Chapter 895: Still Not Worthy of Legend

"Isn't this a bit despicable?"

The Deep Sea King fell, but within the crowd, someone spoke in a small voice.

Genos's actions were somewhat inconsistent with the public's perception of heroes.

In the public's perception, heroes should be open and aboveboard.

Not this kind of situation, speaking face-to-face on one hand, while striking from behind on the other.

Even if some heroes do act this way, they cannot display it openly and righteously in front of the public.

"Despicable what despicable, that's a monster, you don't need to talk about morality with a monster!"

Fortunately, there were also normal people here who didn't think the sneak attack just now was a big deal.

"Everyone, please don't worry, you are already safe."

Genos looked at the people in the shelter and spoke to soothe them.

However, just as his words fell, the fallen Deep Sea King suddenly sprang up.

By the time Genos reacted, it had grabbed Genos's mechanical hand holding the sword, and kicked him in the mechanical waist and abdomen with one foot.

A tearing sound rang out, Genos's right mechanical arm was directly torn off, and with a bang, the kicked Genos's body smashed into the shelter's wall.

"Heart pierced, why didn't you die?"

Genos, imprinted on the wall, hadn't lost consciousness, merely confused why the sea monster with its heart destroyed could still move.

"Heh, merely piercing the heart can't kill me, to kill me, you at least have to completely destroy my heart."

The Deep Sea King didn't pursue, but pulled out the alloy sword inserted in its body, and walked out through the breach.

Outside, the heavy rain activated its body, letting the near-fatal piercing wound on its chest rapidly repair itself.

"Mechanical worm that almost killed me, have you thought about how you want to die?"

Injuries self-healed, the Deep Sea King looked at Genos, who had only one arm left yet didn't flee, pried himself off the wall, and now blocked the shelter's breach, revealing a ferocious grin.

"Just now I was careless, didn't confirm your death, but this time, I will surely ensure the termination of your life before telling others it's safe————"

【Before coming down, I already notified Saitama-sensei, as long as I persist until Saitama-sensei arrives, that is victory!

】

Just as Genos thought this, the Deep Sea King entering Phase 2 in the heavy rain burst forth with extremely terrifying speed, instantly arriving before him.

Genos couldn't react in time and was blown away, followed closely by the Deep Sea King's pursuit like a violent storm.

During this, Genos wasn't without thoughts of resistance, but that kick from the Deep Sea King just now seemed to have caused some malfunction in his main torso mecha, making his reactions a beat slower.

【Can I really persist until Saitama-sensei arrives, damn it, if I hadn't been so careless————】

The Undefeated War God—Genos, with only one-sided defensive capability left, was violently beaten by the Phase 2 Deep Sea King with no ability to resist, and regret inevitably arose in his heart.

His mechanical body was quickly beaten into pieces, limbs severed, the Deep Sea King grabbed Genos's only remaining head: "End————"

"Pa~"

The "le" afterwards hadn't been spoken, when a stone smashed into the Deep Sea King's temple.

The Deep Sea King's eye corner twitched, turning its head to look at the direction the stone flew from.

It was a human female.

Vivian did not shrink back, facing the Deep Sea King's fierce gaze, she roared: "Monster, let me be your opponent!"

Hearing this, the Deep Sea King was angered into laughter; land soldiers (heroes) daring to attack it was one thing, but an ordinary female human who isn't even a soldier also coming to attack it?

The stone's attack power wasn't high, but the insult was maxed out.

"Are you all thinking the same as her?"

A hoarse, deep voice came from the Phase 2 Deep Sea King's mouth, sending a chill down the spines of the crowd watched by the Deep Sea King.

"N-no, we're not together with her."

The people beside Vivian, whether strangers, or idol colleagues from the same agency, or even her manager, all ran away at the first moment, all wanting to stay far away from this jinx Vivian.

The monster before them had even defeated heroes, what could a mere ordinary idol do, Vivian wants to die, but they don't want to die.

This was the most genuine thought of the fleeing people, while the remaining B-Class Hero's body twitched, yet discovered their footsteps were unexpectedly so heavy.

Yeah, A-Class and S-Class heroes are defeated, what can us B-Class do, stepping forward now is nothing but dying earlier.

And if we don't step forward, with so many people in the shelter, perhaps later we can take advantage of the chaos when the monster goes on a killing spree to escape.

Of course, not everyone is greedy for life and afraid of death.

"Miss, please step back, we heroes will deal with the monster————"

As a C-Class Hero deemed unable to help by the Association and evacuated into the shelter together, Mumen Rider now stood before Vivian.

