In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 496 A Fateful Encounter Between Master and Disciple
Shimizu waved to Genos, signaling him to stand up and speak.

However, Genus seemed to have misunderstood, and suddenly knelt down on the ground with a thud.

"So eager to pledge allegiance to me? I haven't agreed yet."

Shimizu looked down at Genus, who was kneeling on the ground, a sharp glint in his eyes.

Such a clever and courageous person, who can be both flexible and resilient, and even create powerful and eccentric characters!
He doesn't trust people like that.

Therefore, he must...

"No, no, my legs were weak and I couldn't stand up. I accidentally fell down."

Genos said with an embarrassed expression.

Shimizu paused slightly as she was about to extend her hand.

The transparent world swept over Genus's legs and found that his muscles were indeed spasming and weak, and he was so frightened that his legs went weak.

Shimizu was silent for two seconds before reaching out to Genus's shoulder.

Complex sealing incantations flowed from Qing Shui's palm, crawling all over Genus's body. Finally, like worms, they wriggled through his mouth, nose, and seven orifices, entering his body and attaching themselves to Genus's heart.

Genos's body stiffened abruptly, and he quickly realized that his life and death were now in someone else's hands.

Even their bodies were immobilized under the sealing spell.

At the same time, a long metal needle, much thinner than a human hair, was removed from the sac by Qingshui.

This is no ordinary metal needle, but a metal needle synthesized using nano-metal particles transformed into magical artifacts!

It is flexible and easy to manipulate, far superior to the chakra metal rod that Chiyo used to use.

Genos froze, his eyes wide, focusing on the tip of the tiny needle, barely visible unless examined closely, slowly approaching his brow before piercing it.

It didn't hurt, but something seemed to have happened, though Genus didn't know exactly what changes had occurred in his brain.

But in her heart, her feelings toward Shimizu were changing.

The art of manipulating sand with one's mind.

In the original timeline, Sasori used this ninjutsu to control Yura, a high-ranking official in Sunagakure, to open the Sunagakure's defensive gateway, the One-Line Gate, allowing him and Deidara to easily infiltrate and capture Gaara, the Fifth Kazekage.

Shimizu's current mastery of ninjutsu, as well as the fields of mind and memory, has long surpassed that of the Second Kazekage, Shamon, who invented this ninjutsu.

The latter was undoubtedly a brilliant and talented ninja, who invented countless ninjutsu and created the puppeteer profession, which shone brightly on the battlefield of the Ninja World War. However, Shimizu's true form has now just crossed the threshold of the Six Paths level.

The same ninjutsu can have vastly different effects and uses depending on who wields it.

The original version of the Mind Control Technique involves using extremely fine needles to penetrate the memory center in the target's brain, thereby blocking their memories. Once the technique is broken, the target's memories can be restored.

Generally speaking, this technique is used on sufficiently loyal subordinates or people with absolute leverage, sealing part of their memories to infiltrate the enemy as spies. Unless one can directly see the needle in the brain, it is virtually flawless.

Or, like Chiyo back then, they could use the Mind Control Technique, derived from this ninjutsu, to directly and violently access memories.

Shimizu would never do that.

With his current abilities, he could easily examine Genus's memories without harming him, and control the nano-metal needles to repeatedly pass through his memory center, sealing any memory fragment that Shimizu wanted to seal.

Yes, Genus's mental fortitude is indeed among the most resilient of ordinary people.

It is remarkable that someone can sit alone in a desolate mountain forest, diligently conduct scientific research for two or three decades, and create one scientific achievement after another.

Moreover, even with the body of an ordinary person, one can remain calm and demonstrate one's value in the face of a powerful being who has just killed a high-level dragon-level monster, thus earning the chance to continue living.

These qualities cannot be achieved simply by being intelligent or cowardly; such character is exceptional among ordinary people.

Shimizu didn't deliberately seal any part of Genus's memories, as that wouldn't be of much use. Genus was never a loyal subordinate to him. And if all of his memories were sealed, leaving him a blank slate, then all the knowledge and research experience he had accumulated over the past seventy years would also be sealed away.

He simply used his powerful mental abilities to quickly go through Genus's memories and then stopped.

With this needle, he could access Genus's newly born memories at any time, ensuring that even if Genus harbored rebellious intentions, he would not have time to make arrangements or resort to tricks.

Water can detonate this needle at any time, and it can also control its movement through the seal attached to Genus's heart, and detonate the heart.

From memory to body, from brain to heart, Genus was completely under his control.

In this way, the clean water can be used with peace of mind.

"Let's go, the association members are almost here."

Shimizu reached out and opened a teleportation circle leading to his home, speaking to Genus.

The latter felt that his body had regained its mobility, and upon hearing Qingshui's words, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

He made the right bet; he survived!
Shimizu watched Genus walk into the teleportation circle, casually stretched out his left hand to form a hand seal, creating a shadow clone that stayed behind to deal with the association's arriving field personnel, before following him into the teleportation circle.

Next, we need to arrange for Genus.

This top biologist in the One-Punch Man world has a less-than-clean background.

Because of its overly radical academic ideas and unethical experiments, it has long been expelled from major scientific organizations. In addition, Genus has been creating monsters and using them to capture living people as experimental subjects, and even allowing monsters like Mosquito Girl to commit mass killings.

Such evil deeds have long been intolerable to the secular world.

Compared to him, Sonic, an A-level wanted criminal who works as an assassin and bodyguard for wicked tycoons, seems like a pure white lotus flower.

So he had to fabricate a legitimate identity for Genos and give him plastic surgery so that he could legitimately place him in his company and let him shine.

This isn't a particularly big problem for Shimizu right now; it just takes a little time.

