Saitama instantly turned around, staring unfriendly and asking: "Who are you calling baldy?"
Although he now had that wig, he was still very sensitive to being called bald.
Buggy hurriedly shook his head: "I didn't say baldy, you misheard."
Tatsumaki interrupted their conversation while pointing at Imu who was tightly bound on the floor: "Then who is this person? You didn't catch another unimportant person again, right?"
Everyone also looked at Imu.
Saitama's face darkened: "You yourself aren't ashamed saying that to me?"
Genos spoke up: "This is the highest ruler of the World Government and Marines in the One Piece world, Imu. She is the person who previously tried to intercept the Gold List reward midway but was beaten severely by the Gold List. She should have also been able to enter the Strongest List, but her qualification was revoked by the Gold List."
"She's that person?!"
"The highest ruler of the One Piece world?"
Everyone drew deep breaths. Their gazes toward Imu became slightly wary, and they unconsciously stepped back.
Conservatively, the person before them should have been able to enter the top 20 of the Strongest List. An existence that could eliminate them just by moving a finger. At this time, the heroes' gazes toward Saitama became increasingly respectful.
He truly deserved to hold the Gold List's third place. He could even capture the highest ruler from another world, and Saitama himself appeared completely uninjured, while this Imu looked as disheveled as a dog.
Saitama said with a bit of pride: "This person should be able to provide a lot of useful information for our world. After all, she's the highest ruler of the One Piece world; she must understand very well about the Marines' training system there."
Bang nodded and praised: "Saitama, this is an extraordinary achievement. But, by the way, if you captured their highest ruler, won't they have to replace their leader?"
Fubuki scoffed: "You should have already seen the information on the Gold List, right? The One Piece world is currently in complete chaos. The pirate side and Marines just had a major battle, and now the results are visible. The Marines and World Government have been completely abolished. The One Piece world will soon welcome a major revolution!"
Everyone was shocked.
Metal Bat widened his eyes: "Come to think of it, previously there were six strong fighters removed from the Strongest List, and all of them were fighters from the One Piece world. Was that because of that battle? Did Saitama do it?"
Saitama shook his head: "Not me. There was a mysterious figure who took action, even I couldn't clearly see their movements. Those five old men (Gorosei) initially were only seriously injured from my attack, who would have thought they would immediately die mysteriously. Even this Imu almost escaped, but was pulled back by that mysterious existence. As for the last person named Akainu, I don't know how that story went."
When Akainu died, Saitama was already on his way home with Genos and the others. So he didn't see the detailed process.
"Even you couldn't see it clearly?" Bang was very shocked and furrowed his brow. "Could it be the Gold List's First Place who took action?"
Everyone agreed with this guess. After all, Saitama was in third place on both lists; those who could be stronger than him were only first and second place. And second place was first place's pet, so they had strong reason to suspect that first place was the one who acted.
Saitama felt a bit depressed. This first place was truly too mysterious. He knew that person was not far from him, but because that person didn't want to show themselves, he absolutely couldn't find them.
"Regardless of whether First Place acted or not, that's not our business now. Currently, more and more strong fighters are invading our world, and the Monster Association's movements are also getting bigger. Remember, in the Monster Association there are several people who made it onto the Strongest List and Hidden Expert List. They are a very big threat!" Tatsumaki reminded.
Everyone's expressions became serious. Right at that moment, the meeting room door opened. A group of people wearing black suits entered; they were the leadership ranks of the Hero Association.
They hurriedly came after seeing Saitama and the others appear.
The training methods brought by Tatsumaki from the Naruto world before had already begun to be studied, and now that Saitama had returned, they were certain there would be even greater results.
They had high expectations for Saitama, the Gold List's third place.
"Mr. Saitama, congratulations on your return!" The bespectacled man leading the group smiled as he approached, then his gaze immediately focused on Imu on the floor. "This is..."
"The highest ruler of the World Government..." Genos explained Imu's identity calmly.
The Hero Association officials were stunned. They thought the results Saitama brought would be greater than Tatsumaki's group, but they absolutely didn't expect Saitama would be this fierce—directly kidnapping the holder of the highest power from another world.
"Is... this really okay, Mr. Saitama?" The bespectacled man swallowed, looking at Imu on the floor with a bit of dread.
Although Imu was bound, the pair of eyes behind that strange mask still emitted faint killing intent. If his power wasn't sealed, with just one stare, these ordinary people might have already been crushed to dust.
Saitama stepped forward and directly kicked Imu's stomach to show that Imu was no longer dangerous. He nodded: "Don't worry, his power is already locked. You can ask freely, there won't be any problems. If you don't believe it, you can come forward and try kicking him once."
The bespectacled man and the others wiped their sweat and waved their hands in refusal: "No need, no need. We believe you, haha, we believe you!"
Saitama was confused: "You really don't want to? This is the One Piece world's highest ruler you know, it feels satisfying to kick him."
The bespectacled man kept refusing. "Oh right, there's also this person."
Saitama pointed toward Buggy beside him. "He used to be crew on the Pirate King's ship, and now he's also the captain of a pirate group. He must know many secrets. Take him too for interrogation, see what information can be obtained."
Although there was already Imu, Saitama still held the principle of utilizing all available resources.
Buggy wore a miserable face; he wanted to object but didn't dare.
The bespectacled man looked toward Buggy and immediately recognized him: "You're that Buggy who made the Hidden Expert List?"
Buggy instantly felt proud: "You know this Lord Buggy?"
The bespectacled man nodded. As an official organization protecting peace, their professionalism need not be doubted.
They had already cataloged all the figures on the Gold List into tables and conducted comprehensive analysis. The Hidden Expert List that just came out had also been documented by them, and the figures within they had memorized by heart.