Bab 67: The Secret Shrine
Fubuki: "I think we are far enough inside of the Monster Association. It is now the best time to split up" Fubuki and the others have been walking for like, a few decent minutes after I left to take care of things before probably coming back later
Bang: "Well... We really haven't run into anything much, not even a single monster, so maybe splitting up will get us more ground"
Fubuki: "Bang, Bomb and I will go forward. Genos, you go and explore by yourself. King will go alone too" I said. And when King heard that, he was of course very scared and nervous. Fubuki looked at him and gave him a somewhat reassuring expression so that he wouldn't go and squeal too much. Though Fubuki realized that didn't help him much 'I guess he is always nervous, maybe it's in his nature... My reassuring expression will probably only work on Sai-kun anyways"
Genos: "Hai, I'll go now" Genos immediately took another path as he was now on his own exploring what the Monster Association is really about
King: "W-well... Oh fine, I'll leave now..." King said and left to go explore the Monster Association
Fubuki: "They'll both can handle themselves. Especially, King, he won't need our help at all. Let's keep walking, we'll encounter something sooner or later. And I hope Sai-kun gets back"
Bang: "Ohoho, I'm sure whatever Saitama is doing, he has probably dealt with it already" Bang said as we continued our own respective paths deeper into the depths of the Monster Association's base. Fubuki was looking forward to seeing a familiar... Bitch, that Fubuki has been dying to fight again ever since she met her for the first time. And also a big ass dog if Do-s manages to call for its assistance 'I'm ready to give her the beating of a lifetime!' Fubuki thought excitedly. She always thought of Do-s as someone that she doesn't what to be whatsoever. A ruthless, sadistic little whore bitch that has slaves by her side. Though It's not like Fubuki doesn't respect people on who and what they are, it's just that Do-s is different, way different. And now that she has another chance to fight her, things will get quite interesting when that happens. Catfight at its finest, and I'm not arguing about it whatsoever
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[With Saitama.]
Saitama: "Damn, not even a minute in and there's monsters making their way here... Oh hell, why not" I said and I disappeared from where I was. Teleporting to the pile of monsters that were making their way towards me with cute killer intents clearly visible from their expressions alone
"Hey! He's here! He's here!" "Him! Come on!" "Intruder alert!"
The monsters shouted and alerted the other monsters that were unnotified by my presence
Saitama: "Sorry guys, but I have to do this. Amaterasu!" My brown eyes faded out of existence and were replaced by a black, 9 white shining tomoe Rinnegan with multiple glowing ripples around it
And just like that, black flames erupted from the ground around the monsters as they immediately screamed in pain. Running around like idiots as I was in the air watching all of it happen
My eyes turned back to my precious brown eyes
Saitama: "There are still a few more weak monsters left here, though they are mostly in the area where Fubuki and the others are. The last few ones are probably demon level threats, and the Cadres" I said as, at the same time, all of the monsters were dead, with nothing left behind but a few scraps of body parts
Saitama: "I guess Amaterasu is enough to defend yourself against these ugly bastards. And there are still the Cadres left to deal with which won't be too much of a hassle, though I suppose I should help Fubuki. I can't let anyone kill her, not on my watch... Wait what?... I should probably just go" I said as I continued my journey around the Monster Association 'Hmm... There isn't really anything close to me except for Overgrown Rover... I guess he and Garou just finished their encounter' I thought as I decided to meet the Monster Association's pet dog, and one of the Cadres too
Saitama: "After this, I can pretty much do anything I want around here. Though I think I should go and see them again"
[A Moment Later.]
