Chapter 91: Rejecting Tornado, Farewell to Saitama
At the foot of the Flowing Water Rock Smashing Fist dojo mountain.
Bane looked at the little loli standing before him and felt a headache coming on.
Tornado glared at Bane with an extremely displeased expression. After a moment, psychic power surged around her body, as if she wanted to give Bane a thorough beating.
"Hey, what are you doing!" Bane quickly stopped her: "If you hit me, I'll hit your sister!"
Tornado: ???
"You bastard, how can you be so despicable!" Tornado cursed angrily.
Of course, Bane wasn't actually afraid of Tornado—he just didn't want to get entangled with her here.
After cursing at Bane a couple times, Tornado finally asked in a low voice: "You're taking Fubuki away? To the other side of the sea?"
"That's right." Bane nodded.
"But it's definitely not that simple, right? If it was just crossing an ocean, Fubuki wouldn't need to say such a solemn farewell to me—I could visit her anytime!" Tornado questioned.
"Indeed, it's not that simple... The place we're going, you can't find," Bane nodded, acknowledging this.
"Just like Blast?" After a moment of silence, Tornado couldn't help asking again.
Actually, the reason she'd always stayed with the Hero Association was because of Blast's existence. She really wanted to find Blast, but hadn't been successful.
"Uh..." Bane thought about it, then said: "There are still some differences, but you can think of it that way. When the time is right, we'll come back."
Hearing this, Tornado's eyes showed some dimness and reluctance. Of course, this wasn't directed at Bane, but at her sister Fubuki.
"If there's nothing else, I'll be going?" Seeing Tornado standing there without speaking, Bane suggested taking his leave.
"Wait!" Tornado immediately stopped him: "I want to go with you too!"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Bane refused without hesitation.
It wasn't that he looked down on Tornado's strength. This girl was extremely powerful—even in the pirate world, she could completely become top-tier combat power.
After being refused so decisively by Bane, Tornado seemed to feel humiliated and angrily demanded: "Why?"
"I'm stronger than Fubuki! There's no reason you'd choose her over me, right? I could help you more! And I don't even need your power-enhancing abilities—I don't need to pay any price! Why would you refuse me?!" Tornado asked furiously.
"You're used to doing whatever you want and would never follow my orders. At the same time, you only trust yourself and completely refuse to trust others—even your own sister is like this to you. So there's no way I'd bring an unstable bomb like you along. Who knows—if I'm not careful, you might cause me some major problem!" Bane said bluntly.
Fubuki was controllable, but Tornado was completely uncontrollable. These S-Class heroes, while having decent abilities and acceptable character, were all extremely self-centered people. Bane couldn't even imagine what kind of changes this group would bring if they lost control, so it was absolutely impossible—at least until he was confident he could completely suppress Tornado's problems!
Moreover, not bringing Tornado was like insurance for Fubuki. If he brought Tornado, Bane wouldn't be as confident that he could make Fubuki completely obey him.
Bonds could bring people the strength to move forward, hope, and many things, but at the same time, they were indeed a form of restraint.
"You bastard..." Tornado gritted her teeth and muttered a few sentences, but ultimately, she couldn't convince Bane.
"Then protect Fubuki well. If something really happens to my sister, even if I have to search to the ends of the earth, I definitely won't let you off!!!" Tornado threatened Bane with a very serious expression.
Looking at Tornado in this state, Bane didn't brush her off. He also spoke very seriously: "I can't guarantee she'll always be safe. After all, if she wants to embark on the path of a strong person, she's destined to need to overcome obstacles to become stronger. So I'll only promise you this: as a companion, I will never harm her, and when she needs my help, I will definitely give my all. That's all."
Seemingly sensing the sincerity in Bane's tone, after a long sigh, Tornado finally nodded: "Then I'm counting on you."
"I didn't expect you'd say something like 'I'm counting on you,'" Bane teased with some amusement.
However, Tornado didn't respond to him. After a very dissatisfied cold snort, she flew away directly.
In the following days, Bane was busy with preparations for the return journey, saying farewell to good friends like Saitama and Bang one by one, and applying to the Hero Association for a temporary suspension of hero activities. The association was very accommodating to Bane and would preserve his S-Class status for him.
However, Bane didn't really care about these things—who knew if the association would even still exist when he returned next time.
After that, Bane made a trip to the House of Evolution, taking Dr. Genus and the over one thousand RC cell injection doses he'd produced during this time period.
That's right—Bane was taking two people back with him this time: one was Fubuki, and the other was Dr. Genus.
As for the House of Evolution, it would remain here. Under the management of Armored Gorilla and other members, they would maintain a low profile while continuing to produce RC cell injections. At the same time, Bane had also asked Genos and Saitama to look after the place, so there shouldn't be any problems.
Regarding the wreckage of universe overlord Boros's warship, Dr. Genus was very interested, but progress during this period hadn't been significant. After all, the time was too short—no matter how genius he was, he couldn't crack cosmic technology in such a short time.
He was still stuck on the first step: studying and deciphering the cosmic writing from the ship's remains. If you couldn't even understand their writing, how could you master the technology?
Speaking of writing and such, Bane thought that once they could establish themselves in the pirate world, he could also have Robin participate in this project. Setting aside research capabilities, she should be able to play some role in deciphering writing systems.
In the abandoned area, at Saitama's house.
Bane and Zoro hadn't packed their daily belongings and still left them here.
"It really is a bit reluctant. Once you leave, I'll have to return to my previous mundane life..." Saitama looked at Bane and Zoro standing at the door, ready to leave, with great reluctance.
"I think you're feeling reluctant because once we take Fubuki away, you won't be able to live the good life of eating high-class cuisine every day, right?" Bane laughed heartily.
"You know what, you really saw right through me!" Saitama also laughed and admitted it.
"You can get a salary from the association, and the House of Evolution has also hired you as security captain. You're now part of the high-income group..." Bane sighed.
Hearing this, Saitama also said happily: "This is all thanks to you. Ever since you came, it really seems like my luck improved."
Bane chatted with Saitama about trivial matters while Zoro was saying goodbye to Genos.
Speaking of which, Zoro had actually spent the most time with Genos here. Now that they were separating, he really felt reluctant, and Genos felt the same way. The two seemed to have endless things to talk about.
But all good things must come to an end. Fubuki downstairs really couldn't stand it anymore—who knew where these big guys got so much to talk about? After making a phone call to urge them, Bane and Zoro reluctantly left Saitama's front door.
Saitama and Genos stood on the balcony, watching Bane and Zoro get into Fubuki's luxury car and quickly drive away, disappearing from their sight, before returning inside together.
"Hmm? Genos, aren't you leaving?" Saitama looked at Genos with some confusion.
"Saitama-sensei, I'll be living here permanently from now on. Please take care of me!" Genos said matter-of-factly.
Saitama looked completely bewildered. Wait, when did I ever agree to this?
But perhaps because during these three months he'd gotten used to living with others, making his originally boring life more lively, after a long silence, Saitama smiled: "Did you bring a toothbrush?"
"Of course, everything's prepared, Saitama-sensei!" Seeing Saitama agree, Genos also said excitedly.
On the other side, Bane's group had once again arrived at the House of Evolution in the suburbs. Obviously, they weren't really going to the other side of the sea, so they planned to return from here.
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