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“Thank God I’m not late. I caught up to the train.”
King took advantage of Velociraptor Card’s effect. He rushed from the primary school research institute to the train station in a single breath. He arrived less than ten minutes from his scheduled train and frantically checked the tickets to get on the train.
“Welcome aboard our train. This train is going from Y City to Z City, passing B City along the way. The journey will take three hours and twenty-seven minutes. We wish everyone a pleasant journey.”
The train vibrated slightly and started moving after the announcement was finished.
King walked alone on the train, holding the ticket while looking for his seat. “36… 51… 71… oh, I found it, seat 78.”
His eyes lit up. He stopped beside his seat and glanced at the other three passengers at the same table. Beside his seat was a masked man, who was sleeping soundly on the table. Sitting opposite him was a couple who were busy flirting with each other.
“Hu —”
He sat down in his seat and breathed a sigh of relief. It’s good that he quickly escaped from the battle with G1. He did not know if Child Emperor had taken care of the G1, but he hoped that this little shota would not blame him too much for running away!
He was not worried that Child Emperor would be defeated. After all, Child Emperor was a bonafide S-class Hero, even if his strength was lower than the other S-class Heroes. G1 was strong, but it was not strong enough to defeat an S-class Hero.
He looked out of the window at the quickly passing scenery. Soon, he would arrive in Z City. After meeting Saitama, where should he go next? Go home to sleep and play games?
He was a little confused. In his previous life, he had no particular talent or interest. He simply worked at a company and lived his life aimlessly without any goals or dreams. Now, because he was too famous, he also had nothing to do. He lived an aimless, boring life!
He fell asleep while pondering about it.
“He is here.”
“Stand down, B-rank bounty criminal, Shortblade Marauder!”
“You are surrounded by our Blizzard group. You can’t run away. Surrender!”
King could vaguely hear shouts filling the train in his sleep.
“Don’t come over. If you dare to come any closer, I will kill this guy.”
A brutal voice suddenly replied. King felt a chill on his neck, which quickly woke him up.
“What the hell?”
When he opened his eyes, he saw a group of muscular men in black and white. They were staring at him fiercely as if they wanted to swallow him in one bite.
“Shortblade Marauder, let him go. This carriage has been surrounded by the Blizzard group. You can’t escape.”
“Shortblade Marauder? Blizzard group? What’s going on?”
King finally woke up from his daze. He saw that the men in front of him were all dressed in suits, just like the Blizzard group members he remembered.
“Ha, you want me to let him go and surrender? What kind of dream is your Blizzard group having? I am the Shortblade Marauder. I once used a nail cutter to rob three ABC banks. I became a famous B-level bounty criminal, and I’m not far from becoming an A-level bounty. Do you think I will surrender? Humph, just kill me if you can!”
The brutal voice returned, replying from behind King. Goosebumps rose on his skin, and he realized a serious problem – he had been held hostage by a desperate criminal.
The strongest man in the world—King had been held hostage.
What an explosive piece of news!
King glanced down. The criminal’s weapon in front of his neck was actually a small nail cutter. However, it was polished and sharpened on one side. The glints of light made him not dare to move at all, afraid that the nail cutter would accidentally cut his throat.
“Shortblade Marauder…the guy beside me?” He glanced at the criminal behind him and was stunned to find that he was actually the man who was sleeping with a mask on his face.
“What are you looking at? Do you want me to cut your throat?” Shortblade Marauder caught King’s eyes and glared down fiercely.
“Shortblade Marauder… B-rank bounty criminal… Blizzard Group…”
King withdrew his gaze and muttered a few keywords to himself. He had already understood what had happened. The Blizzard group was chasing after the B-rank bounty criminal. When the Shortblade Marauder found out that he was surrounded, he took King, who slept next to him, as a hostage.
“To run into a bounty criminal on a train, what bad luck. Aren’t there any fun Monster to play with?”
He was very depressed. He had just escaped the G1 and fallen into a bounty criminal’s hands. His luck was gone.
“Yo, did you take a hostage?”
A mature and emotional voice suddenly came from behind the Blizzard group.
“Lady Blizzard.”
“We can rest assured now. With Lady Blizzard here, the Shortblade Marauder will be easily captured.”
“Lady Blizzard is strong.”
There was a slight commotion, and the crowd split in the middle to form a passage. A tall, slender, curvy mature woman with short dark green hair and fair skin stood at the far end, wearing a dark green dress and coat.
“Blizzard… Wait, Tornado of Terror’s sister – Blizzard of Hell is here!”
King glanced at Blizzard of Hell. They had met before. On the eve of the riot in M City, he had saved Blizzard of Hell. He did not expect to meet again after such a long time.
“Blizzard of Hell? I know you. You are a powerful esper. It’s unlikely that I would win in a head-on battle. However, I have a hostage in my hands now. Do you dare to attack me? Humph, I will immediately kill this unlucky bastard if you even try to use your superpower.” Shortblade Marauder used King as a shield to prevent Blizzard and the other from attacking.
“Living in this world where Monster ran amok, everyone should be prepared to sacrifice themselves. I believe that the ordinary citizen in your hands is the same. I will never let you escape, even if you killed that ordinary citizen.”
Blizzard of Hell swept her beautiful eyes across King’s face and slowly raised her fair and delicate hand, aiming with her palm at Shortblade Marauder.
“I will end you, Shortblade Marauder!”
King’s eyes widened. “This…don’t I get any say on this?”