"Silver Fang, you're already this old, still want to rush to the battlefield? Aren't you afraid something will happen to you?"
A young man carrying a metal baseball bat walked closer, standing side by side with Silver Fang, looking at the fires of war and smoke outside the window.
Their pupils suddenly contracted, and simultaneously looked down at the building.
There, a dazzling golden beam of light appeared, exploding with brilliant glitter.
A man in gleaming golden battle armor floated in the air, looking majestic and dominant.
"Who is that?" Silver Fang squinted his eyes, then looked at the Golden List in the sky, muttering: "These are difficult times. What kind of existence is this Golden List actually? Saitama... Truly a terrifying man, and he's only at third place. That first place..."
He didn't dare think further. Even Saitama's power, he only saw the tip of the iceberg. He truly couldn't imagine how strong that mysterious first place was.
Silver Fang glanced at the man. This man was Metal Bat, ranked 16th of the 17 S-Class Heroes in the Hero Association. His potential was very high. He was the type who gets stronger while fighting, stronger when meeting strong opponents.
"Hmph, trash like you all, in the current situation, will only become bait."
A girl with green curly hair wearing a black dress sat in a chair and snorted coldly, her tone full of contempt.
"Who's talking big there, do you believe I'll... Oh, it's Tatsumaki, then never mind!"
Metal Bat suddenly got upset, turned to attack back. When he saw the other party's appearance clearly, his expression immediately stiffened, and the words at the tip of his tongue were swallowed back.
S-Class rank two, Tatsumaki the Terrible Tornado!
An Esper girl with strong psychokinetic power, her combat power even made it onto the Golden List.
In this merged world, there were too many experts, and only a handful of people from the One Punch world were recognized by the Golden List.
"Hmph!"
Seeing the other party surrender, Tatsumaki proudly raised her chin, then looked at the door, muttering: "By the way, why hasn't that baldy come yet? This man who pretends to be weak has deceived us for so long. This time I must scold him thoroughly."
Everyone present suddenly got excited.
They of course knew who the baldy Tatsumaki meant.
Golden List Second Rank, Hero Association Class B Hero, Saitama!
Speaking of this man, most of them had never interacted with him, and didn't have a deep concept in their hearts, didn't know how strong this man actually was.
"This man named Saitama, since he's so strong, why is he so low profile? Why is he still Class B?"
Atomic Samurai, rank four, frowned and asked.
The person most familiar with Saitama here should be Silver Fang. He slowly turned, and chuckled: "You all might not know, this man got a perfect score on the physical test, but failed the written test. If not for his physical test being too extraordinary, he wouldn't have been able to join the Hero Association at all!"
"What? Failed the written test?"
The heroes present were shocked, all showing expressions of disbelief.
"Damn, is that true?"
Superalloy Darkshine, rank 11, touched his bald black head, and said shockingly: "An exam of that level, even elementary school children could probably pass, right?"
"I thought he was so great, turns out he's an idiot! No wonder he can't stand out. What's the use of having empty strength? Defeating enemies still has to rely on brains!"
A small boy carrying a school bag bit a lollipop, sneered arrogantly, and bit a large piece of the lollipop with a crunch: "As expected, when God opens one door for him, He will close one window for him. No wonder he's bald, turns out it's because he has no brains!"
Superalloy Darkshine's face immediately darkened: "I think you're targeting me!"
The small boy nodded: "If you want to think of it that way, that's fine too!"
Superalloy Darkshine immediately fell silent. After a while, he could only say: "Your rank is high, you're great. I won't argue with a little kid!"
This small boy was Child Emperor, Hero Association S-Class rank five. His IQ was very high, and his combat power was also decent.
"You all don't understand how terrifying that man is."
Silver Fang smiled meaningfully, as if remembering something: "Even a man like Genos is willing to call him teacher."
"Genos?"
A strange man covered in armor didn't care: "He's just trash rank 14, what's so great about him! Being that baldy's disciple, he also won't become much stronger!"
Suddenly, two footsteps were heard from the door. At the same time, a soft voice was heard:
"I've heard someone seems to be badmouthing me from afar..."
Everyone immediately turned.
Visible was a man with a head like a salted egg and a red cape on his back, followed by a handsome blond-haired cyborg, slowly entering.
The one who came was Saitama, and beside him was Genos.
Saitama's eyes were slightly dangerous. He walked step by step toward Metal Knight: "What did you just call me?"
Metal Knight was shocked, but there were so many heroes in this place, and he was still rank six. Although he heard the other party was an expert who made the Golden List, he wouldn't surrender in terms of aura.
He was just a Class B rookie, how could he be that strong? That Golden List had no credibility at all.
Metal Knight snorted coldly: "Baldy! Why, are you planning—"
*BANG!*
Only half speaking, his entire body directly disappeared from the spot.
One large hole appeared in the wall across, and cold wind blew in.
Saitama withdrew his hand expressionlessly: "I hate it most when people call me baldy!"
Silver Fang, standing near the window, glanced outside, his eyelids twitching violently.
Metal Knight, known as invincible in his armor, had a large dent in his chest. He had turned into a beam of light and flown who knows where. It seemed he wouldn't return in a short time.
If he hadn't made super-dense strong alloy armor for himself, he would already be a corpse now.
And looking at Saitama, he only threw an ordinary punch, not using any force at all.
"Sensei, we're all heroes and should fight monsters together. Better not kill them."
Genos couldn't help but speak up.
Saitama grinned: "Relax, I know the limits. I'm not someone who kills indiscriminately."
The others present immediately felt relieved. They were all frightened by Saitama.
Metal Knight was killed instantly in a flash. What's more terrifying was, not a single person saw how he threw that punch, too fast!
"But for me, people who call me baldy, that's not indiscriminate!"
After saying that, he directed his gaze at the small boy sitting in a chair.
Child Emperor suddenly felt his scalp tingle. He hurriedly held the lollipop in his mouth, showing an innocent expression.
Right at this moment, footsteps were heard again at the door.
A middle-aged man wearing a suit entered. He pushed his glasses, and smiled: "Almost everyone has gathered. In that case, this S-Class Hero meeting must begin! Please find your respective seats."
The heroes said nothing, and each found a seat.
The man in the suit was the chairman of this meeting, and could be considered the Hero Association's current spokesperson. His authority wasn't low, he was considered a senior executive, but he himself was just an ordinary person.
"This meeting is to discuss the future of our land."
The man in the suit showed a serious expression, took the remote control on the table, turned and switched on the projector behind him: "This meeting, except for Blast and Watchdog Man who didn't want to come, everyone is present! Let's first look at a set of pictures."