Chapter 67: The Quick-witted Allosaurus
Hammond set foot in M-City, gazing upon his hometown. No, his hometown was in Iluoji. The buildings before him were nothing but unsightly garbage squatting on his homeland's soil. All this garbage should be... completely destroyed and swept away!
Roar!
He let out a low roar. His powerful body charged recklessly through M-City, toppling countless skyscrapers, flattening numerous houses, and destroying dozens of streets.
Rumble!
Every place he passed was reduced to a field of rubble. The once-prosperous streets were now shattered and broken, a scene of desolation as far as the eye could see.
"The nearest shelter should be M-City's Number Three Shelter, right? Heh heh, respected Mr. King, I'm making such a huge commotion, have you noticed me yet? M-City is your hometown, so you must care about it a lot. When you find out what I'm doing, you'll surely hate me to the bone, right? You'll definitely come to hunt me down, right? Well then, I, this old man... will be waiting for you at M-City's Number Three Shelter. You... had better not let this old man down. Otherwise, the lives of those tens of thousands of humans in the shelter will not be guaranteed."
He smirked, and his enormous body turned towards M-City's Number Three Shelter, charging forward with savage brutality. Any building that stood in his way was reduced to rubble.
His running speed was neither fast nor slow, but relative to the short distance to the Number Three Shelter, his pace was clearly extremely fast. In just over ten minutes, he had already arrived in the vicinity of the shelter.
"That semi-circular building must be the shelter, right?"
Hammond stared at the dome-shaped building several dozen meters away. That was M-City's Number Three Shelter.
The shelter stood thirty meters tall, shaped like an inverted bowl. The semi-circular steel dome, starting from a height of ten meters, was covered in a dense array of small circles, which served as the shelter's ventilation and air exchange ports.
"Looks like the Hero Association spent quite a bit of money building these shelters. Tsk tsk, the defensive structure on the outside alone must have cost a fortune, not to mention the other high-tech systems and equipment. What an extravagant building. A pity it's about to become rubble."
He commented on the shelter for a moment, then quickened his pace and charged closer.
"A shelter this big must have tens of thousands of humans inside, right? Heh, these humans are about to become my captives and my bait. King, will a big fish like you take the bait? Hmm, King, you'd better bite soon. I'm getting a little impatient to kill you."
"Listen up, you Mysterious Being ahead! I am the B-Class Rank 13 hero—Super Police Car Man! I am also a righteous officer of the law! Cease your violent acts immediately, give up all resistance, and surrender at once for lenient treatment..."
In front of Hammond stood a cyborg. Its whole body glinted with a silver metallic luster. Its wrists and ankles were made of two wheels each, upon which were mounted two machine guns. Its hands, extending from the wheels, held a steel police baton. Its head was the front of a car, with headlights for eyes. Embedded in its forehead was the unique insignia of the world police. On either side of its chest were red and blue police lights, and hanging from its back was a license plate—Police M-110.
His expression was stern as he pointed his meter-long police baton at the approaching Hammond and shouted a warning.
Crack!
Hammond leaped over the inner-city river, and his massive foot landed squarely on Super Police Car Man. With a faint crunching sound, the upright Super Police Car Man instantly broke apart and fell to the ground.
"Huh? It feels like I stepped on something."
Hammond lifted his foot in confusion and looked at the ground, where he found a pile of messy parts, including a car head, a license plate, wheels, and more. "Hmm, was it a car?"
"Listen up, you Mysterious Being ahead! I am the B-Class Rank 13 hero—Super Police Car Man! I am also a righteous officer of the law! Cease your violent acts immediately, give up all resistance, and surrender at once for lenient treatment..."
The shattered car head continued to broadcast its pre-programmed police lines.
"Oh my, it's a cyborg! My apologies. This old man is getting on in years and has a whole host of health problems—heart disease, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, you name it. Of course, that includes blurry vision and poor hearing. I didn't hear you talking just now and accidentally stomped on you. Sorry about that. Oh, I have things to do, so I can't take you to the repair shop. You can just wait here slowly for death. Goodbye!"
