Chapter 144

Q: How can one escape when surrounded by enemies and exhausted?

If it were some of the revolutionary martyrs of the past, many would have chosen to fight the enemy to the very end, shedding their last drop of blood.

Or perhaps many people, having lost all hope of survival, will choose to save a grenade to buy themselves some time before finally ending their own lives, or even taking the enemy down with them.

Perhaps some will choose to defect to the enemy in exchange for a chance to survive.

Uraraka Shige is a selfish guy; of these three options, he's most likely to choose the last one.

However, those present at this moment were nothing more than a bunch of 'Nomu' people.

They have no independent thought or self-awareness, so even if Uraraka Shige were to surrender, they would simply continue to carry out the orders they have received, leaving Uraraka Shige here forever.

Uraraka Shige himself understood this, so he didn't actually do anything like raising his hands to surrender.

At least it wasn't that embarrassing...

But if you don't choose to surrender and don't want to give up the fight, you might not lose face, but your situation won't improve much.

Uraraka Shige twisted her waist and retreated halfway to the side, avoiding a fist the size of a sand bowl from a 'Nomu' creature. When she faced a dark water cannon, she had nowhere to retreat. She had no choice but to crouch down, roll on the ground, and crawl under the crotch of the 'Nomu' creature with the sand bowl-sized fist in front of her, barely managing to avoid it.

Then the dark water cannon slammed into a 'Nomu', splashing out a large amount of water droplets that fell in all directions. Immediately, a lot of hissing sounds were heard, and everything that was drenched by the black water began to emit a pungent blue smoke.

This liquid is highly corrosive!

Fortunately, Uraraka Shige dodged, even using the 'Nomu' that had just attacked him as a shield; otherwise, the consequences would have been unpredictable.

The 'Nomu' that had been passively used as a shield, being a melee type, possessed a healing 'Quirk'. Therefore, the corrosive black water did not cause it any significant damage.

Overall, neither side suffered any injuries, but Uraraka Shige's stamina is nearing its limit and dwindling with use, so the overall situation remains one of increasing disadvantage for Uraraka Shige.

Most importantly, ever since she rolled on the ground, Uraraka Shige has had a hard time getting up again. She can only keep rolling around between the legs of these 'Nomu' in order to avoid the dense attacks that completely cover her from behind.

At that moment, he suddenly understood that saying—'Once a person kneels down, it takes much more effort to stand up than for someone who has always stood... and it's still very difficult for them to stand up again.'

It must be similar to his current situation, right?

... Anyway, I was forced into it...

However... it shouldn't be too difficult for Uraraka Shige to stand up again... even though he has very little strength left.

With another roll, Uraraka Shige back in a dead corner of the room, leaning against the wall and the floor... It was a secluded nook and cranny.

Even if Uraraka Shige used all his current strength to activate his 'Quirk', he probably wouldn't be able to break through one of the walls, so it could be said that this place was tantamount to a dead end for him.

Fortunately, he was followed by several 'Nomu'... If they attacked one of the walls with all their might, they would be fully capable of breaking it down directly.

Therefore, the problem facing Uraraka Shige suddenly changed from how to survive the attack of dozens of 'Nomu' to how to survive while guiding most of them to launch a full- Nomu attack on him, and how to dodge the attack at the last moment so that it hits the wall he is trying to break down...

Hmm. The difficulty has increased several times over.

But it's not something that can't be done; it just might require a rather extreme maneuver.

Uraraka Shige the corner, did not immediately try to dodge, but deliberately suppressed her reaction, lingering for an extra half second.

In that extra half second, the attacks of the numerous 'Nomu' that hadn't launched an attack before suddenly materialized and flew towards the corner where Uraraka Shige was located.

At this moment, Uraraka Shige hurriedly dodged to the side, using up three-fifths of his remaining strength to activate his 'Quirk' and grazed the first attack that reached him—a stab from the arm of a 'Nomu' that had transformed into a sharp blade—and rose into the air, right next to the ceiling.

He dodged the attack launched by this group of 'Nomu' beings, expending only three-fifths of his remaining strength and suffering a cut to his lower left jaw from the sharp blade that transformed from the arm...

Blood slowly oozed out, but it would probably congeal before it could drip off. The blade wasn't coated with poison, so it was the kind of minor injury that could be easily ignored in most situations.

Since these 'Nomu' beings do not possess any 'Quirk' such as viruses, bacteria, or toxic gases, this situation is no exception.

After Uraraka Shige the successive attacks and reaching the ceiling, a large number of attacks were aimed at his current location, forcing him to dodge and move away from this position where he could escape the battlefield in time. He then began to continue to deal with the 'Nomu's' in the house.

Another ten minutes or so passed, and with her last bit of energy almost used up, Uraraka Shige conscious control, returned to the corner.

In order to conserve his energy, he ignored several attacks that would not cause serious injury, death, or a chain reaction, so he now looked extremely disheveled.

Some minor wounds were slowly oozing blood. Other areas had turned black and emitted a burnt smell. Still others showed signs of slight corrosion.

With a Uraraka Shige flip, several attacks passed between his legs, and he emerged headfirst from the corner hole created by the simultaneous bombardment of dozens of 'Nomu', landing inside an elevator shaft.

"Call..."

Uraraka Shige a slight sigh of relief. For the time being, those dozens of 'Nomu' creatures wouldn't catch up, and only one or two could still launch a threatening attack against him.

Uraraka Shige then deliberately conserved her energy, ceasing to fly and instead descending at a relatively slow pace to the lowest point she could reach.

Finally, he clung to an elevator door, activated his 'Quirk,' and used Gravity to destroy the elevator door's sensor, forcibly opening the door and returning to the first floor of the shopping mall.

After taking a few deep breaths to recover from the exhaustion, she forcibly borrowed a cell phone from a kind passerby, made a call to the police, and finally left Uraraka Shige.

Only at this moment could he be considered to have escaped a calamity.