Chapter 949

"Mr. Broly, are you spacing out?"

Genos noticed the somewhat absent-minded expression on the person opposite him and couldn't help but wonder.

"No, impossible. A hero like Mr. Broly definitely wouldn't be spacing out————"

But this thought had just emerged when he negated it himself.

"Mr. Broly is perhaps thinking about how to solve the problem of the Hero Association's deep-rooted ills."

Genos sat upright, his electronic eyes burning as they stared at Broly opposite him, yet in his mind he was analyzing the spacing-out expression on the other's face right now, as if wanting to obtain some kind of evidence from it.

"However, there aren't any acupoints on the soles of the feet that would excite someone. Tatsumaki would have such a big reaction to having her soles massaged, probably because she herself has that kind of kink————"

"Mr. Broly."

"Hm?"

Broly snapped back to his senses and looked at Genos who had spoken, only to discover the expression on his face seemed a bit too serious at this moment.

"How do you view the drawbacks of the Hero Association's bureaucratic style?"

"This won't do. No matter how I look at it, Mr. Broly looks like he's spacing out, but he definitely isn't spacing out. Forget it, instead of me wildly guessing and analyzing myself, I might as well directly ask the other party."

"Nani, how would I be able to view this? I'm just working as a Professional Hero in this world, not part of the Hero Association's management. What does those people's situation have to do with me, a hero?

However, Genos seemed to have been talking quite enthusiastically about this matter with me just now. If he knew I wasn't really listening at all.

But was instead thinking about how to massage Tatsumaki's little feet to make her feel more comfortable, wouldn't that make me look somewhat perverted and also impolite?】"

"Hmm, well, I don't really understand management-level matters myself, but if there are some people affecting the Hero Association's decision-making and execution efficiency, then just directly firing those good-for-nothings who occupy their posts without doing any work would solve it, right?"

"Mr. Broly, as expected, you really were thinking about this!"

"That is indeed a method, but actual execution would be quite difficult."

", why?"

"It's simple. The Hero Association's bureaucratic style was never caused by one person or a minority.

And the people in the Hero Association's top management are not incapable.

On the contrary, these people are very outstanding, elites carefully selected from all walks of life.

For this, the Hero Association gave them considerably high treatment, but precisely because of this, these people fear making mistakes.

Because as long as some oversight appears, they might be pulled down from their current high positions and replaced by others.

Over time, the Hero Association's top management developed a situation where, when encountering major accidents, they would pass the buck.

And the middle and lower-level personnel were also influenced by this atmosphere, with the vast majority being cautious in speech and action."

"Old man Bang, you're sporting a youthful appearance but doing a hunched-over posture. This is really weird."

"Uh, sorry. Force of habit being an old man."

Bang hurriedly straightened his chest.

"Teacher Bang is right. The problem with the Hero Association's management lies not in the people's capabilities, but in the management environment itself.

If this point isn't changed, even if you replaced all the current top management, it would just be swapping in a new batch of Tai Chi masters who pass the buck.

Moreover, wanting to replace the entire Hero Association top management in one go isn't very realistic either. Actually doing so would be no different from dismantling most of the Hero Association."

Genos agreed with Bang's words from the side.

"Dismantle it then. What's the problem?"

Broly looked over with some doubt.

"Broly, heroes also need logistics. If you dismantle the Hero Association, without those people, who will pay the heroes' base salary?

It's true those people have a bureaucratic style, but they also did things like raising funds, generating revenue for the Hero Association, opening channels and connections across different social strata, and providing heroes with ample logistical supplies.

Without those people, the Hero Association would probably find it hard to develop into a world-class justice organization in just three short years and expand its scale to the current extent."

"In that case, why doesn't the Hero Association lower the top management's treatment? Didn't you say the bureaucratic style is caused by high competitive pressure? Everyone wants to preserve their position, therefore they don't dare easily do things that would make them take responsibility."

"Hmm, that is a good idea to solve the high competitive pressure, but it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance and hard to go from extravagance to frugality. Wanting to lower treatment is almost equivalent to telling corporate slaves to take a pay cut. This kind of thing would be very hard to push through."