Hammond gave the wreckage of Super Police Car Man a strange look, offered a sarcastic remark, and continued charging toward the shelter.
"You weak little humans, obediently become my bait!"
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A City.
Hero Association Headquarters.
"Reporting, Director! The latest information shows that Hammond is heading towards the location of the Number Three Shelter. His target is likely the civilians inside the shelter."
Maria reported to Sitch with a grim expression.
"What?" Sitch's whole body trembled. "Is Hammond planning to slaughter humans? No, that can't be right. If he wanted to massacre humans, he would have started a killing spree back in L City. Why would he travel a thousand miles just to get to M-City? He must have another objective. Investigate this immediately."
"Yes, sir."
Maria accepted the order and left.
"Coulson, check Puri-Puri Prisoner's location. How far is he from Hammond? Also, contact him and request that he hurry to intercept Hammond before the Number Three Shelter is destroyed."
It was already too late to evacuate the civilians from the shelter. Their only hope was that Puri-Puri Prisoner could get there faster and arrive before Hammond.
"Understood."
Coulson pushed up his glasses and nodded solemnly.
Ring ring!
Just as the atmosphere in the war room grew heavy with the news of Hammond's impending attack on the shelter, a ringing phone broke the dead silence.
"Hm? It's King?"
Sitch stared at the phone number labeled "King" on the large screen. His face lit up, and he quickly answered, "Mr. King, your call could not have come at a better time! Let's cut to the chase. There is currently a Demon Level Mysterious Being, Tyrant Dragon Man, rapidly approaching M-City's Number Three Shelter. The lives of the tens of thousands of people hiding inside are threatened. Mr. King, can you rush to the shelter to intercept Tyrant Dragon Man and protect the civilians?"
"Huh? You want me to go intercept the Tyrant Dragon Man invading M-City?"
Far away in M-City, King had just dialed the Association's number. Before he could even make his request to take custody of the Allosaurus, Sitch had already assigned him a mission to intercept a Mysterious Being. He was completely dumbfounded and instinctively blurted out a refusal, "No way, I'm busy! I'm in the middle of exterminating a trio of Demon Level Mysterious Beings. I'm trading blows back and forth with the Allosaurus among them, and the fight is at its peak! I simply don't have a free hand to deal with other Demon Level Mysterious Beings."
The Allosaurus, wearing a fawning expression: "..." What a "back and forth" battle!
Sitch listened to King's words over the phone and frowned. "Hm? King, it sounds very quiet on your end. It doesn't seem like you're in the middle of a fierce battle."
"Uh, well..."
King's mouth twitched, his face filled with embarrassment.
Rumble!
Just then, the sound of collapsing buildings rang out one after another, booming like thunder.
"Roar~ King! You dared to kill my brothers, Earthquake Dragon and Velociraptor Dragon! I'll fight you to the death!"
The Allosaurus had been listening intently to King's phone call. Vaguely hearing Sitch's words, the quick-witted creature immediately smashed a nearby building with its claw and let out a fake roar of fury, creating the illusion of a massive, raging battle.
"What? King, you've already killed Earthquake Dragon and Velociraptor Dragon, two Demon Level Mysterious Beings?"
Sitch sucked in a breath of cold air. How much time had passed? King had already taken care of two Demon Level dinosaur-men. Adding the Armored Dragon from not long ago, King had killed three Demon Level Mysterious Beings in just a few short hours. He truly was a powerful man.
"Wow, Mr. King killed two more Demon Level Mysterious Beings! He's incredible!"
"With Mr. King in M-City, no Mysterious Being can make a splash."
"To King, even Demon Level Mysterious Beings are just slightly stronger ants, right?"
"The Strongest Man on Earth! Absolutely terrifying!"
King's call was on speaker, so the staff in the war room heard the entire conversation between Sitch and King. They were stunned by King's record of killing three Demon Level Mysterious Beings in a row, their eyes wide with utter amazement.
"I..."
King speechlessly glanced at the Allosaurus, which had a fawning expression on its face. This... this was so damn shameless!
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