New "Companions"

"This is the room. Go in. Remember, causing trouble and fighting are strictly prohibited here. Violators will be punished, and if the offense is serious, you'll be sent back to a private room to rest for a few days."

This is a cell, and the people who will be Uraraka Shige inmates are currently working outside, so the cell is currently empty.

Uraraka Shige stood silently in the cell, watching the guards walk away.

It's been half a year since All Might's battle with 'AFO'.

After seeing All Might dragging his exposed intestines and forcibly chasing 'AFO' with a severely injured body, Uraraka Shige lost hope of fulfilling his obsession with rewriting All Might's severely injured ending to repay a debt of gratitude, due to the death of the female police officer earlier.

Therefore, he fell into a state of emotional distress, self-pity, and self-abandonment.

She even thought that All Might would, like the deceased policewoman, leave her with no chance to repay his kindness.

Ultimately, he was plagued by these negative emotions and even became disheartened, feeling that he would probably live his life like he did in his previous life, achieving nothing and only able to be a lowly person.

So he went straight back to the city where his parents and Ochaco lived in this life. After asking Granny Songju and the head coach of the fitness center where Terumi Family to take good care of his family, he went to the police station to turn himself in.

He thought he would spend the rest of his life in prison, and that he would be content with his family visiting him from time to time. However, after that, many unexpected twists and turns occurred in his case, the details of which he did not know. He was transferred from one city to another, and after nearly half a year of this, the original sentence was overturned and he was given a new punishment.

That is, they are sent to this Discipline Prison, which is specifically used to deal with and discipline minors who have committed serious offenses due to their 'Quirk', and to correct and save these people from becoming 'enemies' in the future.

The goal is to enable him to one day make a significant contribution to the country and atone for his past mistakes.

In fact, this wasn't his first day in this prison. He had been sent here a month and a half ago. However, because of what he had done (using his 'Quirk' to kill a large number of Gray Rat Society Gang members without controlling his emotions), which was considered a very serious offense even in this Discipline Prison, he was temporarily placed in a solitary confinement cell for observation. He was not allowed to leave the cell and had to eat, drink, and relieve himself in that cell, all while being constantly monitored.

This solitary confinement cell, which was actually what the guard had referred to as a 'single cell,' was one of those stark white interiors, as silent as a coffin buried deep underground... even the occasional sound of small insects scurrying through the soil could be heard from a coffin buried deep underground...

In short, he didn't want to go back to that so-called 'single room,' otherwise he was really afraid that one day he would suddenly go crazy, spending his days talking to himself and making friends with nothing but empty shells...

Today was simply a day when he was temporarily released from his 'single cell' to a multi-person cell for further observation due to his good behavior.

"Call..."

Uraraka Shige had nothing to pack or carry, so having finally escaped from that ghost-like 'single room,' Uraraka Shige unconsciously lay down on the only empty bed, enjoying a rare moment of relaxation after half a year.

"I wonder how Father, Mother, and Ochaco are doing now..."

In fact, after half a year, and having been constantly and passively transferred between detention centers in various cities, and having been tried time and time again, he gradually came to understand the matter of repaying All Might's kindness to some extent.

Although this realization doesn't mean he's given up on repaying All Might's All Might, or that he's found a way to do so, it's undeniable that he has once again found an opportunity to repay All Might's kindness.

This is the second battle between All Might and 'AFO' in the original story.

Although All Might had already transferred his Quirk to the original protagonist at that time, Uraraka Shige believed that in these five years, at his current age of most rapid growth, he could at least ensure that All Might retained the embers of OFA, instead of completely losing the last remnant of OFA after this Quirk, as in the original story, and even losing the ability to protect the original protagonist, or to allow the original protagonist to grow up faster and safer under his protection.

Although this attempt to repay All Might's kindness has failed, Uraraka Shige still has enough confidence that five years later, he can protect All Might's dignity and the brilliance of the 'Symbol of Justice' that he has always wanted to Protection from 'AFO', who is also not at his peak, and allow All Might to continue to hold onto the embers of 'One For All'.

Uraraka Shige's confidence stemmed from his Quirk using his Quirk during his second battle with All Might in All For One, as well as the extremely lonely and boring month and a half he spent in his solitary cell in the prison. Because he was already thinking about the opportunity to repay All Might's kindness, he lost the urgency and anxiety that had previously hindered his Quirk and physical development. This led him to focus on developing his Quirk and enhancing his physical abilities.

Especially in terms of 'Quirk', not only has her control over 'Quirk' become more refined during the past month and a half of dedicated development, but the 'Lines' of her 'Quirk' that she had already developed into a rudimentary form can now be condensed into four at the same time, and each one is much more solid than when she first developed this 'Quirk', and even has a sharpness and strength that Uraraka Shige finds hard to believe.

Even outside of the 'line', Uraraka Shige has developed a new ranged attack-type Quirk skill that he named 'Star/Scrap'.

Overall, his growth in this month and a half was even greater than the growth All Might achieved in the year and a half before his battle with 'AFO'.

"Tap~ Tap~ Tap~"

Scattered footsteps reached Uraraka Shige's ears, several of which stopped in front of the cell door, accompanied by the voice of what appeared to be a guard.

"Your new cellmates have arrived. They were transferred from the 'single cell' to the multi-cell unit due to good behavior. You all need to be careful and not cause trouble, otherwise, if something happens, we might not be able to rescue you in time."

Clearly, those men who received instructions from the guard were Uraraka Shige's 'new companions' in this prison.