts in half an hour, I can't be late."
- Please, Metal bat, we're already too few, at least hear us out. This is very important. Judging by the increasing energy waves being emitted, this new environment we find ourselves in is going to do something soon! And if we take into account previous threats, it is clear that the aliens are going to destroy us completely! We speculate that the machine looming over us is going to hit the Earth with some sort of energy beam or something similar, and leave us all but a handful of ashes! We need to come up with a plan of action now! We must all give it our all! Otherwise, humanity will end! - What do you suggest? - King has spoken this time.
- Of course, this is the real apocalypse, but I agree with Metal bat, how can we help? We are warriors, we can defeat any enemy on earth, but the current threat is beyond our capabilities. What do you want us to do?
- You're all cowardly wimps! And how did people like you get into the S-Class in the first place? - The tornado has also decided to come forward.
- He may indeed be the most dangerous enemy we've ever met, but I'm pretty sure even he's no match for me. I propose to launch me into orbit, and from there I'll rip this doomsday machine apart and send it back into space. That'll be the end of this whole circus you've got going on here.
- That's a good idea! Looks like you really are our only bargaining chip this time! Let's begin preparations immediately! Tornado, please hurry with me, you still need to change! The green-haired girl, shining a cheeky grin, walked out of the meeting hall following the potato-nosed man. - Well, I guess we're free to go," Metal bat stood up and followed to the exit as well. - Alright, I'm off, I don't want to disappoint my sister. - I should probably get going too, I still have a lot of unfinished business", King followed his example.
- Master, what are we going to do... Master, where are you?! - Genos looked around where his Master had just sat and then around the room but could not find him anywhere.
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- Hmm," Saitama was standing in the middle of a field far away from all the cities, "I can jump from the Moon to the Earth, so it should work the other way around too, I guess... Well, all we have to do is break that thing before it destroys the planet, and then everything will be fine. So..."
So the hero strikes the right pose, prepares himself, calculates his strength, determied the trajectory and ... jumped, ripping the next few hundred meters of earth to shreds. His body was consumed by the fire created by the friction of the air, but this did not cause the protagonist the slightest discomfort. After only a few seconds he was already in orbit and on inertia flew straight towards the huge structure that completely covered the whole planet. However, of course, no one allowed him to reach the dome in peace. As if out of nowhere, the familiar enemy forces that had just crushed his city the day before suddenly appeared. They tried to resist and incinerate the uninvited guest, but none of them in their short existence was able to stop the flying hero even slightly. After destroying the anti-spiral pawns, Saitama began to see the sinuous outline of the huge machine, as well as the faint, faint glow it emitted. Baldcloak spent the next few seconds concentrating, and finally reaching his designated target, he landed on it. It seemed to be under high tension, and if any other person stepped on it, they would immediately turn to ashes. He had already noticed for himself that even the lack of air didn't harm him, it didn't seem to hinder his ability to function at all. He decided not to waste any more time and returned to Earth as soon as possible, so he smashed the tin can down. With just one really serious blow to the piece of metal, he made a hole in it that was almost the size of an entire continent. Honestly, he was a little surprised at the result himself, as he had never put so much force into his punch before.
- "Well, there you go," the hero thought, but the next moment he could see what the dome was hiding behind it. Space had changed. Previously pitch black, it now shimmered in a multitude of colours: purple, blue, blue, green.
- "Wow, was it like this before?"
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- Yay! The tornado isn't even in orbit yet, and it's already doing tremendous damage!
- At the Heroes Association control centre, everyone started shouting the green-haired girl's name in raptures and cheers.
- She's doing it! Come on, Blizzard, just a few more times and you'll be all set! The apocalypse is canceled!
- Stop! Sir, something's wrong! - One of the subordinates turned to the man with the potato nose.
- We're noticing some very strange things in the hole that's forming! Space seems to have changed! But we can't say anything definite yet, most of the satellites were destroyed right after the appearance of this enormous crap thing.
- Well, find out what's wrong! We're in an emergency situation, every little thing could cost us all our lives! - Yes, sir!