And just like that, I arrive near where Overgrown Rover was. Though I, unfortunately, arrived at a place where the other weak, little monsters are occupied at. And it forced me to kill them all. I kinda liked them too, but they attacked first so... Yeah
Saitama: "And there is also the matter about Blast and God... Well, I think I have to fight them sooner or later. I'll leave that behind for now and focus on Overgrown Rover" I quickly walked past the dead bodies of the monsters I just massacred and made a few turns around the hallways until I arrived in front of Overgrown Rover where he was just finished "Playing" with his monster buddies. His big ass spiky mouth was menacingly facing me with his six glowing eyes looking down on me with probably the same expression as when he was playing with the dead monsters around him
*Growl*
He growled loudly at me, his mouth began to brighten up. Readying his blast at any given point in time
Saitama: "What a big ass dog. Hey boy, easy now" I raised my hand towards him as I would do to any dog. Though this one was a different breed than I have never seen in a dog so it wouldn't really work against him
But then, Overgrown Rover suddenly opened his mouth and launched a blast at me in point-blank range
*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*
Multiple floors of the Monster Association's base were destroyed just from that blast of his. Though when the blast subdued, Overgrown Rover was surprised to see me standing in front of him, unbothered by his attack with no damage whatsoever. Except for my feelings about him
Saitama: "Damn. You are one strong dog I'll give you that. But I sadly have to end you here boy. Now come here!" Quickly, I wavered my hands in a circular motion as suddenly, ice began to erupt on Overgrown Rover's feet. The ice was slowly making its way upwards to the rest of Overgrown Rover's body, though what he didn't realize was that the ice was way, WAY stronger than he had expected it to be. And so he knew what had to be done. Use his blast against it. And that's what exactly he did, though right before he was about to launch it, his gaping mouth was frozen. His blast faded out of existence. He tried to shake his body to get the ice that was formed on his feet to break through it, though it wasn't working as he started to squirm
Saitama: "Calm down boy. I'll make this quick for you" I said. And after a few seconds later, Overgrown Rover's body was completely frozen. Ice formed a square shape around him with his gaping mouth clearly exposed 'Let's give him a special treatment'
Saitama: "It's been a while since I used this" I opened my hand as suddenly, a sphere appeared on my hand, though this isn't just a normal sphere blast. It's my own creation. The one and only, Catastrophic Blast
Saitama: "This should do the job" I said and launched the blast towards the frozen Overgrown Rover
*Boom!*
A huge shockwave was created when my Catastrophic blast hit the frozen Overgrown Rover, destroying a bunch of layers of the Monster Association under us. Definitely more than what Overgrown did with his blast at me
The shockwave was so loud and strong, that the entire Monster Association started to shake, threatening to crumble into pieces. Making everyone inside the place, stop what they're doing to observe the shaking with nervous expressions. Though good thing it lasted just a few seconds, otherwise. Well... Yeah. And that blast I just used on Overgrown Rover had less power than my previous uses of it...
It also partially reached the surface. Something that the heroes that were there, were shocked to learn the first time they have felt it
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[Meanwhile when the sudden shake inside of the Monster Association was happening.]
Bang: "What the?"
Bomb: "It's shaking here!" Bang and Bomb exclaimed, feeling the strong earthquake or something that was happening right now out of nowhere
Fubuki on the other hand was also surprised to feel that sudden shake out of nowhere. She then used his Psychic mythical magic and knew that I had something to do with it 'I sensed a huge part of the Monster Association destroyed, and Sai-kun is close to that place. Though I cannot pinpoint where exactly but he is probably the cause of this, and there are no other monsters right now in that area with him that would've done that much damage. What did he do this time! It isn't time yet to destroy the Monster Association. It'll be too easy if he destroys it all now. And there are still the heroes left'.
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And just when the blast hit the ice, in front of me was a pile of nothing, and also the destroyed hallway that was behind Overgrown Rover. And speaking of Overgrown Rover, he wasn't there in front of me, as well as the ice. Only a few specks of dust have remained after that short shaking made by my blast
Saitama: "... Well, shit. I can sense I'll get an earful from her when I come back" I said as I looked down at the remnants of the ice that was with Overgrown Rover
Saitama: "I'll go back with Fubuki-chan. After that, I can basically let loose if I want to, like what I did here. I just know this won't get old, not in a million years" I said. Turning around away from the remnants of the ice that I created as I started to make my way to where Fubuki and the others were 'Huh, I guess she split up Genos and King, though I wonder why she didn't just let them two go with each other?... On second thought, I kinda agree with her. And Garou... We'll meet up eventually'
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[With Genos after the sudden shake.]
