Chapter 120: The Hero Association's High-level Meeting! War Mecha!

Chapter 120: The Hero Association's High-level Meeting! War Mecha!

Chapter 120: The Hero Association's High-level Meeting! War Mecha!

"Go prepare another ten...twenty."

Borsalino waved his hand. At this point he wasn't disgusted enough to get angry on the spot. Saitama, aside from being annoying, wasn't that annoying actually.

"Are you grilling seafood today? Are there lobsters and crabs? My favorite is baked lobster with cheese!"

Saitama's eyes lit up. Of course, barbecue was great, but if he had to choose between the two, he would definitely choose seafood.

"Go prepare it for him."

Borsalino was also very straightforward. He let this guy stay and there was no need to care about this small request.

"Sir Speed ​​Flash, can I go and train with the other people in the training camp?"

Although Genos didn't quite understand why the teacher cared so much about Borsalino, but considering the gap in "knowledge" between himself and the teacher, he also wanted to take the opportunity to learn about the Speed ​​Flash training camp.

Perhaps it is clear why the teacher brought him here again. It may be that he was not careful enough yesterday and failed to live up to the teacher's high hopes for him.

So Genos decided to take a good look, experience the training camp program personally, and find out what the teacher wanted him to know.

"It's not necessary... But if you want, it's fine..."

Borsalino looked at Genos, whose body was full of traces of modification. Except for the head, most of the body was original. At this time, Genos's whole body was almost entirely mechanical. Even Borsalino could not teach him the Six Styles of the Navy.

Unless Dr. Kusno, who helped Genos with the transformation, joins forces with Vegapunk, the two genius scientists might be able to help Genos take a step further on the road to transformation.

"Teacher, I will work hard!"

Genos clenched his fist and spoke loudly to Saitama in a serious tone.

Since the teacher cares so much about him, he must also train hard to repay the teacher's expectations.

"Huh? Oh... come on!"

Saitama looked like he had no idea what was going on, but when he saw Genos's burning fighting spirit, he subconsciously responded.

Seeing this scene, Tornado on the side couldn't help but glance at Saitama.

How could a mere C-class hero be so familiar with Borsalino and even have the 17th S-class hero call him teacher?

Even Tornado, who is so arrogant, doesn't think that other S-class people will take the initiative to bow to her.

But Saitama did it, and he could even communicate with Borsalino, the newly promoted 9th S-class, in such an almost equal manner. There must be some secret that she doesn't know.

But no matter how hard Tornado tried to think, she couldn't figure out that the two most powerful people on this planet or even on a larger scale were sitting around her.

"Fubuki, what response did the association headquarters give?"

Borsalino never waits until trouble comes before reacting. After realizing that Metal Knight was secretly spying on him and obviously had some malicious intentions, Borsalino asked Fubuki to contact the Hero Association headquarters.

Let the top brass at the association's headquarters communicate with Metal Knight. Either make it clear what he intended to do by snooping before and promise not to do it again, and at the same time make compensation. Otherwise, don't blame Borsalino for coming to his house to "reason" with him face to face.

And the association headquarters shouldn't think of staying out of it either. Borsalino won't let the Hero Association choose to remain neutral and then jump out to be the 'good guy' at a critical moment.

"The headquarters said they are trying to contact Metal Knight, but no one knows where Metal Knight is. We can only wait for a response from him..."

Fubuki was a little uneasy. Although she knew that Borsalino's strength was not as simple as an ordinary S-level, Metal Knight's status in the Hero Association was quite special.

Even though Metal Knight is only the 6th in S-class, even Child Emperor, who is the 5th in S-class, was once his assistant.

In addition, Metal Knight has never really given it his all, and the opponents that other S-class heroes need to take seriously are often just tools that Metal Knight uses to test the performance of his weapons.

No one knows how strong Metal Knight is, let alone how much he has hidden.

"Tsk, as expected...Tornado, how much do you know about Metal Knight?"

