"I see. Just as his strength surpasses ours, King's strength is also far greater than his, so it would be difficult for him to have the kind of exhilarating battle he sought."
After hearing Fubuki's words, Child Emperor nodded in sudden realization.
That made sense.
The other party had come to Earth to find an opponent who could make him fight with all his strength and enjoy the thrill of battle. Naturally, that opponent's strength should have been roughly comparable to his, or at least not vastly different.
King clearly did not meet that requirement. He was even stronger than Boros.
"..."
Fubuki looked at Child Emperor's matter-of-fact expression after his realization. She wanted to say something, but ultimately said nothing.
Forget it. Let it be.
With Child Emperor's explanation and Fubuki's tacit approval, the other heroes could not help but marvel at Boros's love of battle and King's strength. Their reverence for King deepened even further.
Unlike their amazement, King was completely dumbfounded as he listened to Fubuki and Child Emperor.
What were they talking about?
His strength was greater than that Boros guy's?
If that Boros from another world had not appeared and blocked that punch for him earlier, he would have been dead, damn it!
Besides, King felt that Fubuki should know his true strength. Otherwise, she should have answered more definitively instead of using a phrase with such particular implications as "to a certain extent."
The other heroes had no reaction because of their misunderstanding of him. But King knew his own strength all too well, so he was certain that Fubuki knew something.
He just did not know why she had not exposed him.
But even if she was not going to expose him, she should not have put such a huge label on him.