Tatsumaki's emerald green eyes were practically spitting fire.
Her petite body trembled slightly with rage: "Do you want to die?!"
"How dare you get dust on me!!!"
She couldn't be bothered with the cause or effect.
Anyone who provoked Tatsumaki would have to pay the price!
Hum—!!!
A violent surge of Psychokinesis, like an invisible tsunami, erupted!
It was aimed directly at Atomic Samurai, who had just sheathed his blade with a cold expression!
Atomic Samurai's expression shifted slightly; he hadn't expected Tatsumaki's reaction to be so intense.
He subconsciously reached for his blade, but under the all-encompassing, inescapable pressure of her Psychokinesis, he felt the surrounding air turn into glue.
His movements were slowed down by more than ten times compared to normal!
"Uh?!"
The next second, Atomic Samurai felt an irresistible force grab his entire body.
It lifted him right off the ground, suspending him in mid-air!
No matter how he channeled his sword aura, he couldn't break free from this invisible restraint!
"Don't try to smooth things over! Bang!"
Her anger unabated, Tatsumaki swept her Psychokinesis, grabbing Bang, who had been about to step forward to mediate, as well.
Bang offered a wry smile and didn't resist, allowing himself to be wrapped in the green glow of her Psychokinesis and float into the air.
"Everyone, stand still and behave!"
Tatsumaki hovered, looking down at the two she had captured, as well as the other S-Class Heroes in the conference room who wore various expressions.
Her small face was filled with the arrogance of "I'm the boss here": "So noisy! So annoying!"
"If you want to fight, go outside! Don't be an eyesore in here!"
The atmosphere in the conference room became increasingly chaotic and tense due to Atomic Samurai's outburst and Tatsumaki's intervention.
Metal Bat and Genos were in a standoff.
Atomic Samurai and Bang were being held in the air by Tatsumaki's Psychokinesis.
Child Emperor jumped onto a chair to avoid getting caught in the dust, his small face filled with an expression of "adults are such a pain."
Zombieman had moved to a corner at some point, watching this farce with keen interest.
Flashy Flash wore a cold sneer, as if enjoying a clumsy play.
Drive Knight's sensors spun around, silently recording everyone's energy reactions and combat data.
Superalloy Darkshine stood to the side, looking somewhat helpless; he wanted to break up the fight but didn't know how: "E-everyone, calm down... we're all colleagues, we're all colleagues..."
Saitama remained standing in place, scratching his head as he watched the chaotic scene.
His deadpan eyes revealed a hint of confusion: "How come... did a fight just break out?"
"I just asked where King was..."
Just as this chaos reached its peak and was about to escalate into an internal brawl among the S-Class Heroes—
"Thump."
A soft, yet exceptionally clear, muffled sound.
It felt as if it came from the deep, distant underground, striking directly at everyone's hearts.
The chaotic conference room seemed as if a pause button had been pressed.
"Thump."
The second sound.
Closer and heavier than the first.
It was like a sleeping ancient beast turning over, a low groan emanating from its chest.
The air began to grow thick.
An invisible, indescribable pressure.
Like the rising tide, it silently permeated and soaked every corner of the conference room.
"Thump... thump..."
The third sound, the fourth.
The sounds began to form a rhythm.
Slow, heavy, steady.
Each beat felt like it was stepping into the gaps between everyone's heartbeats, forcibly dragging their heart rates into a pulse-pounding rhythm.
"Th-this is...?!"
Child Emperor jumped down from his chair abruptly, not even noticing the lollipop stick in his hand fall to the floor.
For the first time, his small face wore an expression of extreme gravity as he rapidly operated the micro-computer on his wrist, his voice filled with disbelief: "Energy readings... unable to parse!"
"It's not any known form of energy!"
"It's, it's him! This legendary pressure..."
Metal Bat's knuckles turned white from gripping his bat so hard.
The anger on his face had long since vanished.
In its place was a stiffness mixed with shock and instinctive vigilance.
His body felt as if it were bound by invisible chains, with every cell screaming a dangerous warning!
Atomic Samurai stopped struggling, floating in the air with his pupils constricted to pinpoints.
As a top-tier swordsman, his senses were far keener than an ordinary person's.
The moment that heartbeat sounded, he felt as if he were no longer in a modern conference room.
Instead, he was standing alone on an ancient, primordial battlefield, with a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood beneath his feet, and thunder roaring overhead.
And the entity emitting that heartbeat was the sole master of this battlefield!
Tatsumaki's Psychokinesis involuntarily loosened slightly.
Her emerald green eyes stared fixedly in the direction of the conference room door.
For the first time, her small face revealed an emotion other than "annoyance" or "arrogance"—extreme gravity, or perhaps even a hint of... dread?
This pressure, brought about purely by "existence" itself...
Is this the man known as the "strongest man on earth"?
Flashy Flash, whose lips always curled into a cold sneer, had at some point pressed them into a straight line.
The golden light flowing around him became somewhat unstable.
Fast!
This was his absolute requirement for himself.
But right now, amidst this slow and heavy heartbeat, his pride and joy, his "speed," actually felt a hint of sluggishness!
It was as if the surrounding space-time was influenced by this heartbeat, becoming heavy and slow.
In Drive Knight's mechanical eyes, data streams refreshed frantically like a waterfall, emitting a faint "buzzing" sound of overload.
Superalloy Darkshine subconsciously tensed every muscle in his body, the "Superalloy" luster beneath his skin becoming even more pronounced.
He felt his muscles trembling slightly in resonance with this heartbeat; it was an instinctive reaction to encountering a "strength" of a higher order.
Zombieman silently put away his scalpel, a sharp glint flashing in his deadpan eyes.
Bang sighed softly and whispered: "He's here."
Genos immediately retreated to Saitama's side, but his gaze remained fixed on the door, filled with vigilance.
Saitama remained standing in place, and the action of scratching his head stopped.
He blinked, and that blank expression on his face seemed to undergo an extremely subtle change.
"Oh?"
He let out a faint syllable.
"Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump—!!!"
The roar of the emperor engine reached its peak at this moment!
It was no longer a muffled sound, but transformed into a violent war drum capable of shattering souls and cracking the earth!
The entire Hero Association headquarters building was trembling slightly in time with this heartbeat!
The thick alloy door of the conference room even had fine cracks vibrating along the edges of its frame!
"Creeeak—"
Under the breathless gaze of everyone, the door was slowly pushed open.
First, a glimpse of a blue hem.
Then, a figure as upright as a pine tree.
King walked in.
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