Chapter 921: Black Coffee, Siscon Attribute Exposed

"S-Class Hero, Blast still can't be reached, Metal Knight wants to research the spaceship and doesn't plan to participate, Drive Knight worries that soaking in hot springs will easily rust his parts — the above, 19 S-Class Heroes, only 16 came."

The two-day, one-night luxury hot spring trip, the Hero Association's registered list of personnel participating in the team building, S-Class Heroes are undoubtedly the most valued.

"Next, is the list of heroes bringing relatives to participate in this trip, they are Metal Bat, Baldy Head-Exploding Maniac, Super Flash, Trembling Tatsumaki —"

"Wait, which eye of yours saw me bringing someone?

I get it, which bastard wants to bring extra people but has no quota, so they're planning to use my quota for bringing one person to the team building activity, right?

Hmph, although I don't care about these things, you go tell the guy who took my quota to be sensible and not come take advantage of me, otherwise —"

"Otherwise, Big Sister will use psychic powers to throw the person into high altitude to experience cordless free fall, is that it?"

A voice came from the side, interrupting Tatsumaki's words.

"Fubuki, why are you here?"

An astonished expression surfaced on Tatsumaki's face, looking toward her younger sister walking over this way.

"I heard from Broly that the Association is doing a hot spring trip team building, and I also haven't soaked in a hot spring for a long time, so I wanted to come participate too.

But Broly's companion quota was given to his student, I thought Big Sister you are also one of the heroes participating in the team building, and also have a companion quota.

So I registered under Big Sister's companion quota, but, looking at it now, Big Sister you don't seem too welcoming of me."

Fubuki's appearance greatly surprised Tatsumaki, what surprised her even more was that the other party would actually say so many words to her.

In recent years, the sisters had almost no communication, the last Special Express Train Explosive Bomb incident, her own younger sister also basically had an attitude of having nothing to say to her.

"I didn't not welcome you, it's just that you wanting to go on a hot spring trip with me, this kind of thing, should have been said to me in advance.

"

Tatsumaki turned her head away to speak, her attitude somewhat subtle, it's like coldness but not quite, like enthusiasm but can't be seen, giving people an awkward feeling.

"Big Sister, you once told me, I am your only relative in this world, so I thought even without saying hello and coming over, it shouldn't cause you any trouble."

Fubuki's attitude also had a somewhat lukewarm meaning.

"Hmph~"

Tatsumaki let out a light hmph, didn't say anything more.

Two luxury buses drove up, the heroes participating in the hot spring trip, as well as the Hero Association staff members, all boarded the vehicles.

Fubuki and Tatsumaki, the two sat next to each other, but one propped her chin looking out the window, one propped her chin looking inside the car, the atmosphere between them somewhat silent, clearly sitting together yet giving a feeling of being far apart.

【The Farthest Distance】

Broly sitting in the seat on the other side of the same row saw this situation, and the information 【The Farthest Distance】 involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

The bus had been driving for a while, but Fubuki still had no intention of speaking to Tatsumaki next to her, making Broly also feel somewhat helpless.

Agreed to help with the capture, but it turned out like this, Broly couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"Fubuki-nee, do you want to eat something?"

He took the initiative to speak, took out a box of chocolate bars, first gave one each to Mosquito Girl and Vivian, then handed the whole box of chocolate bars to Fubuki in the seat next to the aisle.

"Thanks."

Fubuki thanked and accepted, gnawed on it by herself, with no intention of sharing with her real sister next to her.

"Cough, Tatsumaki-nee, do you want to eat?"

Broly coughed lightly, took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Tatsumaki, and at the same time reminded Fubuki.

"Big Sister —"

Hell's Blizzard only reacted at this time, that she was supposed to help Broly capture her real sister, handed over the box of chocolate bars in her hand, and called out to Tatsumaki.

"I'm not a child, I don't like eating sweet things, but, thanks."

Tatsumaki didn't move her hand, one chocolate bar from the chocolate bar box was wrapped in light green mental energy and flew to her mouth.

With a snap, Tatsumaki bit off a small section of chocolate bar, and Broly received the Crystal Palace Panel's prompt information belonging to Tatsumaki.

【Trembling Tatsumaki, Happiness Value increasing, previous Happiness Value 6】

Compared to Fubuki, Tatsumaki's Happiness Value, however, grew slowly.

"Want some drinks?"

Broly asked again, Mosquito Girl and Vivian and the others all indicated they wanted some.

Broly handed them over, the Ramune they usually liked to drink at home.

"Had I known this was like a school trip, I would have bought some stuff to bring on the bus to eat."

Saitama sitting in the back row watching Broly and company in the front row start sharing snacks and drinks, couldn't help but sigh.

"Sensei Saitama, then I'll go to the supermarket to buy for you now."

Hearing this, Genos sitting in the window seat next to him opened the bus window, looking like he was preparing to fly out the window and run an errand.