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The depths of multicoloured space. A dark shimmering figure, a voice with metallic notes like an echo. - The humans managed to destroy the restraining shell. In such a short time. Commendable, but useless. Command: create an army. Order: Destroy the planet. Status: Underway.
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Saitama was still hovering somewhere between the wreckage of this doomsday machine, watching the strange colours and wondering what he should do now, when suddenly the answer found itself. Somewhere in the distance he suddenly heard some sort of scrambling sound... "Eh, is it possible to hear sounds in space?", he thought, but he did not have time to think about it. Out of nowhere, at a great distance from the Earth, a huge boulder of stone appeared, shimmering in bright colours. Its size was incredible. It was, at the very least, almost the size of the moon. But the most frightening thing was that the rock had a face. Many faces. And it was getting closer. Without thinking long, the man realised that it was another enemy capable of destroying the Earth in one fell swoop, so without hesitation he reached for the nearest piece of metal, precisely calculated the trajectory and pushed off towards the huge pile of rock. The wreckage that helped him make the jump flew towards his home planet with a bullet, and the hero only hoped that no one would get hurt because of it. Nevertheless, Saitama, without much enthusiasm, traversed the entire cosmic distance separating him and humanity's new adversary in seconds. Reaching his destination, the hero struck a devastatingly serious blow on the surface of the moving celestial body without any delay while in flight. The latter, as usual, did not even have time to react, as with a huge blast wave it exploded into thousands of small fragments, scattered in different directions in this strange multi-coloured universe. Now that there were no more villains in the vicinity, Saitama had time to look around. The first thing he noticed was that the Earth, wherever he looked out and looked for them, was missing both its only natural satellite and the star illuminating this planet. "Somehow it's all very strange."
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- Hmm? - The black silhouette continued its monologue. - Has the fleet been destroyed? So quickly? By just one creature? These humans are highly advanced in their spiraling physical development. They must be destroyed immediately. Yes, destroyed immediately, that's right...
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- What am I supposed to do now? What's going on here anyway?" the bald man was still floating in open space, somewhat confused. Suddenly he heard a strange voice with metallic notes like an echo.
- Little man, with only your body you could easily destroy all of our battleships. Such a method of evolution is quite rare. But such enormous power is unacceptable," the hero merely turned his head to look for the source of the sound, but it seemed to emanate from all directions at once. - Such an evolution is dangerous to the universe, capable of causing a Spiral Nemesis - the self-destruction of all things. We anti-spiralists also once strived for self-improvement, but we realised that this would destroy us all. So we have sunk into eternal slumber on our planet and taken on the burden of guardians of the universe. It is our duty to prevent and destroy all sudden bursts of spiral energy like yours.
- What?" Saitama's face, as usual, did not show any alarm.
- I don't know what your reasons are, but I will not have my planet destroyed! Where are you holed up in there, come out! Let me punch you in the face and go home! - It was only after the man had finished speaking that he suddenly realised he could talk without any problems despite the lack of any atmosphere around him.
- You are not the first to seek to protect your home and you won't be the last. However, we are forced to do what we have to do. And to teach you true desperation, we will defeat you in an equal battle. Defeat in a battle where the forces were equal will show you all your helplessness. You will realise that your forward movement is meaningless. You will learn what we have learned.
