After speaking to the president, I had him get my bo-staff, and while he did that, I claimed the Whitehouse as my base of operation, kicking everyone else out while I sat on the top, patiently waiting for my bo-staff to be delivered to me. Honestly, I just kicked everyone else out simply because I wanted to show my overwhelming might over an entire country by forcing the proposed leaders out of their own homes; it also prevented the government from recklessly attacking me with weapons of mass destruction.
It's already been a little over ten hours since then, and currently, the Whitehouse was surrounded by military trucks, thousands of soldiers, and numerous supposed heroes; they were tasked with keeping me contained, but I'm pretty confident everyone present knew such a thing wasn't possible.
'Heh, it's laughable that they would even bother; not even all of the marines could contain me if I truly wished to leave.' Mused Diddy with a faint smirk as he lifted his head and gazed at the encirclement, his eyes flashing with a reddish glint while a lightning bolt arced through the sky, startling everyone.
Chuckling, I laid back down and continued to wait while time slowly ticked by; before long, around the middle of the morning, twenty-four finally passed, meaning their time was up. However, even before doing anything, I sensed the encirclement tighten while they all aimed their weapons at me; as for the many heroes, they simply readied themselves to attack, causing me to faintly smirk since it seemed they've been keeping a close eye on the time.
Opening my eyes, I slowly sat upright and took my time as I stretched, twisting my body in ways that shouldn't be possible before I stopped and gazed at the encirclement that tightly surrounded the Whitehouse. However, as if right on cue, I saw a black SUV arrive in the distance along with an entourage, causing me to smirk as I leaped off the top of the Whitehouse and landed in the front yard while everyone's eyes closely followed my figure.
As I approached the SUV parked right behind the encirclement, I allowed my aura of a predator to flow freely, and although it wasn't capable of knocking the weak unconscious, it was still capable of freezing them in pure fear, and it did just that. Not a single person standing within the encirclement moved a muscle; some even forgot to breathe as they stared at my presence; not even the president was spared; the heroes were slightly better off, but in the end, it amounted to nothing.
Walking past several heroes who were profusely sweating, too scared to move, I pushed a few trucks out of the way before I eventually arrived before the president, whose entire body was shaking, though I had to hand to him, the fact he hadn't pissed or shat himself was noteworthy.
"I don't sense my bo-staff anywhere." Remarked Diddy lightly as he reeled in his aura while glancing at the president before grabbing the suv and tossing it at the Whitehouse, causing it to explode, which snapped everyone out of their terror-filled state.
"P-Protect, t-the president." Said the general weakly, his voice containing no strength as he gazed at Diddy, everyone having just glimpsed at the sheer strength of the beast before them, knowing that any retaliation would be met with nothing but their demise.
"Y-Your b-bo-staff, i-is very u-unique a-and w-w-weren't a-able to c-carry it w-with us i-in the g-given t-time limit-" Replied the president fearfully while refusing to look Diddy in the eyes, only for him to forcefully interrupted as he was lifted into the air.
"Tch, fucking useless; I knew I should've just killed you all." Muttered Diddy in annoyance as he gripped the president's neck, only to slam his tail onto the ground, cracking the earth they stood on.
Tossing the fool onto the ground, I folded my arms and gave him a moment of respite as he regained his bearings.
"Since you don't have it, where is it? I'll get it myself. Tsk, I should've just done that in the beginning." Asked Diddy in annoyance as he gazed at the president, who quickly responded while rubbing his neck.
Once he finished informing me of Naga-sa's location, I leaped into the air and left them behind. The fool was hiding something, but I didn't care what it was.
'Though they did take too long, so I'll make sure to leave a little present.' Mused Diddy with a wicked smirk as he clenched his fist while it violently arced with lightning.
Shifting my body, I spun in the air to gain momentum before timing the punch with the pulse of my heart, causing a massive dome of lightning to head right for the Whitehouse.
"Lightning Impact." Muttered Diddy with a wicked grin as the Whitehouse was violently bombarded with hundreds of lightning bolts, destroying it and even killing several others.
