The Battle (Part Three) Should Come to an End Too...

Gran Torino watched the enormous, twisted, fleshy monster relentlessly attacking All Might, a flicker of reminiscence suddenly crossing his eyes.

He was also one of this group.

"Nana Shimura, you made the right choice..."

His murmurs lingered on his lips, but he didn't actually utter a sound, so those around him naturally couldn't hear them.

Uraraka Shige paid no attention to what others thought; at this moment, all his attention was drawn to the enormous and twisted monster of flesh.

"What... what kind of monster is this..."

The enormous monster born from 'AFO' gave Uraraka Shige an incredibly strong sense of crisis. Even though the monster was only attacking All Might and there were no aftershocks reaching his direction, he still had a feeling that he would die at any moment.

At this moment, Uraraka Shige suddenly recalled how she had thought about repaying All Might's kindness while lying in her sickbed, and what she would do in this battle...

But what is the truth?

He was merely standing at the very edge of the battlefield when he was paralyzed by fear, his mind becoming clouded and almost completely filled with terror.

"Hiss~"

Gran Torino, who was standing nearby, suddenly unleashed two streams of air from his feet and rushed into the battlefield. However, he did not rush towards 'AFO' or the monster. Instead, he quickly rescued two police officers from the aftershocks of the monster's attack.

"I have no way to effectively attack this monster, so I will focus all my efforts on the rescue!"

Another 'hero' whom Uraraka Shige did not recognize watched as the four groups of 'heroes,' police, 'alliance,' and 'enemies' were thrown into chaos by the giant monster. He activated his 'Quirk' to begin healing the wounded and spoke to his fellow 'heroes' around him.

His words were unanimously endorsed by the other 'heroes'.

Even one seemingly less-than-qualified 'hero,' upon witnessing the monster's attack leaving the ground with marks resembling a bombardment, swallowed hard and uttered a comment in agreement.

"That's right, with our capabilities, we simply can't intervene in a battle of this intensity... We should just stay in a safer place and rescue people..."

However, when this 'hero' spoke, he didn't notice that Uraraka Shige next to him, turned her gaze to him when he spoke.

Although Uraraka Shige knew that many of these 'heroes' were actually so-called 'Pro Hero,' that is, people who made 'heroism' their 'job' and 'profession,' and therefore there would naturally be those who were passive and uncooperative, the words spoken by this 'hero' at this moment truly shocked him.

'See, even a 'hero' is saying this...'

In a state of extreme fear, Uraraka Shige inevitably thought this way, and even in a short moment, he found an excuse to back down.

'I can't possibly cause trouble for these 'heroes' and All Might, can I? Especially now that All Might is constantly dealing with this monster. He hasn't even used any wide-range attacks... it must be because we're here!'

Although this was just an excuse Uraraka Shige made for himself to have thoughts of backing down, in reality, judging from All Might's battle with that monster, it certainly seemed to be the case.

"Bang!"

All Might once again deflected the monster's attack, causing its tentacle-like limbs to slam into the ground with a loud thud. At the same time, All Might shifted to the side, then suddenly pushed off the ground, leaping high into the air towards 'AFO's' location. It seemed that he only needed about half a second to launch an attack on 'AFO'.

However, in the next instant, in the direction All Might was heading, the monster somehow regenerated a limb made entirely of flesh and bones from its body and swung it down at All Might, forcing All Might to use the momentum in mid-air to forcefully change direction and dodge the attack.

All Might then glanced again at the group of people, including the 'heroes' and 'enemies', who had not yet completely withdrawn from the sidelines. He clenched his fists tighter, but then restrained himself.

"No, not now. We need to wait until they've retreated further away..."

After all, a move like 'Smash' already possesses considerable destructive power and attack range. And if one were to use moves that would be considered a 'killer move' even against All Might, such as the 'United States of Smash' used to defeat 'AFO' in the original story...

Most of the people present would be affected by that attack, and some who were already seriously injured might even lose their lives as a result.

If All Might, on the ground, could realize this, how could 'AFO,' standing atop the monster and at a higher vantage point for observing the battlefield, not notice it?

Even 'AFO,' who is extremely adept at understanding people's hearts, finding weaknesses and flaws, and using them to achieve the goal of dominating others, has long understood how he can defeat All Might more easily.

The reason he had let the monster beneath his feet entangle with All Might for so long was simply toying with him.

Now, seeing wave after wave of people coming to support All Might, he finally began a real battle with All Might, instead of continuing to toy with him as if it were a game.

"Ugh... another bunch of little mice... All Might, I'm suddenly getting bored, so let's get this over with."

As soon as 'AFO' uttered those words, the twisted, fleshy monster he was trampling underfoot suddenly began to move, and the direction it moved was towards the 'heroes,' 'allies,' 'enemies,' and police personnel who had not yet completely evacuated from the center of the battlefield.

He was using these people as leverage to force All Might to confront the monster head-on!

And his actions are undoubtedly just as he said during his second battle with All Might in the original story—

"Heroes... have many... things to Protection (and that they can use)!"