- Okay, let's just be quick... No sooner had the hero finished his sentence than a light flashed from somewhere above and in the next instant a strange creature with a rather formidable appearance came into view. It had two legs, two arms and one head, but that was where the resemblance to humans ended. There were multiple growths and oblong curves all over its body, which had purple skin, as if its bones were protruding from its body and pulling its skin along with it. His fingers were long and pointed, and long horns grew from his head. His face, on the other hand, had sharp, intimidating features. The last thing you could substitute for another interesting feature was that this monster burned with purple flames. Only moments after its appearance, the new enemy, which appeared to be able to fly freely in space, swooped down on Saitama at lightning speed. Incredibly fast overcoming the distance that separated them, the creature began to attack. The bald man blocked his opponent's first direct strike without any difficulty, but flew backwards with great speed as he had no ground beneath his feet and could not hold his ground. In the next millisecond the purple beast had already caught up with its prey, roared an infernal roar, and right in flight launched a crushing series of blows that would have been imperceptible to the human eye. But not to Saitama's eye. Without the slightest effort he took each blow, gaining more and more flight speed. After a hundred blows in less than a second, the purple monster clenched his fist, tensed all his muscles, and delivered a single fist punch, the power of which was a hundred times greater than all the other blows combined. With a speed almost reaching the speed of light, the hero hurtled across the empty expanse of space. A few seconds later the man crashed backwards into some small deserted planet, creating a kilometer-wide crater and a huge cloud of dust. Saitama only had time to blink a couple of times and survey the black earth around him before a space monster's fist appeared a few centimeters from his face. But suddenly the words, "A very, very serious blow" sounded, and he was immediately met by the fist of an Earth hero. The crater enlarged several times, the blast wave raised dust all over the surface of this planet, and the ruthless foe was torn into a thousand pieces, which suddenly dissolved into space with a multicoloured glow.
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- Huh?" the black, shimmering figure widened its white eyes. - Have we been defeated? Unthinkable... Such power... How could we not have detected it sooner... It's too dangerous for the universe. This little man must be dealt with as quickly as possible.
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The dust cloud was still hanging over the lifeless planet when suddenly a man in a yellow suit jumped out of it, landing on the nearest mountain where he could at least see his arms and legs. He began to shake off his clothes, gazing at the local scenery in passing. - What the hell am I doing here? How am I going to get home now?" The man was about to take a step, but suddenly realized that... He was sleepy? It's been a long time... It's really been a long time since he's had that pleasant feeling. It was really good... Without even thinking about what to do, he collapsed on the ground, falling asleep instantly.
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Morning. Soft cot. A bright, tidy room. A bright, pleasant day outside. The woman I love is still very sleepy. The black-haired man stretched blissfully and yawned as he embraced his other half. Suddenly, Fubuki opened her eyes and smiled.
- Good morning, Saitama."
- Good morning," the hero could not help smiling either.
After some more resting, they both rose to their feet, washed, dressed, ate breakfast and went about their business. As every day, the brunette patrolled the outskirts of the city in his now native yellow suit. As luck would have it, he would catch one or two baddies, for which, of course, he would receive praise from his superiors and perhaps even a new number in the A-class.
Sometimes he has someone to keep him company, which makes his job a pleasure. So today he meets a good friend from the S-Class. Even though Genos is of a much higher rank, he still calls Saitama his teacher, no matter how amusing it may sound. After greeting one another, they chatted about mundane matters, and together they continued to look out for anyone who might need their help. As usual, their town was teeming with all kinds of underground business enthusiasts. Already the first of them had made them sweat for the day. He was a half-man, half-cat who, in broad daylight, was trying to break into someone's house. He bared his fangs and claws during the fight, which allowed him to catch Saitama in the act of surprise and scratch his left arm until it bled. When the villain was already firmly bound and handed over to the proper authorities, the cyber-demon voiced his excitement about his mentor's injury, to which the latter replied that it was just a scratch and not something to worry about. - Besides, you know, Genos, isn't that cool? The bad guy was able to catch me and hurt me before I punched him in the face. Sure, experiencing pain isn't very pleasant, but the sheer pain of fighting a worthy adversary can override that and make for great pleasure."
- Master! How well said! I must write it down!"
- The cyborg exclaimed, taking out his notebook. After this conversation, they continued patrolling, but apparently all the criminals were finished for the day. After going to the supermarket and buying discounted groceries, the men said goodbye and went home. As usual, Saitama was at home waiting for his beloved, greeting him with a tender kiss. Together they cooked dinner, took it in and spent the evening having fun, playing games, chatting and reading books before going to bed. Towards midnight the couple said goodnight to each other and fell into a deep sleep. However, it did not last long. They were awakened from their sweet sleep by a sudden rumbling noise coming from the street, which was immediately followed by a loud explosion. The man jumped out of bed and immediately ran to the window, behind which he saw a huge monster, like a huge pile of boulders, somehow held together.
