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“Whoa, that was incredible!” “So easily!” “No wonder she’s an S-class!”
Fantastic. Tatsumaki happened to be nearby when a Demon-class made itself known in J-City. Naturally, it had proved no match for her powers. Unfortunately, the monster just had to appear near a major press event, so right as it was dealt with, the people flooded the area, all eager to admire her work and get a chance to interview the great Tornado of Terror. God, she hated dealing with crowds...
“Ms. Tornado!” One eager reporter shoved his way to the front. “You’re so powerful but still stuck at the second-best ranking- do you believe you’ll ever take Blast’s position as the number-one S-class hero?” Cue one microphone stuck in her face.
“Why would I care? Blast never shows his face anyway. If I’m the highest-ranked hero to ever show up, I’m practically at the top anyway.”
“What was going through your mind as you killed that monster?”
“...Boredom, mostly. Monsters are always too easy.”
“What do you think about other esper heroes, such as Blizzard of-”
“I’m not going to comment on other heroes!” she suddenly snapped. “You want to know about them, ask them yourself! Stop caring so much about what I think of them!” As the rabid interviewers and other crowd members pulled away, many voices stopping completely while others became quieter, the green-haired woman sighed exasperatedly. “I have business at the Association. I have to go now.” She began to take to the air, but realizing this would leave a large number of cameras pointing directly up from underneath her, she stayed much closer to the ground as she hovered away, some press members trying their best to follow her.
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Now that the nightmare was over, Tatsumaki arrived at the Association HQ- given that she had no assignments, she thought it best to hang around until something came up. The esper took a moment to rub at her temple with one hand. Being around so many people always wore her out and upset her. Hopefully there would be nobody around to give her any grief for it...
