It wasn't easy helping his brother in liquor store, thought Kotetsu. Oriental Town was a pacific place to enjoy his retirement, but he missed being a hero and helping others, even though the people still saw him as public calamity. After the whole Ouroboros incident, Sternbild people really started liking Wild Tiger more, but he would always be a Crusher for Justice.

"Aaaah~, How boring having nothing to do. I miss being a hero." As he started mumbling about it, Kaede started knocking the door impatiently.

"Dad, stop doing that! You are so uncool! This way people will really think you are old, always nagging about things of the past! " Kaede said, entering the room.

"Kaedeee~ Can't you say nice things to you papa? Papa is always trying his best here." It was really difficult to communicate with his daughter, even though they started doing fine after the incident. Certain things never change.

"Can't you be more like Barnaby? He is so cool and collect and he did all work without complaining about it." When she started talking about Barnaby, her eyes started shimmering. "I really wanted to meet him again…"

"Always Bunny this, Bunny that…" Kotetsu started sulking. "Papa is way cooler than Bunny… But why did you come here? Did you have something to talk about, rather than Bunny?"

"Ah! That's right! A letter came for you today. Here it is." She gave the letter and was preparing to leave. "Now I have to go to school. Bye, dad."

Kotetsu didn't have a moment to say anything. After opening the envelope, he read the contents of the letter:

-x-

"Dear Mr. Wild Tiger,

We would like to invite you to our Hero Masquerade Ball.

All heroes were invited, even those who are retired.
Even though you gave more injury than anything to us, we would like to thank you for all your deeds.

We will be expecting you,

Hero TV."

-x-

"Ah, I don't wanna go! This is going to be troublesome!" Kotetsu said, putting the letter away." But it could be something fun to do! I am bored here anyway and I could mess with Bunny like I used to!" He started feeling hyper about it, thinking about how he would meet the other heroes and talk with Barnaby again.

"Let's start preparing things wildly~!" as the older man was looking for clothes. "Da~! I don't have any fancy clothes!" he remembered. " Guess I'll have to buy clothes… Even though I have no money at all…"

Life was not easy for Kotetsu and this was just the beginning...