Although Genus's strongest creation was only a dragon-level Asura rhinoceros beetle, which was severely flawed and could not be stably controlled, it was slightly inferior to Shimizu, who was now no less powerful than the Asura rhinoceros beetle in his normal state and could fight against a dragon-level being with his scorching nuclear energy.

However, I believe that in order to survive, Genus will work hard and demonstrate his value.

One day later.

After undergoing plastic surgery to transform himself into a mature and composed middle-aged man, Genus successfully joined a company under Shimizu's control and established a technology subsidiary, serving as its president.

At this time, Saitama also came to visit.

To be precise, he visited the place together with Genos.

"Saitama, Genos? How do you two know each other?" Shimizu brought over a glass of machine oil and two glasses of cola, asking Saitama and Genos curiously.

The mosquito woman was dealt with by herself, but unexpectedly, the two met again.

Genos automatically took the engine oil and said:

"Here's what happened. The story begins with the clues you, Shimizu-senpai, uncovered for me. I followed the intelligence all the way to Z City..."

"Let me tell you."

Saitama immediately covered Genos's mouth.

Genos can be incredibly talkative at times; once he starts talking, it's like a machine gun firing nonstop, much like the monk Tang Sanzang.

"Genos, let me tell you. Basically, Genos went to Z City to investigate an evil robot organization and was almost killed by a monster. Luckily, I saw it and killed the monster to save him. After that, Genos kept pestering me to become his apprentice."

They even tracked me to my home in Z City, which led to the robots also coming after me, seemingly to capture me as well.

Saitama, with his dead fish eyes, said helplessly.

It seems that this cyborg organization has taken the place of the House of Evolution.

It seems like a coincidence, but it also makes sense.

When Shimizu was investigating, he discovered that many cities had the organization's headquarters, and Z City was right next to D City, the closest. Genos would definitely go there to investigate first.

If things start to move in Z City, and two beings with at least Demon-level strength clash, how could Saitama not be drawn to them?

The fateful encounter between the master and apprentice happened again after Shimizu had already influenced them.

"So... you wiped out that entire organization?"

Qingshui took a sip of soda and asked.

Genos picked up the conversation and said:

"At least we dealt them a heavy blow. Saitama and I tracked them down all the way to G City. Even if that place wasn't their headquarters, it must have been an important stronghold, since Saitama destroyed a large number of robots there. However, they definitely have other members. Therefore, I need to continue the investigation and train with my master to become stronger. Only in this way can I have the possibility of defeating them and taking revenge!"

"Um...that's about it."

Saitama scratched his bald head and said.

Of course, this was also because he valued Genos's ability to help him shop at supermarkets during sales, do housework, and cook meals using a robot program that tasted better than his own.

After spending a few days together, Saitama felt that Genos was a pretty good person and that their personalities were compatible. He was relieved that having a disciple like this in his life hadn't led to anything bad, so he naturally accepted him.

Saitama couldn't think of anything he could teach Genos, even if it was just as a roommate who would help with housework.

He really did get stronger by doing 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and a 10-kilometer run every day.

Unfortunately, no one, including Genos, believed it.

But if it weren't for this, Saitama wouldn't be able to explain why he became stronger, nor could he teach it.

"So what brings you here today?"

Qingshui took another sip of cola.

Genos straightened his posture and said loudly:

"Of course I want to express my gratitude to you! I heard from Dr. Kusno about how you and he shared your technologies, and just yesterday, the doctor used the newly acquired technology to give me a partial upgrade."

The teacher is also very grateful for the supermarket sale guide and association assessment materials you provided!

Association assessment materials...

Yes, they were worried that if Saitama didn't join the Hero Association, it would be inconvenient to bring him in to take the fall if the Hero Association ran into trouble in the future. So they tricked Saitama into joining by offering him the salary of a hero in the association, and even gave him a set of assessment materials.

"So what were your final assessment results...?"

"Jenos, don't say it, it's embarrassing."

Saitama awkwardly covered his face.

"It's alright, I've already found the information on the association's official website. I can even use the S-class hero's privileges to directly view your assessment results and exam paper images."

Shimizu snapped his fingers, and a holographic projection immediately lit up the table in front of him where the drinks were placed.

Genos's test score was still 100.

However, since the House of Evolution's achievements did not fall on him this time, Genos was not directly promoted to S-class.

However, because he had previously had experience in eliminating evil organizations and had a record of fighting against and even killing weaker Demon-level monsters, the Hero Association directly promoted him to the second rank of Class A.

Whether Genos can be promoted to S-class depends on whether he can overcome Sweet Mask's challenge or achieve a record of fighting against a Dragon-level monster, thus meeting Sweet Mask's requirements for promotion to S-class.

As for Saitama...

"79 points, not bad, just one point away from 80."

It seems that the exam application tips I gave myself did have some effect.

Judging from the appearance of this exam paper, Saitama probably didn't study it carefully. He only looked at some techniques to get by and didn't memorize any of the real knowledge points.

For example, the same question might ask, "What would you do if you encountered a powerful Dragon-level monster, and you were the only hero present, while there were other civilians who needed protection?"

Saitama's answer was to kill him with one punch.

Then the examiner gave Saitama one point on this question worth ten points—he didn't get zero points because Saitama didn't write anything about irresponsibly running away.

Genos, who scored full marks, systematically summarized a battle plan, first observing the monster's abilities and weighing whether he had the ability to defeat it.

If not, then try to use the environment and location to entangle with the strange man, probe for his weaknesses, gather intelligence, and do your best to delay until reinforcements arrive.

"Ranked 305th in Class C, not bad..."

"Oh dear! Stop talking! It's so embarrassing! And please don't tell anyone! I should have read the information you gave me carefully. I'm sorry, I was wrong!"

Saitama lowered his head and banged his head on the table.

(End of this chapter)