The monster was heading down the street, smashing everything in its path. With no time to change, the heroes jumped out of the house in their pajamas only. The monster was only a few dozen yards away, other people ran screaming away, making Fubuki immediately direct all her strength at the living rock, unafraid to hit the innocents. Shards of buildings, cars, earth, trees all came down on the monster's back in a single stream. But it only turned angrily towards its irritant. While the pile of earth lifted the nearest car and threw it at the esper, Saitama grabbed a hurriedly found iron and rushed to bludgeon the next monster with it. The Monster, of course, had no effect, and with a simple flick of his hand, tossed the pesky little man aside, knocking his head to the ground and leaving him bleeding profusely. At the same time, Fubuki diligently continued to pelt the monster with shrapnel of various origin and dodge its attacks. Unfortunately, the moving earth was far more nimble than it appeared at first glance, so very soon she managed to reach her opponent and catch it in her huge hand, causing it to shriek softly. "Damn, it hurts, I can't even get up," the wounded man's mind flashed.
- How's the battle going, is Fubuki winning? I need to see it," Saitama, despite the gravity of the action, bothered to lift his head and find his beloved with his eyes. And she was in danger. Opening his eyes wide, he rolled over onto his stomach in the same second and tried to stand up. But his arms and legs failed him. They did not obey, and blood kept gushing from his head.
- No! Come on, get up! Get up, I said! We've got to help Fubuki! Don't just lie there!
- but these were only thoughts in his head. In reality, he could do nothing. And he was well aware of that.
- Shit! No! Somebody help! That thing's got her! Help, please! Somebody..." The hero helplessly continued to watch as the monster clutched his girl in its limb, cursing him and continuing to mentally call out for help. Suddenly he heard a voice in his head. - So help her yourself, come on, what are you waiting for? - Huh?" Saitama couldn't believe what he was hearing.
- Am I losing my mind?
- No, damn it, I'm you! Don't try to figure it out, just remember who you are! Stand up and tear this gnat to pieces! You can do it!
- How?! I can't even stand up! Let alone keep fighting! I'm not strong enough! - That's enough! Saitama! You're a true hero! You've defeated much stronger monsters!
- What...? What are you talking about?! - The brunette still couldn't figure out if this was all true or if he really had already developed some mental problems.
- It wouldn't take you long to leave him in a pile of dust! Come on, don't you dare lay there while a woman gets a beating for you! Come on! Remember everything! Remember every man you saved! Remember Boros! Remember the alien attack! Remember that you're not even on your own planet! Suddenly, Saitama's breath caught. His eyes glittered, but at the same time it was as if he couldn't find his place, and his head began to tear up. At first he felt a severe headache, but then in an instant everything stopped. The hero felt a blissful sensation of pure reason. And he remembered everything.
- Yes!!! - The man with the black hair suddenly slammed his fist into the ground, causing it to simply shatter and explode in all directions, leaving a huge crater in its place. The whole town shook as if it had been struck by an earthquake. The cars' alarms went off, and the windows of nearby buildings shattered into tiny shards. The monster turned its torso with interest towards the source of it all, but the only thing it had time to see was the flicker of a hero who approached it in a split second and delivered a single but devastating blow. As the monster shattered into small pieces, Saitama caught his beloved in flight. Standing outside their shared house and holding her in his arms, he uttered: - I love you, Fubuki," he kissed her on the lips.
- But now I have to go.
- Yes, I'll be waiting. Kick those anti-spiral guys and get back to Earth as soon as you can.
- Yeah, well, I'll see you around.
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The metallic notes echoed, a black silhouette himself descended upon the lifeless planet and stood before the motionless body of the sleeping hero. He was about to wave his hand, walk away and leave him here forever.
But then Saitama opened his eyes.
- Wha... What? Impossible... Impossible! Intelligent life forms are incapable of escaping the mazes of extra-dimensional dimensions! You're not supposed to...
- Like hell it's going to work on me! - The hitherto lying on the cold ground jumped sharply to his feet. - I am Saitama, a professional hero, and I am here to kick your ass and save my planet!
