Toying with Him

With a casual flick of his wrist, he dealt with the group of clueless 'enemy's' who were trying to escape, and Uraraka Shige's plan to find help fell through.

Now he had no choice but to face Endeavor alone.

Uraraka Shige turned to look at Endeavor, giving him an innocent smile, though his expression was completely obscured by the bandages and cloak.

To be honest, he wasn't always this ruthless. Although he was selfish, he wouldn't take people's lives so easily.

But after two years of killing... no, it should be called sparring and fighting, and the experience of accidentally killing his opponent, his feelings about human life unconsciously became thinner than before... much thinner.

Habits are truly a terrifying thing.

With these thoughts in mind, Uraraka Shige gazing into the distance and turned her gaze back to Endeavor.

While he was focused on the enemy group, this 'No. 2 hero' flicked his wrist and unleashed another burst of flame that flew towards them.

When he turned his gaze back, the ball of flame was almost upon him, nearly filling his entire field of vision.

But almost is still just almost. We are all very realistic people, so we tend to be more certain of the facts than we are of almost.

In fact, when Uraraka Shige realized this, he was not panicked at all, and there was not even the slightest bit of tension, because even his instincts knew that this ball of flame could not harm him at all.

The black mist that seemed to emanate from within the cloak and swirled around Uraraka Shige, under Uraraka Shige's control, fluctuated violently as if it had automatically sensed the approaching flames, forming waves that extinguished the flames in one fell swoop.

Although the actual cause is that the Gravity points disturb the surrounding air, creating airflow that drives the flames to burn, and because there are too many and too dense Gravity points forming the Kurogiri, the flames that are swept inward are instantly burned out, thus creating the phenomenon that appears as if the flames are swallowed by the Kurogiri.

However, seeking science and rationality within novels might be a mistake.

In short, Uraraka Shige was able to easily deflect what seemed like a surprise attack from Endeavor.

The Kurogiri surrounding him was prepared to deal with Ziru's situation.

During those two years, he encountered all sorts of 'enemies' and naturally prepared corresponding countermeasures for each one.

And while dealing with Endeavor's attack, Uraraka Shige still had the power to manipulate the Kurogiri that had re-condensed behind Endeavor, engulfing the 'enemy group' before continuing to pounce on Endeavor.

At the same time, the Kurogiri that had been lingering around Uraraka Shige, which extinguished the flames like a tidal wave, separated another third of its power and, together with the Kurogiri behind Endeavor, attacked Endeavor from both the front and the back.

Hearing the screams of the 'enemies' behind him, Endeavor knew that something else must have happened behind him.

Just as he was about to turn around to check the situation, he suddenly noticed out of the corner of his eye the Kurogiri around 'Death Omen Star'. After consuming his flames, it was able to split off some of its parts to launch a counterattack against him. Moreover, its shape was constantly changing in mid-air, and it looked very active, as if it had its own thoughts.

Of course, we all know that this effect was created by Uraraka Shige's active control, but Endeavor simply didn't have enough information to draw such a conclusion.

Therefore, he naturally made the wrong inference.

"Is it some kind of insect... or something? A microorganism? Or something else?"

Having made the wrong inference, Endeavor naturally adopted the wrong response.

He first darted to the side, away from the flight path of the two clouds of Kurogiri, while simultaneously spreading his arms to the sides, releasing a large burst of flames from one side.

"While the ability to absorb flames is relatively rare, since it's a living being, there must be limits. Therefore, as long as the temperature of the flames is raised to a level that the living being cannot withstand..."

That's what Endeavor said.

The two Compress flames he emitted spread intense heat, so intense that they distorted the air and caused wisps of smoke to rise from the ground. Even just passing by them showed signs of cracking.

At this temperature, if the Kurogiri that Uraraka Shige reconstituted is indeed some kind of tiny creature capable of devouring flames, it would probably have difficulty surviving in it, let alone devouring flames with such terrifying temperatures.

Furthermore, Endeavor himself leaps to the side, giving him some reaction time to deal with any unexpected events.

To be able to make such a simple and effective response in that split second truly makes him worthy of being called the 'No. 2 Hero'.

Unfortunately, although he handled the situation well, he ultimately made a fatal mistake... all his responses were based on his own deductions.

And let me repeat myself! His deduction was itself a flawed one, deliberately misled by Uraraka Shige.

Although his sideways dodge gave him ample reaction time, if his flames failed to incinerate the Kurogiri and had no effect on Kurogiri whatsoever...

He will then find himself in a very awkward situation.

After separating that portion, the remaining two-thirds of the Kurogiri that extinguished Endeavor's flames returned to Uraraka Shige's cloak and began creating particle effects for him once again.

When Uraraka Shige saw how Endeavor dealt with the two streams of Kurogiri she had released, another stream suddenly emerged from his cloak, roughly one-third the size of the previous one, which was half the total amount of Kurogiri that returned to him.

And quite humanely, it lingered at the edge of the scene, secretly drifting behind Endeavor.

Then, two other streams of Kurogiri quickly broke through Endeavor's flames, remaining unharmed and even extinguishing the flames Endeavor used to intercept them.

The Kurogiri that had sneaked up behind Endeavor suddenly shattered something, instantly alerting Endeavor. Only after Endeavor noticed itself did the other two Kurogiri begin to attack Endeavor in coordination with the others.

Caught in a pincer movement and unable to fly, Endeavor quickly became overwhelmed and began playing dodgeball, constantly dodging the attacks of the Kurogiri.

Uraraka Shige stood there watching this scene, a smile of delight on his face. He found it all very amusing— Endeavor, whom he had completely outwitted...

That's right, it's just playing around.