"Although we're all Anomalies, and I can understand emotional instability, I hope you will not doubt the strength of our Anomaly Association."
Gyoro-Gyoro spoke again. "Since everyone is so eager, I will show you."
It activated its telekinesis again. The earth behind it in the plaza split open.
The ground was torn apart from the middle by an invisible giant hand. The crack extended to both sides. Rock fragments and dust sprayed outward, revealing a bottomless pit below.
From the pit, a huge figure slowly rose.
Over ten meters tall.
Its skin was pale as snow. Its muscles were covered in grotesque cracks, shining with a sickly luster.
Its body looked like it was pieced together from countless fragments of broken rock. Even more striking were the dragon heads appearing all over its body... some on its chest, some on its shoulders, some on its arms, some protruding from its back. The eyes of each dragon head were tightly shut. There were at least six or seven of them.
The dragon heads kept their eyes closed, but the oppressive force they radiated already made most of the Anomalies present unable to breathe.
"That is..."
Awakened Cockroach's pupils contracted.
All the Anomalies present, including powerful individuals like Momoshiki, Black Sperm, and Sukuna, had their expressions changed upon sensing that aura.
Gyoro-Gyoro introduced, "This is the leader of our Anomaly Association... the Anomaly King, Orochi-sama."
"Although Orochi-sama's power has not yet returned to its peak, if anyone wants to challenge him, I wouldn't mind."
At this point, Gyoro-Gyoro's gaze was slightly teasing. "Who would like to try?"
As it spoke, Gyoro-Gyoro deliberately swept its gaze over the Otsutsuki trio, Sukuna, Muzan, and other troublemakers.
Many Anomalies looked at those usually unruly executive-level Dragon-level Anomalies, all wanting to see the excitement.
Unfortunately, no one stepped forward to challenge.
"Too bad. I was hoping to use this opportunity to demonstrate Orochi-sama's power to everyone."
Gyoro-Gyoro shrugged its bloated body. "But this should boost everyone's morale a bit."
Its gaze turned to Bakugo, who had not yet turned into Anomaly and was still an ordinary person. "I am developing an even stronger monster cell. Once it is successful, you will take it. Then, we will launch a counterattack against Nishikawa Makoto and the Hero Association. Alright, this meeting is adjourned."
Under Gyoro-Gyoro's control, the Anomaly King Orochi returned underground and fell asleep. The Anomalies, each with their own thoughts, returned to their respective rooms.
On the way back, Urashiki walked with his hands behind his head, a faint, knowing smile on his lips. He teased Momoshiki, "Hey, hey, Momoshiki, why did you get cold feet? I thought you would teach that ugly thing called Orochi a lesson."
Momoshiki glared fiercely at Urashiki with his Byakugan, and Urashiki glared right back without fear.
In terms of pure strength, Momoshiki was slightly better, but not enough to make Urashiki afraid of him.
What's more, Urashiki himself knew that Momoshiki wouldn't dare to act rashly.
If Makoto discovered this place, they would be in big trouble.
"Watch your mouth."
Leaving these words, Momoshiki left with Kinshiki. Their footsteps gradually faded down the corridor.
"Tch. Acting like you're the boss." Urashiki shrugged and turned down another path.
After arriving at the Anomaly Association, powerful individuals like the Otsutsuki Clan and Sukuna were immediately given executive positions by Gyoro-Gyoro, with their own private rooms.
Even Demon-level Anomalies couldn't have private rooms.
After returning to his room, Awakened Cockroach was teased by his roommates, Super Mouse, Baquma, and Bug God. "Hey, Awakened Cockroach, you were pretty brave today."
"Yeah, daring to talk to Gyoro-Gyoro like that."
"But thanks to you, we got to see something interesting."
The three Anomalies chattered, their laughter echoing in the small room.
But Awakened Cockroach didn't answer. He stood facing the wall, motionless, his back to them.
This made the other three Demon-level Anomalies very curious.
Super Mouse frowned, walked over, and put his hand on Awakened Cockroach's shoulder. "Hey, what's wrong with you?"
The next moment... a silver light flashed.
The other party's hand came down in a knife hand strike. Three silver lights simultaneously slashed in three directions.
The bodies of Super Mouse, Baquma, and Bug God were severed cleanly at the waist. The cuts were smooth as mirrors. Their upper and lower halves separated and fell to the ground.
Their six eyes were wide open, their pupils full of disbelief.
Although Awakened Cockroach was the strongest among the four of them, they were all Demon-level Anomalies. The gap shouldn't be that big.
Yet he had killed all three of them in an instant. How was that possible?
Super Mouse's upper body lay on the ground. His internal organs slid out of his abdominal cavity, piled on the floor, emitting a strong stench.
His eyes were wide, their pupils reflecting the man's silhouette.
The skin on Awakened Cockroach's body wriggled, sloughing off like a snake shedding its skin, starting from the head, revealing the face beneath... a bowling ball with three holes serving as eyes and mouth.
And even more astonishing was the Rinnegan embedded in his right eye socket, its purple concentric circle patterns slowly rotating on the orb.
Teleportation Magic activated.
Dark purple light patterns spread from Pandora's Actor's feet, rising and spinning, illuminating the room intermittently.
After the light faded, Makoto stepped out of the teleportation array.
Pandora's Actor knelt on one knee, directly plucked the Rinnegan from his right eye, and held it out to Makoto with both hands.
"Grandfather, did you see everything?"
"Ah, good work."
Makoto took the Rinnegan and casually put it into his item bar.
Thanks to the Rinnegan's shared vision, he had already seen everything about Orochi.
"I really did see something interesting. Now I understand where that Psykos got the nerve to challenge me."
Super Mouse's upper body lay on the ground. His pupils reflected the man's silhouette. His voice, squeezed from his throat, changed pitch due to excessive fear.
"Ni-Nishikawa Makoto?!"
His mind raced. Cold sweat seeped from his forehead.
'How did they know the base was here?'
'No!'
'Now wasn't the time to think about that. I had to notify Gyoro-Gyoro and the executives immediately.'
New flesh began to grow from the cut at Super Mouse's waist.
Pink granulation emerged from the cross-section, quickly forming new muscle tissue.
This was his ability as an Anomaly... physical regeneration.
Just as his severed limbs had regenerated to the knees, Super Mouse pushed himself up with both hands, jumped to his feet, and lunged to the side, about to crash through the wall.
"Help! Nishikawa—!"
Zzzap—
A bolt of lightning shot from Pandora's Actor's fingertip.
Dragon Lightning... a Fifth-Tier Spell that Ainz had once used against Makoto.
Blue-white lightning exploded in the air, precisely piercing through Super Mouse's throat.
Entering through the back of his neck and exiting through his Adam's apple, trailing a cloud of blood mist.
Super Mouse's body froze in mid-air. His fist was still raised, less than half a meter from the wall.
The last word stuck in his throat, never to come out.
Falling to the ground again, Super Mouse clutched his throat, making 'gurgling' bubble sounds, his body convulsing.
Pandora's Actor raised his hand to finish him off.
Makoto raised his hand to stop him. He looked at Super Mouse clutching his throat on the ground, the corner of his mouth curving slightly.
"It still has its uses. It'll be perfect for preparing a gift for the raging monkey."