"I know."
King's tone was calm: "But just now, a crisis greater than the destruction of City A or your defeat appeared."
He turned slightly, signaling for everyone to look up at the sky.
"Just now, up there."
He pointed to the hole overhead, through which the darkness of space and the silhouette of the moon could still be seen.
"A 'God' level threat that attempted to destroy the solar system appeared."
"It was Boros,"
He turned and gestured to the Cosmic Overlord standing quietly behind him.
"Along with Saitama and this Miss Asmodeus, who assisted me in repelling it."
Though the God harbored ill intent, He had never actually thought about destroying the solar system.
King's skin was as thick as a mountain.
Lies flowed from his mouth effortlessly.
His expression was as natural as if he were stating what he had for breakfast today.
"Boros is an ally now."
"..."
The S-Class Heroes looked at each other, too shocked to speak.
A crisis greater than Boros?
A God-level disaster?
This was too much information to process.
Saitama nodded in agreement from the side: "Yeah, King's right."
"That glowing big guy was pretty tough."
"Hmph!"
Boros snorted coldly, a bit annoyed by Saitama's 'rudeness' in interrupting King.
King continued: "Now, we need Boros's ship to capture a new asteroid to replace the moon."
"And the moon needs to be lent to this..."
"'Traveler' from another world, to save her world which is on the brink of destruction."
King's gaze swept across the crowd, finally landing on Child Emperor.
"Child Emperor, you are the most skilled among us at handling machinery and technology."
"I'll leave the operation of Boros's spaceship to you."
"Huh?!!"
"Me? Pilot a spaceship?!"
Child Emperor's voice instantly jumped an octave.
It wasn't fear, but a scream mixed with extreme excitement and disbelief.
"B-but that's alien technology!"
"The system language, operation logic, and power core might be completely different!"
"I don't have the relevant data; I'll need time to analyze the interface, crack the basic protocols, simulate the operating environment, and establish an adaptive link..."
He spoke rapidly, a string of technical terms popping out of his small mouth.
He seemed to be fearing the difficulty.
But the flush on his face and the light twinkling in his eyes betrayed him—
Child Emperor was about to lose his mind with excitement!
"You are the hero with the highest IQ here."
"And the one with the strongest learning ability and adaptability."
King interrupted his rambling.
"Time is limited; the moon cannot leave its orbit for too long."
"You only have half an hour."
"I believe you can do it."
"Believe... in me?"
Child Emperor took a sharp breath, his whole body feeling strangely limp yet energized.
Immediately, a fanatical sense of mission surged in his heart.
"I accept this mission!!!"
He puffed out his small chest, his eyes filled with sharp light.
"I guarantee the ship will be started within 20 minutes! Mr. King!"
He immediately opened the turtle backpack on his back, ejecting tens of thousands of micro-probes and small engineering robots.
"I'm going to the ship's control room right now!"
"Step one: physical connection and basic scanning..."
Child Emperor had already charged toward the depths of the spaceship like a small whirlwind.
His mouth was still muttering various incomprehensible codes and algorithms.
The other S-Class Heroes were still dazed, their expressions somewhat complicated.
It wasn't that they didn't believe King's words.
King himself was the most credible guarantee.
If he said they joined forces, then they joined forces.
If he said there was a greater crisis, then there definitely was.
If he said the moon was needed to save another world... then, let them borrow it.
This kind of irrational obedience surprised even themselves.
"Since King has said so..."
Bang was the first to drop his stance, stroking his beard.
Despite the lingering doubts in his heart, he chose to trust.
Atomic Samurai slowly sheathed his new sword and turned his head away, signaling his silent consent.
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