Before King could protest.
An irresistible beam of light suddenly engulfed him, along with the unsuspecting Lumine, Paimon, and Furina beside him!
In his vision, the streets of Fontaine under the setting sun, the ancient flagstone roads, the distant sea horizon... everything shattered like a broken mirror, then was replaced by an endless white light.
"Ah?"
"Wah-yah-yah-yah!"
"King!!"
Amidst the exclamations, the world spun.
It felt like a long time, yet also like just an instant.
The sensation of solid ground returned, and the light dissipated.
King staggered, steadied himself, and immediately looked around.
Furina sat on the ground, her small hands propped on the floor, her magnificent pure white divine attire stained with some dust, her large eyes staring at King with worry.
Lumine knelt on one knee, her dull blade already in hand, her amber eyes sharply scanning her surroundings, full of vigilance.
Paimon clung to Lumine's chest, her small face pale:
"W-what happened? Where is this place?"
King's heart sank to the bottom as he clearly saw his surroundings.
A slightly messy, lived-in Japanese apartment room.
Some game posters were pasted on the wall.
Unopened game boxes were piled in the corner.
Snack wrappers and drink cans were scattered on the low table.
An extra-large screen TV and game console rested quietly on the TV cabinet.
Outside the window was the night view of a modern city, with neon lights faintly penetrating.
All of this was telling him an absurd truth.
He had been dragged by the System, along with his entire 'family', into the world of one-punch man.
Damn... damn damn damn damn!!!
Damn System!!
You actually brought Furina, Lumine, and Paimon here too!
This is the one-punch man world!
Monsters are everywhere, Dragon Level threats are as common as dogs!
Cities and nations are destroyed at every turn! Even the Hero Association struggles to cope!
He himself had the Superalloy Blacklight Body, so he might be able to hold his own.
But what about Furina and the others?!
Furina is just an ordinary Damselette cursed!
Is Lumine's current strength enough to contend here?
Paimon, whose combat power is inferior to a wild boar, is simply negligible!
How is this a lottery? This is murder!
And it's a buy-one-get-three annihilation package!
King felt his CPU was about to overload and burn out.
His mind was blank, with only a barrage of "It's over, it's over, it's over" and "System, I'll screw your whole family" frantically flashing across it.
"…"
King stiffly turned his head to look at the three girls beside him, each with a different expression.
He opened his mouth, but found his throat dry.
How should he explain?
Should he say, "Sorry, I drew a big move in a lottery, but the System wants me to clear a dungeon BOSS in this more dangerous world first, and only after winning can I go back, and the BOSS is a cosmic overlord who can blow up stars"?
He was afraid that Furina and Paimon would be scared to death before he even finished speaking!
Finally, under their uneasy gazes, King rubbed his temples, used all his acting skills, and forced out an expression that was as calm as possible, but in reality, he was panicking.
"Welcome to 'my world'."
His words were vague, carrying a profound and mysterious air.
Coupled with his face, which appeared even colder and fiercer due to his excessive guilt, and the lingering aftereffects of the emperor engine that hadn't fully subsided.
Furina and the other two instantly began a mental storm!
Is this outside the Teyvat world?
Does that mean this is King's hometown?
"Your... world?"
As the main disseminator of most rumors about King.
Furina was the first to react, finishing her conjectures and finding a reason for King.
He must have seen she was in a bad mood and brought her here to momentarily escape that self-reproaching atmosphere!
"King..."
Furina murmured softly, a flash of realization in her eyes, followed by deeper affection.
She stood up, leaning on the low table beside her, her heterochromatic eyes wide with shock as she looked around the room filled with "exotic charm."
Game posters, snack wrappers, a large-screen TV... everything exuded a "modern feel" completely different from Teyvat.
"So this is what King's old home looked like..."
Furina whispered, her gaze falling on a pre-order promotional poster for "Sweet Girlfriend 6," her cheeks slightly flushed:
"Indeed... it's very much your style."
Lumine also put away her dull blade, but her vigilance did not wane.
She walked to the window, pulled back a corner of the curtain, and looked out at the city nightscape with towering buildings.
Traffic flowed like weaving threads, neon lights flickered, extremely similar to a world she had traveled to before.
"To cross worlds in an instant..."
"And that white-haired woman didn't come out to stop us?"
"Did she not react, or did she not dare to stop us?"
"Mr. King, he really is..."
"Incredible."
Lumine murmured.
"Wow! This place is so strange! But... what are these shiny little things? Can they be eaten?"
Paimon's attention was drawn to the colorful snacks on the low table.
She carefully flew closer, her eyes sparkling, and sniffed a bag of potato chips with her small nose.
Although she couldn't smell anything, Paimon's powerful foodie intuition told her—
This stuff is delicious!
King looked at the reactions of the three, his mind filled with question marks.
How did they so easily understand the situation on their own?
And their acceptance level was so high?
Especially Furina, that "I knew it" expression directly saved him countless explanations.
King: "..."
Is this the world of geniuses?
As the atmosphere grew subtle, a knock on the door suddenly sounded.
No, that wasn't a knock.
It was pounding.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The urgent and loud pounding was accompanied by a middle-aged man's anxious shouts:
"Mr. King! Mr. King!"
"The S-Class Heroes meeting is about to begin!"
"Please come out quickly! Are you still not done in the restroom?"
"Can you hold it for a bit? Go use the one at our place!!"
"The Hero Association's restroom is huge!!!"
"…"
The worst thing is sudden silence.
Furina, Lumine, and Paimon all turned their heads to look in the direction of the sound—
The apartment door that was groaning under the pounding.
Then, their gazes slowly shifted back to King's face.
"Mr. King...?"
Furina tilted her head, her heterochromatic eyes filled with confusion.
"Restroom?"
Paimon blinked, repeating softly.
Lumine, however, frowned slightly, taking two wary steps back, subtly shielding King in front of her.
King: "..."
He felt his temples throbbing.
Had he replaced King?
Was the current timeline before Boros's arrival, with the S-Class Heroes meeting?
Did the previous King, being timid, not want to attend the meeting, and thus lied to Sitch about having a stomachache?
King instantly clarified his current predicament.
It also made him wish he could die.
Not only was he thrown into a high-risk world, but he also replaced the "strongest man on earth Luck King."
And right from the start, he had to face the high-ranking executives of the Hero Association, as well as—
The impending S-Class Heroes meeting, composed of a bunch of eccentrics and super-strong individuals?!
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