Chapter 338: The Mutated Extra and Saitama (3k)

"It really... came out..."

Lilith reached out her hand in disbelief, feeling the warmth of the sunlight.

Even the air had a scent that she found sweet.

"I advise you not to breathe in too much of the air in this place, little girl~"

A female voice with a hint of laziness interrupted Lilith's exclamation.

She turned her head and saw, a few dozen meters away, a woman with long white hair standing straight up, wearing a cloak, standing outside a cordon, holding a weapon that looked like a metal baseball bat, with a cigarette in her mouth, currently sizing up her and Tao Baibai.

Lilith looked back at the sewer she had just escaped from, only to see that there was no sign of a hospital behind her, but rather large patches of colorful, mottled hues appearing out of thin air and constantly shifting.

"If you're living people, you'd better hurry back to my side."

The woman continued to remind Lilith; Lilith certainly wanted to leave, but she looked back at Tao Baibai, who had not moved a step.

It was said in the Space that Tao Baibai had hunted down a Title-level Reincarnator, 【Qicai Modao Qilinsi】, head-on and had placed the other party's Scarlet Drop Card on his stall.

Lilith did not think that she, a 【Bing】-rank spell-casting Reincarnator, could escape the other party's pursuit at this distance, so she wisely did not make any move to run.

Of course, if the person who came wasn't Ayase Seiko from 【Dandadan】, but some powerful S-Class Hero from 【One Punch Man】, she probably would have tried to call for help.

Bai Cangshu "heard" the weak woman's inner thoughts and glanced at her; the other party's thoughts were so simple that they could be understood almost without mind-reading.

Bai Cangshu looked around; this was likely the outskirts of some city, and the outline of the city could be seen in the distance, but a large area of space behind them was occupied by that peculiar energy.

That colorful, mottled hue could not give one a sense of brilliance or beauty; instead, looking at it for a long time made one feel uncomfortable and nauseated.

It radiated a certain special aura, and all power from the real world was isolated; even the wind, when blowing into that space, dissipated completely.

Sunlight could not shine in, and air could not circulate; it was clearly an isolated, independent space.

"Stop looking, that side has been completely infested by the Spirit World; your companions are beyond saving, give up."

Ayase Seiko reminded the two "sentimental" people; she didn't dislike this type of person, it was just that in this day and age, such people were becoming fewer and fewer.

Upon seeing the tall, handsome man and the thin, black-haired woman walk out from the cordon, Ayase Seiko frowned.

This man had a thick scent of blood on him.

"Spirit World Infestation?"

Bai Cangshu realized that this was likely the Plot Character arranged by the Space to introduce the world background and current situation to the Reincarnators who had escaped from this Side Mission, so he took the opportunity to continue the conversation.

Ayase Seiko had received that distress call, and after a brief calculation, she knew that someone else had been trapped in this Spirit World Infestation Zone; she had come here only to observe if there were any new changes in this area.

She hadn't expected there to actually be survivors.

"Half a year ago, someone tore the boundary between the Spirit World and reality, causing the power of the Spirit World to leak into the real world in large quantities; the number of monsters and ghosts exploded, and many places turned into this state, tsk, it's very dangerous..."

The woman spoke with a sense of listlessness; the changes in this world were no longer something she, a medium, could solve.

Bai Cangshu listened to the woman's brief description, understanding in his heart that this was inevitably part of the world background.

He turned his head to look at the other side of these cordons, where a motorcycle was parked on the side of the road, and a man whose hair was about to cover his face was leaning against the bike smoking.

"Hey, you know what happened half a year ago, right..."

"Mr. Reigen Arataka."

Ayase Seiko, who was about to leave, also stopped in her tracks; the Spirit Disaster from half a year ago had dealt a nearly devastating blow to mediums like them, and the mediums, whose heritage was already beginning to break due to the lack of recognition in modern society, were almost crushed by the massive amount of paranormal events.

Many mediums died in the Spirit Disaster.

Bai Cangshu, having heard Ayase Seiko mention that someone had torn the boundary between the Spirit World and reality, immediately thought of the voice he had heard earlier that sounded like Reigen Arataka when that group of people tried to find Kageyama Shigeo for help.

The other party had said 【Reigen Arataka is just a fraud】, but remained silent regarding Kageyama Shigeo's whereabouts.

Combined with the currently known worldview, in Bai Cangshu's view, there were not many characters capable of tearing the boundary between the real world and the Spirit World.

There were probably only a few, such as Saitama, Kageyama Shigeo, and the gods; although Tatsumaki was also a top-tier Ability User, the description of tearing the Spirit World was essentially more fitting for Kageyama Shigeo and the gods.

And Saitama, because of his special Tese, could theoretically accomplish almost any destructive event.

Combined with Reigen Arataka's appearance here at this time and his decadent posture, Bai Cangshu could almost be certain that the one who caused the terrible Spirit Disaster was Kageyama Shigeo, or rather, a blackened, rampaging Kageyama Shigeo.

——

In the center of a bustling city, on a densely populated commercial street, inside a coffee shop with the sign 【Xiangduola Nupu Kafeiguan】, the aroma of coffee was mixed with the smell of blood.

Several young and sweet maid-dressed waitresses lay torn apart in the shop, leaving only the barista in a suit and white shirt, who kept his head down, brewing coffee at the bar.

His face was pale, his hands were trembling, and he could not perform his usual skilled techniques at all, wailing in his heart incessantly.

Someone save me, anyone is fine, come and save me quickly!

But no one responded to his expectations; people came and went on the street, and it seemed no one was interested in looking at the situation inside this shop, and he even saw several Professional Heroes walk past the window without noticing anything unusual.

