Defeated at the First Exchange!
"So it was you?" With her mask fallen off, Stain fixed his eyes on Yukino's face, seemingly recognizing her at once.
"You know who I am?"
Logically speaking, he should not have recognized her so quickly. After all, Stain probably had not paid much attention to the students from the U.A. Sports Festival.
"Willing to sacrifice yourself to save others. Two months ago, you took dozens of attacks from criminals to save a poor child." Stain looked delighted. "It is good that you are unharmed."
"..."
"Do not interfere in this matter. You can leave safely." Stain spoke excitedly.
"Hmph." Yukino's expression turned cold.
"Stain, do you think heroes must possess a spirit of sacrifice and should not abuse their strength for personal gain? But have you ever considered that as long as someone is human, they will have selfish desires? The reason society can remain stable is because it satisfies heroes' vanity and need to survive, using that to maintain social order. The ideal society you hope for... one where heroes devote themselves completely selflessly and impostors are eliminated, may be beautiful, but it is nothing more than a castle in the air. Because there are far too few people truly like All Might."
Yukino shielded Tenya Iida behind her. As she spoke, she considered how she could undo the blood clotting and fight him.
Yet at that moment, Stain narrowed his eyes strangely. "Aren't you one?"
"Huh?"
"Compared to those impostors blinded by profit and tainted by money worship, you may not have the identity of a hero, but you disregarded your own safety and had the ability to save those within your reach. You... are more like a hero than they are."
His blade pointed at Tenya Iida, as well as that other... unfamiliar person.
"Pfft."
Yukino had prepared herself for all sorts of possibilities, but she had never expected him to shower her with such insane praise the moment they met.
Honestly, she had always thought sacrificing oneself for others was stupid. Though back then, before her mind had even started thinking, her body had already rushed forward to fight the criminals.
She had to admit that no matter how much she disliked selfless people, she could not deny one thing: this society's morals had only avoided total collapse because that small group of conscientious people defended them with everything they had.
Besides, conscientious people did not necessarily lack selfish desires. Even Yukino had only rushed out to save people because she knew she definitely would not die.
If she had known she would die, she absolutely would not have stepped forward like an idiot.
Because she... was selfish too.
Tomura Shigaraki's Sudden Entrance
"Ha ha ha ha... heroes?"
As everyone on the scene faced off, an ill-timed laugh carrying a faint sense of laziness suddenly drifted down from the building opposite them.
Rikka, who had just used steel bars to restrain the attacking man, had not even reacted before a mass of purplish-black mist appeared ahead of her. A hand stretched out from within, grabbed Sister Doma, and flashed more than ten meters away.
"You..."
"Interesting, interesting. Hero Killer, once daylight comes, how many people in this society do you think will still remember you?" Tomura Shigaraki appeared with Kurogiri, standing atop the building across from them. Beside him stood two massive Nomu.
One had terrifying wings, while the other... was simply the monster used to target All Might during the previous attack on USJ.
"Let go of me." Sister Doma looked gloomily at Kurogiri beside her. She understood now. These people had definitely come for her. After that battle at the U.A. Sports Festival, All For One had likely set his sights on Su Lin's Avatar Quirk.
But was that guy really planning to become a little girl? And without the system extracting it, even if he obtained that Quirk, it would be useless, wouldn't it?
"Sorry, but I do not know how to show tenderness toward someone wearing a little girl's skin." Kurogiri's tone was cold. Dressed like a hotel employee, he cast a wary gaze at Takanashi Rikka before him.
What he did not know was that Doma was actually calmer than she looked.
An avatar could be dismissed at any time, and Sister Doma herself had no combat ability. Her ability was supportive; as long as she was present, she could ensure her side received aura buffs.
Since that was the case, she might as well let the enemy hold her openly and reduce their guard.
But putting on a token struggle was still necessary, or they would suspect something. So Haruhi Kasugano opened her mouth and bit Kurogiri's hand.
Crack—
"Wow, that hurt."
The hard metal was completely impossible to bite through.
"Are you a child?" Kurogiri abruptly increased his grip, squeezing until her bones warped. The pain made Sister Doma stop struggling immediately.
"You should have done that from the start. Based on the intelligence, this body of yours should be useless. It can only divert other people's attention, right? At the U.A. Sports Festival, you exploited your target's personality weakness and made them surrender just by acting pitiful. Unfortunately, that trick is useless against me."
"It is wonderful that you think so."
Sister Doma sneered inwardly. This guy's thought process was truly bizarre. An avatar that acted pitiful? Well... without combat strength, it seemed it had no real use other than taking damage for the main body and hiding in the back yelling encouragement.
She knew the enemies she faced this time were powerful. Leaving aside the two Nomu and Kurogiri, who could teleport, even the Hero Killer on the ground was enough to give her a headache.
"If All For One comes, I will definitely pierce him with a Noble Phantasm in one shot."
As soon as she made that preparation in her heart, a prompt from the system sounded in her mind: Temporary blood type change: B?O
In an instant, Yukino, who had been unable to move, regained control of her body.
"Blood type change?"
She tried moving a finger, and it worked.
Without another word, Yukino immediately picked up Tenya Iida and retreated backward. But she had barely moved half a meter when Iida shoved her away.
"Su Lin, get out of here. This has nothing to do with you."
Not wanting to drag his companion into this, Iida used a great deal of strength. Yukino, who had not been guarded against him at all, nearly fell.
That simple scene seemed to make the Hero Killer despise him even more.
"Then let me deal with you."
Stain instantly rushed forward, swinging his weapon at Iida. Yukino could not worry about anything else. She shoved him away and stood in front of him.
Meanwhile, Takanashi Rikka, facing Tomura Shigaraki atop the building, suddenly pulled off her white eyepatch and revealed a golden eye.