- Don't be so arrogant, you pathetic little man! We're the anti-Spiral, and you're nothing but a pathetic insect at our feet!
In the next millisecond the bald man was already directly in front of his new adversary, his fist pumping forward at breakneck speed. However, it hit the wrong place, not in his torso, but in someone else's palm. And it took the full force of the blow, remaining motionless. Incredible torrents of wind formed around the two rivals, the ground beneath them cracked and all the dust from that mountain instantly disappeared, scattering in all directions. Saitama froze for a second, trying to comprehend what had happened. No one had ever before been able to stop his blow. It was so new and unusual... That the man did not hold back a smirk.
- Don't think your strength is strong enough to overpower us!
Now the black silhouette decided to go on the attack. He made a swing and launched his fist already. Except that his speed had even overwhelmed Saitama. The latter put up a block and went on the defensive as it should, only it was useless. The force of the approaching blow was so enormous that the mountain beneath the man's feet cracked and he went flying down through it, tearing deeper and deeper into the ground beneath him. The hero could not believe that just one blow from his enemy could have been so powerful. However, this was only the beginning. The body in the yellow suit had yet to think of stopping as a black silhouette caught up with him. Saitama once again decided to use his serious punch. His fist rushed towards his foe in the tiniest fraction of a second, but was knocked aside by someone else's palm. It slammed into the ground and all that unreal amount of ground above them instantly ripped away from the rest of the planet and out into open space. Meanwhile, the second anti-spiral strike was not long in coming. And it was several times more powerful than the previous one. The consequences of this blow could be seen even from orbit, for it caused the whole planet to be covered in cracks, and in the next second it exploded and scattered in all directions, sparkling with all the magma that lurked in its veins. The full force of the impact was aimed straight at the earthly hero, who was now hovering among the countless seething remnants of the once massive celestial body. Naturally, he did not receive a scratch.
- You are still alive... You are indeed the possessor of sheer power. It's clear to us now how you were able to take out all of our units so easily.
Saitama didn't answer anything. He merely hovered indifferently in space, expressing no emotion whatsoever. For a second it might have seemed as if he didn't care about what was going on around him. But suddenly he smiled again and raised his head, and in his eyes the long extinguished light burned brightly.
- Strong. You really are strong! You see my punches. You make me work harder than usual! You make me feel the pleasure of fighting again!
- The pleasure... You are ruled only by feelings and emotions. That's why you're dangerous. That's why we will destroy you, little man! Show us your strength and we'll fight you back! Don't hesitate, your planet is already safely hidden in another dimension! In this battle, you will know what true despair is.
The human silhouette flew towards Saitama at incredible speed, once more intent on delivering its attack, this time even more swift and devastating. He had already come quite close and a collision seemed inevitable. However, the bald hero decided to get really serious. He surpassed the anti-spiral speed and showed them his punch.
- A galactic punch.
His speed and power was simply beyond the bounds of common sense. He struck his opponent right in the chest. The blast wave even in space spread out over hundreds of millions of kilometres, crushing all the planets, asteroids, comets and satellites into tiny fragments, immediately sending them flying off into the distant unknown. After this there was nothing left around, not a pebble, not a speck of dust, just a dark void. In the midst of it hung a man in a yellow suit. In the midst of such incredible destruction, not a single living thing seemed able to survive, yet...
- Not bad! - A voice with metallic tones echoed in his head. In the next nanosecond, literally out of nowhere, from nowhere, a fist arose right in front of Saitama's face, several times the speed and power of the blow he had just shown. The man couldn't even imagine that anyone in the entire universe was capable of something like that except himself. That crushing hit directly into the head of the Earth defender emitted an even greater blast wave, and the latter was thrown hundreds of millions of kilometres away, whose body developed superluminal speed in the process, as unrealistic as it sounded. Saitama, of course, grinned and continued his flight without any damage, expecting a second blow from his opponent, but it did not come. Instead he felt heat. And it was getting hotter and hotter.