Borsalino sneered. Although they were in different worlds, the top leaders of the Hero Association were indeed the same kind of people as the former top leaders of the Navy. They were just hoping that Borsalino would suffer in silence.

If we think of a worse situation, these senior executives might even want to stand up and "uphold justice" at the critical moment, and force both parties to drink three glasses of wine as a punishment to demonstrate the majesty of the association.

However, Borsalino was never a "good boy" who was willing to cooperate. Borsalino, who was a lieutenant general of the headquarters at the time, was willing to fight to the death with Delocas, who was already a candidate for general, just because Delocas tried to attack him.

Now, of course, he can turn against this "Voldemort" directly because of the Metal Knight's secret surveillance. It is a bit too presumptuous to expect Borsalino to swallow his anger for the so-called overall situation.

"Metal Knight? I haven't had much dealings with that guy... Wait, come to think of it, that guy once offered to help me test my superpowers, but after I smashed a few of his robots, he never bothered me again."

Tornado tilted her head and recalled. At that time, she had just come out of the research institute not long ago, and was the most sensitive to matters in this regard.

If Metal Knight hadn't sent more robots over, she would really have gone to his house and blown Metal Knight's head off.

"Tsk, you are really a rat in the gutter. Doesn't anyone know where the Metal Knight's lair is?"

Borsalino was a little unhappy. What he hated most were those guys who hid from each other. If he wanted to settle accounts with them, he had to dig them out of the ground first.

"Do you want me to ask for you? Those guys shouldn't dare to give me a perfunctory answer... Don't let your imagination run wild! I just... I just don't like Metal Knight! I'm not trying to help you!"

Tornado answered subconsciously.

But she reacted immediately, her face flushed and she waved her hands vigorously, trying to prove that she had no such intention.

But what Tornado didn't expect was that Borsalino just responded indifferently, as if he took her excuse seriously.

Tornado, who had never known how to write the word "grievance", had a pair of eyes that were as quiet as an icy lake in the past, but now were unconsciously covered with a layer of light mist.

'Tsk! '

At this moment, Tornado suddenly felt her cheeks getting hot. It turned out that she was suddenly attacked and kissed by Borsalino. Tornado, who was almost crying a second ago, suddenly turned into a ferocious "crayfish".

However, seeing Borsalino's smiling expression, Tornado felt a little guilty for some reason. She just glared at him angrily and turned her head away as if nothing had happened.

"Fubuki, please reply to the higher-ups of the association for me. Just tell them that I want to ask what the consequences are for killing an S-class hero?"

Borsalino sneered. He knew too well about these bureaucrats. Fairness, justice, and right and wrong had no meaning in their eyes.

If you want to get these guys moving, you have to make them realize the seriousness of the situation, otherwise their instinctive reaction will definitely be to just do it perfunctorily.

"I understand." Fubuki replied without much hesitation.

If facing Metal Knight still makes her feel uneasy, then the Hero Association Headquarters is indeed a bit low in Fubuki's mind.

But this is not surprising. For ordinary B-class heroes, the Hero Association is indeed a behemoth.

But Fubuki herself is not an ordinary B-class hero. She has a sister who is ranked second in S-class. With Borsalino backing her up, she has the capital to ignore the Hero Association.

Just as Borsalino expected, when Fubuki repeated Borsalino's answer to the Hero Association headquarters, the association's top leaders who had been hiding and could not be found finally could not sit still and took the initiative to send a communication request.

I don't know whether it was coincidence or bad luck that he was pushed forward by other senior executives to communicate with Borsalino, or whether he chose to volunteer after previous experience.

The person who talked to Borsalino this time was the high-ranking member of the association who had received him at the Hero Association headquarters and had a brief exchange with him later because of the Sea People attack in J City.

"Sir Speed ​​Flash, if you have anything to say, you can sit down and talk it over. There's no need to be so aggressive."

The face of the chubby association executive soon appeared on the communication device held by Lily. It was not difficult to see that the association executive was still somewhat reluctant, but he could only smile shamelessly at Borsalino.