Inside the shop, 9 men and women dressed in various ways were seated, each in a different posture; the man sitting by the window wore a gray trench coat and a hat, and he lowered his head to taste his coffee before speaking.

"Although being dropped into the same sector as me means that everyone is at least a veteran-level Reincarnator and has a quite good evaluation in the Space, I still want to share some Intelligence and a few pieces of advice."

"This world currently appears to contain content from two worlds: 【One Punch Man】 and 【Spirit Ability 100%】, so there are a few 【Iron Law】s that I hope everyone can abide by."

"First, no matter what type of Reincarnator you are—Orderly, Neutral, or Evil—and no matter what goal you want to achieve in this world, do not, in any form—remember, in any form of behavior—provoke Saitama, Tatsumaki, or Kageyama Shigeo!"

The man emphasized his tone and simultaneously took off his hat, revealing his face; a cross mark was branded on his forehead.

"If you want to capture female slaves, you can, but don't set your sights on Fubuki."

"If you want to torture and kill Plot Characters to satisfy your own selfish desires, that's fine, but don't do it in front of these people."

"If you want to kill Plot Characters to obtain a Singularity, that's also okay, but stay away from Fubuki and the people around Kageyama Shigeo."

At this moment, the few people in the coffee shop had already recognized the speaker as the No. 4 figure of the 【Far East Magic Society】, the Title-level Reincarnator 【Mu Shu Ren】.

He was notorious, but his words now were meant to make everyone "behave themselves."

Li Qingzi wore a half-mask and stood against the wall on the innermost side, her peripheral vision taking in everyone's expressions.

Those who could be dropped here were likely Reincarnators above the 【Strong】 mid-tier; there were two Title-level Reincarnators who could be recognized, and neither of them spoke at this time. It was clear that the 【Iron Law】 mentioned by Mu Shu Ren was likely a certain pattern summarized by Reincarnators who had entered these two works.

She recalled slightly the appearance of Kageyama Shigeo losing control and rampaging in 【Spirit Ability 100%】, as well as the powerful posture Saitama was set to have in 【One Punch Man】.

She then understood this arrangement.

This so-called 【Iron Law】 was likely something explored by who knows how many Reincarnators with their lives.

"Second, Reincarnators with an Outlier Bloodline should try their best to avoid appearing in front of Saitama."

"Third, the Limiter is not something we Reincarnators can touch; I suggest you put away those inappropriate thoughts and stay as far away from Saitama as possible. If anyone makes contact with Saitama and causes the plot to deviate, I will kill them myself."

These few pieces of so-called advice were basically focused on a few overly powerful Plot Characters, and before the crowd could raise any objections, Li Qingzi's expression suddenly changed.

A bald man wearing a casual hoodie, carrying a bag of items, appeared by the window.

Thump, thump!

Li Qingzi's heart contracted abruptly; the terror of this moment made her realize in a daze that her Observation Haki had not detected the other party's approach at all.

What was even more terrifying was that the Quzhi Renlei Spell cast at the entrance of the coffee shop had also failed to take effect on him; those dead-fish eyes looked directly into the shop.

Not a single Reincarnator in the coffee shop was weak, nor was any of them a fool, even if they did not necessarily agree with Mu's words, and even less so would they consider Mu to be the temporary team leader for their group.

But not one person broke out into a conflict with Mu before confirming their safety.

The more mission worlds one experiences, the more one understands that those who rely on the power of a Reincarnator to stop thinking and cause trouble everywhere often die in some sudden, unexpected conflict.

At this moment, almost everyone's eyes froze simultaneously; the coffee shop became abnormally quiet in an instant, with only the sound of individual heartbeats and the clinking of cups as the barista's trembling hands prepared coffee.

Mu sat by the window, and his heart, which had long since been replaced by a pure elemental body, was now beating at an uncontrollably accelerated rate.

Damn it, it couldn't be such a coincidence, could it? Saitama actually appeared here directly?!

His face turned livid, and the cross between his brows began to glow.

Everyone else also tensed their nerves in an instant, because they believed in the effect of the Quzhi Renlei Spell, and rooted in the Arrogance of these powerful Reincarnators, they had not even bothered to disguise the tragic state of the shop.

When Saitama's dead-fish eyes, like the gaze of the King of Hell, looked into the shop, there were finally Reincarnators who could not endure this pressure.

Boom!

Blazing Fighting Spirit erupted; one person's body was filled with an incomparably explosive wind and thunder aura, instantly smashing through the back wall and disappearing, with gusts of wind and thunder as if countless figures had appeared at once.

"Three Thousand Thunder Movements!"

Following that was an eruption of Magic Power; one person pointed a finger at Saitama, Magic Power exploded, and the space was completely submerged in intense light.

Li Qingzi's muscles trembled instinctively; she possessed the Chao-fan Te-zheng of God Speed, which, combined with the explosive speed of Shave, was enough to escape in an instant.

But watching the group of Reincarnators each showing their own unique skills, she forcibly suppressed her fear and lowered her body against the wall.

Pfft!

Amidst a spray of blood, a destructive shockwave swept past Li Qingzi.

Then the radiance of the Magic Power dissipated, and the Reincarnator who had released the powerful Magic Power was left with only half a body on the ground, and the distorted space teleportation was completely shattered.

Mu gripped the table tightly with both hands, motionless, keeping his head down to avoid eye contact with the bald man outside the window.

Afterward, amidst the slightly changed expressions of the crowd, the bald man in the hoodie turned and left without any emotion, not even asking a single question about everything inside the shop.

(End of this chapter)