One Punch Simulator

Flower child

WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS SENSITIVE AND DARK CONTENT. PLEASE BE CAREFUL, THANK YOU.

He had been searching for them for many years. The nefarious group that had plans to exterminate humankind and re-shape the world in its design. He had a long history with this group, and he was finally taking his revenge against them. They had to be the cause of Shibabawa's prophecy, the brains behind the so-called Monster Association, the group that got rid of her, the group that would bring forth the end of the world.

"House of Evolution!" Zombieman yelled, ripping open the door of the takoyaki stand. "Your run ends today!"

"Ah, are you a customer?" the gorilla asked, his back facing the S-Class hero. "Please wait a few moments: we are still getting ready."

"Hmph," Zombieman dug his hands into the pockets of his long, white cloak. "You change your base every so often. Now you're disguised as a takoyaki stand? Don't look down on me. I've investigated your trail. You can't fool me." He held out his gun. "I now go by 'the Immortal Hero Zombieman'. Or does it ring a bell if I mention 'Sample #66'?"

"Huh?" Armoured Gorilla's eyes went wide. "A hero has come to defeat the House of Evolution? My apologies, but the House of Evolution has already been annihilated."

Zombieman's mouth fell open as Dr. Genus himself emerged, placing a hot cup of tea on the table.

"What a surprise," the doctor said, sitting down at the table. "To think that the famous S-Class hero Zombieman would be a former test subject of the House of Evolution. Speaking of Sample #66, you certainly left quite an impression. An excellent specimen, the only success of the immortal series, but you suddenly left the lab and disappeared. Well, aside from her, of course, but we all know what happened to her."

"Don't you dare bring her up," Zombieman growled. "It's your fault she's gone!"

"Now, now," Genus said. "You, me, and her twin sister are the only ones who remember her. Not even her own father remembers her, and if anything, it's his fault she's gone. But we're not here to discuss her." He smiled, darkly. "You're a hero now, eh? You transformed yourself."

Zombieman raised his axe above Genus' head.

Genus sweat-beaded. "So you want to kill me. That's fine, with the facility in the ruins, I have lost my purpose and desire to live forever."

"How was the House of Evolution erased?" Zombieman asked. "As long as you're alive, you can rebuild it any number of times. Why haven't you done so?"

Dr. Genus went silent.

"Answer me, Dr. Genus!" Zombieman raged.

Dr. Genus adjusted his glasses. "It's because he showed up. A power beyond artificial evolution. My research had lost. He had removed his limiter."

"'Limiter'?" Zombieman asked.

"No matter how much effort one puts in, every living being has an intrinsic limit to its growth," Dr. Genus explained. "Too much power becomes unbearable and overwhelms its host, turning it into a mindless, rampaging monster. To ensure that we do not enter the realm where we lose all purpose and the ability to see reason, God has set limits to the growth of every being. The mechanism in which growth is controlled is called a limiter. But he had forced himself beyond the brink, and succeeded in removing his limiter."

"So you're saying the strength of the one who has removed his limiter was enough to blow away your life's ideology and work?" Zombieman asked, incredulously. "And that such strength can be obtained with no cost whatsoever?"