Genos: "Was that shake a monsters doing? It was so powerful, the only person I know that could come close to that is Sensei... Unless he was the one that did that... " Genos said right after the shake subdued. He dusted himself since a lot of rocks, pebbles and dust was all over his cyborg body because of the shake
Genos: "If that is the case, then there are powerful monsters out there after all that may have given Sensei some fight. But I highly doubt it" Genos said, continuing his exploration around the Monster Association
Genos: "Hmm... Strange, I have not yet encountered any monsters so far" Genos said while walking around the many hallways that the Monster Association has to offer
Genos: "I must be part of a place where monsters aren't usually here. Though I will continue my walk and scan around here. Who knows what is in the Monster Association" Genos continued on walking around, hoping to find some monsters soon, but that appears to be not going well for him 'I expected monsters littered throughout here since this is, after all, the Monster Association. Though I may have overestimated their number of monsters that I had originally thought. But still, they may have monsters that could be in the demon level threat levels, or maybe worse. Dragon threat level. And maybe even worse, God-level threats. Which might be very unlikely, but who knows... It may be just be watching on all of us right now'.
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King: "... I-is it gone?" King brought his hands out of his face when the shake finally stopped. He stood up nervously, dusting himself off
King: "Why does this happen to me every day... I should probably get away from here before something falls on me" King quickly ran away from the place and to another one with a little more less destructive area
King: "Why did we have to split up... Every second, I encounter a monster, though for some reason, all of the monsters I encountered were either too scared to fight, or somehow got beaten by means that not even I would've expected. Those scenarios were too set up somehow... Or I'm just stupidly lucky. Me and Genos-kun should've joined together, not gotten split up individually! Maybe even me and Saitama should have split up together before he left to wander off by himself too *Sigh*. What am I even going to do around here? Fubuki didn't say anything other than to scout around. I'm just hoping we could meet up again, I don't want to go alone anymore".
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Gyoro Gyoro: "What... Was that? I sensed Overgrown Rover there, but he shouldn't be able to create such devastating power, even if he is a Cadre. I highly doubt that he could make such a strong earthquake-like attack like that... But who could have done it?... King? Is he here? I... Can't sense him... I didn't expect this but, this could turn for the worse for us".
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Saitama: "He thought I couldn't see him? I love it when someone thinks I can't sense them when in reality, I do" I mumbled to myself. A cat monster has been following me around since I started to make my way to where Fubuki and the others were. Though I don't have really much care to fight the damn thing, but if I have the chance, then why not. I've done enough teleporting in one day anyways
"... What the hell is he? And I don't see Rover anymore" Said a cat monster hiding in the walls. He watched the so-called "Battle" between me and Overgrown Rover a few moments ago. He could've gotten killed by my attack if he stayed close to us, which he, fortunately, didn't. And now coming back to see the aftermath, he was jaw dropped at the destruction that I caused, and that caused him to follow me with extreme caution. Though he doesn't know that I can sense him from the very beginning
"It seems he hasn't noticed me yet. It's now or never for a surprise attack" Suddenly, the cat monster came out from the walls above me and dived straight down with its claws brought back for a double slash to my head
And right just about he was gonna hit my head. I stepped back, dodging the cat monster's attack and grabbing it by his neck. He was surprised that he got completely rekted with no difficulty by me. And now, he is scared for his life. He saw what I am capable of so he has every right to pee his pants... Or, fur for that matter
Saitama: "Why are you following me?" I asked the squirming cat that was moving his legs around to find an escape from my grasp
"Let me go!"
