Chapter 79: The Hero Kiiro's Defeat
"A robot saved us!!"
The little boy's eyes instantly turned into stars.
He looked up with longing at the giant robot, whose full scale was impossible to take in at a single glance.
Following that, the robot's movements changed.
After observing, the little boy asked curiously again:
"Mama, what is the robot doing? Is it kissing? Who is it kissing?"
The young lady looked at the robot's movements above and also fell into confusion.
The movements really did look like it... That swaying, did it stick out its tongue?
The experienced lady subconsciously identified it.
But that wasn't right; where would a robot get a tongue? Besides, it was the only robot in the sky.
"It must be some kind of preparatory movement before transforming," the lady guessed.
"I see." The little boy half-understood, then he waved his hands and shouted.
"Thank you, Robot!"
Inside the cockpit.
Aokiji wiped the corner of his mouth.
He didn't expect the usually gentle Kiiro to be so proactive.
Kiiro was panting.
In her excitement, she had gone on the offensive, but she had absolutely no experience and only moved wildly based on instinct.
I finally expressed my feelings to Lord Aokiji.
Will he accept...?
Kiiro's mind was in a mess; the stimulation from two brand-new experiences was still making her heart rate soar.
"Lo... Lord Aokiji, I... I..." Kiiro's words stuttered, her voice weak.
"Can I drive for a bit longer? I want to experience the feeling of being a hero more."
She ultimately chose to change the subject, trying to temporarily postpone hearing a reply.
This also happened to align with Aokiji's thoughts.
"Let's go. Since you want to experience being a hero, experience it to the fullest."
The giant robot's thrusters gushed, erupting with a powerful hurricane-like airflow that swept across the streets below.
Soon, they left the area.
They went to search for traces of Monsters and criminals.
In front of the giant robot, which had absolute suppression in terms of size and firepower,
Whether it was terrifying, hideous Monsters,
Or numerous criminal gangs,
There was no suspense at all; they were all easily defeated by "Hero Kiiro".
They didn't encounter any particularly powerful enemies.
The strongest was merely a Monster that had just stepped into the Demon Level category.
With the upgraded mecha Materials and the Haki attachment released by Aokiji, its defense was simply not something an ordinary Demon Level could shake.
[gipsy danger] shuttled through various cities.
Often, just as the disaster alarm was issued,
And while the Monster was still flaunting its power,
A violent vibration would suddenly descend.
Then the Monster would discover,
The sky had gone dark!
It was as if a mountain range was standing behind it!
...After returning to the Z-City villa.
Hero Kiiro got more and more into character.
The feeling of carrying out justice one after another left her incredibly immersed.
Thus, this newly promoted hero made a fatal mistake!
Driven by high-pitched emotions,
She plucked up the courage to launch an offensive against the strongest Monster!
Disaster Rank Unknown—Ice Dragon Monster!
The result was obvious.
Prolonged excitement would rapidly consume physical strength.
This led Hero Kiiro to not even last through the Monster's opening probe!
The swiftly defeated hero was powerless to resist.
The Monster was extremely vicious; since it had been provoked by the hero's attack, it naturally wouldn't show any mercy!
The protective mecha casing was torn open by the Monster, revealing the fragile body within.
The hero, having lost the mecha's protection, tried to shield her fragile body.
But her movements were not at all firm; it seemed as if she had set a trap and was faintly looking forward to the Monster taking the bait.
The Monster easily saw through it and casually extended its claws to begin destroying the hero's trap.
Hero Kiiro completely lost the ability to resist.
Her tied-up blonde ponytail swayed significantly as the hero tilted her head back to express her unyielding spirit.
Her exquisite and heroic face was stained with a large patch of angry crimson due to being defeated by the Monster.
The Monster launched an exaggerated and startling barrage of attacks against the hero.
Justice was ruthlessly trampled by evil!
After confirming that the hero had been completely defeated,
The Monster didn't seem to want this rare hero captive to be scrapped so quickly, and even spared time for the hero to recover.
Hero Kiiro displayed a tenacious fighting spirit.
