Are Bakugo and Tokoyami Facing a Desperate Situation?

Ahead of the Nomu factory.

Tokoyami and Bakugo were in dire straits, forced to rely on their Quirk to dodge and evade the attacks from Uraraka Shige and the others, barely managing to avoid being caught and controlled.

Uraraka Shige would occasionally rush forward during gaps in the attacks of the other League of Villains of Villains, slashing at Bakugo or Tokoyami with a wooden sword (the new one, the old one had broken before), without any intention of using her Quirk.

And such attacks, of course, are always either dodged and miss completely, or blocked by the wooden sword using a 'Quirk', making it quite obvious that they are holding back.

However, despite this obvious deliberate slack, because the battle was still ongoing, no one could see it...

After all, Kurogiri was unconscious, Shigaraki didn't have that kind of calm mind, and the other guys who hadn't been targeted and controlled by the 'Hero' at the previous bar location and lost consciousness, didn't know Uraraka Shige's 'Quirk'.

As for 'AFO', although he should have been able to see at a glance how abnormal Uraraka Shige's behavior was, his opponent was, after all, All Might, who had defeated him once before. Under these circumstances, the fact that he was paying attention to Shigaraki several times already distracted him a lot.

As for Uraraka Shige?

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Let's talk about All Might instead.

After seeing Bakugo and Tokoyami's predicament, All Might repeatedly tried to get rid of 'AFO' and rescue Bakugo and Tokoyami first, but he failed each time. Instead, 'AFO' seized the opportunity and he was constantly at a disadvantage.

When All Might finally lost his temper and was about to recklessly rush to Bakugo and Tokoyami to rescue them, he was caught off guard by 'AFO', who activated his 'Quirk' and extended all five fingers, piercing them directly into All Might's back, pinning him to the ground. Even as All Might struggled forward, All Might continued to exert force, forcefully throwing All Might backward, directly smashing into another building and collapsing it.

Although All Might once again rushed out of the ruins and launched another attack on 'AFO', his own injuries continued to accumulate little by little without any reduction.

The specific circumstances of the battle on the field changed little by little, and these small changes accumulated to form a large enough change.

While Bakugo and Tokoyami were dealing with Uraraka Shige and the others, they were unknowingly forced together and ended up surrounded by Uraraka Shige, forced to stand with their backs to the sides, guarding against attacks.

However, this situation, while bringing Bakugo and Tokoyami together, would certainly be a good thing for them if they got along well.

But in reality, this isn't really a good thing for them.

After all, what was said before was that they were compatible, but in fact, the compatibility between Bakugo and Tokoyami... at least in terms of 'Quirk', their compatibility is definitely not good, and may not even be considered good.

The reason lies in Tokoyami's 'Quirk,' which is the 'Dark Shadow' monster residing within him.

This monster is undoubtedly extremely powerful; even in its berserk state, it has the ability to instantly kill a troublesome creature like the Moonfish.

However, this monster has a fatal flaw... or rather, a limitation.

Photophobia...

Take the previous forest training camp as an example. In its berserk state, after instantly killing Moonfish, it was immediately frightened by the light summoned by Bakugo and Todoroki's Quirk and retreated back into Tokoyami...

Perhaps it was actually taken back by Tokoyami initiative, but the fact that it looked so majestic before, yet became trembling like a mouse in the face of a cat the moment it encountered bright light... is undeniable.

In other words, Bakugo's "Quirk" of "Explosion" is Quirk that naturally suppresses Tokoyami's "Dark Shadow".

In this situation, Bakugo and Tokoyami have come together, which means that one of them will inevitably lose their Quirk.

At the very least, it will be greatly restricted or weakened.

If either of them has their 'Quirk' restricted, it almost means that in the situation where they are surrounded by Uraraka Shige and others, they will not only lose a fighting force, but also have an extra burden!

Normally, even so, as long as the remaining person has a good enough Quirk and strong enough strength, they would still be able to stall for time and continue to deal with the others while surrounded by Uraraka Shige and the others.

Whether it's Bakugo's 'Explosion' or Tokoyami's 'Dark Shadow', they are undoubtedly both exceptionally outstanding 'Quirk'.

If the two of them had matured by now, being surrounded like this would probably be nothing to worry about and wouldn't be considered a problem.

However, for them who have not yet fully matured, neither Bakugo nor Tokoyami has yet reached perfection in developing their 'Quirk'.

Just like Bakugo's 'Explosion', it needs to be used on a large enough scale to stop Uraraka Shige and the others' attack while protecting one person.

However, if Bakugo were to unleash a large-scale Explosion at this moment, it would also put an extremely heavy strain on his arms, making it impossible for him to sustain the attack for long.

The same applies to the Tokoyami 'Dark Shadow'.

Although successfully triggering a rampage would be enough to protect Bakugo without any intervention from 'AFO', it could even turn the tables and wipe out Uraraka Shige and the others.

Even if 'AFO' intervenes, 'Dark Shadow', which has gone berserk to a certain extent, might still have some ability to resist.

But this requires going berserk... and once it goes berserk, the current Tokoyami simply doesn't have enough control to restrain the berserk 'Dark Shadow'.

This means that after going berserk, 'Dark Shadow' will enter a state of indiscriminate attack, and if it really launches an attack, Bakugo, who is closest to it, will probably be its primary target.

This can only be described as a truly desperate situation.

This might even be true for some professional 'heroes'.

Even under these circumstances, Bakugo did not succumb to despair, but instead actively sought solutions.

Well...

After all, he and Midoriya had grown up together since childhood, influencing each other greatly and learning a great deal from one another... However, compared to Midoriya in the past, he was far superior, so Midoriya always learned more from him...

But overall, aside from their vastly different personalities, if you look closely, you'll find surprisingly many similarities between him and (the confident) Midoriya.

The most obvious example is undoubtedly their ability to actively think of solutions even when facing difficulties...

While considering solutions, Bakugo also proposed a compromise.

PS2: I'll try again tomorrow. Although I have a bit of a headache, I feel like I should be able to gradually recover...