The death of an S-class hero, at the hands of another S-class hero, would severely undermine the prestige of the Hero Association.

What's worse, it may cause panic among heroes and even the general public, and eventually lead to the dissolution of the Hero Association.

This is the kind of thing that the association's top leaders cannot tolerate no matter what. Although the Hero Association was originally established by the wealthy man Agni because of his grandson's encounter with a monster, it has grown into a behemoth today.

As high-ranking members of the Hero Association, they are in high positions of power and they don't want their positions to be shaken no matter what.

"There's nothing to discuss. You only have two choices: help me or help Metal Knight. I'll only give you one day. If you still haven't figured it out after one day, then wait for Metal Knight to be removed from the S-class."

Borsalino will not give the Hero Association the option of sitting on the fence.

Borsalino still remembers the lesson of how the World Government concealed the truth and recruited Delorcas into CP0 in his little notebook.

The faces of the association's high-level officials in the communication device suddenly turned very ugly. Although most S-class heroes were guys with peculiar personalities, it was the first time he saw someone as "unruly" as Borsalino, threatening to kill another S-class.

If it was someone else, even if it was an S-class hero who said this, the association's top leaders would still be able to bet that Metal Knight would not be killed so easily.

But if you look at Speed ​​Flash's training camp, there are four S-class heroes alone.

Even if the Devil Cyborg who just came over may not necessarily help Borsalino, there is still the Terrifying Tornado and the Flashing Flash.

With the addition of Borsalino, the newly promoted 9th S-class hero, even the most mysterious Metal Knight cannot withstand the siege of so many S-class heroes.

"You are all S-class heroes, what misunderstanding is there..."

The association's top leaders still refused to give up and tried to persuade Borsalino to change his mind.

Even when Borsalino had already made harsh remarks, they still wanted to calm things down as much as possible. The only difference was that they changed from wanting to make Borsalino suffer a loss to wanting to persuade Metal Knight to make concessions, apologize and end the dispute between the two sides.

"Come back to me when you've made your decision."

Borsalino sneered again and cut off the video call with the other party without waiting for the association's top leader to finish speaking.

The fat executive whose communication was cut off saw the screen in front of him suddenly go black, and his already ugly face became even darker. However, no matter how he tried to reapply for communication, Borsalino showed no intention of connecting.

The fat executive didn't dare to bet whether Borsalino would really kill Metal Knight, so he had no choice but to quickly notify other executives to hold a meeting.

Now is not the time to continue to blame each other. If a decision is not made quickly, the association may really fall apart because of this infighting among the S-class heroes.

In order to prevent some senior executives from not realizing the seriousness of the problem, the fat senior executive directly used the highest authority to forcibly convene a meeting of all senior executives.

In less than an hour, except for two senior executives who had urgent matters and could not attend, the rest of the association's senior executives, even those who were on vacation, participated in the video conference remotely.

"Too arrogant! Is Speed ​​Flash threatening us?!"

"Who does he think he is? He's just number 9!"

"Metal Knight's skills are more important to the association. His importance cannot be compared to Speed ​​Flash."

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The top leaders of the association had a very consistent attitude towards this matter. They could not tolerate that heroes, who had always been regarded as weapons and tools, dared to threaten the Hero Association in this way.

If they just endure it, what if other heroes learn from Swift Flash and threaten them in the future?
There was no room for compromise, especially not under such threat. This soon became the consensus of the association's senior executives attending the meeting.

"William, you can't bow to Flash Speed ​​easily, as this will lower the prestige of the association! As the top leaders of the association, what we have to do is to guide the heroes to obey orders, rather than follow the heroes' instructions!" An old lady who looked very serious said to the fat top leader.

She is the representative sent by the wealthy Agni to the Hero Association headquarters, and is also one of the highest-ranking people among the top executives. Because of her own personality, the old lady doesn't like those free-spirited heroes, and she can't tolerate the reality that some heroes want to "ride" on the Association.

