One Punch Simulator

The Impossible Murder Case

A/N: Important note: due to this chapter having some important stuff, I actually see it as 'chapter 12.5' rather than an extra chapter lol. Also it's the longest 'extra chapter' so far... enjoy. :0

As soon as he saw Zombieman's corpse, Child Emperor immediately suspected Ayano 'Yan-chan' Aishi as the killer.

Sure, on the outside, she looked like an ordinary teenage girl. And Child Emperor was willing to believe that at first. There was plenty of evidence to suggest why she was not behind the case, too. First of all, Zombieman was not only a Class S hero, but he was immortal. Yan-chan, until recently, had been a Class B hero. There was no way she'd be strong enough to kill him.

But after what he'd seen last night... he wasn't so sure about that.

He glanced at his fellow Class S heroes as they stared at Zombieman's corpse. A katana was sticking through the hero's chest. The child frowned. From what he'd heard, Yan-chan was a multi-talented weaponist, like Goddess...

At the same time, though, the killer could be any Class S hero. He scowled.

"The killer has to be one of us!" he declared.

The story started on the previous day. The S Class heroes (and a few others) were recognised as people of distinguished service for preventing an alien invasion, so were invited to a luxury resort that was owned by Saikou Corp. In other words, it was owned by Goddess. Ironically enough, Goddess herself wasn't even there, and yet the heroes were coming to her resort.

Child Emperor was stuck in the hot springs with all the other male Class S heroes, who unfortunately, had a tendency to start trouble. He was glad Tornado was female because if she were in there, she'd blow up the whole resort.

Just as predicted, five minutes in and Metal Bat was already yelling at Flashy Flash, something or other about laziness. While Flashy Flash had left the scene of the invasion early, he had been taking care of monsters in his own city, so he was accredited. Still, Child Emperor groaned, covering his forehead. He was not in the mood for this.

"Can we please try to get along?" he asked.

"Hey, why are you wearing a swimsuit?" some bald guy who was a Class B hero asked him. "That's now how these things work."

Child Emperor looked away, scowling. "Hey, why do you care?"

Meanwhile, Ayano could hear the boys yelling from her spot in the springs. She gazed at the sky, smoke curling around her. She didn't feel anything, naturally. She knew she was meant to be relaxed, but she just felt... nothing. Aside from physical heat, of course.

"Idiots," Tornado cursed, glaring down at the springs with all the males. "I could've done it all by myself!"

That made Ayano remember something. She turned her gaze towards a woman sitting next to her. She was an employee of the Association.

"Excuse me," Ayano asked, politely, "but how come Black Turtle isn't here?"

The employee gazed at her. "Oh! Black Turtle claimed to be busy with work, and couldn't make it."

"Ugh, Goddess' groupies are always busy," Tornado scoffed. "They act like they're too good for us!"

That seemed hypocritical coming from her, but Ayano kept her mouth shut.

Later on, the heroes gathered in the banquet hall and were served drinks, all wearing spa robes. Sitch raised his drink in the air, and spoke into his microphone.