A City, Hero Association Headquarters.
In the Disaster Response Department's conference room, a group sat upright around an extraordinarily long table whose surface was a massive display screen. They were all among the heads of various departments.
Other personnel sent by two major departments, the Land Use Planning and Development Department and the Publicity Department, were also present.
The subject of this meeting was a newcomer who had only recently joined the Hero Association.
"Since everyone is here,
let us begin this meeting concerning C-Class Hero Baicang."
A middle-aged man with a large nose looked toward the stubbled man seated beside him and nodded slightly.
"Yes, Director Sitch."
The stubbled man immediately stood and operated something on the screen in front of him.
The next second,
all the information on Baicang appeared before everyone as a holographic projection.
"Baicang is a rookie hero currently ranked seventh in C-Class. He possesses extraordinary physical strength, and his physical capabilities are at the very top of B-Class Hero standards..."
The stubbled man introduced Baicang's situation in detail to the senior staff from the various departments.
"Wait! If he's at the top of B-Class in strength, why is he ranked in C-Class?"
A young man wearing gold-rimmed glasses asked the question.
The stubbled man frowned and sighed, saying helplessly, "Because... Tatsumaki forcibly lowered his rank."
"Terror Tatsumaki!"
"How did that happen?"
None of them had expected Tatsumaki to be involved. As everyone began discussing it, the stubbled man explained the whole story.
Tatsumaki held a very special position in the Hero Association.
With Blast, the top-ranked S-Class Hero, absent for years on end, Tatsumaki, the second-ranked S-Class Hero, was the Hero Association's strongest combatant and its final trump card against Dragon-level disasters.
And that was not all.
The S-Class Heroes were all far too