At Hero Association Headquarters, countless staff members were busily working.
Because Hero Association's upper management had undergone a complete blood change, completely taken over by the Security Police Squad that Zuke brought, many affairs needed to be reprocessed.
At the same time, the Security Police Squad members also came into contact with some things that Hero Association's upper management had previously done—which could be called shocking.
"Human experimentation, raising monsters, gambling with heroes and monsters... what kind of garbage dump is this?"
In the office at the top of Hero Association's building, Sayomaru slammed a stack of documents on the table, saying somewhat speechlessly.
These were things Hero Association's upper management had done before. No matter which one, they were obviously dangerous behavior, neither safe nor humane.
Probably because Yu-Gi-Oh! was just a card game, the lore settings of the card illustrations were very pure, so the Security Police Squad had never experienced this kind of inhumane behavior.
All Security Police Squad members gathered for one goal, so they naturally scorned Hero Association upper management's excessive behavior.
"I'm also learning about these things for the first time..."
Standing in the office was another person, precisely Sitch, one of the few people remaining from Hero Association's original upper management.
He also only learned after those upper management members were eliminated that those guys had actually done so many unconscionable things behind the scenes. His expression was also quite helpless.
Originally, he'd thought the Security Police Squad wiping out Hero Association's upper management all at once was a bit too aggressive.
But after reading through what these upper management members had done, Sitch instead felt that eliminating those guys was somewhat like cleaning out garbage.
"In any case, abolish all these things. For monsters that are inconvenient to handle, the Security Police Squad will also find ways to deal with them, possibly contacting some heroes for help."
Finally, Sayomaru gave orders to Sitch—right now, Sitch's brain still contained Zuke's "Blackbird Lovers," so he didn't dare disobey Sayomaru's orders.
However, even if Sayomaru didn't warn him, Sitch would actively help clean up these messes left by former Hero Association upper management.
After all, Sitch was also one of the few normal people in Hero Association's upper management, which is why Zuke left a few people including Sitch behind when cleaning out those upper management members.
On one hand, he needed them to help the Security Police Squad take over Hero Association's affairs; on the other hand, it was also because they weren't riddled with bad deeds like other upper management members.
"Then I'll go help handle these matters first."
Sitch nodded, then left the room with a pained expression—he'd be cooperating with the Security Police Squad to finish cleaning up these messes in the future.
If it weren't for the Security Police Squad digging through these upper management members' backgrounds, Sitch would never have known his former colleagues had done so many excessive things.
Although he'd known about some things before, he'd turned a blind eye to maintain Hero Association's stability... but what was dug up this time far exceeded what he'd known.
Sayomaru watched Sitch leave, then picked up the phone preparing to contact others.
But just as she picked up the phone, before she could start dialing, a sense of crisis suddenly surged to her heart—it was the feeling that some danger was rapidly approaching.
Although these past few days had been spent doing management work, her training had never slacked off. She even occasionally sparred with heroes from Hero Association.
Quite a few heroes evaluated that Sayomaru herself could be an S-Class hero.
Therefore, although sitting in an office, Sayomaru's crisis awareness remained good. The instant she felt the crisis, she immediately flashed aside.
BOOM—!!!
The next moment, a body smashed through the office wall, swiftly crashing onto the office floor, even shattering the floor as the pitch-black figure nearly embedded itself into the floor.
"Who is it!?"
Sayomaru waved her hand, taking out a mechanical device from behind her, then with a flick transformed it into a giant shuriken, gripping it in her hand.
She looked at the pitch-black figure embedded in the floor with full vigilance, ready for battle at any moment.
Actually, if Sayomaru carefully observed, she'd find that although the body was pitch-black with facial features replaced by a starry sky, the outline actually closely resembled Garou.
Garou, as the "Hero Hunter," had naturally been remembered by Sayomaru—only she never expected Garou would become this appearance.
"Relax, Sayomaru. You can't beat that guy."
Just as Sayomaru was about to strike Garou, Zuke's voice rang out from the shattered wall.
Sayomaru turned to look, only then discovering Zuke standing at the large hole smashed in the wall, smiling at her.
He wasn't bluffing Sayomaru. With Starry Sky Garou's current strength, few people in this entire world could definitively suppress him. Sayomaru was naturally far behind.
"Zuke!?"
The instant Sayomaru saw Zuke, a hint of joy appeared on her face.
However, probably feeling this expression made it seem like she really wanted to see Zuke, she quickly put on a stern face:
"What exactly is going on with this guy?"
"I'll explain in detail later."
Zuke waved dismissively at Sayomaru, then looked at Garou embedded in the floor, raising an eyebrow as he spoke to Garou.
"Garou, you've already arrived at Hero Association... this was your destination from the start, right?"
That's right. While fighting Garou, Zuke had sensed Garou seemed to be deliberately guiding Zuke toward Hero Association's building.
So Zuke had satisfied Garou's request, kicking Garou flying into Hero Association's top-floor office.
Looking at the direction now, his sense of direction was quite accurate. Garou flew over perfectly straight, smashing precisely into this office, and it happened to be when Sayomaru was present.
"Already here... meaning within Hero Association, that 'God' can't extract my power either, right?"
Garou, lying in the floor, spoke with difficulty upon hearing this, then slowly said.
Hearing this, Zuke understood Garou's purpose.
He'd made Hero Association his destination because Hero Association, being a force under "King's World," could similarly protect Garou's power from being extracted by "God."
However, Zuke had never told Garou that Hero Association was also his territory—apparently Garou had deduced this from Zuke's previous words.
"Then within Hero Association, we can have a good talk with Master."
Garou climbed up from the floor, then looked up at Zuke, speaking with utmost seriousness.
To be continued…