Monster Association

After a moment, Blue left.

If Oboro doesn't accept him as a disciple, there's nothing he can do.

At most, I'll just feel disappointed.

As for Oboro's departure from One-Punch Man... the boy didn't believe it completely.

The next day, Oboro received the message.

Saitama's ranking among B-class heroes has improved... He has also jumped from 18th in S-class to 1st in S-class.

Saitama, in a completely insincere manner, offered a congratulatory remark that sounded neither like a nose nor a eye.

But Oboro didn't seem happy at all.

The response was rather muted.

Normally, even S-class heroes wouldn't be able to rise in the rankings so quickly. Although Boros brought great disaster and put pressure on many S-class heroes, in terms of merit, he is far from deserving such treatment. At most, Oboro would be lucky to move up about ten places.

Clearly, this was done by Sekingar using his privileges.

His answer was that regarding Oboro temporarily replacing Blast as number 1... the higher-ups had consulted the opinions of other S-class heroes beforehand.

The decision on whether Oboro is competent will be made by voting.

Although Sekingar and his group are high-ranking members of the Association, they do not dare to bypass other S-class heroes to handle matters.

It's important to understand that the heroes and factions are the most crucial components of the Association.

Although there were some objections, Tatsumaki, Bang, Atomic Samurai, Child Emperor, King, and Watchdog Man all expressed their agreement.

Opponents include Flashy Flash, Metal Knight, and Drive Knight.

Ultimately, due to the large gap in votes, the minority yielded to the majority, and Oboro was elected.

Genos naturally agreed that Oboro should be number 1.

However, Oboro was not informed of this matter beforehand; he was only told after the results were available.

Lonely understood Sekingar's intentions.

The destruction of the aliens gave Sekingar hope of binding him to the Association ...

Regarding the enemy's defeat, the specific details of the disaster, and other information, the Association hasn't released a complete statement. They only vaguely indicated that the alien invaders were defeated through the efforts of a group of S-class heroes. They also posted photos of all the heroes who participated in the battle on their official website.

It's not that the Association doesn't want to publicize it... but the impact of this incident is too great. The entire City A has been destroyed, which will naturally make the public question the Association's capabilities... There are quite a lot of voices of dissatisfaction in society.

Even some public opinion reports are mocking S-class heroes.

In this situation, even though the Hero Association resolved the disaster, it failed to win public favor.

Otherwise, Sekingar would definitely have used the propaganda department to give Oboro a good 'praise' and help him establish a positive image.

Even so, some fans noticed that Oboro's ranking had changed on the Association's official website... This caused another uproar online.

The Association's spokesperson was forced to hold another press conference to explain the situation.

When discussing this disaster, the "Heartless Hero" Long Ju made a great contribution.

However, the spokesperson's words lacked credibility because Oboro, the main figure in the press conference, did not attend...

In short... the aftermath of the whole incident is developing in a negative direction.

From this perspective, Oboro understood why Neo was able to so easily poach members from the Hero Association later on.

Turning 'heroes' into a business is not so easy.

The emergence of more organizations similar to the Hero Association in society, leading to healthy competition, is actually a good thing and something the public would prefer to see.

"Hey, Genos ... don't you think Oboro has been acting a little strange these past few days?"

A few days later, early in the morning, Saitama walked into the house from outside, wearing his pajamas.

After stepping into the entryway, he stood still, touching his chin as if deep in thought.

He went to look for Long, but found that Long was not at home.

"Ever since the aliens were wiped out, he has been treating us to meals... and they are always lavish meals."

Seeing the teacher muttering like that, Genos, who was cleaning the floor with a rag, straightened up and began to analyze, "Is the teacher trying to say that Mr. Oboro might have used his ability to commit crimes again?"

That's not what I meant...

He initially asked Oboro to treat him, only because he was bothered by Oboro's 'petty' nature, but he didn't expect that the other party would take him out for lavish meals for several days in a row.

This made Saitama a little uneasy; he felt like something was off.

Saitama shook his head. "He's never been this generous before... I mean, before you came, although he would treat people..."

"Sigh, never mind... maybe I'm overthinking it."

After muttering a few words to himself, Saitama stopped pursuing the matter.

Genos hadn't known Oboro for very long... so naturally he didn't know him as well as Oboro did.

"But this guy wasn't here first thing this morning... what was he doing?"

On the other side, Long walked alone in a deserted area, bathed in the faint light of dawn.

This place is not far from the apartment.

"This must be it..." Oboro tapped the ground lightly with the tip of her shoe and smiled.

He's looking for the exact location of the Monster Association's hideout.

Although the Monster Association's 'underground camp' is quite large, the core area, which is the location of Monster King Orochi and the activity range of other Dragon-level and Demon-level monsters, is only a small area.

Clearly, Gyoro Gyoro was acting cautiously before officially declaring war on the Hero Association.

Having lived in the apartment for so long, Oboro's soul perception had long since figured out the entire structure and layout of the Monster Association's lair.

He even knew everything about the Monster Association's activities during this period.

On his first day in the apartment, he discovered that some powerful monsters were already lurking around... some were hunting heroes and bringing them back to their lair.

There are also some strange people who go out as one... but when they come back, the number will become two, three or more.

Clearly, the Monster Association is purposefully and systematically ambushing human heroes and searching for allies, but they are operating with great secrecy to avoid being discovered by the Hero Association... They haven't yet 'surfaced'. Moreover, the monsters that leave their lair are almost all at least Demon-level in strength.

The reason why Oboro and Saitama haven't met much is mainly because this no-man's land is vast, covering an area the size of a city.

Furthermore, the Monster Association is quite meticulous, and the timing and routes of their operations are always specific.

Immediately, Long lightly tapped the ground with the tip of his shoe, and an oval-shaped spatial passage opened up, causing his entire body to sink to the ground.

He did not conceal his true intentions.

Therefore, when Oboro approached the Monster Association's lair...

Underground, the Gyoro Gyoro of the monster king Orochi, sitting behind him, immediately looked up at the cave ceiling.

"Huh? A human has arrived..."

It let out a soft exclamation, "Is it a hero?"

At this moment, in the center of the entire massive underground cave, stood the enormous and terrifying-looking monster, King Orochi.

As for the other strange people, they hid in the dark caves in the surrounding walls, which served not only as their dwellings but also as passageways connecting to other underground spaces.

As soon as it opened its mouth, its voice immediately echoed in the empty cave and traveled along the passage to other parts of the lair.

Gyoro Gyoro activated his mind, and an image of a man in a black suit appeared in his mind.

"It's him!"

After Gyoro Gyoro the person, he suddenly laughed.