In reality, heroes as a profession had always been a mixed bag.
Although the vast majority worked diligently, confronting disasters with their flesh-and-blood bodies, upholding their principles, and protecting civilians.
There were also plenty among them who failed to live up to the title.
Speaking of unworthy heroes, Josen raised his hand and crossed the names of the brothers Tank-Top Tiger and Tank-Top Black Hole straight off the applications.
In the original timeline, these two members of the Tank Topper Army had tried to use Saitama, who had resolved the meteor incident, as a stepping stone to boost their popularity.
Judging by how practiced they were, they had clearly done that sort of thing plenty of times before.
Were they kidding? Trash like that had the nerve to apply for his training class?
Had they no shame?!
Tank-Top Master undoubtedly bore responsibility for this.
His standards for accepting followers were too low. Anyone willing to put on a tank top could become a member of the Tank Topper Army.
That made it easy for opportunists to ride his coattails as an S-Class Hero, gaining popularity and exposure to advance their hero careers and better serve their own interests.
But Josen would give those people no chance to slip in.
And so, with him personally taking charge of screening, the entire batch of trainee applications was soon reviewed.
He handed the freshly completed list to Lanny, who would naturally use the Association's internal channels to deliver admission notices to the first batch of selected trainees.
Including Mumen Rider, whom he had decided to accept from the outset, this training class admitted five C-Class Heroes, four B-Class Heroes, and one A-Class Hero.
The sole A-Class Hero among them was Green, currently ranked at the very bottom of A-Class, a psychic with grass