Saitama: "... You either die today or die later. This will be a sort of... Threat, for you to understand" I said, closing my eyes and opening them a second later as it changed into my black, 9 tomoe Rinnegan for him to see
"Wha-what the?" The cat monster said. He looked at my new eyes, feeling himself slowly relax as he slowly stopped squirming like the little pussy that he is... Yeah
Saitama: "Tsukuyomi" And just like that. The cat monster's surroundings changed. It was no more of the destroyed walls from the Monster Association. It was now a menacing red colour. The floor was also practically invisible to him but he could still stand somewhat. He could feel my hands out of his neck, that's because I was now standing over him, making him surprised
Saitama: "Hmm. First time using this and first impressions... Not as bad as I thought it would turn out"
"Where am I?"
Saitama: "Oh don't worry. In this world, I control everything. I can kill you, revive you, kill you, and revive you again and kill you in another way and vice versa... Or, do another thing that I should not think about nor think about doing it in the first place so you are lucky that I am not a bad guy to do that to you" Suddenly, multiples of me appeared around him with my weapon in hand and a scary smirk that was enough for him to get more worried than ever
Saitama: "We will have all the time in here so no need to worry about that. Now, if you'll excuse me" Just hearing that statement and the last statement from me, removed all of his 9 lives from his soul. And he got even more nervous and scared when the multiples of me started to walk their way towards the defenceless cat monster. And just right before the clones of me started to stab him to death. The surroundings around him change again, but this time. He was back at the Monster Association, though there was no sign of me whatsoever
And with his cat instincts, he wasted no time and ran away from the place as fast as possible 'I don't want to do this anymore!'.
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[Somewhere in a far, far away place.]
"Hmm... Interesting. I can sense a familiar energy in this universe... An energy that can only be originated through him... Bastard. Is he still watching over me after all this time?... Then that means he knows that I'm almost out and free. Him finding a worthy volunteer to help him against me? Never thought I would see it myself. It's only a matter of time now before I recover, and be loose, once and for all. Everything, my beloved creations. Will be mine once again... Even he knows that".
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[A few moments later of wandering around the Monster Association.]
Saitama: "Huh, Tatsumaki is close by, so is Gyoro-Gyoro... And I sense Orochi coming straight here... I guess they both finished fighting and now, I have to fight him... Well shit, I forgot about this" I said. And a few moments later, I stopped dead in my tracks since right in front of me was a big and wide ass hole. I looked down and saw that it was much deeper, and just when I thought I had some time left for myself, I saw a monster deep down the hole, and wouldn't you know it. It was Orochi, the supposed Monster King here
His big ass dragon-like tentacles came in and used the destroyed hallways as a way to stabilize and climb himself up without falling down since Orochi is a lot smaller compared to the hole. But he is still damn big nonetheless. And not more than seconds later, Orochi appeared in front of me in the flesh with all of his glory, along with magma or lava of some sort around his big ass body
I stood still, holding my ground and making eye contact with him as he did the same to me. He looked like an ugly bastard I met when I was walking down my street back then
Saitama: "... Your parents really didn't like you that much huh? I mean, look at you. Actually, don't"
Orochi: "Hmm... I don't know how you got in here, but... You... Do not appear to be useless trash that can be ignored"
Saitama: "Oh really? Have you not looked at yourself? Unless your talking about someone who has pink hair then understandable" I decided to insult him since, how can you not? Though of course, he did not take this lightly whatsoever, or he doesn't really care that much since his facial expression is hard to read with that ugliness covering it 'Damn, I think I got to work on my insults a little bit more'
Orochi quickly sent his big, demonic worm tentacles toward me... Yeah
I just raised my arm, killing the tentacles that rushed at me in one punch as Orochi was surprised to see this
Saitama: "What are you supposed to be really? You have small tentacles when compared to your height, and you are ugly as shit... That oddly describes the bully in my high school back then... Ah, that makes sense. Anyway, I think I had enough time now insulting you" I released a little bit of my aura. Enough to make him threatened by it and not so much that he runs away like a little coward. The reaction Orochi had when he felt my "Presence" was very interesting 'What is this emitting from him?... It feels like a pressure that I have not yet felt in my lifetime... It's so strong and menacing' He thought with caution. Orochi really didn't think that I was going to be this tough. He underestimated me, like any other villain or antagonists ever 'That tremendous shock just earlier... Hmm, I see. So is this the one that did it then? He is the one that caused that shaking. And if my guess is right, he could be the one to have also defeated Elder Centipede and Gouketsu... I guess the rumours about the terrors of Ghost Town were not us, but instead, it was him who has been massacring monsters around Ghost Town'
