Great, we're doomed now!

When the unlicensed motorcyclist put the last group of people onto the evacuation vehicle, the sun was already setting. He watched the bus slowly drive out of the border of Z City before turning around.

In the direction of the city center, the sky was dyed an abnormal color, the orange-yellow of the explosion intertwined with the gray-black of the smoke and dust. The huge roar could be heard clearly from more than ten kilometers away, and the ground trembled slightly from time to time, as if some behemoth was stomping its feet.

Indeed, there is a monster with a tokusatsu-style animation that keeps causing trouble...

The unlicensed rider didn't need to climb high to see the city center, because the target was simply too enormous:

The centipede elder's body, which was countless kilometers long, twisted and turned in the city. With each roll, it stirred up a large amount of gravel and dust. The sturdy buildings were as fragile as Lego bricks to it, and it could easily roll up a huge pile of them.

Near its head, a golden light flickered constantly, sometimes moving to different parts of its body, each time piercing through the centipede's hard armor. When the long-accumulated golden light suddenly exploded, the centipede elder would tremble violently, and the sound of its shell shattering could be faintly heard even from this distance.

—It's Banggu.

The unlicensed rider looked at the golden light and couldn't help but sigh softly.

Silver Fang must be over eighty years old this year, right? His hair is all white, and he usually looks like an ordinary old man, but once he enters battle mode, his aura is even stronger than that of a young man.

This life energy is probably several times greater than that of the uncertified…

The unlicensed rider looked at his palm, clenched his fist, and then relaxed it.

He's twenty-six years old, the prime of his physical life, but talent is something that sometimes can't be compensated for by hard work. His Ripple energy is like the difference between a candle and a furnace compared to Bang's.

However, he was not discouraged by this.

It should be noted that he was originally just an ordinary person. There are many heroes in the association who are stronger than him, and he does various heroic activities not to compete with others.

Now that he has entered the realm of the extraordinary, although Saitama, Genos, and King are all much stronger than him in their daily interactions, this is a good thing for Mumen Rider because his own abilities have become stronger, and he can do more for ordinary people.

In order to take on greater responsibilities, we must acquire greater strength!

He didn't waste too much time on distractions, patted his cheeks, and prepared to walk towards the city.

However, after taking only a few steps, a warning in his mind made him stop instinctively. Immediately afterwards, a silver-gray shadow crashed down from the sky with a sharp whooshing sound!

The unlicensed rider instinctively dodged to the side, and the thing flew past his shoulder, crashing heavily onto the ground three meters behind him.

boom--!

It was a Metal Knight robot, smashed into a twisted lump of metal, its limbs bent in unnatural directions, with only the energy core in its chest still flashing a faint red light.

"Who?!" The unlicensed rider looked up.

A hundred meters ahead, a huge black shadow was slowly emerging from the dust.

It was a giant about fifteen meters tall. His skin was an unhealthy grayish-white, as if he hadn't seen the sun for a long time, but his muscles were bulging and hard, and his blood vessels bulged under his skin like earthworms.

What's most striking is his face—

The face still largely retains the outline of a human, but four eyes have grown out of the forehead and are arranged side by side.

Hero!

"You are……"

The person without a license is not a member of the martial arts circle; otherwise, they might recognize the person in front of them as the champion of the first martial arts tournament, who has now fallen into the form of a monster but is still powerful enough to be judged as a dragon-level being.

That aura is chilling...

"The Unlicensed Rider, huh? Your name is also on the purge list, and you're the only one at Rank C... Are you Rank A now?"

Hero continued walking towards the unlicensed rider without stopping, his four eyes coldly fixed on the rider as if he were looking at an ant blocking his path.

The strategy devised by Big Eyes is to send out cannon fodder to "break through" and attract the attention of the heroes, while exhausting their stamina. When they are scattered in different places, the dragon-level officers can then be sent to challenge them one by one.

It must be said that it's quite strategic; the only problem is that the strong are often not very obedient.

He was a hero; he chose to strike before the other officers, because it wasn't his style as a martial artist to hide and do nothing when they came knocking on his door.

“I’m slightly interested,” Haojie said, his voice low and husky. “Your recent record has improved a lot… so you seem to know martial arts too?”

The unlicensed rider did not answer, but simply squatted down slightly, lowered his center of gravity, and slowly raised his hands, one in front and one behind, to protect his body.

Upon seeing this, Haojie's lips curled into a slight smile.

"Reality is really cruel."

He continued walking, the distance between them constantly shrinking: "Being crushed in your own area of ​​expertise—you'll soon understand that feeling of despair."

This is bad, this guy's aura...

The unlicensed rider's Adam's apple bobbed, and a fine layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Those who have cultivated Ripple are very sensitive to life energy. For opponents who fight with their bodies, they can judge their strength with just a general sense.

And heroes... are absolutely above ghosts!

Could it be a Dragon-level monster?

This was beyond his current capabilities, but he did not back down.

