152 Hokusai

Shibuya Crossing is the world's busiest pedestrian crossing, with as many as 3,000 people crossing simultaneously.

Many people with various "Quirk" from mutant, giant, and many others walked one after another on this crossing. Neither looked at the other and only walked past each other smoothly without interrupting anyone.

When the light of the crossing turned red, they all stopped and let the cars and other vehicles pass through the crossing, yet during this time, it was also the quietest.

In this country, there weren't many people who had a car, especially with how people's size changed depending on their "Quirk."

Well, even if their size was big or small because of their respective "Quirk," the real reason why people didn't buy a vehicle was that it was expensive to take care of them.

However, it had nothing to do with the story now.

When all the people waited for the green light so they could pass this crossing, they saw someone standing in the middle of this crossing.

"Huh?!"

In the beginning, only one noticed, but soon, slowly, almost everyone before everyone who wanted to pass this crossing noticed someone standing in the middle of the crossing, even if many cars and vehicles passed through this street.

*Beep! Beep!*

The drivers pressed their honks several times, honking at this figure, reminding this crazy person that his act was dangerous.

"DO YOU WANT TO DIE, BASTARD?!"

"GET THE HELL OUT OF THE STREET!"

"GET AWAY!"

The people around also noticed this, including heroes who happened to be in the vicinity.

Yet those heroes only screamed and told this person to move away. They didn't move closer since the traffic of the street was too busy, and if they carelessly entered, they might cause even more chaos.

However, this person was different. Even if there were many cars and some of them were about to hit him, he was able to escape and move away smoothly without looking. It was as if he had eyes behind his head.

He also didn't seem to hear the screams of the people and heroes or the honk of many vehicles that told him to move away from the street.

"Damn, what the hell is he doing?!"

"Can't he hear us?!"

"Does he really want to commit suicide?"

They were all confused since the appearance of this person was unique.

The figure in the middle of the street was a young man. He wore glasses and a samue (the work clothing of a Japanese Buddhist monk) with a geta (wooden sandals), walking around dexterously and slippery on the busy street like an eel.

Yet the most noticeable feature of this young man was the large stick in his hands.

No, rather than a stick, it was a giant ink brush.

The brush was so large that he had to hold it with two hands.

Still, many girls and many people had to say that the appearance of this young man was so handsome, especially those lips. They bit their lower lips while imagining how it felt being ravaged by those lips.

However, the hero didn't care about this appearance now since he had to stop this young man from doing something dangerous.

While many screamed, trying to stop him, many also noticed what he was doing.

"Hey, is he drawing?"

"Wow! Did he draw that?"

They were all quickly dumbfounded since they realized that this young man had been drawing!

While they didn't realize this painting before because the young man's appearance was too attractive and out of tune with everyone in this place, especially when he was doing something dangerous, they quickly realized that he was drawing something!

He was drawing something on this Shibuya Crossing!

If this painting was small, they might ignore it and didn't realize it since the Shibuya Crossing was so large, but this painting was massive!

Even with such busy traffic, this young man had been moving from one spot to another, covering the entire Shibuya Crossing in his painting.

Many quickly took their smartphones and took a video of him since they felt he was so awesome for drawing something so huge on the street.

Yet many couldn't help but think that this young man was crazy!

However, the hero frowned since he knew what this young man had done was vandalization!

In other words, a crime!

"Stop! Don't draw any longer!"

The heroes knew they had to stop this young man, but the red light was still bright. They were all heroes. While they could use their "Quirk" and use it for a fight, they couldn't break the rules, such as passing through the street while the light was red. They needed to wait for the light to turn green before they could pass this crossing.

Still, even if they couldn't pass now, they could prepare right away, so when the light turned green, they could catch him!

However, when the light was about to turn green, the young man finished his painting.

"Huft~!"

The young man wiped the nonexistent sweat on his forehead with a satisfied sigh.

Everyone also noticed the painting of the young man on the street, and they were all dumbfounded since it was so amazing!

"This... is this the Great Wave of Kanagawa?"

"Huh? What is that?"

"It's a famous painting by Hokusai! Are you an idiot? You don't even know the famous painter of our country!"

"Sor-Sorry!"

They were all so amazed, and they really felt that they saw a giant wave in front of them. They were all mesmerized by his drawing before they quickly aimed their camera in his direction and his painting.

This is art!

They could see this young man screaming at everyone like this.

Yet, the heroes couldn't stay calm any longer since they wanted to catch this young man as soon as possible!

Especially those who saw a chance that they would become famous if they were able to catch such an amazing artist.

However, they were even more dumbfounded when they saw the next action of this young man.

In the middle of a painting of this "Great Wave of Kanagawa," he started to draw an animal.

"What is that?"

"Bird?"

"It's a crow!"

The crow was so huge, but what made them confused the young man started to make strange gestures with his hands. He moved his right hand vertically as his middle finger, index finger, and thumb pointed at the sky, and his pinky and ring finger pointed to the earth.

"Fly, Yosuzume!"

Suddenly, the crow, which was drawn in the middle of the street, slowly emerged and became a real giant crow.

"...."

They were all in a daze and dumbfounded.

Huh?

This was what was on their minds.

It's amazing!

Was this his "Quirk"?

Even many pro heroes were dumbfounded by how amazing this young man's "Quirk" was." Yet they didn't have time to be happy or in a daze since this young man jumped on the back of the crow and soared to the sky.

"Hey, don't run away!"

"Stop!"

When the light turned green, they quickly ran toward the crossing, trying to stop him, but it was too late!

He was already in midair, but fortunately, he didn't plan to run away.

Those who weren't heroes also started to move to the crossing and looked at his massive painting of "Great Wave of Kanagawa" curiously since it was their first time seeing something like this.

"Come down!"

"Hey, don't scream like that. What if you scare him?"

"But he has caused a lot of trouble! He is a villain!"

As long as one broke the rules, they were a villain!

This was how heroes pictured everyone who broke the rules of society.

"Everyone!"

However, the young man ignored those heroes and flew into the safe distance as he shouted.

All of them listened, but most of them decided to move away since they felt something terrible was about to happen.

"My name is Hokusai! I am the greatest artist of this century!"

"......"

"Puft!"

They couldn't help but laugh at his introduction.

"Greatest artist? Aren't you a lunatic?"

"Hurry up and go down!"

"Don't cause anyone trouble!"

However, the young man only smiled and said, "Then, let me show you my art." He made a similar gesture as before and said, "Sweep everything, Wave!"

Suddenly, the picture of the Great Wave of Kanagawa became a reality.

The giant wave, which should only appear on the sea, suddenly appeared on the Shibuya Crossing, the crowdiest crossing in the world, with 3,000 people passing this place every time.

Yet all of those people couldn't comprehend what was happening, and they were only looking at this wave in a daze before they were swept away, along with the terror of drowning that came after that.

"Run!"

"Help! Help!"

"ARGGGHH!!!"

Everyone, who was on this crossing, was drowned by the wave. They were all swept away, hitting each other, hurt, panicked, and passed out.

The amount of water was also so massive that it destroyed many vehicles on the street and also the building in the vicinity.

It was the greatest act of terrorism that affected thousands of people and caused several billion in damage.

If there was something fortunate, no one died when the accident happened.

However, his name was also quickly echoed though the country became the most famous and one of the most dangerous villains.

S-Rank Villain.

The Mad Artist.

Hokusai.