One Punch Man: Heroics Start with Dual Kamui
Chapter 89 89: Boros’s Younger Sister?
It turned out that Shinji had mistaken this alien woman for a powerful enemy.
The moment he decided to make his move, he immediately activated the Rinnegan in preparation. But to his surprise, she appeared far weaker than he had originally imagined.
Boros had once explained that his race came from a planet with an incredibly harsh environment. The members of his species possessed extraordinary vitality and impressive regenerative abilities, and Boros himself was considered the strongest among them all.
Since Shinji assumed this alien woman was of the same race as Boros, he subconsciously treated her as a formidable opponent, prepared for a fierce battle. However, it seemed that he had greatly overestimated her actual strength.
"Don't tell me… you're actually weak?" Shinji asked, watching as she collapsed to the ground and clutched her sore backside in obvious pain.
"Who said that?!" The alien woman instantly sprang back to her feet, reaching toward her armor as if she intended to remove it. "This armor is suppressing my power. The moment I unleash my full strength, you'll be the one begging for mercy."
"Yeah… let's not do that," Shinji quickly responded, not wanting to provoke her further.
After all, she was clearly wearing only this single set of armor, which was already quite revealing. Her shapely figure was almost entirely exposed. This meant that if she shattered her armor like Boros did to release his power, she would essentially be completely naked. Not a fan of fighting an enemy with their cheeks clapping on every action.
"Heh, scared now, aren't you?!" The alien woman smirked smugly at him, clearly enjoying his hesitation.
Shinji felt this woman might be a little… simple-minded.
"So, what's your name?" he asked, still curious about her identity.
The alien woman's armor reminded him again of Boros, since both of them wore gear designed specifically to restrain their immense strength. However, hers was far more skimpy and revealing compared to Boros's heavy armor, most likely because her power was much weaker and did not require such strong suppression.
After all, Boros was a cosmic overlord ranked as "Dragon level and above," who had already conquered and dominated the universe. It was precisely because he was invincible that he grew bored with everything around him.
So when he heard the prophecy from a seer, he spent twenty long years traveling across space to Earth in search of a worthy opponent who could challenge him. Even among his own race, no one else came close to Boros's incredible strength.
Seriously, an intergalactic enemy so powerful that he had to suppress his powers, how engagingly new~!
"My name is Loris, and I need to get going now. Can you get off my ship?" The alien woman, introducing herself as Loris, tried to usher Shinji off the spaceship with a tone that left no room for argument.
"Loris…" Shinji murmured thoughtfully, reflecting on the name. Boros… Loris…
Those names did sound like they could belong to siblings. Could this Loris actually be Boros's younger sister? From what she had said earlier, she seemed to already know that Boros was coming to Earth.
"I never said you could leave. Do you think you can just come to Earth and leave whenever you want?" Shinji's voice grew cold and firm. "As for the meaningless things you mentioned earlier, start explaining them clearly, right now."
"So… you're forcing me to release my power?" Loris's expression darkened, a mixture of frustration and determination crossing her face.
"Do as you please. You're the one who'll regret it, not me," Shinji replied casually, his tone calm but confident.
Hearing the word "regret," Loris froze for a moment, as if a sudden realization had struck her. Blushing, she muttered under her breath, "Pervert…"
Shinji looked at her in exasperation. "What exactly is your deal…? Acting like a tsundere wont get you anything."
Not wanting to waste any more time, he immediately grabbed her wrist and teleported them outside the spaceship.
"Meow~"
Just as Shinji finished teleporting away, a soft "meow" caught his attention. Somewhat surprised, he turned around and saw that the mutated Hakimi had not only survived but had somehow reverted to its small kitten form. The woman who resembled a female version of Puri-Puri Prisoner had already fled far away.
Shinji wondered whether this little creature simply couldn't die even after losing its head or if it possessed more than one life. On second thought, it wasn't strange at all. After all, it was a dragon-level monster, and their vitality was notoriously strong.
"So cute~!" Loris squatted down, gently stroking the kitten's head as if Shinji wasn't even there.
Shinji fell silent for a moment, unsure whether Loris was simply oblivious or overly confident in her own strength. Ignoring him was one thing, but reaching out to pet a dragon-level Hakimi at such close range was an entirely different matter.
"I didn't expect this planet to have such adorable creatures," Loris said with genuine wonder in her voice.
"Wait until it transforms again. You won't find it cute then," Shinji retorted.
"Still much cuter than those ugly beasts I've seen on other planets," she replied bluntly.
"Well, I should be heading back now. Goodbye, native human and cute little kitten." She stood up, ready to leave once again.
Shinji's expression darkened. "You still haven't realized your situation, have you?"
To snap her out of it, he once again used Universal Pull to drag Loris back into his grasp.
Holding her by the chin, he said, "Did you think I was joking with you, alien invader?"
He wasn't using much force, but having her chin held like that was uncomfortable for Loris.
"Let me go!" she demanded.
Without releasing the power sealed by her battle armor, her current strength was little more than that of a normal human, leaving her unable to break free.
"Answer my question honestly, and I'll let you go," Shinji said. "Are there others like you planning to invade this planet?"
Loris hesitated for a moment before answering quietly, "...I don't know."
"You hesitated just now. That means you're lying, isn't it?" Shinji's eyes carefully studied her reaction.
"I am not! Just let me go already!" She struggled to pry his hand off with both of hers but could not budge it.
Growing desperate, she leaned forward to bite his hand, only to discover she couldn't manage it.
Shinji frowned. "What are you, a dog? Trying to bite me?"
With no other choice, Loris activated the power that had been suppressed by her battle armor. Her armor began to crack and fall away, unleashing a surge of overwhelming energy as her entire body was suddenly exposed.
Shinji's frown deepened, his gaze struggling to find a place to rest. Because of her close connection to Boros, he remained wary even after she released her power. Since they were still in the middle of a confrontation, he could only keep his eyes fixed on her. Even if he was seeing things he should and shouldn't see, he couldn't afford to be distracted.
What he did not expect was that the very first thing Loris did after releasing her power was to bite his hand.