Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 84 Fubuki and King join the hot pot group!

Time flies, and more than a month has passed since Bane came into this world.

During this time, many things happened, but Bane basically did not participate. He only operated in Z City. Z City lived up to its reputation as the "Gateway to Hell," with monsters appearing frequently. As an S-class hero, Bane used them to hone his skills and resolved several disasters in Z City. In addition, he sealed a meteorite that fell from the sky directly into the dark space, resolving the disaster that was considered to destroy Z City. As a result, his hero ranking rose from seventeenth in S-class to eighth in S-class.

His original name, Black Killer, has been corrected several times by the association. Now, his hero name is Black Knight.

The main reason is that he usually carries a sword and also possesses dark superpowers.

Bane operates in Z City, while Saitama's hunting range is much wider. Not long ago, he even went to J City to defeat the Deep Sea King, and now his hero rank has been raised to B-class.

As for Zoro and Genos, they are still in G City. Zoro is so engrossed in training with the Sword Saints that he has hardly engaged in any heroic activities. Genos is similar; he has made a few moves in G City, but he has focused more on investigating the mysterious organization that destroyed his hometown.

Flowing Water and Crushing Rocks Boxing Dojo.

Bang and Saitama were chopping vegetables on a cutting board. A hot pot was set up not far away, but it wasn't boiling yet. Meanwhile, Fubuki was preparing dipping sauce, looking like they were about to have a hot pot feast.

Not far from them, Bane was sparring with an elderly man who looked very old. The two moved swiftly and powerfully, but with great control. The force generated by each collision only flowed within three meters of them and did not affect the outside world at all.

Judging from the battle situation, Bane is at a complete disadvantage, but his opponent seems to be holding back, or rather, he is actually feeding Bane some moves!

This shows that there is a significant difference in their martial arts levels, and the old man is none other than Bang's older brother, Bomb.

Although he is not a hero, he possesses extremely formidable strength. According to Bang, his brother is slightly stronger than him in martial arts.

After dozens of exchanges, Bump took a step back at just the right moment, causing Bane to expose a slight opening. In the instant that opening was exposed, Bump stomped his foot on the ground and simultaneously unleashed the power of his arms, striking Bane in the chest.

Two cross-shaped slashes erupted from Bane's chest, sending him flying.

Whirlwind Steel-Slicing Fist!

This is Bump's boxing style, which is fierce and sharp. A single punch can dismember an opponent, making it extremely brutal and highly aggressive.

After flying more than ten meters backward, Bane staggered to his feet and stopped. He glanced down at the bloody wound on his chest, clicked his tongue, and said, "As expected, the Whirlwind Steel Slash Fist is more aggressive than the Flowing Rock Smash Fist."

"Hahahaha, your growth rate has exceeded my expectations. You've only been learning boxing for a little over half a month, and you've already grasped some of the essence of the Flowing Water Rock Shattering Fist. If I hadn't personally witnessed your growth from nothing to something, I would have suspected that Bang had been teaching you for several years." Bang laughed heartily.

He wasn't too worried about Bane's injuries. He had been visiting Z City recently and stayed at Bang's dojo. He had given Bane a lot of pointers from Bang. At first, when the two fought, he had injured Bane and was a little worried. But after discovering that the guy's self-healing ability was extremely strong, he no longer had many concerns about attacking him.

"Actually, Bang has an even more ferocious fist technique than my Whirlwind Steel Cutter, but that technique isn't suitable for teaching others. If you're interested, you can learn the Whirlwind Steel Cutter from me during this time, and I'll teach you without reservation," Bomb said with a smile, patting Bane on the shoulder.

Bane naturally knew that Bang still possessed a set of fierce boxing techniques from his youth, which seemed to be called the Heart Explosion Release Fist. It was extremely violent and stylish, but because it was too aggressive, Bang later sealed it away.

"I won't hold back," Bane laughed heartily.

