King's face still held that terrifying, child-scaring expression, but he calmly took a sip of cola.
"Heh heh… actually, I wasn't cheating."
He said in a calm tone, "As long as you have a sufficient understanding of the game's frame rate and character attack hitboxes, and practice a few more times, it's not difficult to achieve."
"Ah ah ah ah! You're still talking!"
Tatsumaki was completely ignited by his nonchalant attitude, shaking the controller frantically, but the character on the screen was still easily defeated by King with his most unadorned punches and kicks.
"K.O.!"
Large letters declared yet another crushing defeat.
Hansen watched this scene with a chuckle. From the moment Tatsumaki developed a cursed interest in the game console, he had foreseen this outcome.
After all, in the realm of gaming, King was the true god.
He reached out and picked up a potato chip from the plate, not eating it himself, but naturally offering it to Tatsumaki's mouth.
Tatsumaki, still fuming, instinctively took a bite with an "omph," the crunchy sound calming her for half a second.
"Hmph!" She chewed the chip, still pouting, but she unconsciously snuggled further into Hansen's arms, adjusting to a more comfortable position.
The proud little Tatsumaki rarely had such an opportunity to be frustrated and act spoiled, so he naturally wouldn't stop her.
As for personally stepping in to help his woman get even?
Impossible, absolutely impossible.
Watching her get all flustered was simply too amusing.
It definitely wasn't because King was unrivaled in this domain.
At this moment, Saitama, who had changed his clothes, walked over: "Hey, I heard the Hero Association issued an emergency notice to gather the S-Class Heroes for a meeting. Are you guys going?"
Upon hearing this, everyone in the living room had different expressions.
Hansen's heart stirred.
Emergency S-Class Hero gathering… Hibava's prophecy… Judging by the time, it should be now.
That big brother from the Dark Matter Pirates, flying a giant spaceship from the depths of the universe, was about to make a grand entrance!
This was a super experience package!
"What? The Association actually contacted me too."
Tatsumaki grumbled reluctantly, fumbling for a long time under her tight black dress before pulling out the communicator she had stuffed away tightly.
On the screen, there was indeed a string of missed calls.
"But I was too angry just now, I didn't hear anything! Damn it! King, you! When I get back from the meeting, we'll have another 100 rounds of one-on-one combat!!"
Seeing Tatsumaki's unyielding, fighting-cock demeanor, King's mouth twitched involuntarily.
He then silently picked up his own communicator, which had a black screen: "Ah, my communicator seems to have run out of battery because it's been too long… But, if it's for gaming, I'm always free."
Amidst the chatter, Genos calmly turned his gaze to the steadying force in the room—
Hansen.
"Mr. Hansen, the Hero Association has never had such a high-level summons before. This time, I'm afraid something huge has happened. Are you going to come along?"
Hansen recalled that in the original timeline, Genos had invited Saitama, who was then a B-Class Hero, to attend the meeting. This young man was indeed a kind-hearted and good youth.
But he shook his head and politely declined: "I don't need to go. After all, it's an internal matter for your Hero Association, and it wouldn't be appropriate for me, a civilian, to go."
He smiled and looked at everyone who was ready.
"Come, I'll open a door for you all, and you can all go together."
As soon as his voice fell, Hansen casually snapped his fingers.
A wisp of brilliant, almost tangible golden Divine Power lightly flicked from his fingertips, landing on the open space in the center of the living room.
Buzz—!
The space rippled with golden waves like water, and a temporal gate with an ethereal outline and golden mist swirling within it appeared out of thin air, slowly rotating.
This was the result of his further mastery after combining and applying "Dimensional Authority" and "Imaginary Divine Power."
Originally, it was meant to develop temporal gates to other worlds, but the distance across dimensions was too vast, and he hadn't yet been able to lock onto a suitable world anchor point.
However, within this current world, he could basically achieve instant travel to anywhere his mind desired, comparable to Doraemon's Anywhere Door.
Through the golden mist, one could clearly see the highly recognizable Hero Association Headquarters building behind the door!
"Sugoi!" Saitama's eyes widened, uttering a cute, dazed exclamation.
"This… This is spatial teleportation technology?!"
Genos's electronic eyes maxed out their scanning light, and his core processor instantly overloaded, emitting a slight alarm sound.
"Unable to analyze! The energy composition surpasses the scope of current technological understanding!"
King remained as steady as an old dog. He had seen countless miracles from Hansen.
Even if Hansen admitted to being a god at this moment, he wouldn't have many objections.
And the one with the biggest reaction was none other than Tatsumaki in Hansen's arms.
"You… when did you develop a new psychic ability move?!"
She looked up, her beautiful emerald green eyes filled with shock and a hint of complex emotion that was hard to detect.
She felt as if the distance between them had been widened by another significant margin.
A strange sense of grievance and unwillingness made her puff out her cheeks, feeling even worse than when she lost to King in the game just now.
Hansen keenly noticed the change in the girl's emotions in his arms. He lowered his head, looking at that exquisite little face full of "I'm unhappy," and couldn't help but chuckle.
He reached out his large hand and gently ruffled Tatsumaki's fluffy, soft green curly hair, saying softly, "Want to learn?"
Tatsumaki's body stiffened.
Then Hansen's voice, laced with a smile, continued to ring in her ear: "I'll teach you when we get back!"
The warm breath brushed past her ear, causing Tatsumaki's ears to quietly turn red.
She abruptly turned her head, facing Hansen with the back of her head, but her voice was like a mosquito's hum, carrying a hint of elusive shyness and anticipation: "Hmph… Who, who wants to learn your stuff!"
"Then it's a deal!"
Hansen instantly understood the tsundere's true thoughts and lightly patted her perky bottom.
"Ah…"
With a soft gasp, Tatsumaki instantly turned red.
"Hentai! Baka! Urusai!"
...In the dark, silent depths of the universe, a city-sized steel battleship silently sailed.
In the throne room on the bridge, a creature with ten slender tentacles, resembling a blue octopus, slowly floated in.
Invisible Psychokinesis twisted the space around him, easily capable of tearing through a starship's armor.
One of the three highest Executives of the "Dark Matter Pirate Group," known as the strongest Psychokinesis master in the universe, "Geryuganshoop."
Geryuganshoop flew into the hall, then respectfully landed on the ground, bowing his head, "Lord Boros, our destination is almost reached."
On the throne, a blue one-eyed man in golden armor opened his eyes.
With just that one action, the air in the hall instantly solidified, and the pressure abruptly surged!
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