At this time, Saitama also leaned over and joined the discussion.

"The whole Hero Association would probably kick up a fuss, and even a collective strike isn't impossible."

Vivian also walked over to this side.

"Hey, aren't any of you practicing martial arts?"

Broly couldn't help but retort.

"Also, the Hero Association management's matters don't seem to have much to do with us heroes, right?"

The Hero Association management's bureaucratic style actually has relatively little impact on S-Class Heroes, because most S-Class Heroes are the selfish type and don't treat the top management's words as imperial edicts. Their main stance is 【Only if I'm willing can you command me】.

"That's not necessarily true."

From the side, another voice inserted itself.

"You, this former Hero Hunter, what high insight do you have?"

Broly looked at Garou wearing a training uniform. After the battle with the Monster Association, this person had returned to Bang's Dojo.

Heard that the day before yesterday, he finally settled the matter of being a Hero Hunter. Legally, he was still charged with picking quarrels and provoking trouble, detained in the Detention Center for a few days, and had to pay a fine before getting out.

"High insight I wouldn't dare claim. It's just that those people's existence, the hero rankings they set, squeeze the treatment of heroes below S-Class.

You who stand at S-Class have money and fame, while heroes below S-Class need to fight for fame and profit.

For the sake of so-called hero rankings, they can abandon disasters right before their eyes that could be solved, and instead choose to selectively hunt more valuable targets————"

Garou rattled on, recounting the matter of him previously being gang-beaten by a group of A-Class and B-Class Heroes.

"Of course, I'm not speaking for low-level heroes. I just feel the ranking system the Hero Association came up with is hilarious enough."

"Alright alright, you Garou aren't speaking for heroes, just for the weak. And among these weak, some low-level heroes are included, that's all."

These days, from Saitama's mouth, Broly had also come to understand just what kind of personality this former Hero Hunter was.

"Saitama, stop talking so much nonsense. I want to have a showdown with you and take back the Senior Brother title!"

Of course, this guy also has a bit of a tsundere personality; once someone exposes his true psychology, he gets a bit flustered and exasperated.

", you still haven't given up? How many times have we fought already?"

Saitama said this, but still walked over, with a look of 'can't do anything about you'.

These two people count as mutual practice partners.

For Saitama, Garou's martial arts foundation and basic strength let him not worry about accidentally killing the other party, thereby practicing moves carefully.

And for Garou, the terrifying strength possessed by Saitama's body can bring him pressure facing death, yet he can continuously break through himself under that life and death pressure.

Bang~

Of course, the result every time is without exception, always ending with Saitama winning.

"How about it, do you concede?"

"I concede your bald head, you this guy mainly rely on your unreasonable body strength, otherwise, with your Flowing Water Rock Smashing Fist that's like three-legged cat kung fu, I could beat you with my eyes closed!"

Of course, Garou never concedes every time either, after all, he only lost in physical quality, not in martial arts technique.

"Mr. Broly, wonder if you could also spar with me?"

Pulling his body out from the dented dojo floorboards, Garou rubbed his sore and swollen arms, walked to Broly's front, and cupped his fists in request.

"No, why am I 'this baldy', but with Broly it's 'Mister'?"

Saitama was somewhat dissatisfied with Garou's differential treatment attitude, and directly shouted out.

"You're talking nonsense, this baldy won against me by relying on high body strength, while Mr. Broly won against me by relying on pure martial arts technique, can you be the same as him?"

"But his body strength is even higher than mine!"

"Haha, but he didn't use strength higher than my body strength to fight me; if you also have a way to be like him, using numbers at the same level as me, and only defeat me from the technique aspect, then I'd also be willing to happily call you Big Senior Brother, but can you?"

Garou actually had respect for Saitama at first, but after being defeated many times by Saitama using Flowing Water Rock Smashing Fist with not much technique, all relying on body numbers to crush him, and then seeing Saitama's smug posture as if he'd won by technique, his respect for Saitama scattered away.

