That ninja stalker fled without a word.

  A silence hung in the air.

  But it didn’t st long as the moment the torrential rainfall began, Deep Sea King’s body grew to a tremendous size.

  “The air of the surface shriveled me up a bit, but thanks to this rain, I feel like myself again.” Deep Sea King reeled forward. “Your attacks ot hurt me… even a little!”

  Genos kept calm and lowered himself into a sprinter’s pose, the vigorous energy in his prototype arms set abze. “We’ll see.” He blitzed forward, driving his fist straight into Deep Sea King’s face.

  FWASH!

  The boosters on his shoulders activated and spun rapidly, supercharging his strike.

  “Ah—”

  An enormous bzing beam of energy instantly silenced Deep Sea King’s shout.

  The force of the bst hurled him through multiple buildings, eae left with a massive hole carved through.

  Genos braced himself, sing for an ining attack. “Did you feel that?”

  A blur of motion closed in at his side.

  Anticipating this, Genos activated the ons in his hands, propelling himself to the side just in time to avoid a devastating punch.

  Deep Sea King stood on the scorched street, arms at his sides, eyes glowing a menag yellow. “Now I’m angry.” he stood straight. “I’m gonna tear you to shreds.”

  Genos surged forward once more.

  Deep Sea King’s damaged face regeed in an instant, and his mouth snapped open as a moray eel-type creature shot out tenos.

  Genos pivoted to the side, dodging the attad closing the gap between them. He then propelled himself upward, delivering a devastating uppercut that not only sent Deep Sea King’s massive body hurtling into the sky but also severed the moray ly. In that moment, Genos activated his iion on, unleashing a seariream of heat that engulfed the airborne Deep Sea King.

  Not willing to lose his momentum, Genos rocketed himself even higher, positioning himself above his foe.

  Deep Sea King flexed, dispersing the lingeriream of heat with a powerful burst. Twisting midair, his furious, glowing eyes locked onto Genos.

  “‘Lightning Eye!’”

  A blinding fsh of light erupted, engulfing the entire area.

  “I ’t see!”

  Genht his leg crashing down, driving his heel into the top of Deep Sea King’s head with uing force.

  Deep Sea King plummeted feet first into the crete below.

  Genos raced after him, a trail of fming energy shooting out from behind him.

  The moment he arrived, before he could follow up with his ‘Mae Gun Blows,‘ a ge occurred.

  “You do like bo attacks, don’t you? Try this!”

  Ptooey

  A ball of acidic spit rocketed from Deep Sea King’s mouth.

  Still in midair, Genos twisted his hand to the side and fired his iion on, pushing his body away to avoid the worst of it. However, he didn’t have enough time to evade it entirely.

  ing to a sliding stop on the soaked pavement, Genos gnced over, his eyes narrowing as he saw his entire right arm had melted away.

  Master warned me about his acidic spit, a…

  Before he could react, Deep Sea King lunged forward, his massive fist following in a deadly arc.

  Genos held up his remaining arm, halting the strike. The grouh him cracked and cratered from the force. His knees shook uhe pressure as Deep Sea Ki out a mog ugh.

  Was he toying with me this eime? I never learn…

  Deep Sea King pulled back his free arm, preparing to deliver a devastating blow. “If you hadn’t been so focused on finishing your bo, you could’ve easily dodged my little ball of a—”

  “‘Hail of age!’”

  ¤ ¤ ¤

  “‘Stand-up Peddling Mode!’” Mumen Rider shouted, pushing forward with all his might. “Roar, ‘Justice Roar!’ Ride like the wind!”

  He had to reach the Evacuatioer before it was too te. A monster had appeared there, g to be the new ‘Sea King.’ Mumen Rider didn’t care what the monster called itself. All he knew was that if he didn’t get there, i lives would be lost.

  The heavy rain made it difficult to see anything clearly, but he khe silhouette of the Evacuatioer well.

  With all his strength, he pedaled at his fastest, closing the distao the Shelter.

  BANG!

  A hole exploded in the shelter’s wall ahead, followed by a thick cloud of smoke.

  Mumen Rider skidded to a halt as a body crashed to the ground beside him.

  “The A-Css Hero Sneck!”

  He ducked down to cheeck’s pulse, firming he was still alive. Without hesitation, Mumen Rider hopped ba his bike and sped toward the newly formed entrance of the Evacuatioer.

  Panicked cries for help rang out from inside.

  “So many huma for I, Lreat White. The current ‘King’ of the Seafolk is indeed unworthy if he lets such a pce go unattended. I cim here and now that I am the new Sea King! I will ensve you all!”

  Around Lreat White were multiple defeated heroes. Slowly, he approached the frightened crowd.

  “‘Justice Crash!’” His bike crashed against Lreat White’s back. “The righteous cyclist, Mumen Rider, is here!”

  Standing in the Shelter’s newly formed opening, Mumen Rider stood with his fists raised.

  “It’s Mumen Rider!”

  “Mumen Rider came for us.”

  “But he…”

  The spectating crowd uood the limits of the C-Css Rank 1 Hero.

  Lreat White turo face him. “You dare?! I, Lreat White, decre that you’re not even worth ensving. So just die!”

  His fist crashed directly into Mumen Rider, sending him flying outside, skipping across the pavement.

  Lreat White strode outside and arrived beside Sneck. “My, you still breath. I shall end that right now!”

  “‘Justice Tackle!’” Mumen Rider ed his arms around Lreat White, attempting to throw him down. “Nobody expects much…”

  Wham

  Mumen Rider’s body went flying when Lreat White swatted him away. “…from me.” He struggled to get ba his feet. “They think a C-Css Hero won’t be much help.” Smming back down as blood trailed down his face. “I know that better than anyone! I’m not good enough for B-Css.” He rose back to his feet. “I’m weak. I know that muo one has to tell me I don’t stand a ce against you. I already know that!”

  Lreat White stepped forward. “I, Lreat White, will not stand for your jabbering. Your life wouldn’t be spared, even if you begged.”

  The rain fell even harder.

  “A, I have to try. It’s not about winning or losing!” Mumen Rider raised his fists. “It’s about me taking you ht here, right now!”

  “Time to end your worthless life.”

  “Mumen Rider, you do it!”

  A child’s voice echoed from the crowd.

  “You’re the cyclist of justice! Beat that weird monster! Beat him up! You do it!”

  The child’s desperate plea reached the hearts of the surrounding people.

  “Yeah, get him!”

  “Beat him up!”

  “We’re ting on you, Mumen Rider!”

  “We believe in you!”

  “Beat him!”

  “You do it!”

  Mumen Rider’s blood boiled. He couldn’t afford to fall here! “Wooaahh!” He charged forward, ready to nd a single, powerful pun order to take down the monster.a

  Thud

  “Why the hell did you decide to crawl out of your ke now?”

  Lreat White’s punded ly—not on Mumen Rider, but on the back of a bald head that had appeared out of thin air.

  “You think I’ll allow you to y another hand on my man Mumen?”