Chapter 140: He's Shorter Than Me!!
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!"
Fuhrer Ugly let out a wretched scream, stumbling back several steps. He clutched his severed arm, his face a mask of utter disbelief and terror.
Impossible! My body was enhanced by Lord GOD Himself! How could a mere human damage me to this extent?!
Standing before Fuhrer Ugly's colossal frame was a tiny, insignificant human.
He was about 1.7 meters tall, wearing a tattered red shirt. His black hair was soaked with blood that dripped steadily down his face. His already fierce eyes were now practically demonic.
Metal Bat leaned on his bat, which was bent into an unrecognizable shape. Hearing the wretched screams, he picked his ear in annoyance.
"Stop screaming, you're noisy as hell! So what if I broke one of your arms? You broke dozens of my bones and you don't hear me whining! You've got a massive body but the courage of a flea!"
Metal Bat's mocking words were like a blade plunged directly into Fuhrer Ugly's heart.
Before becoming a monster, he had suffered endless humiliation and mockery in human society due to his hideous appearance.
After monsterizing, he gained power proportional to his ugliness, but his temperament became volatile and he developed a deep hatred for anything beautiful.
In this moment, humiliation and rage intertwined. Fuhrer Ugly's eyes turned a solid, pulsating scarlet as his last shred of reason evaporated.
His hundred-meter-tall body began to swell yet again. His flesh let out a sickening, squelching sound as the mangled stump of his arm and the gashes from the Atomic Slash began to knit together and heal.
GOD hadn't just granted Fuhrer Ugly a massive size and strength; He had given him a desperate, high-speed regeneration ability triggered in life-or-death situations.
Though this regeneration consumed his very life force, Fuhrer Ugly no longer cared.
He only wanted one thing: To grind these three ants into the dirt!!
...........
Child Emperor's brow was furrowed as he looked at the pile of mangled meat before him. It was a twisted mass of flesh that no longer resembled a human—the remains of Tanktop Master.
If it weren't for the fact that he could still sense a tiny, flickering spark of life, he would have declared the man dead on the spot.
"How do we even save this? No matter how advanced our tech is, we can't just puzzle-piece a man back together, can we?"
Child Emperor's voice was heavy. If they couldn't save him, the S-Class would officially lose a member.
Child Emperor had always respected Tanktop Master. Although the man was a bit too lenient with his "Tanktop Army" subordinates, he himself was a kind-hearted man and the embodiment of hard work and self-improvement.
One could say that 110% of the conscience in the entire Tanktop family was concentrated in their leader; the other Tanktop heroes were effectively in a 10% moral deficit.
Drive Knight's scarlet mechanical eye scanned the remains. After a brief analysis, he shook his head.
"Physical destruction is at 85%. Almost every bone in his body is a comminuted fracture. Even his heart, a vital organ, has been crushed.
"If it weren't for the fact that a high-level hero's vitality is incredibly resilient and his brain remains un-pulverized, he would be long dead.
"An injury of this magnitude would have killed any ordinary human ten times over."
In Drive Knight's assessment, the fact that Tanktop Master was still technically alive was a miracle in itself.
In his current state, even if he survived, he would only live in eternal agony.
Child Emperor and Drive Knight were the top technical minds of the Association. They knew better than anyone that the Association did not possess the technology to heal a body this far gone.
"If there's truly no way... we should at least give him a quick end. He's our comrade, after all," Child Emperor said, his small fists clenched, his voice cold but filled with hidden sorrow.
Drive Knight didn't answer, but his silence was a sign of agreement.
Just as the two were about to "liberate" Tanktop Master, Pig God—who was nearby fighting Gums—witnessed the scene.
Minutes ago, Pig God had managed to escape Gums's stomach through a combination of his own desperate struggling and Watchdog Man's relentless external attacks.
Seeing Child Emperor and Drive Knight preparing to finish off Tanktop Master, Pig God's eyes widened behind his layers of fat. He let out an urgent roar:
"Wait! Tanktop Master can still be saved! Snap his tanktop!!"
"Huh?"
Child Emperor and Drive Knight were stunned. They looked down and realized that while Tanktop Master himself had been turned into a "censored mosaic" of meat, the seemingly ordinary blue tanktop he wore was completely unscathed.
Could it be... that the tanktop itself has some hidden power?
Child Emperor recalled that every time he met Tanktop Master, the man was preaching about the "Versatility of the Tanktop" and treated the garment like a sacred relic.
Deciding to try a "Hail Mary" pass, a mechanical arm extended from Child Emperor's backpack. It pinched the strap of the blue tanktop, pulled it back as far as it would go, and snapped it back against the meat.
THWACK!
With the crisp sound of the elastic rebounding, a miracle occurred.
The pile of mangled meat began to writhe and pulse. Like a jigsaw puzzle assembling itself, the flesh began to reform into a human shape.
Under the shocked gazes of Child Emperor and Drive Knight, the "meat-mosaic" grew skin, facial features were drawn as if by an artist's pen, and the signature blond hair and powerful muscles restored themselves at god-speed.
In less than twenty seconds, the man who looked like a goner was back to full health.
"Huh? Wasn't I just crushed into a pancake? Am I... alive?"
Tanktop Master's voice rang out, full of wonder. But Child Emperor instinctively took a step back, his eyes filled with a mix of relief and pure shock.
He was relieved that his comrade lived.
But he was shocked because...
Why the hell are you a 1.2-meter tall (4ft) muscle-bound midget now?! YOU'RE SHORTER THAN ME!!!
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