The Earthling turned his head and found a huge star glinting brightly behind him. And he was about to crash into it. The temperature was rising, but the hero only showed the pleasure of the fight. Even as he was swallowed up by the seething plasma, continuously spewing fiery geysers high into space. To be on a star was indeed an unusual experience, and Saitama understood that. He also realised that even here he was just a little too hot. Stopping his flight, the man tried to float to the surface as if in water, but his opponent would not leave him alone. Suddenly, again, as if out of nowhere, a black silhouette appeared in front of the man in the yellow suit, once again intending to attack. This time his fist was faster and stronger than his hundreds of fists before, but he still had the same goal - to destroy the intruder. The bald hero on the other hand took it effortlessly, grabbing him with his own palm right in flight. The collision between the two incredible objects sent all stellar matter around them scattering millions of miles in all directions, leaving only total emptiness in its place. It looked as if a single large chunk had been taken from a star, like an apple.
Continuing to hold his enemy's hand, Saitama had already prepared his own killing blow back, which was virtually impossible to stop. And, naturally, he hit exactly the bullseye. The space creature's limb snapped off with unimaginable force, and the rest of his body shot off toward the star at incredible velocity, immediately penetrating it and leaving a huge tunnel behind that went through the entire cosmic body. For a second the man relaxed, the severed hand in his palm quickly dissolving itself, but he knew the battle was not over. In the next instant, the same black silhouette reappeared right in the centre of the tunnel that had formed. His limb was already in place, and more than that, from behind him, above his head, were two more arms sticking out, holding some sort of distorting anomaly that was already clearly eager to get out of control.
- Impressive, little man! Know the true despair of being swallowed by an enormous black hole!
At the same instant all matter around increased the speed of its movement, rushing lightning fast towards the invisible absorber of the universe. The plasma of the entire star began to rotate, swirling through space as if it were a huge fiery tornado. Saitama, like everything else, caught by the incredible force of gravity, flew straight towards the centre of this cosmic cataclysm. But he wasn't going to stand idly by.
- The universal impact.
Clenching his fist, the hero struck his opponent so hard that he himself was terrified to think of the impending consequences. At that moment space and time themselves trembled, moving closer and closer to a state of deformation. The whole galaxy... no, an entire system of galaxies was wiped from the face of the universe. This colossal burst of energy completely destroyed everything within striking range of Saitama. It was indeed a very, very, very serious blow. Once again, an area of many, many millions of light years was completely devastated. There was nothing, absolutely nothing left: no stars, no planets, no asteroids, not even dust. Only one hero in a yellow suit hovered in the midst of this vast, empty space. A hero who once again heard in his head the same familiar voice with metallic notes and echoes.
- Human, can't you see for yourself how dangerous you are to the universe? Your power is too incredible, soon you will inevitably summon the Spiral...
- Will you shut up! Will you stop talking, eh? You're ranting about the end of the world. Like I'm gonna let it happen! Hurry up, I've got to get to the shop before it closes!
- Limitless stupidity. The destruction of the universe will be inevitable! We will use all our powers to destroy you, little man, and then your whole miserable planet!
In the next instant, as so many times before, the same familiar dark silhouette emerged from nothing, from the empty space in front of Saitama. Except he had undergone a minor correction: right in his chest was a grey little round pebble.
- Now you will see our full power. Get ready.
- Okey.
Suddenly the dark enemy glowed and was covered in a bright purple flame. Saitama was still supremely serious, but as his opponent rushed towards him, the latter was able to develop such unimaginable speed that the anti-spiralist the bald hero had known seconds before was a mere minnow in comparison. The flickering silhouette was able to reach and hit Saitama with a speed so much greater than the old one that the earthling forgot to dodge in any way at all in astonishment. The destructive power of this attack was at least equal to the earth defender's last blow. The stricken hero took off on a flight so swift and so far away that he almost instantly reached one of the nearest surviving galaxies, flying through it and at the same time splitting in two with his body along with an unthinkable shockwave, destroying a huge number of planet systems that were unlucky enough to be in their way. Just as Saitama came to his senses, the same villain was already looming over him, intent on continuing his attack. This time, however, the man in the yellow suit was expecting similar agility.
- Double series of universal blow.