"Explode, Reality... shatter, spirit! Banish this world!"
The next moment, Rikka raised her head and arched her body backward. A crimson beam burst from the depths of her eye and shot straight into the sky.
Countless magic circles flickered in and out around the beam, their patterns intricate and filled with mysterious beauty.
At the same time, a sharp curved blade appeared automatically before Yukino and slashed at Stain.
His pupils contracted. He hurriedly tossed one curved blade into the air while swinging the other with his left hand, easily blocking the automated weapon's attack. Then, using the recoil, he leaped backward and threw the second blade at Yukino.
Screech—
The blade sliced across Yukino's neck, leaving a deep wound.
The blade Stain had thrown into the air also fell toward her head at that moment. To avoid being cut down, Yukino dodged clumsily to the right. Before she could steady herself, she found Stain had already leapt up and rapidly closed in before her.
A long red tongue stretched out and licked toward her neck.
"Get lost!"
An automated weapon materialized out of thin air and slashed at Stain's tongue, forcing him to retreat quickly.
"You are disgusting, you hentai."
In the Original Work, Shoto Todoroki's face had nearly gotten the same treatment from Stain. All she could say was that this guy's Swordsmanship and hand-to-hand combat were truly strong. Not only was his strength first-rate, his technique was terrifying as well. Licking someone's face at close range to activate his Quirk was not something an ordinary person could pull off.
Upstairs, Takanashi Rikka had finished activating the Evil Eye, and her combat strength instantly increased tenfold.
Several wind blades flew from her body and shot directly toward Kurogiri.
Seeing that things were going badly, he hurriedly teleported himself and Sister Doma into the air. Yet just after rising twenty meters above the ground, a bolt of magical lightning suddenly struck his main body, forcing out a miserable scream and making him release Sister Doma.
Seeing the twin-tailed girl falling from the sky, Rikka hurriedly dove forward, rolled down below, then spread her arms and caught Doma as she fell.
The two embraced fully.
The pain from the collision made Doma grunt. The next moment, her entire body went limp in Rikka's arms. Seeing how cute and pitiful the girl looked, Rikka swallowed and could not help hugging her even tighter.
"She is really unbelievably soft."
On the building opposite them, Tomura Shigaraki scratched his neck with a creaking sound.
"New avatars every time, new avatars every time. Teacher... what am I supposed to do now?"
Still scratching his neck, his voice was agitated to the extreme.
Rikka had actually injured Kurogiri in one blow. He truly had not expected that. Although he had the Nomu from last time, one of them had been prepared to deal with X-Hair.
All For One had even added several more Quirks to that already powerful Nomu, pushing its combat strength completely off the charts.
"Tomura Shigaraki, should we send out the strongest Nomu?"
Kurogiri's condition was not very stable. Though his ability seemed bizarre, once his weaknesses were targeted, he became extremely vulnerable. Not to mention that the body beneath his mist was also quite sensitive. That lightning strike had nearly dealt him a fatal injury.
"There is no need to rush yet." Tomura Shigaraki had always felt it was unwise to use their trump card too early.
Although All For One had strengthened the original Nomu, whether it could deal with X-Hair was still uncertain.
As for All Might, there was no ruling out the possibility that he might suddenly arrive.
"What a pain. More and more enemies, more and more..."
While scratching his neck and watching the situation below, Shigaraki finally... decided to send in the winged Nomu first.
In the stairwell, Yukino, now separated from the Hero Killer by some distance, touched her neck and found that most of the wound had already healed.
"So disgusting. What kind of person licks a girl's body in public?"
Yukino still felt it would be better if the Hero Killer died. If he did not, later developments would spiral out of control. She had worked hard to avoid disrupting the plot precisely to keep everything afterward from becoming a mess.
And at present, the storyline had indeed already gone a little wrong.
For example, at this point in the Original Work, Izuku Midoriya and Shoto Todoroki had already arrived. But in reality... Yukino was still fighting alone.
"With Rikka's cooperation, I should barely be able to fight the Hero Killer. A situation where one slip means death is perfect for training technique."
As she thought that, the Hero Killer replied, "You should not be protecting him like this."
"Tch, what is it to you?"
Yukino felt this guy talked too much, so she simply made the first move and charged at him.
Stain raised his weapon and counterattacked Yukino.
With the automated weapons supporting her, the two actually fought evenly.
Yukino's excellent physical qualities allowed her to barely keep up with the Hero Killer's speed.
Even more frightening was that even when she was wounded, she recovered faster than ordinary people.
And when Izuku Midoriya and Shoto Todoroki arrived, the outnumbered Hero Killer was ultimately knocked to the ground.
The flying Nomu causing trouble atop the building was also completely taken down by Takanashi Rikka's various skills, including stunning, control, sleep, paralysis, and mental damage.
"Ah, my Nomu! It actually got killed just like that! Let's go. This is no fun anymore."
Tomura Shigaraki did not even seem to feel like using the strongest Nomu anymore.
"But..." Kurogiri still wanted to persuade him.
"Teacher said that only cowards want to become women over something unnecessary."
"I understand."
Kurogiri could only activate the Portal!
Just as Tomura Shigaraki and Kurogiri were about to disappear, Takanashi Rikka suddenly jumped up, darted to the side, and then, with lightning speed, kicked Tomura Shigaraki in the head.
"Coward my ass, take this kick!"
Bang!
The Portal closed.
The final image was Shigaraki being kicked over.
"So satisfying."
The moment she landed, Rikka turned around and picked up Sister Doma, who had already lost most of her strength.
All For One had refused his Quirk because he did not want to become a woman? That was definitely impossible. A guy like that would probably not care even if he had to become a dog, as long as it made him stronger.
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