King was wearing casual clothes, with a blue trench coat thrown loosely over them.
Behind him followed three "ladies" with vastly different styles who drew everyone's attention.
There was no expression on his face, and his calm gaze swept across the chaotic conference room.
His pace was steady and unhurried; with every step he took, it felt as if it synchronized with the beat of the roaring emperor engine.
It carried a strange sense of rhythm.
Finally, his gaze landed on the bald man in the center of the conference room, who was scratching his head and wearing a yellow bodysuit.
Their eyes met.
Saitama's dead fish eyes locked onto King's deep, calm eyes, which seemed to contain a storm.
The air froze completely at that moment.
The sound of the emperor engine rumbled like thunder in the background.
All the S-Class Heroes subconsciously held their breath.
They watched King, watching the man who, merely by his "presence," had plunged the entire conference room into deathly silence.
Then, they saw—
King gave an almost imperceptible nod towards Saitama.
There were no words.
But that simple action contained too much meaning.
Saitama blinked, then nodded back at King.
He still wore his usual dazed expression.
But Genos, standing beside him, keenly sensed—
The aura around his teacher, which was usually incredibly loose, seemed to have condensed in an extremely subtle instant.
King withdrew his gaze and stopped looking at Saitama.
He walked slowly to the front of the conference room and stopped beside the pile of powder that Atomic Samurai had slashed into existence.
Then, he tilted his head slightly, his gaze landing on Tatsumaki, who was floating in the air nearby, still holding an old man and a young one.
His eyes were calm.
But Tatsumaki felt as if she had been lightly brushed by the gaze of a prehistoric beast.
Her whole body tensed up.
"Let them go."
King spoke, his voice low but carrying an unquestionable flatness.
Tatsumaki's small face was taut, her emerald eyes full of defiance.
She was Terrible Tornado! The second-ranked S-Class Hero! The Queen of Psychokinesis!
Why should she listen to this guy...
"Thump!!!"
The emperor engine let out an exceptionally heavy roar!
Tatsumaki's delicate body trembled violently!
The Psychokinesis holding Atomic Samurai and Bang subconsciously loosened.
"Thud!" "Thud!"
The two fell from mid-air and landed in the thick pile of powder; although they were a bit disheveled, they finally regained their freedom.
Atomic Samurai quickly got up, his face livid, but his hand gripping the hilt of his sword trembled slightly.
Bang brushed the dust off himself, smiled bitterly, and nodded slightly to King in greeting.
Tatsumaki floated in the air, her small face flushing red and then turning pale.
Biting her lip, she glared fiercely at King, but in the end, she didn't flare up again.
She just crossed her arms angrily and floated to the side.
King ignored her and turned his gaze to the others.
Wherever his gaze landed, Metal Bat subconsciously looked away.
Genos straightened his back slightly, Child Emperor pushed up his glasses, and Drive Knight's sensors silently shifted their angle...
The conference room, which had just been chaotic and filled with gunpowder, was now silent.
Only the low and powerful emperor engine, like the background sound of a lion patrolling its territory, pounded against everyone's heart.
King walked to the front of the conference room, to the spot that originally belonged to the main seat—
Although that chair and the table had turned into powder.
But he still stood there casually, hands in his trench coat pockets, his gaze sweeping across the room.
Then, he spoke slowly, using a voice that was calm and waveless, yet seemed to carry the weight of a thousand pounds.
He uttered the most arrogant sentence since he entered the conference room:
"The meeting begins."
The voice fell.
The roar of the emperor engine also gradually faded away just at the right moment.
It turned into a faint lingering sound, eventually dissipating into the air.
But the residual pressure remained like a brand, deeply imprinted in the hearts of every S-Class Hero.
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