When Fang Li returned to Genos, Bang had arrived as well.
"What happened?" Bang asked Fang Li with a deep frown, his wrinkled brows tightly knitted. "Why did you start fighting Metal Knight?"
"It was nothing." Fang Li casually answered, downplaying the matter. "Just a personal grudge."
"Settling a personal grudge under these circumstances?" Genos stared at him and said, "Isn't that far too irrational?"
That was true enough.
Although Metal Knight could be considered both righteous and evil, and no one in the Hero Association had a favorable impression of that mechanical doctor who only lurked in the shadows, it had to be admitted that much of his cutting-edge technology was highly useful.
Missiles with destructive power like those just now might have been very effective against the meteorite, right?
Or perhaps Metal Knight had brought weapons capable of dealing with the meteorite?
If that were truly the case, then Fang Li, by taking him out, would have made all of City Z and several surrounding cities pay the price for his recklessness.
How could anyone approve of that?
Fang Li offered no explanation. He merely spoke like this.
"Don't worry."
Raising his head, Fang Li looked at the meteorite, whose outline was already visible in the sky, and spoke calmly.
"I'll take care of all of this."
It was not merely a matter of destroying the meteorite. He also had to prevent the fragments left behind after its destruction from becoming a secondary disaster, turning into a meteor shower and delivering a devastating blow to City Z.
Fang Li had only one goal.
It was to fulfill the requirements of the Side Mission that had just been triggered.
One: destroy the meteorite.
Two: no casualties.
Three: no damage to City Z.
That was all.
Of course, that was