Orochi: "Hehe, I am pleased to meet you" Orochi laughed, feeling that he has finally found someone of use to him 'I can feel it within every single monster cell inside of me... This man... Is the perfect sacrifice for my resurrection!' He thought, though he doesn't know that I can read his mind 'Wait what? Sacrifice?... I have no memory of some sort of sacrifice but I guess I miss something or forgot who knows... Or something changed in the manga'
Orochi: "There is no longer any need to hide my true face then" Orochi brought his tentacles to his face and removed the so-called "Mask" that was hiding his true ugliness. He threw the big ass mask next to me as his true face was finally exposed. His eyes, or big circle white holes looked at me with more tentacles entangled themselves in his "True" face. From my view, his eyes were structured to look like a symbol that I am very familiar with. The symbol, of Infinity 'He became less ugly, but more tentacle now... I don't know what I prefer' I thought while standing still, not looking fazed at Orochi whatsoever
Orochi: "I would like to have a private word with you. But not here" Orochi said, using his tentacles to break the ground below me, letting me fall way down to the hole with him to where we would have our private talk 'So there is something down in the hole, I knew it! I want to see what it is before I finish this off'
Orochi: "I shall lead you inside" I heard him say while we were falling down into the big ass hole
And a few moments later, I landed on a platform right just above a seemingly large pool of magma or lava. There were a lot of them for short. And not a second later, Orochi dived straight into the hot substance like it was water. Splashing the hot stuff everywhere, including some in the pyramid structure in front of us. The temperature here was hot just by seeing the atmosphere around us, though nothing that I could not resist at all. I couldn't feel the heat
Saitama: "What the hell is this place?"
Orochi: "Welcome to the stage of my resurrection"
Saitama: "Huh, it doesn't look like some sort of ritual or something that I'm familiar with. I am very underwhelmed"
Orochi: "Tch, mind you that this is an ancient shrine that I discovered. Not even my parents know of this place" Orochi said, turning his head to look at the shrine that he is so hyped up about it
Saitama: "Sacrifice huh? I'm sorry to say this but I don't really want to be sacrificed. I have a lot of things left that I want to do before I go" I said to him, making him stand up to look at me in the eye, though what caught my attention was his multiple spiky legs exposed from the molten stuff 'Geez, Psykos really did a lot of crazy experiments on him. He must be like a hybrid of everything at this point' I thought
Orochi: "Unfortunately, I cannot allow that. Me, the Monster King, Orochi... Under Gyoro-Gyoro's control, I was specially selected from the strongest to be put through extensive fusion experiments and battle testing, leading to my unconventional growth into a monster. Through sacrifices, I became powerful. Before long, the sacrifices Gyoro-Gyoro had to offer were not enough to satisfy me. Until one day, I instinctually began venturing further into the Earth's depths, in an attempt to drain energy directly from the deepest parts of the Earth. But then, I discovered this shrine from my journeys below the Earth" Orochi explained the backstory of how he found this place while I was mainly focused on the top of the shrine because I saw what appears to be writings, but it was too far for me to gauge exactly what it says as I decided to focus back on the laughing Orochi
Orochi: "I became aware of heaven's will. I, who had been transformed into a monster as a result of experiments, was destined to be a God. And since then, I have worn a mask... And put up a front of obeying Gyoro-Gyoro... While I slaughter sacrifices... Continuing the search for this so-called 'Worth Sacrific-
Saitama: " 'Crossing the vast expanse of time, our God shall be resurrected on this Earth. When on this Altar... A worthy sacrifice is offered'... I see now" I said, finishing reading the symbols on the shrine and observing the other stuff that was there 'Hmm, there appears to be a drawn monster that looks awfully like Orochi... Wait... Ahh, I think I know what's going on, I hope... I wonder if I can get some more info out of this'
Orochi: "What are you doing?" Orochi turned around to look at me in front of the altar. I closed my eyes, using my Extrasensory Perception, I was hoping to get more data out of the shrine... But then something unusual happened
"ARGH!" Suddenly, I had a random headache out of nowhere, bringing my hands to my forehead to aid the pain somewhat while gritting my teeth hard 'Wha-what was that just now? I sensed... some weird things...'
