"How dare you, a bunch of nobodies, even think of troubling Allen?" Sonic's gaze swept over everyone in the meeting room, a sneer playing on his lips.
Powder Keg Jack slammed his hand on the table and stood up: "You damn ninja, you're asking to die!"
"Swish—!"
Before Jack could finish his sentence, Sonic had already appeared in front of him, a precise cut made across his neck. Jack's eyes rolled back, and he slumped directly into his seat.
"I told you, you're not worthy," Sonic said coldly, retracting his blood-stained long blade.
Garou leaned back in his chair, his silver eyes gleaming with excitement: "Interesting, Sitch, are these the elites you found?"
Cold sweat beaded on Sitch's forehead: "Mr. Sonic, please don't do this."
"Shut up," Sonic interrupted him. "Allen is my prey. Only I am qualified to fight him to the death."
Snake Woman Medusa laughed chillingly: "Arrogant brat—"
Sonic's figure flickered, and a shuriken was already pressed against her throat: "Say one more word, and I'll silence you forever."
The atmosphere in the meeting room instantly froze. Magic Hand lightly tapped his cane: "Mr. Sonic, please calm down."
"I am calm," Sonic said, putting away his shuriken. "I'm just telling you a fact: Allen is not an opponent you can handle."
Garou suddenly burst out laughing: "Well said!" He stood up, his silver hair moving without a breeze. "I also think these wastes aren't even fit to carry Allen's shoes!"
Heavy Tank Fundoshi glared angrily: "You two are being too arrogant!"
Blue Flame's hands ignited with Blue Flames: "It seems we need to teach these arrogant guys a lesson."
Sonic and Garou exchanged glances, both smirking coldly.
"Want to fight?" Sonic asked.
"Just what I wanted," Garou said, flexing his wrists. "Let me see what you, a ninja, are capable of."
Sitch hastily stood up: "Everyone! Please calm down! We are gathered here for a common goal!"
"Shut up, old man," Garou said impatiently, waving his hand. "Those who don't want to die, get out in three seconds."
Sonic had already assumed a fighting stance: "I have no interest in cooperating with these wastes."
"Lunatics, all lunatics…" Snake Woman Medusa cursed under her breath, the first to stand up and leave.
Seeing this, the other wanted criminals also stood up and left. Soon, only Sonic, Garou, and three A-Class Hero remained in the meeting room.
Magic Hand sighed: "It seems today's meeting will have to end early."
Heavy Tank Fundoshi snorted coldly: "Two arrogant brats."
Blue Flame's Blue Flames danced in his palms: "Want to try me?"
Sonic's figure suddenly vanished, reappearing behind Blue Flame the next second, his long blade pressed against his back: "You're too slow."
Blue Flame's pupils contracted sharply, and his flames instantly extinguished.
Garou laughed and clapped: "Excellent! But…" His gaze turned to Magic Hand and Heavy Tank Fundoshi. "Do you two want to play as well?"
Magic Hand raised his hands: "We're just here to maintain order."
Heavy Tank Fundoshi gritted his teeth, knowing he was outmatched, and ultimately did not make a move.
Sitch slumped into his chair, his face pale: "It's over, completely over."
Sonic put away his shuriken, turned, and walked towards the door: "Silver-haired, want to race to see who finds Allen first?"
Garou grinned: "An interesting proposition. But…" His gaze sharpened. "Before that, I need to make sure you don't die by Allen's hand."
Sonic snorted coldly, his figure vanishing: "Mind your own business."
The two left the meeting room one after another, leaving behind a mess and a dumbfounded Sitch.
Walking out of the Hero Association Headquarters, Garou stretched: "That ninja is somewhat interesting."
He pulled out his phone and dialed Snot-nosed Brat's number: "Kid, where are you?"
"Uncle! I'm home! Mom said it's going to be dangerous outside recently and won't let me go out!" Snot-nosed Brat's voice came through the receiver.
"Smart kid." Garou hung up the phone, his gaze fixed on the distance. "Next… where should I go to find that bastard?"
At the same time, Sonic stood on top of a tall building, looking down at the entire city: "Allen, where exactly are you?"
His figure flickered and disappeared into the night.
Inside the underground cavern, Allen sat cross-legged on a stone bed, eyes closed in meditation. Red patterns faintly appeared on his skin, exuding faint dark-red energy. Gyoro Gyoro manipulated a mechanical arm, carefully collecting these energy samples.
"Mr. Allen, your cell activity is simply incredible," Gyoro Gyoro's giant eyeball glowed with excitement. "An ordinary human would have collapsed long ago under this energy concentration."
Allen opened his crimson eyes: "What's the progress?"
"It will take another 72 hours to complete the preliminary analysis," Gyoro Gyoro's voice trembled with barely concealed excitement. "But I can already confirm that you possess potential that surpasses Dragon-Level Monster!"
Psykos harbored an extremely terrifying thought: she wondered if Allen could be cultivated into an Ultimate Sun Being that surpassed the Monster King Orochi, or even rivaled the power of a god!
"Try to speed up the process," Allen said before turning to leave the cavern.
He returned to his room and sat on the bed. The system panel unfolded before his eyes, displaying the crossover points required to exchange for Boros's core ability, Ultimate Sun Being.
[Ability: Ultimate Sun Being (3000 Crossover Points)]
[After awakening, the Host will gain a physique equivalent to the Cosmic Overlord Boros, acquiring top-tier cosmic natural healing abilities and physical functions. Its strength, speed, and endurance will all reach the limit of a being that has broken through its limiter.]
(Here's why the ability is called Ultimate Sun Being: since Boros's race was not mentioned in the original work, the name here is taken from ONE-sensei's work "Sun Man." The final BOSS in "Sun Man" is actually the prototype for Boros in One-Punch Man, so the author ultimately adopted this name.)
After his intense battle with Boros, Allen's crossover points had now reached 8759. However, if he were to use all of them to exchange for Boros's ability, it would still not be enough, let alone needing to save some for emergencies.
"8759 points… a bit too little," he muttered to himself, his finger lightly tapping the edge of the stone bed. "It seems I need to casually enter a low-star world to farm some crossover points."
He glanced in the direction of the door, confirming no one was disturbing him, then casually grabbed a speck of light and crushed it.
[Preparing for Crossing... 3... 2... 1...]
Allen felt his body decompose into countless specks of light, then reassemble in another space. When he opened his eyes again, he was standing in a dark, damp alley.
Rain dripped down the walls, and the air was filled with the stench of decay. Allen took a deep breath, keenly detecting the scent of blood hidden in the rain.
"It seems it's going to be a lively night," he murmured, his crimson eyes particularly striking in the darkness.
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