"But Speed ​​Flash's threat is no joke. If he really kills Metal Knight..."

The fat senior executive named William was obviously lacking in confidence. Compared with other senior executives of the Hero Association, his foundation and wealth were inferior.

In addition, after the attack by the Sea People in J City, although the Deep Sea King has been defeated, the tourism industry in J City has also suffered a heavy blow. No tourist would be willing to travel to a city that had been attacked by a large number of monsters a few days ago.

As the local boss of J City, William was already busy and overwhelmed. Moreover, because he had dealt with Borsalino before, he was pushed out by other senior executives to deal with this trouble. It was really too miserable.

"It's not easy for an S-class hero to die, let alone the most mysterious Metal Knight. Even we don't know where the true identity of Metal Knight is hiding. To be frank, the threat of Speed ​​Flash is just that."

The old lady's tone was slightly contemptuous, which was also the attitude of many association leaders towards heroes. On the one hand, they were quite afraid of the heroes' power, and on the other hand, they looked down on heroes whose status and position were far inferior to theirs.

If Borsalino himself was not an S-class hero and had several S-class heroes as helpers, this high-level meeting would never have been possible.

"You're right. If you ask me, Speed ​​Flash is just bragging. He's only No. 9, and Metal Knight is No. 6!"

Another senior executive who was on vacation in the mountains and attended the meeting via remote video said disdainfully that not all senior executives cared about the affairs of the Hero Association.

Although they already knew what was being discussed when they attended the meeting, without having personally experienced Borsalino's strength, it was still difficult to understand the difference between him and the average S-class hero.

"Don't say that. Speed ​​Flash has several S-rank helpers... I think it's better not to make a big deal about this. Speed ​​Flash wants an explanation, so just allocate some money to him as compensation for Metal Knight."

Another association executive who looked a little sad sighed, but his words drew complaints from other executives.

It's simply that this year's budget has been overspent, and the subsidies and bonuses issued to the heroes, as well as the aftermath of the monster attacks, all require a lot of expenses.

While the senior executives were crying poor, they secretly glanced at the old lady. As the representative of the wealthy Agni, the old lady was obviously the one who was least short of money among the senior executives.

"Okay, I'll pay for this... William, you have to convince Speed ​​Flash and never let him do anything rash."

The old lady frowned slightly, but did not refuse to pay the money. She just repeatedly told the fat executive to persuade Borsalino.

The meeting of the association's top leaders had just ended when Dr. Bofoy, the Metal Knight who had moved to a new base, received a message from an insider.

"Asshole! Damn Speed ​​Flash... I get it. Thank you for your hard work. Please say thank you to Madam Perrus for me."

Dr. Bofoy, who was modifying a new machine, gritted his teeth, turned around, walked into the laboratory elevator, and went all the way to the bottom floor of the underground base.

This is the core of Dr. Bofoy's base, which stores the most advanced weapon systems and is the life's work of Dr. Bofoy.

"…I knew that the guy's eyes were directed at me at that time!"

Dr. Bofoy came to a humanoid mecha that was more than three meters tall, and with an angry look on his face, he activated this war mecha, which was his most powerful weapon at present.

Just like Borsalino wanted to kill Metal Knight to avoid future troubles, Dr. Bofoy is the type who wants to physically destroy his enemies at the first sign of a disagreement.

However, unlike Borsalino who is absolutely confident in his own strength, Metal Knight Dr. Povoy is just an ordinary person, and all his strength lies in the weapons and equipment he has developed.

"Go! Kill that bastard who doesn't know how to live or die!"

Dr. Bofoy, who activated the war mech, shouted that if he wanted, he could even send out an army of robots that could rival an entire military.

However, that would make too much noise. Unless Dr. Bofoy wanted to turn against the Hero Association, he would not take the initiative to attack the heroes of the association.

If he lost the support of Mrs. Perussa, he would not be able to continue his research without sufficient financial support.