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"Hahahah!"
Hearing the monster's chaotic laughter fade away into the distance, I finally stood up from the ground while dusting off my clothes, though when I looked up to gaze at the Whitehouse, all I saw was a large patch of charred earth.
"M-Mr. President, are you alright!?" Asked General as he ran towards the president, checking for any injuries, prompting him to nod.
"I-I'm fine. However, we've got bigger things to worry about; quickly, inform Team Alpha that he's heading towards them and should arrive soon." Replied the President solemnly as he gazed at the president, who furrowed his brows before pulling out his phone.
"Haa, they're far enough away from civilization that if the worst comes to pass…" Said the President with a frown as he gazed in the direction Diddy went, only to sigh deeply as he shook his head.
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"Mhm, I see. Understood General." Stated Stars&Stripes with a solemn expression as she closed her phone before turning and gazing at a large group of heroes in the middle of nowhere.
"He's on his way, so everyone gets in position; remember, only Lightning Head, Muscle Man, Black Flash, Darwin, Copy-Cat, and Abosorber can face the man head-on. Everyone else will remain out of reach and pepper him from afar." Declared Stars&Stripes sternly as she eyed the group of Heroes, while her gaze lingered on a few specific ones.
Although we only had a short time to discuss a plan, we had prepared for everything he'd shown, even going so far as to wear specially modified suits that were heavily insulated to reduce his lightning attacks. As for his bo-staff, while it was here, we wouldn't allow him to get it; we didn't know why he wanted it, but under no circumstance could we allow that to happen. However, his most troublesome ability was probably the fact he could fly, and that was something I made sure to eliminate; the moment he touches the ground, he'll stay there.
"I hope things go well." Muttered Stars&Stripes with a frown as she also got into position, awaiting Diddy's arrival.
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After a few minutes of flying out into the fucking middle of nowhere, I finally spotted my bo-staff lying on the ground; well, it at least looked like my bo-staff.
'Huh, an illusion? It's pretty impressive, but Naga-sa is cursed; a simple illusion won't be able to fully copy its aura, not to mention I still would've seen through it.' Mused Diddy lightly as he descended toward the ground and gazed at the illusion.
Although they did a good job hiding, they couldn't fool my senses; there was an ambush waiting for me here, not like it surprised me all that much since I had half-expected it. However, the moment I landed on the ground, I couldn't help but furrow my brows as I intently stared at it.
"Ho, now that's interesting." Muttered Diddy with a raised eyebrow as he stared at the earth, which his feet were now glued to.
I don't know what was causing this, but the moment I touched the ground, I lost the ability to enter the sky; even simply jumping wasn't possible; it was like the very world prevented me from leaving the ground.
"Hehe, funny; they want to keep ME from fleeing?" Said Diddy with a wicked grin as he licked his fangs while approaching the illusion.
While I found it laughable they thought I'd ever flee in the first place, I went ahead and reached down, attempting to grab the bo-staff, though my hand went right through it; however, jutting out the ground were two hands that suddenly grabbed my arm.
Clenching my hand around the arm, I yanked the woman out of the ground before violently tossing her into the distance; I would've followed up by using my lightning, but I couldn't. The moment that woman touched me, I lost my ability to use lightning, which was honestly rather shocking as it was the first time such a thing ever happened.
However, I wasn't given time to think, as I was immediately attacked by several people who finally showed themselves, while a few others lunged right at me, causing me to smirk as I endured their attacks, a few even causing me to feel some slight pain.
Chuckling, I pushed off the ground, speedily backing away, though I was forced to do so awkwardly since I was always required to be touching the ground; while doing so, a black flash headed right for me at speeds that made the other dude from before seem slow.
Raising an eyebrow, I was about to block his attack, but he didn't attack me; instead, he threw a frail-looking man at me, causing me to tilt my head in confusion as I caught him out of reflex.
"Bad move, sunny boy." Said Muscle-Man with a smirk, his body rapidly growing muscles as he copied the strength of Diddy.