Bai Ye considered Tatsumaki's unreasonable request for a moment.
"...All right. I'll handle protecting everyone on the ground, then."
Bai Ye actually agreed to Tatsumaki's seemingly frivolous request.
"Are you sure you can manage? That clone of yours isn't just for show, is it?"
Now Tatsumaki was the one worrying about whether Bai Ye could protect the other heroes on the ground.
The only reason she hadn't charged straight into the spaceship was that she couldn't stop worrying about the other heroes. Otherwise, she would have used her psychokinesis to force her way inside long ago.
In short, Tatsumaki had a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Her terrible temper was only on the surface...no, actually, her temper really was terrible.
"Don't worry."
Bai Ye spoke calmly.
His wood clones could also use the Rinnegan's abilities. Although they couldn't freely use every ocular technique, they were more than capable of blocking the shells fired by the spaceship.
"Then take me inside. I'll deal with their leader right away."
Tatsumaki spoke with considerable confidence.
Aside from Bai Ye, nobody present thought there was anything wrong with her declaration.
After all, Tatsumaki was the Hero Association's trump card and widely recognized as the strongest Esper. (PS: The spacetime Esper [Blast] was Murata's own creation. ONE's version never revealed [Blast]'s abilities at all. This story follows ONE's version of Blast.)
Bai Ye alone disagreed. Against a powerful enemy like Boros, who was "Above Dragon," nobody in the entire Hero Association except Saitama would be of any use, leaving Bai Ye himself aside.
Even he wasn't particularly confident about his chances after becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
Then another wood clone of Bai Ye appeared.
One wood clone stayed to guard the area, while the other took Tatsumaki into the spaceship...
Bai Ye rested a