OPM: Supernova

"Fuck! They're dead! Dead!"

I tremble as I cover myself with a blanket.

The scenes that I saw yesterday—the dying eyes of my mother, the unrecognizable body of my sister...

I puked on the sheets.

*******

"Maybe, I should be also dead?" I said in a low tone.

My room was dark, rain continually poured outside as thunder illuminated my room every moment.

Perhaps, this is the perfect way to die.

I held the rope---

Keuuuk---!

Swish!

"Huh?"

I looked around, finding myself on the ground. The rope was cut clean.

"Who?!"

I panicked as I looked around.

Nothing. No one is here.

I'm alone.

So how did the rope separate?

"Tsk. Curse the store that sold me this. This should be brand-new. What low class."

---?

As I was about to stand up, a golden object suddenly appeared out of nowhere. It was glowing from an unknown source. But in this world, this is nothing to be surprised about.

Heroes can obliterate an entire building like it's nothing. Even the villains... Well, those are the reason why my family is dead.

"Now that I think about it, I shouldn't die. I need to take that monster with me. Even without power... I'll do it," I said as I clenched my fist.

My growing curiosity made me grab the glowing object. It had a glowing open hand as its cover and nothing else. I flipped it. The back side had instructions.

[Golden Ticket]

That hand of god can do unimaginable things. Rip this ticket and eat half. Place the other half on any part of a being's body to copy their power. There is no limit to how powerful the power is, this ticket will allow you to copy them.

"Is this a joke? Tsk."

I threw it away in anger.

As I was about to walk outside, I stopped.

"But then again, it wouldn't hurt to try."

I picked it back up and looked at it intently.

If this were real, I can't imagine the power I could get. There are many powerful heroes in this cursed world, especially the S-class ones.

They're the rarest of our kind and represent power in the world. If I were to get the power of one of them, I wouldn't have to worry about my revenge.

But then again, it's hard to meet one of them. They're rarely called upon these days, only the A-class gets the spotlight, especially its rank 1.

Tornado of Terror... It would be extremely lucky if I could copy her ability. As for the rank 1, I had no idea who he was or how powerful he was. It was just a general idea to think that he was more powerful than Tatsumaki since he was ranked higher than her.

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Saturday morning.

I walk towards a mini-market close to my apartment. The stock of cup noodles is diminishing fast every day, so I figured I'd buy a stockpile again.

It's been three days since I got the golden ticket, and so far, nothing major has happened, so high-ranked heroes rarely show up.

I clicked my tongue, feeling quite unlucky.

"Kyaaa!"

I suddenly heard a loud shout from a woman. I looked to my side to see a giant water monster sucking her into its body. It had already sucked many people in, as far as I could see in its transparent body, and some of those inside were probably already dead because of the red color of its stomach.

The monster's eyes were balls were connected to nothing, and its smile was the worst thing I had ever seen in my entire life.

"Help me!"

The woman shouted at me. She was trying her best to hold onto the pole.

"Shit."

I didn't know what to do. My brain couldn't think of any idea on how to save her. I was just a weak and powerless man my entire life.

"Do not fear, for I am here!"

A hero in a blue costume somehow appeared. He was still smiling despite the situation.

As he was about to attack.

"Wait!"

Perhaps it was because of the electricity design on his costume that I stopped him. It wouldn't be hard for anyone to know that this fucking idiot's power had to do with electricity.

"What, young man? I still need to save many lives!" He glared at me.

"I- is your power about electricity?"

He sighed as he looked at me with disappointment. "I can't believe someone doesn't know me! I'm Electricity Man! I'm a B-class rank 13, and my power is all about electricity!"

"Wouldn't it be bad if you used electricity on that monster? There are still people inside!"

"Stop there, ignorant one. If that monster still lives, it will continue to devour more. You're lucky that I arrived at the right time!" He gave me a clear disdainful look before jumping off and fighting the monster.

Lightning came out of his hand toward the giant water monster. The woman and the people inside its stomach were clearly the ones that took the hit, not the monster.

Kaaaaaa---!

The water monster roared and grabbed the hero with its massive water hand.

Boom!

It swung Electricity Man into buildings and onto the road.

I watched it all. Despite seeing the man get brutally beaten to death, I didn't feel any pity towards him.

"His fault for being stupid."

As Electricity Man continued to get beaten up, a man wearing a hoodie suddenly appeared. He didn't seem to care that a giant monster was in front of him.

"Wait!"

"Huh?"

He looked at me, his face blank as a sheet of paper.

"Do you see the monster in front of you?!"

"Yeah. This?"

He stretched his arm backward and threw a punch towards the monster's head.

"What-"

The monster was obliterated with no resistance. It burst like a water balloon, releasing all the people inside.

"Wait!"

I was surprised when he suddenly walked away like nothing had happened.

He looked at me with that emotionless face. These were the eyes that would remain the same even if a country were destroyed.

"You... Who are you?"

"Oh, me? I'm just a hero for fun!"

I was dumbfounded.

"No, tell me your hero name or something."

"Uh... I don't have one..."

"So you're not a hero, huh?"

"What?!"

He looked panicked.

"Well then, since you don't have a hero name yet, can you tell me your real name?"

"Saitama. Well then, gotta go."

"Wait!"

Saitama looked annoyed this time. I could almost see veins growing on his neck.

He's trying not to punch me, doesn't he?

I felt sweat pour down on me.

"I just want to thank you for saving my life! Can I get you something to eat? I'll pay."

"For real?"

"Yeah..."

"Heck yeah!"

What a weird guy...