Chapter 29

{[Last Time in Hero's Harem]}

"My name...is Vaccine Girl!" she growled. "And, not that I'm complaining, but how come you're not killing me?"

"It would seem that the Hero Association has some questions for you." Spring Mustachio informed her. "Also, and this is just my own theory, they may be looking into a way to utilize your ability to absorb pollution."

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"I am not a lab rat!" she snapped as she struggled to get up. She could feel a sensation of dread creeping through her as she saw a truck pull up.

The back opened to reveal men in blue suits jump out and surround them.

She wanted to call for help as they shackled her and placed her into a cage, but she couldn't.

'What do I do? What do I do?! WHAT DO I DO?!' she mentally screamed. 'If I call for help, the others will be exposed! And Saitama will...they'll...' Her breath hitched as she felt the truck begin to move, tears slowly forming in her eyes as she saw an image of everyone back at the apartments slowly fading away.

'Saitama...everyone...' A tear fell as she bit her lip to keep from screaming. 'Help me!'

SCREEEEECH! THUD!

She was knocked out of her sadness as the truck suddenly stopped out of nowhere, sending her and everyone inside crashing around before regaining their bearings.

"What was that?!" Golden Ball asked.

"I'm not sure!" Spring Mustachio responded as one of the workers banged his fist against the front end of the hold.

"Hey! What's going on up there?!" they shouted before they felt the truck start moving again...in reverse.

"Something's got us!" the driver shouted in panic.

"Could it be an ally of this little thing?" Golden Ball wondered.

"No way of knowing from in here." Spring Mustachio answered as he and GB walked to the back and opened the doors. They were quite surprised to see what was happening.

"Hi there." said the seaweed haired monster, their hair gripping the back of the truck and pulling it back despite the tires screeching agains the pavement in an attempt to go forward. "I'd like to talk to all of you." Before anyone could respond, another tentacle of seaweed lased out near the front of the truck before pulling back, raising the front of the truck up and dumping everyone in the back out.

She then released the truck when everyone was released, allowing it to swerve around before crashing into a streetlight.

"What is that thing?!" one of the grunts said as they all struggle to their feet, which then turned to flailing when they found themselves being lifted into the air. "HELP!" they began to scream before the monster flung them all away.

"I got a bone to pick with you two." it said as it's seaweed retracted around it's body again. "I know that heroes fight monsters and such, but come on. She wasn't even trying to fight, yet you two chased her relentlessly. And don't think I didn't hear about that whole 'lab rat' bit you were talking about."

"We attacked for we know what she's capable of." Spring Mustachio defended as he and Golden Ball armed themselves. "This creature rampaged through City-A awhile back, and would've done so to other cities if she hadn't been stopped by the Class-S Hero, King."

"Well, if she's so strong, then why'd she run and not smash your heads in?" the monster asked as it's hair rippled around a little.

"Sorry. Don't feel up to telling you the details." Golden Ball said as he took aim with his slingshot. "EAT THIS!" he cried out as he let the golden ball fly at high speeds. It quickly shifted from a small metal ball to a spinning bladed projectile-

SMACK!

-before being harmlessly swatted away by a strand of seaweed, shocking the hero.

"It flicked it away like it was nothing!" he gasped out before ducking when it lashed a tentacle out at him.

If he'd paid attention, he'd have seen the monster smirk as he stepped on another tentacle that immediately wrapped around his leg.

"GYAAAAAAH!" he yelled out before his body was dragged across the nearby buildings, ending with him being slammed into the street hard enough to cough up a mouthful of blood.

"GOLDEN BALL!" Spring Mustachio cried out in horror before dodging the moster's tentacles that had just tried to attack him. He assumed a stance before expertly deflecting a barrage of seaweed tentacles.

When the attack ended, he slashed the dust away before assuming his stance once more.

"Wow." the monster whispered before the wind kicked the dust up, obscuring Spring Mustachio as he stepped forward, his foot embedded into the street as his blade coiled in on itself. "Huh?"

"Tomboy...THRUST!"

The creature's visible eye widened in shock before it jump out the way, leaving the blade to continue onward and pierce everything else until it seemed to ram into something in the distance.

'It slipped past my Tomboy attack?!' Spring Mustachio thought in shock as his weapon retracted

"That's pretty cool." said the monster as it examined the strand of seaweed that had been caught in the attack.

'Wow. They're pretty strong. What level are they? Tiger? Demon?' Vaccine Girl wondered from where she was still shackled in the turned over cage.

'From the way those tentacles react, they're tough as steel! A monster that can use it's infinite number of tentacles like steel whips. 'Such power!' thought Spring Mustachio before glancing at Golden Ball's unconscious form.

He grimaced as he hid his free hand behind himself and grabbed his phone before punching a few buttons out of sight. 'I must call in reinforcements from the Association.'

"I'm curious. Why are you helping this monster? Do you two live in this neighborhood?" Spring Mustachio asked.

"Hmm? Nah. I don't know who the midget is, but I'm hoping they can answer a question of my own." answered the monster. "As for me, I'm from out of town. I came here because I heard a rumor about some crazy strong monsters were gathering around here."

'Strong monsters? Are they talking about the others back in the apartments?' thought Vaccine Girl.

"That's the only reason I'm breaking the little weakling out of that cage you put her in." the monster continued, earning a glare from Vaccine Girl as the creature's hair began to lift and wriggle in every direction, unveiling it's other eye, a mouth, and a black body with almost no curves.

Definitely female due to a lack of a dick between it's legs. "But hey, if she's all that's here, then I'll make the rumor true myself. Kinda like a self-fulfilling prophecy. 'Kombu Infinity, the Ghost Town Monster!' SOUNDS NICE, DON'T IT?!"