Chapter 88: Fubuki and the Sand-Sand Fruit
It had to be said, Tornado really had some skills. She could easily use her telekinetic power to forcibly hold such a massive spaceship in the air, assisting Bane in deploying his Dark Raging Tide.
Everyone had now returned to ground level, and just as Bane was gradually devouring the spaceship with his dark power, a metal drop pod fell from the sky, landing precisely beside Bane. A remotely controlled robot emerged from within.
It looked at Bane and spoke directly: "Dark Knight, I hope you can give me the wreckage of this spaceship. I need it to develop stronger weapons to protect—"
But before it could finish speaking, a flash of lightning slashed through, and the robot was cut in half at the waist.
Zoro calmly sheathed his sword: "What the hell are you supposed to be?"
"Well done," Bane chuckled.
What kind of random trash was this, coming to say it wanted to compete with him for the spaceship?
You don't show up during the battle, but once it's over you want to claim the spoils? Wasn't that ridiculous?
Bane already had no good feelings toward Metal Knight, this mysterious S-Class hero, so naturally he wouldn't give him any face.
Just as Bane was gradually absorbing the entire spaceship into dark space, Sitch, the garlic-nosed Association official, hurried over. He glanced at the robot Metal Knight had sent, then quickly said: "Dark Knight, the Association has already reached an agreement with Metal Knight, he—"
"What does your agreement have to do with me?" Bane said in an extremely cold tone.
He glanced at Sitch, drew the dark power back into his body, then continued: "The Association doesn't have the authority to give mandatory orders to S-Class heroes, right? We dealt with the enemy, so the spoils naturally belong to us. If there's any problem with that, let Metal Knight come talk to me himself."
Just as he finished speaking, Saitama and Genos also walked over.
"What's wrong?" Saitama asked curiously.
"Nothing, just a small matter," Bane waved dismissively, acting unconcerned.
After being confronted by Bane like this, Sitch was somewhat helpless. He looked to Tornado for help, since Tornado had a good relationship with the Association and had always been considered their ace. If she could say a few words, maybe Bane would give some face?
But after noticing Sitch's hint, Tornado directly ignored it.
Setting aside that she now clearly recognized how strong Saitama was, she also disliked Metal Knight's style. You don't show up for the fight, but you come after it's over and have the nerve to ask for things? How shameless.
Soon, Bane's group was preparing to leave A-City. Bane would continue returning to the dojo to learn martial arts from the two old men, Zoro would unsurprisingly choose to go back to the Sword Saints Association with Atomic Samurai to continue training, and Genos would still serve as Zoro's "caretaker," preparing to go with Zoro without complaint.
Honestly, this made Bane feel quite embarrassed. They hadn't really helped Genos with anything, but Genos kept sacrificing for both of them.
Actually, if possible, Bane would quite like to bring Genos back to the pirate world, then give him a Devil Fruit, which would fulfill their teacher-disciple relationship, since Devil Fruits really could enhance Genos's strength.
But unfortunately, even without asking, Bane knew Genos wouldn't leave, because he still carried hatred here. So next time he came, he'd bring a suitable Devil Fruit as a gift.
As for Saitama, Bane couldn't possibly take him away either. Genos and the others would be fine—this world wouldn't have major problems without them, but if Saitama disappeared, who knows if this world would be destroyed by the time Bane returned.
So Saitama's matter should be put on hold until this problem could be solved in the future.
Though if he really encountered some opponent he couldn't handle in the future, temporarily borrowing Saitama should be fine.
After all, they were good bros now!
Because of Bane and Tornado's interventions, they'd changed the original outcome where A-City was completely destroyed. Though the city had suffered some impact, overall the problem wasn't major. Soon, the group arrived at Fubuki's luxury stretch limousine, preparing to ride back together.
Fubuki stood in front of the car, looking at her sister: "I'm going back, and don't try to stop me. I don't want to hear your lectures."
Originally, Fubuki thought that speaking so firmly to her sister might make her angry and scold her.
But unexpectedly, Tornado glanced at Saitama who was already in the car, then looked at Bane, without trying to stop anything.
She just snorted with slight displeasure, then said: "You're all in Z-City, right? I'll come find you in a few days."
"Don't come, you're not welcome," Bane said without hesitation, rolling down the window.
Hearing this, Tornado immediately got angry, shouting irritably: "You bastard, are you trying to provoke me? You think I'm afraid of you? Get out here and fight one-on-one, asshole!"
But Bane completely ignored her, looking at Fubuki: "What are you waiting for? Get in the car."
Watching Bane bicker with her sister, Fubuki inexplicably wanted to laugh. Then she still politely waved at her sister, quickly got in the car, and the vehicle started, leaving directly.
While driving, Fubuki was also secretly glancing at Bane sitting in the passenger seat.
In the back, King, Saitama, and Bang had started playing cards. This luxury stretch limo was really something else.
"This car is really nice, how much did you pay for it?" Bane asked casually while enjoying the seat massage.
"It's rented," Fubuki said matter-of-factly.
"Huh?" Bane said with some surprise. "Why?"
"No money," Fubuki still replied calmly.
"Wait, I always thought you had high social status, since you can always get high-end ingredients that aren't available on the market," Bane couldn't help but complain.
"Thanks to my sister, my social status is indeed high, but that's all. If I wanted money, I could certainly ask her, but I don't like to," Fubuki explained.
"That really is tough for you. Next time we go shopping, I'll reimburse you. Don't look at me like this—I'm actually quite wealthy," Bane joked with a smile.
Fubuki wasn't polite, immediately agreeing: "No problem, I've been waiting for you to say that for a long time."
After saying this, both couldn't help but laugh.
After chatting like this for a while, Fubuki suddenly asked: "What you said earlier at the Association—was that true?"
"What?" Bane didn't immediately remember and asked back.
"That... you said you had a method that could make my psychic abilities stronger..." Fubuki was somewhat nervous when saying this.
Of course, she wasn't afraid Bane would do anything to her, but worried that Bane was just joking around. That feeling of being given hope only to be disappointed—she didn't want to experience it!
Hearing this question, Bane looked at the scenery rushing past outside the window. After a brief silence of a few seconds, he slowly said: "Actually, Zoro and I aren't natural-born psychic users."
"How is that possible?" Fubuki instinctively objected. "So far, aside from natural talent, there's no way to artificially intervene with psychic abilities, unless through monsterization..."
Tornado had been studied by a mysterious organization since childhood because that organization wanted to replicate her psychic abilities, but ultimately failed. So in Fubuki's understanding, psychic users like them couldn't be replicated—they were completely talent-based players.
But soon, Fubuki stopped her objections. Even though it overturned her understanding, after calming down, she felt Bane wouldn't lie to her, and had no reason to lie about such things.
"How did you do it?" Fubuki couldn't help but ask.
Bane's fingertips emitted a stream of dark aura, and soon, a strangely shaped fruit appeared in his hand before Fubuki's eyes.
Undoubtedly, this was a Devil Fruit.
"Zoro and I gained psychic abilities by eating this type of fruit. People from our side call them 'Devil Fruits.' The fruit in my hand is called the logia-type Sand-Sand Fruit. Just like the Rumble-Rumble Fruit that Zoro ate, once you eat this fruit, you'll gain the power of the desert. Come to think of it, your ability matches quite well with it," Bane explained with a smile, even teasing a bit.
And you really couldn't say otherwise—this Sand-Sand Fruit did match well with Fubuki's psychic abilities.
Controlling sandstorms and such would pair perfectly with her signature move, Hell Storm.
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