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Battle of Dominica: Part 1

"Would ya look at all those ships!" Harley Quinn announced as she stood atop the balcony of Saitama's massive island mansion, which had a view of the faraway shores. "Oh, here come the helicopters, and look at that bunch of jets out there just circling the place."

"Nice to see that this universe has an America as well," Dabi smirked as he watched the massive military operation proceeding on Dominica's shores while he joined the jester girl. "I didn't expect to be infamous enough to warrant a response like this. If only big leagues like All for One could see me now…"

"They're not here for you two lackeys. They're here for me."

Harley and Dabi turned as Saitama stepped onto the balcony with them. Dressed in a new suit as his old one had been burned up, this costume bore many similarities to its predecessor. A dark grey one-piece jump suit had replaced his yellow one, and a dark magenta cape blew gently in the breeze behind him in place of white. Black combat boots were on his feet instead of the old red ones, and Saitama had opted to go gloveless in this new costume, where his bare fists were now clenched menacingly.

"Um, no makeup today, Puddin'?" Harley asked as she noticed that the bald man's face was notably devoid of the clown makeup that he'd been accustomed to wearing lately, save for a large, red smile that was painted along his mouth.

"Didn't feel like it," Saitama replied as he stepped forward, before whistling as he took in the NATO combined fleet while distant landing craft began to race towards the beach. "Quite the crowd that we've attracted, and I don't remember sending out any invitations hehehe. I'm not concerned with this small fry though, because I'm just eager to see what kind of strong heroes that they'll send this way!"

"Then why wait?" A voice boomed from high above the clouds, where a blast of lightning shot down from the heavens and obliterated the balcony that the three villains were standing on.

Screaming as she fell three stories down, Harley was caught just in time by Dabi, who landed hard himself as he barely avoided breaking his legs in the fall. Saitama, meanwhile, had already made it to the roof of his large mansion, where he grinned as two figures descended from above. One dressed in green and black and the other in red and yellow with a short cape behind him, the assailants kept their distance as they flanked the bald clown.

"So, you've decided to come to me, eh?" Saitama asked as he casually crossed his arms while a strong gust of wind caused his cape to flutter. "You must have found out that I stole one of those cool transport cube things. Let me tell you, they're a hell of a good time!"

"Shut up. You've murdered millions, including several friends of ours!" the green-clad man yelled as he shot towards the caped baldy, where upon holding his hand forward, a giant, green fist suddenly projected out of the shiny ring on his finger. "This is for Barry!"

Smirking with amusement, Saitama easily leapt out of the way as the giant fist swung past him. Upon dodging, however, he ended up running right into the fist of the red and yellow-clad man, who punched the bald clown and sent him flying into the face of one of the jungle-covered mountains.

"Shazam and Green Lantern!" Harley exclaimed in disbelief. "Dang, these guys are gonna be tough."

"Ah, excellent, I've been waiting to see what kind of heroes exist in this world," Dabi added as he watched in anticipation. "Is the boss okay?"

As if to answer his question, Saitama bolted out of the jungle and reappeared just behind Shazam in midair.

"Nice hit! How about I trade ya!" the caped villain laughed as he punched the hero in the back, sending him flying far off into the distance and smashing into another mountain, causing it to explode into tons of shattered rock and sending bits of jungle flying in every direction.

"Billy!" Green Lantern yelled, before projecting a giant bat with his ring and swinging it at Saitama. Catching the energy projection with his bare hand, the smiley-faced man pushed the projection away as he touched down on the ground, before throwing another punch towards the Lantern.

Holding his ring against himself, Hal Jordan was able to project a giant green wall, which took the brunt of the impact as it shattered, but the all-powerful punch still caused the hero to get blasted back a distance.

Ready to launch himself back into the air to take another crack at Green Lantern, Saitama was suddenly struck by another bolt of lightning. Feeling the ferocious energy coursing through his body, the one punch man was otherwise unaffected by the normally-lethal electrically and merely shook off the sparkling lightning. A blur of red shot out of the jungle from where the bolt had come from, where Saitama raised his arms to block a series of rapid punches from Shazam.

"Neat! You're kind of like Superman but a little more sparkly!" the bald villain commented as he effortlessly halted every single attack.

"Heh, Superman is an alien, while I get my powers from several Gods," the muscular man replied, before imbuing his fists with electricity as he again attempted to zap his opponent. Billy Batson promptly had the air knocked out of him as Saitama responded with another regular punch to the hero's chest, which sent him flying back into the jungle and crash landing with an Earth-shattering explosion, further damaging the sprawling forests of Dominica.

Smirking as he was beginning to have the slightest bit of fun toying around with opponents who could withstand more than a single punch, Saitama looked up just in time to see an energy projection in the shape of a container ship come crashing down to pound him into the dirt.

"Eat that, baldy," Hal Jordan sighed with relief as he held his ring out to crush his opponent with his newest projection. Suddenly, the apparition of the large ship shattered, where the Green Lantern frantically looked over the area to try and spot the villain as a blur of movement raced towards him.

The unfortunate hero didn't even know what hit him as he was grabbed by Saitama from below, where he was promptly torn in half like a piece of a paper by the extremely overpowered man. Rubbing his head but otherwise largely unharmed, Shazam rose again from the jungle just in time to see the two halves of Hal Jordan fall to Earth in a messy splatter.

"W-what the hell?" the young hero stammered, his fists trembling as he witnessed the gory remains of his teammate. "H-how could you?!"

Again streaming at the villainous baldy, Shazam swooped beneath Saitama and launched a massive uppercut at his chest. The powerful punch shot the grey-suited man high into the air, where another punch from the hero sent his opponent all the way to 60,000 feet up.

"Oh my, this is a lovely view of my island," Saitama remarked, completely unharmed from the attacks. "Hey, while I'm up here with the place in full view, I guess I'll take care of that swarm of gnats that's accumulating on the shore. Consecutive Normal Punches!'

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