And inspired by him, those originally timid B-Class Heroes also stepped out: "Even a C-Class Hero went up, we B-Class can't shrink back."

Bodies trembling from fear, yet also from the little courage mustered, this group stood before the Deep Sea King, facing fear head-on.

"Good, you land worms, I will tear your bodies bit by bit, letting you feel extreme pain before dying."

The Deep Sea King's vertical pupils stared at this group, it wanted them to feel pain, scream, taste the flavor of regret, regret challenging this Deep Sea Overlord.

"What the hell is Saitama doing, he comes to J-City but runs off to the coast, what the hell?"

Just as the Deep Sea King's words fell, a helpless voice came from behind it.

The Deep Sea King grew vigilant, hurriedly looked back, and saw a man and a woman walk in from the shelter breach.

Outside it was clearly pouring heavy rain, yet the clothes on the two had not a trace of wetness.

"Where did this tr————sh come from?"

The Deep Sea King didn't finish speaking, and froze, because its perspective was rotating.

【That's not my body, why?】

The Deep Sea King's head very abruptly left home from its neck.

"What happened, why did that monster's head suddenly fall off?"

"I don't know, but it seemed like I saw the person who came in raise their hand, extend their index finger, and lightly swipe once in the monster's direction."

"Flashy Flash, it's Super Flash, I know him."

"Who is that?"

"You don't know? The Hero Association's newly promoted S-Class Rank 3 hero."

"I understand now, it must be him using Flash, just that the speed was too fast, so nobody saw it."

"I see, then are we safe?"

While the onlookers were whispering because the Deep Sea King suddenly dropped dead, Broly came to Genos's side.

"Genos, are you alright?"

"Mr. Broly, I'm sorry, I have failed your teachings."

Lying on the ground, with only a torso and head remaining, Genos wore an expression of shame.

"Hmm, actual combat, there are always all kinds of accidents, from now on you only need to remember to be a bit more cautious."

Broly comforted the other party with a sentence, then said: "Though this time, I stole your credit again."

"Not at all, if you hadn't arrived in time this time, the people here would probably all be in danger."

Genos shook his head.

"Exactly exactly, you useless heroes, yet almost put us in danger."

Before Broly could speak, some harsh voices came from the crowd.

Looking towards the sound, it was a man in a green checkered shirt with a somewhat lewd appearance.

"Hey, what do you mean by that?"

A C-Class Hero happened to be at the side, grabbed this person's collar and questioned him.

"How so, did I say something wrong? No ability to protect us ordinary people from the monster's hands, now instead losing your temper at us ordinary people?"

The man whose collar was grabbed asked in a panic.

"You bastard, do you know how much courage it took for us to stand before that monster?"

"What's that got to do with me? You're heroes, isn't this exactly what you should do?"

Upon discovering he wasn't beaten, and seeing the guy grabbing his collar looking like he wanted to reason with him, this person immediately relaxed, and an indifferent expression appeared on his face.

"Hey, you bastard shut up, these heroes at least stood out just now, prepared to risk their lives, to protect us.

""

"Did they risk their lives?"

"Thi————"

"We indeed didn't risk our lives, but that's because the monster was already solved by Flashy Flash, while the S-Class Demon Cyborg, and the A-Class heroes brought here with severe injuries, they all risked their lives."

A B-Class Hero, pointing at the three A-Class heroes bound like mummies, and Genos beaten into a cripple over there, argued based on reason.

"Heh, who wouldn't risk their life, not going to defeat the monster person and still counting as a hero, and judging by the result, besides Flashy Flash who solved the monster, the other heroes are no different from trash.

Not only did they not solve the monster outside, they even let the monster intrude into the shelter, almost letting an ordinary person like me encounter danger"

"Have you said enough?!"

The one speaking this time was no longer a hero, but an ordinary person at the side.

"Why get angry at me?"

"The monster is strong, the heroes also risked their lives, being protected by others risking their lives, you don't know gratitude, instead opening your mouth to speak sarcastic words nitpicking the heroes, a bastard like you is really disgusting!"

"The Hero Association's activity funds are all donated by us, gave money so of course must be responsible for protecting us well, now I just pointed out some heroes' negligence, what's wrong with that?"

The green checkered shirt man's words made the surrounding ordinary people discuss a bit, some thought he was right, but some thought he was wrong.

"This crisis was basically solved entirely by Flashy Flash alone, other heroes although possibly also served the function of delaying time, but their situation of not being able to beat the monster, can they really be worthy of the hero title?"

Seeing someone agree with him, the green checkered shirt man also gained confidence.

