We're still getting characterization for Metal Bat so his actions right now are interesting, although I don't know how much exposition he gets in redraw filler. I don't think we're done with his story by a long shot.
Pretty sure ONE finished blowing his load with this latest chapter... now we wait another ~4 months.
Pardon me if I'm wrong since I haven't read one punch man for the last 8-9 months but wasn't Metal Bat a pacifist? Yeah, it's a bit of a stretch that he doesn't kick them right then and there but I think it can be overlooked.
Damn, so the bat they gave him was even weaker than his original bat? Because the cyborg dumb and dumber clearly seems to think that the bat was supposed to be really good, as in they didn't purposefully tamper with it or make it weak.