"I'll be able to eventually————"

"When?"

"After training for a while more————"

"Haha, even if you give this fist technique idiot a hundred years to practice fist, you still can't possibly beat me only from the technique aspect!"

Garou finished speaking, followed by Saitama's flustered and exasperated words telling him to wait, causing the people present to be unable to hold back laughter.

But honestly, Saitama's fist technique isn't actually that bad, it's just that his body has been continuously strengthening, causing his grasp of body strength to always stay at a relatively low level.

And fist technique this thing is quite dependent on body strength grasp; truly compared to a genius like Garou who can precisely grasp body strength, Saitama wanting to surpass the other party from the technique aspect is almost impossible.

However, similarly in a situation of continuously getting stronger, Broly's strength grasp keeps up with his own body's strengthening speed, so Garou wanting to defeat him from the technique aspect is equally difficult.

"Hah, I lost again, thanks for the guidance!"

Only supporting for ten-odd minutes, Garou was knocked down to the ground by Broly.

"Don't forget, help guide my Vivian to practice fist."

This is the condition for Broly being willing to suppress his Qi and spar with Garou.

In a certain sense, Bang and Garou this master-disciple pair count as being collected by Broly, used as a fist technique external coach tool person for his own wife's disciple.

After sparring with Garou, Broly left Vivian at the Flowing Water Rock Smashing Fist Dojo to continue practicing fist, while he himself left the dojo, went to check the situation at the demolition and construction company he cooperated with Zenier to open.

"Zenier, how is it, how have the recent demolition and construction projects been?"

"The Ghost Town district side is just clearing rubble, relatively simple, progress is fast; but outside Ghost Town district, many buildings were affected by the previous battle's waves, now many high-rises have become dangerous buildings needing repair."

"Is there a problem with this?"

"Many buildings' repair costs are very high, better to tear down and rebuild, but the cost of tearing down and rebuilding isn't something everyone can afford, so many people want to sell those dangerous buildings to our company."

"Isn't this a good thing, future new real estate development area becomes larger."

"But funds aren't enough, we can't swallow it all."

"Then just don't swallow it?"

"That probably won't work, we've already publicly put out the slogan of building a new city; if we stop acquisitions now, it might trigger outside doubts about whether our company has the strength to rebuild the new city."

"Once this doubt appears, Z-City's population will likely accelerate its loss; at that time even if we rebuild Ghost Town district, with no one coming to consume, it'll also be a dead end."

"Then what ideas do you have?"

"Financing, introduce new capital to join in, additionally, boost people's confidence in the future Z-City new city."

"Then what do you need me to do?"

"Wonder if Mr. Broly can invite more S-Class Heroes to come endorse the future Z-City new city?"

Zenier asked.

"This should be doable, I currently have confidence to let a new S-Class Hero come help endorse."

"Worthy of Mr. Broly, but wonder which S-Class Hero?"

"Tatsumaki of Terror."

"Ah, it's her?"

"What's wrong, does she have a problem?"

"Uh, currently many Z-City citizens believe it's precisely because Miss Tatsumaki overused her esper power that caused their houses to be damaged, turning into dangerous buildings."

Zenier paused, then asked: "Is that Miss Tatsumaki your friend?"

"Should say, she's my girlfriend."

Broly corrected.

"Ah, sorry, then pretend I didn't say it."

Zenier patted his own mouth.

"No, you already said it, and I want to understand this situation now."

"But I've said everything that needed to be said; the matter is simply what it is."

"What about the Hero Association? Didn't they help handle this kind of public opinion that acknowledges the hero herself was at fault?"

"Uh, this... I'll have someone go check——"

Zenier was stumped by the question; he directly took out his phone to make a call, and not long after, Zeniru Group's entire PR Department rushed over to This Side.

"Found it. This Time the Hero Association conducted PR handling on some Public Opinion unfavorable to Miss Tatsumaki on the Internet."

"So, it's because the Hero Association's PR Department's Capability is too poor that this kind of Public Opinion still Exists?"