The bald man increased his pressure even more, however. The anti-spiral man caught all these blows as if they belonged to a child.
- Killer Move: Omnidirectional double consecutive series of divine blows!
And they began spinning around themselves, simultaneously attacking, blocking and dodging their blows. From the perspective of a normal biological life form, it was as if they were in all places at once, like Sridenger's cat. Accelerating at an impossible speed. Around them circled all the stars and galaxies. And despite that, they couldn't hit each other.
The enemy swung around in an impossible plane. Saitama saw it. The enemy clenched his fist. Saitama saw it. The enemy launched his hand right into the hero's body. Saitama saw it. As if in slow motion. While the enemy was going through his motions, the man who was doing heroics for fun had plenty of time to think about today. This creature really is just incredibly strong. And the bald hero was just unspeakably glad that he was the lucky one to get the chance to crush this monster. The distance to the monster's fist had already been halved. Saitama realized that this time he would have to give it his all to win. And then he prepared his blow, breaking all the bones of his body at the same time.
The hardest punch of the most powerful creature that ever existed.
- A true punch.
Something in the very core of the universe groaned. The hero's attack reached its destination, and in that instant, time stood still as if it had frozen and space began to shrink. For a brief moment the meeting place of the two incredible bodies became the centre of this universe, all matter in this entire dimension began to be drawn to it, spiralling in a helix along the way. But a moment later all this was transformed into such a mighty explosion that countless bright stars, galaxies and other cosmic objects flew before Saitama's eyes literally right in front of him. The hero himself could not understand what was happening now, but one thing was certain: the enemy was defeated. His true body slowly disintegrated into tiny, tiny dust particles before the ignominious hero's eyes, immediately absorbed by the chaos going on around him. As the Anti-Spiral's body deformed and vanished, their gaze was fixed on the unimaginably superior hero. They seemed to want to say something last, to convey their last thought to him, but their mouths remained unmoved. All sorts of substances in all sorts of forms and states continued to fly past the man. He noticed that they were all headed towards the same point in space. So fast that a small part of space to the opposite side of the epicenter was deprived of the shimmer of stars and covered by complete darkness. And that part began to expand rapidly. The whole spectacle continued until all light, all matter down to the last particle, disappeared, reaching, as the man realised, the throat of the incredibly huge black hole whose formation he himself had caused. And now, with absolutely nothing else left, it was Saitama's turn. For the first time in years he felt fear. With that came panic. When the hero found himself in the middle of a universal cataclysm he could watch in all its glory as his own body began to dissolve by itself right into thin air. He didn't know what he had to do, but he had already realized that it seemed that even he had finally come to the end. Here he had already lost his legs, his arms, his body. A moment more and there was absolutely nothing left. The universe was completely devastated. Now there is only an endless void.
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Earth.
As planned, the whirlwind had dismantled the hellish doomsday machine that covered their planet, hurling all but a small fraction of the wreckage far into space to be studied and used for science, as well as to play its part in the coming battle against some anti-spiralists. Half an hour after the green-haired girl's return to Earth, a new event occurred: the entire planet felt a powerful jolt, after which the sky turned blue again and the disappeared Sun and Moon were back in their places. The Association of Heroes speculates that the massive dome was what kept their cosmic home in some other dimension, and that as soon as it was destroyed, everything was back to normal. However, since this is the second alien attack, the earthlings realized that from now on the attack of the evil forces should be expected even from the vastness of space, which led to the creation of a special unit, which will throw all its forces on the early study of methods of detection and protection against uninvited guests, as well as the development of outer space in the near future.
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The outskirts of City B.
A loud explosion in the middle of the street. Numerous screams. A curious eye examines the crater, searching for victims. To everyone's surprise, the hole was quite wide, but no one could figure out what had caused the explosion. Suddenly, the earth in the hole could be heard crumbling, causing people to scatter away again. All they were to see now, however, was a naked bald man climbing sluggishly out of the crater. Someone immediately shouted for him to cover himself, as well as to cover the children's eyes. Saitama himself was just as reluctant to show off his dignity, so he immediately grabbed the bag that had come at him and raced home.