Chapter 352

"Hurry, hurry, run!"

Her superpower had reached its limit.

Skyscrapers tilted completely, plummeting down toward the street under the pull of gravity.

The Hyousetsu Group and the few heroes who came to rescue could only quickly carry the saved civilians away.

Some civilians still remained on the street, staring up at the massive shadow crashing down from above, their eyes filled with despair.

"It's over!"

"No! I don't want to die!"

In the back seat of a car pinned under rocks, a woman hugged her child, her face streaked with tears and despair.

"Can anyone… save us?!"

"If it were my sister… she could easily save everyone."

Hyousetsu, pale-faced and drenched in sweat, stared over there, clenching her fists.

"Why, why am I so weak?!"

At that moment.

A figure walked past her, heading toward the street.

Hyousetsu snapped back to reality and shouted at the figure: "Don't go over there, it's too—"

Before she could finish, she saw the figure move like a ghost—taking one step and covering over ten meters, crossing a hundred meters in two breaths, stepping into the street shrouded by the shadow.

Hyousetsu's eyes widened.

A girl, her foot twisted and head bleeding, lay on the ground, half-open eyes fixed ahead, her breath faint.

A figure appeared before her.

She struggled to lift her gaze, her fierce will to live driving her right hand out, grasping desperately at his ankle like a lifeline.

"Save… please save… me, I… I can't die yet."

"Don't worry, you won't die."

The man smiled as he spoke, his voice gentle.

Before Hyousetsu and everyone else's terrified eyes, the skyscraper crashed down onto the street.

Just as it was about to crush every remaining person on the street into pulp.

The young man in the baseball cap, standing beside the girl, raised his right hand.

Then.

The skyscraper, pulled downward by gravity, suddenly halted, floating in midair like a balloon.

"!!"

Those watching from afar were stunned, their faces filled with shock.

Hyousetsu, nearby, was equally stunned.

"This… this is…?!"

In Hyousetsu's dazed gaze, the mysterious man raised his hand further and pointed upward—the floating skyscraper and the falling boulders around it all shot upward together, vanishing into the sky a hundred meters above in an instant, weightless as balloons.

"Wh-what?!"

A grotesque man with a giant explosive hairstyle, his body charred black, hiding nearby, nearly popped his eyes out.

"How is this possible! Someone stopped my carefully planned destruction?!"

"Did those heroes do this again? Damn it!"

"No choice—I'll have to try again another time. Retreat for now."

He was just about to flee.

Luo En glanced his way, a flash of blue light in his eyes.

Gravity burst.

"W-what's happening?! I can't control my body!"

In sheer terror, he was pulled by the powerful gravity and slammed down near the street where Hyousetsu and the Hyousetsu Group stood.

"This guy is an A-rank wanted criminal—Explosion Man!"

"Was this incident caused by him?!"

Several B-rank and C-rank heroes immediately surrounded him.

"Since I'm exposed, there's no choice—I'll blow all you damn heroes to pieces!"

Explosion Man pulled out two bombs, still trying to resist.

Hyousetsu glanced at him, activated her superpower, and instantly bound him in place.

Then she saw the man preparing to leave—she panicked and rushed after him.

"Leave this to you all!"

"Yes!! My lord Hyousetsu!"

She hurried after the figure in her high heels.

"Making the skyscraper float… that's a superpower, right?"

"No doubt about it."

"So it really was Hyousetsu the Infernal who did it. I didn't know she had this kind of power."

"After all, she's the younger sister of the S-rank hero 'Trembling Tornado.'"

Among the heroes and the rescued civilians, everyone was discussing it, their words overflowing with praise for Hyousetsu the Infernal.

Everyone believed it was the B-rank top hero, Hyousetsu the Infernal, unleashing her full superpower to save them.

This incident was later reported back to the Hero Association and published by the media.

…………

A noodle shop deep in an alley.

At this hour, there were barely any customers inside.

Slurp~

Luo En was eating ramen.

Across from him, Hellish Blizzard was staring at him without moving her gaze an inch.

Luo En said, somewhat helplessly: "You're a hero, right? Don't you have hero activities to go do? Why are you following me?"

"Just now, you were the one who saved those people, weren't you?"

Blizzard said seriously, looking at him.

Luo En took another slurp of noodles: "So what if I was?"

"It really was you!"

Blizzard's eyes lit up. She slapped her own pride-worthy chest and introduced herself: "I'm Blizzard, Hellish Blizzard, the number one B-Class hero, and now the leader of the Blizzard Group. In my capacity as leader of the Blizzard Group, I invite you to join our Blizzard Group."

"No way."

"……Huh?"

Blizzard was stunned for a moment.

Slurp slurp.

Luo En took a sip of broth without looking up: "I'm not a hero, and I have no interest in playing house with you."

"What? Not a hero? You have that kind of power and you're not a hero?"

"And what did you just say? Playing house?!"

A flash of anger appeared between Blizzard's brows: "What do you know—"

At that moment, the TV inside the shop began broadcasting the incident that had just occurred.

"Just ten minutes ago, a major accident took place on a street in F-City: a building collapsed toward a heavily trafficked street. Fortunately, thanks to the active performance of the number one B-Class hero Hellish Blizzard, her Blizzard Group subordinates, and the heroes present at the scene, the damage from this major accident was reduced to a minimum. The number one B-Class hero Hellish Blizzard in particular displayed tremendous psychic power, floating the entire building up into the sky. Please take a look—"

Listening to the host's words and looking at the building and giant boulders floating in the sky on the TV screen, Blizzard's face went blank with confusion.

Huh?

What's going on?

She suddenly realized what was happening, slammed both hands on the table, and stood up.

"They must have gotten it wrong! The one who did something like that and saved them wasn't me."

"I have to go explain things to them clearly!"

After saying this, she immediately prepared to leave the place to deal with the matter.

But before she had taken two steps, she was called back by Luo En.