"No need to specially go buy, feels like I'm really craving snacks."

Saitama hurriedly held back this good disciple of his.

", isn't it?"

Genos looked at him with some surprise.

"Even if it is, no need to say it out loud, I'm an adult no matter how you put it."

Saitama said, and glanced at the seat next to him, where Child Emperor's real age completely didn't need to care about others' gazes, could openly lick lollipops and eat snacks.

"I brought quite a lot of snacks and drinks, can divide some to you and Genos."

Broly then took the initiative to say.

"Ah, thanks, got potato chips?"

Saitama wasn't polite either.

"Yes, what flavor?"

"Tomato and barbecue."

"Want anything else to drink?"

"What do you have to drink?"

"I brought various flavors of Ramune, and of course there's also black coffee more suitable for adults, as well as sugar-free tea beverages."

"Forget the black coffee, that stuff's too bitter, I can't drink it. Just give me a sugar-free tea beverage."

"Same as Saitama-sensei."

Broly handed several bags of potato chips and two bottles of Oolong Tea to the two people in the back row respectively, then looked toward Tatsumaki's side.

"Tatsumaki-nee, what do you want to drink?"

"Black coffee, of course. Only brats who haven't grown up and are already bald would be afraid of bitterness."

Tatsumaki glanced at Saitama in the back row seat, the corner of her mouth hooking into a cold smile, and spoke with pointed meaning.

Clearly, she still remembered the incident from a while ago when Saitama treated her like a brat.

"Alright, your black coffee."

Broly didn't hesitate, fished out a can of black coffee and threw it over. Tatsumaki disliked being treated like a child, so black coffee and sugar-free tea beverages were precisely what Broly had prepared for her.

Tatsumaki used psychic power to catch the flying canned black coffee. Her psychic power deftly pulled open the pull-tab, and she poured the canned black coffee into her mouth.

But the moment the black coffee liquid entered her mouth, Tatsumaki's emerald-green pupils shook violently. Her small face turned the color of bitter melon, and she subconsciously wanted to spit out the super-bitter liquid in her mouth.

However, Saitama seemed to have anticipated this, looking over in advance and saying: "Huh? Just now it sounded like someone said only brats who haven't grown up are afraid of bitterness. This Miss Tatsumaki, your eyebrows are all knitted into a ball — could it be you're that kind of little brat?"

And Saitama's words forcibly made Tatsumaki swallow the coffee liquid she was about to spit out.

"Hah, how could that be? I frowned just because I drank a bit too fast and got choked a little, cough cough————"

Tatsumaki defended her performance.

【This coughing sound is so fake, her body's still trembling, this is absolutely because she was overwhelmed by the bitterness!】

A car full of heroes, watching what happened in the front row, almost with one mind thought.

"Hehe————"

On Saitama's simple-lined face, an ill-intentioned smile surfaced.

"Getting choked and coughing a few times would be fine, but hmm, you only drank a small mouthful. There's still more than half a can of black coffee left. Aren't you going to keep drinking?"

"I'm not thirsty right now."

"Doesn't matter. There's still a while until the hot spring inn. I'll be watching you the whole way. If you dare secretly throw away the black coffee, you'll have to admit you're a brat who's afraid of bitterness and hasn't grown up. Of course, if you haven't finished drinking it by the time we get out of the car, the result is the same."

"Hah, whether I drink something or not, what's it to you?!"

"It's true I can't control that, but you also can't control my opinion of you, or other people's opinion of you, this Miss Tatsumaki who's S-Class Rank 2. You don't want to be seen by others as a little brat who hasn't grown up yet, do you?"

Saitama asked with a smiling face. This arrogant psychic brat had just insinuated he was a baldy, so naturally he couldn't let her off. He had to return the courtesy and let her properly taste the bitterness of that black coffee.

"You————"

Tatsumaki's small chest heaved violently. She was furious, but couldn't vent it. Saitama's words had put her in a bind.

If she kept drinking the black coffee, the taste was so bitter she could barely stand it. But the canned coffee in her hand was completely different from the hand-dripped coffee she'd had at the Hero Association before — two entirely different flavors. (The difference of whether sugar or milk is added)

But if she didn't drink it, the words she'd just said would turn into a boomerang and hit her back. That baldy would definitely use all sorts of words to mock her.

Wanting to pull a fast one and renege — others were watching, especially with her real younger sister right beside her. Being seen as a reneger by Fubuki — that was something Tatsumaki absolutely did not want.

Just as her face showed a resolute expression, preparing to down the pure black coffee — that dark beverage in her eyes — in one shot, a sigh came from beside her.

Immediately after, a slender hand like jade reached over, directly taking the canned black coffee that had been sipped once from mid-air.

"I didn't sleep well last night, and I just happened to want black coffee to wake up. I'll drink this."

"Fubuki, this is my business, doesn't need you to butt in!"

Tatsumaki was first startled, then after reacting, spoke rather rudely.

