Around the street intersection, a circle gradually formed.
"I'm a hero too! I'm just new!"
Saitama looked at Tank-Top Tiger as he approached.
"I've never heard of a hero like you. Who knows if you're real or fake?"
Tank-Top Tiger instead addressed the crowd around them. "Everyone, does he look like a hero to you?"
"Exactly! We've never even seen you before. Who knows if you're some pervert pretending to be one!"
"The man in front of you is a real hero, Tank-Top Tiger, you baldy!"
"Damned pervert!"
One man spoke up first, and the others began hurling insults too. The onlookers started chanting Tank-Top Tiger's name, and some took out their phones, ready to record the moment crime was brought to justice.
Listening to their cheers, Tank-Top Tiger smiled smugly, then lowered his head to look down at Saitama arrogantly.
"What are you going to do now... rookie?"
Saitama's face turned pale, and he said nothing.
Why was it still the same even after I registered? Why did the citizens always misunderstand me...?
"Go, Lord Tank-Top Tiger! Beat that per-"
"Shut up!"
The man who had first backed up Tank-Top Tiger was halfway through his shout when an even louder voice stunned him into silence.
"You're condemning someone before you've even investigated what happened?"
Baicang came to Saitama's side.
He had witnessed Saitama's human side again. No wonder people so easily misunderstood him... he was terrible with words.
He looked at Tank-Top Tiger in front of him, then swept his gaze over the crowd.
"You don't judge a hero by appearances or what other people say. You look at what he's done for everyone.
If he really is a hero who's been protecting you all this time, don't you feel ashamed of what you just did?"
Baicang looked around