"What kind of pressure is this!?"
The blond, middle-parted manager stared wide-eyed at the man in white sitting atop a throne piled high with people. As one of the Hero Association's senior officials, he'd seen his fair share of things. Some of the people he met regularly were S-Class Heroes, yet even those heroes, who stood at the pinnacle of humanity, had never made him feel such overwhelming pressure. It was as if the man sitting atop that heap wasn't human at all, but a brutal God-level Monster!
"Anyway, let's get along!"
Just as the blond manager stared in shock, his heart pounding, the man in white—who had been sitting on the pile of people and greeting him only a moment ago—appeared beside him the next instant and gently patted the Hero Association official on the shoulder.
"So fast..."
The manager's eyes trembled. That speed, which completely surpassed the limits of the human eye, reminded him of an S-Class Hero: Flashy Flash, currently ranked thirteenth in S-Class!
"What do you think!?"
The man in white saw that the Hero Association official beside him had been silent for a long time, so he lowered his voice and asked.
"Of course..."
At the words, the Hero Association official broke out in a few beads of sweat and nodded repeatedly in agreement.
"If that's the case, then you can give me a rank, right?"
"Looking at things now, I passed the test, didn't I?"
The man in white stretched his limbs. Pointing to the injured test-takers piled up behind him and the wrecked gymnasium, he asked the official.
"Of course..."
The Hero Association official swallowed and nodded repeatedly.
"Good. In that case, I'll be off!"
"Oh, and if there are any interesting Dragon-level Monsters, you can let me know~"
After speaking, the man