Monster Association

After a moment, Blue still left.

If Oboro truly refused to take him as a disciple, there was nothing he could do.

At most, he would feel disappointed.

As for Oboro leaving One-Punch Man... the boy did not completely believe it.

The next day, Oboro received the news.

Saitama's B-Class ranking had risen... while Oboro had shot straight from eighteenth place in S-Class to first.

Saitama even reluctantly congratulated him, looking thoroughly displeased about it.

But Oboro did not seem happy in the slightest.

His reaction was quite indifferent.

Normally, even an S-Class hero could not rise through the rankings so quickly. Although the disaster Boros brought had been immense and had put pressure on the S-Class heroes... in terms of merit, it was nowhere near enough to warrant such treatment. At most, Oboro should have risen around ten places.

Clearly, Sekingar had used his authority.

His explanation was that, regarding Oboro temporarily replacing Blast as the number one... the higher-ups had first sought the opinions of the other S-Class heroes.

They had used a vote to decide whether Oboro was qualified.

Although Sekingar and the others were Association executives, they did not dare act by bypassing the other S-Class heroes.

After all, the heroes' power and factions were the Association's most important components.

There had been objections, but Tatsumaki, Bang, Atomic Samurai, Child Emperor, King, Watchdog Man, and the others had all agreed.

The opponents were Flashy Flash, Metal Knight, and Drive Knight.

In the end, the difference in votes was too great. The minority had to yield to the majority, and Oboro was elected.

Genos had naturally agreed with Oboro becoming number one as well.

It was just that Oboro had not been notified beforehand... he was only told after the decision had been made.

Oboro understood