"...Hey!"
Metal Bat twisted his neck with a crack, then swaggered toward Sweet Mask like a delinquent, snarling, "Quit acting so damn superior! I don't care if you're an idol or whatever-I'll knock you flying all the same!"
Sweet Mask, however, remained perfectly composed. "Want to know why I haven't moved up to S-Class? To keep weak, stupid people like you from becoming S-Class Heroes. That's why I've stayed at the top of A-Class."
Just as the tension reached a breaking point, a long, cylindrical capsule pod suddenly dropped from the sky.
Clang-!
The sound of its landing instantly drew everyone's attention, and they all turned toward the capsule pod.
Click-
The capsule pod slowly opened.
A humanoid robot with an antenna on its head stepped out.
"...Metal Knight?"
Sweet Mask recognized Metal Knight's robot. "Weren't you supposed to attend the emergency meeting with them? And you're only showing up now...?"
Metal Knight's absence from the meeting had also left Sweet Mask deeply dissatisfied.
But Metal Knight ignored Sweet Mask and instead looked up at the Spaceship hovering high overhead.
"So this is what the Unknown Flying Object really is... Magnificent."
Metal Knight, who was operating the robot remotely, couldn't help voicing his admiration.
"Metal Knight... What are you doing here now? The battle is already over."
Genos approached Metal Knight and questioned him.
Earlier, during a lull in the battle, another S-Class Hero, [Drive Knight], had spoken to him privately, warning him that Metal Knight was his enemy and advising him to keep his distance.
Although that had also been his first encounter with Drive Knight, those words had successfully caught his attention.
That made him all the more concerned about Metal Knight's strange behavior.
"I'm here to salvage the UFO. We need stronger weapons, for the sake of