Who Attacked Me

"Click!"

Uraraka Shige and the Power Loader first exchanged a punch head-on, each confirming the other's strength.

The result is self-evident. Although Uraraka Shige has cultivated his physique through years of training and 'Quirk', he is ultimately not a power-based 'Quirk'. Therefore, in this head-on clash, he naturally suffered a considerable loss.

While the Power Loader was significantly stronger than Uraraka Shige... after all, their 'Quirk' was of this type (excavation type, based on the 'hero name' Power Loader; I haven't found a detailed description of their Quirk in the original work yet... perhaps I missed it? However, this 'hero name' might also originate from that excavator-like hero uniform, perhaps named Power or something like that uniform...)... after clashing fists head-on with Uraraka Shige, they were quite surprised by the power Uraraka Shige possessed.

After all, when he was secretly observing the environment and thinking about how to set a trap and how to rescue the three students from here, he had seen Uraraka Shige slowly descending from the sky. In other words, Uraraka Shige's 'Quirk' could not be a simple and brutal type of power, or an alien type that could cause huge changes in appearance.

Even so, the power contained within Uraraka Shige's body, which was not tall but rather rather short, surprised him. Although it could not match his own strength, the gap was not as large as he had imagined.

"Having been subjected to long-term training from a young age, is it an 'enemy'?"

The Power Loader made this judgment in his mind.

Unfortunately, due to the bandages beneath Uraraka Shige's cloak, the Power Loader could only deduce Uraraka Shige's age based on the voice he had deliberately disguised, making it impossible for him to know Uraraka Shige's exact age. Otherwise, he would probably be even more surprised.

"Wow... that's incredibly powerful..."

Uraraka Shige felt the pain emanating from her finger bones, gasped, and then sincerely praised it.

"I thought that all the special training I've had since childhood would have allowed me to catch up with you guys in terms of physique, but there's still such a huge gap..."

Although his physical abilities, which he had developed over a long period of time by creating Gravity environment through his 'Quirk,' were not so badly affected as to have his finger bones cracked or broken from just one punch.

However, this still couldn't prevent three of his fingers from slightly dislocating from their original joints during this test of fists, forcing Uraraka Shige to endure the intense pain while forcefully bending the three fingers back into place.

Fortunately, the dislocation wasn't too severe; it wasn't enough to render those three fingers useless or prevent him from using that hand temporarily.

"... Thinking about it this way, it really is a bit unfair. 'Quirk' is something... it's the result of years of hard training, day and night, that leads to Robustness physique and considerable strength, yet it still can't compare to you guys who directly possess the corresponding 'Quirk'... even catching up to you is a pipe dream..."

Uraraka Shige said this, then, recalling the society of her previous life, she suddenly asked the Power Loader:

"Speaking of which, as a 'hero,' what do you think of today's 'Quirk' society? Is it right?"

Because Uraraka Shige's tone was so calm, the Power Loader had no way of knowing what kind of mental state Uraraka Shige was in when he said those words, which led him to regard Uraraka Shige as an extremely dangerous thought criminal.

Although Uraraka Shige was merely reflecting on the differences between the societies he had experienced in his two lifetimes, and this was just a sudden feeling that prompted him to express his thoughts, he never intended to get any answers.

However, the Power Loader, unaware of this, still tried to reverse the erroneous mindset of the 'thought prisoner' before him.

But before the Power Loader could speak, before he could utter his words, the situation, which had only just begun to probe and was still in the process of probing, suddenly took an abrupt turn.

This change was caused by an external factor.

"Pfft~"

The sound of something small and fast penetrating flesh.

It was a small bullet that Crossing hundreds of meters and pierced through Uraraka Shige's right shoulder.

Uraraka Shige was shot.

As the excruciating pain from the bullet piercing her right shoulder reached her nerve endings, Uraraka Shige's eyes widened instantly, and she staggered.

"I've been attacked? What? When? How did it attack me?"

Because the attack was so sudden compared to Uraraka Shige, he was completely unprepared, and at that moment, his mind was filled with confusion and chaos.

In short, I'm very confused...

Fortunately, his subconscious was not affected, so almost instinctively, he looked down at the wound on his right shoulder.

"This shape... this penetrating wound... it's so strange? I feel like I've seen it somewhere before? (In some movies, TV shows, or educational films from my previous life) This... could it be a gunshot wound?"

Then, strangely enough, Uraraka Shige noticed that her brain had become excited and active.

"I'm wounded! I'm wounded! And it's a gunshot wound, something I've never had before! Hehe..."

Fortunately, in the next instant, Uraraka Shige regained his senses after a moment of confusion, regained control of his body and his mind.

"No, this isn't something to be excited about. What's important now is, why did I get shot? Where did the bullet come from?"

Uraraka Shige subconsciously looked at the Power Loader in front of her, then instantly ruled out the possibility that the guy in front of her might shoot her. Then she remembered a clue from her memories of her previous life.

"Oh, right! In U.A. High School, there seems to be a 'hero' who uses a revolver..."

After realizing this clue, Uraraka Shige's mind suddenly cleared up.

"That's it! It must be this guy! This 'hero' who uses a revolver! It must be this guy who shot me from outside my field of vision! I remember there was a similar scene in the original story."

Thinking of this, Uraraka Shige was startled again.

"Wait... if that's the case, he should be on the steps at the entrance right now! And if nothing unexpected happens, I should still be within his attack range! That means I could be attacked by him again at any moment!"

Recalling this moment, Uraraka Shige glared angrily at the Power Loader had saved Midoriya and the other two, and then made a decision in her heart.

"Forget it, there will be opportunities to test my strength at any time. The most important thing now is to get out of that guy's firing range as soon as possible, get to Shigaraki, and escape this place with them."

Uraraka Shige harbored hidden worries and anxiety.

"... Please don't abandon me..."