[User! Are you okay?]
I heard Chiaki say
Saitama: "Yeah, just... What was that?" I replied back to her in my mind
[I sensed it too User. I don't know too but... It feels very dangerous. I think you should avoid it for now. Here, I'll help the pain.]
Chiaki said as the headache was gone, slightly. Though at least she managed to calm it down
Saitama: "Thanks Chiaki"
[No problem User.]
She said as I regained my posture 'That felt terrible as hell... Damn' I thought
Saitama: "This shrine of yours... needs to be gone. One way or another" I said, feeling the headache still in me, but with less pain as I forced myself to face Orochi again
Orochi: "I won't let anyone get in my way. I expected you on sabotaging my plans" Orochi then used his long stinger on his back or something to grab energy directly from the Earth's core, intending to use it against me
And as he did that, the surface had suffered very major consequences.
The heroes that are on the surface and in the Monster Association, stopped again as another earthquake occurred with just about the same strength as the last one, but this one spread like a madman
Mountains shook. The volcanoes erupted. Streets and buildings around the Cities were falling apart. And citizens panicked. The roads came out from the ground along with the cars.
Orochi: "Take this. Gaia Cannon" Orochi launched a blast towards me, not thinking about the health of the shrine, considering I am standing right on it 'I guess he didn't notice it' I thought
Saitama: "It's over now" I said, bringing my open palm forward to where the blast was headed as I created a small Catastrophic Blast and launched it towards the blast
*Boom!*
An immediate explosion occurred when our attacks hit. An intense beam struggle was now in motion as Orochi stood his ground, controlling his attack as best as he can against mine
Fortunately for him, the power of the Earth's core was enough to probably be on par with my Catastrophic Blast, though it still proves to be a hard task to eliminate my blast as it took Orochi all of his might to try and destroy it
But, I had enough time to launch myself forward towards him while he was busy fighting with my blast. I brought my hand back and launched a quick punch at him, knocking him back as our blast exploded. Leaving behind a shockwave so strong, the place started to crack and crumble
I landed back on the platform that I was in a few moments ago, looking back at the still alive but the bloodied and beaten Orochi on the pool of magma with his tentacles floating around helplessly
Orochi: "You bastard... What... Did you just do?" I heard him say
Saitama: "This place... Gives me an unusual vibe. I'm out of here, and apparently this place as well" I said and I left Orochi behind with his shrine, his oh so precious shrine that he adores so much. But unfortunately, the place was starting to collapse
Orochi: "No... My altar... It's crumbling down" Orochi crawled his way towards the shrine while debris and such started to fall. The walls and even the shrine itself started to break. The magma was splashing all over the place
And as Orochi arrived in front of the altar and at the weird message and figure that was shown in front of the altar, it suddenly broke down and showed behind the shrine, a huge space. Though nothing was in it as the rocks and debris started to fill up the place
Status Power Mingguan
-- Peringkat
Power 
-- Power
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