Uraraka Shige's "Battle of Kamino"? (It's About Time It Ended)

The two separated immediately upon contact, avoiding a stalemate and a contest of strength and stamina.

Bang!

With a violent tremor in the air, Rikizo and 'AFO' were thrown apart in their respective directions.

'AFO' had already left two deep footprints on the increasingly solid ground beneath its feet, leaning back and leaving two not-so-short tracks in its wake.

Rikizo was thrown backward from the air and landed on the ground.

"Wow? That's a really strong 'Quirk'..."

After the two separated briefly, 'AFO' exhaled a breath of stale air and spoke in surprise. Unfortunately, he was interrupted by Kurasu Rikizo and punch as he charged forward again.

Despite being interrupted, 'AFO' showed no displeasure or annoyance. Instead, he raised his right arm to respond to Rikizo's punch, while simultaneously deducing something from Rikizo's actions.

"... I see. Your 'Quirk,' this 'state,' must have limitations, right? Is it the duration? Or the total amount of power you can use? Or perhaps you paid some kind of price to enter this state? As this 'state' continues, the price you pay will become increasingly severe?"

Their fists clashed, and in the brief standoff, 'AFO' stated the conclusion he had drawn based on his findings. Although the question should have been posed, his tone was remarkably calm, as if 'AFO' was certain that his conclusion was fact.

This time, Rikizo did not repel 'AFO' again. Instead, he continued to exert his power relentlessly, as if trying to crush 'AFO'.

However, when the two fists clashed, there was a very obvious difference on the surface. The most obvious difference was that 'AFO's' right arm was several sizes larger than Rikizo's right arm.

Furthermore, 'AFO's' giant arm looks extremely twisted. It has a human-sized arm growing on it, as well as protruding bones that have become spiral-shaped nails. Even some muscles and tendons have broken through the skin and are directly exposed, looking like some kind of tightly wound spring... or perhaps a spring?

In contrast Rikizo's right arm... and indeed his entire body, was only so large that it made him look like a monster, but there were no other strange or unusual features.

Such Rikizo, if judged solely on the strength of one hand, would clearly be no match for 'AFO'.

After all, his Quirk enhances the muscles and strength of his entire body at the same time, unlike 'AFO' who only enhances one arm. He needs to combine the strength of his entire body to deliver a blow comparable to 'AFO's' single arm.

Even the reason why 'AFO' was able to retreat and plow those two tracks on the ground was largely due to the advantage of attacking from a distance and high altitude.

Judging from this perspective alone, Rikizo would undoubtedly be at a disadvantage in his clash with 'AFO'. In fact, even if he used up all the power of his three punches, he might not achieve any significant results, let alone 'prove himself' or 'avenge himself'.

... In fact, he has already thrown two punches, leaving only the power for his final punch... It can be said that 'AFO's' prediction was indeed correct...

In this situation, Rikizo only had the strength to throw one last punch, but the previous two punches had been blocked by 'AFO' with that arm, and had not achieved any significant results. If things continued at this pace, the outcome was already predictable.

Therefore, if Rikizo does not want to achieve the outcome he desires, then Rikizo must, during this brief stalemate between himself and 'AFO', strive to create or find an opportunity to use his final punch to achieve the result he wants.

After all, his current physical condition is not very good. His bones and organs are under excessive pressure from his muscles. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he could die at any time. However, he is still holding on by relying on the Robustness muscles brought by his 'Quirk'... Fortunately, his 'Quirk' is Muscle Strength Storage, not Rikizo or anything else. Otherwise, his heart would probably have been compressed and stopped beating long ago (but note that the heart is not just muscle. It is an organ, not muscle tissue. The setting here is that the Rikizo can use the muscle sensitivity brought by his 'Quirk' to control the muscles that make up the heart to beat rhythmically, thus continuing to maintain the pumping function. This is very unscientific, so please do not take it seriously 233 [100]).

In short...

This is his last chance!

And he seized the opportunity!

Rikizo's fist and 'AFO's' fist were locked together. At the same time, 'AFO' kept stomping on the ground, trying to push himself further. As a result, 'AFO' felt Rikizo's fist continuously delivering a powerful force to his right fist.

Under these circumstances, Rikizo clenched his left fist, but did not make any rash moves. Instead, he gritted his teeth, roared again, and shook his neck and head, which were now dominated by muscles. He then delivered a powerful headbutt to 'AFO,' who was much shorter than him in terms of height.

Due to Rikizo's current physique, even though he only delivered a headbutt, the target of that headbutt was nonetheless his own skull, so the deterrent effect of that headbutt on 'AFO' was still undeniable.

This led to 'AFO,' who wasn't using his eyes to assess his surroundings, Rikizo most of his attention on Rikura's headbutt, thus ignoring many other things.

For example, Stain and others who did not yet have sufficient strength to participate in the center of such a battle, and therefore could only wait for an opportunity from a certain distance.

For example, the group of elders from the 'Kyoyama Society' who, for some unknown reason, also observed from the sidelines without offering any support to Rikizo.

For example, there are All Might and Uraraka Shige, along with several innocent survivors, who are also watching the battle from different ruins, looking quite miserable.

Of course, there was also the crucial uppercut that Rikizo delivered from below, using his left arm to wrap around his right arm, which was of great importance to the outcome of the battle.

'AFO' was once the king of the Dark Ages, and at the same time, he severely injured 'AFO' at his peak. In the original work, he even almost defeated All Might in a head-on battle during the 'Battle of Kamino'.

In his position, he certainly wouldn't completely lose control and focus on the battlefield just because of Rikizo's headbutt.

Therefore, he had actually sensed something was wrong the moment Rikizo's left arm moved, and then he realized the source of the problem in the next moment.

However, at that moment, Rikizo's left arm had already been swung out. Even though 'AFO' had sensed something was wrong, it could only react in the same way as in the original story when it the Scream "I just can't forgive this" to All Might and launched that attack. It merely had a thought to deal with it and only slightly moved its twisted and huge right arm, but it was not enough to actually stop Rikizo from launching this final attack.

In the end, he could only be Rikizo by Li Cang's fist from below, which struck his chin. With the spectacular strike of "All martial arts under heaven emerge from the rising dragon", his head snapped back, sending his body flying backward and crashing to the ground from mid-air.

After a long while, there was no more sound. ×2