He has now become close friends with these two old men despite their age difference, and they have a very good relationship. Moreover, Bump is also quite interested in Bane's Six Powers and Haki, so it's a fair trade between the two sides.

"The hot pot is boiling, you can start adding the ingredients now, and the dipping sauce is ready too, come on over!" Fubuki called out from a short distance away.

Soon, the group of them sat down at the table and began to eat hot pot.

After enjoying a delicious slice of beef in the hot pot, Bane said with satisfaction, "It's all thanks to you, Fubuki, that you always manage to get so many high-end ingredients."

Although Fubuki's strength is not very high, her social status seems to be very high, and she can always easily obtain ingredients that are not available through ordinary channels.

The group ate hotpot while chatting about trivial things, and the atmosphere was very pleasant.

Speaking of which, Fubuki doesn't seem to have been managing her Fubuki Group much lately. Instead, she's become a regular at this "hot pot group," basically hanging out with Bane and the others every day. This dojo of Flowing Rock Smashing Fist has almost become her base.

Just as Bane and Saitama were fighting over the ingredients in the hot pot, new footsteps and panting sounds came from outside the dojo.

"Hey, I'm not even here yet, and you've already started eating?" A man's voice came from the doorway.

"You're always the slowest," Bane greeted with a smile, teasingly.

King, the seventh S-class hero, is known as the strongest man on Earth!

"After all, I don't live in Z City. I have to take a car here every time." KING greeted everyone very familiarly, then quickly squeezed between Saitama and Bane, picked up a pair of chopsticks without any politeness, and started eating.

"Saitama, you still haven't returned the game disc you borrowed from me last time," KING said while eating.

Unlike the original story, Saitama met King earlier by chance. After learning about King's true situation, he gradually became friends with King, and the two often interacted by going to each other's houses to play games.

Then, KING gradually became familiar with Bane and the others. Of course, so far, only Saitama and Bane know KING's actual situation; the others still regard him as a top-tier powerhouse.

"Did Saitama say last time that you might be leaving in about two months?" King suddenly brought up the topic of Bane.

It was obvious that Bang and the others already knew about this, and they didn't show any unusual expressions. Fubuki, on the other hand, was hearing about it for the first time and froze on the spot, dropping the hot pot ingredients she was holding onto the table.

"How could you be so careless?" Bane picked up the hot pot ingredients from the table, calmly dipped them in his own sauce, and ate them.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

Then he picked up on KING's topic and said, "Well, Zoro and I are both from the other side of the sea. We came out this time for training and experience. There are still a lot of things waiting for us to go back to our hometown. We'll probably have to go back in about two months."

Fubuki had already composed herself and returned to normal, though she still seemed somewhat absent-minded.

King had only asked casually, without giving it much thought, and replied, "Will you come back?"

"Of course, it's just that the timing is uncertain," Bane said with a smile.

Soon, the topic was over, and everyone started talking about other things.

With Saitama and Bane, two gluttons, there was hardly anything left. Bane almost drank the broth. After finishing the hot pot, the two old men went for a walk, saying they were getting old and needed to digest. Meanwhile, King pulled out his game console from his backpack and started playing online against Saitama.

As for Bane, he was standing on the edge of the cliff, smoking a cigarette and looking at the scenery of Z City.

A short while later, Fubuki walked up to Bane and asked with a smile, "Why haven't you mentioned leaving before?"

"You didn't even ask me," Bane said softly, exhaling a puff of smoke as he looked at Fubuki's somewhat forced smile.

"You're an S-class hero, the guardian of Z-City, so don't stay away for too long. Come back soon," Fubuki said, suppressing her emotions and sounding somewhat reluctant.

Looking at Fubuki's forced smile, Bane felt a bit conflicted. Of course, he didn't think that their relationship had become so deep and inseparable in just about a month. In fact, during this time, they had been more like friends.

Just as Bane was about to say something, suddenly, both his and King's phones rang.

Looking down, I saw it was from the Hero Association. The fact that two S-class heroes received calls from the association at the same time meant that something big had happened!

(End of this chapter)