A turning point

After the fight, the room was in complete disarray, with broken tables and furniture everywhere, and people lying haphazardly all over the floor.

Uraraka Shige and the others huddled together, panting slightly. Although only a small portion of the burly men around them had collapsed, Uraraka Shige had already greatly depleted their strength and left them with some injuries from the battle.

Even Sakinagi Shushin was no exception.

It can be said that this group of burly men were truly the most formidable opponents Uraraka Shige and his companions had ever encountered, and their fighting style was highly targeted.

Although he didn't seem to have a sufficient understanding of the 'Quirk' of the others except for Uraraka Shige, he quickly found a suitable way to deal with Uraraka Shige and the others by combining his own 'Quirk' and fighting style.

They all clearly possess a certain level of combat experience and combat skills.

"Falling! Line!"

While manipulating Gravity indiscriminately to restrain the burly man rushing towards her, Uraraka Shige also devoted half of her energy to condensing a 'line' that floated towards these guys who seemed a bit slow to react due to the sudden heaviness of their bodies.

This tiny 'line,' though seemingly insignificant, conveyed a powerful sense of deadly intent through the distorted air around it, telling the burly men who were targeted what the seemingly casual and insignificant attack would do if it actually landed on them.

Under the pressure of a deadly crisis, the burly men desperately flexed their muscles, exerting all their strength in an attempt to avoid the tiny 'line' before it reached them.

However, under the pressure of high Gravity, their weight was almost doubled. No matter how hard they tried, their movement was still so slow that they couldn't completely avoid the slowly falling 'line'.

Even so, these burly men did not show even the slightest bit of fear on their faces.

This is not because they have received professional training, but because they trust their partners and believe that their companions will lend a helping hand and rescue them when they are in danger.

This is a tacit understanding and trust that naturally develops after going through many things together.

Even though their companions had died at the hands of Uraraka Shige and his gang before, this remained the case.

... Of course, it's also possible that not enough people died...

"Hey!"

Behind the burly men, their companions shouted, grabbed the burly men in front of them, and as they felt a sudden weight on their arms, they took a step, twisted their waists, and pulled backward with force.

Working together with one mind and one heart, they quickly dragged the burly men who were about to be drawn by the 'line' away from Uraraka Shige's 'Quirk' range.

After all, the speed at which the 'line' moves is not fast at all, giving them plenty of time to react, unlike Stain's dual daggers which can take lives in an instant, leaving them no time to even react.

The dangling 'line' vanished in an instant after missing its target.

Maintaining the 'line' requires a lot of effort, and since it has already failed, there's no need to continue wasting it.

Before the 'line' disappeared, several more burly men behind the first group of burly men, who were equipped with ranged attack capabilities, took advantage of the gap to launch a direct attack on Uraraka Shige.

A beam of laser light shot out with a 'whoosh' from the tuft of hair on the head of a burly man.

Another air cannon shot was blown out of a burly man's nostril.

There was even a burly man who stood upside down and spewed out a thick plume of dark green smoke that condensed into an arrow from his rear.

These strange attacks were all aimed at Uraraka Shige.

Uraraka Shige couldn't dodge, otherwise all these attacks would hit Gu Yu and the others behind him.

Gu Yu and the others were also unable to help him, as they were being attacked relentlessly by other burly men, leaving them no room to breathe.

Uraraka Shige could only try to break through the attacks of these burly men head-on, and then continue to face the close-combat burly men who would take this opportunity to press forward again, continuing to passively deplete his stamina.

Predictably, they would eventually be worn down and defeated, then taken away by these burly men whose philosophical backgrounds were still unclear. Their final fate would likely be anything but good.

However, given Uraraka Shige's 'Quirk,' it shouldn't be too difficult for him to directly counter the attacks of these burly men.

"Screen!"

A large amount of air was compressed together by Gravity, distorting and refracting the fastest laser beam toward the ceiling.

"Hit!"

Having just broken through the attack of the ahoge laser, Uraraka Shige adjusted the Gravity that had formed the barrier to be directed towards the burly men. The air that had previously refracted the laser surged out, scattering the dark green poison gas arrows that followed the laser and causing them to drift in the opposite direction towards the location of the burly men.

Although he was pierced through by the air cannon and brought back again in the next second, Uraraka Shige was prepared. He directly changed the Gravity to be completely opposite to that of the 'screen', and neutralized the air cannon and the poison gas that was heading towards him again.

However, those brief two or three seconds were enough for the few melee-type strongmen to charge towards Uraraka Shige again.

Because of the white capsules, even if Uraraka Shige used 'Chaos', he couldn't control those burly men unless he directly disrupted their internal Gravity balance at close range.

Because Gu Yu and his group were behind him, Uraraka Shige couldn't let these burly men charge right up to him... otherwise, he wouldn't be able to stop them from disrupting his formation.

For the same reason, he couldn't take the initiative to engage these burly men in close combat... doing so would expose Gu Yu and the others behind him to the ranged attacks of the burly men, which would be tantamount to giving them away for nothing.

It can be said that at this moment, Uraraka Shige was almost completely unable to advance or retreat, and could only fight according to the enemy's rhythm.

This situation continued, with Uraraka Shige and the others desperately waiting for a miracle and a turning point. However, the situation only worsened little by little, with no hope of victory or even escape in sight.

The group of burly men surrounded and attacked Uraraka Shige and his companions while blocking their retreat.

Failure was drawing ever closer to Uraraka Shige and the others, almost burying their faces under her skirt.

But just when it seemed that Uraraka Shige was about to be defeated, luck and victory pushed aside the original mother of success and stood in its place.

The remnants of 'AFO' who had been knocked unconscious and thrown against the wall after entering the room were finally awakened by the sounds of their battle, and then activated his 'Quirk' in order to end the fight.

In the next instant, everyone in the room froze in their tracks.