After a short rest and regaining her senses, she cautiously launched another attack at the Monster!
Unfortunately, the gap in strength and experience was impossible to overcome.
The hero was defeated at light speed again!
The same situation happened many more times.
Hero Kiiro, defeated repeatedly, was covered in wounds and no longer had the slightest strength to resist.
Having struggled to this point, her only achievement was making the Monster spit out a mouthful of ice-crystal blood.
It didn't even need time to recover from its injuries.
The Monster still exuded a terrifying aura at its peak.
Having personally experienced the gap in strength and suffered through many attacks, Hero Kiiro finally—
Succumbed beneath the Monster.
At this point,
Kiiro's brief hero career came to an end.
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Haki coiled around the blue-scaled dragon claws.
Huge rocks were grabbed and thrown out of the tunnel one by one.
Aokiji was excavating the prototype of a mountain range base.
The first step was to create a large enough space.
He would find people to renovate it later.
At the same time, this was part of his Training.
The upper limit of individual power in this world was very high, far exceeding the limit that a single powerhouse in the One Piece World could reach.
Because of this,
The template Aokiji obtained was originally for a powerhouse who had reached the peak in the One Piece World.
There was almost no room left to grow stronger there.
But in this world, Aokiji's Training had never encountered a Bottleneck.
In fact, after obtaining the Kaido template, his Training efficiency had significantly increased!
The Deserter King's two-hundred-fold effort was just an illogical, forced elevation.
But my stacked template talents are what true effort looks like!
Aokiji grabbed and threw rocks away,
While checking various messages on his phone.
First was Child Emperor.
After researching all night, he had finalized an upgrade plan.
First, he would increase the detection limit reachable in a short time, then manufacture multiple detectors to be distributed across various cities, using some technology or other to let the detectors amplify each other and improve accuracy.
Aokiji sent a period, indicating he had read and agreed.
Then he sent another message, asking Child Emperor to send over a box of those special lollipops he was eating yesterday.
This caused Child Emperor to send a series of speechless emojis.
Heh, teasing kids is really fun.
The next one to reply was Fubuki.
After their Breakthrough in relationship, their interactions had become more natural, and many things didn't need to be hidden.
Fubuki said she was already "acting spoiled"; although her sister wasn't used to it, she seemed to enjoy it.
As for persuading Tatsumaki to change her mindset, it would still take a little time to lay the groundwork.
Aokiji sent her a "cheer up" emoji.
The other side replied almost instantly; Fubuki asked if he wanted to go see a movie on Sunday.
Aokiji replied that it was a waste of time, as he had a home theater in his villa.
Fubuki: Okay.
Then there was a long string of unread messages from Tatsumaki.
Unsurprisingly, the messages above were all angry rants.
In Aokiji's eyes, the intensity of the attack was no different from acting spoiled.
The most recent message was sent not long after Fubuki went back, based on the timing.
It was a very short "Hmph".
A familiar sense of tsundere.
Perhaps she thought Aokiji had helped her counsel Fubuki.
Aokiji didn't type a reply.
He silently sent a picture—it was the "Cabbage Dog" plushie he got at the arcade that day.
Tatsumaki also replied instantly with a string of question marks.
Aokiji typed: Figure it out yourself.
Finally, there was Mosquito Girl; her messages generally had no value.
It was either saying she was hungry and needed food, or sending pictures of clothes and asking if Aokiji wanted to see her wear them.
Sure enough, she was clamoring about being hungry and wanting to eat her fill again.
Aokiji heartlessly told her to suck some frozen blood to tide her over and that he'd head over when he had time.
While replying to messages, the excavation work continued.
The interior of the mountain was being hollowed out bit by bit.
And a great distance away,
Inside another snow-capped mountain,
Solid ice had been frozen for an unknown number of years.
Within the glacier, the silhouette of a massive Monster's body was vaguely visible.
Its aura was silent,
As if it had completely died during the long freeze.
But suddenly!
A red light lit up in the Monster's eyes!!
The glacier cracked.