"Huh? You're not going to run away?"

Haojie had walked to within ten meters of the unlicensed rider, then stopped, took a half step back with his right leg, slightly turned his left foot inward, lowered his waist and hips, and tucked his right fist to his waist.

Extend your left hand forward, fingers slightly spread... This is just a simple starting position.

But this simple action caused the Mumen Rider's pupils to contract sharply—

Hero, throw a punch!

It was a straight punch, without any build-up of power, and you couldn't even feel much tension in it. It was just like a casual swing during a regular training session.

But the powerful force of the punch condensed into a visible stream of air a meter or so away from his hand, like an invisible cannonball, hurtling towards the face of the unlicensed rider.

"Varied!"

The unlicensed rider's body reacted before his brain could process it; he darted to the right, the force of the punch grazing his left shoulder.

boom--!

The dozen-story reinforced concrete building behind them was blasted through!

The force of the punch pierced through the entire house, creating a hole of the same size in the building behind it, before finally collapsing with a deafening roar...

"Cough cough!"

Covering his mouth and nose, the unlicensed rider stared at the pile of ruins, a bead of cold sweat trickling down his forehead.

This is not just brute force; this guy is a martial arts master who has honed martial arts to the bone and has not forgotten it even after becoming a monster!

He can't win on his own!

Mumen Rider knew this very well; strength, skill, stamina... from any angle, he had no chance of winning.

but……

He took a deep breath, raised his hands again, and assumed a fighting stance.

Haojie narrowed all four of his eyes at the same time: "Overestimating yourself."

Its speed was so fast that it could not be detected by the naked eye. The giant, who was fifteen meters tall, moved like the wind—no, it should be said that it was faster than the wind!

Before the air even had a chance to explode, he was already in front of the Mumen Rider, his right hand raised high, fingers together in a chopstick, aimed at the Mumen Rider's head—

boom!

The ground cracked open, and a fissure tens of meters long stretched forward from Haojie's feet. The asphalt road surface rolled over to both sides like a plowed field, and gravel and dust shot into the sky, forming a small explosion cloud.

But Haojie's expression changed slightly:

Right under his nose, the unlicensed rider bent his knees slightly, his toes gripping the ground tightly, and his arms crossed in front of him.

Blood dripped from his arm, and his uniform creaked like a taut balloon, but he didn't take a single step back!

Did you catch it?

Haojie's pupils contracted slightly, quite surprised.

The unlicensed rider didn't let this opportunity pass!

He leaped up, his body flipping in the air, his right leg slashing down from above like a battle axe, the golden light carrying ripples of energy striking the hero squarely in the chest.

boom!

The 15-meter-tall giant was kicked backward several steps by the shockwave of the kick, leaving deep footprints on the ground.

Only then did it truly regard the person before it as its opponent, and for the first time, the full form of the unlicensed creature appeared in its four eyes.

"Not bad... Shouldn't you be S-rank? Why... never mind."

Haojie noticed something peculiar and couldn't help but feel curious:

His gaze passed over the unlicensed rider and fell upon a strange figure projected behind him like a reflection of the moon in water.

Wearing armor and a helmet, with a tall and straight figure, his posture was exactly the same as that of the unlicensed, but his aura was even stronger, just like the protagonist in a tokusatsu drama, righteous and awe-inspiring.

But in an instant, the shadow vanished, and the hero thought he was seeing things.

The four eyes swept over the unlicensed rider, then looked at the open space behind him, and finally returned to him. Their brows furrowed slowly, and their expression changed from surprise to seriousness.

A person with super powers?

If someone is both a martial artist and a superpowered individual, things can get a little complicated.

...At this moment, the Unlicensed Rider could feel the Ripple energy flowing through his body at an extremely fast speed!

It wasn't just his own power; Ye Shou's Holy Grail Mark was constantly radiating heat, like a small sun, continuously injecting energy into his limbs and bones.

The green Stand, reminiscent of Kamen Rider—the warrior that only he can see—has been attached to him, granting him comprehensive enhancements.

Even today, Mumen Rider doesn't know what a Stand really is... Although Ye Shou explained that it's a manifestation of his mental power, this is very different from the superpowers Mumen Rider is familiar with. After all, it can't move objects or brainwash or hypnotize; its effect is purely physical destruction...

However, he knew that he would never lose when this stand-in was around!

Because he is now undoubtedly the hero he has always dreamed of!

As Haojie watched the aura gradually rising from the unlicensed rider, the solemnity in his eyes turned into an almost admiring light.

"Excellent, excellent!"

This time, Haojie really smiled, his mouth wide open, revealing two rows of uneven, sharp teeth.

"So what if that's the case?"

He clenched his right fist and swung it horizontally. The force of the punch not only went forward, but spread in all directions, forming a small tornado and creating a huge wind pressure difference.

The gravel on the ground was swirled up, the vehicles on the roadside were overturned, and even the trees in the distance bent over in the gale!