Besides, Speed ​​Flash's speed is so amazing that ordinary combat robots can hardly threaten him. It would be better to send out the strongest war mecha he has currently built.

It just so happened that this war mecha had not yet been seen by the outside world, and during several tests he also remembered to eliminate all those who knew about it.

Although he accidentally left a fish slipping through the net, the other party was unable to trace him.

It’s a pity that after killing Speed ​​Flash this time, no one can find out that this war mecha is related to him for a short period of time, otherwise he will most likely become the target of public criticism.

"Humph, if you want to blame someone, blame yourself for provoking the wrong person..."

Dr. Bofoy snorted coldly and gradually disappeared into the shadow of the underground base.

However, what Dr. Bofoy didn't know was that at the same time the war mecha was dispatched, Borsalino, who was telling jokes to make Tornado and Blizzard happy, suddenly raised the corners of his mouth and revealed a very dangerous smile.

"I caught you..."

Borsalino grinned and looked towards the northeast of the training ground.

If Dr. Bofoy was still spying in secret at this time, he would be horrified to find that the direction Borsalino was looking at was exactly the hiding place he had just changed.

Perhaps it was because Dr. Bofoy's malicious intent was not enough when he spied for the first time. At that time, Borsalino's special observation Haki only allowed him to detect Dr. Bofoy's malicious intent and "see" his appearance.

But this time, the malicious intent was completely directed at Borsalino, but Borsalino not only "saw" what Dr. Bofoy did, but also accurately locked on to the other party's location.

This ability is just like turning on the perspective cheat. As long as the malice towards Borsalino reaches a certain level, there will be no secrets in front of him.

"Why don't you say anything?" Tornado was enjoying listening to a joke, but then Borsalino suddenly stopped and sneered in a certain direction. But when Tornado looked in that direction, he found nothing.

"Something is about to come and cause trouble for me... Well, it's pretty fast."

Borsalino's special observation Haki can not only sense targets that have ill will towards him, but can also "stick" to the other party and things related to them in some way.

Even though the location of Dr. Bofoy and his war mecha was beyond the perception limit of Borsalino's Observation Haki, it did not affect Borsalino's ability to lock onto the location of Dr. Bofoy and the war mecha.

Unless there is someone whose Observation Haki attainment is far superior to Borsalino, who can help Dr. Bofoy cut off the connection between him and Borsalino.

Otherwise, no matter where Dr. Bofoy hid, Borsalino would be able to find him easily.

It is precisely because of this special connection that Borsalino can not only sense the position of the war mecha, but also judge the speed of the war mecha by the changes in its position.

"Metal Knight? How dare that guy come to our house and cause trouble?"

Tornado's eyebrows raised. She originally thought that Borsalino was making a big deal out of nothing, but now it seems that some people really don't know how to live or die.

Borsalino hadn't even taken her to settle the score with Metal Knight yet, but that guy actually dared to come to him on his own initiative, simply not taking her, the second-ranked S-rank, seriously!
But what Tornado didn't know was that...she had actually wronged Dr. Povoy.

Because he was frightened by Borsalino's eyes before, Dr. Bofoy had voluntarily given up spying and did not even contact the insider he placed in the training camp. He did not know that Tornado was now next to Borsalino.

In addition, the Hero Association did not expect Metal Knight to retaliate actively, and they never reminded Dr. Povoy, which led to this strange misunderstanding.

In Dr. Bofoy's mind, only Flash was a problem for Borsalino at this time.

And he had already made arrangements. When the war mecha arrived in City B, he would find a way to transfer Flash away.

By then it would be a one-on-one battle between Speed ​​Flash and War Robot. Dr. Povoy had absolute confidence in his creation, and dealing with a newly promoted S-class hero would be no problem at all.

Even if Speed ​​Flash's strength is stronger than imagined, he can never be a match for the War Robot.

"Ah, what a pity that he didn't come here in person. At the current speed, we should be able to see him in about two and a half hours... Well, it looks like a pretty good toy. Don't break it for me later."