And contrary to her rude attitude, the Happiness Value on her rose a little.

Clearly, being helped out of the siege by her younger sister, Tatsumaki felt a small happiness.

But her identity as the older sister made her subconsciously refuse this kind of help that resembled being protected by her younger sister.

"Older sister, you're always like this————"

Fubuki's face darkened.

"What? You tell me clearly, how am I?"

Her younger sister's words with a hint of accusation made Tatsumaki's small eyebrows knit together at once.

"Anyone can see you don't want to drink this. I kindly helped you out of the siege, but you don't appreciate it at all."

"Hah, who said I don't like drinking it? Fine, I really don't like drinking it all that much————"

Under Fubuki's expressionless stare, Tatsumaki reluctantly corrected herself.

"But even if I don't like drinking this, I don't need you to resolve the siege for me. You're my younger sister, and I'm the older sister!"

"That's exactly why, you————"

"Don't like the taste of pure black coffee? I've got milk and sugar cubes here. Want to add some?"

Broly interrupted Fubuki's words, took out milk and sugar cubes again, and asked.

"This flavor is the coffee I've drunk.

Using psychic power to control the coffee liquid, milk, and sugar cubes to mix the three, Tatsumaki tasted the coffee liquid again, and this time didn't knit her brows.

"I only brought one can of coffee. Fubuki-nee wants to wake up. Tatsumaki-nee, why don't you leave a bit for her?"

Broly saw the two become clearly divided again, and couldn't help but speak up once more.

Tatsumaki didn't speak, just silently passed the coffee mixed with milk and sugar to her younger sister beside her.

Fubuki exhaled, likewise didn't speak, silently accepted it, and sipped a mouthful.

The coffee flavor, bitter with a hint of sweetness, made Fubuki suddenly feel — this was the portrait of their sisterly relationship from childhood to now, even until today.

However, compared to coffee, between the sisters, there was a lack of rich milk to mediate, causing the bitterness not to be masked by the sweetness; there was sweetness, but the bitterness still stood out, impossible to ignore or forget.

Fubuki did not finish the coffee; she only took a sip, tasted the flavor, and after some thoughts of reflection arose in her heart, she returned the coffee to Tatsumaki.

Tatsumaki looked at the mouth of the coffee can handed back, where her younger sister's pale pink lipstick mark remained; she did not continue using psychic control to make the remaining coffee liquid fly out to drink, but instead brought her mouth to the can opening and drank the remaining mixed liquid inside.

【Trembling Tatsumaki, Happiness Value Rising————】

Broly silently observed this scene from the side, yet gained a deeper understanding of Tatsumaki.

【Her Happiness Value rose; she is absolutely a tsundere sister-con.】

【Judging from that behavior of carefully pressing her lips against the can mouth that touched Fubuki Sister's lips, guaranteed.】

【In that case, the method to capture this S-Class Rank 2 Hero is also clear: it's not you, Broly, taking the lead with Fubuki assisting, but letting Fubuki charge into battle while you provide support————】

In the Crystal Palace three-person private chat channel of the same world, they were currently secretly exchanging the capture method regarding Tatsumaki.

And regarding Mosquito Girl's proposal to change the Main Attacker, both Broly and Vivian expressed agreement.

On the other side, after Tatsumaki finished the coffee, she did not throw away the can, still holding it against her mouth, completely unaware of her own sister-con behavior, which was now entering the eyes of certain people with ulterior motives.

【I'll just quietly eat chips————】

Saitama did not know what exactly Broly wanted to do, but could tell he was intentionally mediating the relationship between the two sisters, Fubuki and Tatsumaki.

After Broly, with a joking attitude, interrupted the words Hell's Blizzard was about to say just now — which might have been words stimulating conflict — Saitama quietly stopped his own behavior of putting Tatsumaki on the fire to roast.

Hmm, eat someone's food and your mouth goes soft, take someone's hand and your hand goes short; one can't eat their chips, drink their beverages, and then cause trouble for them.

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"This hot spring inn features open-air hot springs as its main attraction; after everyone arranges their rooms, you can go soak."

The tour bus arrived at a fairly large luxury hot spring inn, and the Hero Association staff responsible for the team building activity began arranging the heroes' rooms.

A-Class Heroes get two people per room, while S-Class Heroes are arranged single rooms; however, those bringing relatives will have the relatives arranged in the same room together.

Of course, rooms are arranged this way, but if someone wants to share a room together, the Hero Association won't interfere.

"Fubuki, where's your luggage?"

Walking into the assigned room, Tatsumaki looked at her younger sister who followed in empty-handed and frowned as she asked.

"It's with Broly."

Fubuki replied.

"Aren't you going to get it back and put it in our room?"

"No need, my luggage is fine staying with him.

"Wrong, are you too trusting of that kid? No matter how you put it, he's a man; having luggage with your close-fitting clothes placed with him, aren't you worried he might do something bad to your close-fitting clothes?"

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