"Teacher!"
After the alien spaceship crashed down with a deafening roar, Saitama kicked a hole through its hull and walked out.
Genos, who had just arrived nearby, immediately ran over.
He had never worried about Saitama or Oboro. With those two around, a bunch of aliens was nothing worth mentioning.
"Yo, Genos!" Saitama cheerfully waved at his disciple.
Then, the two walked side by side toward the ruins of the Association headquarters.
Along the way, Genos asked about what had happened. When he learned that Saitama had defeated the alien leader, he had no doubts and only grew more respectful of his teacher.
"I believe your hero rank will definitely rise this time, Teacher... You might even become the fastest hero to advance from C-Class to S-Class," Genos declared confidently.
Right now, everyone mistakenly believed that Tatsumaki's psychic powers had brought down the ship... Genos had to set the record straight for his teacher.
Of course, the credit did not all belong to his teacher.
There was also Mr. Oboro.
But the greatest contribution still belonged to Saitama.
"It was just some alien who came from who-knows-where. I took care of him with a wave of my hand..."
Yet, when the two reached the edge of the headquarters, they saw a group of S-Class heroes gathered around someone.
The man at the center of the crowd wore an indifferent expression and spoke with utter arrogance.
"It really was you?"
"If not me... then who?"
"You're that strong...?"
"With strength like yours, why didn't you show it before?"
"Heh... I could leave ordinary small fry to you. Those monsters and low-level disasters weren't worth me stepping in."
Genos and Saitama heard a familiar voice. Standing on tiptoe to look over the crowd, they saw Oboro in the center, dressed in a