Borsalino raised his eyebrows slightly. The scope of perception of Observation Haki is limited to living individuals, or it will only actively warn when it encounters a crisis.

Therefore, Borsalino had no idea how powerful the upcoming war mecha was, but since it could make the Metal Knight so confident, it must not be just some scrap metal.

Although Borsalino himself is not good at science and technology.

But it was not difficult for him to imagine how much technology ahead of the pirate world could be developed by an advanced machine in the hands of a genius like Vegapunk.

And Tony, the Iron Man, might also be interested in this advanced mecha, so Borsalino specifically reminded Tornado not to take action, otherwise it would not be worth much if it was damaged.

"Tsk, who will help you?"

Tornado spoke loudly again, with her words not matching her meaning.

However, this time, not to mention Borsalino and Fubuki, even Saitama next to her could see that Tornado was obviously shy.

"There are enemies at your door. Do you need my help?"

Saitama gestured twice on the spot, then simply threw two straight punches, making whooshing sounds in the air.

"No, I still need that thing to find the mastermind, so you are not allowed to take action."

Borsalino rejected Saitama's kindness without hesitation. If Tornado's attack would damage the war mecha, then Saitama's attack would probably destroy the mecha directly.

The aftermath of this guy's fist can directly penetrate a mountain. In comparison, Borsalino needs to put in a little more effort to achieve the same effect.

Directly locking onto Metal Knight's location might cause many people to have various suspicions, so Borsalino planned to capture Metal Knight's mecha first, and then claim that he found Metal Knight's location through the mecha.

In this way, apart from Metal Knight himself, no one would think that there was anything wrong.

"Oh."

Saitama responded very honestly. He had no interest in an enemy that could be crushed with one punch, and he offered to help just to win Borsalino's favor.

He hoped that when Borsalino recognized him as a friend, he could ask Borsalino to have a good fight with him.

Unfortunately, Saitama didn't know that his idea was invalid from the beginning. Unless he grew up to be equal to Saitama, Borsalino would never be able to fight Saitama in a one-on-one duel no matter what he said.

"Should we contact the association headquarters?"

Fubuki was a little nervous. Conflicts between S-class heroes were rare in the first place, not to mention that this time it was a conflict between Borsalino and the most mysterious Metal Knight.

Even though Fubuki knew that Borsalino had a greater chance of winning, she still couldn't help but start to worry about the consequences of this battle.

"Guess who told Metal Knight that I was going to cause trouble for him?"

Borsalino spread his hands to show that he was the 'innocent' party. He was a victim in every way and had suffered unfair treatment from the Hero Association.

In this case, it is reasonable for him to take any revengeful actions afterwards. I think anyone with a conscience would not have the heart to blame him, right?
At this moment, the communication device that Borsalino placed on the table rang again. As Fubuki's close secretary, Lily immediately helped Borsalino confirm the person who sent the communication request.

"It's a communication from the Hero Association headquarters!"

Lily spoke softly, and after receiving Borsalino's signal, she answered the other party's video call request.

The person who appeared on the screen was still the senior executive of the association named William, but compared with his previous weakness, William's attitude this time was obviously much tougher.

"Sir Speed ​​Flash, the top leaders of the association cannot agree to your request, but as compensation... we have communicated with Metal Knight, and he... he agreed to pay you a sum of money as compensation."

William tried to appear as stern as possible.

But when facing Borsalino, I always feel a sense of fear for some reason.

Although they could only communicate through a communication device and the actual distance between the two was hundreds of kilometers, William still felt a sense of fear as if he was facing a ferocious beast.

The tone of his voice changed from serious and merciless at the beginning to almost humble at the end, as if Borsalino was the senior executive and he was just an ordinary staff member.

"Really? Then help me tell Metal Knight that it's not necessary."

Borsalino casually said that he had already locked down the location of Metal Knight and no longer needed the Hero Association's help.

(End of this chapter)