"What you say sounds somewhat reasonable, but I want to ask first, how much money did you donate to the Hero Association?"

"Haha, why should I————"

The words 【Tell you】 afterwards couldn't be spoken, because the green checkered shirt man turned back, and saw the person asking him this question.

Broly was standing behind this person, face showing a curious look staring at this person: "How so, is this something that cannot be answered?"

"This, I don't quite remember."

The green checkered shirt man's eyes rolled, and he spoke somewhat vaguely.

"No matter, you only need to say the approximate amount, also, donating to the Hero Association, don't know if there's an admission ticket or something like that."

"There is, Flashy Flash, donating to the Hero Association, the Hero Association will send an electronic receipt, and a thank you letter, and the receipt has a record of the single donation amount."

Among those present, someone who had donated to the Hero Association immediately answered.

"Hmm, since there is a receipt, don't know if this unknown mister, could let me see the electronic receipt the Hero Association sent you?"

"This, I————"

The green checkered shirt man hemmed and hawed, quickly letting people see the abnormality.

"You wouldn't happen to have not donated to the Hero Association, right?"

The ordinary man who just grabbed this person's collar, posing to hit this person, questioned instead.

And the fact is also so————

"Peh, I still thought you nitpicking heroes so much, just how much did you donate to the Hero Association, result is just a freeloader?

""

Upon discovering the green checkered lewd man fundamentally couldn't produce proof of having donated to the Hero Association, the surrounding people's gaze at this person directly changed.

The green checkered shirt man felt extremely embarrassed, his gaze towards Broly also carried a trace of resentment, after all, he was spraying other heroes, and didn't spray the Flashy Flash before his eyes.

"Even if I didn't donate, but others must have donated, right?"

This person spoke with some stubbornness, yet it was to incite the dissatisfaction of those who had donated money.

"Do you know the salary structure of heroes?"

In response, Broly asked the ordinary people who showed some surprise, and he did not wait for them to give an answer, but pointed at a hero beside him, letting him answer.

Mumen Rider was pointed at, froze for a moment, but still reacted quickly and answered: "The salary structure of heroes is divided into base salary and bonus.

Base salary is the basic wage that can be collected from the Hero Association every month after becoming a hero, while the bonus is the incentive reward given by the Hero Association after a hero captures a criminal or solves a certain disaster."

"Be more specific, how much money can you get each month?"

"It fluctuates according to performance."

"Then how much did you get last month?"

"420,000 yen."

"What class hero are you?"

"C-Class Rank 1."

"Then what about you?"

"640,000, B-Class————"

"Very good, then may I ask what work this ordinary person sir does?"

"Ah, I'm just an ordinary white-collar worker."

"Then how much is your monthly salary?"

"360,000 yen."

"If you were given 420,000 yen each month, would you be willing to risk your life against that sea monster just now?"

The white-collar worker male who was asked hurriedly shook his head.

"Then what about 640,000 yen?"

He still shook his head, even if Broly asked up to the regular salary of an A-Class hero, the other party was not moved.

"Some of you did donate money to the Hero Association, no mistake, but heroes can only get this much money in hand. If this money were given to you, you would all be unwilling to risk your lives, then on what grounds do you blame heroes who are willing to take this little money and risk their lives against monsters?"

"But they are heroes!"

"But heroes are also people.

"6

"Flashy Flash————"

Broly's words spoke into the hearts of the heroes present, while the ordinary people fell somewhat silent.

", is it finished here too?"

Saitama who ran in just happened to break the silence.

"Ah, Genos, are you still alive?"

Saitama discovered Genos in a human-pig state on the ground and hurriedly crouched down to ask.

"He's still alive, by the way, Saitama, why did you run off to the seaside just now?"

Broly ended the "heroes are also people" topic, walked over and curiously asked Saitama.

"Genos only told me the J-City crisis wasn't resolved then hung up the phone. When I arrived at J-City this side wanting to inquire, I discovered my phone was lost while running.

And I'm not like you, able to rely on some Qi to find people, so naturally I could only go to the battle scenes broadcast on the news."

It's also no wonder Saitama came slowly; he searched his way over, and even on the way running to J-City, he lost his own phone.

This operation, Saitama counted as losing a disciple, and also broke an old phone he hadn't replaced in many years, and moreover didn't scoop up any hero achievements at all. On his simple-lined face now, there was somewhat a depressed look.

"The sea monsters that attacked J-City this time, the taste is extremely delicious. Wait, I'll share some with you."

", is that okay?"

"No problem."

Saitama's complexion turned from cloudy to sunny.