Chapter 38: All Might Arrives — Plus Ultra!!!
After throwing Mirko like a pebble and making a multistory building fall on top of her, the newly arrived Nomu walked up to the Nomu lying on the ground.
The Nomu that Pro Hero No. 5 had cleaved in half had regenerated, but it was still on its knees, drooling heavily.
There were no signs of intelligence or even the barest hint of sentience in it anymore.
The same was true for the newly arrived one as well, it seemed.
The Nomu with a bird's beak-like mouth ignored the Pro Heroes gathering around in its vicinity and grabbed its brethren. It was as if it had arrived just to take it away.
There weren't many Pro Heroes in this area anyway.
Those who had arrived on time had seen the beak-mouthed Nomu killing a single-numbered Hero.
So, they did what they could at this moment — prevent the civilians from becoming collateral damage.
To the surprise of all, an inhumane shout sent the debris of the building shooting up.
"Haha!" Mirko laughed with a maniacal grin planted on her face. "Thought you killed me, didn't ya?!"
Her head was covered in blood.
Her back was caved in.
Mirko walked out of the rubble, let out a breath, and boomed across the space.
She rained down kicks after kicks on the beak-mouthed Nomu, booms and bangs rocking the earth.
However, no matter how much she tried, it didn't feel like the Nomu was getting hurt at all.
Something snapped within Mirko, the grin on her face widening.
"Oi… Villain…" Muscles popped on her thighs, her rabbit ears spurting out blood. "Have you heard these words before —"
…
Luke dragged his body into the alley and slumped against the wall, taking in deep breaths.
When Rabbit Hero: Mirko arrived to save his ass, he had instantly realized something.
The Nomu had already lost all its intelligence after uttering those words.
Yet, those Red Spirit Particles, those words, that discard of everything he had sensed in the Nomu still repeated themselves in his mind like chants.
Just what had taken control of the Nomu at that moment?
Luke had heard nothing like that in his previous life.
If there had been cases of Nomus suddenly gaining intelligence, and especially the ones below High End, there certainly would have been records on it, no?
But — this feeling — of pure evil and madness…
Luke remembered the redness in Bakugo's eyes before he had killed him and his family in his previous life.
Was this the same thing?
Had those Red Spirit Particles corrupted Bakugo as well?
Through the headache, Luke felt the questions drowning him. He had lost too much blood. He could barely feel anything below his waist. The only thing he could feel was his broken ribs stabbing into his muscles.
He was dying…
But Mirko would die first, he knew.
The newly arrived Nomu? Luke had recognized it.
It was an Upper Tier as well, but they had created it especially to counter All Might, granting it not only Super Regeneration but also Shock Absorption.
For Mirko, a physical-based Pro Hero, there could be no worse opponent.
Suddenly, Luke felt wetness on the tips of his fingers.
Brokenly, he looked down and found a dog licking the blood that had pooled up on his knuckles.
Simultaneously, the Nomu, who very well had been possessed or controlled, kept appearing in his mind like a memory.
An angry, helpless memory.
Fire burning her…
In front of him…
He lifted his trembling hand and put it on the dog's head… for 20 seconds.
"I am… so sorry…" he apologized, tasting blood. "… but… have you heard the words…"
…
White mist fumed off All Might's back.
He couldn't remember the last time he had pushed One For All this much after All For One had injured him years back.
Now that he had already passed One For All to young Midoriya, it was like he was burning ashes within him.
Blood was pouring out of his mouth.
Behind him, sonic booms rocked the space.
All Might just hoped the girl would arrive on time.
He remembered Mirko. The girl was strong, but was a tad hotheaded. She didn't know when to stop, but it was also this that made her a good Hero.
Boommmmmmmmmm!
All Might head snapped up as he saw a cloud of dust rising in the sky.
For him to see it even here, when he wasn't even in the city, just what kind of destruction he was looking at?
Letting out a grunt, All Might kicked the ground again, the surroundings melting into a blur.
In a matter of seconds, he crossed the distance, landing in the heart of the city with a boom.
The moment his vision scanned through the surroundings, anger boiled in his blue eyes like never before.
Two black-skinned Villains, both with their brains exposed, were standing shoulder to shoulder on one side.
On the other side, Mirko was sprawled on the ground, her right hand bent at an odd angle, her head planted deep into the rubble.
Yet, somehow, she was looking at them, her entire body shaking as she tried to pull herself up.
"… Relax young Mirko…" All Might said, his body fuming with anger and white mist. "… why you ask… because… I am here…"
All Might made a fist and just… vanished.
Detroit —
Like a white-yellow wraith, All Might appeared in front of the beak-mouthed Nomu and punched.
— Smash!
There were no exaggerated booms or scenes of the enemy getting sent flying.
To All Might's immense surprise, all his full-power attack did was create ripples in the Villain's muscular body.
Shock Absorption?! All Might guessed.
He guessed a bit too late.
Taking advantage of the nearness to All Might, and as ordered to kill anything that came in its path that could prevent it from retreating the injured Nomu, the beak-mouthed Nomu punched.
And the punch landed right into All Might's left side… exactly where All For One had mortally wounded him.
A current ran down All Might's spine.
His left hand instantly returned to its original scrawny form.
All Might's knees struck the earth, his eyes almost rolling back into his head.
He had already pushed the embers of One For All remaining in his body beyond extreme. The sudden blow was like the last nail in the coffin.
Seeing even him like this, the Pro Heroes watching it all from a distance lost all hope.
The beak-mouthed Nomu raised another fist. The other Nomu, though slowly, walked up to Mirko, who had finally lifted her head.
She hadn't even said those words before the two Nomus had pounced upon her.
"Haha…" Mirko laughed.
All Might looked at her over his shoulder and… smiled. "Haha…"
"Oi, Villain!" Mirko shouted, digging her feet into the ground, still lying low, her thighs just short of exploding.
"… have you…"
All Might made a fist with his left hand, causing it to bulge.
The very air sizzled around him, his blue eyes piercing into souls as he looked up at the Nomu.
"… ever heard of these words…"
"… Plus…" Luke snapped his fingers, turning the lifeform into an explosive of equivalent mass. "… Ultra…"
…
[
Quirk Bestowal Successful
…
Quirk: TNT
Complexity: S+
Consumption:
— Spirit 170
— Stamina 50
Contact Time: 20 seconds
Activation Time: 2 minutes
]
…
What happened next was a scene that spread across Japan like an airborne virus.
Just as All Might and Mirko were about to go beyond their limits, and just as the two Villains were about to smash their fists through them, a street dog ran out of the alley, glowing red.
In one great leap, it bit into the leg of one of the Villains.
Then, the dog began glowing redder by fractions of seconds.
"Oh, shit!" All Might cursed, used all his stored power to grab Mirko, and ran.
Behind him, the world turned white, blinding all eyes as if a small Sun had manifested in the world.
And, as the mushroom cloud of pure fire and anger rose the city, the sound entered their ears, bursting eardrums.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
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